Making History - April Wilkerson Creates A Very Special Table

In 2019, a viewer sent April a very special cut of wood from a horse-chestnut tree once owned by American social reformer and women's rights activist Susan B. Anthony. We worked with April as she crafted a beautiful end table for her chaise lounge.
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[@Jones572]

"That's gonna work"! It definitely did! I almost forgot you new how to weld. Loved watching this oldie but goodie🤙🏾💯

[@antiquecatfishing7068]

April I have to say that your skills and workmanship totally amazes me. I love how you start with nothing and end with a work of art, whether it be a functional piece such as the cooling off seat I call it, to a work of art such as this table. Keep up the great work, your works inspire this 51 yr old man to want to do more, Thank you.

[@margarethegmann2021]

a wonderful demonstration of simple skills making a useful and beautiful piece. Thabks!

[@greghoover6102]

I love to watch April work. Her smile is infectious. I wish I enjoyed my job half as much as she appears to be enjoying hers.

[@pashahart8698]

I like this video format of April. Makes it feel very inviting to her workshop.

[@michaelclark4893]

Great job April! Love the way you kept it simple.

[@blackdog850]

OMGosh April! Quite the HONOR to have a slab of 150 year old horse chestnut that had seen significant events of Susan B. Anthony's life... ex., 1872 (when she was arrested for voting) and 1906 (when she passed and was lying in state in the homes front parlor). Totally deserved!!! Totally hold strong accomplished women in high esteem...thanks for what you do! Great, great video! :)

[@lewisdye1002]

Very cool reclaimed wood! I work with similar though less historical reclaimed barnwood and slabs, and we often mix coffee into the epoxy to make the fills less noticeable. This works so well clients often do not realize the extent of the fill in.

[@larryford2303]

Love the minimalist approach to this project.

[@olddawgdreaming5715]

Awesome April At it Again 👍👍

[@jkrug7088]

Very nicely done, I love the simple understated elegance of the piece! My wife has been wanting a similar table for over the arm of our chaise, I have a welder and woodworking tools, what ever shall I make her..... One thing that surprised me at the end was the glass of.........water........after the cork display I thought for sure it would be whiskey.....

[@rayjones3212]

That was probably one of your most "funnest" videos I've seen you do. So relaxed (at least it looked that way) and personal with you talking to other people who were with you at the time you shot this. And what a nice job, to boot! You go gurl!

[@angelaowens1075]

April it’s beautiful and thank you for sharing.

[@Golfwatcher]

I think April should add a Susan B Anthony dollar inlay into the top. Would make for a great conversation piece.

[@HarlyGuy13]

Really nice table and a great story. Here’s a tip for you I just learned. When you go to mount a top mark the center point on all four sides of both the top and the base. Then you match them up and they are centered all the way around.

[@clintonemmert5184]

April love seeing your videos. You do a great job, and a great job explaining what, and way your doing. You and Matt are my two favorite wood/metal people. 🧡🧡🧡🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@erisi6204]

April inspired me to give welding a go, bought my first welder this month :-)

[@cdnsoul5808]

For a lady with all the latest gadgets I'm surprised you did not get a CNC machine yet. You're at ease with computers so it would/could save you a lot of work and it would fit beautifully in your workshop. Also on another note, did you know that there is a special inexpensive tool to fit on a spray paint can turning it into a spray gun. Very handy and much easier on the finger.

[@thomaslamora1679]

such a cool project. i live in Rochester, where S.B. Anthony lived. Her house is a historic site that you can visit and the cemetery where she is buried is very cool.

[@mlubecke]

April is one of the most inspirational people on KZbin.... in one word.... Amazing

[@sciwolf359]

Inspirational? Give me a break...

[@debvonr6786]

Let me take a stab at this.... No, @leglamps, not because she is a woman. That question belies your bias not the OP. April is an inspiration because she shows herself to be a decent human being, knows she is not always right, is in this to learn new skills, has affection for friends and animals, loves her family, admires people who know their craft, is willing to share her venture into unknown territory be it fine instrument making or learning to weld, has a can-do attitude and has respect for her tools, her teachers, mother nature, God and country (especially Texas). She admits her mistakes and does all this in front of a camera so we can be entertained and yes, inspired, to tackle what we might otherwise think we cannot do. And kudos to her that she can make a living doing that. Her sponsors are pretty respectful of her style, too. So, yes, she's an inspiration and a breath of fresh air in a world that can get petty and self-absorbed. Find your heroes in everyday people. They are all around you.

[@w.w.oklahoma6010]

Like Triton.... we are sure proud of you!!! Keep the talent rolling cause we are sure enjoying it!!! w.w.

[@debdottir]

Loved this video. It felt warm and personal. It's a very special piece of wood too. April put it to good use.

[@philliparudolph9595]

beautiful and historic piece of wood, and you did it proud!

[@More-Space-In-Ear]

Nice job April, well done 👍🏼😊

[@kirkpeters7825]

What a wonderful project and the end result timeless.

[@latherookie]

Only you can take such an easy project make it seem so wonderful. Thank for all you do for the past...... years. BRAVO

[@wylldflower5628]

First I’ve been a fan of yours for 3-4 years now. This has been extra cool though as my mom used to always tell me that Susan B. was a relative on her Anthony side (her father’s).

