I Tested Bending Epoxy With the Sun

why are you smirking yes oh my god dude

last week we fed up and by we I mean me

we were working on what is arguably one

of the coolest things we've ever built

around here and when I jumped up on a

table to cut the legs down the length it

exploded off of the table in a fit of

rage and then blew up on the floor now I

was super sad and the rest of the team

we were all pretty heartbroken so I

talked to Sam and Joe and Chris and we

came up with some awesome ways that we

think we can fix it and I asked you guys

we gave you two options one was to

stitch this thing back together kind of

like Frankenstein and make it work with

bow ties and slats and who knows what

else or two to somehow use aoxy to

bridge the gap on where it broke that

leads us to where we are now and

thousands of you have commented on the

last video the verdicts in and we're

going to pour this sucker now we got to

come up with a game plan so the first

thing we need to do is grab the broken

pieces hopefully Sam's not crushed

underneath them too soon because yes

he's still here he didn't quit quite yet

he's still willing to put up with me

aren't you buddy I am but I don't know

if you're aware of this or not there's a

small crack in this end of the table we

may have to do something to repair it

we're we're going to repair it I think

it goes without saying guys Sam I

apologize if I made you feel any way

good it's okay appreciate it anytime men

okay now that all of our feelings have

subsided almost 2,000 votes at the time

of when we're counting this for pouring

it so we're going to go with the epoxy

fix the best way to do this there's

actually probably no best way to do this

so I think we actually need to do a

little bit more damage to this before we

can rebuild it what the plan is we're

going to use the flat Parts together and

kind of eliminate all the parts we

curved and pour it flat with a crystal

clear River and then try and bend it

over a mold while it's still soft none

of this has ever been attempted before

here so things could get even doubly

squirely after well what's already been

a ridiculous project so far so I think

we need to get a couple hatchets maybe

some hammers sledges anything of

destructive tools the best part is if

anything happens to that side we could

just pour that side bend it again yeah

yeah try not to break that side this

time do my best I mean it was 100% my

fault probably catch it with this

piece let's grab some hatchets and stuff

I'm going to let you have first whack I

don't think this going to do much all

right I guess we just got to break the

curve off gravity will probably help

protect your eyes before you break stuff

like

this all right that was great now I want

you to have this oh wow momento just

remember our times together nice we just

want to get some like what looks like

natural breaks on the end we can pretty

much go as far as we'd like but anything

that's gonna kind of look like this

crack wise I think will look good you

want to give her the old wacka rusi go

ahead let out your anger and

frustration you son of a

[Laughter]

thank God pouring that clean break

at least dude couldn't have gone better

oh we're idiots Legendary Super Clean we

could just glue that back together just

add more character to it this is going

great I wonder I mean now that it's

split in half how we could actually do

this to eff good wondering if we should

like cut some like reliefs into it and

then kind of come back and break it off

yeah I feel like that's the move so for

those of you that can't see under here

is a square cut and that doesn't look

natural obviously if you couldn't see

the square part that' be kind of what

we're going for jigsaw all right we'll

break this off put the big girl in there

I'm going to let you try all the fun

things first on here cuz I'm the devil

the devil I think we just kind of throw

relief marks into it

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okay yeah that's what we're going

for should try well it's broken so who

cares about keeping it together at this

point you know what I'm saying you know

what I'm saying

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I think that's the look we're going for

just enough Breaking and stuff so we're

going to have to seal this now we got to

figure out how to do that side there's

only one option we clamp it on

the floor going vertical I'll hold it so

for the big side I guess we're just

going to have to use the jigs saw to

give us some relief I kind of like the

way that I was able to use the band saw

to give us some depth here it looks kind

of like a pretty natural break I would I

would think there's a lot of splintering

there's some parts that I'm going to

need to come back and touch up a bit but

my thoughts are I'll just kind of cut

some stuff out and see how she

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goes Sam went ahead and build a little

mold here let's kind of just mock it up

and show you guys what we're thinking

before you get the cocking on so we

can't build a traditional mold just

because of the nature of having the open

end there so we're going to have to like

kind of make do with an open mold and

prey so this is the vision is that's how

much Gap we're going to have what we're

trying to do here is prevent bubbles cuz

we're pouring this thing crystal clear

sure about that I'm going to blow out

all these like gaps and

stuff and Sam and I are going to come in

and just based on a bunch of really thin

resin hopefully it holds this thing

together and keeps from bubbling this is

one of those techniques I developed

doing the Burly stuff for the master

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making Live Edge and epoxy tables all of

