Here are some more fantastic examples from other people who made these! *In Aluminum, (by Jeremy Schmidt): ua-cam.com/video/2Ph96__EsVY/v-deo.html *In _Lego,_ (by Byron Schmidt) ua-cam.com/video/bVubVTE_WHQ/v-deo.html *In Aluminum, (by Dan Serviss): ua-cam.com/video/LTMcC-EP98A/v-deo.html
Am I the only one that finds Pocket's editing skills getting better?... I mean the play with depth and mirrors... the circular saw popping up (I could hear the poor walnut screaming in fear)... EXCELLENT... Thanks Pocket... looking forward!!!
...& done, thank you, it was a challenge, took over 5 hrs but I didnt use the transfers, I graphed 7x7 squares on each side [of the cube] and colored in the smiley faces in each color, so when I drilled and cut away I still knew which side was which,, this came in very handy at the final stages when the bricks need to be cut to an L for the lightening strike.. bit.. If anyone uses the transfers, color them in, do all sides, it will be worth it when you're close to completion, and to Jeremy, thank you for the aluminium block improvisation tutorial, it helped viewing your cuts with the hacksaw rather than the table saw at times.. all round, Im thrilled with how it's turned out, i'm not a trades person, carpenter nor any skilled wood-worker, this project is for everyone, do not get scared when you're at the final stage, I had to make x3 cuts (leaps) of faith and the piece of art revealed itself.. poetry.. thank you Pocket.. just thank you. :) - Julio
Thank you, that last few cuts and the knuckles revealed the diamond in the rough & brought on a smile like I was just dealt the Ace I needed to go all in.. I was forced to draw the squares as I couldn't print out perfect sized templates for the cube of wood I'd sourced, Jeremys vid of drawing the faces with colored lines inspired me to do same on the cube.. it didnt come out the prettiest as I used a dremel workstation and a hand saw... but it's complete, solid, and now to build one to put on display in the house.. many times during the project I wondered how in hell you figured it out.. it made me realise I had simple task compared to what mental suffering you must have gone through.. :D It's something for life, and will be a wonderful conversation piece, my thanks cannot be expressed in txt enough.. I cant stop looking at it.. :) Thank you Pocket.. - Julio.
i appreciate the use of a coping saw in the task of an elegant tool, as the difference between types of saws becomes significantly clearer to me and the intricate nature of the task at hand demanded the usage of a much finer and more precise tool than something such as a hacksaw or a multi-tool
If I hadn’t become a professional musician, I would have loved to further explore my appreciation for woodworking. I can really appreciate the artistry and finesse with which you work your craft, especially with the micrometer. Wow! Thanks for sharing!
I have another geometric form to release that will be _much_ simpler to build! I promise! Expect that in a few weeks, after some other diversions. In the meantime, have a great weekend ;)
Inspiring video. I immediately cut about 20cm of thin steel gardening wire, formed a trefoil and distorted it into something like the shape you show. As you suggest, the shape is hard to visualise and a 3d prototype is vital, for me anyway... The shapes are topologically equivalent. For anyone who doesn't know how to make a trefoil: take a piece of string and form the outline of a three-leaf clover following the rule that as you trace along the string the overlaps alternate over, under, over.... you get a single loop that can't be disentangled in 3 dimensional space. I believe it can be in 4 or 5 dimensions. .. I love celtic knots!
It's been said by a few people now, (in fact I've probably said it myself) but this is my favourite channel. I've even recommended it to people with no interest in woodwork.
Thank you! It's really not hard. Just pick a complicated shape, and then stare at it for a week. Then the answers will just come to you! The problems start when you want to _stop_ thinking about the shape.
A GREAT job. You were very good at explaining the process. Probably FAR over MY head but will surely try it thanks to your ability to simplify. Thank you for sharing.
i love the way that in your videos you have a small mirror set up that almost shows your face or it does but its massively out of focus or just off to the side you have a framed photo of mathias wendal thank you for putting small cool things like that in your videos it just adds something to them i dont really know how to explain it
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I've carved a ball in a box, which was fairly easy to visualize as I was working on it; just get rid of anything that's not the ball or the box. This is a great challenge, thanks.
