Thank you all for all your wonderful comments , it really does make it all worth while . This Amazon Alexa project did take some time so I do hope you like it. If your feeling extra generous sharing this video would really help me and my channel . Thanks folks . Love to all x 🎺🎺
Great Stuff again Nick. There are a lot of guys out there on UA-cam for doing things with resin or a lathe but you do it in a way with some funny and entertaining part. Not many out there who got this talent. The only one who do this to is Bobby Duke Arts. Surprised by every video you do thanks a lot.
When you know you’ll hollow out something why don’t you ever use an internal structure like pvc pipe or tubing of some kind? Could save you resin money and time.
I thought about this but a couple things come to mind. 1. It wouldn't work with large pieces mixed with resin 2. It would have to be capped at one end and still settle in its spot 3. Would though pour around it or press it in? Pouring may not ensure equal distribution on add-in and press in may also disturb attractive distribution 4. If the add-in is light in either weight or amount, the filler may not remain upright so all his molds would need a lid of some kind to keep the filler centered.
What if you took an ice tray and filled it with different colored resin, then after it hardens put in a larger container with clear resin and turned a bowl or something? Idk? Lol
Oh! I like these ideas! Nick should follow your idea but add tiny watch battery powered lights in it too. Or make a lighted stand for whatever he makes to sit it on!
I wonder if in Nick's house everything is made from pencils. Like: wooden door with glued pencils, pencil table, pencil chair, pencil bowl, pencil spoon.... Damn, that's a lot of pencils!
"That'll give us a bit more thickness to play with".................😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Say no more 😉😉😉😉 Another beautiful project, well done Nick. It's good to see You again, it seems ages since we last saw you xx
I can see it now.... 2020 Makers Central: “Where is Nick?” “He’s still drilling holes for Alexa” This turned out really Cool and Funky! BTW- who did the voice?
@@nickzammeti if you ever made a second Alexa case would you consider using metal shavings in the resin with a nice cherry or maple wood speaker section? If so would you consider selling it and how much? I think it would just look amazing.
You’d never want to pay for it. Handmade items have to be priced 500% or more of a manufactured item to make it worth the massive amount of time put into it.
We (husband and I) absolutely love it!! Completely worth the wait! That 'click' as it snaps into place is the best sound ever and I can only imagine how wonderful it is after all the time YOU spent on it. We're looking forward to your next video and sharing with my friends! Stay funky, friend!
Number of holes: There were 11 vertical ones to start with and I'm estimating 48 around (Looked like a quarter of the pot contained 12) so there could have been 528 to start with. After it was trimmed, there were 8 vertical holes leaving 392 at the end, if i got the number of holes in the circumference right. It was a lot of holes to drill however many there were! Good for teaching you patience! Love the pencil tips, you should definitely make something else with them.
I got the same 11 befor cutting but only took 2 rows off leaving 9 and I estimated 68 rows round the pot. but nice to see others taking the number chalenge to lol
The fit of that was so satisfying, good piece Nick. P.S, not sure what you've been doing lately but you're becoming more attractive every video. The Missus is a lucky lady 😉 x
Where do I even begin!? I love the project, so funky! I loved the banter between you and Alexa. I loved the clips of the bubbles and flames. I loved the parts where you were sitting in the shop waiting. I loved the bit with you and the flying insect. So basically I loved EVERY. SINGLE. PART!
Nick! Colored pencil idea + resin! Get a pencil sharpener and sharpen the colored pencils till there is just a stub left and then put the pencil shavings in resin and BAM, an awesome resin blank!!!
Kyla Fuller I remember the project that he used them on! I was recommending to make another project with colored pencils where you sharpen the colored pencils until there is no pencil left and then use all the shavings in some resin and then use that blank for something!
If my counting is correct which took me a very long time so it’s probably not but there should be about 1001 holes ( 91 holes around and 11 holes in between equals 1001 ) again probably wrong and it took me forever.
