final product
final product
final product
about to start sanding 80,120,220,300,600,800, 1200, 2400, 3000 and 4000 grit...then polishing
gotta sand the edges
removed frame, so shiny
gotta wait 72 hrs to cure
pouring resin and spreading it out
mixing resin and epoxy
pouring the second layer
takes many passes
sanding the surface to remove marker tracing, burrs and splinters
using the Propane torch to get rid of bubbles
i almost wanted to stop here
dark swood stain for the borders, letters, moons and crow
putting painters tape to reduce splash
Now im done carving
using a guide and a portable circular saw gets you a much cleaner line
time to sand
grey stain wasnt what i thought it would be
easy to chisel out the outlines secured in the table top
all done
just when you sit back and think, done carving...oh shit!
coffee and carving
So many different chisels. gotta try em all
fabulour time for a moondance
IT BEGINS !!!
thought using a router would be good, but the tourque makes it hard to control and it dug pretty deep
inking the pencil sketch..
original planning in Photoshop
My father gave me a wrought iron table but the tabletop insert was nothing but a few wooden planks. After a while of staring at it i came up with a design idea. I was at first gonna use electric routers to chisel out the design. Then i found a box with carving tools and decided to give it a go. It was 3 years from start to finish. I also learned how to Expoxy resin the tabletop.