You made a wood mobius-like strip, and at first, I couldnt tell how the heck it was standing up, then it finally hit me. Very cool, btw love the guinea pig!
It certainly created wonder for me. This is a wonderful demonstration and your thought process and skills are very impressive. The final piece is beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
I like the sound effects when it's in fast forward *like a little chipmunk* to me, it represents the sound of my "time not wasted"; Thank you for that :-)
Fun fact: your cube had a maximum side deviation from an ideal cube of less than 1% (0.1141% in the side with maximum deviation). Impressive indeed. I thought wood working couldn't achieve such numbers. AND YOU DESTROYED IT!!!!
I didn't stop there. Off camera I continued to reduce that error by at least one half (I didn't expect anyone to pay attention beyond three significant figures, congrats). The bulk of the error in this procedure comes from the drill press. Watch it flex in the 4X shots. That's why I kept rotating as I drilled. As for cube perfection, I've filmed a video on the subject, but it is very metaphorical in nature, so I don't know about releasing it. I'm debating.
I appreciate that! Not to sound pretentious, but I really put thought into visual appeal. The shiny bowl, the colored pencils- it's all staged. The design is found more in the video than in the object; the trefoil knot is just our MacGuffin. It's a golden carrot that we chase to show that we can make anything we want.
This video was interesting and I watched the whole thing. Once when I was in scouts, I thought by myself of the idea of making a closed trefoil knot out of one piece of wood and was planning to get my knife permit so that I could make one but I never got it before I finished scouts a long time ago and never made one. I later saw a suggestion to this video showing that somebody else independently thought of the same idea and that's why I watched it. I was going to make a more round trefoil knot. I'm still allowed to use a knife in the restaurant where I work despite the fact that I didn't get a knife permit in scouts but hopefully no restaurant told somebody to cut wood with a knife who didn't get a knife permit in scouts when the restaurant didn't provide their own training either because wood offers a lot of resistance to the movement of a knife and a lot of people can't figure out on their own how to use a knife properly.
I think the beauty in this is its rigid single piece. I think the real "puzzle" is admiring how it was made. (Like the classic nail in a block puzzle) The loose puzzle versions would just seem "put together".
I’m feeling priviledged to watch such a great craftmanship and expertise at play, and so much dedication put to what you do. I enjoy things getting done well, really well. Most of the time with such a high level of expectation, that I get disappointed. But this time I was not disappointed. Cheers !
Very good use of that vibrating saw/sander. I also noticed you left the inside corners radiused instead of squaring them up - that would greatly increase the strength, or at least decrease the chance of splitting/breaking at an inside corner. Good job, and a nice bonus tip at the end.
Such a very intricate process, and such a cool outcome. I would definitely mess this up so many times if I even had the tools to make it, but I still enjoyed watching how you did it.
You were having fun with your camera work. I almost expected to have the camera rotating around the trefoil rather than the trefoil rotating towards the end there.
Say... I just realized this is my favorite channel. If it were a tall, black-haired wadge from Aerosmiths' Angel video I couldn't wish to travel it any more...
Thanks John;) I held off getting one for a long time, but it turned out to be way better than I'd guessed. It's like 15$ at Harbor Crap. I HIGHLY recommend the sanding function/trick.
You need a jig to hold the oscillating tool at any given angle so that you can advance the piece to be cut. Think along the lines of a drill press with a fixed mount to hold the piece to be trimmed/cut as you advance the tool into the piece. Dont' know if you can contact me. But, with the measurements of the tool, I could design a jig for you to 3D print. Might do one for myself! Excellent use of the oscillating tool!
I Appreciate the time and effort you put into making these videos! Your style and art's so relaxing. Wish I could have an ounce of your creativity and patience. Thanks again!
Great vid! Loved the multi-tool as sander hack. Just one suggestion to reduce the chance of making a wrong cut: as each final surface is exposed, mark it all over with white chalk or poster paint. Something that's easy to clean off later.
