Making A Wiggle Snake Toy!
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- Опубліковано 28 сер 2024
- Today I make my own wiggle snake toys out of wood! This is my contribution a collaborative project for Make It Matter, an effort to help those in need by raising money for charities across the world (in this case, autism awareness). Note that this is not intended for small children because of fragility and choking hazards.
This video and project was created as part of a collaboration between 21 talented makers across the world.
The purpose of this collaboration is to raise awareness to the hardship and difficulties families and children face every day when it comes to the disability and/or sickness of a child/children.
Every country in the world struggles to give the support both financially and physically that families with sick and disabled children desperately need.
Steven Twydell set up a campaign on the back of this amazing collaboration to help raise funds for children’s Charities around the world. The campaign is called Make It Matter.
All the projects made in this collaboration will be auctioned between the 18th and 25th of February on the Make It Matter web site here :- www.makersmakeitmatter.com All information regarding this campaign can also be found on the website.
The proceeds from this collaboration will be divided equally and sent to a children’s Autism charity in each of the countries the collaborators are from.
Please click on each link below and watch each makers video for this collaboration. Don’t forget to subscribe, like and share all of these amazing and generous makers !!
Make It Matter Facebook Page : / makersmakeitmatter
Make It Matter Twitter page : / makinitmatter
Make it Matter Email Address : Makeitmatter2017@gmail.com
The Make It Matter 21 maker collaboration for Autism Makers channel list !!
Cy Mars Channel Cy’s Corner
Video: • Make it Matter Collabo...
And: • Ode to the Make It Mat...
Mike Waldt
Video: • My piece for the Make ...
Martin Saban Smith
Video: • Make it Matter Auction...
Steve Twydell Channel Templeboy Turnings
Video: • The Make It Matter Aut...
Chris Cute Channel Make The First Cut
Video: • Make It Matter: Toy St...
Carl Jacobson Channel The Woodshop TV
Video: • "Make It Matter" DIY W...
Follow-up video: • Make It Matter
Richard Morley Channel Brainfizz
Video: • Router engraved Disney...
Allen Robinson Channel The Woodworking Junkie (currently out due to equipment failure)
/ @allenrobinson9
Jamie Page Channel JP Woodwork
Video: • Making it Matter Colla...
Rebecca DeGroot
Video: • Arachnid Child for the...
Dave Capper Sandon Channel Turning Works
Video: • MAKE IT MATTER - Chari...
Yak Branson
Video: • Toy story collab for M...
Aaron Day Channel Make Crazy Days
Video: • Magic 8 Ball #MakeItMa...
Pat Lap Channel Le PicBois (currently out due to equipment failure)
/ @patlap
Ken Moon Channel Moonpie Creations
Video: • How to make an LED Pen...
Yuval Lahav Channel Yuval Lahav Woodturning
Video: • Woodturning Make It Ma...
Russ Claridy Channel Simple Wooden Creations
Video: • Make it Matter Collabo...
James Jacob Channel Shogun Jimi
Video: • Video
Jason McGinn Cannel McGinns Workshop
Video: • Toy Story Sign From Ex...
Rob Summerlin Channel Woodslee Summercraft
Video: • woodturning #60 MIM t...
Music credits:
1) "Wheels" (Audionautix.com)
2) "Acoustic Rock" (Audionautix.com)
NOTE: Due to having to change some music after the fact (bogus copyright claim that I didn't have the time to dispute), I forgot to edit the in-video text to include "Audionautix.com" as a musical contributor. My apologies to Audionautix.com for the oversight.
3) "Danger Storm" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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I loved those as a kid! Awesome!
Me too. And I've had this on my long list of future projects for over a year now. So this worked out to be a great time to knock it out because there happens to be a wiggle snake with very similar color scheme in Toy Story. He's Robot's buddy.
Fantastic buddy. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 cheers Harry,
Thank you, Harry. I appreciate your watching.
Brilliant Steve
Thank you, Wesley. I'm very happy with how it turned out.
Wow!! Awesome work, very well done.
Thank you, Francisco. I appreciate you.
That's excellent!
Thank you for watch, Bo. I appreciate the support!
The snake turned out fantastic Steve! Obviously you made some jigs since you are making "a lot" of the snakes! The magnetic base and numerous attachments are great and almost as interesting as the snake(s)! Glad to see you in the shop again. Excellent collaboration and cause!
Not only did I want the body segments to be consistent, I also want to be able to make some snakes for myself (and others). The jigs make them so much easier to churn out. Of course, that's only part of the story; I still have to do a lot of hand sanding to do the final smoothing, turn the tails and make the heads and so on. But over all, the jigs saved a LOT of work and headaches. Thanks for watching; I always appreciate seeing you around! You've been supportive since my early UA-cam days.
Wood 'n' Stuff w/ Steve French You defined deserve it!
Wow Jig heaven, you did an awesome job Steve.
take care
Rob
Thank you very much, Rob!
That's a great toy Steve! If you moved it just right, it's pretty life like. You could put it in your kids show. You could handle it just like Rocky Raccoon. The kids would love it ! Great project!
I'm really happy with the way it came out. Thank you very much for watching and commenting. I appreciate the support!
So good to see you back in the shop my friend.
