Thank you 🙏🤓 Amazing work 👍🏻

@tomfrommicrosoft2683

10 ай бұрын

Very cool

@DrewBuildsStuff

10 ай бұрын

Thanks for the inspiration, love your channel!

@jeffmackintosh8611

10 ай бұрын

How did the epoxy not stick to the melamine??!!

@bread1242

10 ай бұрын

🍞

@cervesthd806

10 ай бұрын

@@jeffmackintosh8611 The mold release that he put on..

Routing the LED strip out and then RECASTING them in epoxy is such a power move

@DrewBuildsStuff

10 ай бұрын

Too much surface reflection if i didnt

@moored1979

10 ай бұрын

@@DrewBuildsStuff couldnt you have created a custom backing plate for the LED's? That way when some of the lights invariably fail in the future ... its easy to replace them?

@camrynhuntsucker9174

10 ай бұрын

Yo wtf are you doing here???

@ImTheMan0fSteel

10 ай бұрын

​@@moored1979I was wondering how the hell your replace those LEDs.

@IcyDUD3

10 ай бұрын

@@DrewBuildsStuffFor a recommendation use a jst connector for the strip so you can unplug it while transporting or working finishes

I love the fact that you left the “mess up” in the video, and how you worked through it. So many videos I watch like this are overwhelming to me because I start thinking, “yeah right, I’ll jack that up.” The brutal honesty, humility, and perseverance in this video was refreshing to see. Absolutely beautiful desk as well. Great job!

@lilbabyjessie8686

6 ай бұрын

Fr, it felt so relatable and comforting to know you're not the only one who does stuff like that lol

@j0k3r_82

5 ай бұрын

WHERE CAN I BUY THIS?! OMG!!!!

@cluebin8398

4 ай бұрын

Failure recovery often takes more ingenuity than the original project. Although in this case the project itself was pretty genius.

@bullitts

10 күн бұрын

Bro you kicked ass on this!!! Great job!

I’m so happy you didn’t give up after the LED incident. It looks amazing, you should be proud of yourself!

At the start of the video, I was wondering, "So what happened if one day you need to replace the LED?" 17:30 answered my question 💀 kudos to you for not giving up on this project after the incident.

WAIT WAIT WAIT!!!!! You routed out the LED!!!! That is wild! You get a standing ovation man!!!

Like the other person said props for not giving up after the led strip, looks freakin sick

I was devastated when you had to cut the led strip out! I can only imagine how you felt. Great work dude!!

as a woodworker myself I can comfortably say that this is absolutely insane dedication and hard work. I wish I can be as good as you one day. Amazing work, brother, you've earned yourself a new loyal subscriber :)

@knowledgeispower3212

9 ай бұрын

Shut up

@blinxunruly6700

8 ай бұрын

How is this hard bro? Are you kidding me?

@t3lls

8 ай бұрын

Is it alright to use just screws for the table legs? Isn't this causing problems when temperature and moisture changes?

@bob88099

8 ай бұрын

well you're obviously not hard to impress lol. this table was designed wrong from the beginning, and when it failed for obvious reasons, the fool removed ALL of the led's instead of just cutting a few inches in to get to a good solder point on the led strip. and none of it matters because these led's will overheat and fail within a year anyways. youtube creators and the idiots who praise them lolol

@mistakke5860

8 ай бұрын

@@bob88099 npc

My thought is on the actual lifespan of the led. I definitely will attempt a build like this, but having an actual recovery option if the led strip fails would be a consideration. Beautiful build man.

@beowoulf355

10 ай бұрын

Maybe clear plastic tubing you can buy from HD will work. Put the strip inside and glue the tube down. Tube ends exit piece underneath and the strip can be pulled out and another fished in at any time.

@j.h.4570

10 ай бұрын

@@beowoulf355 Make that a "fished in at the same time" ;-) Should you get that option to work, connect the old and new strip and while pulling out the old one the new one gets pulled in automatically. Be careful with any tight corners though. I almost ran into problems just fishing in some audio cable in plastic tubing I had laid in the living room walls because of that.

