**The Struggle is Real: A Maker's Journey**

As I stand here, surrounded by the remnants of my latest project, I can't help but feel a sense of frustration and defeat. It's not that I'm easily discouraged, no, I'm a maker at heart, always eager to take on the next challenge. But this time, something just didn't click. The third lamp failed, and with it, my confidence in my ability to bring this project to life.

It all started when I decided to trim off the power cord with a chisel. Yeah, that's right, I messed up. It's not the first time, and it won't be the last, but it was a harsh reminder that even the most seasoned makers can make mistakes. "Who else says that?" I thought to myself, wondering if I was just being paranoid or if there were others out there who had experienced similar failures.

But I'm not one to dwell on failures for too long. Instead, I decided to go back to a method that I'm more familiar with – the river table. It's been done before, and it worked. I linked up here to the video of my previous attempt at making a sea table, where I used Tyvek tape and MDF. It was mildly successful, and I was determined to build on that.

However, this time around, I decided to take things a step back. I scrapped the burning of the inside of the mold, not because it didn't work, but because I realized that the pigment I was using was too opaque to let me see what I was doing. Instead, I decided to go with an outside char, which would allow me to create a design without having to burn away the entire surface.

**A New Approach**

As I began working on this new iteration of my project, I couldn't help but feel a sense of unease. What if it didn't work out? What if I made another mistake? But I pushed those doubts aside and focused on creating something beautiful. This time, I decided to use silicone to secure the corners of the mold, rather than relying on glue.

I also took steps to prevent leaks in my previous attempts, but I'm not sure if they were effective. Was it heat that caused the epoxy to get too hot and stick to the acrylic? Or was I simply sealing voids that had been created by charring the pieces before using them? I'll never know for sure, but it's a good question.

As I worked on this project, I couldn't help but feel a sense of exhaustion. I'm running out of LED lights, and I'm not sure how much longer they'll last. But that didn't stop me from pushing forward, driven by my determination to create something beautiful. And when it was all said and done, I had a few surprises in store for myself.

**The Struggle is Real: Part 2**

I headed to the deepers right, searching for the perfect cord to match my new design. But what I found instead was a cord that took a candelabra base – not exactly what I needed. And when I tried to use it with my current setup, I realized that I had to add an extra little base to accommodate the larger bulb.

It was a frustrating moment, but one that also taught me a valuable lesson: sometimes, you have to think outside the box (or in this case, the mold). Proctologists may not be the most obvious group of people to consult when it comes to molding and casting resin, but I'm willing to try anything at this point.

As I worked on editing this video, I couldn't help but feel a sense of appreciation for my audience. If you like what you see, hit that like button and subscribe – it really helps me out. And if you're not already subscribed, well, what are you waiting for? The world of resin casting and molding is full of wonders and surprises, and I'm honored to be able to share them with all of you.

