5 EPOXY River Table Tips for Beginners!

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One of the things I've done to avoid bubbles is to pre-coat the edges of the wood that will be joined by the resin. I just mix a small batch of the resin and paint it onto those edges. That way it works its way into the wood and seals it to stop it from aerating into the resin I pour. The trick is to not let the pre-coat fully cure before the final pour. That way you still get full adhesion. I know this trick works on guitars so I'm sure it would work on tables as well.

Best part of the video "READ THE DAMN LABEL" and seeing your awesome tool wall.

John, all great advice except one thing - a pressure pot is not the same thing as a vacuum chamber. Both can be used to eliminate bubbles in resin but they work in opposite ways. If you want to use a pressure pot, you need to leave your entire project inside the pressurized pot until it fully cures, which is no good for tables and generally big projects. The principle here is that the pressure squeezes the air bubbles inside the resin so much that they become virtually invisible, but the pressure needs to be maintained until the resin hardens. If you want to eliminate the air bubbles before pouring resin into a mold, you need to use a vacuum chamber which depressurizes the resin so much that the air bubbles expand and are sucked out of it (visually it gives the impression as if the resin was boiling, and it's best to make sure that the container in which you put the resin into the chamber is big enough to avoid spilling). Once the bubbles stop coming out, the resin can be poured into a mold. I'm sure you know all this but beginners might get quite confused ;) Also, metric system rules! :D

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Thank you John! Just finished my first River table and thanks to all of your videos I managed to pull it off without a hitch. Keep them coming.

I built a multipurpose outfeed table (made my own hold down channels because T-Track would have cost WAY too much for this table), and I built a router sled jig that locks into the sides of the table. Works fantastic.

Protip here John, if you look on your phones calculater there will be a small image of a ruler above the numbers Keypad. If you tap on it, it will bring up the internal measurement converter. can do metric to imperial and everything else, length, volume, mass... all of it

Enjoyed the content, keep them going!!! Thanks again!

Thanks for always providing great content!

John lots of help trying Resin Pours. Especially Read The Label 🏷. 😁😁

Always good scoop. Thanks.

Fantastic tips, John! Thanks a lot! 😃 Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

Thank you John for the good work,

Nothing for nothing, love your channel as a retired general contractor. That being said I ordered 2 punch in the face t shirts over a year ago. I reached out to them. Told me hurricane season blah blah. Never received the shirts. 32$ will not change my life. Do you care? Hope Sam reads this. Keep up the good work

John, as a layman I can see that the experience you're sharing here is an ongoing process. I recognize a few of these tips as life experiences from past videos, and I'm delighted to have been taken along for the ride on this journey. I am just surprised there weren't any tips on mold sealing, if you know what I mean... 😁

Been doing butcher box for over 2 years now, they’re great

you are simply a genius. I have a youtube channel but it would take a century to get your experience. good boy. you are my inspiration

Great video John

Killer work John!