Table with epoxy resin inlay and matching lamp

I transformed this ugly duckling table to a nice table with laid in pebbles. The piece of wood that I cut out, I turned into a lamp. I'm very satisfied with the set. In the process I learned a lot about how to handle epoxy.
I used 2 x 1,2 Watt 12 volt G4 LEDs and a 24 volts 'warm white' LED-strip. The power supply of the lamp is hidden in a special piece of wood I made for the lamp. The steel cables are used for powering the lamp. These steel cables are being sold in a hanging kit, I bought them from a local webshop, www.staalkabel...
I used 15 mm U-shaped aluminium strip. The video starts with the making of it, if you are just interested in the finished result, skip to 7:35.
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Music: Walz of the Flowers by Tchaikovsky

[@christophercraftery8369]

The woodworking is solid, but I was most impressed by your artistry, something that I feel is being lost in a lot of modern videos that copycat one another. This was a unique idea which took a unique mind to generate. Well done, sir.

[@rogue2419]

That is not artistry whatsoever. That's called bad diy project. Or having fun with hole cutter and some gravel.. But no art there

[@sherryrutledge8792]

rogue24 1 I agree! It’s so ugly!

[@Zachjones45314]

No homie... the LED strip looks perfect. To a child, it will look like a magic dust trail. You did an amazing job and i cannot wait to start my own wood working shop, thanks to the confidence your video has given me.

[@Onrust1]

That's nice! Just do it! I found out, it's not about the place you have or the tools you have, it's only about the need you feel inside to create. Do it! 😊👍👍 I wish you all the best with it!

[@timblackwood1531]

You are the Rembrandt of woodwork !!! Dutch details and strong design ....the old table was upcycled to grace Buckingham palace for sure !!! Thanks from England TB

[@Onrust1]

Yeah.. since Buckingham Palace I'm called SIR Onrust! ;-)

[@connieprockup8457]

your easter egg is the happy face on the sea cow....black paint dabs, white pebble....very cool, that !

[@donnedonneperth3473]

Good choice of music! Kept me watching/listening to the very end!

[@DenZuck]

You've the right thing signing the table because it's an artwork.

[@cindyritchie5521]

The entire time i was watching your video, I was picturing my 3 year old granddaughters ballet class spinning around in their tutus performing the nutcracker for their Christmas Recital. I love your table! especially with the little girls dancing around it.

[@bendangzulupongen2408]

i like the fact that you made this from an old table, which is effecient & also the hanging light made out of that scrap & thanks you took time to go out & show your lovely spring...Never been to Netherland but that was a good gesture...thank you

[@LooneyCola]

The music made this video 10000x better than it already was

[@dsruddell]

first time in awhile i havent been one of those "turn the music off" people

[@heidis8713]

Seriously. This was the ONLY time I EVER enjoyed the music in an instructional video. EVER! 1) It wasn't too loud. 2) The song wasn't obnoxious. 3) The music wasn't being played over someone speaking.

[@MelaniePhoenix]

This video is more relaxing then a meditation video. Thank you for making and posting these videos. I'm loving all your creative projects. Looking forward to what you do next!

[@lolalalo2857]

You had me at, "Brief Dutch Springtime". Well done all around.

[@iseejewelz3874]

OMG so cool , little gold fish in there would’ve been cute too

[@Dragothalas]

"Wait a minute! Dutch springtime!" Love it!

[@PatoPreparado]

I liked the music, the other DIY channels are noisy. Amazing job

[@JoseSilva-hy4pr]

I really like the little red car !!!!!

[@cqn1491]

Jaw dropping beautiful final product.

[@DFTMAlamoAngels]

I love the nutcracker background music!!

[@amymickelson8490]

agree, great choice for background music

[@davidwootton683]

I like the LED light strip coming up through the pebbles. Very nice job. And greetings from Africa.

[@trollbbqer1267]

Beautiful table, lamp, and Dutch Springtime!

[@Tugboat-R-Us]

That’s kind of cool looking. I like how you had no plan and just went with what was in your head. Pretty cool.

