Epoxy Side Table

This is a 14" epoxy Red Cedar side table with curved White Oak legs. The tabletop was made using Smooth On clear epoxy resin that was dyed black using Black Transtint dye. I flattened the Red Cedar cookie using a CNC router, scrap blocks, and screws to fixture it. I CNC'ed the circular table mold from 3/4" MDF that was then screwed and brad nailed together. I lined the mold with laser cut PETG and sealed the seams with caulk and packing tape. However, due to mechanical issues with the CNC, I ended up having to make a flattening jig to flatten the table using a plunge router after the epoxy pour.

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Smooth On is an industrial epoxy that requires a pressure pot, vacuum chamber, and oven for 6 hours of post curing. I skipped the vacuum chamber step for my table because of size constraints. However, this resulted in countless voids that had to be filled. I used an epoxy fill for the larger voids and black CA glue with activator for the smaller voids.

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The legs are made from 3 pieces of 2" x 3/4" White Oak that are set at a 83° angle. I made a custom clamping jig from MDF using a laser cut template to route the MDF layers to final shape after rough cutting. The legs were then routed to final shape using a laser cut jig and a trim router and were mounted to the tabletop using threaded inserts and furniture bolts.

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Everything was sanded to 320 or 400 grit and I used Rubio Monocoat Pure for the first time with no activator and it turned out great.