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Since my last update on the 6th July, I made some more progress on the table top piece where the underside (non-visible part) of the table top is 99% done. https://video.nostr.build/51c53fe952cd04334e09bd34f482552346a435de20ea0c4c1572b0de89d26990.mp4 https://video.nostr.build/c3599606d63d31f38e94a1597549fa0ca04c035f7397e63ce997dffba39cc8df.mp4 Summary of what was done: Carved out underside of the table... 1) Use a hand held router to carve out the gaps for the steel channels. 2) Sand down the carved out gaps. 3) Drill holes and add in metal inserts into the table top (for securing the steel channels). 4) Apply a finish in the carved out gaps to seal the wood. Steel Channels... 1) Drill holes into steel channels and widen them enough for the bolts and for wood movement. 2) Sand down steel channels ready for paint. 3) Applied multiple coats (x4) of heat proof matte black paint. 4) Re-sanded with high grit after every two coats. Underside of table top (sanding/finish)... 1) I followed my method from my prior post to finish the under side of the table top (https://njump.me/nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzq959f9ewpdvdqge78varykjjnrjx2j8dgml8kaenz24umqv4j6nsqy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyv9kh2uewd9hj7qg3waehxw309ahx7um5wgh8w6twv5hsqgzu78xzqxcg879hst5ucdfa2rle6tg550gxf5cfle0q8knqz3xlzc05vuk9) All of it seems simple when summarized but there were a lot of challenges especially because I'm a beginner at all of this type of work: 1) Ensuring the table top is flat when routing (tools required, timing of carving after straightening the wood with the water method). 2) Drilling into thick steel and widening the holes (takes forever without a proper high wattage metal drill machine). 3) Mapping out the top side engraving to the underside carved out gaps to ensure where I drill through does appear on the top side of the table (used a paper template to map it out like in the picture/video attached). 4) Learning how to use a handheld routing power tool. Had issues with this and it nearly ruined my work. 5) Sanding down / grinding steel, when exposed to water it will rust and make a blackish colour, the smallest amount of dust will tint the wood and ruin it by making it black, will need to be sanded off. 6) Using an appropriate method to ensure the wood remains flat throughout the products life. (tools required / limiting factors due to the design / availability of materials/parts). Next up, I need to add in the magnet attachments to the underside of the table. I made another paper template to make sure everything is aligned properly when the table top is added to the main unit. #DIY #Bitcoin #Mining #BTC #Wood #Woodworking #Hardwood #Finish #Metal #Steel #Metalworking #Painting #Table #Tabletop

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Avoid buying power tools from unknown brands, either you will damage your work or you will injure yourself. Lesson learnt.

🍊 orange update 🍊 After many attempts to get the table top engraved properly it was finally done. Mistakes happen, keep calm and carry on. We got there in the end and it looks great so far! Now I have some more issues to deal with, namely wood warping. When you join boards of wood together they will move around depending on the humidity and temperature of the environment. Normally people would install these metal beams called c-channels which stop the wood from bending around. However, I can't do that because of the engraving I did. If I put c-channels in, they would be visible on the top, not a good look! c-channels are totally out of the options to keep the table top straight. So instead I opted for thicker and wider straight flat steel bars to fit into the underside of the table. Normally even this would not keep the table top straight because the power of the wood to bend flat steel. However, the edges of the table will have heavy duty magnets which would help keep the table to straight by pulling the table down into the perfectly flat base. 🤞 I seriously hope this works! 🤞 #DIY #Bitcoin #Mining #BTC #Wood #Woodworking #Hardwood #Art #Design

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🍊 orange update 🍊 Did another test run with the epoxy on some scrap wood and boy is it tricky. The epoxy still somehow manages to leak out from the side 🤦 even though I clamp the gaps down with another material. Will try something like hot glue to get it fully sealed off, but I hope that does not ruin the wood. Also, I tried to do the multi colour approach like you see in the YouTube videos and I Fvked that up. I filled the gap in the wood with black epoxy, then tried to add in the orange epoxy in the middle thinking I would see a nice separation of the colours... but the orange just disappeared into the black... 🤦 Then I just put some orange liquid dye into the black, that worked a little, but it still looks 5h1t. Epoxy to one side... The table top piece that I am getting joined and engraved into was not done right so that's going to be delayed. Around 1 month of delays. 🤦 To top it off, I have a really bad headache. 😅 Hoping that I can get more positive results by next week after some more work is done. Too be continued...

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Stay humble and drink orange juice, back to work 🤓

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