6 Tips for Faster Woodworking | Olive Slab Table Build

This video is full of tips to speed up your builds! I highlight time saving tips to woodwork faster while I built a triangular olive slab table at Lakeside Woodwork's shop. This was a collab with Bruce Ulrich and he built another table from the same slab with different features and even more tips on how to woodwork faster!

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Tips for working faster!
1. Start with a simple build, a wood table with metal base is always a winner and hair pin legs can make it an easy afternoon project.
2. If you need to stabilize any cracks or bad spots, use tinted bondo or CA to keep moving fast, they dry quick!
3. Keep commonly used hardware and components on hand so you can build with what's on hand.
5. Instead of clamps, use screws or brad nails for glue ups so you can keep moving.
6. On dense or thick material that can burn easily, cut outside your line then use a light spring pass cut to get remove the burning instead of sanding it away.

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[memphiswoodshop]

Sometimes to speed up projects, I speed the video up 2x or 4x. It's amazing how much quicker it gets done then.

[pbhalfbaked]

Yeah, that video was a full bob in length. well done Caleb!!

[AGlimpseInside]

Table came out killer brother. That Bondo trick is fantastic gonna have to put that in the back of my memory for sure

[tylerduplessis]

bondo! never thought of it. both builds are great. i enjoyed the hairpin table leg jab in the beginning LOL

[davidstanek]

Spring pass is genius! Thanks for the tip!

[BruceAUlrich]

Such a fun day building together in their shop! Glad you were able to come up and I love how your table turned out!

[TheGrantAlexander]

Great tip on the bondo! I always hate working with epoxy because it basically means that is the last thing I can do for the night (which is when I get to work, at night when everyone else is asleep in the house) I'll have to try the bondo next time I need to fill some voids so I can get to sanding (the favourite part of everyone's build) more quickly!

[CrossCutCreations]

That was a fun build. Awesome table, Caleb. The olive wood looks amazing when finished.

[EthanCarterDesigns]

Great build and video! Really like the bondo idea/tip - definitely want to try that!

[ACNailedIt]

Too bad I watched Bruce's video first, I was waiting for the...er...error measurement. LOL Love this table build, and that olive wood

[ghita.herdean.]

As a professional perpetual procrastinator I am against speeding things. But I do like the metal heating and waxing tip.

[gamerdadperspective]

Thanks for the great video. The bondo as filler looks amazing. Cant wait to see fitire videos.

[jodytho]

looks great! i'm going to use the tip about burnishing the wood with a high grit sanding before the wood filling is done to help prevent the wood filler(i'm using Timbermate) from getting in the grain. What did you use to make the bark adhere to the table? How often have you done that and what have your results been? looking forward to meeting you on the 22nd

[AntonioClaudioMichael]

When it comes to multipul items if I'm working on building the same thing multipul times I stick to one thing till there all made then move to next item so if 20 legs need to be welded I weld them all before moving on good way to do quick assembly when your done with all items

[edwarduribe]

Great tips...never considered bondo or the trimming off the burnt part tricks

[BradsWorkbench]

I like the bondo tip.... can you dye it any other colors?

[felixfromnebraska]

Great project my friend. I am wondering can the Bondo take any color dyes from System Three or is it limited because of the Bondo.
Thanks for sharing.

[bellscustomwoodworking]

I like working with olive wood. I've made a few beard combs from it

[IMEEMADE]

Sheesh heating up the metal before adding paste wax, that's so smart!!

[WhiteLabWorkshop]

So now I’m curious... I had heard bondo was too rigid to allow for wood movement. Is that not the case? I guess maybe the same question goes for epoxy.