Stop Wasting Money On Resin River Tables!

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If you're making a solid colour or metallic effect resin river table, save a huge amount resin, money and resources by using this incredible plywood core construction method for your next river table project. Following this process will allow you to produce an identical looking river table, of the highest quality, using only 1/3 of the amount of resin as a conventional river table.

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00:56 Preparing the Wood Planks
01:54 Making & Preparing the Enclosure
02:58 Making the Plywood Core
06:08 Pigmenting the Resin
07:23 Base Pour
08:26 Bonding Down the Plywood Core
09:17 Final Pour
10:20 Machining the Table Surface
12:04 Flatting and Polishing Epoxy Surface

If you have any questions, please just ask in the comments below!

[glasscastresin]

Thanks for all your comments, likes and subs - we really appreciate them!

To clarify, this tutorial is aimed at DIY'ers and makers that have been put off attempting river table projects due to the cost of materials and not to cut costs in professional production without customers being aware of the core. Additionally the technique is only suitable for solid colour and metallic river tables. 🙂

[orcishh]

As the other guy pointed out, it's incredibly noble showing off how to use less. You're absolutely correct about it helping people in a budget get into the craft, and I've never wanted to buy a company's product more if I'm being honest. I'm bookmarking the video for later this week, I'm hoping my stepdad wouldn't mind doing a project like this with me.

[benorchard]

This is great if you're making an opaque resin. To me a massive part of the reason to use resin is for the transparency.

[Sly_Wolf_]

Excellent, a company showing you how to save money by using less of their product is very very noble, and in my opinion speaks volumes.
Thanks for a well presented video. I plan on trying some epoxy projects and glass cast will be my first call.

[DJ-Daz]

Another option for river tables, especially clear pours, use varying sizes of gravel to simulate stones/boulders in the finished product. You could also use sand under the gravel to reduce the volume further.

[theduftmeister]

Helpful hint. If you can, put part B in the cup first and add Part A.
I've found that as part B is thinner, it doesnt stick to the sides of the mixing pot as easily as part A.
Less likely to leave unmixed resin on the sides of your mixing bowl.

used about 20 litres from Glasscast now. Great product and great customer service/tech support.

[moobaz]

Brilliant. Great to see a company showing you how to save money using their product. It builds credibility and consumer confidence. I'll be using them for my next project. 👍

[doesntmatter]

As a retired toolmaker/machinist with MANY years under my belt. I have helped manufacture many molds over the years.
This is very common what you have done here. For these of you whom don't understand molds,
This is how a mold makes a plastic cup, for a simple example. Metal is engineered to make the inside part of the cup, which is turn
will make the wall thickness of the cup.
Or when manufacturing an engine block, a core made a sand to make the holes for all the cylinders. The molten metal will flow around
the sand/core to produce a hole where it is needed.
Good way to save $ on materials and machining time.
You actually explained this very nicely! 👍

[kdubcreations]

I do this already. I use up my scrap lumber. Be sure to seal the filler boards to reduce bubbles.

[oakridgereview]

I think i appreciate this so much more because it’s a resin company telling you “hey, you might not actually need to buy as much product!”

[blockmeisterd]

Great idea. So refreshing to have your calculations in metric.

[Swarm]

Great video. I've known a lot of people who wanted to try out a resin project, including myself, that get put off by the cost of it once they work out what they may need. Even saving a little bit helps.

[Perspari]

Yep, I've avoided this due to the immense cost and volume most people encourage. Legit keen to do this since you've shown how to make it economical and environmentally friendly. Strong integrity, very impressed!

[Niei]

The fact you're using metric is enough to leave a thumbs up!

[Not_Morgoth]

this idea makes me think of possibilities with a decorated core and transparent resin, there seems to be a more “intentionally designed” space this could go into that’s a little outside the mainstream with most of these wood/resin projects nowadays, I think the gaming table chaps have some good ideas to pull from into more simple, general purpose tables.

[EpoxyWood]

I have been using glasscast 10/50 many times and it has never disappointed me. Brilliant stuff 🥇

[DP-olwh]

immediately like this guy better than everybody else lol. seems more like a real person and not some hack! cheers from across the pond

[mrpiratedancerrrr]

You could even have the plywood core be a piece of art of it's own that is put in with transparent pigment. That could look really cool also: a disconnected table, or wooden fish, or a photo glued onto the plywood of stars or anything. There are lots of options that could look cool and cut down on the resin without being too complicated.

[frederickheim]

Just used this technique on a 40 liter pour. Saved me $300 in epoxy. Turned out awesome !! Thanks

[waqarahmed]

I was amaze when i saw ur comapny showing ideas to save epoxy shows really you guys care about us