Well I counted only 10 rows top to bottom and 46 columns around which would make 460 pretty darn certain on the 10 rows the 46 well no I didn't double-check I slowed it down to 25% and it took me maybe 5 minutes
Love your work!!! I really like the way you show how long things take - another night, another night! I think I have loved every project I've seen you make! You may not be a professional, but you are absolutely an artist! I know you are in the UK, but every time I see your initials, my brain snaps to NEW ZEALAND! 😝🤣🤣 Keep up the funky stuff!
More ordered = mo' money and then he could quit his day job and devote his time to being in his wood shop and Amazon could just for the right $ buy the rights of the design and really make Nick a rich man lol
@@Luvnlife880 That would make them mean nothing, since they wouldn’t be hand-crafted by an independent artist anymore. They’d just be more mass-produced nonsense.
Its not like you own something capable of recording video and audio and able to use GPS such as a smartphone. I mean just to watch this video you would have given some sort of location info via IP address. .
I absolutly LOVE this proyect because of the extra resin layer that kept the pencils intact. You should use this trick on every pencil proyect! Congrats from Argentina!!
Youre so talented Mr Nick, your style the content, editing and especially all the cutaway clips (Austin powers is my fav) and faces you do...and you seem a bloody nice bloke !
Love the process you went through on this one. Would love to see it with a white background to show off the pencils better. The logo button would look great opposite the power. The most satisfying bit was the initial >thumpf< sound at 31:47 as she slipped into (giggity) the case and fit perfectly (that's what she said). As always, well done mate!! Can't wait for the next one.
Great looking project. Idea to help make your logo fit. Find a pipe with the same or slightly smaller diameter as your alexa case and bend the logo to match the radius of the case. Carve out a space on the front to fit the logo flush.😀👍
I have Horrible Anxiety and I have multiple anxiety attacks at night. I found your page and when I am anxious or feel an attack coming I'll watch your videos and its very calming to me. I love your personality and humor! Please keep making videos they help me out alot. Blessings you and your family.❤
You really upset MY Alexa, you know! I had to mute her in order to stop her going off every time you said her name! Really funky - and lovely and glossy. It's just a shame that one side near the top is a bit bereft of pencils in the resin.
You like a mad scientist that's awesome you did a wonderful job can't wait to see what you come up with next I know it's hard to find things to come up with but I'm sure I'll be just as good as us thank you my friend keep up the good work
From a rough estimate I think there are 250 holes. If half the cover has 22 holes on one side, and there are 11 rows, then 11x22=242. Round up to 250. Edit: actually 500 for the whole thing.
I really love this project. I love how all the pencil tips lined up along the bottom edge at first bit was almost like you set them that way. Too bad you can’t produce more. I have the little Alexa Dot but I’d but the bigger one just to use that case.
Great project Nick. Looks pleasing to the eye as well. Love the piano music and you swatting at an invisible insect! Never saw it but was certainly entertaining! As always thanks for sharing! :)
so he asked for the number of holes so lets do some mathhhh, if there is 11 holes a row and assuming the side could see half of the rows then that is 21 rows a half so 42 pin total. so then 42 x 11 = 462 holes in total drilled by hand. Approximately, i was say give or take an error if 3 rows so 33 holes so more between 429 and 495 holes
"So what do you do at 2 am on a saturday night ?" -- Well I watch Nick Zammeti videos of course ;P Thanks for yet another great video :). When you ask how many holes, I estimate 545 holes. I count 25 rows on a half turn (7,2 degree), that makes 50 rows of 11 holes, but 5 rows only have 10 holes, so 50 x 11 - 5 = 545. I have a wish for a video, could you please try to make a iphone cover (of any phone) in resin. I know it's not going to be on the lathe, but could still be cool to see how you make it.
Thank you all for all your wonderful comments , it really does make it all worth while . This Amazon Alexa project did take some time so I do hope you like it. If your feeling extra generous sharing this video would really help me and my channel . Thanks folks . Love to all x 🎺🎺
I love this project. I would never have thought to make a custom Alexa case! Brilliant!
Nick Zammeti
Excellent!!!
This was wicked! The pencils kind of looked like confetti! My guess for the number of holes is 294.
