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Is pouring epoxy between two beautiful walnut slabs the most cringe disgusting pathetic fad you have seen? God I hate this one so much. Some retard probably paid 30k to put this in his ski house god damn I hate epoxy cucks so god damn much.

>> No.2537030

would set up my plastic army men and pretend it's the crossing of the rhine.

>> No.2537041

>>2537025
My buddy and I were gonna start doing this since we live in BC and there are a bunch of the richfags with lodges here. I kinda like them. I wouldn't use such a vivid blue though. Also it looks better when you make the epoxy strip smaller than your example

>> No.2537045

>>2537025
The first one was cool. Everything after that is souless chink-like copycat shit. Same will the lightning burned wood people keep accidentally killing themselves making. Such is life with distinctive gimmicky designs.

>> No.2537047

>>2537025
But anon...EMBEDDED LEDs

>> No.2537056
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2537056

did somebody mention epoxy resin?

>> No.2537057

>>2537025
That and woodturning epoxied pencils or some random shit into bowls seems to be a low quality youtuber trend.
Sad thing is shit channels like that get more attention than legit woodworkers showing real skills.

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>>2537030
You can go even further and do crazy submarine dioramas

>> No.2537066

epoxy expensive af

>> No.2537073

>dood my hustle is making epoxy tables !

Congrats you watched YouTube

>> No.2537091

>>2537025
>REEEEE STOP LIKING WHAT I DONT LIKE: the thread

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>>2537057
>Dumb retards can't appreciate actual craftsmanship and instead would rather watch some faggot hipster youtuber do something they think they could probably do

ARE YOU HECKIN SERIOUS?

>> No.2537155

>>2537025
>between two beautiful walnut slabs
it was already fucked, what are you going to do with the 6 inches of straight wood you can get from either side?
you're free to buy the exact same slabs the dudes who make these tables buy and use them to build whatever you'd like.

>> No.2537160

>>2537025
>two beautiful walnut slabs
It has three major limbs all meeting in the same spot, all that epoxy is probably the only thing stabilizing it. This sort of wood is generally tossed in the chipper at the mill because almost no wants to deal with it, shit is a pain to dry and cure in a way that will result in stable wood. Any mill that deals in walnut can hook you up with wood like that for cheap, have at it.

>> No.2537186

>>2537155
>what are you going to do with the 6 inches of straight wood
Stool legs

>> No.2537202

It's overdone and in time will look as kitschy and outdated as anything else.
I still think some of them look nice, despite being overdone.

>> No.2537245

>>2537202
Not everything ages badly. The best furniture of an era becomes venerated collector's pieces. Probably not gonna happen with epoxy river tables. It's people masturbating over a new material.

>> No.2537396

>>2537245
>a new material.

Epoxy manufacture began in the 1940s and its been used to stabilize and homogenize loose/ brittle materials like raw wood slabs and porous stone that could then be used for table tops since the 1950s.

That's also about the time that George Nakashima developed his signature style of live edge furniture that highlighted what would traditionally be seen as inferior lumber and didn't attempt to hide the methods used to keep those pieces intact.
Absolutely none of this is new, but neither is it some sacreligious affront to woodworking. The original point of using epoxy this way was functional and an act of conservation; the more you do it for its own sake the more it just becomes trendy kitsch.

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2537483

>she doesn't buy wholesale from Ali and flip them for 1000% profit
heh

>> No.2537512

>>2537025
My grandpa made most of the furniture he built out of walnut he had milled from his own property
Pretty sure he would fucking hate this

>> No.2537818

>>2537045
>Same will the lightning burned wood people keep accidentally killing themselves making
I need stories.

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>>2537818
>I need stories.

>> No.2537835

>>2537025
The average person has very little, to no taste. I'm not surprised stupid trends emerge and people latch on to them.

>> No.2537843

>>2537835
post a pic of something that you find tasteful, and which demonstrates your superiority to the average person.

