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Epoxy River Table
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Site Supporter   Location: Tacoma, WA Joined: Tue Dec 8, 2020 Posts: 125 Real Name: Matt 
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I recently made an epoxy river table that I gave my folks for Christmas. Definitely was a challenge considering that I’m not much of a woodworker I think it turned out awesome. I welded some legs and had a piece of glass cut. Took about 60 hours to complete.
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| Mon Jan 04, 2021 10:05 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: Mount Vernon Joined: Sun Aug 26, 2012 Posts: 1549 Real Name: Areyouthreateningme
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Awesome. I love these. Looks great.
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| Mon Jan 04, 2021 10:06 pm |
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Site Supporter Location: Lynnwood Joined: Sat Nov 28, 2020 Posts: 787
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Really Beautiful Job. I want to play Settlers of Catan on it for some reason
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| Tue Jan 05, 2021 12:44 am |
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Site Admin   Location: Olympia, WA Joined: Fri Mar 11, 2011 Posts: 38307 Real Name: Dan
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That's pretty awesome. I've always wanted to try making one of those. What was the hardest part of the build?
chuckisduck wrote: Really Beautiful Job. I want to play Settlers of Catan on it for some reason Love me some Settlers... That would be a cool table for it with the Seafarers expansion. |
| Tue Jan 05, 2021 5:50 am |
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Site Admin  Location: Renton, WA Joined: Sun Mar 13, 2011 Posts: 52020 Real Name: Steve
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That looks great!
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| Tue Jan 05, 2021 7:59 am |
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Site Supporter Location: Tacoma, WA Joined: Tue Dec 8, 2020 Posts: 125 Real Name: Matt
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If I was to do it again I would definitely clamp down the wood to the form. I didn’t think about it before I started pouring the epoxy but the wood started floating on top of the epoxy. It was really just time consuming. A lot of sanding. Started at 80 grit and went up to 400. Definitely don’t skimp on the type of epoxy you buy. It isn’t cheap but the Deep Pour brand worked well, it took about 48 hours to harden but there were no bubbles trapped in the epoxy and mixed with the powdered dye nicely.
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| Tue Jan 05, 2021 9:00 am |
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Site Supporter  Location: tumwater Joined: Thu Feb 21, 2013 Posts: 2355 Real Name: Kyle
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Beautiful I want to build these
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| Tue Jan 05, 2021 9:04 am |
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Site Supporter  Location: Tacoma Joined: Sat May 4, 2013 Posts: 6214
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Very nice job! I bet you were wishing for a big ass planer at some point during your sanding!
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| Tue Jan 05, 2021 9:32 am |
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Site Supporter Location: Tacoma, WA Joined: Tue Dec 8, 2020 Posts: 125 Real Name: Matt
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Arisaka wrote: Very nice job! I bet you were wishing for a big ass planer at some point during your sanding! That would have been nice for sure! _________________ Matthew 5:9 |
| Tue Jan 05, 2021 9:46 am |
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Site Supporter  Location: Everson, WA Joined: Sun Jan 6, 2013 Posts: 28174 Real Name: Ace Winky
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I am a slab guy (now). But I detest the epoxy river thing. Just not my bag, not in my house, etc
That said, that looks AMAZING. Good wood choice. Well done!   _________________ Why does the Penguin in Batman sound like a duck? Because the eagle sounds like a hawk. |
| Tue Jan 05, 2021 10:46 am |
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Site Supporter Location: Tacoma, WA Joined: Tue Dec 8, 2020 Posts: 125 Real Name: Matt
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Pablo wrote: I am a slab guy (now). But I detest the epoxy river thing. Just not my bag, not in my house, etc That said, that looks AMAZING. Good wood choice. Well done! Thanks, I was never a huge fan of the epoxy tables but my mom always mentioned how cool she thought they were so decided to give it a shot. Happy with my work for my first time doing such a thing. _________________ Matthew 5:9 |
| Tue Jan 05, 2021 11:17 am |
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Site Supporter Location: Lynnwood Joined: Sat Nov 28, 2020 Posts: 787
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Massivedesign wrote: That's pretty awesome. I've always wanted to try making one of those. What was the hardest part of the build? chuckisduck wrote: Really Beautiful Job. I want to play Settlers of Catan on it for some reason Love me some Settlers... That would be a cool table for it with the Seafarers expansion. I almost threw in seafarers in the references. Friends and I did a game of twilight imperium last week and i forgot how time consuming they are. |
| Tue Jan 05, 2021 11:26 am |
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 Location: Seattle Washington USA Joined: Tue Aug 25, 2020 Posts: 126
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Nice job... I have picked up some maple slabs with an eye towards doing something similar. I have seen small cracks filled with a "paste" made from pulverized turquoise or other minerals, looked good... lots of ideas on YouTube.
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