Soldato
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As per the requests in GD I will be doing a video on this, but I'll also try to put the progress on my build in here.
Background: When my wife and I separated last year I didn't really think I gave much of a hoot about the house, but also I knew I wanted to do something because it didn't feel right. The more I got into things, the more I have enjoyed making it as I want it. I am a creative person and so now know what I want it like, but I can't just go out and buy half this stuff (most is far too expensive tbf but also not exactly what I want) and also part of the joy for me is the creative process.
So although it's been done a million times, I really wanted a resin pour coffee table. I also want to build a mammoth dining table nearly 3m long as a resin pour table, but figured starting with this would be a great test.
The goal?
Something like that... I have the resin which is graphite metallic, mine might be less translucent, depending how much pigment I use. I also haven't fully decided on the finish of the wood yet, I'm going to experiment with some of the off cuts first.
That table above is 160 x 80 so slightly bigger but comes in at 2,249EUR so you know...
I thought it would be mega expensive with the wood side of things, so I have had a lot of the parts for about 6 months now. I went to the saw mill down the road last friday and picked up 2 slabs of wood 1.5m x 50cm in red oak for a bargain of 60 EUR. They're mega thick as well and have that living edge needed for a resin pour.
So far I have spent 75 on the legs, 60 on the wood and I bought about 300 worth of resin (for both projects, this and the dining table) - I think it's probably about 75 for resin for this. Sure, I've bought a few tools but they'll do so many other things. Also, time wise I'm sure it'll take me a good while but you know... I'd rather that than fork out 2k for a table and know I'd built it!
I let them dry for about 5 days in my house and that gave amazon time to deliver me some new clamps and also a black friday deal of my ryobi circular saw. I have a corded one, but this just makes things easier.
I marked them out (yes, on my dining table... my garage is full of car stuff and the weather has been shocking) and went for I think it was 110cm x 30cm (to it's widest part)
I used a wooden baton and those clamps to get a guide for the saw, which is a must really just makes it so much easier and then cut it outside on my fold out saw horses (https://www.toolstation.fr/paire-de-treteaux-pliables-toughbuilt-c700/) which are a total gem tbf!
The circular saw didn't quite go through the whole slab, which was pretty useful for being on the saw horses and not going through, but made me realise how **** my hand saw is... especially through oak. Christ on a bike.
Excuse my odd sock/ washing out - ain't paying for no tumble drying! But these are the legs I'm going for. I have the same but bigger versions already for the dining table replacement, too. Ignore that pine, that's for another project... although the split in it might mean it's not. I digress.
Because I'm avoiding doing a presentation at work, I went out and cut the other slab out. You can see now the one on the right is nearly ready. My battery went on the sander so it's on charge but all the edges are evened up, and the living edge has been mostly cleaned with an 80 grit. I want to make sure all of the dark spots are off the living edge as it could lead to rot apparently, so will finish off the right and completely do the left later.
That's where I'm at at the moment. You can start to see how it'll look now though and the configuration.
NEXT:
Once I've tidied up the two pieces, I'll be using an old wardrobe and it's wood to build a base for this to sit on, and then walls to go round the edges to create a mold for me to clamp it to, ready for the resin pour. I have special tape I got with the resin that will go around all the corners and edges and I have some mold release wax spray that will be applied before the wood is put in and the wood fixed into place.
The saw mill has a massive plane in, so I'm hoping to pop back with the full slab and get them to run it through both sides to make sure it's 100% flat on both sides and even. You can do it with a router but it's ******* long and they're 10mins up the road and I'd need it too for the massive dining table (not sure how I'll transport ******* 3m long table top yet, this **** weighs so much on just these small ones, but hey) so would be good to try with this one.
It's my birthday tomorrow and I have a friend over all weekend, so not sure I'll have much time for it but will see how I go in the run up to christmas. I would love to have it done by then, but will see.
On the dining table, I am pretty sure this is the colour I have got (it's been a while):
That one is £3,718 and it's like 1.8m - I have tried to find 3m long tables and the only one I found was about £10k - I think it'll be epic if I can put it off... anyway, this one first.
Will update when I've done more. I have also recently reupholstered an IKEA Strandmon arm chair because it was dirty minging yellow fabric, so it's now more in-keeping vegan leather, turned the associated footstool into a piano stool and am building a metal and wood TV unit.
