I was looking at this tabletop and I thought to myself, "You know what would be cool? If I could make it 36 inches tall." So, I started measuring out my blade and fence, trying to figure out how to cut down some two by stock into smaller pieces. I realized that the easiest way to get square stock is to use a template or a jig, so I placed a piece of paper against my blade and moved my fence against it, locking in the dimension.

This allowed me to ensure that both sides of the wood were identical. As I was cutting, I had to adjust my expectations because the material wasn't as easy to work with as I thought it would be. The first couple of pours of epoxy were a bit of a disaster. It turns out that the amount of epoxy needed for those specific pours was way off, so I ended up having to order more from Total Boat. Shipping is fast and efficient, which was a blessing in disguise because if I had tried to mix another color, it would have been too much work.

The clear epoxy over the top of the darker color actually worked out really well and gave it a lot of depth. The only other thing that happened while I was working on this project was that I ran into some issues with LED placement. The holes I drilled for them were just too opaque to let any light through, so I ended up not lighting those sections at all. Originally, I had planned to put a power strip underneath the table so I could have extra outlets if someone needed to charge their phone or something. However, I didn't take into consideration the size of the power strip when designing the bottom of the table.

There just wasn't enough space for it, so I ended up scrapping that idea and plugged the table directly into the wall. I think it looks amazing, but there is one issue with this project - the color change of the epoxy as it cures. When I pour a pink epoxy, it always seems to turn out a really rich hot pink at first, but as it dries, it takes on an orangey translucent color. It's been happening to me for the second time now and I'm not sure if it's just a matter of using the wrong pigment or if there's something else going on.

If anyone has any advice on how to avoid this issue, please let me know in the comments below. Finally, I want to give a shoutout to all my Patreon supporters who have been helping me out with this project and keeping me motivated along the way. Their support means the world to me, so thank you all again for your kindness.

I'd also like to mention that my Discord server is still active and full of great conversations happening among members. If you haven't checked it out yet, I highly recommend doing so. And finally, a big shoutout goes to our newest top-tier patron, The Weeknd Diyer - thanks, brother! And as always, special thanks go to Nick the Greek, Stephen Mann, EasyDerek, Caveman Ross, and Charles Faulkner for their support.

