May
23
2020
The River Box / Waterfall Box
Okay! I’ve made a few of these “river boxes”. My first one was back in August 2019 with the Spalted Blue River Box. Since then I’ve made a few others. I made one for my friend Dawn’s wedding: Blue River Box and one for my sister’s wedding. I recently had someone commission a box from me. I generally don’t do commissions, but I wanted to do a YouTube video on the process. I had filmed some of the prior ones but I always stopped halfway before completing because I just wanted to focus on working. For this box I filmed the entire process and did a walkthrough to show people how to replicate it.
Free Plans
This project is very simple, but I quickly drew up the box I did in SketchUp.
Materials
- Live edge piece of wood; approx spalted oak wood, hand harvested from fallen trees; planed to a bit over 1/2″ thick
- Alder for the sides – planed to 1/2″ thick
- Alder plywood for the bottom (1/8″ thick)
- Wisebond Quick-Set Seal Epoxy
- Wisebond Deep Pour Epoxy (use CORBIN10 for 10% off)
- Use Wisebond if this is your first project; it will cure slower and release more bubbles
- Or use KSResin Deep Pour Epoxy (use CORBIN for 5% off) – but it cures much more quickly and may not let out all the bubbles
- Black Diamond Pigment Ghost Satin Violet mica powder
- I only see this color from this pack; I don’t see it sold individually
- 3/4″ plywood or melamine for the mold
- Tape Options (choose one)
- Packing Tape (cheapest option, doesn’t stick as well)
- Sheathing Tape (sticks a lot better)
- Tyvek Tape from Home Depot (Usually locally available)
- Silicon sealant
How did you cut your 45 degree sides to keep your epoxy river flowing?
Just a normal 45 cross cut on the table saw! Nothing fancy. Biscuits in the wood portion for strength.