Until next time, when I'll hopefully have more success (and fewer failures), stay tuned, and keep on making.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwhat's up guys i'm nick and this is bill dad build a place where we've always wondered if you set a pirate ship on fire is that still considered arson yeah i know what you're thinking what's nick doing out here first thing before the project and he's got a whiskey ah this can't be good so that was the third time i taped that intro and that's the third time i made that crappy joke and that is why i'm sitting out here with a little whiskey in hand i almost gave up on this project and i do not give up easy but man uh it was uh it was a trying trying project i was trying a different technique out it didn't go so well um i wasted a lot of epoxy which is just expensive well honestly that being said um i normally do this at the end of the video but i'd like to do this at the beginning of the video just because i think they need a little recognition just like to thank my patrons these guys right here because these are the guys that keep me uh in supplies like epoxy and in whiskey like like this this fine bullet bourbon right here it's delicious and especially like to thank nick the greek steven mann and eze eric weiss so this build started out like every other bill and that my friends is a big freaking mess and everything was going fine until that thing started leaking i ended up pulling that whole mold apart cleaning everything up re-pouring again and the thing leaked again so it was my first two attempts i decided to throw that one out and start over if you listen really carefully you can hear the exact moment that i cut through the fence on my miter saw and this time the mold held no leaks third time's a charm right wrong all right so this has been the mold for about 36 hours and i'm nervous man um i like i'm both like excited to open it and horrified that something went horribly wrong so um i guess you'll just uh come along with me for this ride let's do this let's cut this bad boy open see what's inside so whoever said silicon is better than tyvek tape is insane or i'm doing something wrong or i'm using the wrong kind of silicone or something it's probably my fault it was at this point that i realized that i up and at this point i've been messing around this thing for over a week it's getting really frustrating i'm really having like an anthony michael hall like elephant trunk breakdown at this point i tried trunk on it's the light's supposed to go on all right guys i don't mind failing you all should know this by now um i wouldn't do this if i wasn't okay with failing what i don't like is when i continue to fail and i'm not exactly sure what the issue is so the third lamp failed as well that was kind of user error i accidentally trimmed off the the power cord with the chisel it's my life man who else says that um but i still don't really know why those molds are failing and honestly i'm a little sick of it so i'm going back to a method that i'm more familiar with um i'll link up here to the river table that i did the the sea table i guess um that i did tyvek tape and i used mdf and uh that one was mildly more successful i didn't want to bore you with making the box against i've already done it once if you guys aren't familiar with that process go watch the other video i'm going to do the l i'm going to silicone that corner i'm going to put the other side in silicon that corner and then i'm gonna glue them in i'm gonna tie back the ends of this mold so nothing can escape and then we're gonna pour epoxy again i've also scrapped the burning of the inside here only because uh in all of the other ones the pigment that i'm using is too opaque to let you actually see that and so what i'm going to do is i'm going to end up doing an outside char on it i believe but uh man we'll see all right let's do this i just want to kind of give you guys an update um i i don't quit easy so uh so here we go again let's do this let's get it right this time guys come on hmm tomorrow for sure one eternity later all right here we are again so this is what we got this is number four i'm running out of led lights so fingers crossed on this one all right so we got our cleaned up and i was a little worried man because i as much as i tried to keep the wires from the lights away from the edges i noticed i could see some copper in here so i plugged it in just to check and uh yep sanded through the sanded through the lights but ain't over yet man ain't over yet idea is i'm gonna carve this up if we like the way it looks i will bore all this out in the bottom and put like an led that shoots straight up into it um it won't be as cool because it won't it won't blink and whatnot uh but it'll be functional so um when life gives you lemons you take that stuff back to the store and trade it in for some whiskey let's get to work so i'm sorry what was that do you want it extra stinky all right i'll see what i can do so to add insult to injury i headed to the deepers right i picked up this cord that takes a candelabra base i picked up this bulb which i didn't realize said it was a mini candelabra base so this does not fit here i cannot find one of these in all of the amazons that fits a mini candelabra so i had to go up to this one which means that even though i've already bored that out like that i gotta board out even more so i can jam this up there any proctologists out there and man that thing fought me every step of the way um even up until the end i couldn't get a drill bit to go deep enough in that thing to put that big ass bulb in there so i ended up having to add another little base to it uh to accommodate the uh the large thing i had to shove a bit so guys i really don't know why the molds failed when i was doing the acrylic if you have any ideas or you do a lot of resin projects or anything like that leave it in the comments down below and tell me what you think it was i've had a few people tell me they think it's heat that the epoxy got too hot and somehow melted the acrylic just a little bit and stuck to it and that's why i was having to chisel it off another thought that i had was about the leaking was that since i charred those pieces prior to that did i create voids that passed where i sealed it off so it was just like kind of weeping out i thought i sealed the char well enough but maybe i didn't anyway i really just got done with the project i am hot i am sweaty and tired i still got to edit this video so i don't want to keep you any longer i just want to say if you like this video hit that like button if you haven't subscribed subscribe man it just