Built a table from scratch

First, the finished product

Built a rig to plane the two wood slabs flat (or relatively flat)
Made out of 4x8 MDF
In this photo the top rig has an initial hole for the router bit to go through, but eventually enlarge to be able to run back and forth.
Rented tools and space in the shop, only thing I bought for this was a 2" flat router bit.

Used Tuck tape so that epoxy would not bind the two slabs to the frame. Still was a pain in the butt to get the table top from the frame, ended up using a bunch of long metal kitchen spoons to lever it off!

Used whatever I had in the house to make sure that I could get enough pressure on the slabs so they didn't float. Didn't actually work that well, still had to flatten them quite a bit after pouring the epoxy, likely due to the heat generated from the epoxy hardening.

In retrospect, probably could have poured epoxy first, then planed?

Testing different colors of epoxy

Spent like 8 hours sanding

That first coat of oil was heavenly (almost wish the end finish was this shiny)

Final product :)