[@theducklinghomesteadandgar6639]

So very imaginative, beautiful and cool!!!! The LED lights look like a trail of hot golden coals spralled out in a line amoung the rocks, like after someone stepped in each place they left hot golden embers behind!! If you want more of a glow maybe try dropping the LEDs down by adding one more and placing back to back and then up against the underside center with the lights facing out sideways, and then adding a reflective surface around the edges of the underside of the rocked area, angled up towards the strips in center of table so the light will reflect off of the reflective surface an back up at the underside of the surface from edge to center. I think that will light the underside up like I think you were expecting and wanted!! Wonderful build, I subbed!!!

[@sherryrutledge8792]

The Duckling Homestead and Gardens oh yeah everyone followed that! Lol

[@zestyzirlonia6665]

Some people are just mega talented. Like WOW!

[@veganislife650]

Beautiful and well executed craftmanship! I hollered in laughter when you show cased your Dutch springtime! Good stuff.

[@malikaeddahraoui1665]

Bravo pour votre projet réussi!!!elle est trop belle la table et la lampe!!!Bravo encore une fois!!!!

[@markbedford5796]

I absolutely love this look .resin and wood are such a lovly combination well done

[@kristinfrazee2097]

The classical music and the sound of tools running in the background, made me think of a psychopath having his way with a victim!!!! EeeKkk! I think I watch too many bad movies LOL but the table is beautiful Bravo

[@reneeevans7315]

Lol

[@christiandemelbauer8124]

Musik:Nussknacker. Tschaikowsky.

[@jessedelarosa4977]

Hannibal lol

[@olcus290]

Maybe the most creative thing I've seen yet. Thanks pardner. Limitless possibilities with that Idea.

[@patrickhodson8715]

Waltz of the Flowers. Nice.

[@silverbat5873]

The table is so artsy, and the lamp is so cool. You did such a good job!

[@firewalker1446]

Woah. Incredible workmanship. You are a true artist, my friend. Perfect choice of music. Seems to convey your heart about your project. Video and project well as executed. Bravo! 👏👏👏👍❤️

[@joahuanysse8404]

The past times where I've gotten sick brought pleasure than seeing somebody cutting unsymmetrical jagged a hole in the table and then fill it with epoxy and rocks

[@pathardage1880]

Wonderful project. Very creative. Thank you.

[@Ray-qt1oy]

Wonderful! 🙌🙌, Awesome Job My Friend,Thanks For Sharing 🙏

[@TomosAvis]

Awesome videos :) You need to get a branding iron for 'Onrust', it'd make your maker's mark so much cooler. Keep up the good work

[@Onrust1]

I was thinking about a little copper / brass plate with the text punched in.. I have to check where I could get one of these..

[@tmarts373]

Onrust! yas!

[@leendert6518]

You can get a logo 3d printed, it just takes a bit of your time in sketchup, and if you design a bit on the backend where you can cut threads afterwards you can make a handle on it (by turning some wood) and there you go.

[@indykurt]

For your logo, check out some videos on smelting and pouring into a sand mould, You could show us how it's done also.

[@FLgcg]

Love the idea of a branding iron... would look GREAT in wood

[@peteravellaneda9499]

Overall, masterful craftsmanship, very unique approach on restoring an old coffee table, and good use of their resourcefulness in not wasting anything.

[@jayell1922]

The break to show us the beautiful Dutch spring time was the best part

[@ps9080]

Очень красиво! У вас золотые руки, вы вдохновили меня.

[@TheDreserDeviant69]

Da,slazem se.Mene je nadahnuo isto da radim nesto.Imam vestinu,bar tako kazu,a ne radim nista vec dugo.

[@RichardT2112]

Lovely! The four people who gave it a thumbs down, must be metal workers ;)

[@markbeiser]

I'm a metal worker, but I thumbed it up. I don't have anything against making something useful out of a dead tree carcass, it just isn't my bag. ;)

[@jumbo4billion]

Or furniture makers. It's hideous.

