The above picture is where I am at today. This is my piece of wood sitting in the mold where the epoxy will be poured in.  I will get to this more later in this post, but I wanted you all to see it right away.

So first I want to show you guys my inspirations.  In the last couple years I have seen countless river tables shown all over the internet and I have always wanted to make one myself.  When I first started thinking about this project I knew that I wanted it to look more like the ocean rather than a river.  That is why I am calling it the Rustic Ocean River Table.  I want the epoxy to be a blueish green that looks similar to the way the ocean water looks in Cancun.  I want it to be clear, but sparkly.  This is going to give it the ocean aesthetic that I want.

https://www.tripsavvy.com/cancun-travel-guide-1588615

Besides the ocean aesthetic that I am giving it, the river tables naturally have a rustic aesthetic due to the fact that we are showing the wood in a raw form.  So the combined aesthetic is a rustic ocean.  The main vision I have other than it looking like an ocean, is that I want the wood to be dark, have white edges to mimic beaches, and be thicker than 1.5in.  Below you can see a picture I got off of the internet that really represents what I want my table to look like.  It includes all of the aspects I want.

FineWoodenCreations – http://finewoodencreations.com/portfolio-item/turquoise-resin-dining-table-with-glowing-inlay/

So far I have gotten my piece of wood along with all other supplies, created a prototype made out of paper, cut and prepped the wood, created the mold, and have tested making the epoxy with several different colors.  Below is a picture of the paper prototype that I made in the shape of the wood that way I could cut it and orient it in such as way that I knew how I needed to cut the wood before I took it to the machine shop.  I did this so that i would waste the least amount of wood possible, given that it was pretty expensive.

In the picture below you can see what I decided on as the final position of the wood for the table.

now that I knew how I wanted the wood and cut it, I needed to create the mold.  I did this using MDF board and sealing tape that I got off of amazon.  This does not stick to the resin, so once the resin has cured, I can remove the mold.

I received multiple colors in the mail from amazon.  I knew I wanted some sort of blue green combination so I separated all of those colors and begin testing.  In the picture below you can see all of the colors that I am going to test.

In the following two pictures you can see the molds I made in order to prototype the different colors.  So far I have made a combination of 12 different colors.  I have two favorite ones so far.  I need to do further testing though in order to figure out exactly what I want.

Finally the design for the dynamic portion of the table is shown below.  I will purchase a surface mount, aluminum pipe, and buttons from Mcmaster Carr in order to create legs with adjustable height.  I will then machine the holes in them that I will need and use a button in order to provide for the adjustability.  I haven’t decided if I want to paint these, but for now I think that I wont.

Here is the link for my video presentation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zkhz1gYh9fA.