Nick Zammeti you should do something with the shavings from the sharpened colored pencils
Great Stuff again Nick. There are a lot of guys out there on UA-cam for doing things with resin or a lathe but you do it in a way with some funny and entertaining part. Not many out there who got this talent. The only one who do this to is Bobby Duke Arts. Surprised by every video you do thanks a lot.
Peter Brown: The serious but fun craftsman uncle
Nick Zammeti: The crazy and fun craftsman uncle
Bobby Duke: The builds the slide from the roof and then your mum yells at your dad because he let his brother babysit again craftsman uncle
AntipodesAnnie i never laugh as hard as after reading this
Perfect! LOL!!!😜
kate chaste another peter brown fan! awesome! love that guy
Ben's Worx: Bob Ross uncle
I think I've followed you too long... Putting on rubber gloves at work and in my head I hear the whip sound
Brion Hall 🤣🤣🤣🤣🎺
Saaaaaaaaaaame 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I feel you! If I see someone put on a glove and it doesn't snap :/
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When you know you’ll hollow out something why don’t you ever use an internal structure like pvc pipe or tubing of some kind? Could save you resin money and time.
I thought about this but a couple things come to mind.
1. It wouldn't work with large pieces mixed with resin
2. It would have to be capped at one end and still settle in its spot
3. Would though pour around it or press it in? Pouring may not ensure equal distribution on add-in and press in may also disturb attractive distribution
4. If the add-in is light in either weight or amount, the filler may not remain upright so all his molds would need a lid of some kind to keep the filler centered.
@@skeeterflores Or... he could glue it down first.
Hmmmm....gonna have to watch this in the other room, lol. My Alexa is trying to figure out when we got an accent
What if you took an ice tray and filled it with different colored resin, then after it hardens put in a larger container with clear resin and turned a bowl or something? Idk? Lol
circlek like fingers or toes
Oh! I like these ideas! Nick should follow your idea but add tiny watch battery powered lights in it too. Or make a lighted stand for whatever he makes to sit it on!
I wonder if in Nick's house everything is made from pencils. Like: wooden door with glued pencils, pencil table, pencil chair, pencil bowl, pencil spoon.... Damn, that's a lot of pencils!
4:10 "Now I've got this American Walnut..." *sticker says African Walnut*
Does that make it African-American Walnut? I'm confused... 🤔
🤣🤣
gives a new meaning to Black walnut...
Seeing one thing and saying another... it happens to all of us at some point in life (If not for you yet wait till you get older haha! )
Lolololololol
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Now that is a damn aesthetic.
“Oh yeah that’s just my Alexa in a case of colored pencils”
Flexin on the normies
"That'll give us a bit more thickness to play with".................😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Say no more 😉😉😉😉
Another beautiful project, well done Nick. It's good to see You again, it seems ages since we last saw you xx
DEFINITELY not something you want to watch with your Echo nearby. 😂
I have one right next to my bed 😂 I ended up using headphones because it kept going off
Haha yeah, mine is next to my bed so I ended up muting the mic 😂
we have ours set to echo because my sister's name is Alexa
I kept having to tell my to shh
Mind never went off
I can see it now....
2020 Makers Central:
“Where is Nick?”
“He’s still drilling holes for Alexa”
This turned out really Cool and Funky!
BTW- who did the voice?
CMTHFAF 🤣🎺
😂🤣
@@nickzammeti if you ever made a second Alexa case would you consider using metal shavings in the resin with a nice cherry or maple wood speaker section?
If so would you consider selling it and how much? I think it would just look amazing.
Is it just me or should he start custom making stuff like this and selling them
Patent a design and then sell that designed to these big companies for a big price
I assume he does make and sell a lot of stuff, hence that Handmade by sign on the back wall of his intro/outro.
One day I wanna see him make like nobs for a dresser that I can buy
Or door knobs that I can buy
You’d never want to pay for it. Handmade items have to be priced 500% or more of a manufactured item to make it worth the massive amount of time put into it.