[@geoffjohnston1531]

Very nice piece.

[@tbddevelops]

April is awesome. And, as usual, another beautiful piece of work.

[@BottleJackBuddy]

How cool. Fantastic piece.

[@whoDatBeDare]

Yeah! That grain came up really nice! Well done!

[@mmgross144]

April, though your skill and creativity are inspirational, it is your zest for living that helps to instill joy! Kudos to Triton for a great video and great tools!

[@Sonal_Mobile]

Great job April and Triton!

[@tonyburelle6633]

Love watching April create

[@franciscojaviersantos2845]

April, congratulations I love the side table, a great idea. Greetings

[@miltonthompson7490]

Any video with April is a winner.

[@JoshuaMichail0]

That's awesome! I love it. I'm also jealous, I would love to have a piece of wood from a tree that Susan B Anthony knew. It would be great to look at it, and to touch it, and to feel that connection to history. I also like that you made something you'd use every day.

[@stevegood3224]

Love this project. Adding the cup holder at the knot was genius.

[@andrewbrown8148]

Great project and video, April~!! What a cool conversation piece you now have. I really liked the presentation format too. Such a pro~! ( I too like that idea below about letting in a Susan B. dollar coin.)

[@michaelparkinson4800]

Very cool! Instead of a cup holder, I really thought you were going rout out & inlay a SBA dollar coin. That would definitely make it a discussion piece and a constant reminder of the life of the tree before it came to you.

[@roadweary5252]

April will never cease to amaze us

[@richardsmart2255]

What a great idea. I really like the offset design. A nice welding job for my nephew to use my everlast welder.

[@larrybe2900]

Triton, you have partnered with a fine and talented individual in April Wilkerson. You seem to be right for one another.

[@craft0143]

How much do they pay her?

[@larrybe2900]

@@craft0143 If April wants us to know she will tell us. It might just be free product placement she offers and uttering the name in her work. Whatever, it is not really any of our business. If it was fair for April, it is good enough for me.

[@realjester]

April you are an incredible Maker and Inspiration 👍👍👍.

[@TheFalconJetDriver]

Great build April, I need exactly that same type of table, and I think I am going to make a pull out table using one drawer slide to place a USB charger on. This will be between a wall and a Love Seat.

[@ryanmcgowan3061]

10:50 What an absolutely perfect photograph of April being April.

[@donniebrunswick4356]

April...you are awesome! Love you’re personality the most. Keep it up!

[@cunoodle2]

One strong woman owns a piece of history and then it's gifted to another strong woman to make a beautiful piece of furniture. Once again April....I'm impressed.

[@arkansas1336]

You continue to produce amazing products, thanks for sharing!

[@lisag2771]

Beautiful piece April! I admire your work.

[@timbarnett3898]

April, I was on Friday Harbor, San Juan Island, WA. scuba diving an saw what I thought most beautiful black painted hulled sailboat. I had friend in drug store that developed 35mm film for me, then he'd come over a watch! Earlier I craved rope relief carvings around different nice pieces of flat wood. With the earlier carved rope around piece I had a border. I positioned a large mirror in 45° above my work bench. I'd position 35mm picture of new yacht pulling into Friday Harbor Marina an move projected picture through 45°mirror onto center piece of roped border (move projected forward or back from mirror to increase size of image on your bench). Then we'd sit there throughout the nite an relief carve this new arrival yacht! Beers later by morning this carving waxed an polished with temperature an biometric pressure weather gauges mounted on a personal carving of HIS YACHT! you know how many I came home with? Only one, the one I made for myself was that black hulled sailboat named the "Rainbird"! Fate would have it on one afternoon with no one else around I showed my friend, Don, the Rainbird. While we inspected the boat a large powerboat lost steering an was headed right for starboard rear quarter of sailboat! Don yells out across water to guy on bow with little boat hook "what you going to do with that little stick?" The guy yells, "HELP!" So Don an I board the Rainbird an put both our shoulders an body strength into pushing an walking that entire boat away from crushing an sinking the hull! So not only is the Rainbird my favorite sailboat with blue ribbon personal craving on my wall, I got to rescue it from sinking to the bottom of Friday Harbor Marina, with by best friend Don! Cool, Tim p.s. April, I thought of those carvings while watching you! By no means trying to tell you anything, but with today's tech, you should rig up that mirror on a 45° pointing down on your work bench, or any of your design, to place images projected straight down on your desk I'm looking at in your video. Could be unlimited source of images shinning down on your space! It's Cool! Love all your builds, chicken got it made! Tim

[@rico1319]

Nice job April as usual!! 👍👍👍😎🇨🇱

[@peterjansen4894]

Have been following her for years now. So happy to see that the shorts are a thing of the past.

[@TerraFirmaX]

As always, April IS amazing

[@tomtruesdale6901]

Great job and as others said when I saw the router I figured you were going to inlay a Susan B. coin . BTW I am drinking water out of the same type of cup. LOL

[@veritasestveritas8646]

That would have been cool.

