More Than One Thing Wrong With This Build

Learn how to build a round epoxy table in this comprehensive video!

I outline every step of my process used to create this round walnut wood and white epoxy table including cutting the slabs and even how to get a perfect finish in a dusty shop.

Article on how to get a perfect finish, just like this one.

As always, thank you so much for watching and please don't forget to LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, and SHARE! If you aren't following me on Instagram, go over there @blacktailstudio and follow me to keep up with what I am working on from day to day! If you have any questions leave a comment below and I will get back to you ASAP.

Thanks!
Cam

Links to items I used in this video:
Note: Osmo 3043 has been sold out. I have used 3011 in the exact same manor with great success.

[ashleybragg]

I know this video is 2 years old but I’ve dived down a deep hole watching your videos haha This is one of my favorite tables you have made! I am loving the white!!!

[chasewagner]

Man I love this table and I truly admire your willingness to show your mistakes. A lot of folks want to seem perfect all the way to the end, so you sharing that even such a beautiful piece can still come out after mistakes were made is really inspiring.

[vthxkzl]

Love how honest you are with the mistakes that have been made. Makes me feel much better in the mistakes that I have made 👍🏼

[loukalicious]

Yes...I just discovered your channel today April 8 2022 and I am watching one after another. I'm not a woodworker..I did shorten a round table, ending up with a nifty plank and a better fitting table. But that's no woodworking, now is it. I love the content and the talking. Thankyou for creating all of it.

[lynnpaulus]

i loved just watching the build. but as i approach my first attempt at a "easy" repair for my kids tea table this was very helpful and informative. thanks so much!

[elainek]

One of my all-time favorite tables you’ve built. Reminds me of a beautiful pinto pony.

[barnburnerwoodgames]

Yes to the photography video.

Great project and I really appreciate you including the mishaps and learning experiences.

[debiheney]

I too have gone down the rabbit hole watching your video's. I just go to the subscription page and kick back as they start to play back to back! I do so love the way you explain the process and the things that can go wrong. Some artist will not show anything but a complete table with no flaws. Those are pretty to look at but they don't help us as, when we mess up at home, we don't know how to fix the problem. You are not afraid to show the good with ones that have a flaw. Then you go on to show us how to fix the problem which is the most powerful video! You mentioned showing how to do a photo shoot. That would also be so helpful. To have an excellent table but, messed up because the photo turned out bad is no better than doing a bad table. Does this make sense? I could really use a video showing tips on how to do a well done picture of the finished table. I think your work is excellent and I like the way you explain everything.

[ayeladebraekeleir]

I am watching this 4 years later and only now I realise how much you have progressed in your. woodworking comparing this to recente builds. Things that you specify as "your first time" in this video have become so neural in all of your recent vids. It works motivating, keep up the good work dude, you are doing a great job. be proud

[kaydencontracting]

Your amazing. I'm sure you hear it often. But really. I just found your channel and you ability to clear and concisely articulate your actions is wonderful. I am receiving my band saw mill in a month or so and can't wait to make my first table. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. It's priceless.

[jeffchandler]

This is one of most comprehensive videos i have seen. Product details, sanding grit details, where to buy legs. Keep up the grear videos!!!

[TheGabrielStudios]

Pro tip: don’t allow your background paper to kink… those are like epoxy bubbles, once they form, they will stay forever. At least you are doing a very low key photography and the background becomes pitch black.

[howardek]

Cool table! I saw the comment on the lupus/cancer that the writer said that he had lost the use of his left hand. Keep trying to do woodwork - it's an excellent therapy! I had a stroke 15 years ago on Christmas eve and I lost the use of my right arm! i was right-handed, by the way! I have learned to do woodworking as a lefty!

[superblue]

I've worked with epoxy at work, to save money if we dyed the epoxy we put a thin layer 1/2 inch then we place small scraps of wood in then pour epoxy over top of it. Saves a lot on the epoxy.

[justanotherperson]

Burls? Great name. Yes free wood is always a good thing! Your tips are not appreciate them I’ve never done this and I am toying around with the the your never alone on blunders

[springxhare]

had my doubts this time when i saw you go for white dye instead of black, but this came out beautifully! absolutely stunning! ❤❤❤

[mathieudnj]

Amazing work! I create all kind of resin stuff including coffee tables with my artwork embedded inside, so I know firsthand how challenging these projects can be! Keep up the great work!

[steven-rrle]

Thank you for sharing your videos!! I just discovered your channel a short while ago and I’ve learned so much already. I am trying to learn as much as possible before doing my first epoxy table so thank you for sharing your more imperfect moments as well. I’m. Looking forward to seeing more of your videos.

[Bkrsdtr]

Oh how I love this table! It reminds me of a palomino pony or a large carved piece of howlite, one of my favorite stones. Wonderful.

[petergosney]

Love your work. I have a different, perhaps simpler approach to doing “rounds”. I do large platters, where the wood is fully embedded, but my technique should be both scaleable and adaptable, even if you want to have the timber running out to the edges, as in this project.
To create a forme, I cut a perfect, exact size round from 18mm melamine sheet using a router jig. This establishes the exact finished shape right from the start. I then source offcuts of plexiglass from a supplier that cuts to order, in the form of (say) strips of 75mm wide by however long the sheet was, left lying in their recycle bin (cheap to nothing). I then assemble my mould using stainless steel pipe clamps, ganged up to whatever length needed. I have found that the screw action on these clamps can seal the plexiglass to the melamine sheet forme so tightly that there is no need to caulk, except where the vertical ends of the plexiglass butt together. This results in a perfectly round mould, with perfectly vertical sides. Note that, not only does plexiglass reject the epoxy without mould release, it imparts a polished finished surface to the edge. I obviously use mould release on the melamine, before assembling the mould. With care, the whole arrangement knocks down for repeated use without any spoilage. I have actually used sheet plexiglass laminated to the sheet forme for a more durable, reusable shape. If you do that, you don’t even need melamine sheet, MDF will suffice and no mould release whatsoever is needed. I also have ovate formes for different projects and they work just as well. I hope this is clear?