This was my first try at a bigger project from a locally harvested slab.  Did not kiln dry, huge mistake. Biggest mistake so far in my woodworking journey that didnt go into a fire pit.  Also first try using epoxy.  This table had epoxy applied 4 times, and 3 times I had to take it back off and start over. Am I good at epoxy now? no.   Is this table close to perfect?  yes it is.  Will I try it again?  ya, probably.