@swapniljoshi728

10 ай бұрын

@@beowoulf355 Plastic tubing will become yellow in some time. I think it will be better to have something in glass which won't change color.

@bangthumper3283

10 ай бұрын

My same thoughts exactly. Great looking table.

@DaveHcontrarian

10 ай бұрын

I don't know what you would be able to use that would last a lifetime. Photoluminescent pigment apparently only lasts 10 years. You are probably looking at something radioactive like Tritium which has a half life of 12 years. In reality the oldest light bulbs are the ones that last the longest, but wouldn't have the desired effect.

Routing out the LED strip really highlights how much this is a labor of love 😻👍

great video. I've been there with breaking LED connectors by tripping over the cord. What I do now is use a twist lock connector so I can connect/disconnect as needed.

Bro, you have such a great attitude and your honest, self-deprecating and sincere delivery of your narration is such a breath of fresh air. It shows that you don't take yourself too seriously, but you still have such pride and dedication in your work. This was a real treat to watch. Well done.

@tomroume3178

7 ай бұрын

Loved how he was using less expensive tools, that "normal" people can afford, unlike these other KZread channels use. Like the Woodpeckers and the Festools. I would need to win a lottery to buy those tools, and even then not sure if I would buy them.

@funknasty9246

7 ай бұрын

Right, all matercraft and ryobi, looks like my shop lol

@Quataure

6 ай бұрын

blacktail studios usually has the same kind of narration

Been wanting to make an LED infused epoxy desk top for my gaming PC for a while now. Epoxy is so expensive...using an Idea like this with filler is very creative! Thanks! You killed it!

No doubt, this is the most beautiful table we've ever seen. all that hard work Worth it

This is the first episode of your channel I've seen and it's fantastic. Your workshop, your skill, what you're doing here is everything I wish I was doing for a living. Keep it up, it's amazing.

@DrewBuildsStuff

10 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!!!

@sytorias7143

10 ай бұрын

@@DrewBuildsStuff You are most welcome

@boriboribo

9 ай бұрын

And the choice of music !

I could of cried FOR you when you tripped on the cable, my jaw dropped & I felt like I was in the room 🙊😭 I’m so happy you kept going & found another way to make things work. It turned out amazing! I wish I lived in Canada so you could help me build my dream office 🥺

@uteopia

10 ай бұрын

I thought he hit his leg on the desk until I realized he had broken the cable

@lucaswood3876

10 ай бұрын

@@uteopia same!!!

@reixie

10 ай бұрын

i knew it was a disaster in coming seeing how he didnt secure it, i thought he would make the end of the cord a priority to make sure nothing could ruin it during the process. i felt his pain tho

@DrewBuildsStuff

10 ай бұрын

Haha lesson learned

@thebugalito

10 ай бұрын

@@reixie How much money would it take to get you to admit that you in fact did not know it was a disaster incoming?

Holy shit I'm going to use this video as an example. The fact that you didn't just cancel the whole project and break down for months but just redid the lights is damn impressive.

Table looks amazing 👏 ! Thank you for showcasing your amazing skill.❤

when you snapped the cable, went back to re-route it out and added a new one earned you a new subscriber! thats hard work and dedication. i feel like most people would've given up knowing the glass was going to eat through router bits, so much extra work and effort. amazing job drew!

@DrewBuildsStuff

10 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!!

With the side piece included. You could make a really cool waterfall desk with a similar effect. Imagine having a blue effect going down the one side into a small diorama

@meboyotube

5 ай бұрын

After seeing it all put together that's exactly what came to my mind.

@andrademeza

4 ай бұрын

yes! make it and i will buy it.

that is honestly one of the best I've ever seen, the wood was gorgeous to begin with, so it was a great start for a composition, way to pull through as well, very impressive work!!

