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ABOUT THIS VIDEO
Every time I build a Live Edge Slab and Epoxy table, I end up with a little left over epoxy. For a year i collected that epoxy in a form, and today I'm using that to build a coffee table.
#epoxyresin #LiveEdgeTable #woodworking
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0:00 Introduction
1:20 I Will NEVER Do This Again
2:18 Can You Guess What This Shape is Called?
3:10 I'd been Dreading This Part
4:00 Design Inspiration
7:01 Roughing out the Base Pieces
8:35 Ad Read
10:05 This Was a Bad Idea
11:55 Why I Don't Make All of my Parts on a CNC
14:58 Fixing the Top with an Epoxy Skim Coat
16:52 Finally Doing what I was Trying to Avoid
18:15 Polishing Epoxy - Quick and Easy
19:50 I Don't Like This...But I Have an Idea

[@SwearingenTurnings]

I'll vouch for your courses. Last year I bought the Longview Table. I'll soon be purchasing the matching chair course. After that I plan on building your Spider Table. I highly recommend the courses for beginners and intermediate builders, especially if you're like me--you suck at design. I'd call myself an...advanced intermediate...builder.

[@Foureyes.Furniture]

Thank you for the kind words and support. Always appreciate hearing it from other people. I genuinely do believe we make the best plans out there...but obviously I'm going to be biased. I hope that people who watch the channel often know that I'm not a very "braggadocios" kind of guy. But at the end of the day...I'm selling woodworking courses...so it's understandable that people might take my opinion with a grain of salt. For anybody interested, check them out here - foureyes.podia.com/ And if you don't like them...money back guarantee...so nothing to lose!

[@johnwkomdat]

Just stopping by to agree: Foureyes plans are the best of the best. Absolutely worth the investment given the DAYS of problem-solving they save you, and they really do include cool skills that you’ll keep using in other projects.

[@MrLostMD]

I'm a small shop out of Florida, your plans look great plus the fact that you off a template too is really top tier. I think setting up a large catalogue of designs for sale or licensing would be the way to go, I do custom commissions so everything is a one off and I wish I had fusion back then to remake with ease to resell a cool piece.

[@w2ttsy670]

Hell, I just purchased your plans for your designs. The Longview will look perfect in my dining room, so even though I don’t need the walk through on technique, I am in it for the great design aspects. Especially the leg assembly.

[@SwearingenTurnings]

​@@Foureyes.FurnitureYour humility and modesty do come through in your videos, but you're right: Your courses are some of the best I've seen in thirty years. You should be proud of them. They're incredibly inexpensive relative to all that they offer and the attention to detail in their production. I've learned more about design from your videos and plans in two years than I have from all other sources since I started building. I'm nearing completion on my first MCM inspired pedestal table that I designed and owe its (hopeful) success to you. Keep it up.

[@OfficiallySnek]

16:41 "Two coats of Monocoat" I like it

[@Foureyes.Furniture]

every time

[@ambiention]

This is the first ad read I haven’t skipped in ages. “Letting” you continue to show the build progress is genius

[@user-hy1lm2rd9q]

This piece is BEAUTIFUL. I was getting mad when you said you weren't satisfied with the resin top, but when I saw the wooden top my jaw fell to the floor. I'm not sure which one I like more, they're both pieces of art

[@Foureyes.Furniture]

Thank you so much!

[@whisky1975]

I understand you aren't a fan of the epoxy top, but it's gorgeous. The back story is what makes it sooo amazing. And the back story on the inspiration for the leg design - when you told us, I literally went "huh. That's so cool". Keep up the amazing work. Whoever buys this is a very lucky person

[@ghosttwo2]

Winning bidder: "So do you want the polished walnut top, or the industrial waste with dead flies in it?"

