Of course! Thanks Peter. I think the jigs save time in the long run. I made two of these puzzles, so lots of repetition. And that miter saw thing @ 6:16 was sweet. I still can't think of a better way to cut those things;)
I'm sixteen years old, I'm from Australia, and I think you are one of the most fantastic content producers I've ever witnessed. The ingenuity that you show will never cease to amaze me. You have fans down here in Australia too, pocket83.
I like your videos and they show much individuality and genius. As [professional wood workers it is important to demonstrate safety and the importance of keeping it a constant practice in our shop. When I am asked about safety I sometimes respond that using power tools is like juggling, "beginners juggle tennis balls, professionals juggle chain saws". However this is definitely not an excuse to be careless. Keep up the good work and all of your fingers!!!!
Thank you Pocket83 for a very nice and instructive video. I could follow most of the reasons for your calculations - I used to be a mechanical and chemical engineer, but your expertise in woodworking absolutely floored me. Figuring out on paper is 10 percent of this job - doing it with skill and precision is what really counts !!! That squishing the final product was uncalled for, and is a downer. But, your wood working skills are incomparable. Salute. Maybe, you should talk, once in a while - that would really help .... or else a lot of subtitles.
Awesome video! I liked the on paper instructions rather than narration, that was well suited to the technical details. Really nice camera angles as well. Easy subscription from me.
Just wanted to say thanks for your videos. Just found this channel and I love your show, don't tell approach. Found some great ideas already. You've got a pretty cool woodworking with a mathematical bent kind of thing going on. And your sense of humor in the videos/comments is just icing on the cake. Keep up the good work.
About half way through I was wondering why the hell I was watching this. I'm glad I stuck with it. The craftsmanship is amazing!! You definitely have a new subscriber!
Great! I have another thing like this to release later in the year, but check some of my older vids until then. I have hundreds of vids, another channel, and much hidden content. Thanks ;)
I have thoroughly enjoyed the videos of yours I have watched. I just started watching tonight while on a random video spree! I find it so interesting that to solve a problem, instead of just looking for a pre-made solution, you make it yourself or try to puzzle it out. I'm not such a logic based person, and for the first time in my entire life I feel like perhaps logic and the way I go about solving problems are both equally valid ways for the mind to function. It seems like in your free time and for fun you create and solve puzzles or fix problems you are facing by making an actual physical thing. I always make stories or music in my free time and it's interesting to see what someone else does with theirs. I don't know. I'm sure your videos aren't meant to give someone a look into your entire psyche, but I feel like we have such different ways of thinking and it's really refreshing to see how someone goes about finding solutions to various problems and seeing what someone finds interesting to do for fun. Also, since I have no luck with hands on sort of work, seeing you use the power tools so precisely to make such interesting puzzles or gadgets is very impressive to me. That's all. I'm probably just overthinking everything right now as it is two in the morning, but I just wanted to let you know how great and different your videos are.
Fawksthephoenix1 Glad you found some of these useful to watch! It is especially nice to know that I am getting people to question the way that they approach problems. I try to never solve the same problem the same way twice; it seems to me that the more solutions I have come to understand, the better chance I stand against a new problem ;)
A video not like any other i have seen.... i don't have the idea i'm looking at a "how to make it" video... but at a "stop motion" video. I like! :D You.... are.... awesome!
So inspired by this video I had to make one! (two actually)! Your fixturing was easy to use & make. The only thing I did differently was to cut the 20 degree angle into a wood strip and then use it as a stop surface to slide pieces against with saw blade in the "fence". Made angle cuts VERY consistent. THANKS AGAIN!
I know this will seem unrelated to puzzle building. But because of the math you have shown I can now figure out how to make a planter for the wife. Larger scale but same math. Just wanted to say thanks. you make it look easy.
John Heisz stole my word! I wanted to say 'captivating'. That's ruined my whole day now. There must be some sort of Nobel Prize for this. Best Wishes, Brendan.
Great video! Your safety violation was quite alright with me, as you were not using my fingers as a push stick! You do great work with both your projects and your videos, I'm going to use that drinking straw glue scraper trick tomorrow. Thanks.
