This table arrived well packaged and on time. ru-vid.comUgkxn94T8Mu1iMnsLCMNOI9srXSsLkI4JXKW Like another reviewer advised, I pulled everything out and made sure everything was included (everything was!). I built it alone and it took me about an hour. The color is great and for the price the lift part works well. As others have mentioned, it’s not the smoothest opening/closing, but it works. The screws do show, but I plan to order white sticker covers if that bothers us too much. Really happy with this table! UPDATE: it’s been over a year since we got this coffee table and we still love it! It gets HEAVY use as our dining table, foot rest, and school desk. Over time, the opening and closing mechanism has gotten smoother. I added a new photo with the white screw cover stickers. They blend in perfectly and make it look a little cleaner. 100% recommend!!!
Wow, you need congratulating on such a wonderful project, presented in such an excellent way. What a lovely change to listen to an expert without a load of unnecessary waffle. The video was to the point, accurate and extremely well delivered - well done! I loved the little trick of multiplying mm x m x m in order to automatically convert the volume measurement of cubic metres into a fluid measurement of litres - very neat! No wonder you’ve currently sold out of the product (as of August 18). Well done! 👍
Well said Neil... I felt exactly the same. This was a great video!! And now a part of my "saved" video collection. Thanks Rich for doing such a great job!!
I have watched a lot of videos on this subject - building the knowledge and confidence to have a go and I have to say this is by far the best one I have seen. Thank you!
I was so happy to see you use Danish oil and then still be able to buff the epoxy to clear again. I am in the middle of a project where the epoxy is level with the surface but I want Danish oil on the wood and also for the epoxy to be clear. Well done and thanks.
It came out great . I specially like that you took your time speaking clearly , you also explained all the tools you were using the measurements how you got it thank you so much
This by far the most comprehensive video. Clear concise instruction, tips and information for success. I have decided to do this for my lower kitchen cabinets drawer fronts. I'm converting the doors to all drawers. Thank you so much!!!
Great job, great result! Thank you!!! Only objection: you shoud show us more of final result in a film, allowing us to admire the table and enjoy the wiew from all sides!
I love the table and the way you have explained this project very helpful I've watched alot of these as I'm thinking of having ago at it myself but haven't got all your awesome tools so will start small thankyou for the inspiration to do it with me luck I'll need it
I found building a router plane was essential. They pour epoxy and don't tell you that they wait as many as 3 days for it to dry. They don't tell you about how you can stir it for patterns in the epoxy or when to stir. They don't tell you how much it costs. I am thinking of starting a RU-vid channel just to address all this stuff.
Amazing video!! Learned a lot from it. I was thinking about starting this as a hobby. But never found good videos about learning it and explanations.. till now. Great video!!
That looks so good. I definitely want to give this a try! So glad that I've found this video because buying resin seems to be a minefield with other firms.
Thanks, we're really glad you like it. Yes, we are aware that there's a lot of products out there these days but... let's just say, perhaps they don't always perform as you might hope! Look forward to having you on board.
I love the clarity on the finished product! I hope that some good stuff you used in those miters! I just finished my first river table and I'm pretty keen on trying it again!
Wow. Excellent channel and presentation. This is the next son and dad project! Thank you. I really like your saw. I think that listing the materials and breaking down their use in such a simple manner makes this presentation work.
If you're going to cut the whole surface off with a router at the end, probably don't need to worry about any dust settling on top at the resin curing stage. :)
This is true but there's always an outside chance that dust or dirt could sink down into the resin (below the surface that you're going to sand off) so it doesn't hurt to keep things tidy. Also, not everyone will route the surface flat, if you were leaving the whole table with a resin surface (and so you'd poured more resin over the whole surface) then you would probably be able to get away with just polishing the surface, in which case dust or dirt would be more of a problem.
'How to make a Resin River Table Handbook': Now available to download free of charge. Please follow the link in the description below the tutorial video! Thanks for your patience.
Adelaide Moulding and Casting Supplies in Australia have epoxy resins available for this usage, as well as pearlex powders. I happen to work there, and can provide assistance if you'd like to inquire.
Wow RU-vid is so listening to my life. I never watch these types of videos,and the past couple of days me and my mother have been sanding down a table and staining it. Well she’s talking about putting epoxy polystyrene to seal the table up and give it a shine. Well what do I know now?! I’m getting all kinds of diy tutorials on how to do it. Smh RU-vid get a life and quit stalking me. Pls😂
it‘s because your smartphone is listening to you. try it. have a mock conversation with yourself about how much you would like to have let‘s say... baby toys. that you are definitely in the market for ‘baby toys‘. soon enough you‘ll see a lot of baby toys ads and your recommended feed will be full of baby toy reviews and such. same with texts emails phone calls, phisically lurking in specializeds shops (location services) and so on. AI connects the customer and the bussiness in the most efficient way. i noticed this like 5 years ago when i was looking for a job. soon enough igot hired. at a wood workshop and that's why i'm here now. working with wood has grown on me. so in a way AI formed me withits suggestions. makes you think how deep this goes...
It 's really a very beautiful explanation and I congratulate you on the true creativity that you have provided and which you will provide ....In fact, I'm working on a product like this exactly and in two or three weeks my product will be ready.....But I have some difficulties in the necessary materials since I am in Arab countries in Egypt and I am a Syrian nationality....Very soon I will show on RU-vid producers as well ....Thank you and good luck
Being a carpenter and made these tables.....your mitre joints are horrendous. Good video though for beginners looking to get into these kinda projects. Glass cast is also an excellent product
Need to better set upyour table, use some kind of joint (domino, dowels ect) and create clamps rig to make perfect 45* angle. Simple way is using hot glue and wood scraps to make platform for clamps
lucydais x it looks like it hasen’tbeen cut straight, has a slight curve. I would make sure it’s cut straight and possibly use a thinner glue, you can see that there was glue in the middle of the mitre. There are super strong timber glues that are thin that can make seamless mitres. I use them at work for my timber joins. Lots of tape and some glue. Close the mitre up tight and tape and clamp it. After sanding should look 100% seamless.
Trust me, we've got this! The difference isn't much; the relative density of GlassCast 50 is between 1.07 and 1.1 meaning that at most it's 10% different in density to water. Although generally there is correlation, viscosity (thickness) is not directly related to density. Also, GlassCast is actually pretty low viscosity, especially compared with more conventional epoxies.
You can get much cheaper resins around £60 for 10kg polyester resin if you wanted to make this. Its a really awesome looking finished piece. I wonder if you could find some way of suspending small models in the "river" of resin? You could add small lime carved kayaks or sailboats to create extra detail. Great video.
Unfortunately, polyester resins don't work for river tables because of their shrinkage although you're right that they are very cheap. Polyesters will shrink by quite a few percent during their cure which cause them to pull away from the wood. They also tend to crack when they're cast into something with multiple fixed dimensions (such as a gap of fixed length, between two planks of wood). as with two fixed dimensions. This is why you always see river table projects done using epoxy resin. Certainly you could add some interesting inclusions into the resin when you cast it!
Easy Composites Ltd Thanks that's great to know, just subscribed to your channel - videos really informative.
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@@easycompositestv it's true, but that doesn't mean that following a right process you can't make a river table, i've done a few for people that don't have a big budget and they came out really good, still...I love your products tho!
Great presentation...very clear. Thanks for all the links to the products. The key struggle is finding the right timber merchant and I am wondering for the more technical bit that requires specialist tools I wonder if specific workshops can do this for a small fee.
You should be able to get the timber merchant to cut the wood to size and belt sand or plane it flat for you for a small charge. You then just need to to the actual making of the table as seen in the video.
