Bad Investment in Client's Slabs

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Items used in this build:

00:00 Introduction
00:58 Decent Proposal
01:51 New Client
02:45 First Problem
04:38 Rule for Working With Epoxy
05:32 Second Problem
06:30 Surfacing Slabs
07:17 Careful Layout Choice
08:36 C-Channel for Table Top
10:23 Golf Analogy
11:10 Corner Fix (attempt)
12:10 Corner Fix (second attempt)
13:15 Expensive Donor Slab
14:26 Spyder Table Base
16:00 Filling Holes in Wood
17:33 Most Embarrassing Moment
19:30 Choosing Wood for Bow Tie
20:07 Damascus Marking Knife
21:32 Is This Necessary?
23:01 Management Team Building
24:47 Safety First
26:29 Finishing Process
27:48 Reveal

[aladdind]

Most embarrassing story: When I was in my twenties, I had fertility testing done. I did the deed, collected the sample and headed for the lab. I get to the lab to turn my sample in and the woman behind the counter turns out to be somebody I had a massive crush on all throughout high school. She noticed me and was like "Oh my gosh! I haven't seen you in years how are you?" I was stunned by who I had to turn my sample over to and my brain froze. Instead of responding in kind like a normal person, what came out of my mouth was "Oh hey I was just thinking about you!"

[billseiger]

Most embarrassing moment: Fist day of work as a civilian at a military base, first job out of college. Walking down a hallway to the cafeteria. I turn a corner and all the soldiers, airmen and sailors in the hall snap to attention and salute. I was like, Wow! This is Cool! I salute back. Military people coming down the hall as I walked along did the same thing. Again, WOW! This is so cool! I salute back again, trying not to smile.
The hallway opens up to a rotunda.
A 3-star admiral and his aide walk past me. They'd been behind me for I don't know how long. As we pass, the admiral smiles at me and salutes. The disdain in his aide's eyes was killer.

[BM-pptr]

Cam, you don’t need the Betterhelp sponsorship money. If you do something is terribly wrong with the channel!

[beastmanster]

Better Health can suck it, your dry and subtle humor has always helped me through the day. Thank you.
I envy your skills!

[barneyhartman-glaser]

Holly cow, the way the two tables match up is amazing. Saving that bit of info till the end was a great move.

[DJDiarrhea]

Betterhelp is a company you really shouldn't work with.

[TurfNerd]

"Forks are schockingly heavy" says the guy wearing flip-flops.

[rosellabill]

"Some of you. Probably still won't be happy, " It is the most blunt and comical thing you had said during the video. You always make great products with a story behind every piece of furniture.
I love your authenticity.

[johnedge]

Most embarrassing story: I was taking the SAT in high school and we had a break between two sections of the test. One female student walked up to the teacher and said something very quietly. The teacher whispered, "No, " then turned to the class and quietly asked some nearby students, "Do any of you have paper?" I raised my notebook over my head and LOUDLY said, "I got paper." The teacher muttered something like "Oh... no thanks." Everyone in the room seemed to get real quiet and start staring at their desks. I realized that the teacher had said, "Do any of you have a pad?" because the girl was on her period.

[EthelJung-jw]

That is THE most gorgeous wood. The neurospicy in me just wants to sit and touch the slab and

[tyrelirwin]

A 'betterhelp' ad spot? Come on Cam, you're better than that...

[Stuntman]

By far my most embarrassing story comes from my 8th grade trip to Washington DC.
My class was very small because I went to a private school.
As a young kid I always knew I would end up working in EMS and I was a bit of a squirrel when I was younger. A term for someone who is “obsessed” with EMS stuff.
I had a small first aid kit in my backpack and once one person found out everyone found out. Everyone was poking fun and making fun of me.

I said “why is it a problem? I’m certified in CPR and first aid through the Red Cross”.

People kept going and kept poking fun at me and someone started asking questions.
I got so fired up that I blurted out “I’m certified to give birth”.


The entire bus erupted in laughter and even the teachers were holding back laughter. I was mortified.

I meant to say I was “certified to deliver a baby”.

As a 12 year old boy, that was the most mortifying, embarrassing and horrifying thing that could’ve happened to me.

I grew up in EMS and public service. Spent all my time hanging out with firefighters, paramedics and EMT’s.

I work in public service now and I regret the day I have to “give birth” IE deliver a baby, because I know that I’ll probably be holding back laughter. All I’ll be thinking about is that bus ride to Washington DC.

PS. I’m no longer a “squirrel”, thankfully I grew out of that. 😂

[ian-j]

As a contractor, I’ve come to realize that prioritizing quality is the best way to build a reputation. Sometimes I’ll do things that the client would never even notice but the referrals that come from that make it 100% worth it!

[thibaud]

Bro why take a betterhelp sponsorship, they are a real scammy company exploiting bad mental health...

[JayJay-eivj]

Why on earth would I subscribe to better help for therapy when watching your videos is my therapy.

[DaveDeVault]

There was a guy I worked with that we would always pull practical jokes on each other. It helped pass the time. The best one I ever did on him was completely random and not even at work. I went to Walgreens to get some ibuprofen. He happened to be there also. It wasn't packed but there were plenty of people there. I walked to the end of the aisle he was in and said, very, very loudly "Hey Adam, the ointment for that itch you have down there is two aisles over." and just walked away. The array of emotions on his face was amazing. It went from confusion, to realization, to anger and finally embarrassment. All within seconds. The best part, unbeknownst to me, was his girlfriend was in the next aisle and she started belly laughing.

[codemde]

Your best comment section is still Scott. He's got the honesty of my 4 year old. Invaluable when asking for actual advice.

[Rykki_xyz]

Please do your research with sponsors…better help is just yikes!

[bks_cord]

Most embarrassing moment: Got an invitation to a birthday party from friends I was in the University with a couple of years before and when I arrive at the place, they saw me and said: "Oh, we invited the wrong "first name" in front of everybody. But they gracefully let me in so I drank the whole fine bottle of wine I brought as a present and once it was empty I went home. Never spoke to them again.

[MannsModelMoments]

I think I can outdo you in the embarrassment area Cam - I once went for an interview around 2006 at a tech company as a product manager. I had a panel interview with 4 people, - two men and two women. Everything was going fine...then came to the point where I had to give the usual 15-minute PowerPoint presentation on how I would approach the role. At the time the only USB drives I had were work ones, and I didn't want to use one of those for an interview at a competitor, so I borrowed one from a work colleague. When the guy asked for my presentation, I promptly gave him the USB drive with it on so he could load it on the PC connected to the projector.

Thing is, their company PC was more modern than my old home laptop, with a new version of Windows with fancy new features like displaying ALL the documents when you plug in removable media. So I had to look on in horror as the projector showed the USB drive opening and displaying my work colleagues collection of dozens and dozens of porn images which must have been in a hidden folder on the drive. The guy loaded the presentation anyway, and I had to spend the next 15 minutes presenting to a group of people who thought I was some sort of absolute deviant.

Needless to say, I wasn't offered the job!