jonny builds: fixing my $12,000 woodworking mistake: bald cypress table redemption

Thank you to Bombas for sponsoring this video! Head to and use code JONNYBUILDS at checkout for 20% off your first purchase. A year ago I bought the rarest slab Ive ever touched: a 2,200+ year old sinker bald cypress pulled from deep underground and I paid $6,000 for it. Then I did the unthinkable. I flood-coated it in epoxy, got creative with the base, listed it for $12,000, and a year later zero offers. Worse, the comments werent wrong. The table looked plastic, the surface was a nightmare, and my Roman column era was a disaster.. So this is the redemption build. In this video I tear the old table apart, fight the cursed root-ball grain, and rebuild the whole thing under three rules: No epoxy No 3D printing Two weeks to finish (because Im being forced to move shops again) And at the end, my new landlord Mike gets to judge the final result no sugarcoating. Did I redeem a once-in-a-lifetime slab or did I ruin history twice? Also this turns into what I now call The Glass Saga. Quick Survey + Giveaway (4 Winners) Fill out this quick survey and comment survey on the video to be entered to win one of 4 Jonny Builds prize packs (including a free t-shirt of your choice): Whats in the build Removing the epoxy flood coat without destroying the slab Flattening + sanding soft/rock-hard cypress without moon-crater divots Building a timeless base with real joinery (and no gimmicks) Fixing structural mistakes (end-grain-to-end-grain = thoughts and prayers) Reading mean comments (because fair) The rush to finish before the shop move chaos hits Custom glass top attempts under a brutal deadline Drop a comment: Did I actually redeem this table? And if you made it to the end spam white liming wax