This reminds me of video game development. You have to build a bunch of handy tools before you can effectively make the real, fun stuff! :D Pretty relaxing and entertaining video. Thanks for sharing...2 years ago :P
Hello Pocket83. Just finished making all the parts, waiting for elastics. Your jig ideas are great, my only problem was the chop saw jig because I used 1/2 inch birch ply, instead of soft wood, I had major blow out. I think I'll try using a jig on the band saw next time. This was a great learning project, and I love your videos.
Did you have a zero-clearance setup? A jig like this assumes that the part can't go behind the blade after it is free. Also, a new blade is preferred, and go slow. And even more insurance: you could make a second "finger" that holds the piece to the back fence. A bandsaw will work for you, but it won't be as pretty. Good luck.
I love the flip cut technique! SAFETY ALERT, not a worry, due to the blade angle going out. Very little risk of pull back, and the fingers are far enough away. An experienced person would have no issues. An inexperienced one may be missing digits. Oh well, how else are they gunna learn?
If this is your design then my hat off to you! I love woodworking (or any form of creative tinkering) and I love geometry and I might just steal this design from you because it is fantastic!!! Just some wood, glue and rubber bands! :)
Thanks! Of course, the truncated icosahedron has been around forever. But the hex/pente tubes held by rubber-band tension design was mine. I thought about this for quite a long time, so I do count it as my invention. It's still not "mine" to keep, which is why I put it here; use it as you like, and I would just appreciate the mention when you pass the idea around.
The origins of the icosahedron is a lot older than both you and me together so that I can't give you credit for - obviously (:p ) - but the design with rubber bands I will because I really liked your design! If you have more design ideas for geometrical shapes and forms then you've just got another subscriber!!!
Thanks pocket83 for recommending and watching this, very satisfying, I hope that one day I will have all the right equipment to start learning wood work. I really enjoy watching and reading about it but just need to start investing in some proper tools. If you have any recommendations on where I can start, please let me know. Thank you again for a great video, your craftsman ship is very good! Not sure why there are so many haters leaving stupid comments on your video, I'd block them and delete them LOL! My theory is if you don't like someone that someone is doing simply don't watch it. I will keep watching your videos though as I feel I will gain some knowledge from them.
When I made a pentagonal frame for the office chair I built, I used 540 degrees as the cumulative angle measurement because all the angles were obtuse and I just couldn't fit 5 sides into 360 degrees. What did I do wrong?
Daniel Pottenburgh I think I need more details to understand the problem. Be aware that a saw cuts at 90° when it is set to 0°. This causes angles to appear to have strange readings from a protractor/angle finder at times. I went over this in the 3D wooden star video, but give me more info if you want me to try and help.
Neat idea on the glue holder. Traditionally, I torture myself waiting for half empty bottle of glue to reach the tip. Not any more! After watching this, I wonder if there a niche market for high quality wooden molecule modeling kits? One could use hidden embedded neodymium magnets at the atomic bond locations. There is another guy who makes high end wooden cabinets for custom chemistry sets and can't make them fast enough. Woodworking is very therapeutic, especially when you have all ten fingers.
You know, that has been suggested to me before, on a different project. Outside of organic chemistry, this model would have little value, because the only structure that it can demonstrate easily is the "bucky-ball" molecule. But the tetrahedral puzzle video I did awhile ago could very easily be adapted to suit such a purpose, so long as the bond angles were correctly determined, and the correct jigs were applied to construction. Here is a link to the puzzle I'm referring to: ruclips.net/video/Q4CnL7VdR8o/видео.html Anyhow, thanks. And I do think that you are correct; there is a market for such things, but I have little interest in production. Or having customers. Especially with my short attention span and lousy people skills ;)
I haven't seen next video but number of bands is easy because the number of pentagon's is 12 and I noticed that no rubber bands went through pentagons so that means a side of a pentagon's is connected to another side of a different pentagon's through 2(I noticed) hexagons if there's 12 pentagon's and 5 sides on each which is 60 and a side is connected to another side (÷2) there were 30 rubber bands
This is sooo cool! I wonder if i could make this whole thing on a band saw or scroll saw. All my other machinery is in various states of ...well in pieces atm. Nice finger close-up action there. :))
Your "safety infraction!" is really amusing even though I'm terrified of injuring myself with tools like that. Hasn't kept me from cutting a fair amount of hard brick with a wet saw. I don goggles, ear protection and a respirator, and good gripping gloves. I think in general I've been pretty good at not being stupid. XD Anyway, been really enjoying your videos this evening and this one is especially awesome. :)
When ripping the boards at 1:16 why are some ran straight through and others are cut twice by flipping them? PS; The precision work was really impressive. Thanks
fdc313 It doesn't matter. If I'm moving quickly, it's whichever method I am comfortable with at the moment. If you lack experience, stick to either one or the other to avoid becoming confused.