it we just added glass table let's check

it out the next morning this is getting

school

early oh hey

Chris yeah you better run run away

everyone thinks I'm the mean one we're

going to cul these two down and then

clamp them to the table we're then going

to run a bead the whole way across on

the base on this side and drop it down

so it smooshy smooshies on it and kind

of hopefully creates some sort of a

barrier we're then going to clamp that

down to the table hoping to keep all of

the the resin inside from there we're

going to go ahead and use some gardening

Edge trim to make ourselves a dam on the

sides here the biggest point of issue or

concern is that that be a caul

underneath this is not how you want to

be able to form and this could go

terribly wrong and literally just have

all of the resin pour out basically

immediately I don't like it but I don't

see a better way to do it this stuff

just going everywhere it's like not

touching the whole I have a very

low hope that we don't just dump res

everywhere okay so I know I talked about

the garden stuff but I realized that

Blake has been using 8in melamine in his

molds so we're going to try this this is

just 8 in particle board that we covered

in TC tape my intention here is can we

get it to kind of create a flexed mold

around this Edge we'll put some spacers

and nail them into here and then caul

all of it in order to keep all of the

resin that we can inside and then just

be super super diligent on these edges

maybe even go underneath hit it with

another beat of caulk just all the caul

all the caulk I want it we've only got

one shot to make this thing like leak

proof which is where most of my concern

is right now we've got culk everywhere

top bottoms around surround Sam's

caulking beads underneath we're going to

throw a bead of caul on the top we

actually going to use the call as a

potential stop because we've got tbec on

there to pour up to C on o all around I

don't know a better way to do it and so

we're just going to wait for this to dry

and then we are going to send it Ron you

hate epoxy so I can't even ask Ron for

help here damn it guess I'll see you

guys tomorrow I'll see you tomorrow all

right we should be dry which means it's

time for the pour we're pouring crystal

clear so we've got brand new buckets

we've got a couple gallons we're going

to get our gallon calculation done here

of uh total Bo fathom we've got our

degassing ready to rock and roll I'm

going to use the epoxy calculator here

we're pretty much like 28 in by 35 by 2

which is River length what did I say 28

2 35 enter that says 8.5 gallons damn

that's a lot more there's no way I would

like you to Crunch those numbers again

just crunch them please crunch n gallons

for this I mean I guess it's like very

similar to like a

river all right we've got everything

degassed Sam and Chris mixed everything

up it's been sitting chilling we're

looking crystal clear here I cannot

emphasize enough how terrified I am to

pour this this is not a traditional mold

and everything could go terribly wrong

at this point I'm probably the most

puckered I've been in a long long time

we're going to send it with bucket one

check for leaks and then go with bucket

two and three Sam would you mind putting

on the Hazmat suit preparing for

surgical procedures in case of a leak

absolutely where do we uh where do we

keep that at you're wearing it excellent

glove up let's roll you know what I just

realized this is the same thing I wore

when the slab cracked I intentionally

wore it today to fix it I or you know

you want to bring those Good Vibes yeah

exactly

yeah let the glove up and pour this

okay all right check for leaks

check for

leaks trying to avoid any more bubbles I

want to pour it on the wood though

because of the uh pulled crap off of

it cuz our Corner that one damn it yeah

right there right next to you

John so this is uh my nightmare but also

how we've stopped leaks for years that

was exactly where we were concerned so

the paper towel will slow it down and

then the tiac will like stick it on Sam

green and I developed this years ago

started hit the fan on us on a

couple

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projects it's pretty small but we'll

lose all nine gallons through

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it nice bucket got a leak over here

where this meets the inside it's like

pouring out of there got the you

me

oh yeah it's over the table now it's on

the table it's fine it's fine hot gluc

line here to Dam it up we didn't caul

this side we should be fine now we get

to obsess over the table and any leaks

we caught one over there in the corner

this is not for the faint of heart we

stopped leaking under here for now I

think nope we got another one over here

um so we're just going to yeah this

sucks Sam's using the rest of the resin

to fill that we're going to keep popping

bubbles now we just have to time it

perfectly to where it's hard but not

completely hard so we can bend it over

the mold to get us that bent leg things

are about to get squirely real squirely

so we all got alarm set we're going to

just keep popping in here over the next

you know 100 hours making sure nothing

breaks and uh and fingers cross

everything stays good one week later

she's dry baby look at this you hear

that rock hard we were going to try to

time it to do the bend when it was like

still soft but we really didn't know

when would be an appropriate time cuz we

were all concerned about the release

from the sides and the base so we kind

of just skipped that part it is a sunny

day so I'm stoked because we're going to

put this thing outside and go 100% a

completely unique idea to us is to bend

this in the sun I've never seen this

before nobody's I'm kidding cam

pioneered the way doing weird with

the sun and epoxy we're going to give

that a shot I think that's the best way

to do it so the next steps is we're

going to roll it over there the guys are

going to give me a hand we're going to

crack it out of this this is a very

unique Contraption we've got two tables

and it clamped down we've got to be

careful that we don't break it again

going to take our utmost care to get it

over there we'll take it outside in the

sun hopefully we can get a Bend Sam

Sam we got to be ready for that next

time come on Sam catch it yeah Qui

breaks the internet thinks you're weak

come on Sam we'll be ready all our

training has prepared us for this moment

Sam are you ready I'm

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ready samam Sam what were you doing

