Thanks Steve for this project. We use it at our Men's Shed in Gawler, South Australia. We run a Neuro Diverse Program for lads still in high school. We make this the first project they work on and we stand shoulder to shoulder whilst we make it. We find the lads talk more to us than if we were facing each other. The other bonus is, they take a finished project home on there first day with us.
Several years ago an old retired machinist came to work in our tool crib. On his desk he had a small cube of metal with a smaller cube inside it. He had made it on a lathe. I studied that thing for hours and never figured out how he did it. Now I know, thanks a bunch.
Hey Steve! Finally after months of postponing, I got started on woodworking. I have been watching your videos for almost one year now. This video was one of the first I watched, I thought this would be my first project, and indeed. I was able to made a cube within a cube with only a circular saw and a forstner bit on a handheld drill. It took me a lot of time especially to let the drill cool down! I had a lot of fun and could not believe when the cube was released! Greetings from Brazil! Thanks!
Steve, First off let me tell you I love your videos. Also All the people who say you are unsafe need to get a life. Any woodworker knows you need to only do things you fell are safe and stay within your own skill level. Anyhow I made this cube this weekend. My first attempt I cut to deep and it messed the small cube up. So I decided to get a little Norm on it and made a jig with my kreg pocket hole kit and made a nice place to secure it to my drill press and so I can make many of them. 1of2
Nice simple project...Good job...I saw this Vid a few weeks ago and finally got around to making a couple the other day out of some 3" x 3" Canary Wood and finished them with Tung Oil.......People really like them...
@fastgs1 It's really tough to bore through the endgrain of hardwood. Try pine. Even then, you will get some smoking on the endgrain holes. Also make sure your bit is sharp and take it slowly, a little bit at a time.
Steve, I had some Y9 workshop students who finished all the other projects and told them to watch your cube demo. They did and made their own, because of your easy to follow instructions! I did help them get the cube square and set up the drill press though. Lots of fun from Australia
I just saw this video a couple of month s ago and thought it was pretty neat so I decided to make some. They turned out really nice (red oak, cedar, and spalted maple). I did have an issue as is mentioned by several people below about the hole the forstner bit makes. I put some black milliput in the holes which makes the center cube looks like a dice. Makes it just a little harder to figure out although except for woodworkers I think it will baffle most people. Hardest part is finishing. I found that using sandpaper affixed to popsicle sticks with spray adhesive works well to sand the interior cube.
I am on my wife tablet. I was a tool maker and I made sets of these out of aluminum. nefore I reeve the square box from inside drilled small dots on each si de to make the inside block look like a dice. My mom has the first set of five I made a d I ma de a aluminum case to store them in. great video wood working is as fun as tool making with steel.
I work as a Joiner/Carpenter for a company who maintain houses in England. Most of my time is spent hanging doors, renewing floors, bath panels, kitchen fitting, fencing etc. etc. I've been doing this for about 5 years now (that's after I finished my apprenticeship) and it's started to become boring and mundane. Your videos have helped me enjoy my trade once more and take pride in what I do, when making your little oddities and when I'm in work. Thank you and keep the videos coming.
Well Steve, I enjoyed this video quite a bit. I don't do any woodworking. I watch a lot of YT videos about magic and puzzles so this popped up in my recommendations. Fun and interesting item.
awesome! "center point" and "arbitrary" two words i had not heard in a long time... aaah... those algebra days from high school eons ago! wonderful little puzzle and well done.
Hey, thanks for this brilliant video! I have made my very own and I'm giving it to my girl for our one year, i hope she finds it as interesting as me! Can't wait to try another project as this was my first! Again cheers from England.
Very well done--i was trying to work out how you did it but after seeing the video you make it look so easy. I will have to try and make one for myself.
I made one last night using this technique, came out great. I used kingwood, which is very hard. I thought drilling the end grain was going to be the death of my drill press though. Smoked the whole time, and frequently stalled. I would up doing the end bits with a 1" forstner first, then going back with the 2".
that's great..you can still use stain to make it more appealing yet sustain the aesthetics of the wood grain..anyway thanks for sharing this fun idea!!
Hi Steve, I went to buy my first press drill this week, and just finished the cube. I made it out of 4x4 from HD (that's all they had). The grain was so big that the finish on the inside cube came out pretty bad, but little sanding fixed it.
one thing that comes to mind to make the inside cube more like a cube with out those little indents, Would using that sawdust glue stuff help covering it and find a way to sand it down help?
@TheMonke22 Wow, your instructor is nuts. I just went out to my shop to check: my biggest Forstner bit is 2 1/8". In fact, I bought it as part of a set at a super-specialty woodworking store: COSTCO!