I always wonder where do you get these different ideas for your projects. Is there something that inspires you to come up with these things ? Always enjoy these kind of videos.
#1 is books. Often old ones. "New" ideas are mostly just re-branded as such after having their core procedures stolen from our much more innovative predecessors. Today, for example, in between comment replies, I'm reading an old math text (that was designed for liberal arts majors) in preparation for a new video. I could wiki instead, but then I miss those gems of personal insight that come only from a person with a sincere desire to promote a cherished concept. Bits of curious trivia- where we look so close it borders the obsessive- are what interest me. Source #2 is my unnatural obsession with geometry; I seriously dream in triangles. Anywho, the featured process was my own invention, as far as I can know. But old ideas still give us wonderful fuel for different ones, and it is to our shame to not utilize those sources. I sincerely take your comment as a compliment ;)
You weren't kidding in your other video that you had a LOT of time invested into this project. Putting the dots on the three adjacent sides definitely helped me understand there relationship to each other. Also I wonder if a mortising machine would work?
I think I was just about to start the saw cutting when I filmed that. You can probably imagine why I wanted to get away from it for a bit at that point. This video was difficult. It looks so easy now, in retrospect.
Hey Pocket, very cool project! Most of the time I can take something away from your video's even if it's a project I don't plan on replicating myself. This time it was spray adhesive sandpaper to your multitool at 15:35. That's just a plain stroke of genius if you ask me! I use the sanding triangle on mine often enough, but using either a scraper attachment or an old blade with sandpaper glued on gives this often times overlooked tool even more versatility!
Great overview. I'm about as thick as a wool blanket on the Berlin Wall, but I understood it. The rounded inside corners and the hard outside corners were an interesting choice.
Well done- years ago i made a length of chain out of a 16" diameter log with a chainsaw. I guess you know what i be thinking. It would not have to pretty just in one piece. All i need is a 4 foot cube of wood. ha --- Pete
When you began peeling off that template, at first I was like "WTF are you doing? Stahp!" And then you just peeled a layer on top of that and I was like "I feel stupid now"
Fascinating. You know, you are a very creative person. I've binge watched a lot of your videos now, on this and on your other channel, and I'm really curious about you - how old you are, what is your profession, etc... stuff you probably won't share. Not trying to seem creepy, I'd just be interested to know what kind of background and life-stage results in a person like you, for whom math, science, art, philosophy, craftsmanship, and technology all blend together in a smooth continuum. I fancy myself of the same mind, but I probably have a lot less to show for it. Anyways, keep up the good work.
I wonder if you've ever explored the nifty things you can make using tessellation? It seems like the kind of thing you could have a bit of fun with, perhaps finding a strangely irregular but versatile shape! Nice video, enjoyed the way you used the grids to visualise it. Next time it might be nice to see different shades on the squares that are at different levels away from the eye, just a thought :) can't wait for the next one!
Here are some more fantastic examples from other people who made these!
*In Aluminum, (by Jeremy Schmidt):
ua-cam.com/video/2Ph96__EsVY/v-deo.html
*In _Lego,_ (by Byron Schmidt)
ua-cam.com/video/bVubVTE_WHQ/v-deo.html
*In Aluminum, (by Dan Serviss):
ua-cam.com/video/LTMcC-EP98A/v-deo.html
i also made one, outta plastic ;D
There are drills that makes square holes.
Using one of those will speed up the manufacturing process..... i think :p
pocket83 munjose redondo y sus mquetas
Love the video man I loved making this and my girlfriend love it for her birthday present.
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this is my favorite channel...
this is my favorite channel...
this is my favorite channel...
I don't even know if he thought of it as a joke or he's serious about it xD
Yes I know, but what I don't know is if he is being serious about it.
Your unusually dull. Wish I could have your skills though!
Ashton Grist Writing English is a skill too.
you're unusually bad at having good grammar
Stunning. Best craftsmanship I've seen in a long time.
Wow. Thank you! You might even say that this one is _extra fancy._
This is my favorite channel.