[@TheNormanmurk]

I'm a carpenter and that was such a cool idea. Many of my customers get rid of old furniture for new stuff after I remodel their houses so what a great idea this would be to reuse some of their old pieces to make new especially when they have sentimental value but they just don't match the new stuff. AWESOME! Thank you for sharing!

[@rrhopewell]

That was absolutely beautiful

[@andys.1316]

I have become a fan

[@Onrust1]

I already like you ;-)

[@artcore9886]

Get a room you two

[@odeon1161]

Table is lovely. Lamp is overkill and detracts from the table. Nice job though.

[@christianbousser5188]

Bravo l'artiste !! Belle réalisation .

[@isabelgonzales7841]

I loved your idea, and I do believe that you handpicked each pebble, I would have as well! Beautiful end result!

[@jmedley7401]

Beautiful work thanks for sharing

[@MeowMeowDeathRay]

I saw the channel and was like "who is this and when did i subscribe to him?", then i remembered oh ya it's the awesome bus rv thingy guy thing.

[@mrboss7334]

PierreDolphin hahahaah me to 😂 😂 lol

[@JanneWolterbeek]

*raises hand

[@Misonet01]

mama lunetic

[@StefanoLBP]

PierreDolphin ahahah... same question! Who is him I said! Man, he is amazing 😉

[@ahmedejaz]

haha same here

[@bonnienash8585]

Wonderful workmanship

[@DGimpeccablejaguar]

Very soothing and rewarding watch!

[@briandstone1able]

I was so intent on watching the video, I kept forgetting to read what was on the screen. Then when I did remember, and read the question, do you remember the piece that was cut out earlier... I nodded in agreement, and said out loud yeah, I remember. Nice work!

[@canuckyukyuk9164]

Same here. I thought "Is he going to show the LED light in the table?"... and there it was. The streak of light reminded me of lava. Of course, the lamp, which I hated, was in the way so, I couldn't get a proper look. Loved the table. Well done.

[@catsjavachat6565]

Love the table, that was gorgeous when you finished...but the overhead lighting from the piece you cut out of the table has to go..no good...not attractive at all. Lighting under the table to shine up through the rocks in the table, now that would be breathtaking. But good work my friend, I saw how much time and work went into that entire job. Thank you for sharing.

[@whollyman]

I agree, the light overhead was trying to re-use the cut-out, but it does not work, esthetically. The resin lake bottom with pebbles is magical, and the shape is not noticed because the pebbles are so dramatic. Then you see the shape of the light and it destroys the magic of the table. Sorry!

[@Onrust1]

I fully agree, and my wife even more, Hellcat. The set had to go and is now in the garage... awaiting a new destination.

[@krysanhall]

Onrust! I love them both

[@actualperson1971]

In the RV maybe?

[@whollyman]

Hahaha! That is rich!

[@razadelasand899]

You are hilarious. This table idea is pure genius. Gotta have this done

[@martinsentm]

I would love to do something like this with my gigantic (but all handpicked) collection of agate! Beautiful work! I do hope you were able to enjoy more of your Dutch springtime!

[@Onrust1]

Thank you. You should have seen the loads of plums this year of the plum tree I showed in the video. They tasted great!

[@martinsentm]

@@Onrust1 Yum!!! Beautiful AND tasty!

[@TimBrownie]

It just bothers me on many different levels that the lamps shape is flipped. It should have just fitted right back in if you dropped it down.

[@vynz0789]

Kangsl is right! the lamp (or table) needs to be rotated 180 degrees! Look at the circles at the ends of the lamp: the right side has many circles while the left side has only one circle. Compare that pattern with the circles in the table and you'll see it's rotated!

[@Onrust1]

You're all off. As you can see somewhere in the beginning, to prevent the piece of falling (breaking) in, I screwed a beam on top of it. Because of those three screw holes, I couldn't use what used to be the top of the wood for the upside of the lamp. So I had to flip it over and use the bottom side as top. Therefore it now never 'fits' the table anymore, no matter how you turn it (yes, if you let the light shine UP! ..LOL :-). I guess that's how you learn. I should have never used the screws, I could have clamped the center wood. But back then I didn't know what to do with it anyway....

