Liziqi made a river table i really liked with a circulating river around a center piece that she used to float appetizers during a dinner party was seriously cool worth checking out....i think she used cement tho lol
Dude, I see you all over the place and I'm starting to think that because I Binged your videos for like 3 weeks straight, YT must think anything you watch must be something I would watch. Anyway, I enjoy your videos even the non-scambait ones.
@@MattEstlea it needs a bridge!!!!!!! But deffo my favourite river build I have ever watched and I have seen a lot lol deffo would love to give this a go for myself!!
The first half of the ru-vid.comUgkx3ICSK6nSknaL_45CU2NmFSoXjarGMDiJ book is everything about wood: types, tools, finishes, setting up shop etc. The second half is all about doing projects for inside and outside of the home. The color pictures are helpful. After reading a dozen of these types of books, this is probably the best overall (layout, color photos, plans). Only detraction is that many of the projects use a table saw/router/planer, which are usually expensive and take up space, so the plans are less friendly to newcomers and the budget conscious. But I know I can use a drill, circular saw or a jigsaw to make the projects.
Honestly jokes on the river table community. They make figurative river tables, making it look like a river. You make a literal river table which is clearly harder and cooler than a normal river table.
@@lolzasouruhm179 With live catfish, so you can just sweep your table scraps into the center of the table. Hehe, or those fish that clean sharks and whales, then you can just drop your dirty dishes in the tank and they'll be spotless for your next meal.
You betooled chaos gremlin, this is absolutely PHENOMENAL. Not only is the entire concept beautifully unhinged, but the cinematography looks exactly the way being in the shop with too much addy and Red Bull and not enough sleep feels. It’s Avant-garde fuckery and I’m HERE for it. Love the story telling, love the River table.
The brutal honesty to showing all the hilarious mistakes you've made just earned you another subscriber, even though this is the first thing I've watched from you. Please continue to be awesome.
This should win the award for woodworking video of the year. It’s great to see something that I’m sure started out as a joke over a pint and turned into something absolutely stunning.
Really enjoyed this one, great to see mistakes and the way you deal with problems. Not medieval of course, but I watch a load of craft type videos and your work is very entertaining and educational!
@@guyod1 I feel like putting glass would be better because you don't have to make it permanent and glass doesn't scratch as easily as epoxy. The reason I mentioned the glass not being permanent is because the table uses real water which most likely has minerals and other things in it causing hard water deposits which will be a lot harder to clean if you put a big thing of epoxy permanently over it.
@@Letfordlay Also, it probably a lot more fun to use and look at in this state, but more practical with glass over it. So it could just have glass set over top when needed?
Mhm cats on the table where you may eat not soo hygienic I know cats are clean animals but they walk an the floor like we do and out feet aren't supposed to be on the table because of hygiene and therefore respect
@@TheLtVoss Cats will wind up on your table one way or the other if they want to be. If they're not on the table while you're watching, they're on the table when you're not. If you own cats, it's always best practice to wipe down your eating surfaces before you use them, because there's no way to guarantee your cats haven't been up there. I just let them go where they will and make sure to clean any surface before I use it. Edited for typo
I think your take on this is way more creative even with the challenges of combining water plumbing with woodworking. No one is going to make a better river table than that one.
This would have been an amazing project just in concept alone. The fact that you added the comedic elements really took it to the next level. It was great to see the mistakes and the revisions too. All around great job. Hope it hits the viral button for you Matt.
Just wanted to pop in and say not only does Matt have a unique vision for videos, he's also a determined, patient, and gracious woodworker. It was an absolute slog of a project at times, but the man's perseverance seemingly never waivers. And what an awesome edit!!
You should add a couple of holes for potted Bonsai trees, the combination of tranquil water flow, river bed, living and seasoned wood would be a stunning center piece for any room!
bro, EASILY THE GREATEST RIVER TABLE IVE SEEN ON RU-vid! LOVE YOUR CONTENT, YOU'VE REALLY HELPED ME ENHANCE MY WOOD WORKING! ILL BE SHARING THIS ON MY IG FOR SURE! Also love the video work and scripted content✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾
This was one of the most entertaining woodworking videos I have seen in years. Yes, we learned some things, as I suspect most woodworkers are looking to accomplish watching these videos, but the pure entertainment of the story, the comedy, the cameos, and the fantastic result, brought the viewers an experience rarely seen in the woodworking community. As much of a joke as you were making about the need to go viral, this truly deserves to. You have set the bar high Matt. Great Job!
This would be perfect for my cats and dog! They love drinking from moving water. Cracking good job on this build. Also as a very novice wood working I really appreciate seeing pros make mistakes. It helps me remember that being good isn't the absence of mistakes but the skills to fix them.
This is by far the coolest river table I have ever seen and this video is criminally under viewed. I just got it recommended to me so hopefully that means a lot more people will have it recommended.
It seems like the algorithm has finally picked up on this amazing video. Just got it on my home page and I rarely watch woodworking videos. And I gotta say that is one banging end product. Looks absolutely stunning.