Am I the only one that finds Pocket's editing skills getting better?... I mean the play with depth and mirrors... the circular saw popping up (I could hear the poor walnut screaming in fear)... EXCELLENT... Thanks Pocket... looking forward!!!
I don't know why, but suddenly this is my favorite channel.
...& done, thank you, it was a challenge, took over 5 hrs but I didnt use the transfers, I graphed 7x7 squares on each side [of the cube] and colored in the smiley faces in each color, so when I drilled and cut away I still knew which side was which,, this came in very handy at the final stages when the bricks need to be cut to an L for the lightening strike.. bit..
If anyone uses the transfers, color them in, do all sides, it will be worth it when you're close to completion, and to Jeremy, thank you for the aluminium block improvisation tutorial, it helped viewing your cuts with the hacksaw rather than the table saw at times.. all round, Im thrilled with how it's turned out, i'm not a trades person, carpenter nor any skilled wood-worker, this project is for everyone, do not get scared when you're at the final stage, I had to make x3 cuts (leaps) of faith and the piece of art revealed itself..
poetry.. thank you Pocket.. just thank you. :)
- Julio
Congratulations! It feels like pure relief to complete it, doesn't it? Thanks for letting me know that you did it ;)
Thank you, that last few cuts and the knuckles revealed the diamond in the rough & brought on a smile like I was just dealt the Ace I needed to go all in.. I was forced to draw the squares as I couldn't print out perfect sized templates for the cube of wood I'd sourced, Jeremys vid of drawing the faces with colored lines inspired me to do same on the cube.. it didnt come out the prettiest as I used a dremel workstation and a hand saw... but it's complete, solid, and now to build one to put on display in the house.. many times during the project I wondered how in hell you figured it out.. it made me realise I had simple task compared to what mental suffering you must have gone through.. :D
It's something for life, and will be a wonderful conversation piece, my thanks cannot be expressed in txt enough..
I cant stop looking at it.. :)
Thank you Pocket..
- Julio.
Very nicely done. The final piece looked as if one section is detached and floating, which is part of the overall illusion. Nice!
Somehow i don't get bored watching videos of this channel, even the long ones.
i appreciate the use of a coping saw in the task of an elegant tool, as the difference between types of saws becomes significantly clearer to me and the intricate nature of the task at hand demanded the usage of a much finer and more precise tool than something such as a hacksaw or a multi-tool
If I hadn’t become a professional musician, I would have loved to further explore my appreciation for woodworking. I can really appreciate the artistry and finesse with which you work your craft, especially with the micrometer. Wow! Thanks for sharing!
After watching further into this video, I have to say that this is my favorite channel now.
I have another geometric form to release that will be _much_ simpler to build! I promise! Expect that in a few weeks, after some other diversions. In the meantime, have a great weekend ;)
awesome! I love your videos!
+pocket83 Instructions unclear, my woodshop has burned to the ground, it may have involved gasoline and a road flare, also, I dont have a woodshop, :)
lone wolf good good, your on the right track, start applying the lacker now
look forward to it.
+pocket83 On a 0 - 10 Scale, how hard was this?
Inspiring video. I immediately cut about 20cm of thin steel gardening wire, formed a trefoil and distorted it into something like the shape you show. As you suggest, the shape is hard to visualise and a 3d prototype is vital, for me anyway... The shapes are topologically equivalent. For anyone who doesn't know how to make a trefoil: take a piece of string and form the outline of a three-leaf clover following the rule that as you trace along the string the overlaps alternate over, under, over.... you get a single loop that can't be disentangled in 3 dimensional space. I believe it can be in 4 or 5 dimensions. .. I love celtic knots!
It's been said by a few people now, (in fact I've probably said it myself) but this is my favourite channel. I've even recommended it to people with no interest in woodwork.
DUDE. This is fricking awesome! Great job figuring out how to cut and shape it like that.
Thank you! It's really not hard. Just pick a complicated shape, and then stare at it for a week. Then the answers will just come to you!
