I was in the middle of writing an email asking if I could drive myself to Oregon to pick up that mold you were gonna throw out, when I saw you cut it up I sighed and discarded the draft lol. Great work, it looks awesome!
Loving the look of the table! That's alot of work but totally worth the effort!! Just FYI, you can take that used silicone, cut it up and use it in other projects. You can add it as "filler" when you have another large pour and it will save you a ton on new silicone! Anyway, loving your saltbox table and have a great weekend!
Whew, when he said he was going to throw it all away it made my heart (or more accurately, my wallet, lol) cry out in pain. Had to make sure someone made this suggestion.
@@roguered706 Yeah, that would be aLOT of money going in the trash!! I may or may not have had a "shout at the screen" moment when he said it was getting pitched!! LOL
@@barneybarney9124 I've never tried that myself, but seems like it would be almost impossible with the fluting. I don't think the sand would maintain the ridges.
Why don’t people use similar “aggregate” in their initial molds? Does it have to be actual cured silicone to work as filler, or could you use something like styrofoam?
It’s awesome that you got your son involved, we have to teach the next gen! Using a reciprocating saw without a blade to remove the air bubbles is my go to as well. Great innovative build! 👍
Jason, what a beautiful table. have you considered putting a coat of silicone between the concrete base and your carpet so the lime in the concrete doesn’t leach into your carpet
Instead of throwing the silicone mold out, cut it into little cubes. You can reuse them during your next silicone pour (of any size). Just fill up the cavity of your best pour with the cubes, and then pour the silicone over that. You will use much less silicone mixture that way.
Instead of throwing the mold out he could've broken the wooden bracing off before releasing the concrete base then made new bracing using fibreglass with a split in the middle so it can be removed and put back together easily.
@@jameslucas3161 With a bit of though he could have built a frame to hold the mold and then built a custom frame for the inside and pour another silicone mold for the inside. Then a custom X with 4 pins in them for the dowels to hold the top in place. Some wire mesh set in the middle of the form should be more than enough to keep if from breaking. A concrete vibrate tool to get the bubbles out and you have a mold that can be broken down and used again. The time and effort put in to this is enough to build a couple dozen tables of a number of colors and table tops and sell them for around 500 to 1500 dollars depending on the wood type and design top.
Mike is the expert in concrete furniture, and GFRC is the way to go. Hoo! Talk about "Concrete Christmas." That is gorgeous. Even though it's indoors, you should seal the concrete
Love this table! It really suits the space well and looks amazing. I would consider making the top removeable and reuse the dowels to clad out the inside, then it could be used as a hidden bar
I saw your IG post on the table saw kickback.... thought that you would cover it in this video. I appreciate that you have talked about shop safety in the past and was a little surprised that you did not cover it in this video. All that aside, great project. I really like how it turned out. Thanks for sharing!
The first time you experience kickback really makes you understand table saw safety due to how scary it is. My first time was about a year after I got my saw and a big chonky piece of wood spun when it mounted the blade because I forgot to reinstall the riving knife after removing a dado stack. You better believe I never forgot to reinstall it ever again.
That's pretty cool! I was thinking maybe affixing a couple round slick steel furniture glides on the bottom, they are pretty low profile and you could scoot it around easier if you wanted. I love it when the foreman shows up. He's getting so big! Next project, making furniture for the treehouse. It needs something up there for sitting, eating snacks and playing video games.
Check out a concrete supply store next time for form liner. They have a bunch of different designs. Rip it to size, line your ply wood form and pour. Or look at concrete stamps.
If you do decide to scrap the silicone mold, don’t just throw it away - clean off residual mold release, cut it into small pieces and store it. Next time you make a big silicone pour (preferably same brand and type but mixing can work), you add those pieces as bulk filler, adding uncured silicone in between, thereby making substantial savings on fresh silicone. It does not negatively impact the new pour and the fresh silicone will fill any cavities as usual. You can reuse it the same way several times. is standard practice among many artists (in e.g. ceramic slip casting). Great project, thanks for sharing!
A compression bit is designed for cutting through the full thickness at once, giving inward shear to both top and bottom simultaneously. If you don't cut deep enough, you're effectively using it as an "uncut" bit and will experience tear out. For what you're doing, a "downcut" bit will eliminate tear out on the top and give you the "guide" surface for your compression bit in the hand-router... which is much easier than trying to cut the entire circle with the circle jig (sorry, that's a pet peeve of mine). Nice work... I enjoyed it!