[@jakellerman]

Tim Bruijninckx abstract

[@user-dn6qy1ou1f]

Sand with the grain!

[@janedoe9421]

Omg I bout died when I saw that too😲

[@denisekrejci6294]

He was just wanting to get the stain off. You can tell it came out perfect.

[@maartenhappel9014]

mooi werk mr Onrust :-) Heel mooi werk!

[@markn.reprisal9472]

Wow...that's a long way to go for a table filled with rocks !!!!!

[@gkmax3991]

Hey Onrust, I like your work and i am into art and carpenting too. Just tell me, which profession you have learned to be that good in carpenting ?! Greets, your german neighbour

[@Onrust1]

Well, I studied and graduated in construction, so that helped, but apart from that I'm really more or less self-made.. Learning by doing. It goes for this table too; before this I never did anything with epoxy resin. The bus gave me a creative way of thinking, and the lamp (see my other two videos) made me aware of that. Before that, I never considered myself to be very creative, as in being able to create things out of nothing. Yeah, so much to learn about yourself... and that on my age..! :-) Grüsse nach Deutschland zurück, nächstes mal ganz in Deutsch! ;-)

[@gkmax3991]

super dass du antwortest ;) es gibt nichts schöneres als etwas mit eigenen händen zu schaffen !

[@Gkitchens1]

has anyone figured out the Easter egg it's driving me mad! I'll subscribe if someone tells me what it is!

[@JinShinigami]

The easter egg could be the book on the table? The book is Waarom iedereen altijd gelijk heeft (Ruben Mersch)

[@shellirk2819]

The easter egg is the light strip 😁 or so that's my guess. Hey...where are you from? We have the same not so common last name.

[@roobetaffiliateonlybypass9756]

At first I thought easter egg as in something hidden within the video, but i think he could be talking about maybe an actual easter egg hidden with the rocks

[@alexanderstoychev7365]

8:07

[@roobetaffiliateonlybypass9756]

Alexander Stoychev : )

[@adam_fakes]

Beautiful, just beautiful

[@cabo7907]

Good job, Kees.

[@NatalyaK3582]

Если руки золотые,- пофигу откуда они растут!

[@inoiprofi7010]

@@dedmokartebyybet6075 засланец))))

[@dedmokartebyybet6075]

@@inoiprofi7010 чМок За Лайк )))

[@user-dn6qy1ou1f]

Why would you ask that. It's obviously a table!!

[@djordje3685]

Nice! btw. at 6:40 the flat side on the base of the router is there for a reason... But it worked out anyway ;)

[@timdouglass9831]

It's actually easier to get an accurate cut with the round side. If you wobble on the straight side the bit moves away from your straightedge. If you wobble when on the round side the bit stays the same distance away. I have no idea what the makers are thinking when they put those flat sides on routers. Totally bad idea!

[@Onrust1]

Tim Douglass - Thank you for writing down what I thought. :-)

[@Nesmaniac]

Very nice you are both an artist and a craftsman.

[@Kathy61954]

Love the table . The lamp,not so much . Awesome workmanship !

[@johngregg9187]

Wished I had my ten minutes back. Thought it might be cooler then that

[@dondayton6603]

Seemed like waste of imagination

[@ryanmacewen511]

Nicely done! The aluminum in the lamp was brilliant!

[@dfwquiltr37]

I was just mesmorized with the finish piece. The part you cut out of the table I thought was the piece to bring the whole thing together and if really flowed together. Loved the idea of the LED Strip down the center and the dimming light. When you did the close up of the center I kept waiting for water to flow down with tiny fish haha. Took me back to fishing at a small Brook with those types of rocks. Thanks for sharing

[@gianluca2703]

cant even start to describe how ugly this thing is....

[@CysCorner]

What a transformation you made of that table! Awesome!!!

[@enihgilead1427]

Quite interesting idea! Beautiful!