Think you should make Alexa a case from potpourri for x-mas. Like a csse for each season. Really love this video. 👍
Nick has always been there for me with his banter and honesty I’m living for it
We (husband and I) absolutely love it!! Completely worth the wait! That 'click' as it snaps into place is the best sound ever and I can only imagine how wonderful it is after all the time YOU spent on it.
We're looking forward to your next video and sharing with my friends! Stay funky, friend!
This mans personality always puts a smile on my face and gives me so much inspiration for my own projects😍😍😍
I had sooooo much fun watching the holes go in! You are so precise!!! Love, love, love!!! The sketch of you at the end doesn’t do you justice.
Number of holes: There were 11 vertical ones to start with and I'm estimating 48 around (Looked like a quarter of the pot contained 12) so there could have been 528 to start with. After it was trimmed, there were 8 vertical holes leaving 392 at the end, if i got the number of holes in the circumference right. It was a lot of holes to drill however many there were! Good for teaching you patience! Love the pencil tips, you should definitely make something else with them.
I got the same 11 befor cutting but only took 2 rows off leaving 9 and I estimated 68 rows round the pot. but nice to see others taking the number chalenge to lol
Nick, you're confusing the crap outa our Alexa with this vid 😂😂
Looks bloody awesome though!!
The fit of that was so satisfying, good piece Nick. P.S, not sure what you've been doing lately but you're becoming more attractive every video. The Missus is a lucky lady 😉 x
TheKiddSocks 😊🤣 been working out 😊 x
@@nickzammeti Well it shows, keep up the good work 😉👌🏻
AMEN!
TheKiddSocks I agree!
Where do I even begin!? I love the project, so funky! I loved the banter between you and Alexa. I loved the clips of the bubbles and flames. I loved the parts where you were sitting in the shop waiting. I loved the bit with you and the flying insect.
So basically I loved EVERY. SINGLE. PART!
Nick! Colored pencil idea + resin! Get a pencil sharpener and sharpen the colored pencils till there is just a stub left and then put the pencil shavings in resin and BAM, an awesome resin blank!!!
I think those tips came from another project but the shavings Im interested to see.
Kyla Fuller I remember the project that he used them on! I was recommending to make another project with colored pencils where you sharpen the colored pencils until there is no pencil left and then use all the shavings in some resin and then use that blank for something!
Love the funkiness of all your projects and your crazy fun and eccentric UA-cam personality makes the channel.
That look of pure glee when you played with the fitting part of the case :'D
If my counting is correct which took me a very long time so it’s probably not but there should be about 1001 holes ( 91 holes around and 11 holes in between equals 1001 ) again probably wrong and it took me forever.
@Scooters Videos you sir are correct.. I counted 48 holes around ish times 11 close to 500
Well I counted only 10 rows top to bottom and 46 columns around which would make 460 pretty darn certain on the 10 rows the 46 well no I didn't double-check I slowed it down to 25% and it took me maybe 5 minutes
all forgetting the one in the bottom ;) x
@@Huxleybluehair always a hole in the bottom.😂
@@justinhobart8747 8
Just the tip? Hahaha Am I the only one who's brain went there? Ok just me it is then, lol.
This is amazing. I'm so impressed that Alexa fits into it so perfectly. Also, such a funky design. Well done sir.
Make sure that you bend your LOGO coin to match curve of the case. I loved the by-play with the Alexa.
Love your work!!! I really like the way you show how long things take - another night, another night! I think I have loved every project I've seen you make! You may not be a professional, but you are absolutely an artist!
I know you are in the UK, but every time I see your initials, my brain snaps to NEW ZEALAND! 😝🤣🤣
Keep up the funky stuff!
It could be a very lucrative business deal if you and Amazon team up to make customized Alexa cases
Lucrative perhaps but it would also take up a lot, if not all, of his time cause you know he's going to get served with a lot of orders then.
More ordered = mo' money and then he could quit his day job and devote his time to being in his wood shop and Amazon could just for the right $ buy the rights of the design and really make Nick a rich man lol
@@Luvnlife880 That would make them mean nothing, since they wouldn’t be hand-crafted by an independent artist anymore. They’d just be more mass-produced nonsense.