[@Nick-hm9rh]

Honestly that leg setup is mesmerizing. reminds me of something youd find in a modern Hobbit hole

[@Foureyes.Furniture]

Maybe that will be my official aesthetic. Modern Hobbit :)

[@BoraHorzaGobuchul]

If i thing of the insect origins, and sausage bodies, I get Gieger vibes from that base. But only for a moment, and it's not in any way bad

[@0midRezaei]

Honestly, the table shown in the thumbnail really caught my eye. That semitransparent epoxy top looked beautiful. And it's see through, so it lets you see base through it, that adds to the beauty of it for me

[@KutsugeMindUrmoks]

Squectangle and Sausage body are both great names.❤️👍

[@Foureyes.Furniture]

They are...but Sausage Body has to be the best

[@CaTastrophy427]

I think an interesting idea for the leftover epoxy top (if that ends up being the leftover) is to make it a shelf underneath a higher and larger clear-top table. We had one like that in our previous house (albeit a circular table that can seat up to a dozen people), where the lower shelf was used to store extra coasters or even refills for the self-serve dishes people are eating (an extra basket of garlic bread, for instance).

[@mozjag]

That base is so beautiful that a transparent top (as shown in the thumbnail) would look great on it. Also, if the epoxy top needs a new purpose, I'd go with a smaller base; it felt like it was drowning in / being suffocated by the base from this video.

[@timm.7988]

If the Epoxy top wasn’t chosen I‘d love to see it turned into a little horizontally oriented „closet“ maybe with handles on the wooden inserts, maybe I can inspire you :) Great video! You got a new sub from Germany

[@jaymuffinz]

Just flip the base over

[@BrochtrupBean]

I really preferred the black table top, especially with it being anchored by the two wooden dots, visually-speaking. A refreshing change from midcentury vibes. Great work.

[@Knibal999]

As I understand it, flies are attracted to black hues. It helps with mimetism and avoiding predators gaze. Your pour is black, and lo, the flies. Great way to make me watch and listen to the ad.

[@MrStinkyPipe]

3:55 it was almost amazing moonwalk. I'm impressed

[@SethFowler]

Came out amazing!! Both tops are gorgeous

[@Foureyes.Furniture]

Thanks brother...let me know if you ever need any help with that 1-through-12 clock

[@SethFowler]

@@Foureyes.Furniture hahaha I might, off center shelves on the plywood aren’t doing the trick 😂

[@Ryj1987]

@@SethFowler Please get this man to help you with that clock! That plywood is awful lol!

[@turtlemasterVII]

Yooo Seth Fowler I'm a big fan

[@AngelLuisTrinidad]

Both tabletops are beautiful, but the epoxy one is the winner, excellent work. Someday I will have enough money saved up to afford one of your creations.

[@Foureyes.Furniture]

Thanks! and I'll be here and ready for you :)

[@Incandescentiron]

Honestly, the transparent top you show in the thumbnail is the best because it shows the cool structure of the legs underneath it. You said the design was all about the legs, but we can't see the legs with either the black top or the solid wood top. Transparent top is the winner!

[@wafikojulio9028]

you could have cur your losses, done this with a piece of some random plastic , but you continued ABSOLUTE LEGEND mad respect

[@GrumpyOrc]

You may not be, as you say, primarily a furniture maker, but you are a very talented furniture designer. I especially admire the way you often design and make beautiful pieces utilizing what many others would consider waste material as you did here.

[@Foureyes.Furniture]

Thank you! 😊 Really appreciate the kind words.

[@jspiro]

The ad read while keeping the video going was impressively effective!

[@IQTech61]

I see your point about the black epoxy top. What about using the CNC to carve in a Celtic Knot pattern or some other geometric design that you could fill with a white epoxy or some other contrasting color? Gold would most certainly be eye popping.

[@Foureyes.Furniture]

You could do that...I like simple minimal things in that regard though. Especially with a base that is already pretty attention grabbing.

[@AsuraTheNoble]

I really like the look of the epoxy top more then the wooden top, but I understand the issues of scuffing overtime. I think the epoxy top would be best used as maybe a backing to some kinda of wall art piece. Alternatively... One could get a fitted glass top to place on the epoxy

[@Foureyes.Furniture]

Good idea :)

[@KutsugeMindUrmoks]

3:55 That moonwalk was so clean!