The problems start when you want to _stop_ thinking about the shape.
This is my favourite channel.
This... is my favourite channel
I don't know why but after watching this video I feel like this is the best channel I've seen on UA-cam recently.
THIS IS MY FAVORITE CHANNEL.
A GREAT job. You were very good at explaining the process. Probably FAR over MY head but will surely try it thanks to your ability to simplify. Thank you for sharing.
i love the way that in your videos you have a small mirror set up that almost shows your face or it does but its massively out of focus or just off to the side you have a framed photo of mathias wendal thank you for putting small cool things like that in your videos it just adds something to them i dont really know how to explain it
Junk Pile O matic is my favorite channel. But for some reason I am fond of this channel also.
Wow, that's brilliant. Came here via the knot connection, have never done any woodwork but already hooked on your channel.
Pound for pound, this channel has the most tips jam-packed into it.
I'm always happy when a new pocket83 is in my queue.
Awesome, fantastic project!!
I'm really tempted to try making this from aluminum, not sure I have the patience though... :)
+Jeremy Schmidt please do!!
+Cactus! workshop Ok, I'm going to try at least! :)
+Jeremy Schmidt And you did a great job too.
Right thats the first thing i thought. On the manual mill. Take a long time but be bad ass
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A really intriguing display of geometric woodworking. Absolutely impressive. I may just give that a shot. Thanks for the video.
I've carved a ball in a box, which was fairly easy to visualize as I was working on it; just get rid of anything that's not the ball or the box. This is a great challenge, thanks.
You made a wood mobius-like strip, and at first, I couldnt tell how the heck it was standing up, then it finally hit me. Very cool, btw love the guinea pig!
Hats off to you dude. Geometry wasnt my thing in HS and apparently still isnt today but watching you make it was fascinating. Thanks for sharing.
The machining process is superb, but the design process reveals your genius!
It certainly created wonder for me. This is a wonderful demonstration and your thought process and skills are very impressive. The final piece is beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
Favorite channel on UA-cam. Feel so lame for discovering it so late.
I love your guinea pig! So cute!!!
your perfectionist style is so satisfying to watch!
this is my favorite channel
i really love how accurate and precise your work always is and its so relaxing to watch and enjoy,i love your vidoes
I like the sound effects when it's in fast forward *like a little chipmunk* to me, it represents the sound of my "time not wasted"; Thank you for that :-)
Thanks again Mr Pocket for another craft project! Your videos are great viewing no matter how long they are.
I just can't get over how beautiful that piece of wood is
Fun fact: your cube had a maximum side deviation from an ideal cube of less than 1% (0.1141% in the side with maximum deviation). Impressive indeed. I thought wood working couldn't achieve such numbers.
AND YOU DESTROYED IT!!!!
I didn't stop there. Off camera I continued to reduce that error by at least one half (I didn't expect anyone to pay attention beyond three significant figures, congrats). The bulk of the error in this procedure comes from the drill press. Watch it flex in the 4X shots. That's why I kept rotating as I drilled.
As for cube perfection, I've filmed a video on the subject, but it is very metaphorical in nature, so I don't know about releasing it. I'm debating.
+VeteranVandal How many times you messed this up? I mean, there is no way you did this right first try...
I don't understand why I like this channel so much, nice build.
I learned 5 things in this video, not even counting the last tip. Thanks and subscribed.
I can see you put a lot of effort in your videos, it makes the viewing experience very pleasant. Thank you.
Found this more than just interesting...it borders on hypnotic for me. Thanks!
I appreciate that! Not to sound pretentious, but I really put thought into visual appeal. The shiny bowl, the colored pencils- it's all staged.
The design is found more in the video than in the object; the trefoil knot is just our MacGuffin. It's a golden carrot that we chase to show that we can make anything we want.
+pocket83 "What is a MacGuffin?"
(Just in case someone doesn't know... I find that story interesting, though.)
I'm especially impressed at your artistic choice to leave some interior corners rounded. Just beautiful!