RIGHTEOUSLY FUNKADELIC! I reckon I would LOVE to have one of these if I had an Alexa! Well done!
Cheers!
I find these videos so relaxing. I enjoy watching them. I know doing these things take time but i really do wish you would upload more.
SeaBass 7050 haha thanks sea ads I hope to in the future
My favorite part of all your videos is seeing you so happy it’s amazing to see you so animated and excited about your work
And I love your wafflin'! You don't need to cut it out! Keep wafflin' on!
“I kinda got a separate room in here cause I kinda don’t want to get any **dust** in the resin.”
That made me laugh so hard.
Omg Nick I’m so excited for this video! The thumbnail looks awesome!
absolutely awesome, and that click when she goes is a testament to how well it was made....but holy hell that had to have taken a lot of time
Cool idea. But the whole Alexa thing is kinda a bit creepy. lol imho.
Its not like you own something capable of recording video and audio and able to use GPS such as a smartphone. I mean just to watch this video you would have given some sort of location info via IP address. .
I absolutly LOVE this proyect because of the extra resin layer that kept the pencils intact. You should use this trick on every pencil proyect! Congrats from Argentina!!
That truly does dress-up Alexa very well! That's really cool Nick! Many blessings mate!
You make it so fun for us to watch, but it really does take skill and precision to make something like that!!! Great video Nick!!!!!!!!
For me this was posted at 2 am but obviously I'm still awake soo...
1:34 am 😝
I love it! Super funky Nick!
And so satisfying to hear the snap when you popped her in the case!
Youre so talented Mr Nick, your style the content, editing and especially all the cutaway clips (Austin powers is my fav) and faces you do...and you seem a bloody nice bloke !
Love the process you went through on this one. Would love to see it with a white background to show off the pencils better. The logo button would look great opposite the power. The most satisfying bit was the initial >thumpf< sound at 31:47 as she slipped into (giggity) the case and fit perfectly (that's what she said). As always, well done mate!! Can't wait for the next one.
17:33 You're drawing the lines in time with the beat. Did you do that on purpose with editing sorcery or was that a really cool accident?
hahah i just noticed that . lol fluke i guess lol
Nick you knocked this project out of the park. Job well done.
Great looking project. Idea to help make your logo fit. Find a pipe with the same or slightly smaller diameter as your alexa case and bend the logo to match the radius of the case. Carve out a space on the front to fit the logo flush.😀👍
Was there any doubt that it would be PERFECT!!!!! That is absolutely STUNNING !!!!!
Been waiting for this , glad I gave you the idea . Well done , looks good !! 👍👍
Brilliant ! Never even thought of doing a costume case for those. I can't even imagine how long that all took. CHEERS NICK !
I expected no less from you nick... looks fantastic!!!!
haha thanks dude
hey Nick I absolutely love the idea of color pencil coasters even a colored pencil candle holder would be great
love your joy, you could make a smallish block with your emblem for the front
I have Horrible Anxiety and I have multiple anxiety attacks at night. I found your page and when I am anxious or feel an attack coming I'll watch your videos and its very calming to me. I love your personality and humor! Please keep making videos they help me out alot. Blessings you and your family.❤
You really upset MY Alexa, you know! I had to mute her in order to stop her going off every time you said her name!
Really funky - and lovely and glossy. It's just a shame that one side near the top is a bit bereft of pencils in the resin.
It really makes me happy that you are so happy with this project. So nice to see. Great Job!!
Now if you can recycle/reuse the old case somehow, everything will come full circle!
Use it as a pencil case 😂
i would like to have the waste that was created from hollowing the case please.
The fit you achieved was incredible. Impressive.
You like a mad scientist that's awesome you did a wonderful job can't wait to see what you come up with next I know it's hard to find things to come up with but I'm sure I'll be just as good as us thank you my friend keep up the good work
He has the same crazy art dad energy as Bobby Duke! His style is super unique and he just looks like he’s having so much fun, really a joy to watch.
I had no idea you and Alvin the chipmunk did voice overs together lol
Of all the funky things I've seen...this is the funkiest. Love it Nick!!!