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Thanks Steve for this project. We use it at our Men's Shed in Gawler, South Australia. We run a Neuro Diverse Program for lads still in high school. We make this the first project they work on and we stand shoulder to shoulder whilst we make it. We find the lads talk more to us than if we were facing each other. The other bonus is, they take a finished project home on there first day with us.
Several years ago an old retired machinist came to work in our tool crib. On his desk he had a small cube of metal with a smaller cube inside it. He had made it on a lathe. I studied that thing for hours and never figured out how he did it. Now I know, thanks a bunch.
Hey Steve! Finally after months of postponing, I got started on woodworking. I have been watching your videos for almost one year now. This video was one of the first I watched, I thought this would be my first project, and indeed. I was able to made a cube within a cube with only a circular saw and a forstner bit on a handheld drill. It took me a lot of time especially to let the drill cool down! I had a lot of fun and could not believe when the cube was released! Greetings from Brazil! Thanks!
Wow, a much younger Steve! Good job!
rumaging through some of your older vids again... you rocked then and still rock today :)
I am watching this in 2018 and man you have equal amount of enthusiasm if not more, only this time with better video and audio
After about 3 tries of messing it up I was able to successfully build a cube within a cube within a cube thanks Steve keep going!
Steve, First off let me tell you I love your videos. Also All the people who say you are unsafe need to get a life. Any woodworker knows you need to only do things you fell are safe and stay within your own skill level. Anyhow I made this cube this weekend. My first attempt I cut to deep and it messed the small cube up. So I decided to get a little Norm on it and made a jig with my kreg pocket hole kit and made a nice place to secure it to my drill press and so I can make many of them. 1of2
I still can't get over the fact that you are my doppelganger. I show my friends, and they are astonished. I should make mock-ups of your videos.
Thanks for the info! It's really a weird thing to wrap my brain around how a circle can cut a cube. I'm sure there are mathematics involved somehow!
It's a Forstner bit. I got a whole kit of them at Costco a few years ago. Well worth the investment.
Nice simple project...Good job...I saw this Vid a few weeks ago and finally got around to making a couple the other day out of some 3" x 3" Canary Wood and finished them with Tung Oil.......People really like them...
@fastgs1 It's really tough to bore through the endgrain of hardwood. Try pine. Even then, you will get some smoking on the endgrain holes. Also make sure your bit is sharp and take it slowly, a little bit at a time.
Steve, I had some Y9 workshop students who finished all the other projects and told them to watch your cube demo. They did and made their own, because of your easy to follow instructions! I did help them get the cube square and set up the drill press though. Lots of fun from Australia
I just saw this video a couple of month s ago and thought it was pretty neat so I decided to make some. They turned out really nice (red oak, cedar, and spalted maple). I did have an issue as is mentioned by several people below about the hole the forstner bit makes. I put some black milliput in the holes which makes the center cube looks like a dice. Makes it just a little harder to figure out although except for woodworkers I think it will baffle most people. Hardest part is finishing. I found that using sandpaper affixed to popsicle sticks with spray adhesive works well to sand the interior cube.
Absolutely awesome. this is what life is about.
I've seen people do this, but in metal instead of wood. Pretty cool!
I am on my wife tablet. I was a tool maker and I made sets of these out of aluminum. nefore I reeve the square box from inside drilled small dots on each si de to make the inside block look like a dice. My mom has the first set of five I made a d I ma de a aluminum case to store them in. great video wood working is as fun as tool making with steel.
I made one of these after watching your video, you were right about the sanding ha ha. Thanks, had fun doing it.
I work as a Joiner/Carpenter for a company who maintain houses in England. Most of my time is spent hanging doors, renewing floors, bath panels, kitchen fitting, fencing etc. etc. I've been doing this for about 5 years now (that's after I finished my apprenticeship) and it's started to become boring and mundane. Your videos have helped me enjoy my trade once more and take pride in what I do, when making your little oddities and when I'm in work. Thank you and keep the videos coming.
Very cool. I'm not a wood worker, I work in metal. I'm going to try to make this in stainless steel on my mill.
How’d that turn out?
Chris McIntyre , hey Chris , zews1 doesn't work in metal anymore , a piece of Stainless steel went through what brains he had left
Thanks. I'm glad you gave it a shot. It's an odd little project!
This was very impressive!
Nice job Steve!
Good project. Also really like the Dave Brubeck music. Thanks
that is a very neat little puzzle
Thanks for sharing this 👍❤️
I love your project...thank for sharing cute box
@DASHTEK1 About a millimeter would be sufficient. Or you can Google the conversion.
very nice! another mystery solved! thanx
@lanswipe It will not cut as easily and might burn the wood.