I have issues and no skills but it's fun anyway.
Background: When my wife and I separated last year I didn't really think I gave much of a hoot about the house, but also I knew I wanted to do something because it didn't feel right. The more I got into things, the more I have enjoyed making it as I want it. I am a creative person and so now know what I want it like, but I can't just go out and buy half this stuff (most is far too expensive tbf but also not exactly what I want) and also part of the joy for me is the creative process.
So although it's been done a million times, I really wanted a resin pour coffee table. I also want to build a mammoth dining table nearly 3m long as a resin pour table, but figured starting with this would be a great test.
The goal?
Something like that... I have the resin which is graphite metallic, mine might be less translucent, depending how much pigment I use. I also haven't fully decided on the finish of the wood yet, I'm going to experiment with some of the off cuts first.
That table above is 160 x 80 so slightly bigger but comes in at 2,249EUR so you know...
I thought it would be mega expensive with the wood side of things, so I have had a lot of the parts for about 6 months now. I went to the saw mill down the road last friday and picked up 2 slabs of wood 1.5m x 50cm in red oak for a bargain of 60 EUR. They're mega thick as well and have that living edge needed for a resin pour.
So far I have spent 75 on the legs, 60 on the wood and I bought about 300 worth of resin (for both projects, this and the dining table) - I think it's probably about 75 for resin for this. Sure, I've bought a few tools but they'll do so many other things. Also, time wise I'm sure it'll take me a good while but you know... I'd rather that than fork out 2k for a table and know I'd built it!
I let them dry for about 5 days in my house and that gave amazon time to deliver me some new clamps and also a black friday deal of my ryobi circular saw. I have a corded one, but this just makes things easier.
I marked them out (yes, on my dining table... my garage is full of car stuff and the weather has been shocking) and went for I think it was 110cm x 30cm (to it's widest part)
I used a wooden baton and those clamps to get a guide for the saw, which is a must really just makes it so much easier and then cut it outside on my fold out saw horses (https://www.toolstation.fr/paire-de-treteaux-pliables-toughbuilt-c700/) which are a total gem tbf!
The circular saw didn't quite go through the whole slab, which was pretty useful for being on the saw horses and not going through, but made me realise how **** my hand saw is... especially through oak. Christ on a bike.
Excuse my odd sock/ washing out - ain't paying for no tumble drying! But these are the legs I'm going for. I have the same but bigger versions already for the dining table replacement, too. Ignore that pine, that's for another project... although the split in it might mean it's not. I digress.
Because I'm avoiding doing a presentation at work, I went out and cut the other slab out. You can see now the one on the right is nearly ready. My battery went on the sander so it's on charge but all the edges are evened up, and the living edge has been mostly cleaned with an 80 grit. I want to make sure all of the dark spots are off the living edge as it could lead to rot apparently, so will finish off the right and completely do the left later.
That's where I'm at at the moment. You can start to see how it'll look now though and the configuration.
NEXT:
Once I've tidied up the two pieces, I'll be using an old wardrobe and it's wood to build a base for this to sit on, and then walls to go round the edges to create a mold for me to clamp it to, ready for the resin pour. I have special tape I got with the resin that will go around all the corners and edges and I have some mold release wax spray that will be applied before the wood is put in and the wood fixed into place.
The saw mill has a massive plane in, so I'm hoping to pop back with the full slab and get them to run it through both sides to make sure it's 100% flat on both sides and even. You can do it with a router but it's ******* long and they're 10mins up the road and I'd need it too for the massive dining table (not sure how I'll transport ******* 3m long table top yet, this **** weighs so much on just these small ones, but hey) so would be good to try with this one.
It's my birthday tomorrow and I have a friend over all weekend, so not sure I'll have much time for it but will see how I go in the run up to christmas. I would love to have it done by then, but will see.
On the dining table, I am pretty sure this is the colour I have got (it's been a while):
That one is £3,718 and it's like 1.8m - I have tried to find 3m long tables and the only one I found was about £10k - I think it'll be epic if I can put it off... anyway, this one first.
Will update when I've done more. I have also recently reupholstered an IKEA Strandmon arm chair because it was dirty minging yellow fabric, so it's now more in-keeping vegan leather, turned the associated footstool into a piano stool and am building a metal and wood TV unit.
I have issues and no skills but it's fun anyway.