working can you give me a hand dude

unbelievable dude we we got no leaks

well minor leaks from the top here this

was the only thing that actually leaked

which we just solved pretty quickly so

I'm I'm stoked it's looking freaking

sick The Hope here is that we can get

the bend to start like right here and uh

we won't need to do much flattening

except for just kind of sanding this

down so let's pop her out baby let's go

here we go here we go here we go

[Applause]

clean baby clean Min is that it's not

clean we did not do that right cuz we

put release on this whole thing right

yeah oh no we CK these down we C them

yeah that's why they're sticking so hard

I wonder if we should flip it and peel

that off instead of trying to peel this

up I mentioned flipping it and then Sam

brought it to my attention that we

caulked it to the table just all the

caulk all the

caulk I'm really concerned about gouging

and like breaking the resin in here we

got it flipped over and Det hated from

the table base because we CA this down

and then mold release and probably

should have put tyvec down on that piece

of melamine here we're going to roll it

over to the CNC hang the curly edge off

of it and flatten this on there stopping

right before we get to the Walnut and

the epoxy this is pretty risky we could

really have some stuff up

here Chris brought it down as far as

we're comfortable with we got a little

bit of resin coming through which means

we get to take the rest off by hand

fortunately it's a lot less material

we're going Rotex and whatever other

I can come up with to get it

off I did not anticipate this part as I

never

do all right guys so John asked me to go

ahead and make a bending form so we can

bend this epoxy when it's out in the

heat so going ahead see and seed out the

slap Parts cut down some stretches to go

between them nail it together ready to

go I have to carve The Edge to match

these edges before we put this thing out

into the sun before we can try and

bending it it's so hot out humid that

like I can bend it on my own so

hopefully this works look at this I have

layers this is insane and I've already

had look at all it on the floor I've

never had this happen I wonder if it's

cuz it's it's really humid in here I

believe but looking cool check so I got

like a nice matching external profile

here I'll bring the sander in touch it

up slightly get the other side and we'll

be good to go it's bending time you

rolling this is it now we

wait already going holy holy

it's so heavy it's already going I see

it move yeah wow now we just got to hope

it follows the mold that is crazy I can

push on it it's visibly going down like

I can feel it going down I feel like I I

could break it at any moment and I've

already broke it once I should probably

not touch

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it what's going on oh just doing the