Just wanted to say, I love your videos. You're clearly very knowledgable and always doing something interesting, but the sense of humour and willingness to show your mistakes you bring makes you a favourite. Thanks for doing what you do!
So cool. Love it. If you haven't thrown the silicon pieces out, perhaps stick a section under the coffee table so you have it if you ever move or if you want/need to replace the rug, so you'd have a way to safely stand it up. Monday morning quarterbacking over here...
Very cool project! Also love the new shirt designs, you should make a hoodie version. Your hoodie is one of the most comfortable hoodies I’ve ever owned!
quite nice actually, the shape and color makes it soft and cloudy why the material adds strength and roughness, in the end they balance each other very well
Beautiful coffee table that I love. A mounting of this superb oak top on the invisible hinge would have been very useful to take advantage of the space inside. When I bang my foot or knee violently into mine, which must weigh around twenty kilos, I complain for two minutes and that's it. With this concrete, I'm in for a fracture, but I'd still love to have a table like this.
I remember my dad doing something similar when I was a kid about 28 years ago, he made a concrete fountain for our pond and used plastic roof sheeting as a form and filled it with concrete, came out okay!
That's a fricken awesome coffee table!!! I've watched all your videos. You are truly a teacher who inspires his students to bud cool and unique pieces. I had a thought about a twist to the coffee table.....cut out the center and add an inset to put rocks and fake or real plants into. Maybe some Cactus or small bushes no taller than approx 6" high....just a thought :) Thank you for all you put into your videos. Bourbon Cheers! Chris
2-layers of pvc trim fastened/glued to *each other* can hold shape just by their mutual tension/compression. It's a common way to make rings, arcs, splines, etc.
Very nice. Other than the math, it really doesn't LOOK like a project only a pro with expensive tools can complete. Thanks for the inspiration for my patio.
You could use something mixed in the silicone to reduce the amount needed, what you used depends on thickness of the mold, ping pong balls, packing widgets etc.
The overall cost and time doesn't equate to an unreal looking coffee table. Wow tools most DIY's can't afford to buy. Ok you have it built if and only if I was going to craft this table I would have raised the oak top a bit and install a sub woofer in the round center making it a duo purpose coffee table sound system. That would be a nice touch.
I love the results. You had the vision and made it 1st try, that is skill. I'd like to see this redone, yes, make another, but really minimize the silicone some how. I'm thinking build up a layer on the mold (center part, not outer), then fill the rest with concrete so you just need a thin layer. Its all you, good luck! lol
Looks great. I bet if you cut that silicone up a little, you could use it as weatherproof seat cushions on some chairs for your backyard, or the Foreman's treehouse.
You can cut it into chunks and bag it. If you do another project that needs a lot of silicone you can fill the mold with the chunks from this project. Then you can pour around the filler chunks. It makes it so you don’t need to use as much new silicone.
I love it! You know you are going to have to move it every time your wife want to vacuum... I was concerned about how much that base was going to scrape up your flooring. I see you brilliant wife has layered her area rugs.
Careful buying products from these youtubers.. they don't care about the products, only the paychecks they provide. Remember, they all pushed fake knives and deeds that were meaningless..
@@FJB2020 in this case it seems like products he's developed and uses for himself, not sponsor/ads like those products you mentioned. But I do 100% agree I never pay any attention to any sponsorships on any video and I don't think any creators really care beyond that paycheck when it comes to doing those ad spots.
Another great project! Though I'm sure you considered it, surprised you didn't tint the concrete. I have concrete counters on my bar & outdoor kitchen. Love it (except for bar stains b/c of poor sealing).
That's pretty cool! I did something similar and kept the mold to be able to make more, but I never reused it and actually just threw it away a couple days ago.😂
Nice thing about silicone - it sticks to itself, so if you clean it you can cut it into chunks and resuse it a filler in the next mold - Oh and really cool coffee table.
I had "Fold in the cheese" stuck in my head watching you put the glass fibers in. Also, I think you can save your silicone and chop it into bits to use as filler for other pour projects! I saw someone else do this when their first attempt went south and they were running low on silicone.
this looks amazing well done. not to bring up some idea's but how cool would it be if only there was a secret hidden elevator in the center of the table? loads of room to put some hidden mechanics inside. anyways great video well done.
I was in the middle of writing an email asking if I could drive myself to Oregon to pick up that mold you were gonna throw out, when I saw you cut it up I sighed and discarded the draft lol. Great work, it looks awesome!