I always loved pieces without joints, made from a single part... I know it is too much harder but the result is great. Nice job.
omg I love you 100x more JUST because of the guinea pig....
im not even into woods and carpentry but man you're aweeesooome!!
Wow! Patience, Curiosity, Determination & Experience = Magic.
This video was interesting and I watched the whole thing. Once when I was in scouts, I thought by myself of the idea of making a closed trefoil knot out of one piece of wood and was planning to get my knife permit so that I could make one but I never got it before I finished scouts a long time ago and never made one. I later saw a suggestion to this video showing that somebody else independently thought of the same idea and that's why I watched it. I was going to make a more round trefoil knot. I'm still allowed to use a knife in the restaurant where I work despite the fact that I didn't get a knife permit in scouts but hopefully no restaurant told somebody to cut wood with a knife who didn't get a knife permit in scouts when the restaurant didn't provide their own training either because wood offers a lot of resistance to the movement of a knife and a lot of people can't figure out on their own how to use a knife properly.
You are absolutely phenomenal. I so very much enjoy your videos.
I think the beauty in this is its rigid single piece. I think the real "puzzle" is admiring how it was made. (Like the classic nail in a block puzzle)
The loose puzzle versions would just seem "put together".
Another great project, bit of thinking required here though.
It just looks fantastic as a conversational display.
Thanks for the idea.
I’m feeling priviledged to watch such a great craftmanship and expertise at play, and so much dedication put to what you do.
I enjoy things getting done well, really well.
Most of the time with such a high level of expectation, that I get disappointed.
But this time I was not disappointed.
Cheers !
Nice project, and thanks for the spout tip. I marvel at the trefoil, but I would fondle the cube for weeks and never cut it.
smart and patience! Thanks for showing me the trick of applying sandpaper to my multi-tool blade! Love it! daaaa!
Very good use of that vibrating saw/sander. I also noticed you left the inside corners radiused instead of squaring them up - that would greatly increase the strength, or at least decrease the chance of splitting/breaking at an inside corner. Good job, and a nice bonus tip at the end.
Such a very intricate process, and such a cool outcome. I would definitely mess this up so many times if I even had the tools to make it, but I still enjoyed watching how you did it.
A true master of his craft.
You were having fun with your camera work. I almost expected to have the camera rotating around the trefoil rather than the trefoil rotating towards the end there.
for some reason this is suddenly my favorite channel
Say... I just realized this is my favorite channel. If it were a tall, black-haired wadge from Aerosmiths' Angel video I couldn't wish to travel it any more...
I don't know what it is, but seeing you work with wood is oddly relaxing.
Beautiful peaceful video. Wonderful skill.
A *Trefoil* would make an amazing display stand!
VERY cool!
Nice practical use for one of those oscillating saws, both to cut and to sand.
Thanks John;) I held off getting one for a long time, but it turned out to be way better than I'd guessed. It's like 15$ at Harbor Crap. I HIGHLY recommend the sanding function/trick.
That was really awesome! Makes me wanna get some wood working tools and start making things.
The quality of these videos is getting better all the time. Amazing shots, great content, love the vids!
I love the really fast flashes of text. Nice touch!
Thank you for taking the time to share this amazing wood working!
You're my favorite woodworker nerd.
Accurate calculations, good planning, precise machining, beautiful result 👍
You need a jig to hold the oscillating tool at any given angle so that you can advance the piece to be cut. Think along the lines of a drill press with a fixed mount to hold the piece to be trimmed/cut as you advance the tool into the piece. Dont' know if you can contact me. But, with the measurements of the tool, I could design a jig for you to 3D print. Might do one for myself! Excellent use of the oscillating tool!
this is surprisingly calming, especially your voice and the sound of the power tools
Is it bad that my favourite bit of this vid was you sticking sandpaper to a multimaster? That trick if it works is going to save me years on my life
I Appreciate the time and effort you put into making these videos! Your style and art's so relaxing. Wish I could have an ounce of your creativity and patience. Thanks again!
I'm astonished that this is even possible to make.
Great vid! Loved the multi-tool as sander hack.