[@cmar4076]

Am I the only one who instinctively looks away from the screen every time she sparks up the welder? LOL 😵

[@daveolson5042]

you are not the only one i did it as well

[@garynagle3093]

What a wonderful project idea for a historical piece of wood. Dog lick to the face was a perfect t end.

[@MrWorldasmaya]

Cool project. Just a tip - when staining it's good to get into the habit of pouring smaller amounts of what you think you'll need of the stain into a smaller container - that way the applicator does not contaminate the can with particles of wood, dust, dirt, etc... Dipping directly into the can/container will result in introducing impurities for no reason. Hope that's helpful. GL.

[@JohnMGibby]

Love the project and historical connection. When you were routing the cup holder, I thought it would have been cool to epoxy in a Susan B Anthony coin in it.

[@chris3m98]

My thoughts also!

[@Mosa-166]

Nice work! Combination between woodworking and metalworking skills.

[@Jack.333]

How COOL !

[@the_crafty_studio_official]

Beautiful piece! Fantastic! Love the new format as well.

[@rkerby6375]

Amazing Craftsmanship!

[@mcremona]

Killed it!!

[@myhoneyshandmade1077]

great story and build

[@brandonbeal4961]

I really ienjoyed this video... all of you video are absolutly great...but this one was just a nice calm pace

[@dansreallife]

Does the heat make it flow better? Or remove bubbles?

[@richpennn]

remove bubbles

[@a0flj0]

A thick slab of rock, or polished acid-stained concrete, attachet to the bottom, would help with stability, I think. You could glue a piece of thick woolen cloth on the bottom, to make it easy to drag the table around in spite of the weight it would have.

[@stevetyler3016]

You are giving it a second life. Beautiful.

[@matthewschrader4494]

I got a set of Super Jaws because she was all about them. and they are so useful!

[@theacademyofanatomy]

Hi April, you mentioned in the video you would post plans, I can't find the link. Thanks!

[@andrewwappner5968]

Nice work, and cool table. One suggestion is to try Tyvek tape for the epoxy instead of painters tape. Also a heat gun is great for the bubbles and easier than using a torch.

[@shingabiss]

Very enjoyable!

[@SuperKwame1]

Great Job, Niece! very Proud .

[@FredMcIntyre]

Love how the design incorporates the knot into the cup holder! 😃👍🏻👊🏻

[@reforzar]

Nice work April!

[@pepemoraromay]

Good work April 👍

[@saracinosalvage6062]

very cool! I think I'll do that. oh yeah, cool T-shirt April ;)

[@ApexWoodworks]

April, have you ever tried using a het gun in lieu of a torch for helping eliminate blbbles in resin? Please keep up the inspirational work. Oh, and by the way, it's so cool that you were able to get a piece of wood with such an historic element to it, to work with!

[@mmccullough3951]

Very Nice Piece April. Any concern about wood movement /splitting, or did you allow for some seasonal movement when attaching to the frame?

[@loftonharris5632]

I noticed that as well. The holes in the metal frame should be elongated to allow the wood to expand and contract. Otherwise an attractive and simple build.

[@newfunneytv1340]

Very good video

[@ahmedgharib6357]

That was an amazing video, music was very calm and the shots are right on the point, and of course as usual amazing job. Thank you, only missing your ending wave :) 👋

[@RXRSawdustStation]

Well done, April, Susan B and especially #TritonTools for supporting the work and bringing us both of them! I appreciate it! #KeepTheChipsFlying!

[@majidalamri5328]

besides your talent in woodworking which I believe it is quite awesome, what interested me the most in this is the video itself and the quality of the production. it is the best ever in my opinion I believe that it was produced by a professional producer and director or a production company. am I right

[@dusty_rhodes]

April is such an inspiration

[@WiliamBennettwildarbennett]

Such an awesome build! Such a fitting tribute to honor an American Icon.

[@yijin4526]

very practical design

[@georgeeads8689]

Awesome April!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You have come a long way in a short time. You are truly a craftsman or I should say a craftswoman.

[@FDRHOOK]

HOW BOUT CRAFT PERSON??

[@georgeeads8689]

@@FDRHOOK She looks like a woman to me.

[@rochlachance896]

Beautiful table

[@johnaustin6649]

Simple but amazing.

[@garyknable1155]

A water glass holder? LOL Great job and love the historical value :)

[@jakenene]

What is the program you used before you got started?

[@AD-mw5mv]

awesome..!

[@DigitalSwagg]

Great job April!

[@videoscrapheap]

Nice! Remember to mark the underside of the table so later generations will understand the significance of that piece of history.

[@vwbeetle5578]

One of your best videos. Very passionate and well thought out! Lovely...

[@magnus9036]

Good jobl April ....👌

[@tomdale1313]

i enjoyed the love for your companions...love is a great thing shared

[@MrGordon121]

what software program you use to do the projects, love the vids and your energy, amazing and unbelievable. Thanks and keep building, all the best from Fort Erie Ontario Canada, Gordon. btw I have a Mac.lol

[@leonlew1]

sketchup

[@eddiep5676]

She's a Bad Ass, been watching her videos since the beginning.