in today’s video we’re tackling a
project inspired by the artist Greg
Classen making a small end table out of
a piece of burl wood log today’s video
is going to look a little bit
differently because instead of having my
camera guy mark film everything this is
actually just something I’m doing on my
own time so it’s just being filmed on my
cell phone I do have a spare mic so I’m
using that but it’s mostly just gonna be
single camera angle at a time and we’ll
see if we can make it look good alright
I’ve got this big ol log here which it’s
got some lovely burles on it burl is
basically when the tree gets sort of a
tumor and you can see we’ve got a couple
of them right here one of them right
here this is what we’re gonna be using
to make most of the table first thing I
need to do is cut this what I want to do
is get one piece maybe inch and a half
two inches wide that comes down through
both of these pieces of burl right here
and then a second piece that I’m gonna
cut out this direction that comes down
through this piece of burl
I have drawn onto the top of it some
lines that’s about where I want that
first cut to go so I’ll cut here in here
then I’ll have this half of the log and
then I’ll cut that direction from what’s
left to try and get this strip right
there I’m gonna try and secure it to the
table as best I can it’s gonna be a
beautiful cut it open now I just have to
do that like three more times so more
trimming will be done and generally I’ll
just trim off kind of along this part a
little bit around here and probably
right around there just a nice little
rectangle now I need to clean these off
they’re not very even I just cut them
with a handsaw obviously and so they
need some planing work I don’t actually
feel like these pieces need to be 100%
level and even all the way through if
there’s a little bit of fluctuation
that’s not too much of a problem it’s
not going to be sitting on a flat base
I’m just gonna build a frame that goes
around parts of the edge of it and so if
there’s some wonkiness going on in there
it’s not really a problem
I think it’ll actually add to the to the
live edge look of it obviously though I
want it flat enough that it you know I
can set a cup down on it and not have it
tip over stuff like that
mostly for this I think I’m just gonna
be using a handheld belt sander
and is already bringing out some
brilliant figuring and that’s like
80-grit this stuff is gonna look so good
when it’s all polished up next step is
to sandblast two end pieces of the wood
I’m here with my friend Dennis
who was letting me use his sandblasting
kit because I don’t have one of those
and it’s a pretty nifty setup so we’ve
got sand that fits in that thing there
it feeds through here blue hose has the
compressed air it pulls all the sand out
with it and it just it’s like sandpaper
without the paper part it just starts
tearing stuff down which is great
because these edges are not really an
area I can get sandpaper down into I
even tried a little bit with steel wool
and there’s just too many nooks and
crannies but sandblasting works great
it’s not breathe in sand or wood dust
and let’s not get it in our eyes
beautiful yeah that is so much cleaner
than it was before that’s just that is
that we’re great this wood is so soft
that I’m able to cut even through like a
two-inch plank of it with no problem so
we’re just gonna keep doing that now one
other little thing I want to do right
here I have kind of a large cavity and
that’s not necessarily a problem but I
think we could make it a little bit more
interesting we’ve got some extra pieces
of the wood including some that have
some of this nice burl on it so I think
we’re gonna try and cut a piece that can
sit right here is sort of just an extra
I think that’s a great fit for that
piece right there it’s no need to trim
it this way and then flatten it off just
a little bit and I think we can use this
so we’ve built the box you can see that
the wood fits nicely into it on the back
we’re going for pretty much flush up
against the wall but on sides you can
see we are leaving a gap now we’ll trim
down the blackboard it’ll have a little
bit of extra space going old around the
border that’s alright we’ll then flip
the white frame over and we’ll attach
the black part of the frame onto the
white part of the frame then we should
also just to make sure that none of the
resin tries to escape I’m gonna seal up
all of the gaps with electrical tape
there is a little bit more prep work we
need to do on our box we first actually
want to give that a coat of wax
hopefully that will make it so the resin
doesn’t stick to it very much
so we can then peel the box pieces off
later on you know before I clamp these
on I want to cover the clamps with
something so that the resin doesn’t
spill out and just get all over those so
I’m gonna use a little bit of foil or
plastic wrapped around those just to not
ruin them now when the resin flows the
wood will not float on top of it we’re
gonna be doing the resin port indoors
because it’s not good if you let it get
too hot or too cold so a nice climate
controlled environment is good however
you also don’t want to be breathing it
in first step we need to pour off some
of both types of resin into our smaller
mixing containers we’ll then pour one
half into the other one for coloring
we’ll be using this alcohol Inc sailboat
blue color mix it up for a while
then pour that into our larger bucket
and our larger bucket will go into our
vacuum chamber will suck out all of air
so there’s not bubbles left in the resin
and it’ll get poured into the table no
[Music]
coming back after the second pour and
it’s looking good over most of it but
unfortunately we do have one spot where
the resin cracked you can see that crack
extending all the way down through that
second pour layer I think it actually
even goes down into the first pour layer
a little bit down in there split right
across and maybe this is because I
poured too thick of a layer maybe the
first layer was still warm and the
interaction between the two layers was