fdc313 Not that I have experience with wood cutting but I would recommend you flipping it if you want to work more safely as you don't even get near to the saw blade.
Hoch134 Only if you're using a 7.25" blade; this technique is easy to control with the smaller blade. That's why so many people here are angry about it being dangerous- those people are mostly likely only experienced with using a ten-inch blade (or larger). Larger blades expose more surface area for a cut of the same thickness, which can provide significantly more leverage for "kickback," and other types of (undesirable) binding conditions. They are just less forgiving. In my opinion, a 7.25" should come in a saw out of the box: Then there would be less need for over-the-top safety measures.
pocket83 I guess you're right, but most people (especially non-professionals) saw a lot of wood with different thicknesses. I think, that's why the industry tries to sell bigger blades as people would buy the the saw with the biggest blade anyways, fearing that a smaller one wouldn't do their work properly. My thought on this was, that there is still a part of the blade standing out - even a small cut would be preventable with flipping the blade over, or am I wrong here?
Hoch134 I'm not exactly sure what you are getting at, but in an a nutshell, this is my advice: use the flip technique on long stuff (for example, 2x4). Like you said, then you don't have to get your fingers anywhere near it.
Thanks! I was pretty sure that you'd like this one. You gotta make one- it's pretty fun to fidget with. I should be releasing the assembly video Friday or Saturday, but it will be a spoiler.
pocket83 2 hexagons between each pair of pentagons. I think I'd be able to assemble it. It sure does look awesome though. I know it's a 'soccer ball' but, is this your own design? The way you made it is very clever.
Steve French It started off as kind of a gag (just holding a dome together with bands), but I kept thinking of ways to make improvements. I've created other dome concepts in the past, so it wasn't much of a leap. There are other similar things out there, I'm sure, but the cuts/rubber-band concept was entirely mine. I'm particularly proud of the way I routed the bands ;) The whole idea came about from my search to find a construction method that was adjustable for domes of various frequency (the amount of struts it has). Connect the centers of the hex and pent shapes to their vertices, and it generates triangles. The more triangles, the closer approximation to spherical. The intention was to be able to make this thing even bigger. Anyhow, the "building block medley" was a vestige of the pursuit; the tinker-toy hubs were created to build a PEX geodesic tent-fort for my niece and nephew.
30 rubber bands I believe. Very cool project, looks amazing from the picture! You always make really neat stuff, wish I had a table-saw of that quality heh.
The labor of jigs and time you put into this video is appreciated. Thanks for sharing it with us!
Of course! Thanks Peter. I think the jigs save time in the long run. I made two of these puzzles, so lots of repetition. And that miter saw thing @ 6:16 was sweet. I still can't think of a better way to cut those things;)
I'm sixteen years old, I'm from Australia, and I think you are one of the most fantastic content producers I've ever witnessed. The ingenuity that you show will never cease to amaze me. You have fans down here in Australia too, pocket83.
Captivating! Awesomely awesome results for the project and the video had certain elements that were quite engaging and vaguely familiar!
Hehe. The 'pusher' _should_ be vaguely familiar. I'd recommend that push-stick to anyone. Thanks John.
ruclips.net/video/LW8PUsaRSPY/видео.html
Yo wazzup pocket83
pocket83
i solved you code in other video
Heard the phrase red herring before but never took the time to look into it. Learned something new today. The video was amazing
Absolutely brilliant. That has taken lots of patience, dedication and attention to detail, and its a work of art. Well done!
I like your videos and they show much individuality and genius. As [professional wood workers it is important to demonstrate safety and the importance of keeping it a constant practice in our shop. When I am asked about safety I sometimes respond that using power tools is like juggling, "beginners juggle tennis balls, professionals juggle chain saws". However this is definitely not an excuse to be careless. Keep up the good work and all of your fingers!!!!
