Hey everyone it's Dylan from The Black Forest Wood Company we're back again here
for another week in the shop what you're seeing on screen right now is our first finished table
uh with an x-base so this one is in solid wenge it's got a live edge claro walnut top
and we're gonna kind of show you guys our start to finish process on this table
so primarily we're going to focus on the x base show you some of the sanding the cnc machining and
then the assembly and then we've also got kind of just as an added bonus in this video we're showing
off this uh this end table we're making with a solid resin leg so kind of made to simulate
glass first time we've done that as well so i hope you guys enjoy that uh again if you guys can leave
a like on the video uh before we get into it and subscribe with notifications on that really really
helps us out and i hope you guys enjoy the next clip here that you guys are going to see is joe
actually applying the finish to the claro walnut top for the x base what are you putting on though
Osmo Extra Thin where can they find it joe in our store and online
yes
okay so now that we've got the top finished we can start our work on the base so we're using our
Biesse rover CNC and what you're seeing right now is actually it's cross-cutting the exact length
on these pieces and cutting the angles we need so that's kind of a nice feature with this cnc we
can't do it with our other one it can make all of our rough and final cuts for us which is a just a
really nice feature to have after john's got some of those pieces rough cut out then he's actually
got to glue some of them together so we're just using titebond 3 with solid hardwood dowels
and that's just going to help to make sure this is a permanent bond you know the dowels
might be overkill but we just like to over engineer basically everything that we do
this base is going to utilize half lap joinery so once everything is glued up cut to size we
can actually cut the joinery on with our cnc you can see it also drills the dowel holes
but it cuts out that great big notch there for us to actually fit these two pieces together so what
you're seeing right now is john just doing all his sanding before assembly makes it a lot easier
doing it this way as opposed to doing it after and everything, if we did it right should slide together
okay and so away we go we're going to be starting with our final clamping here uh we don't
want glue squeeze out everywhere john i'm going to put you in charge of this end of things here
uh the main thing we need to be able to do is if we laminate this surface and this surface
well together uh there's gonna be more than enough adhesion especially with the five dowels that we
actually have going through as well too so we'll let dr john here take care of the uh the initial
glue uh we're using tight bond three which we find to be the strongest uh glue that has the highest
level of penetration and ultimately in the end it's what we use on our exterior doors as well too
one thing we do we have half inch fluted dowels and we use a 13 millimeter uh
drill bit to bore our holes so it gives us just a minuscule amount of play when
we're laminating these surfaces so now i'll get some some glue on all the ends of these
that's all it takes to put that together pretty simple once we've done all the machining and the
mill work uh the assembly should be the easy part little bit of glue cleanup not too bad
we're never going for lunch again
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Takashi six-nine Takashi six-nine you get it or does that come with the hair as well
what all right so we have got our claro walnut dining table with the x base all finished up
again you guys really went crazy for this x base here so it's it's all done in solid wenge
and then the way we've attached it we've actually got metal top plates
that go into recesses underneath the table joe's showing me his ass
he did
we've also got c channels in here that we do the c channels on the really big solid wood tables
because the bigger the solid wood piece the more it can want to warp if it's a river table and it
just has two skinny pieces it's probably okay but yeah this table just came out phenomenal
should be to our client's house like in the first week of the new year
um i won't say the price i want you guys to actually guess the price on this one we'll say
it in next week's video it was very expensive because of the piece of wood and the base but
leave your guesses below and we'll tell you guys next week what it's sold for and with this x
base here it is very strong but you guys may not realize how strong it is just from looking at it
so we'll play a clip here now where we had four of our guys all stand on top of it so
it's about 800 pounds of weight and doesn't even flex a bit so this is a super sturdy base next up
we've actually been commissioned charlie's here we've been commissioned to build an end table and
a dining table for a client in new york city so a little bit different concept for the end table
um is it focusing yeah so we got that angle and then i'll show you guys one other angle
so it's got what's going to be an epoxy leg on there and it's going to be a waterfall
edge with claro walnut burl so we've got to make sure that we get a crystal clear pour
we're going to have to degas it we're going to use our deep resin as well and then we'll
have to polish it up and it should kind of give this simulated look of glass and almost kind of
make the table look like it's floating but we've never done this before so we'll see how it goes
so another use for our ceramic can actually be for any kind of polished material if you
want to make it more clear and shinier so after joe has finished his polishing
he just takes our ceramic applies it to the surface and it gives it a way nicer shine
okay so we scuffed up the sides we need to do that to give it a stronger bond because when
we actually apply this with epoxy into this groove here um we need it to bond as best
as we can and it won't do that if we have a smooth surface so we need to scuff it up
it'll bond better so we can put it in here and have a nice little table with a nice little leg
so to attach this resin leg we are using a Black Forest Coat Resin it's a 24 hour
uh curing resin perfect for this application just perfect because we don't want it to
cure too fast and yellow we don't want to cure too slow like a 96 hour resin because then
we'll never get anything done uh so this is uh 24 hour stuff that we use for all our our joints yeah
any any questions comments concerns leave it in the review box click like and hit that bell
how many Black Forest employees does it take to install a clamp let's see if we can get one
more in there I'll hold this, four pushing four stop falling out Jesus christ that might be too
many one too many noted three is good
come on work time charlie yep we're all business
keep it serious charlie
what a handsome doggie he looks good hey he's my favourite son okay
so here is the um the table that you guys saw spencer and joe glue-up um we've got
our polished epoxy in here it's still kind of dusty so you can't see the full clarity yet
one little tip too is if you're handling polished materials I
would recommend taping it up just so you're not going to scratch it so we've got tape
on the bottom and tape here you guys can see the clarity is there's charlie
through the epoxy so this is going to be a side table and then we've got another table up in the
pool room upstairs that we're going to pour but our client is still deciding between colours so
we've sent her a few samples we got to do one more and then hopefully we can get that poured
first couple weeks in the new year this will be a nice one it's heading to new york city
alright well you guys just watched um joe demold this table here so this one will I'll
probably show you guys next week it's getting this really cool custom steel base on it coming from
forge 53 so we got to get that all designed and i just wanted to say thank you guys so so much for
all of the support that you showed us in 2020 you know it was kind of a crazy year for everyone
uh at the beginning of the year there was a lot of uncertainty for us in our business you know
there was a few week period there where we weren't really selling too much and
things were kind of dying off um but in the later half of 2020 things just picked up and we actually
ended up getting busier than we ever have been before this was one of the best years we've ever
had in our business so thank you guys so so much it just really means so much to us to be able to
continue doing what we love and getting all the support from you guys so we're really excited to
show you everything that we have in store for 2021 hopefully if things get good we'll or
get better we'll be able to travel a little bit and show you guys some of the exciting projects
we're going to be working on but thanks again and we will see you guys next week
say bye here let's get some final words from charlie
anything else?
okay
thank you very much
this is my tape now