[@Foureyes.Furniture]

Thank you kind sir

[@bandisiledyonase1204]

Hey Chris this is your fan in South Africa i must say when you said you are not a woodworker I am not agreeing with you on that one but i get your point. But you are my inspiration in woodworking buy far. Keep doing great job man l happy all time when release a new video

[@toniahand6251]

Many of your pieces look like DANSK lines. Love your ideas and pieces. So classic and simple. You ROCK!

[@mrberner87]

I love the story behind your design! I was a woodworking instructor years ago and each year I played my class a video of Tony Fadell on how great design begins- taking notice of everyday things.

[@Foureyes.Furniture]

Thank you...and I haven't heard of that. Sounds right up my alley.

[@williamellis8993]

Great build, Chris. The takeaway I have with all of your projects is not the end product, but the steps and tips you provide along the way to minimize errors. That includes the order of operations you always stress. Bill

[@Foureyes.Furniture]

Awesome, thank you!

[@sugraf]

The suite dance was just a cherry on top!

[@ThePonderingWoodworker]

Great job with the ad, I actually didn't skip through it because the build was still going

[@bottersnike]

The use of AI in some of those shots was really interesting, and frankly quite cool. Love seeing creators find clever ways to use tools like that

[@Foureyes.Furniture]

Thanks...I just wanted to make that ending shot more attention holding by adding a visual to the talking. I also have fun with this kind of stuff :)

[@TheTuttle99]

I'm curious which parts you mean and how you knew?

[@divalea]

⁠@@Foureyes.Furnitureyou’re probably not aware that AI is trained on the work of creators who didn’t give permission for the use of their work, get no credit, and don’t get paid. It’s theft.

[@raydriver7300]

I love to see ribbons of epoxy flying off tools over…someone else. Great job 🌞

[@Foureyes.Furniture]

Me too!

[@AigoRacing]

First, made a mistake. Then thought of a way to turn it back into a win. And finally make it a win for other people. And during this entire process, shoot everything to create a wonderful entertainment. Wow 💖

[@Sphyxx]

Finally someone who uses proper guides for using a table saw

[@Guenther-Eichinger]

Wooden top looks way better than the plastic one 😉 Nice table and awesome video 👏🏻👏🏻

[@Foureyes.Furniture]

Thanks 👍

[@jscook54]

I will almost always pick wood over epoxy. Love the legs. And I would call that shape Pill. Sounds cute!

[@Foureyes.Furniture]

Pill shape is probably the one that makes the most sense too.

[@IamNinetyFour]

I WANT THAT TABLE WITH THE EPOXY TOP! Simple yet complex & the all deep-black top is the perfect contrast! :O

[@krash3649]

Watching your videos while I hit my bong is the best feeling ever for real, I don’t know what it is about your commentating but it rolls off the brain nicely.

[@Foureyes.Furniture]

haha...appreciate it. I take it as a genuine compliment

[@PriceyBuilt]

The completed table with the epoxy top looks really nice and modern. The table with the walnut top looks truly beautiful. Amazingly so. I'd take the walnut one every day of the week.

[@steveferguson1232]

Beautiful, I personally like the walnut top as I agree with all of the maintenance to keep the epoxy top clean.

[@pipernell]

The word "squectangle" now lives in my head rent free.

[@kylemorgan2825]

Split the 2 tops in half long ways and connect the opposites together then route a brass inlay into it to hide the seam!

[@BorisRosenow]

Man, the transitions in your videos are always so smooth and satisfying to watch. Especially at 12:02. So cool!

[@thanatos66613]

Love it. But the highlight for me was the dancing. I like the epoxy top. The walnut was nice, but the epoxy was different. Like a reverse river table.

[@Foureyes.Furniture]

Dancing was the most fun part of the build for me too :)

[@DavidMcCabe]

You have come full circle by filling holes in epoxy with wood. Awesome video.