Thank you Pocket83 for a very nice and instructive video. I could follow most of the reasons for your calculations - I used to be a mechanical and chemical engineer, but your expertise in woodworking absolutely floored me. Figuring out on paper is 10 percent of this job - doing it with skill and precision is what really counts !!! That squishing the final product was uncalled for, and is a downer. But, your wood working skills are incomparable. Salute. Maybe, you should talk, once in a while - that would really help .... or else a lot of subtitles.
All of your woodworking and handy talents (which are no doubt impressive) aside, you are a wonderful filmmaker. I love the style. Great work!
I don't know what impresses me more, the finished work or the jigs you make along the way. Superb stuff
Awesome video! I liked the on paper instructions rather than narration, that was well suited to the technical details. Really nice camera angles as well. Easy subscription from me.
Thanks! I appreciate you taking the time to stop by- I have enjoyed much of your content.
Just wanted to say thanks for your videos. Just found this channel and I love your show, don't tell approach. Found some great ideas already. You've got a pretty cool woodworking with a mathematical bent kind of thing going on. And your sense of humor in the videos/comments is just icing on the cake.
Keep up the good work.
About half way through I was wondering why the hell I was watching this. I'm glad I stuck with it. The craftsmanship is amazing!! You definitely have a new subscriber!
I had 0 interest in timber work but this entire video just mesmerised me. Keep this stuff up! You've earnt a sub.
Great! I have another thing like this to release later in the year, but check some of my older vids until then. I have hundreds of vids, another channel, and much hidden content. Thanks ;)
outstanding jig for the miter saw. hell of a job
i find myself really late at night mesmerized and calmed down by these videos, this is like therapy xD
I have thoroughly enjoyed the videos of yours I have watched. I just started watching tonight while on a random video spree! I find it so interesting that to solve a problem, instead of just looking for a pre-made solution, you make it yourself or try to puzzle it out. I'm not such a logic based person, and for the first time in my entire life I feel like perhaps logic and the way I go about solving problems are both equally valid ways for the mind to function. It seems like in your free time and for fun you create and solve puzzles or fix problems you are facing by making an actual physical thing. I always make stories or music in my free time and it's interesting to see what someone else does with theirs. I don't know. I'm sure your videos aren't meant to give someone a look into your entire psyche, but I feel like we have such different ways of thinking and it's really refreshing to see how someone goes about finding solutions to various problems and seeing what someone finds interesting to do for fun. Also, since I have no luck with hands on sort of work, seeing you use the power tools so precisely to make such interesting puzzles or gadgets is very impressive to me. That's all. I'm probably just overthinking everything right now as it is two in the morning, but I just wanted to let you know how great and different your videos are.
Fawksthephoenix1 Glad you found some of these useful to watch! It is especially nice to know that I am getting people to question the way that they approach problems. I try to never solve the same problem the same way twice; it seems to me that the more solutions I have come to understand, the better chance I stand against a new problem ;)
A video not like any other i have seen.... i don't have the idea i'm looking at a "how to make it" video... but at a "stop motion" video. I like! :D You.... are.... awesome!
That is very cool! I'm amazed at how many uses you are finding for rubber bands!! Definitely going to try making this myself. Thanks!
Dang man, this was one of your most thrilling projects yet. It killed me to see you squish it.
So many great little tips, loved the miter saw jig!
So inspired by this video I had to make one! (two actually)! Your fixturing was easy to use & make. The only thing I did differently was to cut the 20 degree angle into a wood strip and then use it as a stop surface to slide pieces against with saw blade in the "fence". Made angle cuts VERY consistent. THANKS AGAIN!
Nicely done! Thanks for letting me know. It's also nice to hear that the jigs weren't too tough to make. I hope it was satisfying to assemble!
After building a tetrahedron last year I wanted to make one of these. Now I know how. Thx. Will be trying this out in the near future
your videos are getting better and better
Your work is amazing. I was on my toes the entire video, just watching in complete awe. The way you work is sublime.
Loved it man.
Why do people dislike this? He did some hard work!!!!!
I love the creative jigs you made for this - terrific video!
Amazing. I've never seen 30 rubber bands put to such an impressive purpose.