Just one suggestion to reduce the chance of making a wrong cut: as each final surface is exposed, mark it all over with white chalk or poster paint. Something that's easy to clean off later.
You're most certainly a Craftsman that's for sure. love your videos
I always wonder where do you get these different ideas for your projects. Is there something that inspires you to come up with these things ? Always enjoy these kind of videos.
#1 is books. Often old ones. "New" ideas are mostly just re-branded as such after having their core procedures stolen from our much more innovative predecessors.
Today, for example, in between comment replies, I'm reading an old math text (that was designed for liberal arts majors) in preparation for a new video. I could wiki instead, but then I miss those gems of personal insight that come only from a person with a sincere desire to promote a cherished concept. Bits of curious trivia- where we look so close it borders the obsessive- are what interest me.
Source #2 is my unnatural obsession with geometry; I seriously dream in triangles. Anywho, the featured process was my own invention, as far as I can know. But old ideas still give us wonderful fuel for different ones, and it is to our shame to not utilize those sources. I sincerely take your comment as a compliment ;)
I wonder if a mortising attachment for the drill press might make things easier? Very cool project. Will have to try this.
The precision smoothing plane you used was amazing.
Wow! Very interesting! Probably will take me a few tries, as a beginner.
"THIS IS MY FAVORITE CHANNEL..."
Such an inquiring mind,you are superb !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You are very patient with the intricate work, well done, I doubt I will make one
Nearly caught a peak of you in the mirror! Classic work as always pocket.
+Phil We all know he is Bernie Sanders
1st awesome 2nd nice wood choice 3rd I love your Guinea pig
You are a man of great patience!
You weren't kidding in your other video that you had a LOT of time invested into this project. Putting the dots on the three adjacent sides definitely helped me understand there relationship to each other.
Also I wonder if a mortising machine would work?
I think I was just about to start the saw cutting when I filmed that. You can probably imagine why I wanted to get away from it for a bit at that point. This video was difficult. It looks so easy now, in retrospect.
I found it a rip-snorta of a job, keep them coming
Hey Pocket, very cool project! Most of the time I can take something away from your video's even if it's a project I don't plan on replicating myself. This time it was spray adhesive sandpaper to your multitool at 15:35. That's just a plain stroke of genius if you ask me! I use the sanding triangle on mine often enough, but using either a scraper attachment or an old blade with sandpaper glued on gives this often times overlooked tool even more versatility!
i really enjoy your complex simple woodworking deally with shapes like this in three dimensions. keep up the challenging work!
Great overview. I'm about as thick as a wool blanket on the Berlin Wall, but I understood it. The rounded inside corners and the hard outside corners were an interesting choice.
I'd say you were clever enough to notice that. Radius corners add much strength. Thanks.
Well done- years ago i made a length of chain out of a 16" diameter log with a chainsaw. I guess you know what i be thinking. It would not have to pretty just in one piece. All i need is a 4 foot cube of wood. ha --- Pete
When you began peeling off that template, at first I was like "WTF are you doing? Stahp!"
And then you just peeled a layer on top of that and I was like "I feel stupid now"
Awesome, great build. Those little vibratory tools get into a lot of places that a hacksaw can't reach.
Fascinating.
You know, you are a very creative person.
I've binge watched a lot of your videos now, on this and on your other channel, and I'm really curious about you - how old you are, what is your profession, etc... stuff you probably won't share. Not trying to seem creepy, I'd just be interested to know what kind of background and life-stage results in a person like you, for whom math, science, art, philosophy, craftsmanship, and technology all blend together in a smooth continuum.
I fancy myself of the same mind, but I probably have a lot less to show for it. Anyways, keep up the good work.
I wonder if you've ever explored the nifty things you can make using tessellation? It seems like the kind of thing you could have a bit of fun with, perhaps finding a strangely irregular but versatile shape! Nice video, enjoyed the way you used the grids to visualise it. Next time it might be nice to see different shades on the squares that are at different levels away from the eye, just a thought :) can't wait for the next one!