Awesome Thank you for the information and seeing the full project

What an amazing build, it looks beautiful! The moment you ripped out the cord for the led lights, I could feel the pain. I felt so bad but I'm so glad you were able to save it in the end!

I love wood/epoxy desks like this... To have LED lights inside is amazing, and now I see why I haven't seen that before! Incredible work.

I massively respect and appreciate when builders put in the mistakes

This is probably one of my top 3 favorites of your videos. Amazing job, Drew. Plus your really easy on the eyes.

Amazing piece. I felt your pain when you tripped on the LED cord but you overcame and conquered. Great job!

I don't watch every video you produce, but the ones i do watch always surprise me with your creations and workmanship...Nice one Drew 🙂

Amazing video and thank you for leaving in the mess up and recovery I’m trying to get into woodworking so that was greatly appreciated and you have earned my subscription

Beautiful, no bad comments on wood working from me. Love it. Just a small hint on welding miters that I have used with aluminum, you can cut one outside corner of the miter just a bit, if it's 1/8" I usually cut an 1/8" off, then weld the full length of the outside of the miter to fill it in. A little grinding and it's invisible and much stronger. Keep building!

The table looks great! As someone who also had a mishap at the end of a resin pour project it was nice seeing you leave that bit in the video. Nice knowing it happens to the best of us. You get a sub for that lol. Excited to check out more of your builds!

One way to do this; You add clean white crystals instead, and add the led lights from the bottom, is how you can replace them eventually.

@designjorge

10 ай бұрын

yeah. I thought about that too,.. even because the led lights might stop working in the future again... I wouldn't cover them with epoxy. Just a layer of glass would suffice.

@gcmanuel85x

10 ай бұрын

@@designjorge Make it under the edges like a train railway or a curtain is hanged commonly.

@gcmanuel85x

10 ай бұрын

@@designjorge Or one more idea, is make the table like a lego block, cut in 3x pieces for easy acces.

love it when other peoples projects go wrong, it aint just me :D. and respect to Drew for not faking the video and making out that never happened.

My heart dropped when the led strip broke...great save. 💯💯💯 Amazing job.

It turned out brilliant. I can certainly appreciate you doing it the way you wanted with the finish and the hardware. If you love it then it doesn't really matter what anybody else has to say, right? Good stuff.

This is insanely well built and a magnificent idea to do this. You have a lot of persistence not stopping after tripping over that wire. This desk is so cool I wish I could have something like this. Keep up the amazing and hardworking videos, I know you take a long time to make videos!

I love The Positive Couple. I am excited to see your version!

This is absolutely amazing. I will attempt to do this. Thank you so much.

To say this turned out great would be an understatement. This is AMAZING! The fact that you took the time and patience on this says a lot about the work you put into it. You informed the audience STEP by STEP on your process and products, not to mention the mishaps. I like that it didn't have the epoxy shine because this looks much better. KUDOS on this project. New subscriber after this!!

@_munkykok_

6 ай бұрын

Calling this amazing is an understatement, it is AWESOME.

Absolutely stunning...great work Drew!!

Awesome. I can appreciate the mistakes as well as making it with everyday handyman tools. Great job.

That is the most beautiful lava gaming desk I ever have seen. Wow. awesome.

I appreciate that you give a good DIY perspective on these projects. I know you call out the KZread woodworking community but most of those folks are approaching their videos from a professional/artisan perspective. This feels more like a project anyone with some basic woodworking tools could build. Great build, thanks for the content!

@Rs6Quik

10 ай бұрын

Also he included his mistakes, unlike a lot of other Creators, his "entire" build is on view...BTW how many repair/how to vids skip a step or mistake?? Good stuff Drew.

@DrewBuildsStuff

10 ай бұрын

Thanks for the comments! Appreciate it!!!

Your work ethic is inspiring! I cupped my head in my hands when you messed up the LED connection entry-point. 😀

I admire your perseverance! After that ripped wire I would surely have given up on that piece. And wow it turned out great in the end!