Very interessting construction you have there! Continue doing these videos! It's really appreciated!
Genius. Looks great, like the jigs. The straw for making glue fillets was a good idea too, I will use that sometime.
I'll bet you're one hell of a carpenter.
I know this will seem unrelated to puzzle building. But because of the math you have shown I can now figure out how to make a planter for the wife. Larger scale but same math. Just wanted to say thanks. you make it look easy.
I love to see woodworking with brains. :)
John Heisz stole my word! I wanted to say 'captivating'. That's ruined my whole day now. There must be some sort of Nobel Prize for this.
Best Wishes, Brendan.
Thank you for putting so much effort into your videos, they're fascinating.
that was very calming to watch. thx.
Glad you enjoyed ;)
Love the use of that straw! Gonna have to try that, great video!
I love those videos ....so calm, relaxing, instructing and profesionals
Very nice! Fascinating, ...I'm going to make a few of these to sell in my shop...we'll see how that goes. Love your siren alert!
Great video! Your safety violation was quite alright with me, as you were not using my fingers as a push stick! You do great work with both your projects and your videos, I'm going to use that drinking straw glue scraper trick tomorrow. Thanks.
I loved watching this. Now back to what I was supposed to be doing.
This reminds me of video game development. You have to build a bunch of handy tools before you can effectively make the real, fun stuff! :D
Pretty relaxing and entertaining video. Thanks for sharing...2 years ago :P
Really cool! I'm going to try building one. Thanks for sharing.
Hello Pocket83. Just finished making all the parts, waiting for elastics. Your jig ideas are great, my only problem was the chop saw jig because I used 1/2 inch birch ply, instead of soft wood, I had major blow out. I think I'll try using a jig on the band saw next time. This was a great learning project, and I love your videos.
Did you have a zero-clearance setup? A jig like this assumes that the part can't go behind the blade after it is free. Also, a new blade is preferred, and go slow. And even more insurance: you could make a second "finger" that holds the piece to the back fence. A bandsaw will work for you, but it won't be as pretty. Good luck.
Yuuuus! The last shot was so satisfying.
Congratulations for the love that you put on your work, it's beautiful and spiring!
Truly a work of art! :)
Thank you.
All I can say is wow!
Red Spaniard That's one of the nicest things you could say. Thanks!
+pocket83 here you asked for it comment o_O
All I can say is "Shamwow!"
Everything you do is so efficient and precise and it makes me feel safe hahahaha
That safety infraction tho. Here's a comment.
yea, oommgg why does he do this??? that is how you get finger cancer!!!!!
its not funny he does it for money
I love the flip cut technique! SAFETY ALERT, not a worry, due to the blade angle going out. Very little risk of pull back, and the fingers are far enough away. An experienced person would have no issues. An inexperienced one may be missing digits. Oh well, how else are they gunna learn?
I like how you appear to have made a lot of your own accessories for equipment
i just love that you make your tools too!
even just looking at you cutting wood is fun :-)
If this is your design then my hat off to you! I love woodworking (or any form of creative tinkering) and I love geometry and I might just steal this design from you because it is fantastic!!! Just some wood, glue and rubber bands! :)
Thanks! Of course, the truncated icosahedron has been around forever. But the hex/pente tubes held by rubber-band tension design was mine. I thought about this for quite a long time, so I do count it as my invention. It's still not "mine" to keep, which is why I put it here; use it as you like, and I would just appreciate the mention when you pass the idea around.
The origins of the icosahedron is a lot older than both you and me together so that I can't give you credit for - obviously (:p ) - but the design with rubber bands I will because I really liked your design! If you have more design ideas for geometrical shapes and forms then you've just got another subscriber!!!
Mighty impressive piece of work, there.
Also, listen to this while watching: ruclips.net/video/tKi9Z-f6qX4/видео.html
Coolest thing I've ever seen in my life!
Thanks pocket83 for recommending and watching this, very satisfying, I hope that one day I will have all the right equipment to start learning wood work. I really enjoy watching and reading about it but just need to start investing in some proper tools. If you have any recommendations on where I can start, please let me know. Thank you again for a great video, your craftsman ship is very good! Not sure why there are so many haters leaving stupid comments on your video, I'd block them and delete them LOL! My theory is if you don't like someone that someone is doing simply don't watch it. I will keep watching your videos though as I feel I will gain some knowledge from them.
