For epoxy river table makers

Five hundred dollars deep before the pour cures.

River tables are the high-stakes end of the craft world: a bookmatched slab pair, gallons of deep-pour epoxy, and days of cure time — hundreds of dollars committed before you know if the pour behaved. Commissions carry deposits for a reason. MadeKeeper tracks the slab inventory, the pour costs, and the balance due, one build at a time.

The app is live. Free during the pilot. Founding rate $19/mo, locked for life.

No card to start. Use it free through the pilot, and lock the $19/mo founding rate for as long as you stay.

How MadeKeeper maps to your pour room

Slabs as one-of-a-kind stockEach slab logs individually at what you paid the mill — species, dimensions, price. A build consumes its slab pair, and the rack always knows what's left and what it cost.
Epoxy by the gallon, pour by pourDeep-pour resin at $89 a gallon is the second-biggest line on every build. Recipes pull mixed gallons at your ratio, pigment included, so the river knows its cost.
The cure is on the calendarA 72-hour pour plus a week of flattening and finish means a table mid-build is real money that can't ship. MadeKeeper counts work in progress exactly that way.
Commissions with depositsHalf down on a $1,450 build, balance at delivery — logged against the job with the buyer's spec notes. The build queue lives in the app, not in your inbox.

One river table, to the penny

Say you build a walnut coffee table commission:

  • Bookmatched walnut slab pair$240.00
  • 2.5 gal deep-pour epoxy @ $89/gal$222.50
  • Pigment$6.50
  • Mold board, tape, and release$28.00
  • Abrasives through the grits$14.00
  • Hairpin legs (set)$46.00
Materials in the table$557.00

At $1,450 you keep $893.00 before your hours — and with $557 committed up front, the deposit isn't a formality, it's the build's oxygen. MadeKeeper shows exactly how much of every quote is already spent at the mill.

Straight about what's live

Materials and true cost per piece, products (in bulk or one-of-a-kind), sales that drain stock, the was-this-fair-worth-it event math, mileage, expenses, and the year-end tax packet — all in the app today. Etsy and Square sync, your own storefront, a booth card reader, and shipping labels are building, shaped with founding makers. Nothing above describes a feature that doesn't exist without saying so. See the full live-vs-building list →

Questions river table makers ask

How should I price a commission before I buy the slab?

Quote from the last build's real numbers — slab market price, gallons at your measured river width, legs, and hours. MadeKeeper keeps each build's history, so the next quote starts from evidence instead of a squint.

What about failed pours?

Log the loss honestly — the epoxy and time are spent whether the pour fisheyed or not. A season's numbers with the failures included is the only version that tells you your real margin per build.

Can I track smaller epoxy work alongside tables?

Yes — charcuterie rivers, tray pours, and offcut art run as their own products with their own recipes. The small pours often carry the shop between table commissions, and the ledger will show whether yours do.

Ready to see your real numbers?

The app is live and free during the pilot. Lock the $19/mo founding rate for as long as you stay.

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