Thank's for the tip on the cube john.
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Thanks Steve. I really enjoy all of your videos. I appreciate your laid back approach and humor.
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Well Steve, I enjoyed this video quite a bit. I don't do any woodworking. I watch a lot of YT videos about magic and puzzles so this popped up in my recommendations. Fun and interesting item.
made this out of walnut...very beautiful...looks geat and blew the mind of my wood working teacher (im a sophmore)
awesome! "center point" and "arbitrary" two words i had not heard in a long time... aaah... those algebra days from high school eons ago! wonderful little puzzle and well done.
Nice work, Steve. I manufactured this cube from brass during my apprenticeship as a toolmaker.
This was my first video l watched for Steve .. and it was great
You're a genius, man!
Cool project. And props on the Brubeck.
Hey, thanks for this brilliant video! I have made my very own and I'm giving it to my girl for our one year, i hope she finds it as interesting as me! Can't wait to try another project as this was my first! Again cheers from England.
Спасибо! Все гениальное просто!
that's a pretty cool project
@daboiz808 Yes...the bigger the bit, the lower the speed.
Very well done--i was trying to work out how you did it but after seeing the video you make it look so easy. I will have to try and make one for myself.
Steve, neat little project and well demonstrated. Thanks for sharing. Fred
I made one last night using this technique, came out great. I used kingwood, which is very hard. I thought drilling the end grain was going to be the death of my drill press though. Smoked the whole time, and frequently stalled. I would up doing the end bits with a 1" forstner first, then going back with the 2".
that's great..you can still use stain to make it more appealing yet sustain the aesthetics of the wood grain..anyway thanks for sharing this fun idea!!
I think I am going to try this. thanks for sharing.
I am actually quite fond of this.
Awesome! Very cool. Very good instructions!
Great job
It is good video, good idea, good work
Super cool
@marchingpackofCeHS That would work fine. But I like to go back and forth to keep it equal.
que gran idea gracias ese sera mi proyecto para hoy
LOL!! That is Great. I gotta try it.
Thanks, Ken,
Wow, that is very interesting.
Very Cool. Great Instructions!
That is so cool!!
Hi Steve, I went to buy my first press drill this week, and just finished the cube. I made it out of 4x4 from HD (that's all they had). The grain was so big that the finish on the inside cube came out pretty bad, but little sanding fixed it.
it's obvious you love this job! you are amazing!
thats a nice little cube to have around the house.
Ooooowwwwww!!!! AMAZING! I'm going to do this!! Another thumbs up!
It's really hard to bore through the endgrain. I used pine, but it was still pretty tough. Any harder wood would really dull a forstner bit quickly.
very good mr. steve.
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I've done this project its a good hour project and a bit of fun, im yet to do your nail through wood trick. Thanks Steve
Nice trick.... Thanks woodman
one thing that comes to mind to make the inside cube more like a cube with out those little indents, Would using that sawdust glue stuff help covering it and find a way to sand it down help?
that was fun to watch thanx
wonderful skill...
excellent video. I made a cube in a cube in a cube
Great stuff! Thanks
Very well taught. Thanks,
That sounds fantastic. If you could post a quick video, I'd love to see it!
Great Video Dude , im going to try and make one
Definitely great! I will try to make one this weekend!!
As soon as I rebuild the house and workshop I'm tring this.
very cool man. I will have to try it.
Thanks. Good presentation.
You have inspired me to do one in metal, stainless steel, not sure how it will work, but will let you know!!!!
How did it end up?
I have one aluminium cube into cube, the larger is 20x20 and there is small one inside, it's made on lathe
Very nice I'll try
Great idea!
Incredible
@TheMonke22 Wow, your instructor is nuts. I just went out to my shop to check: my biggest Forstner bit is 2 1/8". In fact, I bought it as part of a set at a super-specialty woodworking store: COSTCO!
Nice work, thanks to share your knowledge.
Nice one!!
Great job man
excelente video, gracias por compartirlo con nosotros.
great video, nice workshop!
Nice video Steve. Thanks for sharing your expertise. Dusty
It's nice, good work!!!
i have a question do you drill into 1 end grain side than the other right after the first or do you just do one and the other when you get to it?
wow nice trick
love the video!
Also love the Dave Brubeck music.
Do you also have some ideas for other puzzles like that one ? We will try to mill that with cnc machine. Looks great !
This was so awesome!!!!!
Ok on this video I'm a couple years late.... But I really like this. It fits my sense of humor. Thanks for all you do!!!
I remember doing this in high school. Given the periods, it took a while but it's an interesting decoration.
beautiful