Wow. That had me completely captivated. That was great.
so like.. when you taped the pieces together before gluing them.. I definitely thought of a Kit Kat
Really loved this video.
Seeing how its done it's inspiring.
Work of art.
Sad to see it get squashed at the end.
But great stuff !
holy crap this is cool. totally plan on building one of these at some point, if i ever gain the discipline...
Another very nice video. I like how you sneak in good shop tips too.
At about 3 minutes plus I LOL. Good stuff
beautiful craftsmanship, much respect
Wow such an amazing piece! It would be amazing to make one, if only i had the equipment. Thanks for the amazing video!
Very cool design! I don't have access to woodworking equipment so I made 3D printable version based (roughly) on your specs.
Dang that must of taken you a long time. Nice work!
Captivating to watch with great (and humorous) cinematography. :)
This is really, really nice in the end! I'd make one myself, had I the resources.
Wow, this is stunning :) I love the theme of woodworking and maths. And amazing "jigmanship" too!
Almost gave me a cardiac arrest when I saw you breaking it at the end. Great work, I mean, before breaking it!
When I made a pentagonal frame for the office chair I built, I used 540 degrees as the cumulative angle measurement because all the angles were obtuse and I just couldn't fit 5 sides into 360 degrees. What did I do wrong?
Daniel Pottenburgh I think I need more details to understand the problem. Be aware that a saw cuts at 90° when it is set to 0°. This causes angles to appear to have strange readings from a protractor/angle finder at times. I went over this in the 3D wooden star video, but give me more info if you want me to try and help.
Not just interesting but absolutely interesting!
Love it!
Not just interesting, but absolutely not interesting. It's okay
i do kinda enjoy watching this kind of video as i love watching The New Yankee Workshop
At 4:15 were you using a piece of broccoli?
Ferrous Devree XD
+Ferrous Devree I didnt watched that until i read your comment XD
You can see it partly in the video at around that time. Not enough to tell you what it is, but enough to be sure it isn't broccoli
+theminerofskulls it is a broccoli colored cloth
What you do is awesome, you are an inspiration for me!
Neat idea on the glue holder. Traditionally, I torture myself waiting for half empty bottle of glue to reach the tip. Not any more! After watching this, I wonder if there a niche market for high quality wooden molecule modeling kits? One could use hidden embedded neodymium magnets at the atomic bond locations. There is another guy who makes high end wooden cabinets for custom chemistry sets and can't make them fast enough. Woodworking is very therapeutic, especially when you have all ten fingers.
You know, that has been suggested to me before, on a different project. Outside of organic chemistry, this model would have little value, because the only structure that it can demonstrate easily is the "bucky-ball" molecule. But the tetrahedral puzzle video I did awhile ago could very easily be adapted to suit such a purpose, so long as the bond angles were correctly determined, and the correct jigs were applied to construction. Here is a link to the puzzle I'm referring to:
ruclips.net/video/Q4CnL7VdR8o/видео.html
Anyhow, thanks. And I do think that you are correct; there is a market for such things, but I have little interest in production. Or having customers. Especially with my short attention span and lousy people skills ;)
damn.. i can watch you work all day long
5 * n_pentagons / 2 = 30. Assuming the pattern continues where no pentagon has rubber bands through it. I'm liking the "rubber band phase"!
I find this video to be very informative, thank you for sharing your work.
I haven't seen next video but number of bands is easy because the number of pentagon's is 12 and I noticed that no rubber bands went through pentagons so that means a side of a pentagon's is connected to another side of a different pentagon's through 2(I noticed) hexagons if there's 12 pentagon's and 5 sides on each which is 60 and a side is connected to another side (÷2) there were 30 rubber bands
I like the straw trick to scoop up excess glue in hard-to-reach areas. I will remember that.
You have real talent
Wow, just wow. That was an awesome video! Great job!
Some day with some patience I'm sure I'm gona build this Thanks for sharing
Very satisfying, brilliant video.
This is sooo cool! I wonder if i could make this whole thing on a band saw or scroll saw. All my other machinery is in various states of ...well in pieces atm.