Loving the look of the table! That's alot of work but totally worth the effort!! Just FYI, you can take that used silicone, cut it up and use it in other projects. You can add it as "filler" when you have another large pour and it will save you a ton on new silicone! Anyway, loving your saltbox table and have a great weekend!
Whew, when he said he was going to throw it all away it made my heart (or more accurately, my wallet, lol) cry out in pain. Had to make sure someone made this suggestion.
@@roguered706 Yeah, that would be aLOT of money going in the trash!! I may or may not have had a "shout at the screen" moment when he said it was getting pitched!! LOL
Could you use sand for the mould like you do when making an outdoor pizza oven?
@@barneybarney9124 I've never tried that myself, but seems like it would be almost impossible with the fluting. I don't think the sand would maintain the ridges.
Why don’t people use similar “aggregate” in their initial molds? Does it have to be actual cured silicone to work as filler, or could you use something like styrofoam?
It’s awesome that you got your son involved, we have to teach the next gen! Using a reciprocating saw without a blade to remove the air bubbles is my go to as well. Great innovative build! 👍
Jason, what a beautiful table. have you considered putting a coat of silicone between the concrete base and your carpet so the lime in the concrete doesn’t leach into your carpet
Instead of throwing the silicone mold out, cut it into little cubes. You can reuse them during your next silicone pour (of any size). Just fill up the cavity of your best pour with the cubes, and then pour the silicone over that. You will use much less silicone mixture that way.
Instead of throwing the mold out he could've broken the wooden bracing off before releasing the concrete base then made new bracing using fibreglass with a split in the middle so it can be removed and put back together easily.
@@jameslucas3161 With a bit of though he could have built a frame to hold the mold and then built a custom frame for the inside and pour another silicone mold for the inside. Then a custom X with 4 pins in them for the dowels to hold the top in place. Some wire mesh set in the middle of the form should be more than enough to keep if from breaking. A concrete vibrate tool to get the bubbles out and you have a mold that can be broken down and used again.
The time and effort put in to this is enough to build a couple dozen tables of a number of colors and table tops and sell them for around 500 to 1500 dollars depending on the wood type and design top.
Came here to say the same thing. tyvm!
Your patience is a virtue and the end product shows your handiwork. Beautiful!!
Mike is the expert in concrete furniture, and GFRC is the way to go.
Hoo! Talk about "Concrete Christmas." That is gorgeous.
Even though it's indoors, you should seal the concrete
Love this table! It really suits the space well and looks amazing. I would consider making the top removeable and reuse the dowels to clad out the inside, then it could be used as a hidden bar
I saw your IG post on the table saw kickback.... thought that you would cover it in this video. I appreciate that you have talked about shop safety in the past and was a little surprised that you did not cover it in this video. All that aside, great project. I really like how it turned out. Thanks for sharing!
The first time you experience kickback really makes you understand table saw safety due to how scary it is. My first time was about a year after I got my saw and a big chonky piece of wood spun when it mounted the blade because I forgot to reinstall the riving knife after removing a dado stack. You better believe I never forgot to reinstall it ever again.
Dude! This is great! Way to think outside the ramekin!
That's pretty cool! I was thinking maybe affixing a couple round slick steel furniture glides on the bottom, they are pretty low profile and you could scoot it around easier if you wanted. I love it when the foreman shows up. He's getting so big! Next project, making furniture for the treehouse. It needs something up there for sitting, eating snacks and playing video games.
Check out a concrete supply store next time for form liner. They have a bunch of different designs. Rip it to size, line your ply wood form and pour. Or look at concrete stamps.
Always appreciate your no fear approach to trying new things. It turned out great.
If you do decide to scrap the silicone mold, don’t just throw it away - clean off residual mold release, cut it into small pieces and store it. Next time you make a big silicone pour (preferably same brand and type but mixing can work), you add those pieces as bulk filler, adding uncured silicone in between, thereby making substantial savings on fresh silicone. It does not negatively impact the new pour and the fresh silicone will fill any cavities as usual. You can reuse it the same way several times. is standard practice among many artists (in e.g. ceramic slip casting). Great project, thanks for sharing!
I enjoyed watching this video, and thank you for taking the time to make it. Your patient way of explaining how and why adds immensely to the content.