>> No.2537850

>>2537025
>the most cringe disgusting pathetic fad you have seen?
Are you so young you missed the "turn shipping pallets into anything" trend or the "barn doors and shiplap walls" trend?

>> No.2537852

>>2537818
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzosDKcXQ0I

>> No.2537855

>>2537843
Your mom doesn't want me posting pictures of her online.

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>>2537852
>Illusonary truth effect
Explains what all the tik-tok style videos are on youtube recommendations now. So many pedophile, miscongeneation, and whoring out videos. Youtube is run by some sickos.
"I saw it on youtube with chimey music, it must be safe and good :D" with white girls ruining their lives.

>> No.2537881

>>2537155
whining on /diy/ is easier

>> No.2537887

>>2537396
Epoxy resin is a new material. Compare it to wood itself; to metal, glass, clay, and stone. This is what I meant.

>> No.2537895

>>2537868
Remember when google removed "don't be evil" from its guiding principles?

>> No.2537907

>>2537852

So how does this differ from a home made welder? Or would that have the microwave transformer wound the other way around?

>> No.2538108

>>2537907
20v on the output instead of 2kv. The homebrew welder has stupid current available on the output. The wood burners still give you a full half amp. The thing has the juice to oxidize lumber they're of course going to do a number on a conductive meat bag with delicate nervous system.

>> No.2539562

>>2537041
I build furniture in Squamish in my home, and I have only seen one table like this.

The people that like stuff like this or people who think they have good taste and have a bit of money. Not really well off people who actually have taste.

My most recent projects are a pair of yellow cedar deacons benches that are going for or had gone for 4500 each. My next project is a pair of Butcher's Block tables about 2 ft Square

>> No.2539566

>>2537850
Those you could miss, if you have life and you don't bother with trendy crap.

>> No.2540010

>>2537025
It looks cool in a gay low class zoomer way.

>> No.2540123

They look good when done well. I think most of this thread hates it because it's popular.

I like live edge slabs and burl and stuff and I'd much rather stabilize it with epoxy than a bow tie or something.

>> No.2540140

>>2539562
Got any pictures of the projects? I'd be interested in seeing them.

>> No.2540149

>>2537852
>posts a woman

I am not listening to a woman explaining anything technical, anon.

>> No.2540150

>>2540140
no, i dont owe you anything

>> No.2540302

>>2540140
https://imgur.com/gallery/adI0RUD

>> No.2540304

>>2540150
Fuck off sonny. He was asking me. Go postmore Andy Sixx turd posts in b

>> No.2540313

>>2540149
Misogynist much?

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>>2537045
Any way to make fractal burning safe?

>> No.2540621
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>>2537850
>shipping pallet trend
Nigga that's a lifestyle. I'm making my self-watering tomato box out of pallets and you can't stop me.

>> No.2540654

>>2540149

Try not to cut yourself on that edge

>> No.2540669

>>2540620
don't touch the fucking thing when it's on, it's that simple

>> No.2540671

>>2540620
An interlock to prevent the transformer being powered while it's within reach.

>> No.2540786

>>2537850
Okdfag carpenter here, we now refuse to install barn door kits because the doors inevitably warp or distort and then the homeowner complains because the reveal between the door and wall is no longer consistent. Also, anyone who asks for a barn door on their shitter is literally a brainless retard

>> No.2540790

>>2540149
Based

>>2540313
>>2540654
In due time you will learn your lesson.

>> No.2540794

>>2540620
Anon's link from another thread.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZ2CQMf1NRc

>> No.2540819

>>2540620
if ya gotta ask then you're probably not at the level to consider doing it.
if you are not confident enough to really grasp the dangers yourself, and understand how to mitigate them, then you are probably at risk of grievous injury. not to gatekeep, or call you an idiot, it's just that microwave oven transformers will absolutely put you in a box quick.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBeSKL9zVro

>> No.2540821

>>2537850
Barn doors are shit but what's wrong with shiplap walls?

