5 Tips For Better Live Edge Tables

Great video, thanks for the tips! I’m about to embark on my first live edge slab project for an A/V built-in unit, and have anxiety of not wanting to screw it up. Your videos are helping ease my concerns by showing the right ways and answering my questions. Yinz’re doin great work, keep sharing your knowledge!

This might be the most informative video I’ve seen on woodworking. Cheers dude

Just started working with live edge doing a cabinet out of 3/4” ply with shaker door and live edge bar top made of cedar filled with clear epoxy and live edge shelves above. So looking forward to seeing the finished product!

Nice job with ad placement. They came right between each tip and didn't interrupt each segment like most channels.

Thank you for going into detail on the moisture situation. A lot of people skip talking about that, and as we all know..... moisture in the wrong places can be a problem. Thanks for sharing this with us. :)

awesome video especially the sanding tips, i struggle with swirl marks and have looked through many different sanding videos and nothing i found did as good of a job explaining steps to avoid and correct them as this did and that was just 1 of the 5 tips.

Looking to get a live edge table for our dining room. You’re videos are very informative. Thank you !

Ahhh, the Maker Ranch epoxy table, that was a great one! Good itps

The reason wood moisture content is so important is that wood shrinks AND swells due to the environment it's in. Wood reacts to it's environment, which for furniture means the relative humidity of the home it's in. The area you live in, how much cooking, showering, and the number of people exhaling in the house as well as how well your A/C system works will affect the humidity in your home. It even changes seasonally due to humidity levels outside. The average home is in the 30%-50% range. This corresponds to a wood moisture content of 6%-9% for wood located in that home. This means furniture, wood flooring, trim, and any other wooden objects will acclimate and reach an equilibrium base on the relative humidity in the home. Wood also does it's expansion across the grain, and not along the grain. So ideally you want the moisture content of anything wooden that is destined to be inside a house to be at 6%-9%, in order to avoid it shrinking, swelling or warping after it's made and placed inside.

Amazing tips and tricks. I was just talking with SWMBO about doing a live edge counter top or table. Now I know the 5 Tips for Better Live Edge Slabs.

I've been loving you videos, you crack me up and have good info.

Great tips and laid back approach

I use a lot of live edge wood in my products! Thank you John for the tips!👍🏻

Great Tips John! I always learn something new from your videos!

Excellent video, learned so many. 👍🏻

Awesome tips from an awesome builder! Love the videos John

Great video and awesome tips, especially for us newbies. Thanks man!!!

Hi John. Saw you on Off The Ranch. I'm a maker/crafter too and a member of Makers Media Network. Joined your channel and look forward to seeing more of your beautiful work.

Your work is impeccable! I love this.

Great video and excellent tips! I want to do some river tables someday soon, just gathering info for now. I feel smorter already! (Liked, subscribed, shared...)