too much for it but let’s mix up a third
pour we’re not gonna use nearly all of
it we’re just gonna try and get it high
enough that it comes up to the level of
the wood everywhere maybe overflowing
just the tiniest bit fill some of these
this all filled in quite nicely there’s
a lot of resin in that gap think on this
side it is full enough
we’ve got other spots that may not have
enough yet this one over here didn’t
feel quite as well we’ll cut off the
we are gonna take this edge and give it
perfect this side of the table is really
the one that has all the cracks that
need filling the other side did pretty
good
this one’s just got a few spots few
cracks that didn’t feel quite enough the
other side actually did have some that
looked like when I plane to the edge off
they went away so they were really
shallow so we’re just gonna mix up some
resin with no coloring in it and then
we’re gonna use a pipe it and fill right
down into these cracks
the surface of our table is pretty much
all prepped and ready what what I need
to do now is put a couple more layers of
resin over all of this so I’m gonna do
one layer just pour it over all of that
and that should pretty much seal up the
wood so it stops soaking it in after
that layer is cured I’ll do any cleanup
work that I need to removing drips off
the edge and maybe a little bit of
sanding but then I’ll do one more layer
of resin on top of that and at that
point it should all just be a glossy
the frame for our table is gonna be made
of these simple pieces of metal then I’m
just grabbing at the hardware store
they’re not too expensive
we’re gonna do a little bit of grinding
a little bit of welding and a little bit
of painting and we’ll have our frame our
metal pieces are cut welded shaped and
painted and we’ve now got our frame it’s
fairly minimalistic but I really want
the top of this table to be the focus we
have now finished this table the frame
is built it’s attached it’s sitting on
here you are still able to lift it up
but the friction from these little
sponge rubber pads on the side this is a
pretty good job of holding it in place
I’m quite happy with how stable it is
I’m very happy with how it looks there
are imperfections and of course things I
would probably do differently if I were
making a second one overall I am quite
happy with how the surface of this table
turned out I love that just incredible
wood grain that’s visible through the
resin very happy with the result on that
so this has been a really cool project
and I’m excited to have this set up in
my place as sort of combination
functional table art piece that’s gonna
be exciting that’s not although you know
we’ve always got more for you see that
box up at the top was gonna take you
directly to our last video you should go
check that out the other box is gonna
show you what YouTube thinks you should
be watching next if you have this bomb
limited be subscribed to the channel
that we didn’t miss a video
don’t forget to ring that Bell we’ll see you the next one dr. Dan
project inspired by the artist Greg
Classen making a small end table out of
a piece of burl wood log today’s video
is going to look a little bit
differently because instead of having my
camera guy mark film everything this is
actually just something I’m doing on my
own time so it’s just being filmed on my
cell phone I do have a spare mic so I’m
using that but it’s mostly just gonna be
single camera angle at a time and we’ll
see if we can make it look good alright
I’ve got this big ol log here which it’s
got some lovely burles on it burl is
basically when the tree gets sort of a
tumor and you can see we’ve got a couple
of them right here one of them right
here this is what we’re gonna be using
to make most of the table first thing I
need to do is cut this what I want to do
is get one piece maybe inch and a half
two inches wide that comes down through
both of these pieces of burl right here
and then a second piece that I’m gonna
cut out this direction that comes down
through this piece of burl
I have drawn onto the top of it some
lines that’s about where I want that
first cut to go so I’ll cut here in here
then I’ll have this half of the log and
then I’ll cut that direction from what’s
left to try and get this strip right
there I’m gonna try and secure it to the
table as best I can it’s gonna be a
beautiful cut it open now I just have to
do that like three more times so more
trimming will be done and generally I’ll
just trim off kind of along this part a
little bit around here and probably
right around there just a nice little
rectangle now I need to clean these off
they’re not very even I just cut them
with a handsaw obviously and so they
need some planing work I don’t actually
feel like these pieces need to be 100%
level and even all the way through if
there’s a little bit of fluctuation
that’s not too much of a problem it’s
not going to be sitting on a flat base
I’m just gonna build a frame that goes
around parts of the edge of it and so if
there’s some wonkiness going on in there
it’s not really a problem
I think it’ll actually add to the to the
live edge look of it obviously though I
want it flat enough that it you know I
can set a cup down on it and not have it
tip over stuff like that
mostly for this I think I’m just gonna
be using a handheld belt sander
and is already bringing out some
brilliant figuring and that’s like
80-grit this stuff is gonna look so good
when it’s all polished up next step is
to sandblast two end pieces of the wood
I’m here with my friend Dennis
who was letting me use his sandblasting
kit because I don’t have one of those
and it’s a pretty nifty setup so we’ve
got sand that fits in that thing there
it feeds through here blue hose has the
compressed air it pulls all the sand out
with it and it just it’s like sandpaper
without the paper part it just starts
tearing stuff down which is great
because these edges are not really an
area I can get sandpaper down into I
even tried a little bit with steel wool
and there’s just too many nooks and
crannies but sandblasting works great