[@marilynthaxton568]

Well done.... Lots of talent. Beautiful

[@mallymakings2853]

Firstly, THANK YOU! My most favourite piece of Tchaikovsky, ever! I loved every single second of this video. Your editing, was fantastic, I appreciate the little captions saying what you’re doing and saying when things didn’t go according to how you envisioned, I loved the shots of your “Dutch spring” and lastly, I absolutely LOVE the end result. I appreciate it was a lot of hard work, time and effort but it truly is a beautiful piece. Thank You so much for sharing.x

[@Onrust1]

Thank YOU for your kind words..

[@anbannaidoo3313]

Brilliant work..young man !!!

[@vernholio]

Excellent work... Really creative!

[@davidmichael1951]

Great ideas. Masterful execution. Perfect score. Fine production. I love it!

[@navjotsinghdhimaan8997]

MIND BLOWING GREAT JOB BROTHER

[@geraldmartin8195]

Nicely balanced and well done all around. And don't knock yourself....it couldn't have worked out better. Finally...THANK YOU FOR AN OUTSTANDING SOUNDTRACK....!!!!!!

[@Onrust1]

Thank you, thank you... Sorry to disagree, but it could have been better - that's the way you learn. Now I would have poured the epoxy and sanded and polished it. The end result would have been slightly flatter and more shiny than it is now... Yeah I like Tchaikovsky too... 😊😊

[@geraldmartin8195]

@@Onrust1 Better ? Perhaps yes. But even Michelangelo was never completely satisfied with his work. Perfection is not for man. One's best at the time is admirable and speaks well for its maker.

[@metals2546]

Wonderful work, love the build and the music, but just what I didn't need, another subscription!!!!

[@momzilla9491]

Awesome job! I liked your Chandelier! Now that is imagination!

[@sugarbum888]

You are unfreakingbelievable! Great work, great creativity. Look forward to more of your projects!

[@chrisharrison5974]

I don’t know where you get your ideas from but they are wonderful. Love the garden too 👍👏💕

[@Onrust1]

Thank you! Ideas? The idea was too simple for words: 'let's put something in resin in this table'. Now what to put in? Must be small, and a bit diverse in color... I quickly came out at pebbles or shells, and in the end chose the pebbles...

[@heinrich3925]

Music is beautiful and your work and result is gorgeous!!

[@kellyshoutet]

Ohhh wooooow this is really beautiful. At first I thought the lamp would not be looking good, but you totally nailed it!

[@mike48632]

Beautiful table and lamp !

[@DIMTips]

That is such a cool table and great idea. 👍

[@___Ra_Ge___]

Leuke tafel met lamp 👍 goed bezig💪

[@MsSevuk]

К Р А С О Т А !!! БРАВО! МАСТЕР!

[@MrHristoB]

Fantastic and very innovative project!!! Really enjoyed it!!!! Before i saw this, I was watching a woman from across the big pond whitewashing and destroying a wooden table with paint..... This is like from another dimension!!! Well done!! Keep creating!!!

[@ivanakimov9128]

Классно!!! Тоже стол похоже переделаю. Спасибо за идею.

[@usafirst965]

Thanks for the Springtime! Its all good !

[@jamessutherland227]

Bro!!! I love the way you work. Attention to detail. Not having the "that will do" attitude. Absolutely tremendous workmanship. I respect that. 👍

[@alexg5513]

Wow, that's fab for your first go at epoxy and you have such a great sense of humour!

[@Onrust1]

Thank you. My second go at epoxy was disastrous - soon in this theatre...

[@jaxmanyfk]

Wood work! A fantastic piece!

[@sarahwiseman3217]

What a fabulous project! It looks amazing

[@stineke3021]

Die onrust mag bij ons wel staan! Super!👌

[@AhhTheBonnie]

Lovely Work!

[@terretulsiak]

Even people who complain and criticize seem to do so pleasantly and helpfully.

[@linnykeeble1619]

You must be well pleased with this table and light. It is just fantastic, stunning. I ♥♥♥♥♥♥💕💕💕💕💖it.

[@noladiorez8305]

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