really helps me out and until next time i gotta get to work editing this videowhat's up guys i'm nick and this is bill dad build a place where we've always wondered if you set a pirate ship on fire is that still considered arson yeah i know what you're thinking what's nick doing out here first thing before the project and he's got a whiskey ah this can't be good so that was the third time i taped that intro and that's the third time i made that crappy joke and that is why i'm sitting out here with a little whiskey in hand i almost gave up on this project and i do not give up easy but man uh it was uh it was a trying trying project i was trying a different technique out it didn't go so well um i wasted a lot of epoxy which is just expensive well honestly that being said um i normally do this at the end of the video but i'd like to do this at the beginning of the video just because i think they need a little recognition just like to thank my patrons these guys right here because these are the guys that keep me uh in supplies like epoxy and in whiskey like like this this fine bullet bourbon right here it's delicious and especially like to thank nick the greek steven mann and eze eric weiss so this build started out like every other bill and that my friends is a big freaking mess and everything was going fine until that thing started leaking i ended up pulling that whole mold apart cleaning everything up re-pouring again and the thing leaked again so it was my first two attempts i decided to throw that one out and start over if you listen really carefully you can hear the exact moment that i cut through the fence on my miter saw and this time the mold held no leaks third time's a charm right wrong all right so this has been the mold for about 36 hours and i'm nervous man um i like i'm both like excited to open it and horrified that something went horribly wrong so um i guess you'll just uh come along with me for this ride let's do this let's cut this bad boy open see what's inside so whoever said silicon is better than tyvek tape is insane or i'm doing something wrong or i'm using the wrong kind of silicone or something it's probably my fault it was at this point that i realized that i up and at this point i've been messing around this thing for over a week it's getting really frustrating i'm really having like an anthony michael hall like elephant trunk breakdown at this point i tried trunk on it's the light's supposed to go on all right guys i don't mind failing you all should know this by now um i wouldn't do this if i wasn't okay with failing what i don't like is when i continue to fail and i'm not exactly sure what the issue is so the third lamp failed as well that was kind of user error i accidentally trimmed off the the power cord with the chisel it's my life man who else says that um but i still don't really know why those molds are failing and honestly i'm a little sick of it so i'm going back to a method that i'm more familiar with um i'll link up here to the river table that i did the the sea table i guess um that i did tyvek tape and i used mdf and uh that one was mildly more successful i didn't want to bore you with making the box against i've already done it once if you guys aren't familiar with that process go watch the other video i'm going to do the l i'm going to silicone that corner i'm going to put the other side in silicon that corner and then i'm gonna glue them in i'm gonna tie back the ends of this mold so nothing can escape and then we're gonna pour epoxy again i've also scrapped the burning of the inside here only because uh in all of the other ones the pigment that i'm using is too opaque to let you actually see that and so what i'm going to do is i'm going to end up doing an outside char on it i believe but uh man we'll see all right let's do this i just want to kind of give you guys an update um i i don't quit easy so uh so here we go again let's do this let's get it right this time guys come on hmm tomorrow for sure one eternity later all right here we are again so this is what we got this is number four i'm running out of led lights so fingers crossed on this one all right so we got our cleaned up and i was a little worried man because i as much as i tried to keep the wires from the lights away from the edges i noticed i could see some copper in here so i plugged it in just to check and uh yep sanded through the sanded through the lights but ain't over yet man ain't over yet idea is i'm gonna carve this up if we like the way it looks i will bore all this out in the bottom and put like an led that shoots straight up into it um it won't be as cool because it won't it won't blink and whatnot uh but it'll be functional so um when life gives you lemons you take that stuff back to the store and trade it in for some whiskey let's get to work so i'm sorry what was that do you want it extra stinky all right i'll see what i can do so to add insult to injury i headed to the deepers right i picked up this cord that takes a candelabra base i picked up this bulb which i didn't realize said it was a mini candelabra base so this does not fit here i cannot find one of these in all of the amazons that fits a mini candelabra so i had to go up to this one which means that even though i've already bored that out like that i gotta board out even more so i can jam this up there any proctologists out there and man that thing fought me every step of the way um even up until the end i couldn't get a drill bit to go deep enough in that thing to put that big ass bulb in there so i ended up having to add another little base to it uh to accommodate the uh the large thing i had to shove a bit so guys i really don't know why the molds failed when i was doing the acrylic if you have any ideas or you do a lot of resin projects or anything like that leave it in the comments down below and tell me what you think it was i've had a few people tell me they think it's heat that the epoxy got too hot and somehow melted the acrylic just a little bit and stuck to it and that's why i was having to chisel it off another thought that i had was about the leaking was that since i charred those pieces prior to that did i create voids that passed where i sealed it off so it was just like kind of weeping out i thought i sealed the char well enough but maybe i didn't anyway i really just got done with the project i am hot i am sweaty and tired i still got to edit this video so i don't want to keep you any longer i just want to say if you like this video hit that like button if you haven't subscribed subscribe man it just really helps me out and until next time i gotta get to work editing this video\n"