[@dezznuzzinyomouth2543]

Love the mistakes.... Helps us grow.... Appreciate your humbleness

[@dippshow]

Another thoughtful and beautiful piece. Loved the video as well!

[@Foureyes.Furniture]

Thank you so much 🤗

[@willlit2806]

You seem to be surprisingly well good at rendering and drawing, when you shaded the table so well it was unexpected

[@ErickBuildsStuff]

Hey, i have recently been to a restaurant. They had glass tops and over it was thin layer of 1cm clear silicone/plastic. It was to protect the glass top and also give option to keep their menu in between the layers. This would keep your epoxy top scratch free and also be usable. Easily cleaned.

[@kyx5631]

Hi, I'm one of 17 persons. Thanks for linking the epoxy polishing video, I am still trying to improve on how I do it and haven't watched that one yet.

[@nickolson5813]

i feel like putting a sheet of glass on top of the epoxy would help it stay nice and clean looking without losing the look... but maybe thats a bit expensive to have done no idea

[@Foureyes.Furniture]

Yeah...I actually think if you want that look. Just scrap the epoxy and do a glass top period. Won't have the thickness though.

[@Aleph-Noll]

i like the idea of reusing waste materials. have you ever wanted to do a scrapwood challenge build lol

[@Foureyes.Furniture]

I di like building stuff from scraps...but never considered a challenge.

[@JD-oh1kb]

Splitting the screen during ad = GENIUS

[@jasoncarswell7380]

I've built several pieces of furniture and website elements utilizing that "stadium" shape, my fave, that I've preferred to call an "ovoid".

[@Seforagf]

¿Alguna vez has pensado hacer mesas para dibujo técnico o artístico? De esas que se usan inclinadas, o también mesas para calcar como las que usan los animadores usando epoxi. Sería genial si tuviera las luces incorporadas desde arriba y ambos lados para poder trabajar sin sombras

[@xof-woodworkinghobbyist]

great piece as usual. I can confirm your plans are absolutely great. I got the free one and adapted it to make a bench (instead of a table). Because the plans were clear and complete, I had no issue changing the dimensions for my use. Thank you for inspiring me.

[@Foureyes.Furniture]

Awesome, thank you! Glad you enjoyed....:)

[@onehandedmaker]

Epoxy top looks fantastic! Love the story as well. Pretty happy you didn't include 8 legs! Spiders aren't my thing. One Handed Maker

[@rickderuiter8869]

And so we have the "Lord of the Flies." That was fun to watch. To borrow a quote... "A novel about the tension between groupthink and individuality." It'll be even more fun fo find out which top the winning bid chooses! Thanks Chris.

[@superNova5837]

SQ U I R C L E

[@virtualfather]

I love your commentary. Your videos are incredible. I usually smile or chuckle multiple times jurying the video. I really like the epoxy top better and understand the long term use issues, there I would suggest a 1/2” thick piece of tempered glass with a matching bullnose edge. I remember back when you were still a desk jockey trying to decide if you such go all in. I again want to thank you for your choice to entertain me.

[@jayjaral]

This is an amazing piece of furniture, and that moonwalk was bossy. #Kudos 🕺🏻

[@statelyelms]

I clicked for the epoxy but I stayed for that gorgeous leg design. Can't get enough of it. Looks like it'd work utility-wise too, not just beauty-wise.. fit a basket in there, put it in a summer cottage with some old magazines..

[@cuebj]

Split screen advert works! Keeps attention better than simple talking to screen about the advert product! Eye flicks back and forth, and somehow, I take in both screens

[@robinsonmj98]

Have the epoxy piece go as another shelf "inside" of the unit. Slightly smaller version. Either way, whoever buys it, may have someone that meticulously cleans their place and won't mind the black top! Love your work, bro.!

[@michaele1201]

Here is an idea for the "next" excess epoxy top. After you get a layer or so thick.. embed some cool looking objects in the epoxy, that you can see if you illuminate the bottom. Maybe a whole bunch of dead flies... lol.. but I like layering some clock hands that you could make it so the table would tell time?

