Hi I am new to resins and for a school project have got hold of a piece of yew wood. My plan is to encapsulate the sanded bit of yew within the clear resin. I am going to use the resin to fill out the edges of the wood so that it is square because the wood has a rough jagged edge with bark still on. The project is to be a coffee table. The rectangular size for the whole table will be 88x64x5cm so it is fairly large. I have calculated the amount of resin needed and will be roughly 5kg worth of it. I will make a plywood box for the mould lined with mould release. Is clear polyester resin suitable for this table and if so would I be able to do the resin in one go.

I have used Polyester infusion resin for "impregnating/stabilizing wood..  I've found that I need to oven-dry the smallish pieces of wood (mostly for knife handles) for days sometimes to get rid of all moisture.

Some types of wood have natural "oils" in them, that will make it very difficult to get almost any resin to adhere properly to them.  I'm not sure if Yew is one of those, but I suspect it.... In that case it may work to "wash" the wood with acetone, just before applying the resin.

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Thanks for the info warren!