Concrete workbench upgrade

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Publicado 2024-05-10
Didn't like the original look with oil, so i decided to do a epoxy upgrade to my concrete/rock table. Now it's a concrete/rock/steel/epoxy table. Hope you enjoy!

Table of content

00:00 Intro
02:24 Clearing, grinding
14:45 Installing a steel L corner
35:05 Welding shop sign
37:58 Epoxy, first pour
42:40 First result, sanding
50:45 Grinding steel
54:12 Epoxy, second pour
01:00:47 Cleanup & wrap-up

Referenced videos:

Workshop renovation series:

1) Ep1:    • Renovating the workshop  (part1) - Ne...  
2) Ep2:    • Renovating the workshop  (part2) - Co...  
3) Ep3:    • Renovating the workshop  (part3) - Tu...  
4) Ep4:    • Renovating the workshop  (part4) - Ro...  
5) Ep5:    • Renovating the workshop  (part5) - Ad...  
6) Ep6:    • Renovating the workshop  (part6) - Fi...  

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Todos los comentarios (21)
  • @ihnas2578
    An hour worth of Ants is better than no Ants..By far my favorite channel
  • @rangitui2632
    Young Andris is on another level , I'm addicted to Andy Camarata , Diesel Creek and Derek Bieri , but this young gentleman is on another level , the humour is hilarious , the accent , mannerisms , attitude to authourity, super Mum , super Auntie & Neighbours is up lifting to say the least , this young man , by being himself is someone you'd like to be a neighbour with . This young man deserves to be up there wth the big boys.
  • Your bench looks wonderful. It looks like rocks in a stream. I'm expecting a fish to swim by any moment!
  • Must be one of the more overbuilt work tables I've seen, this is great
  • Man I have not sleep, it is a little after 12 noon for me in my time zone and I just finished watching "Jesse Muller" 1 hour long video that he posted about 4 hours ago. I was getting ready to go to bed and I see this, Ants Pants with 1 hour long video, man I guess I am not going to bed yet, I need another cup of coffee and some biscuits. I am strong I know I can make it! Hopefully "Andrew Camarata" does not decide to post a video right after I am done watching this one. BTW, What's up Ants! good to see you again!
  • @wxfield
    The best shop-vac tip I ever got was given to me by a commercial dry-waller; Buy a pack of swimming pool "scum socks". Take a sock and put it over your filter once it's clean and attached to the shop vac. Next time you have to clean the shop vac..just take the scum sock off and put a new one on. The filter will still be clean enough that you don't have to blow it out.
  • @petermamo560
    Love the finish, it looks really cool. Everything you do is bomb proof. And the sign writing looks amazing, a proper job. Again you haven’t disappointed, a great video. Thank you for brightening my week 👍
  • надпись на вывеске выглядит потрясающе!!!!! мне очень понравилось.
  • @AW-Services
    You can't beat honest humble & genuine videos like these. I enjoyed it
  • @Enrica_53
    I think it's highly appropriate to have a sharp workshop table.
  • Looks good, don't need anything else , leave the welding table as is, steel!!!
  • GREAT VIDEO ! IM CHOKING ON ALL OF THE DUST ! PENNSYLVANIA , USA !
  • @g-man7938
    It is a work bench after all, I hope everyone appreciates the hell you put yourself through to do these videos. Loved the music at the first of the video, shades of some vintage Kraftwerk. Keep on rollin' with the flow. 👍
  • Andris, that table has come up a treat, well done young fella. Love the Ant Pants welded on the front, adds a touch of class. Have a good weekend mate.
  • @tikonc
    you need to build a dust collector to put between your tool and your vacuum....it will sabe you hours of cleaning the filter of the vacuum and also maintain more suction which in turn will suck more of the debris....a win win situation
  • @chrispy3866
    Andris, when you mix epoxy, you have to stir it softly as to not incorporate additional bubbles into the epoxy. The first coat had more initial bubbles because you shook the 2 parts together. When mixing epoxy, it’s best to slowly stir it with a stick, or any method which does not incorporate air into the epoxy. Well done. It looks great. Unfortunately the epoxy will scratch and won’t stay pretty for long. Knowing you, it will stay nice for .0000001 seconds…. 😊
  • Beautiful work Ants! I love it. What an artist. I love that you said to all of us who have watched you channel for a while that we know all your projects are flawed in some way. Well, they look great to me
  • Bro, that table looks freakin Amazing. Should last a hundred years. Love Friday with Ants Pants 💚💚👍👍🇪🇪 You Rock !
  • That is a very cool work bench you have there. When working on anything heavy you can always throw down a piece of plywood to cover and keep it looking good. Eventually though you will get some scratches but...who else has a kool table in your area. Cheers from Canada.
  • Great work Ant, your videos are always worth the wait no matter how long they are. What some viewers will not appreciate is just how much work goes into making these videos. The camera works, setting each shot up, even the stop starts, and changing batteries, video memory cards, and in some cases, locations. It all takes time. Then, there is the editing, which takes a really long time. All of this while trying to spend time with your wonderful family. Juggling YouTube time with family time and your job, it's not easy, and some viewers should remember this before leaving unfair comments. I know I've mentioned this before probably 2 years ago, but when you are doing something in your workshop that causes a lot of dust, you really do need to cover up your tools and other stuff. It will save you so much time, cleaning time, time you don't always have. Sorry, that was a lot of time.😂 I like the improvements to your bench and the way you overcame attaching the angle iron. It's a great idea, my idea. I did something similar once about 15 years ago to the edges of 140+ concreat steps in a school. The stick on anti-slip lengths just peeled off, making it dangerous to walk up and fown the stairs. So, i came up with the same idea as you, but my angle iron had an anti-slip design built into each length on one side when it was made in the foundry. Then, a self levelling mix, similar to apoxy, was pored to level off each step to within 2mm of the top of each steel strip, and it's still standing strong as of 3 months ago when i attended the schoolto give thrm a quotefor another job we started last week. This time, we are building two new steel fire escapes 18 metres tall. As for the apoxy fill. What you should have done is use a specialised apoxy first coat. It's called deep pour. It reaches into the depths of the smallest of holes, cracks, and crevices to seal up and prevent any air from coming through the rock, concreteor morta. Then you could have used quick dry pour, which would have had zero air bubbles. You should watch videos by 'Total Boat' on YouTube. They are providers of everything apoxy and know about different techniques, what and where to use differenttypes of apoxy. Drying times per coat and what or how to achieve the best finish. Remember that for next time. So what's next? When are you going to start building your new wooden sawmilling shed? We're in May already, and you said you would start it in the spring of this year. So what's stopping you? See you next week, Ant, enjoy the rest of your weekend.👍😁🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿⚒️