HUGE Mistake, I Lose Money on this $10,000 Table!

John - "I quit this job!" *throws tape, storms off* Jordan - "...you can't, your name is on everything" John - "d*mn it! (Well played)" Me - dead XD

This behind the scenes mentality being made visible is really appreciated. You guys are great, and this kind of content, with the honesty of what it's like being a business, is really nice to see. Thanks for giving us a peek behind the curtains.

I love how you overcame all the checks and warps of the wood. That is something a finish carpenter faces, and it's always nice learning how others are able to compensate the kurf, to the wood, to make a squared up piece. Well done, that table is gorgeous!

Great video as usual John, but just a tip! A commercial shop like yours should have a 10ft sliding table saw, you would’ve had no problems with the joint! I just glued a 4x8” hardwood countertop and I edge-jointed my boards with the slider. A breeze!

If you want to joint 2 boards with the track saw you need to get them together and cut them on the same time on the joint gap line, I've done that a lot and it works very well.

A big tip for joining those together. Clamp the boards side by side and then run your tracksaw blade down the center of both edges. You may have to do it two or three times before they seam up perfectly but it works great!

I have said this only like 10 videos now, you use the jointer incorrectly, that's why it didn't work. Look at the outfeed table at 7:03, there is a big gap there. You always put your weight and pressure on the infeed table and that's not correct. All that does is transfer the existing inaccuracies through. It doesn't matter if the piece is even touching the infeed table after you start the joint, the only thing that is important is that the piece is solidly contacting the outfeed table. Watch parillaworks if you want to see how to correctly use a jointer.

I was literally just going through channels I'm subbed to, to see if I'd missed any videos then seen this little gem recently uploaded. Well I know what I'm doing for the next 20 mins

John and the boys that turned out very unique and very cool design. Very nice video this week. Hopefully the future owners get great use out of it for many years to come. Can't wait to see more videos soon my friends. Keep up the great craftsmanship and hard work my friends. Weld On. Fab On. Keep cutting. Build On. Stay squirrely. Keep Making. God bless.

I like this style but I also like when you can see all the imperfections of the wood slab through a clear top that may sometimes extend into a normal square end made of epoxy. Could be done with many different colors and effects so there is room for creativity there too

John, yinz need to contact Pat McAfee about a new table. The stooges mentioned you on their show the other day!

Badass builds as always!!! Love your guy’s work!! Love the pipe with the Walnut. Incredible job.

Beautiful job on the table! Mad respect for folks like you who work with slabs.

The red pipe gaskets really help the base stand out a bit instead of just being black

Amazing! I love when I see parallel work styles between two different builders/creators that I watch on YouTube. Amazing as always and shoutout to Cam over at Blacktail Studios.

Gorgeous work. Thanks for sharing the challenges that you run into.

I recently bought a massive poplar slab for a office/gaming desk. I almost went with some maple but he wasn't able to cut it the length I needed and the poplar was way cheaper. First time doing anything like this and started sanding it and researching on what all to do next with butterfly keys and what I need from here on. It's been fun and I can't wait until its finished! Your videos have really helped me a lot keep up the amazing videos!

I had the same issues with my last slab table both with the jointing and the rubio but at the end of the day it turned out like your sweet table.

So it sucks that you had so many issues. But selfishly I’m glad to see this. Not glad you had issues. But that you shared them with us. I just finished a project that should have been smooth sailing and ran into every possible issue along the way. So yeah… some times things just happen. But they are great learning lessons. Love how it turned out. And learned a lot

You should have taken advantage of your massive CNC router - vac-clamp the 2 slabs as close together as possible, then run a bit down the center. Even if it deviates a little, they should perfectly match up.