How Strong is an Epoxy Table?
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Published 2020-12-17
People often ask what will happen if someone leans on the corner of an epoxy table. Or what if someone sits on one side? At what point will the epoxy break from the wood? So I finally decided to find out how strong an epoxy table is. First with sacks of concrete, then we had to get a little medieval with it. Let me know what you think of this in the comments!
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0:00 Intro
0:48 Building the Epoxy Table
2:55 Building The Legs
4:32 Strength Test One
7:35 Strength Test Two
9:31 Strength Test Three
11:12 Money Shot
12:15 Recap
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All Comments (21)
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Thank the people who made the epoxy, but not those poor Home Depot associates that had to re-stock all that concrete? LOL
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Moral of the story: Never hang pointed logs above the furniture.
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After watching the video advert i was still skeptical. But when i finally downloaded the plans youtube.com/post/UgkxZF0EMnrujZvqHhGkxiz559uIABJWR… i was very impressed. The whole plan was just as you said in the video. Thank you very much. I now have a large and valuable collection for my woodworks. This is great!
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Phil. I actually thought it would only break inside the resin. I thought that would be the weak point. This was a very cool, educational video and I'm happy that you got a lot of help and had fun making it. Thanks!
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The clear epoxy on the live edge is another level!! Really shows off the natural beauty of the timber.
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“If you are wondering how you rent a concrete sack, you buy it and then drive it back a few hours later” had me cracking up lol.
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Since you're making tables out of 'broken' wood, you should take the pieces and pour a different coloured epoxy on them to make a new table, a 'table table' if you will :D
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Phil was definitely working it. And to be honest, I really liked the look of what you had as the underside of the table top. I know this was very roughly built, but I love the deep, large, multiple cavities with a clear that allows you to see the wood inside.
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Phil, so I’m waiting to see part 2 when you glue the table back together .... and have it as a give away prize. :)
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This is one of those things that I never thought I would have wanted to see, but now that I have, my life is near complete.
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Phil, great video and I'm as surprised as anyone at just how strong that epoxy bond is. 2000 pounds without even bowing at all is pretty amazing. Thanks for sharing the video. Everyone likes to break stuff now and then.
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Phil's the man! The 1st thing I noticed was that the table snapped along the grain of the wood. The epoxy itself was still adhering to the wood. Nice work! I really appreciate your effort to maintain a complete transparency. Good on you. Cheers from TO!
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Phil, Now put the three pieces back together with gold-colored epoxy, Kintsugi style :)
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Phil, you should take the broken pieces of that table to make a slightly bigger table with black epoxy. It'd be a great story piece too. Love your videos btw.
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Just recently found your channel and love the work you do. I'm not sure if this has already been brought up, but I would've liked to see an impact test that was in between static weight and a massive log hammer. Like maybe using a large sledge hammer to test the impact resistance and not just the static strength.
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The bond between epoxy and a material can be stronger than the material itself.
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double the weight for every 2 feet of fall for the first several feet. (600 pound log falls 2.5 feet = 1500 pounds or 1800 if 3 feet) Plus it is impacting in a small area so the net PSI would by hundreds of times higher.
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Rented 25 sacks of concrete... That was classic!
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This answers the question I was having at this very moment, is my epoxy “river” too wide to be strong enough to hold the slabs together. Thanks for doing the experiment!!
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Thank you for this video. I have been trying to figure out a cutting jig for a complex shape and was worried if epoxy would hold up to the force of clamping it. Now that I see how strong this is, I don't have any doubts that it will be fine to clamp in the bandsaw.