[@michaele1201]

Ps.. I like the epoxy top.. but the wood one looks better on that base. Great build!

[@dialog_box]

7:17 gotta love the needlessly complicated editing for an incredibly subtle result also, it's kinda funny that you would say the sponsors were "kind enough" to let you keep playing the video during the ad read, when they probably know full well that that actually means their ad is likely to get more attention than it otherwise would

[@Foureyes.Furniture]

100% true. But many either aren’t smart enough or don’t care, and want you to fully stop and do a commercial. I definitely think this is the smarter way to go.

[@stytos]

My favorite is Squactangle followed by sausage body. I'm very much an amateur woodworker and, as I can't do more (woodworking isn't cheap), or until I can, I appreciate the videos and the inspiration that they provide. Thanks!

[@dwtalley]

re: Working epoxy -- Have you dialed up Andy Phillip's channel? You router-kids can hold his beer while he works epoxy. re: Fly table base -- Nasty inspiration aside, that's a captivating base design, scale up- or downable, etc. Nice visual thinking there! Can't afford the 4K+ that the table would cost as of this moment, but kudos to the charity for having such a thoughtful & persuasive supporter.

[@BradyLikesBikes]

I love the chunk graphic! Tree to little pieces to the final product. I spent a lot of years working on trail crews and we always joked about how our jobs were taking big pieces of wood (that fell across the trail) and turning them into smaller pieces of wood.

[@5ElementsWoodworking]

Came for the flys, and also got that awesome cut off catch, clean room suit dance, and the angst between the art of woodworking and the utility of woodworking pieces. Thanks for another great video. If I had to pick, I'd go with the epoxy top, so the flies didn't die in vain.

[@5ElementsWoodworking]

Maybe cut two holes in the wood topi to match the wood pucks in the epoxy top, and fill with epoxy. Then, glue the two together, and you can flip the top whichever way you want it, making a Mega Top

[@Foureyes.Furniture]

Swappable Top Coffee table...you're on to something :)

[@cropcircle5693]

The epoxy top would be great a shelf level below a top. Maybe a glass top? Good for art books or a sculptural piece. It would get much traffic and very little touching but you'd still see the strong black look of it.

[@DJPanoramic]

To Stop breakout on the corners of solid wood on the CNC router, you need two specific things. 1. Router must both be climb cutting as well as "roll around corners" machining 2. Finishing Compression cut tool . First you rough cut the outer shape leaving 3mm oversize, then clean cut with higher RPM and slower feed at full depth of cut.

[@dieterjosef]

Thanks for your honesty, that you are a videomaker. Yes, you are also a designer making fine products but I appreciate your openness.

[@TotalBoat]

Love the use of leftover epoxy, and it turned out beautifully - so sharp looking!

[@Foureyes.Furniture]

Thank you! As I always say...couldn't have done it without you (literally)

[@galgrunfeld9954]

I think using CNC could definitely make a video interesting - it's having parts cut then assembled like legos - a lot of people find that satisfying. Plus, timelapses of CNC milling can look super satisfying to a lot of folks.

[@madi7178]

Genuinely I like the idea of having both tops to switch out. Just hanging out in your living room? Wood top. Having a party with guests, epoxy top.

[@latom67]

5:16 i just like how you yeet the cardboard box 😂 that was fun.

[@pilsonandrew]

This man deserves 100 millions Subs. Bravo my friend. This channel is entertainment, art and comedy wrapped into into one big tasty wet burrito.

[@t_dub]

You speak the truth...everything is better wet. Love the video. The timber top wins my heart.

[@Fhcghcg1]

A potential explanation for the three flies is that the flies are attracted to the other dead flies. I personally have managed to make a accidental moth trap, so far with five moths and accelerating

[@lindasnow3960]

The pieces I see from you tend to be more Modern pieces. Love to look. Love to get to watch them made. Art is beautiful! Can really appreciate looking at it. Very nice work!