Beautiful. Was thinking of lifting my video monitors by about 3 inches with a custom platform. My original plan is going updated now. Thanks!

Dude the idea to route the cable back out was clutch, I honestly thought it was over or you were just going to have to mount a new strip under the desk itself, your tenacity prevailed my friend.

I would have filled the LED channel with clear (soft) silicone after having routed out the bottom after the accident. Would allow for easier replacement of the strip when it inevitably fails.

@DrewBuildsStuff

10 ай бұрын

Ya some room for improvement on the next one for sure

@JamesJohnson-kl1eu

10 ай бұрын

@@DrewBuildsStuff unfortunately, if one of those Leds go out, you'll be doing it again.

@dolan-duk

10 ай бұрын

@@DrewBuildsStuff awesome! Maybe some kind of magnetic connection (ala Magsafe) for the LED power cord?

@wonderrob3225

10 ай бұрын

That was my thought too. What a beautiful thing and allot of work. The LED s fail and its over.

@MrRambo438

10 ай бұрын

@@DrewBuildsStuff Why not increase your initial epoxy pour depth (to be clear from the glass with the router cutter) and then rout out a led channel after, hindsight is great ! could also put some of the glass in the first pour near any open edges so it looks like the glass is full depth

Sweet. Great work. The metal table leg gives it character. Awesome.

Nice work and even nicer work on fixing the situation with the broken cord. Life throws you obstacles and especially as a man its our job to over come them and never give up!

I'd love to see this replicated with a slightly tinted orange/red Epoxy to give it more of a lava feel. But I think the clear Epoxy gives you the ability to create some astral style scenes as you showed at the end! Great work

Its beautiful! glad you pushed through and rewires the LED. I might 've left access to the LED in case I had to replace it again. Awesome one of a kind table. Wish I had one.

Love the standard hardware bracing, cheap, strong, and practical

Super impressed by the perseverance through the led issues

Amazing walkthrough and thanks for sharing! It did occure to me that you can also staine the wood very dark, like ebony, with vinegar and steelwool for that extra realistic slightly cooled dark lava look.

Dude, impressive recovery on the electrical repair. It IS VERY COOL. Keep the fun projects coming. Always good to know that I’m not the only one that bad luck happens too.

I soooo resonated when you tripped on that cable You bounced back well

Hey Brother. I've been doing custom work my entire adult life... Your doing a great job... Thank you for sharing your artisan work. Much Repect

That’s a great job. I really like how you made it look like the “lava” was lower than the wood to give it that 3D look. Love it.

Great part of Ontario I travel to London a few times a year stopping at Spinrite. I hope the road construction is done. Beautiful table. As a former woodturner I really enjoy your projects..

Hands down one of the coolest setups ever. Well done

Love this concept! You probably had problems repairing the led strip because the copper tabs have a protective coating that needs to be scraped away. You will know the connection will be good if you are able to tin the pads prior to soldering the wires to them.

What a joy to watch. Thank you for sharing your process

Phenomenal work, I got soo gripped from the part where u tripped on the led strip. Shheezz. God Bless man, Amazing video,

As a welder and metalworker, you woodworkers blow my mind

This desk is amazing. I actually really enjoy the asymmetrical legs. It makes it super unique. I really enjoyed watching you make this :D

dude!~ This desk looks very awesome! I have to say the time you have spent doing the desk was well worth the trouble. Making creative things really does make you feel accomplished.

What an incredible piece! I really enjoyed watching this, you explain in such a simple way that it makes me feel I could someday try it. I felt for you when you broke the light connection and thought it was wonderful you had the imagination and ability to fix it…well done 👍🏻

Drew, I think its only fit that YOU build your own home and take us along on the journey... I think a lot of us would LOVE this and you could turn it into a whole series...

This is fantastic. I am really glad you showed your mistake. I can not wait until your supply list for this is posted!!! Great job.

I love that your videos are so much more possible. so many YT channels show projects that start with "just take the piece over to your 15 foot CNC router" but you show projects using real tools and real problems that happen.