That's all for today, folks. If you like this video, be sure to hit that like button and subscribe if you haven't already. If you have subscribed, encourage your friends and family to do so - mothers love me! And until next time, I've got to get back to work on this project because it's not going to finish itself.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwhat's up guys i'm nick and this is build dad build a place where we feel if you're loaded like a freight train flying like an airplane and feeling like a space brain maybe you should call an uber all right guys on this episode we're going to make a table with an epoxy inlay that kind of curves back and forth organically out of two by material it's a river tape hey guys i'm sorry about the noise apparently it's very important to uh drain the fire hydrant right outside my garage right now for like an hour after i made the epoxy sofa table which i will link to right here um i got an idea to make one for our hallway in here let me show you all right here we go all right come in here hey look there's a sign i made and we're looking at this really ugly like look at this area right here there's just it's vacant there's nothing there so i'm thinking like a nice little nice little hallway table right about here about three and a half foot long so i've got two two by tens over here i'm going to be cutting them down about three and a half feet a little bit longer because we're gonna take the ends off after we pour the epoxy and then we're gonna carve the center of these two to kind of form a channel to pour the epoxy in so when you're doing something like this you guys want to look for the areas with the most interest in there so i'm definitely looking at this knot up here um i've got a little kind of chip out knot right here as well as this guy there's one right there and then i'm also looking at the grain powdering in between those should be kind of cool splatter up so okay so that penetrating epoxy has had about a day to set i have everything clamped in here i have my little stop block dealies here let me turn around i've got both sides clamped in i've got these little blocks with tyvek tape on them to mitigate anything that may get up on them the scariest thing is i'm kind of flying without a net here this thing is too long to put in the tub that i normally use and so if this thing starts leaking i mean it's just straight onto the tarp which is on my carpet in my house i've double tie fact i've siliconed everything i could possibly can think of if y'all want to see the insane way that i put a mold together leave a comment down below and i can show you but it's probably way overkill now the moment of truth we're going to mix up some epoxy poured in and we hope that it doesn't leak bye my let's cook this chicken what's up guys so our table top is pretty much done now we need to work on the legs legs are going to be kind of relative dimension depending on how you carved and whatnot i do have an issue build these holes up here not thinking about running to a board a support board across the back of this i do want to put some leds behind this and i'm trying to figure out the best way to still illuminate these i think what i might end up doing is running the back support in between these two and then maybe drilling a hole and running some leds along the back as well to make these light up but we'll play with that in a minute once you've got your tabletop done you're basically going to do relative dimensions off of this and most of those console tables like i was looking like an average size for them is 30 inches but that seems really short to me so i want to make this about 36 inches tall i want all the leg structure to be the same size and i want it to be square stock so what i'm going to do is i'm going to raise my blade tall enough to know that i can cut through a two by because i've just got a ton of two volume material laying around so i figure i'll cut it down into one and a half by one and a half inch stock and the easiest way to make sure that you're gonna have square stock is to put this line this up against your blade and then move your fence against it so you're gonna take that dimension you're gonna lock it in and then when i run this through the other way it's going to be the same on both sides so kids this is what happens when you forget to cut your uh bibs to length first whoops is that another i was like something didn't look right so back to the saw do so what's up cupcakes guys if you still aren't familiar with the cupcake army you're not following my instagram stories go do it now you won't be disappointed all right how we doing all right so there wasn't a whole lot of hiccups along the way the main stuff is as follows i miscalculated the amount of epoxy i needed in those first couple of pours which actually ended up being like kind of a like a blessing in disguise i guess because i ran out of epoxy so i ended up having to order some more from total boat their shipping is so on the ball but since i was short that little amount i didn't want to try to mix another color and so i went clear and i think that clear over the top really kind of helped uh give it a little bit more depth so i think that actually worked in my favor the only other two things that i would mention is one uh plot out where your power supply and stuff is gonna be for your leds if you're gonna put leds on there two issues when it came to the leds one was those holes i drilled uh when i poured epoxy in them they were just too opaque to let any light through so i ended up not trying to light those up at all and i'd originally planned to put a power strip underneath the table so i would have like extra outlets in case in case somebody's here and they want to charge their phone or something they can just park it over there and be out of the way i didn't take into consideration the size of the power strip when i designed the bottom of the table and there was nowhere i could fit it so i ended up just scrapping the whole idea of putting a power strip on there and just plugged the table directly into the wall that being said i think it looks amazing i do have an issue and if any of you guys work with a lot of epoxy let me know this is the second time that i've done a pink pour where when i've poured the epoxy it just looked like a very rich hot pink but as it cures it kind of takes on this like more orangey translucent color i don't know if i'm just not using the right pigment or what but like really for my daughter's room i wanted to have like a really hot pink lamp for and the thing turned out orange so i don't know if it's a pigment issue or if i'm doing something weird i don't know uh but if you do know let me know in the comments down below also guys if you haven't already stop by my discord server there's a lot of good conversations going on over there there's a lot of people helping each other out speaking of people that help me out i just want to say thanks to all these guys right here my patreon supporters guys without your help i don't know what i do here's the cheers to you here's the cheers to all you guys actually clinkies chin chin chinny chin buck buck and a special shout out goes to our newest top tier patron the weeknd diyer thanks brother and as always a special thanks goes to i have to write them down now because there's too many of them for me to remember now nick the greek stephen mann easy derek coates caveman ross and charles faulkner thanks guys you guys are absolutely awesome and guys i think that's all i got for today if you like this video hit that like button if you