I should have been asleep 37 minutes ago then i got this notification 😂 worth it !
This is my new favourite project of yours. That fit couldn’t have gone any better, amazing work 👍🏻
This was a great project for sure and the end result is fantastic. : )peace
I just watched the "unwaffled" version but this one is much better. Thanks for being you.
Could u make a bowl out of nerds the candy with resin
Well done! This was really so great to watch and the end project turned out stunningly well. Worth the time!! 💗
The “corrugated plasticky stuff” is called corflute. In case anyone wants to buy some.
I was looking for this comment so that I didn't have to write it myself 🤣
This is one the best things I've ever seen you make. It's beautiful x
Will the adding girth thing you did with the resin work on certain human body parts? Asking for a friend.
Umm
What
A master making a master piece. All those holes, incredible.
From a rough estimate I think there are 250 holes. If half the cover has 22 holes on one side, and there are 11 rows, then 11x22=242. Round up to 250.
Edit: actually 500 for the whole thing.
wait... you forgot to Double up... you made only half of the cover... so by your own estimate, the entire case has around 500 holes...
@@The_Real_Oklinhos oh, right thanks :)
Absolutely amazing. Love the smart and funky comments along the way which keep it real. Keep up the good work
Nick I believe Ms. Alexa has a bit of a funky crush on you lol that's a beautiful case you made.
Oh, I really love the camera part where you went from hand spinning it to parting it off.
Hey, wait a minute! New shop? Did I miss the memo? Shop tour coming soon? ...
I really love this project. I love how all the pencil tips lined up along the bottom edge at first bit was almost like you set them that way. Too bad you can’t produce more. I have the little Alexa Dot but I’d but the bigger one just to use that case.
Afreakingmazing!!! Watch out with that one, I hear that she's a bit of a trouble maker ♥
Nick, I love watching your videos, they are much better than the boring ones out there. You introduce some fun to the art, thank you for your time.
Make one with glow powder in the resin and metal shavings or multiple color of glow powder shavings!!!! Please!!!!!!
Great project Nick. Looks pleasing to the eye as well. Love the piano music and you swatting at an invisible insect! Never saw it but was certainly entertaining! As always thanks for sharing! :)
You are the best .. always and forever👍🏻🖤
I'll bet drilling those holes was mind-numbing. This thing is COMPLETELY awesome!!!
Couldn't hear your intro cause the Amazon dot behind my head started talking! ;P
Ace Ventura was the icing on the cake... LIKE A GLOVE!
If you ever make a vlog type channel you should name it WaffleingNick :)
Never stop waffling, I really enjoy listening to you!
so he asked for the number of holes so lets do some mathhhh, if there is 11 holes a row and assuming the side could see half of the rows then that is 21 rows a half so 42 pin total. so then 42 x 11 = 462 holes in total drilled by hand. Approximately, i was say give or take an error if 3 rows so 33 holes so more between 429 and 495 holes
Amaya Sokanon I was guessing 10-11 columns x 42-45 rows like you were.
Nick at night just waffling on. You are such a goofy guy I live watching your videos!
That looks wicked. Good job mate 🙃
Unique and super one of a kind! Your friends will certainly be jelly!
Pencil case, close enough from my guess 🤪 Happy funky Friday!!!
Was very dubious about this one, but.... wow it came out wonderful! This is the best pencil project so far. Well done and fun for all. Thanks
"So what do you do at 2 am on a saturday night ?" -- Well I watch Nick Zammeti videos of course ;P Thanks for yet another great video :).
When you ask how many holes, I estimate 545 holes. I count 25 rows on a half turn (7,2 degree), that makes 50 rows of 11 holes, but 5 rows only have 10 holes, so 50 x 11 - 5 = 545.
I have a wish for a video, could you please try to make a iphone cover (of any phone) in resin. I know it's not going to be on the lathe, but could still be cool to see how you make it.
DEFINITELY funkadelic, Nick. Love it.
Nick, piece of advice, to check your seal, try water first before you add the resin
You got mad skills !! Really enjoyed watching , love your vision and quality of work , thanks 🙏