A compression bit is designed for cutting through the full thickness at once, giving inward shear to both top and bottom simultaneously. If you don't cut deep enough, you're effectively using it as an "uncut" bit and will experience tear out. For what you're doing, a "downcut" bit will eliminate tear out on the top and give you the "guide" surface for your compression bit in the hand-router... which is much easier than trying to cut the entire circle with the circle jig (sorry, that's a pet peeve of mine). Nice work... I enjoyed it!
Just wanted to say, I love your videos. You're clearly very knowledgable and always doing something interesting, but the sense of humour and willingness to show your mistakes you bring makes you a favourite. Thanks for doing what you do!
Beautiful table, looks awesome 😎
So satisfying to watch that last dowel go into place
Simple elegance looks very nice! You are talented beyond measure.
Very cool-looking, Jason.
I missed you last week.
Beautiful job, man! Now you also have 75 oak hammer handles :)
So cool. Love it. If you haven't thrown the silicon pieces out, perhaps stick a section under the coffee table so you have it if you ever move or if you want/need to replace the rug, so you'd have a way to safely stand it up. Monday morning quarterbacking over here...
What an extraordinary and beautiful piece of furniture! Outstanding job!
OMG! Looks amazing!!
Very cool project! Also love the new shirt designs, you should make a hoodie version. Your hoodie is one of the most comfortable hoodies I’ve ever owned!
Really nice the project that gets harder the more you look at it
Turned out beautifully.
you can also cut up the silicone into small pieces and use it as filler material the next time you build any silicone molds
I would've liked to see the inner cavity open up for storage but this was a cool idea and end result
Adding perlite to the concrete will make it lighter. I make big planters that I have to move around and perlite really helps reduce the weight.
quite nice actually, the shape and color makes it soft and cloudy why the material adds strength and roughness, in the end they balance each other very well
It looks really fantastic in that living room. Good work, human.
Beautiful coffee table that I love. A mounting of this superb oak top on the invisible hinge would have been very useful to take advantage of the space inside.
When I bang my foot or knee violently into mine, which must weigh around twenty kilos, I complain for two minutes and that's it. With this concrete, I'm in for a fracture, but I'd still love to have a table like this.
That's a super cool table! I'd 200% get one for my livingroom
Craig you’re a wild man for wearing those crispy brand new Nicks? Whites? boots while pouring concrete 😮
Great result
I’m located in between Newport and Corvallis and just realized you’re just up the road!
was waiting for some drawer slides under the top for some hidden storage in the concrete base!
looks amazing its like gypsum candle holder
I remember my dad doing something similar when I was a kid about 28 years ago, he made a concrete fountain for our pond and used plastic roof sheeting as a form and filled it with concrete, came out okay!
That's a fricken awesome coffee table!!!
I've watched all your videos. You are truly a teacher who inspires his students to bud cool and unique pieces. I had a thought about a twist to the coffee table.....cut out the center and add an inset to put rocks and fake or real plants into. Maybe some Cactus or small bushes no taller than approx 6" high....just a thought :)
Thank you for all you put into your videos.
Bourbon Cheers!
Chris
Very cool! Love the textures, juxtaposition of industrial and earthy. Ha! It sounded good right? Great job
My entire driveway and polebarn were done in fiber reinforced concrete. WAY cheaper than rebar and holds up great!
That is a beautiful coffee table! Wish I had one...
save your scrap silicone and cut it up into chunks, it can act as filler and reduce the amount of silicone you need for later pours.
Great job paid off in the end 🔥
Nice build.
2-layers of pvc trim fastened/glued to *each other* can hold shape just by their mutual tension/compression. It's a common way to make rings, arcs, splines, etc.
Very nice. Other than the math, it really doesn't LOOK like a project only a pro with expensive tools can complete. Thanks for the inspiration for my patio.
I'd argue the math was the easiest part of this build. Come on
@@YourFavouriteComment - Yea, maybe... but he made it LOOK easy enough I am willing to try it... the math on the other hand... Have a great day!
You could use something mixed in the silicone to reduce the amount needed, what you used depends on thickness of the mold, ping pong balls, packing widgets etc.
Thanks Jason, love your show!
The overall cost and time doesn't equate to an unreal looking coffee table. Wow tools most DIY's can't afford to buy. Ok you have it built if and only if I was going to craft this table I would have raised the oak top a bit and install a sub woofer in the round center making it a duo purpose coffee table sound system. That would be a nice touch.
I love the results. You had the vision and made it 1st try, that is skill. I'd like to see this redone, yes, make another, but really minimize the silicone some how. I'm thinking build up a layer on the mold (center part, not outer), then fill the rest with concrete so you just need a thin layer. Its all you, good luck! lol
Cool project. Something different
Looks great! Could be neat if you had the wood follow the same shape as the concrete all the way up.
you should make planters with the mold.