Nice finger close-up action there. :))
Outstanding building skills, attention to detail and gorgeous video editing. 5*!
Your "safety infraction!" is really amusing even though I'm terrified of injuring myself with tools like that. Hasn't kept me from cutting a fair amount of hard brick with a wet saw. I don goggles, ear protection and a respirator, and good gripping gloves. I think in general I've been pretty good at not being stupid. XD Anyway, been really enjoying your videos this evening and this one is especially awesome. :)
Entertaining as usual!!! And great Editing BTW. Keep up the works!
That quite cool. But where you not tempted to try launch it from the slingshot stool?
pocket83 I am subscribing I was looking to build my own puzzles but I couldn't find any tutorials until your chanel
Nice clean work as always. neat work!
When ripping the boards at 1:16 why are some ran straight through and others are cut twice by flipping them?
PS; The precision work was really impressive. Thanks
fdc313 It doesn't matter. If I'm moving quickly, it's whichever method I am comfortable with at the moment. If you lack experience, stick to either one or the other to avoid becoming confused.
fdc313 Not that I have experience with wood cutting but I would recommend you flipping it if you want to work more safely as you don't even get near to the saw blade.
Hoch134 Only if you're using a 7.25" blade; this technique is easy to control with the smaller blade. That's why so many people here are angry about it being dangerous- those people are mostly likely only experienced with using a ten-inch blade (or larger). Larger blades expose more surface area for a cut of the same thickness, which can provide significantly more leverage for "kickback," and other types of (undesirable) binding conditions. They are just less forgiving. In my opinion, a 7.25" should come in a saw out of the box: Then there would be less need for over-the-top safety measures.
pocket83 I guess you're right, but most people (especially non-professionals) saw a lot of wood with different thicknesses. I think, that's why the industry tries to sell bigger blades as people would buy the the saw with the biggest blade anyways, fearing that a smaller one wouldn't do their work properly.
My thought on this was, that there is still a part of the blade standing out - even a small cut would be preventable with flipping the blade over, or am I wrong here?
Hoch134 I'm not exactly sure what you are getting at, but in an a nutshell, this is my advice: use the flip technique on long stuff (for example, 2x4). Like you said, then you don't have to get your fingers anywhere near it.
Brilliant, Sir! Brilliant! Awesome project and video. My kind of awesome!
Thanks! I was pretty sure that you'd like this one. You gotta make one- it's pretty fun to fidget with. I should be releasing the assembly video Friday or Saturday, but it will be a spoiler.
pocket83 2 hexagons between each pair of pentagons. I think I'd be able to assemble it. It sure does look awesome though. I know it's a 'soccer ball' but, is this your own design? The way you made it is very clever.
Steve French It started off as kind of a gag (just holding a dome together with bands), but I kept thinking of ways to make improvements. I've created other dome concepts in the past, so it wasn't much of a leap. There are other similar things out there, I'm sure, but the cuts/rubber-band concept was entirely mine. I'm particularly proud of the way I routed the bands ;)
The whole idea came about from my search to find a construction method that was adjustable for domes of various frequency (the amount of struts it has). Connect the centers of the hex and pent shapes to their vertices, and it generates triangles. The more triangles, the closer approximation to spherical. The intention was to be able to make this thing even bigger.
Anyhow, the "building block medley" was a vestige of the pursuit; the tinker-toy hubs were created to build a PEX geodesic tent-fort for my niece and nephew.
Any ideas on how to make the slots without a table saw
WONDERFUL, YOUR WORK IS PRECIOUS, THANKS.
Am guessing around 42 rubber bands were used, very nice video and awesome sphere.
Great! My son loved it! Wonderfull!
Maravilhoso! Excelente artista! Saudações do Brasil!!!
30 rubber bands I believe. Very cool project, looks amazing from the picture! You always make really neat stuff, wish I had a table-saw of that quality heh.
Thanks. Try making one! It's strangely satisfying to put together.
pocket83 Reading this reply, my initial thought was that you're asking him to try and make a table saw, lol.
Why is no one else blown away by that trick with the protractor at 4:44?
+Starstriple Well, that explains it... I didn't get along with High School
No..Thats kinda the point of the hole. Well, its not the intended use but a lot of people use it for that
I do that a lot
Great videography and editing!