same thing on all these Corners here

here here here oh it's like cooled at

the touch and this shit's like hot up

and feel this down here I wonder you

think we should get out here with some

heat guns ate it be too much it's only

been 10 minutes I think I'm just like so

impatient cuz it's bending so much like

oh this thing should be done any minute

is it pushes down breaking more and more

oh man this one's like gash Stitch it

it's going to bend

versus don't you put that on us so it's

just snapping off the wood you can like

put your finger in it is soft like you

see how I can get a thumb print in there

go back together damn I thought we would

get more more heat down here but it's

like all the Heat's focused right here

that's cuz all the weight is right yeah

I don't know what the we're going to

what are we doing what are we going to

do what what are we doing this is

turning to be the the Damned hardest

thing we've ever done looking at it in

hindsight I'm like obviously the wood's

not going to bend the wood's going to

stay straight we should have bent it

further away from the wood and poured it

longer and cut the bottom off yeah that

was stupid damn hopefully we can figure

something out to make that look decent

it just look looks like now it was

going so good the shittiest part about

working with resin and doing stuff like

this is it's so long to get another

chance to fix this is another like week

of dry

time I think that's the best we can do

we should have done that from the first

go cuz it's supporting it right where

it's cracking if it does crack what if

we did throw a couple stitches in there

like everybody gets their way everybody

with me at the end of the day I don't

care what we do as long as it looks cool

we could come back and fill that with

like a gold epoxy Japanese technique

with gold

well sweet that was going awful now it's

kind of a little bit better than awful I

think I have an idea on how to pretty it

up with the part we've already broken so

because we're idiots Glutton and fans of

all things hard we're going to try to

fill these cracks overnight here with

some resin so Chris just loosen actually

I'm going to I'm just going to crack

mine slide this down like a quar to a/

inch don't bring in my face oh what

happened just so bad right now to save

this AB ation I'm going to because we're

just completely tearing all of the resin

off at where the cracks are we have the

pivot point of the bend I'm sure you

guys will comment was too close to the

wood and so because of that you can see

that this wants to rip off down here

because of where the bend started the

intention for the bend was to be in this

area we have that up because we don't

know what the hell we're doing nor do I

think anyone know what they're doing

when they do crap like this we're going

to clamp it all back up and we're going

to fill it with more epoxy to try and uh

save us from absolutely ruining the

table so I'm just going to mix up some

gold resin here we're going to go with

this Roman gold pigment why not we don't

want it to be under gold I don't if

we're going with that I don't know what

that technique's called bunch of guys

have viral videos on it we're trying all

the techniques in this video after this

video I'm making a picnic table on a 2x4

a little longer than a few minutes later

she's dry I think so we're going to pop

it out of clamps see if this thing

explodes apart I guess pop the ratchet

this could be it don't hurt yourself

you're at sweetheart all okay no extreme

popping last

clamp everything is making me

nervous can we

get well we didn't get any spring back

which is great now we just got to make

it not look like dog I'm thinking

once I can clean it up it'll definitely

look better I'm really looking forward

to the next like 12 hours of sanding so

I basically I'm going to clean up the

resin and all the stuff that's going on

here and kind of make an assessment on

next steps once I get it down to like

kind of how it's going to look just

going to put it on good old

workbench getting my ass kicked and Sam

had the brilliant idea because he's not

a little that if we use a power

plane we can get through the epoxy he's

actually done this on a few of other

projects I actually don't ever think to

use that tool he's going to give me a

hand here no pressure it's brand new so

they want sharp blades on there so we're

dealing with a multitude of issues as

this entire project seems to be first

and foremost we've got to get this

sanded and Polished and at this angle

it's quite a pain in the ass secondly

our resin here sunk and uh we went with

like that gold to try and make it look

like it's got that like Japanese

technique where they fix stuff I think

it's Japanese our final decision is we

are going to end up stitching it as well

so all you that voted for stitching

you're going to get your stitches well

well well we're going to cut a uh

template on the the CNC and should make

this fairly quick for us to drop these

stitches in get them then all flushed

down but in the meantime I've got to put

a couple hours into sanding and

polishing this we also have to fill all

of these so we cut a bunch of wedges

that match the grain Direction and green

color on here so we got to get all of

those glued

in that's it appreciate the help guys

and that is another 3,000 pairs of shop

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they're gone cuz that first 3,000 like

that we got a bunch of these sticks so

what we're going to do here is more or

less layer this thing together in a cool

way that makes it look like it got some

some stitches done on it the idea is

random um so we've got two 3 and 4 in

long pieces I got a little template made

here it's going to put me kind of to the

test but I think to strengthen these

gaps up I'll just kind of cut that

pocket as best I can and I think this

will look pretty cool getting The Best

of Both Worlds wasn't intending on doing

this so those of you that voted for

stitches you're getting stitches I can't

just fill it with epoxy well I could but

we don't have time for it to dry because

we are in a time crunch it's Tuesday and

this sucker's coming out for you guys on

Sunday so that's a whole day for epoxy

to dry so we're going to go and and try

to make this

work now I just got to do the the resin

okay okay we're going to use some

5minute epoxy to put these in because we

have to go with epoxy on epoxy now we

can't use glue to bond to epoxy that

would be a no no we don't feel like

waiting till tomorrow for everything to

dry this should suffice these are pretty

tight Sam cut these all pretty good this

in case anyone was curious my vote from

the get-go was stitches but I'm an idiot

as everyone knows

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this is looking awesome little random

stitch for you that one went

considerably better than when I did the

table versus Jordan so now we get into

the fun stuff sanding and wet sanding so

I'm going to get this uh this is this

part's already done to 220 we're going

to get it all the way up to 320 dry go

through all the Grits wet and we got to

do the bottom too so yay more

sanding it's funny cuz you're like you

just want Perfection and it has no

chance you like this whole piece is all

about making imperfection

beautiful it sets didn't explode it's

not rocking at all we still got to cut

the feet the length though but we're not

going to do anything different this time

we're literally going to try the exact

same thing all right let's flip it

over you guys tell me you think there's

a better

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[Applause]

way no no no

no all right so about 30 35 minutes ago

everything was fine John went in his uh

office do his craft a career and uh this

happened we went from having a nice 90°

and the Heat's starting to bring it down

so ratchet straps to bring it back in

but I got faith she'll be back in 90

very far from 9 right long ways so bad

this is so bad I'm going to start

polishing this Joe's going to put the

camera down polish this we could have

this table flip back over and very very

little all right why are you smirking

yes is oh my god dude are you kidding oh

my God how is that possible crystal

clear though

it's long it's clear yeah damn it

do you think it's cuz it's 90° in here

be hey dude look at that thing I just

got in the zone here he came out like 20