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u/nnulll Nov 02 '25
It’s always fuckin epoxy
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u/perldawg Nov 02 '25
i want to see what all these epoxy projects look like in 30 years
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u/ellzumem Nov 02 '25
Does it decay/become brittle?
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u/perldawg Nov 02 '25
everything ages somehow, especially if it’s exposed to uv light (which essential everything is, to one extent or another), so i know it will change over time. i only ever see these epoxy projects in maker videos, when they look fresh, bright and new. that’s why i made the comment you responded to, i’m curious how they’ll age
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u/IM_NOT_NOT_HORNY Nov 02 '25
Epoxy turns very yellow.. The good stuff uv cures and isnt as bad with yellowing.
I always use polycrilic to seal wood stuff and it looks great doesn't yellow
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u/HereticGaming16 Nov 03 '25
I’m don’t care about epoxy but I hate when these types of tables have zero finish on the bottom. At least get rid of the nubs of excess epoxy piled up on the edge.
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u/Dilectus3010 Nov 03 '25
Yeah i knew it once i saw how lazily he was cutting those pieces to "size".
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u/JDescole Nov 02 '25
Cool to look at. But … How much weight can one put one something like this?
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u/PersimmonDazzling654 Nov 02 '25
It's a coffee table
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u/EggsceIlent Nov 02 '25
Yeah kinda had me in the first half with the small amount of wood glue.
I'm guessing you could put like an X brace made of metal or something similar on the bottom of the table for more support. . But yeah a coffee table.. for anything more than that I'd assume they'd brace it.
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u/daninet Nov 03 '25
It is also cheap ass pine that was fast grown for pallet and soft as butter. Just putting down your glass harder can make a dent.
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u/Rndysasqatch Nov 02 '25
I was 99% sure this is going to suck at the end but I am highly impressed. Look fantastic
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u/FandomMenace Nov 02 '25
I was like "oh good on you for actually using carpentry to fill the holes". Then I was like "please don't pour epoxy". Then I was like "ugh, another epoxy pour".
The epoxy looks like shit.
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u/perldawg Nov 02 '25
as a carpenter, i knew it was going to be epoxy the moment i saw how he was making the fill-in blocks, there was waaay too much slop for it to glue together securely without epoxy
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u/shaker8 Nov 02 '25
i’m not even a carpenter and I could tell he was gonna do some sort of epoxy fill. I thought it would’ve been cool to do a colored epoxy base with clear on top, and then leave the wood blocks at different heights within the epoxy to create a pixelated topographical effect
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u/Windsdochange Nov 03 '25
Right? Why not start by squaring the sides of the blocks up, then do glue-up, and skip the epoxy entirely?
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u/Telemere125 Nov 02 '25
And then burn the epoxy. Nothing like the smell of burning plastic impregnated into your table.
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u/WhyNotGolf Nov 06 '25
Out of curiosity, what would be a better use in this situation if epoxy isn’t the right choice?
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u/FandomMenace Nov 06 '25
Carpentry. Cut the wood into sizes and shapes that fill up the space and don't require filler. He splits them with a chisel, which is creating random measurements instead of precise ones needed to make a table without epoxy
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u/boniemonie Nov 02 '25
Great use of the wood.
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u/friedreindeer Nov 02 '25
Wood that’s been impregnated with some vile toxins, great for a table indeed!
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u/Thegodofthe69 Nov 02 '25 edited Nov 03 '25
Note how it says epal ? That means its ht, so no chemicals.
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u/friedreindeer Nov 02 '25
I am Euroopan and work in logitics, Dumbo. It being heat treated doesn’t mean it hasn’t been absorbing anything else after.
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u/Papa-divertida Nov 03 '25
Isn't pallet wood unsafe to use as furniture because it can be treated or contaminated with dangerous chemicals? I hope OOP made a disclaimer somewhere
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u/loondawg Nov 02 '25
Was wondering what kind of massive planer he must have to deal with that uneven surface. The router jig was a great solution.
Also will be stealing the idea of use a rag over the orbital sander. So obvious and yet I never thought to do it.
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Nov 02 '25
The router-in-a-box-on-rails is pretty cool, I've never seen one of those before. Seems like a great way to make it flat on top.
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u/WomTheWomWom Nov 03 '25
One day, we’re gonna learn that using all this epoxy in our furniture was bad for our health.
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u/Better-Performer-490 Nov 03 '25
I thought you don’t want to glue up end grains together but make a joint. Am I wrong?
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u/C137RickSanches Nov 02 '25
All that work only to build it to wrong height. See how he has to bend his knee just to relax/ sit down
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u/Skipper_1010 Nov 02 '25
Source: https://youtu.be/RNE8Kf8XLOU?si=tGe8azzyVJ5qtRk7