[Woodworkers] Resin Table

[Royce Killion]

Iv'e done this with a router with an off set raised base, or you could 
even use a router sled. Use a nice sharp bit and you can get most

of it that way.


Royce

On 7/19/2021 11:23 AM, chuck.steger--- via Woodworkers wrote:
>
> I am making my first resin table. I decided to start with a nightstand 
> size table since it’s my first time doing a resin table. I chose a 
> board with a big crack in it. The crack is not wide enough to call a 
> “river” table, so we’ll call it a “creek” table. Making the form for 
> the top and pouring the resin went well. It released from the form 
> fairly easily. One lesson learned was to screw the top down from the 
> bottom. I didn’t expect the wood to float so I had to improvise and 
> weigh it down with some bricks. Most of the brick removed easily but 
> one was epoxied to the wood pretty good. I tried to belt sand it out 
> but red brick is real hard! I ended up chiseling out the brick which 
> worked well (dulled my chisel!) since I’ll have to sand down anyway. 
> Which leads me to my questions:
>
> What do you use to level the table and sand the resin? I tried a belt 
> sander but it loads up real quickly. Will the resin dull my planer 
> knives if I send it through the planer? I have a drum sander but if 
> the belt sander loaded up, wouldn’t the drum sander? I thought about 
> putting it back in the form and use a router to level. The top wasn’t 
> totally level but I could use wedges to level, then route. The 
> underside of the top has a good 1/8” to 3/16” of resin and I’d like to 
> take that down to the wood. One YouTube video said they liked Micro 
> Mesh sanding pads because they are porous and vacuum easily but that 
> would be a lot of sanding to remove 1/8” or more.
>
> Advice? Thanks!
>
> Chuck
>
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