DIY Floating Log End Table | Modern Builds | EP. 4

A few words of advice to everyone who is going to try this. Let the logs season for a couple of years. You want a moisture content less than 5%. Also, don't jump to far & fast in your sandpaper grades. You'll find that slowly progressing up in sandpaper sizes will help you keep from clogging up the paper & give you a much better finish. These two tips will help your project go much faster and easier as well as look a lot better.

Something I did on a stump table recently to get the top flat and even is to work it down with a power hand planer. Saved me a ton of sanding and made a really nice table top. Got my plane at Walmart for around $30... worth every penny!

carving a little rectangular hole in the sides with the chainsaw (for storage of books, knick knacks, etc) would be a neat way to improve an already great idea :)

You could ad a LEDstrip to the base of your log. It would look like it's floating on light :)

Thanks for going through the entire process and talking us through it.

Thats a great tip on how you used the chalk line in getting the top level. Thanks for sharing.

I did something very similar to this with a couple of logs I got. It took a while and I discovered some rot in the middle so I decided to fill them with epoxy - little did I know the logs were rotten all the way through - I ended up using a lot of epoxy and the logs weigh a lot now. I put beach glass in the crevices and cracks at the surface and flooded the logs with epoxy so now it they look stunning. The logs are all shiny and the beach glass looks like it was inside the tree and is coming out. It was a very simple (if somewhat laborious) project but so satisfying once I was finished. We have them next to our armchairs in the living room. Everyone asks about them and if I will make them one.

Love it. Sweet, simple and functional.

Nice build. If I were to do this, I'd end up taking an extra level and wiring up some LED's to use as underglow under the floating part, then maybe routing out a channel to the back/hidden part of the log to run a toggle switch up to the table surface. Food for thought if you want to get crafty next time you make one.

This is amazing!!

I like your work so much! Thanks you!

I like your process for leveling the top. Good job. (Also, the video was concise and to the point).

Looks great, hoping to start one myself soon 👍🏼

Works the way it is supposed to. Just Good

Your builds are my dream furniture 😍

That's great!

Great video. I learned a lot.

I'm from Indonesia,, like your channel..💕👍

Nice Work from morocco 👍

I had log in my back yard. I made one like it. I used wire brush wheel in my drill on the sides. silky smooth