Thread: Sharing the process

Also, here is a couple of snaps of inside the garage where all my stuff is crammed in. Plus one outside where I store timber under some heavy duty plastic, keeping it pretty dry.

Nice one Clint.
what product are you using to fill the holes with?
Is the process to fill, sand top to level, then finish with the same 2pack?
I'm asking as I have not used a poly.
Cheers.
Clinton

Looking forward to seeing more pics as you progress.
When filling with 2 pack, you can build a dam around the hole with string & masking tape - stops it going everywhere and means you can slightly overfill it to allow for shrinkage.

Good stuff mate and please show us more.

I use glass coat. You can get it in two plastic bottles from the hardware and mix up as much as you need. Bubbles rise to the top and you can sand it back using fine paper.

A few other fellas use epoxy resin. You can add oxides to it and colour the in fill. We got some boat coat from the wood show, have only used it once and haven't had a chance to sand it back yet to see if it sands back nicely. So far I am not liking the result, the bubbles are trapped in the in fill - doesn't look nearly as good.

Cheers
Dan

Originally Posted by dan_tom

So far I am not liking the result, the bubbles are trapped in the in fill - doesn't look nearly as good.

Cheers
Dan

Dan, you can bring the bubbles out by hitting it with a hot air gun after you've poured.

Good one Dusty, don't you love those Supajaws.
Cheers
Barry

I reckon that's gonna look fantastic, Dusty. Continuous grain around a piece always looks really nice in a subtle way. They must have been long boards.

Thanks for sharing Dusty, keep them progress piccys coming.

Dan-tom I reckon glass coat is epoxy resin.

Thanks, fella's, for the encouragement.

Clinton1 Yes, the idea is to fill all the holes and gouges with the same product I will be finishing the table with. So once i'm satisfied that it's filled enough I'll then sand it all down ready for final finishing. Although I've filled the holes with gloss the actual final coat will be in a satin or maybe even a matt.

AlexS That's a good tip to minimize the spread of the two pack, 'specially benefical if someone only has a smallish sander.

Wongo Thanks, and yep there are more pics coming.

dan_tom Your right, glass coat, epoxy resin, that sort of thing, are much better at doing the knot hole filling job than two pack poly is, but, I get the poly for free as it's the leftovers in the bottom of my mixing bucket from coating floors. It seems a shame to waste it.

Baz Barry, I more than love the Superjaws. Fairdinkum, I reckon their the ducks nuts. If I were running the show at GMC/Triton this is one product I would aggressively market worldwide.

zenwood Thanks for the thumbs up on the design. Yes, they were long boards a little over five metres each when I first got them. And I paid a premium of forty dollars for nine of them , plus a few old flooring joists. and they were delivered Cool value, huh?

Harry72 More pics coming soon.

Nice Dusty

I like to see project go together.

Well, I'm still progressing along fabulously.

Here are some pics my missus found from when we first purchased the timber we are using for the coffee table.

Originally, the timber was to be used as a dining table, but along the way we moved house, which of course sucked up a fair slab of my time, so I never got much further than making the legs and rails. And now that we're settled here, the dining table we had in mind won't quite suit the new house, so that's why it's becoming a coffee table.

These photo's show the timber as I first got it and I must admit I had forgotten just how impressive these slabs of wood looked.

I cut and thicknessed some of the boards down to size and then laminated three pieces together to make the table legs. I still have these legs, so at some later stage I will still be able to knock up a fairly nice dining table.

Ok. Back to work.

Here are some shots of our current progress.

Firstly, I used my edging sander to sand the boards flat(ish) so there's a tip if you have a whole heap of hard sanding to do on a project, hire an edger and take hours off your labour time.

Next, the table has been cut to size and now it's just sitting on the garage floor ready to be stained, finished and assembled.

Coming along nicely Dusty... looks like that holden getin a bit Dusty too!