@DrewBuildsStuff

10 ай бұрын

That’s always been my goal to keep the builds achievable if the average person wants to build it!

Yay to another fellow Canadian!! U go Brian! Much respect from Quebec here..

That is AMAZING. I don't do woodwork and don't usually watch these type of videos but my son is right into gaming. He would love a desk Iike this. I actually watched this because you kept me interested in how much work actually went into this and how you went about the problem where you tripped and broke the led cable. ❤ I would even love a table like this just because it's so gorgeous.

Really impressed with your work. I’m seriously thinking of trying some resin and wood mix. I would love to do a worktop for my campervan, this has got my creative juices flowing. Thank you so much. ❤

This was the first video of yours that I've seen and it was amazing to watch. The desk looks awesome, you make it look so easy. Awesome awesome work

Such an awesome build! I think that people dont really feel how much effort and work build like this take! Well done!

I would still be crying over breaking that light connection. You recovered beautifully.

I built my own desk a while ago and was going to build another one. Was looking around for ideas and this absolutely blew my mind. Nice work man.

Dunno how I missed this video when it first came out, but glad I caught up. What a gorgeous desk man! And I felt ur pain when you ripped the cord for the LED lights -- same reaction I would have had. To your credit, you made it work, I don't think anyone could tell, and it looks beautiful. I think it would be hard for me to leave a desk that beautiful behind -- I'd just sit there admiring it :).

@jcouture26

7 ай бұрын

Bl😊pk o 😊ijn

Awesome! Don't worry about the critics. They can build one for themselves however they want to. You're happy with it and that's all that matters.

Wow!!! Great build!!! Excellent job!

the amount of talent and knowledge here is insane well done such an amazing work !

Wow... that looks amazing. Love it. Awesome work!! ❤❤

Man, I have this new interest in woodworking/carpentry but I must say this you made this a very exciting video with ripping the lights out on accident lol. Then being able to re-route them and complete the project, has made me really want to get as skilled as possible to create pieces. Really amazing looking desk.

Amazing work! I would make the LEDs removable. For easier long term maintenance!

Love the DIY desk build for yourself. The only thing I would have done extra is painted the hardware mount the same as the metal leg. Overall doesn't matter, this looks amazing!

Thx for the tutorial. Built one for my kids. They love it :D

Absolutely stunning

It's nice to see someone take so much pride in their work. Great finish!

After the accident with the LED strip, it would've been so much easy to give up, honestly I would've given up, but having the courage to re-emerge from the accident was very impressive, mad respect to you. That desk looks incredible.

@DrewBuildsStuff

10 ай бұрын

It was tough finding the energy to keep going ha

💯%Beautiful stuff brother!!! I'm so addicted to these videos and would love to try a few.

A friend of ours makes medieval style furniture (hardwood,stainless steel and glass)unreal designs and prices are even higher, it worth every penny.

Sounds crazy just from the title. Cant wait to see the final result!

Very cool. Glad to see the lights didn't make you quit and you overcame that. Maybe if you did this again, you could actually cut the channel for the lights afterwards... like if you had a thicker layer of clear underneathor if you made a clear conduit channel through there so you could take out the lights at any time if needed. And my only suggestion would have been painting the L brackets to match the steel leg on the other side. It's still phenominal.

Daaaaamnnnn this is sweeeeeeet !! And I still feel you when you broke the power cable of the LED OMGGGGG. And the way you handled and fixed that pff You are sucha bossss man !!

i felt it in my soul when you ripped that cord... so glad you didn't give up

*Insane work! Well done! I'm out of words!*

Too cool you showed the entire journey. You fixed that to the best of your ability, and from the top it looks GREAT!

@DrewBuildsStuff

10 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it!

I can't believe that happened to you. When you tripped over that wire and ripped it off, that would have absolutely killed me. You're amazing for fixing it......INCREDIBLE piece of art. Congrats, man ❤