330Scott said:Never saw the show, but I'll tell the wifey to keep an eye out for it. Sounds kind cool, but wouldn't it be pita when you are disassembling something and your parts kept blending in with the background. I suppose you could always use some sort of tray. So never mind...
MAK said:I think I remember the bench you are talking about being on a show called "Garage Takeover" on the Discovery Channel. Didn't think it was on any more. Haven't seen it on for 6 months or more. They rarely actually fixed up a garage like an actual garage or workshop like most of us would want.
You can build a top like you are talking about by banding around the perimeter at the depth you want (be sure it's level" and then pour in the epoxy after mixing well with the hardner. If I recall they under-estimated how much they would need on the show, poured on everything they had and it wouldn't even cover the bench top at a consistent depth. Then they scrambled to get more mixed before the first pour dried...
rjspitz said:Depending on the epoxy, heat build-up is the limiting factor in the thickness of the layers.
In any situation, a thin seal coat is required to prevent air bubbles from rising out of the substrate (if pourous). Once the seal coat is green, then you can pour the epoxy on to the recomended thickness.
I've seen toilet seats made like this too.
http://www.shopmaninc.com/kk121.html
Remi said:If it is epoxy that was used (and not polyester resin) than that would be a very expencive workbench top at 2" thick. I would also be afraid to hammer anything on it. Any kind of resin on it's own is brittle.
ureside said:I'm thinking that I might make a computer desk out of it... still about 2" thick... but, nothing would be hammered on it atleast I hope not!
trovato said:I have the episode recorded as an mpeg file on my computer. It's 612 Meg. If you want to know anything about it, I can check it and tell you, or if you'd like to see it yourself you're welcome to it. The only way I can think of to send something that big is to put it on a disk and send it snail mail. BTW, it might make a nice computer desk, but for a workshop, having hardware embedded in the top would drive me nuts. How many times would you be reaching for a part that's really part of the table?
ureside said:I tell ya what, you can upload it to my server, and then i could download it from there, it may take over night to upload it though lol
gerry said:Many years ago, down in New Orleans There was a place just off Bourbon Street called 'Anything Goes" that every table in the place was made like that. Under the plastic was anything to dirty plates wit food remains to poker hands with chips to a layer of coins, mostly penneys to rope coiled up. Everything was under proberly 1.5" of clear plastic. I have often wanted to duplicate some of those tables. The pour on plastic is available on the web but I have never found details on how the finished product was shaped. Has to be a multistep process using a mold to give it it's final shaps along the edge. Perhaps a large, round, reusable silicone rubber mold? BTW, Anything Goes was a friggin fantastic place. Any of ya'll ever been there?
trovato said:I have the episode recorded as an mpeg file on my computer. It's 612 Meg. If you want to know anything about it, I can check it and tell you, or if you'd like to see it yourself you're welcome to it. The only way I can think of to send something that big is to put it on a disk and send it snail mail. BTW, it might make a nice computer desk, but for a workshop, having hardware embedded in the top would drive me nuts. How many times would you be reaching for a part that's really part of the table?