Making a Metal Cube Puzzle "ALUMIX CUBE" Copper / Aluminum / Bronze - Soma Cube
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- Опубліковано 12 тра 2023
- In this video, I’ll be making a multi metal puzzle cube that I designed in fusion 360. Its similar in shape to a Rubik's cube but is not solved in the same way. First I 3-D printed the puzzle pieces on my Prusa 3-D printer using a special filament called Polycast. Then I coated the pieces in a ceramic material, called Suspendaslurry. I burned the plastic filament out of the shells in my kiln, and vitrified the shells. I melted copper aluminum and bronze, and filled each shell with a different metal. Then I broke off the ceramic material to reveal the castings. Once the castings were complete, I spent several hours sanding and polishing them. I also made a bronze base and wooden stand to build the puzzle pieces on.
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I've never seen someone put so much time and effort into making molds. The results speak for themselves. WOW!!!
Looks amazing, would love to see a version with a clear acrylic holder instead of a wooden one to show off the cube even more
Multi-metal casting AND a cute pupper? Perfect video 10/10
THE SUSPENDA SLURRY IS BACK!! WOO!!
Another great video! You pay such close attention to detail, I love that. The end result is always such high quality.
Seflishly, I would love to see you make a custom designed chess set out of metal. I've always thought chess sets have a beauty to them and you come up with such smart designs. I'd love to see what you can do!
chess battle advanced covered in metal
You could also make the board out of three different metals. Aluminum for the base, the squares out of copper and brass, and finally for the dividing lines either aluminum or pewter.
Also you could make a checker board as well.
@@madmachine5244 That would be amazing! A lot of work though. Plus I'm not sure he's read the comments haha
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Really enjoyed seeing you include the woodworking elements as well as the electric furnace. Great work!
Cool thanks for getting back at me.
Penny is such a good helper. ❤
As usual, another epic video that showcases your hard-won skills. The integration of the metalworking and woodworking components complemented one another nicely, and I can't remember the last time 15 minutes passed by so quickly!
Your videos make the process look much faster than it actually is!
What parts of the casting process are the most time-consuming?
Admire your commitment and discipline to learning the craft, and also in documenting it so dummies like me can enjoy it! Thanks so much for the content!
Mold-making is easily the longest part.
Just wanted to let you know that this puzzle cube some of your best work!
Im so excited to see how this turns out!
this is beautiful! looks like a dream to fidget with, and i bet those pieces have a satisfying weigh to them.
Your vidioes are allways so educational and fun to whatch keep up the good work!
Lovely build! And this is why cast metal puzzles are so expensive!
Love multi metal builds! What an awesome puzzle!
U R one crazy artist. U would certainly make Fine pieces of Jewelry !
I love the wood basement, great work man
This was SUCH a GREAT project!! At first I didn't think it was a good idea, but in the end I TOTALLY AGREE with you keeping the surfaces of the metal in a matte finish.... Yes glossy and mirrored would be great to look at, but it would be COVERED ion fingerprints by the time anyone gets done solving the puzzle.... And seeing it all glossy isn't very inviting to play with because everyone will be worried about fingerprints... but leaving it matte says "PICK ME UP AND PLAY WITH ME!!!" and thats EXACTLY what you want with a puzzle!
FANTASTIC WORK!!!! and you go to show off the smaller kilns you9 have AND some of your woodworking skills (personally I would have made the walnut a dark glossy finish because of the matte cube, but it's YOUR 'Alumix Cube" lol )
- You REALLY make me want to make/buy a kiln and start having fun LOL - I just don't have all the tools to finish up the melts... or the patience LOL - 7 HOURS?!?!?! WOW!!! :) Good Job!
Watching you making yourself a new Saw would be very interesting, just like all of your videos!
I remember these in wood in the 1960s, sold under the name of Cuboids. It was a great puzzle.
Another great build! Very cool.
AWESOME ❤
Now do a Rubik's Cube. Indestructible! (but it has to be movable/working, obviously)
So cool with all the different metals used for the pieces.
I love metal puzzles. And Robinson Foundry!
Great work! But I think it will be easier to mill such cubic forms rather than cast them so precisely and mill it anyway at the end :)
Penny can fly. I got a shih’tzu, my first dog, three years ago. She surprised me by how athletic she was racing around. I hadn’t realized shih’tzu are in agility competitions.
Awesome surface finishes. Very fidget friendly looking.
As much as I like seeing these amazing videos, I would also like to see more of your Jack Russell doggy in your videos. He/she is gorgeous, just like my one.
Please show-off your dog much more than a split second. keep up your excellent work. Thanks.
Thats really funny my jack russell doesnt stop moving ever.
I still have our Soma cube from the 1970s.
your content is always delightful to watch!! keep up the work!!
That is totally awesome!!
Keep em coming!!!!
Amazing craftsmanship.
Love it 👍
Great precision
That aluminum pour was clean
Outstanding craftsmanship
Gonna get one made in
Gold, Rose Gold and Platinum
Can’t believe you did all this only to put them in a mill… coulda done that at the start and saved days 😂
This is called a Soma cube, I do believe. I had a plastic one back in early 70s. There are a series of different objects you can make from these blocks. Wish I had the equipment to make one myself. It was a nice trip down memory lane to see you work creating something made from plastic so long ago. They are referred to as a a solid dissection puzzle.