[@theatyhannington]

First time in a long time I've sat through the ad read. Thanks for letting us still be in the video, company sponsor.

[@Foureyes.Furniture]

I was happy they proposed doing it that way. Much better for everybody

[@bluebirdwoodshop]

Really cool base especially with the heavy round over! Nice work!

[@ronj8000]

Im not a fan of any furniture build using epoxy BUT im glad I kept watching because the tip about cleaning up router tear out was great! Thanks!

[@Foureyes.Furniture]

Glad it was helpful!

[@billymcintosh1349]

Love the table. It’s awesome. I have been watching ur videos since u where in ur garage. I hope to be able to design and build furniture as good as you and ur partner both do.

[@shrimuyopa8117]

Very kind of you to share that epoxy top with the sea turtles.

[@keithklein4538]

Hi Chris, I started watching this video thinking I might learn something about using a new material to make tops for furniture pieces. The prospect of a transparent/translucide top with more than two centimeters thickness and a top that weighed less than a small car (I have used glass and stone for tops of similar sized pieces) was intriguing. But what I think I learned is that I really don’t want to deal with plastic shavings and dust in the shop. Hazmat suits are fine, but if you don’t need one it’s probably better. What I ended up appreciating the most was, as always with your videos, the design process. Who knew flies could be so interesting ? Anyway, thanks for the explanations. I’ll be waiting for the next installment. Cheers, Keith

[@flashtwosix7841]

you are the most talented teenage furniture maker on YT!

[@iancooper2213]

Neat add for the insurance company, normally I fast forward through adds but in this I watched the woodwork while listening through the ad, well done!

[@frozenwalkway]

one quick trick to try before you continue to not like the table try, a ceramic spray on coating. either one for cars or they have specific ones for epoxy tables. alot of times it deepens the effect of the gloss and enhances the gloss.

[@Zanteeh]

If the product was actually the video, this is a wonderful piece. This is one of the few channels I don't use the 1.5x

[@Foureyes.Furniture]

Appreciate that. Also please don’t use .5 speed. I’ll sound drunk.

[@ChrisHornberger]

Unfair to ask which people like more; I kind of hate epoxy and walnut is just... ** chef's kiss **

[@revdpoling]

Wow I like everything about the final table! It gave me all kinds of fun ideas such as doing a wood/epoxy layered effect all the way up the legs. Or maybe wood with epoxy tiger stripes in the shelves. Again, just for fun but yeah!

[@tristannaylor5197]

the black epoxy really looks gorgeous with the base. ik its tough with being used but truly it looks great

[@frankfinkelstein]

Digging the legs and personally the wooden top is my favorite.

[@tyoung2769]

LOL! "get a couple of Zimas in him" is maybe the best chirp I've ever heard.

[@IOTWVUVWTOI]

Always love your videos and this is one of my favourites so far! ❤

[@user-ec7ku4jr7i]

Man, the quality of the video with the story telling is something else. I watch your videos for the same reason I watch Baumgartner Art Restorations, pure quality entertainment. I will likely never make an epoxy piece of furniture, nor will I ever restore paintings. But I sure do enjoy your content. Thank you very much for your excellent work.

[@Foureyes.Furniture]

I often get comments saying that we sound the same. Thank you for the kind words.

[@_thegrayman]

👏 Another interesting project 👍 Maybe the e-poxy top could be fitted as a shelf under a more durable (wood) top 🤔

[@barnyardkh4]

Definitely the wood top! You analogy to the black car is spot on and exactly why I wouldn't want it in my house. Beautiful table though!

[@Foureyes.Furniture]

Thank you

[@HannahMattox]

I love all of this video. You did a beautiful job. You're really good with editing, amazing at the building process, and have a great banter side of things. I believe you deserve millions of views on every video and even more millions of subscribers. You deserve nothing short of success, friend.

[@KevinReinartz]

ill be calling that shape a Squectangle from now on. Thank you for the vocab lesson.