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[@TheRandallraplee]

I’m in my late 60’s and I have not seen even on KZbin, so many young men and women working at a craft that has such high honor amongst all of the crafts among man. Thank you for the hard work and teaching new generations a great craft.

[@BlackForestWoodCo]

Thank you so much for appreciating what we do! We love that we get to pass our skills and knowledge down to the next generation

[@surffishermanandcrossbowki9457]

Dylan is so damn good at narration and explanation! How proud your father must be! I have a son that does nothing but make my life easier and I know the feeling!

[@BlackForestWoodCo]

That's so kind thanks so much!

[@roberta.brokaw3829]

If you don't learn from your mistakes, you are not learning! I admire the integrity that BFWC has to make things what the client wants instead of just saying oops when something happens to one of your pieces of artwork and passing that to the customer. Stay safe - are we ever going to see Charlie again?

[@BlackForestWoodCo]

Yes exactly! And thanks so much, that means a lot that you respect our integrity! And yes, we'll get Charlie in the next video for you guys!

[@dottiemathews6853]

SO FREAKIN TRUE, ROBERTA! WELL SAID! (SHOULD BE SCREAMED OUT FROM THE ROOFTOPS) BECAUSE YES! THAT IS HOW WE LEARN! I CAN ATTEST TO THAT! BFWC IS THE TRUTH! I LOVE THEIR WORK ETHIC! THEY SHOW LOVE AND PRIDE IN THEIR WORKMANSHIP! WONDERFUL COMPANY!! LOVE THEM!!!

[@dottiemathews6853]

AND CHARLIE IS AN ADORABLE OFFICE DOGGIE! WONDERFUL ASSET TO THE COMPANY!

[@Rivertable]

I love this table) and all episodes) watching u for years ❤️

[@BlackForestWoodCo]

Thank you so much for supporting us for years, that means a lot! Thank you!

[@philvale5724]

Hi 👋, Black Forest, another great looking table, well done guys , and girls, Phil from the moulin France,

[@BlackForestWoodCo]

Thank you so much Phil!

[@derekbambrough1376]

That blue base layer is 🔥🔥🔥

[@BlackForestWoodCo]

Agreed! Thanks Derek!

[@George_in_Howden]

One of the best tops I've seen on KZbin. Great skill to achieve that result.

[@cattac6]

Another beautiful table from BFWC. I admire your attention to detail and ultimate quality control. Always a pleasure to watch you Guy's at work. Well done, cheers Michael.

[@BlackForestWoodCo]

Thanks so much Michael!

[@KRTube75]

Slotted holes are useless for expansion unless the screws are loose. Everyone knows those screws will be tightened down nice and tight. Damn Beautiful table!

[@debbiepoole2247]

I'm glad it all worked you in the end. The live edges are amazing.

[@BlackForestWoodCo]

Thank you Debbie 😊

[@wojtekp5684]

love the Manganelo Blue

[@BlackForestWoodCo]

Us too!

[@robanddompattie5153]

As always, another stunning product even after dealing with all the problems it turned out amazingly. Well done to you all.

[@BlackForestWoodCo]

Thanks so much!!

[@kurtc6372]

I have missed you guys and am grateful for your show. 🙏🏼❤

[@BlackForestWoodCo]

Thank you Kurt! It's always nice to see a comment from you!

[@maddieadams75]

Beautiful table, the wood has amazing grain pattern. ❤ thanks for sharing it all

[@BlackForestWoodCo]

Thanks so much Maddie!

[@dougk5456]

Really turned out nice. Your attention to small flaws speaks loudly of your attention to high quality.

[@BlackForestWoodCo]

Thanks so much Doug!

[@markstetzl7395]

Absolutely Beautiful !! You guys are amazing !!

[@BlackForestWoodCo]

Thank you very much!

[@mikepetitt9624]

Wow thanks for another informative video! I really loved seeing how the water breeds up on the treated top!

[@BlackForestWoodCo]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks Mike!

[@warehouseman6325]

Beautiful. Love the Blue. You guys are awesome

[@BlackForestWoodCo]

Thanks Torben!!

[@reggienance]

Beautiful piece!!!

[@BlackForestWoodCo]

Thanks Reggie!

[@andysmith3087]

That was a very good explanation on why you overpour. I had often wondered about the cost of that.

[@BlackForestWoodCo]

Yes, we always have people wondering about it

[@xv1qnjsb]

Awesome job! Do u seal the slab to prevent bubbles?

[@rumpple4skin976]

sometimes ya need these things to happen to learn. and now I learned too thanks guys

[@BlackForestWoodCo]

Thanks man!!

[@DanZL1]

Simply FABULOUS

[@nancyreier1070]

Beautiful as usual. Great job u guys. Love ur work. God bless u and urs.

[@BlackForestWoodCo]

Thank you Nancy!

