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Thank you to Bombas for sponsoring this video! Head to https://bombas.com/jonnybuilds and use code JONNYBUILDS at checkout for 20% off your first purchase. Sometimes the trolls aren't trolls. Sometimes they're just kind folks holding you accountable for your B.S. A year ago I bought the rarest slab I’ve 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 weren’t 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 I’m 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): https://influint.link/JonnyBuildsSurvey 🪵 What’s 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” 👇