You seem like a great guy Matt - thanks for the video! No need to buy new if you can reuse!

Nice job Matt! I'd like to see it when you get it sanded down, stained and poly!

Very good reuse of available material and stones. Bravo.

Great look with the older wood planks! Great video thank you!

@MattofManyTrades

2 жыл бұрын

Thank You!

Thanks for this video - I learned a few things. I bet a lot of things can be built from this type of wire panel and hog-nose pliers.

Thanks for the demo, Matt! You just inspired me to do this gabion project.

@MattofManyTrades

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome!! Your comment made my morning.

Sweet socks!!! Excellent video

Helpful video. Thanks for the tips and the laughs!

@MattofManyTrades

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!! I try to be helpful. My wife is usually them only one who laughs at my jokes. There is a more recent (9/2019) video on the backyard vid showing how to do the longer bench tops.

Brilliant work and I like your Honesty.👍👍

@MattofManyTrades

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Cool project. Cool dog.

@MattofManyTrades

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Very cool ideea. Thank you. I'll do myself an Diy project.

@MattofManyTrades

4 жыл бұрын

No Worries! They are REAL easy to do and last forever - literally. Let me know how your projct turns out.

Gabion cages are like $150 each! Hell no! Thanks for your video!

Nice. Around here that would be a black widow condo unit! You may consider using triangles as your spacers, point up. This will shed water better instead of having it soak into the spares and expanding.

@MattofManyTrades

4 жыл бұрын

Thankfully no poisonous spiders or snakes in Seattle.

You can buy gabion helical wires to join the panels which is probably less time consuming.

@MattofManyTrades

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely. the helical ties can be hard to find in some places, but can be ordered online. The hog rings are just another way of doing it.

@Luckingsworth

Жыл бұрын

They look ugly as sin

Awesome build, wasn’t much of a mistake, but thanks for showing it so we don’t all feel too bad when we do something similar! Great to see a happy wife and puppy too. Going to try something similar soon. Any reason to attach the bench to the gabion or does it sit secure without wobbling?

@MattofManyTrades

Жыл бұрын

It sits fine. No wobbles.

@MattofManyTrades

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!! I appreciate it.

I like the look but am concerned that wasps will nest in the rock crevices. Any experience with this?

@MattofManyTrades

5 жыл бұрын

I did not until now! That is a concern though. I feel that I will now be checking them periodically through the season to make sure I don't have any unwelcome visitors when sitting down one evening at the fire pit! REALLY good question and point.

@petercrowl9467

5 жыл бұрын

@@MattofManyTrades My basis for this comes from a friend who had dry stack stone columns on his patio/deck. Wasps loved them.

@paronikyan

4 жыл бұрын

Wasps only? What about mice, scorpions and snakes? That is my first question while thinking about gabions.

your pliers are looking so easy to use can you give some link or model what are they,... where to find,... thank you,...

@MattofManyTrades

5 жыл бұрын

Iztok Blazevic sorry need to add that to the description. I have had my pliers for years, but these are the same thing: www.homedepot.com/p/GearWrench-Straight-Nose-Hog-Ring-Pliers-3703D/204622167?cm_mmc=Shopping%7CG%7CBase%7CAll-Products%7CAll%7CAll%7CPLA%7C71700000014585962%7C58700001236285396%7C92700010802552391&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI6K_uq_Pk4QIV0hx9Ch2s0gJCEAQYBiABEgKoFPD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds The rings can be had from these folks at Eden Farms: 7/8 Stainless steel hog rings for crab pots, gabions, pens, fences, aviary netting - heavy duty 125/pk www.amazon.com/dp/B06XST7JXC/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_gxLVCbP8FZNM3

in rubbish dumps plastic has been found unscathe for more than 30 years as its non bio degradable. unlike metal which is more susceptible to free radicals/rust. i guess you are right if the thickness of the zip tie is too thin . pound for pound i think it will last alot longer . moreover its water proof, but then again if its salt water i am not too sure of its reliability. but then again i am only expressing an opinion. i may be wrong in my observation. hehehe

@Luckingsworth

Жыл бұрын

Plastic does not "dissolve" but it becomes brittle and will snap apart with a glance within a year or two of being left outside.

I live in the same area, where did you buy the goat panels from? Tractor Supply don't seem to stock them any more and can't find anyone who stocks them

@MattofManyTrades

4 жыл бұрын

Tractor Supply in Kent - just off the 167. They had a pallet of them last week out in the parking lot.

@TheRambutan2000

4 жыл бұрын

@@MattofManyTrades Thanks! They must not update their web site because it always says unavailable at all stores.

Donde encuentro los metales para gaviones

Hey Matt, how did you attach the wood bench top to the gabion cage? Currently working on a couple of these for myself. Thanks!

@MattofManyTrades

5 жыл бұрын

I didn't attach the tops. they are held in place by weight and friction. It makes it easier to clean and oil them every year - I learned from a past project in a different home that this was a real need.

What length are the rings that you bought?

@MattofManyTrades

5 жыл бұрын

Sorry, I will add that to the description. I have had the pliers for years, but these are the same thing: www.homedepot.com/p/GearWrench-Straight-Nose-Hog-Ring-Pliers-3703D/204622167?cm_mmc=Shopping%7CG%7CBase%7CAll-Products%7CAll%7CAll%7CPLA%7C71700000014585962%7C58700001236285396%7C92700010802552391&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI6K_uq_Pk4QIV0hx9Ch2s0gJCEAQYBiABEgKoFPD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds The rings can be had from these folks at Eden Farms: 7/8 Stainless steel hog rings for crab pots, gabions, pens, fences, aviary netting - heavy duty 125/pk www.amazon.com/dp/B06XST7JXC/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_gxLVCbP8FZNM3

$3000 in rocks? Must be in the city. Out here in North Dakota if A farmer catches you taking rocks out of his rock piled they say take 2 for every 1 you take. Lots of rock piles.

@MattofManyTrades

4 жыл бұрын

I didn't pay that :-) Yes, we are in the city and prices reflect that. I grew up as a farm kid. I am not paying for rocks. Land or dirt, yes. Rocks, no.

can you use your cut offs for rings

@MattofManyTrades

4 жыл бұрын

You could, but it is extra work as they will have to be pre-bent. On a med to large basket you will use 3 rings per edge, so it could be as many as 36 rings per basket. that is a lot of work.

I'll happily join your gabion cult let's drink the kool aid =D

@MattofManyTrades

4 жыл бұрын

Shitin A.bucket milk and cookies are the sacrament.

@shitina.bucket9699

4 жыл бұрын

@@MattofManyTrades Milk and cookies even better! I hope those cookies are rich in cyanide =D

i find it easier to just use zip ties or cable ties....

@MattofManyTrades

4 жыл бұрын

Zipties will only last a year or so in the sun before the UV light breaks them down and the cages fail.

Just a note , you might want to build a basic table out of horses and not break your back working on the floor :-).

@MattofManyTrades

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Worked on the ground as a demo for how it can be done. I have a full cabinet shop with an 8' bench and two project tables. Saw horses would be a great idea for folk as well.

"gabion", not "gabian"