[@johncotton866]

Thanks for the great video. It's a pleasure to see craftsmen who show mistakes as well as successes. Appreciate the great content. Always heard wood could expand and contract, didn't realize so much movement was possible. Learn something new every day. Enjoy watching you and your crew doing outstanding work.

[@cuebj]

The amount will depend where you live and when you lived. If your region has wide range of temperature and humidity levels, timber will expand and contract more than steady state regions. Today's central heating and air conditioning evens out a lot of that. I'm old enough to have learned my furniture making before central heating in the UK, so we had to cater for it with how we attached table tops to frames. Got my feet on a chess board coffee table with inlays I made in extracurricular classes at school for my parents about 1970: walnut, white oak, rauli

[@BlackForestWoodCo]

Thanks so much John! Glad we could teach you something new!

[@bill48m]

very nice. looks as though Charlie had a full makeover.

[@BlackForestWoodCo]

🤣

[@moxsexflex1]

you guys are amazing, keep up the videos and amazing work !

[@BlackForestWoodCo]

We will! Thanks so much!

[@briancashell5391]

What spray finish do you use

[@user-vn6hi2bi3g]

Great job, what's amazing about your firm is it's breadth of the highest caliper original custom work that's produced under one roof, casements, doors, windows, furniture, cabinetry, epoxy tables and counter tops. Also finishing and maintenance products/supplies. Amazing, truly amazing. Ray Stormont

[@BlackForestWoodCo]

Thanks so much Ray!

[@Thefineartofdistraction]

That is an extremely beautiful river table, I absolutely love the quality that you produce & deliver. I live in AUS 🇦🇺 & oh how I wish I was able to afford a table built by you guys 🤩 you never know one day, one can dream right 🤪 hahaha

[@BlackForestWoodCo]

Thank you for the kind words, and yes maybe one day!!

[@randyjackson4282]

Super good job !

[@BlackForestWoodCo]

Thank you so much!

[@fredproctor6973]

Great work as always

[@BlackForestWoodCo]

Thank you Fred!

[@jimmyrk3]

My favorite of the past few months...

[@BlackForestWoodCo]

Thank you 🙌🙌

[@jimrosson6702]

Great video as always keep up the amazing work

[@BlackForestWoodCo]

Thanks Jim! We will!

[@alexkiragu2502]

Beautiful job!!! Wait. Are those footprints 👣 at 8:37? 😂

[@rickwanless5738]

Love your tables. Question on something I heard on your vids. My place gets to 0%c over night I wanted to pour in my shed that I will heat but temp will drop over the 3 to 4 days will that effect the epoxy. Thanks for your help

[@nancyreier1070]

Thanks!

[@BlackForestWoodCo]

Wow thank you so much for the super thanks Nancy! 😁😁

[@billymacmakes]

I know you are often mentioning the lack of power in your Festool track saw - have you heard they have a new one? It may be worth checking out. It has an upgraded, more powerful motor that should help ripping through your table edges. TS 60 KEB. Time is money, so fewer passes needed to make a clean edge.....

[@BlackForestWoodCo]

We'll have to look into it! Thanks Billy!

[@stevebengel1346]

It appears that they're using a higher tooth count blade, should be using the Panther ripping blade; everyone who tells me that the Festool is underpowered is usually using/ doing something wrong. PS, I use them almost everyday and have for the past 15 years. Outside of that, an absolutely gorgeous table 💯

[@jamesbott3788]

Great detailed video

[@BlackForestWoodCo]

I’m happy you enjoyed 😊

[@danielolsson1756]

if you can get festool hk 85 its powerful to cut much...

[@Goalsplus]

I was simply going to say, "Thanks," before the end of the video then I thought it might have come across wrongly. But what the hell, thanks!

[@BlackForestWoodCo]

Thank you for thanking us haha!

[@estebanbalcortaanchondo8126]

Hello! I’m a new subscriber, all of your projects are stunning, greetings from México.

[@BlackForestWoodCo]

We appreciate that, thanks so much Esteban and welcome to the channel! 😄

[@casperscuts2627]

A quick question that may be a bit elementary, have you ever tried to use hot glue to seal a resin mold?

[@DrivingWithJake]

Great as always boys!

[@BlackForestWoodCo]

Thanks Jake!!

[@lazarus_7012]

That’s a mint looking table, well done lads 👍🏻🔥👍🏻

[@BlackForestWoodCo]

Thank you so much!

[@lazarus_7012]

@@BlackForestWoodCo No worries lads, your work is outstanding 😎

[@willieallan953]

That blue is stunning! Loved it when you built Joe's table, and I don't think you can improve it.

[@BlackForestWoodCo]

I know we love it! It has so much depth

[@PaulSmith-fg8sz]

Nice table. Every 2 weeks? Whoa.