Technology for the win
Trabalho incrível mano.
Parabéns
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This kind of reminds me of the dovetail cube clickspring made a while back. Sick video!
My favorite part of this build 4:19 😀
Awe I love Penny I have two jack russels of my own…. Great dogs!!!!
You sir, you are a true master!
One word for easy finish..... sandblasting!!!
Very nice, thank you for sharing it.
It's incredible, quite a collector's item. You did the most difficult thing (melt the piece) and it was more difficult for you to assemble the puzzle 😝
Very impressive !!!!!!!!!!!!
Excelente trabajo!!!
Very very creative and beautiful that's a very exciting
Beautiful work.
Like 👍🏼🙂
Have you ever looked at that casting ceramic under UV light? You could film the dipping part in blacklight!
😮 welcome back
Looks great again, man! If you sand in circles instead of straight lines, you won't get such deep grooves in the workpiece. That's why oscillation sanders excist
Hi! I love your videos. You’ve inspired me to try my hand at lost PLA casting. I even built my own small foundry! I know you cover this in a few videos, but I was wondering if you would possibly make a video explaining how to properly set up a mould and how to determine what direction a Part should sit? I know you add runners and vents and all sorts of things. My projects seem to be fairly complex shape wise and I am having trouble figuring out what direction they should be poured from and what direction would make metal reach every nook and cranny so to speak. Thank you for the awesome videos!
I would totally buy one of these
Very cool project! I enjoyed it.
dude, this is ssssso awesome
late night upload, nice
The molds look like Russian castles
More like a bunch of russian soldiers in the cold after an attack on ukrainian positions
The amount of precision, preparation, and detail you use. The obsession with getting every aspect perfect. This is truly autism porn hahaha and I'm hooked.
Jack Russel Terriers are the best medium-small dogs, you can’t change my mind on that
Looks Amazing
Great video
The thing with puzzles like this is that once you have figured out how to solve them you never really forget. At some point it just gathers dust or you get rid of it.
Try this mister no imagination ua-cam.com/video/uaK5vSUQSQw/v-deo.html
Looks good!
looks awesome!!
I think things like Polycast are probably best suited to beginners, because experienced people like RF have more to lose by putting time and energy into learning the intricacies of a new material than they do by continuing to work with something they know inside and out
Beatiful as always
Would be nice highly polished
Only thing i can say is maybe some buffing of the metal parts to really smooth them off?
I know the liquid aluminum is molten hot, but I so desperately want to touch it. It looks like it’d be so satisfying
Try searching for gallium
Great video! Do you have any ideas for how to avoid the porosity issues in the aluminum pieces in the future?
good work
very cool
Cool Vid!
Tangram square, done in the same materials. Would complement the cube as another geometric puzzle.
You could do a metal Rubik's cube. :D
Very cool project and video showing the process!
When you used the wet sandpaper and granite block for sanding, how did you keep the sandpaper flat like that as you moved? Is there a particular brand you use that has adhesive on the back?
I love the fact that molten aluminum doesn’t even look real and also the fact that it kind of looks like silver when it’s in its liquid form
Awesome
what would interest me do you have corrosion issues? I imagine the aluminum will look quite bad after some time due to galvanic corrosion, maybe galvanizing would help. Also the copper should develop patina which can add character but you're going with a polished finished so it might don't look so nice anymore after couple of months.
Great work. 😄😄
You should make a copper frame to hold the sand for you 2-half sand-casting projects. This way you don't burn the wood every time, and eventually risk it breaking when you pick it up. It would be a useful project to do... imho :)
To bad you didn’t make them to sell I’d love to have one
Henya, Dayo!
Hi and many greetings from germany.... its so great, what you have made there!!! I love it! Do you sell this kinf of handcrafts? I am impressed! Jörg
What model is your belt sander? Looks like a cool setup! Love all of your projects!
If you heat the molds together with a crucible with metal, and then pour the metal into a hot mold, then the smallest details of the mold will be imprinted on the casting. Even fingerprints, if left when creating the mold
Very interesting
how do you avoid blemishes on the outside faces of the casts? is it a matter of intentionally making them a bit thicker and wider so that you have some slack to grind off after the casting process? if so does that affect the overall shape?
And the Tetriscal cube is born
That’s very impressive, how did you learn?
I like your work, go from 3d print pla to metal, great, I was wondering if you could print a structure of a brushless motor that is put on the drones both where the winding would go and where the magnets would go, there are many stl of Those structures of that engine, do you think you can demonstrate that it can be made of metal?
Let me see that you have more of these videos and I'll definitely subscribe
Your Content Reminds Me So Much Of Grant Thompson (TKOR). Nonetheless, Great Work!!
Rip to him
Are you preheating the ceramic shell before pouring? This is crucial to be able to capture the detail in the model.... granted there is no detail for these but I mean in general, do you preheat?
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