>> No.2540849

>>2540786
Makes me wonder about these epoxy tables in a few years. Might just pull itself apart. How many of these "makers" let the wood reacclimate after major wood removal?

>> No.2540850

>>2540849
What about epoxy yellowing with exposure to UV light or never actually hardening and being malleable with a liberal application of heat? I imagine they're not only going to crack but also sag and discolor.

>> No.2540852

Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCmE2yY8Kvk&t=619s

>> No.2540932

>>2540790
Show your work or depart, forthwith

>> No.2540993

>>2540850
>What about epoxy yellowing with exposure to UV light
I've been told this only happens when you use clear
Why would you heat your table? Also epoxy is meant to be permanent, or at least the epoxy hilti makes is.

>> No.2540997

>>2540993
>why would you heat your table?
I'm not the master of the sun. Do people shroud their fancy tables in permanent darkness? Epoxy sets into a plastic that deforms at low temperatures like most plastics.

>> No.2541060

>>2540997
>Epoxy sets into a plastic that deforms at low temperatures like most plastics.
Totally depends on the formulation and especially the temperature it was cured at, epoxies are regularly used in aerospace applications that require high rigidity.
That usually involves autoclaving during cure, but even non-autoclaved epoxies cure at higher than room temperature because the cure is exothermic, especially when it's in a mass of the type seen in one of those table pours. Epoxy pours that deep develop intense heat and once cured they won't lose rigidity due to heat unless they are taken past that cure temp.

>> No.2541181

>>2540997
>I'm not the master of the sun
>putting a table like this outside

>> No.2541191

>>2537030
My first thought was along the lines of "That is an awesome war gaming table for a river crossing" before I found out it is not for that and is instead just for being "pretty" in which case the wood does it so much better without the epoxy.

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>>2537058
I was hoping to find a diroama table of pearl harbor or something historic but all I could find was this kinda stuff. I am childish so I think this is cool nonetheless.

>> No.2541214

>>2540620
Use a neon sign or oil burner transformer instead of a microwave transformer. It's a lot slower and more finicky about the electrolyte solution but probably won't kill you even if you zap yourself.
And then just don't zap yourself. Turn the thing on from at least 10' away and don't step away from the switch without turning it off first and there's very little that can go wrong if you actually follow that rule even if you use kill you dead level output.
Aside from that there's standard high voltage safety practices like only using your right hand to not complete a circuit through your heart, insulated boots etc, but you should really just never be in a position where they would matter anyway.

>> No.2541223

It was cool for about 3 months

>> No.2541240

>>2540620
Big machines require you to push two buttons that are A. far enough apart to require two hands and B. far enough from the machine that you can't possibly be in danger. If your burning circuit runs through two momentary switches like that then you can't electrocute yourself.

>> No.2541442

>>2541181
Does your house not have windows?

>> No.2541474

>>2540620
Full isolation and dead man switches. I think a major problem with the fractal burning is that people want to manipulate the electrodes to direct the burn pattern.

I'd encase the electrodes completely save the tips in long nonconductive joysticks. Then prevent operation (or even power) of the device from anything but an isolated area. The wet area should be in a tray. Audio and visual cues that you're powering up wouldn't be a bad touch.

>> No.2541503

>>2541474
Fractual burning is easy. The total power is resistance across the pins (or nails etc.) X current.

Moisture in the wood is high to statt but drops meaning it goes slower as it progresses.

>> No.2541507

>>2537512
Who the fuck cares what your decrepit old grandpa would think. No one asked him.

>> No.2541612
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My work in progress, made from oak planks off of a 12 ton tilt trailer.

>> No.2541784

>>2537025
I don't look for woodworking videos and youtube keeps shoving these in my face.

>> No.2541834

>>2541784
I don't look for garbage posts but faggots like you keep shoving them in my face

>> No.2541938

>>2541612
looks good anon

>> No.2542256

>>2541612
I like it. What's next?