[@Rivertable]

Watching it again

[@jumpingjacks5558]

Beautiful table. I don't think I would have felt the tiny imperfections your client found on the table. One question: are you or any of your staff watch "The Trailer Park Boys" It's one of my favorite shows. Just wondering. It would be cool to see a "Trailer Park Boys" table made by your business. I miss seeing Charlie.

[@BlackForestWoodCo]

Hahaha, yes we do. When Dylan Brad and I went to LA in 2019 to deliver Zedd's table, that was all we watched in our airbnb 🤣 That would be pretty cool! And we'll get Charlie in our next video!

[@patrickdansey3984]

What happens with all those millions of epoxy dust particles that get released into the air during sanding?

[@niksevilla]

Danke!

[@BlackForestWoodCo]

Thank you so much for the super thanks, we really appreciate it!! 😁

[@MrTooTechnical]

Great vid. Why not buy the mafel track saw so you can stop saying how the TS75 is underpowered. Thanks.

[@ToastyTilapia]

Isn't the clear epoxy just gonna yellow over time tho

[@josephclancy3528]

Beautiful table and great video ! I like how you show things when they always don't go right the first time as well ! Are we able to know what that piece cost ??

[@BlackForestWoodCo]

Yes, we've been trying to show a more candid look lately not everything always goes perfect! And this one was about $12K CAD

[@josephclancy3528]

@@BlackForestWoodCo - Thankyou

[@Lushahx]

before you do the ceramic do you wait for the finish to fully cure ? for example if i was using odies oil or osmo i would have to wait 14 days for it to fully cure. or would you just wait a few days/week ? thanks

[@BlackForestWoodCo]

You would want to wait at least a few days, but you can apply ceramic after 3 or 4 days with no issue as long as you don't start using the table or whatever you finish immediately after

[@maxfli343]

I really like the table and I want to know if you all did a video on the door behind you when you’re talking

[@BlackForestWoodCo]

We didn’t! That door was made 15 years ago before we had our channel. We have some cool doors coming up soon though!

[@jayvirpara8667]

hi, do you have video on how you setup your spray booth ? Please share details on that love to setup same for my workshop in India.

[@BlackForestWoodCo]

It's not our spray booth so we do not unfortunately!

[@Wolf_Knife_CEO]

✅ We WOOD like to wish you continued success. 👊🏾

[@charlessupplee2655]

I have a question, but before I ask I'll tell you I'm 80 years old, this is more of a hobby, and I have no employees and I don't do really large projects, so I'm not a competitor. But, where do you "advertise"? Website or word of mouth? I like your stuff and like the video. Keep them coming.

[@Pghaf]

How do you guys find clients? I don’t see these type of tables in any furniture stores.

[@BlackForestWoodCo]

Online mostly, but we do have our own store in Calgary that people come to!

[@matthewpugh263]

Is there a reason you don't have a bit more overpour on the table, and after its been through the drum sander and palm sanding, have the epoxy as the finish over the whole table?

[@BlackForestWoodCo]

Because then you lose the natural feeling of the wood, and it can scratch way easier than it would if it had a spray finish or an oil finish

[@matthewpugh263]

Ah! Makes sense. Good to know if I ever try to make one myself. Do you have any tips for someone on a first time pour?

[@Rivertable]

Yeah new episode

[@BlackForestWoodCo]

Yes!

[@chadhenwwodschainsawswoodw2108]

your the best

[@BlackForestWoodCo]

Thank you! 😊

[@barry.w.christie]

Not a fan of the spray finish, it seems to dull the entire table ... instead of a beautifully clear look, it's as though you are looking through a frosted finish ... the table is beautiful, but to me the finish spoils it somewhat 👍

[@BlackForestWoodCo]

Fair enough! Everyone has their own preference!

[@josiecapps2555]

The only way to learn…

[@BlackForestWoodCo]

Yes definitely! Thanks Josie!

[@wapperjaw8282]

Well didn't get a good look at the finish. If it bubbles then I would say the wood is not completely dry. That is why some that do these river tables do not use an urethan but instead use an oil. It may look dry but the bubbles are the clue that it's not ...

[@Rivertable]

I can't see super thanks...

[@BlackForestWoodCo]

It's to the right of the like / dislike buttons!

[@Rivertable]

​@@BlackForestWoodCoI found it 😅❤

[@JasonColino]

Why no C channels ?

[@BlackForestWoodCo]

Didn't need any!

[@johndell8679]

No Charlie?

[@BlackForestWoodCo]

We'll get him in the next one!

[@DerekFrazier2014]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@BlackForestWoodCo]

Thanks Derek!

[@notyourdaddy8300]

Is it just me or were you about to tell us what another problem was when the table was outside, but then you didn’t?