It sure was comforting to watch someone else struggle, sometimes I feel like it's just me that's always shooting themselves in the foot. The important part is where you are at the end, not how many times you cursed in the middle. Great job, Matt.
Mate!! What an inspirational build!!! Truly well designed!! Your resilience and hard work brought the River Table to life!! Truly a unique reality we all can enjoy for generations to come!!! If anyone asks me what a river table is, I'll send em your way mate. Smashing Job Well Done!!!
Thank you for this video Matt. It means so much to see people admitting that a project didn't go smoothly. That mistakes were made. So much of woodwork is correcting things that went wrong. Just because something has gone wrong, it doesn't mean that you are bad at this. These things happen. You find ways to fix it and move on. (Also, you are right. River tables have water in them)
Omg!! I regret not watching this the second it came out! I love river tables, I love YOUR river table! The cameos were awesome, your editing is fantastic, and the commentary and phone gags are hilarious!! You absolutely crushed this project Matt! Keep it up brother!
Faaaaaantastic! This one cracked me up! Love to see all the hard work and headaches paid off. Nowadays we see videos and forget all the stuff that goes behind. Super happy for you and really hope this goes as viral as you deserve. Hat off to you!!
This is so cool. I've always thought "river tables" were dumb, but I would genuinely want this in my home. I love this build, and this definitely is worth subscribing for❤
Glad to see you back, Matt! Amazingly funny video and very well put together. My body aches at the amount of work I know you put into making this work of art. You are awesome!
wow!! what a video!!! Great to see you making so many mistakes and needing the brains of the outfit to fly in and sort it for you!! the cameos from the boys over the pond!! those acting lessons you've been doing over the last few months have really paid off!! do bafta do a RU-vid award!!?? looks stunning!! (can think of a couple of improvements but still looks amazing) bravo 👏
I'm happy to see that someone finally made something like this. I've been wanting to make one for a decade, but I don't have a workshop. :( I definitely would have inlaid a clear plastic or glass cover over the river, but it looks good!
Matt, what an absolutely beautiful table. The production on this video was brilliant and the end product was the perfect cherry on top of a delicious cake. Hats off to you. This video was worth waiting for, for sure. Well done sir.
Here Matt, have a comment for the algorithm. This build is spectacular, and I like how you've managed to change up your content for the better. Lets hope it goes viral - truly one of a kind this project.
You can p155 the River Table community off even more by adding a few rocks just under the surface to make the flow more organic - like a real river table would be... Nice project, enjoyed the production. Worth waiting for!
I love this table. I would put a piece of glass of something to cover it with though, just to avoid dropping anything in the water, but the table itself is awesome
Hooray, Matt is finally back!! Great video as always, fantastic table as an extra win 😉 Now, back to work and get those videos flowing again. (see what I did there!) Has Rob recovered yet from his kick in the chest and little fall? 😊
First time I've seen a video from you and it's an instant subscription. I have no idea how people could not bother to subscribe. Awesome build and the only functional river table I've ever seen or heard of. I'd have it no other way. Great job. I know this wasn't easy in any way, and I'm glad you showed how difficult it actually was in the video.
Honestly this is absolutely incredible and I would love to have something like this in my home. Too bad I’ll likely have the tools (Or the skill) To build this.
Now you’ve done this sit back and wait for the others to follow. Soon there’s going to be the perfect party table... a punch river table or beer river table. Do you think vodka rivers would work?
Love the table, definitely better than anything I've seen. I like the dorkiness but the way you work is simply pleasing to watch even without trying to make it entertaining. You have a very easy to listen to voice and that makes your videos even better to watch. Keep it up man you seem like a pretty cool dude, I hope this avenue works well for you.
I was honestly expecting you to cover the river with glass or plastic but honestly, I really do love the open look you did a great job of this and can't wait to go back through your old stuff now that i've found ya! Keep it up
This would make an awesome gaming table, imagine a dnd campaign with a town on one side and a forest on the other connected via a bridge or a Warhammer age of sigmar battle with a fortress type seige
I'm more of a canal type, with maybe a lock or two. However, I'd worry about the thing delaminating due to wood expansion/contraction, especially as sat in a conservatory.
The conflict I feel in a river table is to take something raw and natural and biodegradable and imperfect and natural and pollute and juxtapose it with a toxic and perfectly formed material that will eventually spoil in sunlight but never really return cleanly to the earth in anyone's lifetime. Here you mock the concept but also take it to another level. This is satirical, this is proper craftsmanship, this for me is as conflicted as the thing itself. It's art.
oh god proper craftsmanship really? i don't think anybody would be able to mess it up worse during the build, but amazing problem solving skills and some serious dedication and courage though.
@@loopinnerthe yeah I get that. Check out Greg Klassen his tables are very beautiful, he claims to be the creator of river tables weather that’s true or not I don’t know for sure.
This is the most awesome take on a River table I have seen. Brilliant! Difficult, full of challenges, and the most awesome cat watering fountain ever! It also prevents people from not paying attention and just setting stuff on the table.