>> No.2542270

>>2537025
I'd like it much more if it was transparent, that color right next to wood is nauseating

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>>2541195
This looks very American to me.

>> No.2543341

>>2543221
and that is supposed to be better?
looks like something the Flintstones would have

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2543389

>>2543341
Yup, it looks like shit, but better, I'd prefer it, that's my point.

>> No.2543474

>>2537830
>that second example
How many people were there?
FOUR people getting hurt or killed is ridiculous.

>> No.2543482

>>2543474
thats why they teach you to use a broomstick to push the carcass away

>> No.2543486

>>2543221
I need to see the underside, I see an ominous lack of cross support

>> No.2543496

>>2537025
I would not mind this so much if they didn't always pick the most jarring shade of blue

>> No.2543523

>>2541181
you have clearly never met a woman

>> No.2545086

>>2537025
I'd scatter terrain over it and use it as is for war gaming.

>> No.2545093

>>2541442
Epoxy that thick doesn't deform unless you're sitting it in the baking texas sun all day. Indoor placement with windows and only moderate sunlight wouldn't do much
>>2543523
If a bitch thinks she's putting it outside without any cover, I might smack her

>> No.2545108

>>2543486
If your fat ass can bend a 2x10 with a foot and a half span then you'd better double all your joists.

>> No.2545110

I hate it, but I'd gladly churn them out for money.
Rich people have shitty taste and a lot if money, I'll cater to it.

>> No.2545111

>>2537025
>Is pouring epoxy between two beautiful walnut slabs the most cringe disgusting pathetic fad you have seen?
>Some retard probably paid 30k
If I had the time and money to do more woodworking I would make these. So what if someone paid 30k for it. It could be you making 30k from this. But no. You want to bitch and moan and suck dicks instead of making 30k from something you can make but you don't because you don't like how it looks.

>> No.2545146

>>2537030
Only correct answer.

>> No.2545147

>>2537058
I follow some guys on YouTube that make dope shot like this. I would 100% pay for commissions and put them around my home office If I didn’t think my wife would never have sex with me ever again…lol

>> No.2545148

>>2545108
I think he means like a gusset

>> No.2545153
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2545153

My wife likes to call these guys the black epoxy people on YouTube. The algorithm sends me their way sometimes. One guy makes a fire charred one that’s coated in epoxy. No river bs. As a big bourbon collector I’m pretty sure I will have a table like that in my tasting room.

>> No.2545170

>>2545147
>dope shot
Fuckin retarded nigger

>> No.2545228

>>2545153
Wow you're so heckin manlerino, I bet you just LOVE the burn of a bullet bourbon in your man cave with exposed red brick.

>> No.2545265

>>2537025
Is there anything gayer than wood? All wood is covered in plastic. Might as well just 3d print the table.

>> No.2545303

>>2545108
How is that going to stop wobble and rock?

>> No.2545338

>>2540313
Faggot

>> No.2545344

>>2543486
its a coffee table

>> No.2545382

>>2545303
Why are you rocking on a coffee table?

>> No.2545413

>>2545382
>He doesn't pound his fuckholes on the coffee table

>> No.2545627

>>2545111
>>2537025
>30k
these things for for like 2-3k on Etsy. Still a tidy sum though

if people are selling these for 30k I'd love to see a link to their page because that's just excessive

>> No.2545830

>>2545413
post bracing

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>>2541195

>> No.2548240

>>2541442
Yeah. And air conditioning.

>> No.2548244

>>2537025
I think you could make some cool bed head boards with embedded lights.

>> No.2548312

>>2545960
That looks extremely ugly.

>> No.2548808

>>2543389
I find it extremely disappointing that nobody has tried to make Jupiter out of resin

>> No.2550985

>>2548808
maybe neptune or a moon is a better fit?

>> No.2550997

>>2540313
Yes. Fuck off.

>> No.2551151

>>2540313
>how dare you observe reality
Cry.