Looks like a nice camembert package
Looks great.
I bet if you cut that silicone up a little, you could use it as weatherproof seat cushions on some chairs for your backyard, or the Foreman's treehouse.
Turned out awesome!!
Nice project.
You can cut it into chunks and bag it. If you do another project that needs a lot of silicone you can fill the mold with the chunks from this project. Then you can pour around the filler chunks. It makes it so you don’t need to use as much new silicone.
Jason I love your vlogs, something different every time, but the one project I liked the best was the airstream. Where is it by the way.
15:42 this was impressive
I laughed so hard when you said “hot glue” 😂
I love it! You know you are going to have to move it every time your wife want to vacuum...
I was concerned about how much that base was going to scrape up your flooring. I see you brilliant wife has layered her area rugs.
Sold me! I bought beard oil for my glorious stache and a tee shirt. Long time viewer, back to the og boat. Thanks for entertainment and inspiration
Careful buying products from these youtubers.. they don't care about the products, only the paychecks they provide. Remember, they all pushed fake knives and deeds that were meaningless..
@@FJB2020 I can’t tell if you are joking or not. If not, I’ll take my chances on some beard wax and a t shirt and probably survive
@@FJB2020 in this case it seems like products he's developed and uses for himself, not sponsor/ads like those products you mentioned. But I do 100% agree I never pay any attention to any sponsorships on any video and I don't think any creators really care beyond that paycheck when it comes to doing those ad spots.
This is really cool. Could you use this method to make a gas fire pit for outdoors?
The Foreman has gotta get that technique patented! Rivals the hip-thrust haha
Jason, if you cut up the silicone model you can save it for future silicone molds. So you don't have to use as much silicone.
Another great project! Though I'm sure you considered it, surprised you didn't tint the concrete. I have concrete counters on my bar & outdoor kitchen. Love it (except for bar stains b/c of poor sealing).
That's pretty cool! I did something similar and kept the mold to be able to make more, but I never reused it and actually just threw it away a couple days ago.😂
Nice project! You should probably seal the concrete to protect your family from concrete dust...
GREAT VIDEO, IT REMINDS ME OF THEM OLD DISNEY SUNDAY MOVIES 😂COOL CALM AND CLEAN .😊😊😊
Awesome table. I would have figured out a way to make the top come off or hinge up for internal storage
Love your work. Love the new stuff you try.
Nice thing about silicone - it sticks to itself, so if you clean it you can cut it into chunks and resuse it a filler in the next mold - Oh and really cool coffee table.
Now you can use the silicon mold to make more tables. All you have to do is remake the outer form and the form inside the table.
I am very grateful that you exist man :) need to read a bit more about the shaper origin as it still looks like dark magic to me
that's going to be a real treat to bark your shins on
Woof
The "Pi R Actually round and not square" line had me laughing so hard I had to pause the video.
Beautiful piece!
I had "Fold in the cheese" stuck in my head watching you put the glass fibers in. Also, I think you can save your silicone and chop it into bits to use as filler for other pour projects! I saw someone else do this when their first attempt went south and they were running low on silicone.
Love it! The silicone mold was a great idea...boing, boing, boing. XD
Looks good. Thanks for sharing.
Definitely made a giant ramekin.
this looks amazing well done. not to bring up some idea's but how cool would it be if only there was a secret hidden elevator in the center of the table? loads of room to put some hidden mechanics inside. anyways great video well done.
Have you thought about sealing the concrete? If you spill something on it like red wine, she’s gonna stain.
#duluthtrading represent!
Hoping for a wood-fired outdoor oven. Just planting the seed!
I live in Georgia, and it’s been raining for weeks, seems like anyway. Which I don’t mind, except on the weekends.
FYI for your CA glue link in the video description, it takes me to an Amazon page with your Festool router
Great project! I loved the end result. Do you mind sharing what it cost you to make?
make a bunch of those bases.... and stack them for a concrete column.... have a roman temple after a few hundred uses of the mold
Good job
With the oversized top it looked like a ice cream sandwich. Cutting the top down was definitely a good call.
"Hot glue does a good job of holding wood to wood" cut to next scene of setting the first screw and the entire plywood lifting upwards lol
That is a cool project.
I can’t say I’m a fan of the pink/purple window bench cushion and the rug.