it’s not breathe in sand or wood dust
and let’s not get it in our eyes
beautiful yeah that is so much cleaner
than it was before that’s just that is
that we’re great this wood is so soft
that I’m able to cut even through like a
two-inch plank of it with no problem so
we’re just gonna keep doing that now one
other little thing I want to do right
here I have kind of a large cavity and
that’s not necessarily a problem but I
think we could make it a little bit more
interesting we’ve got some extra pieces
of the wood including some that have
some of this nice burl on it so I think
we’re gonna try and cut a piece that can
sit right here is sort of just an extra
I think that’s a great fit for that
piece right there it’s no need to trim
it this way and then flatten it off just
a little bit and I think we can use this
so we’ve built the box you can see that
the wood fits nicely into it on the back
we’re going for pretty much flush up
against the wall but on sides you can
see we are leaving a gap now we’ll trim
down the blackboard it’ll have a little
bit of extra space going old around the
border that’s alright we’ll then flip
the white frame over and we’ll attach
the black part of the frame onto the
white part of the frame then we should
also just to make sure that none of the
resin tries to escape I’m gonna seal up
all of the gaps with electrical tape
there is a little bit more prep work we
need to do on our box we first actually
want to give that a coat of wax
hopefully that will make it so the resin
doesn’t stick to it very much
so we can then peel the box pieces off
later on you know before I clamp these
on I want to cover the clamps with
something so that the resin doesn’t
spill out and just get all over those so
I’m gonna use a little bit of foil or
plastic wrapped around those just to not
ruin them now when the resin flows the
wood will not float on top of it we’re
gonna be doing the resin port indoors
because it’s not good if you let it get
too hot or too cold so a nice climate
controlled environment is good however
you also don’t want to be breathing it
in first step we need to pour off some
of both types of resin into our smaller
mixing containers we’ll then pour one
half into the other one for coloring
we’ll be using this alcohol Inc sailboat
blue color mix it up for a while
then pour that into our larger bucket
and our larger bucket will go into our
vacuum chamber will suck out all of air
so there’s not bubbles left in the resin
and it’ll get poured into the table no
[Music]
coming back after the second pour and
it’s looking good over most of it but
unfortunately we do have one spot where
the resin cracked you can see that crack
extending all the way down through that
second pour layer I think it actually
even goes down into the first pour layer
a little bit down in there split right
across and maybe this is because I
poured too thick of a layer maybe the
first layer was still warm and the
interaction between the two layers was
too much for it but let’s mix up a third
pour we’re not gonna use nearly all of
it we’re just gonna try and get it high
enough that it comes up to the level of
the wood everywhere maybe overflowing
just the tiniest bit fill some of these
this all filled in quite nicely there’s
a lot of resin in that gap think on this
side it is full enough
we’ve got other spots that may not have
enough yet this one over here didn’t
feel quite as well we’ll cut off the
we are gonna take this edge and give it
perfect this side of the table is really
the one that has all the cracks that
need filling the other side did pretty
good
this one’s just got a few spots few
cracks that didn’t feel quite enough the
other side actually did have some that
looked like when I plane to the edge off
they went away so they were really
shallow so we’re just gonna mix up some
resin with no coloring in it and then
we’re gonna use a pipe it and fill right
down into these cracks
the surface of our table is pretty much
all prepped and ready what what I need
to do now is put a couple more layers of
resin over all of this so I’m gonna do
one layer just pour it over all of that
and that should pretty much seal up the
wood so it stops soaking it in after
that layer is cured I’ll do any cleanup
work that I need to removing drips off
the edge and maybe a little bit of
sanding but then I’ll do one more layer
of resin on top of that and at that
point it should all just be a glossy
the frame for our table is gonna be made
of these simple pieces of metal then I’m
just grabbing at the hardware store
they’re not too expensive
we’re gonna do a little bit of grinding
a little bit of welding and a little bit
of painting and we’ll have our frame our
metal pieces are cut welded shaped and
painted and we’ve now got our frame it’s
fairly minimalistic but I really want
the top of this table to be the focus we
have now finished this table the frame
is built it’s attached it’s sitting on
here you are still able to lift it up
but the friction from these little
sponge rubber pads on the side this is a
pretty good job of holding it in place
I’m quite happy with how stable it is
I’m very happy with how it looks there
are imperfections and of course things I
would probably do differently if I were
making a second one overall I am quite
happy with how the surface of this table
turned out I love that just incredible
wood grain that’s visible through the
resin very happy with the result on that
so this has been a really cool project
and I’m excited to have this set up in
my place as sort of combination
functional table art piece that’s gonna
be exciting that’s not although you know
we’ve always got more for you see that
box up at the top was gonna take you
directly to our last video you should go
check that out the other box is gonna
show you what YouTube thinks you should
be watching next if you have this bomb
limited be subscribed to the channel
that we didn’t miss a video
don’t forget to ring that Bell we’ll see you the next one dr. Dan
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