[@BlackForestWoodCo]

I don’t think so haha, I was talking about how we avoided a problem becuase our ceramic protected the table from rain

[@notyourdaddy8300]

@@BlackForestWoodCo yep watched it again. My bad

[@paullynch1938]

You do outstanding work but I’ll never understand why you do your pours up stairs for two reasons, surly it’s hotter up there and one day someone is going get hurt, but like I say fantastic work you should be very proud of your company

[@bradthomas8711]

We have an insulated and air conditioned room 24' x 32', upstairs yes. The reason for location is that we are a relatively small custom shop, so every square foot counts.

[@BlackForestWoodCo]

We don’t have a big shop and every square foot counts, it’s either we have our pour room up there or some other piece of machinery from the rest of our shop. We played around with many layouts, some downstairs, before deciding to have it upstairs. It’s insulated and easy to cool, out of the way, and relatively dust free!

[@paullynch1938]

@@BlackForestWoodCo I suppose so mate, you’ve obviously thought about it ,carry on doing what you’re doing you make some beautiful pieces for people it’s a credit to you all 👍🏻

[@paullynch1938]

@@bradthomas8711 beautiful work mate 👍🏻

[@bradthomas8711]

@@paullynch1938 Thanks Paul

[@krosmanfamily]

Dont say that you dont cost in variables that will occur. You charge huge money for your work. (And you love to share that, even in your video titles) So to imply that you need to pay staff and they will get paid before we do sounds like rubbish. You definitely have the profit margin and also the cash flow within your business to not even hint towards the notion that a single mistake could prevent you from saying your team. You regularly say that a singe job that you do costs 20k-40k plus. (for a table or door) Secondly, with you high quality standards that you preach every video, how did you guys not find the imperfection that the customer found? That sounds more like incompetence on your behalf. With that you want push for for "super thanks" you should be ashamed of this video. Before anyone want to hate me, i have been watching and subscribed to this channel for many years and i share links to multiple people on the regular. I love your work but guys, but find some sense of honesty and dont push a false narrative for profit. Id welcome a reply to prove me wrong before i unsubscribe......

[@mturner221]

I'll give you your reply. Do you own a business? With huge amounts of overhead? These guys arent selling a 20k piece every day or even every week. So i imagine those are the builds that are interesting and get filmed. Also imagine paying 20 guys full time when you are only selling maybe one of those high price items every 2 weeks. So if the client doesn't pay before the checks are due to the employee, the business has to use its own money to pay the employees AND THEN recoup the payroll money with the clients money after the sale. Now imagine what one payday costs the owner. If average employee makes $25/hr (very low for the amount of skill they ask of their employees) then one person cost the owner $2000 every 2 weeks of labor with NO overtime. Now with the 20 employees that is $40,000 with NO overtime that has to be shelled out by the company to pay all the guys at ONCE. That would be challenging for any business to do if they havent been paid in weeks for any other projects. Understand? Hes not begging for money saying they are poor. Hes saying that it is hard to pay that many guys on time if no sale has been made.

[@BlackForestWoodCo]

We totally understand where you're coming from, we do make expensive pieces and of course there's profit on them but, I don't think it's as much as people may think it is on KZbin, totally agreeing with Marcus's comment above, owning and running a business is expensive. And we don't expect people to give us super thanks but we figured we'd finally turn the option on, because for certain things like for us to go down and install and film the deliveries like the one going to Utah soon, every penny helps because it can get pricy to fly or drive down to The States, but we want to make content our audience enjoys! But it is 100% our audience's choice if they want to give us a super thanks or not, it will not be something we'll be pushing in our future videos, besides thanking those who donated to us at the end of our videos to show appreciation for them! We get the annoyance though, but thanks for being a long time subscriber and for sharing our content

[@krosmanfamily]

​@@mturner221what gave you the impression I wanted your reply? I do run a business btw mate. I didn't read past your first two lines btw 😂

[@mturner221]

@krosmanfamily "I'd welcome a reply before I unsubscribe" did you only read the first 2 lines of your own comment as well? Jesus you are thicker than frozen peanut butter. Hope the business you run is a lemonade stand or something that requires extra chromosomes to do well at. I feel you may have a few extra to spare.

[@Owlkyd]

First finally!

[@BlackForestWoodCo]

Congrats 👏 Thanks for commenting and watching 😄

[@truthkeeper1945]

Looks rushed and poorly done

[@berbababy]

Salta lekka citeeeeeee!!

[@beatnik155]

How much?

[@rudysaldivar4228]

Placing the steel table legs on the rocky pavement would not have made any of my customers happy. Nor me for that matter. Cardboard or a mat cut to size would have been my choice. Tiny gritty pieces get embedded in the paint and steel. I’m sure they were dusted off. But yikes.

[@BlackForestWoodCo]

There's foam pads on the bottom of the base

[@rudysaldivar4228]

Ahhh, yes. I see them now. Have you ever worked with mesquite lumber? It’s the only wood I build with.