haven't subscribed yet subscribe if you have subscribed get your mother to subscribe mothers love me don't do that and until next time thanks for playing and now i gotta get to work youwhat's up guys i'm nick and this is build dad build a place where we feel if you're loaded like a freight train flying like an airplane and feeling like a space brain maybe you should call an uber all right guys on this episode we're going to make a table with an epoxy inlay that kind of curves back and forth organically out of two by material it's a river tape hey guys i'm sorry about the noise apparently it's very important to uh drain the fire hydrant right outside my garage right now for like an hour after i made the epoxy sofa table which i will link to right here um i got an idea to make one for our hallway in here let me show you all right here we go all right come in here hey look there's a sign i made and we're looking at this really ugly like look at this area right here there's just it's vacant there's nothing there so i'm thinking like a nice little nice little hallway table right about here about three and a half foot long so i've got two two by tens over here i'm going to be cutting them down about three and a half feet a little bit longer because we're gonna take the ends off after we pour the epoxy and then we're gonna carve the center of these two to kind of form a channel to pour the epoxy in so when you're doing something like this you guys want to look for the areas with the most interest in there so i'm definitely looking at this knot up here um i've got a little kind of chip out knot right here as well as this guy there's one right there and then i'm also looking at the grain powdering in between those should be kind of cool splatter up so okay so that penetrating epoxy has had about a day to set i have everything clamped in here i have my little stop block dealies here let me turn around i've got both sides clamped in i've got these little blocks with tyvek tape on them to mitigate anything that may get up on them the scariest thing is i'm kind of flying without a net here this thing is too long to put in the tub that i normally use and so if this thing starts leaking i mean it's just straight onto the tarp which is on my carpet in my house i've double tie fact i've siliconed everything i could possibly can think of if y'all want to see the insane way that i put a mold together leave a comment down below and i can show you but it's probably way overkill now the moment of truth we're going to mix up some epoxy poured in and we hope that it doesn't leak bye my let's cook this chicken what's up guys so our table top is pretty much done now we need to work on the legs legs are going to be kind of relative dimension depending on how you carved and whatnot i do have an issue build these holes up here not thinking about running to a board a support board across the back of this i do want to put some leds behind this and i'm trying to figure out the best way to still illuminate these i think what i might end up doing is running the back support in between these two and then maybe drilling a hole and running some leds along the back as well to make these light up but we'll play with that in a minute once you've got your tabletop done you're basically going to do relative dimensions off of this and most of those console tables like i was looking like an average size for them is 30 inches but that seems really short to me so i want to make this about 36 inches tall i want all the leg structure to be the same size and i want it to be square stock so what i'm going to do is i'm going to raise my blade tall enough to know that i can cut through a two by because i've just got a ton of two volume material laying around so i figure i'll cut it down into one and a half by one and a half inch stock and the easiest way to make sure that you're gonna have square stock is to put this line this up against your blade and then move your fence against it so you're gonna take that dimension you're gonna lock it in and then when i run this through the other way it's going to be the same on both sides so kids this is what happens when you forget to cut your uh bibs to length first whoops is that another i was like something didn't look right so back to the saw do so what's up cupcakes guys if you still aren't familiar with the cupcake army you're not following my instagram stories go do it now you won't be disappointed all right how we doing all right so there wasn't a whole lot of hiccups along the way the main stuff is as follows i miscalculated the amount of epoxy i needed in those first couple of pours which actually ended up being like kind of a like a blessing in disguise i guess because i ran out of epoxy so i ended up having to order some more from total boat their shipping is so on the ball but since i was short that little amount i didn't want to try to mix another color and so i went clear and i think that clear over the top really kind of helped uh give it a little bit more depth so i think that actually worked in my favor the only other two things that i would mention is one uh plot out where your power supply and stuff is gonna be for your leds if you're gonna put leds on there two issues when it came to the leds one was those holes i drilled uh when i poured epoxy in them they were just too opaque to let any light through so i ended up not trying to light those up at all and i'd originally planned to put a power strip underneath the table so i would have like extra outlets in case in case somebody's here and they want to charge their phone or something they can just park it over there and be out of the way i didn't take into consideration the size of the power strip when i designed the bottom of the table and there was nowhere i could fit it so i ended up just scrapping the whole idea of putting a power strip on there and just plugged the table directly into the wall that being said i think it looks amazing i do have an issue and if any of you guys work with a lot of epoxy let me know this is the second time that i've done a pink pour where when i've poured the epoxy it just looked like a very rich hot pink but as it cures it kind of takes on this like more orangey translucent color i don't know if i'm just not using the right pigment or what but like really for my daughter's room i wanted to have like a really hot pink lamp for and the thing turned out orange so i don't know if it's a pigment issue or if i'm doing something weird i don't know uh but if you do know let me know in the comments down below also guys if you haven't already stop by my discord server there's a lot of good conversations going on over there there's a lot of people helping each other out speaking of people that help me out i just want to say thanks to all these guys right here my patreon supporters guys without your help i don't know what i do here's the cheers to you here's the cheers to all you guys actually clinkies chin chin chinny chin buck buck and a special shout out goes to our newest top tier patron the weeknd diyer thanks brother and as always a special thanks goes to i have to write them down now because there's too many of them for me to remember now nick the greek stephen mann easy derek coates caveman ross and charles faulkner thanks guys you guys are absolutely awesome and guys i think that's all i got for today if you like this video hit that like button if you haven't subscribed yet subscribe if you have subscribed get your mother to subscribe mothers love me don't do that and until next time thanks for playing and now i gotta get to work you\n"