Thank you, Marc. It's nice to have a creative outlet.
Gettin' jiggy with it. Fantastic job, Steve!
You know it! Thanks for watching!
very nice steve! i always loved these toys when i was a kid
Me too. It's been on my project wish list for quite some time now. This finally gave me an excuse to make it. Thank you for watching!
very nice job there!!!!
Thank you for all your support, Marla!
OMG
Only you could come up with this! Simply amazing Steve. Kudos
I appreciate your support. Thanks for watching and commenting!
So glad to see you back in a shop and making videos again. Loved the snake and the jigs were insane!!!Regards,Bob
Hey, Bob. It's nice to make cool stuff again. Thanks for watching!
Love the project, Steve!
Thank you, Michael! I appreciate your watching and commenting.
very cool.. those are some totally awesome jigs you made, also
Thank you, John!
Hi Steve another great project I love the jigs you help to make it matter ,
Graeme.
Thank you for watching!
That was awesome. Very creative and nice jigs.
Thank you, Sir!
Wow, what a jig setup! Great work Steve!
Thank you, Jason! It took a lot of time to make all the jigs. But it was worth the effort.
Awesome job! Excellent jigs too!
Thank you, Charles.
that was amazing Steve, so cool how you made this and the jigs you used....just amazing.
Thank you very much, Mike.
Cool joint snake
Wiggle Snakes, for the win! I like it!
Who doesn't love a good wiggle snake? Hah, thanks for watching, Matt.
Wow!! Awesome job Steve!! Love that jig too...
Thank you, Carl!
Every cool 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 now of course I need to try to make it...
Well of course! And you obviously don't need to spend all the time I did making a bunch of specialized jigs. But if you think you may ever do a production run... Thanks for your ongoing support, Frank!
That is super amazing. The thought and time making jigs alone is something to blow the mind. Well done, thoroughly enjoyable to watch. You certainly are all doing Steve proud.
I appreciate that, Paul! Thanks for being here.
Outstanding Steve !! You rock when it comes to jigs man !! Awesome job on the Snake and thank you for taking part in the collaboration. Your support and time is much appreciated. regards Steve.
Thank you, Steve, for watching and for all of your time and effort to put this collaborative effort together. I know it's a cause that means a lot to you. That said, I couldn't dance a jig if you paid me. And making jigs is something I do only out of love for accuracy, repeatability and safety. The real jig rocker is Mr. Swan; the "Izzanator" (I've never called him that before. I hope he doesn't kick my ass. We all know he could with no problem!) But thank you anyway ;) I'm glad I was able to be a part of this. I missed out on a lot of collabs and challenges last year. It's nice to participate this time.
Absolutely awesome...the making of the snake and the video editing....you never cease to amaze me....
Why thank you, Sir. Sometimes I even surprise myself!
Great set of fix of fixtures. Well thought out. Thanks for sharing.
And thank you for watching and commenting, Tom!
So cool. Great job, Steve.
Thank you, Ryan. I appreciate you, man!
Great build! Always enjoy seeing the jigs you make.
Thank you, Chris. Sometimes you've just got to get jiggy with it!
Steve, WOW, I am blown away by your ingenuity. Fantastic idea, fantastic jigs, fantastic result. You got it my friend. Paul / paulsmessyworkshop
Thank you, Paul!
Some Coolness Steve, Awesome work
Thank you for watching.
Very well done, Steve.
Thanks for watching, Steve!
That was some of the awesomest jig design I've ever seen. Fantastic work!
Thanks for watching and for the nice comment! I'm surprised people are so drawn to the jigs. I figured they'd be interesting as far as giving people ideas of ways to go about cutting such small pieces safely and consistently. But they seem to have stolen the show! I'm not complaining, mind you. I appreciate your support!
This is so cool. Love your jigs and how the snake came out.
Well thank you very much! It's great to see you here.
Welcome back Steve I love this video very nicely done. I see there was a lot of though that went into making it thanks for sharing.
Hey Chris. Yeah, it was quite an ordeal. Well, making the set of jigs was. The actual making of the snake was pretty simple and straightforward. Actually, I can think of simpler jigs (router jigs) to make more of the segment cuts. But - given the hard deadline - I didn't want to risk running into complications. I knew these were a sure bet.
Really enjoyed that Steve, your jigs are amazing, as is your skill and implementation. Excellent piece and video my friend.
Cheers
Mike
Thank you, Sir! I'm sure to some the jigs will come off as over-kill. But they sure made the pieces come out consistent. Plus, I can now make more in the future. I seriously want one of these snakes for myself. I almost hate giving this one away; it's so cool! But it's definitely a worthy cause and I know how to make more ;)
I can't wait to check out your video as well. By the way, I just re-subscribed to you. I know I used to be.
Excellent. Very well done. thanks!
Thank you for watching and commenting.
awesome job steve
Thank you very much, Donna.
Your engineering with fences, jigs and shortcuts still amazes me man!
I appreciate you, man! My main concern with this project was how to make all the body segments consistent (and not getting hurt in the process). The jigs took a lot longer to make than I anticipated but it was worth it in the end.
Thanks for helping me to the snake toy
Cool project, loved those smart jigs you used
Thank you very much!
Another very cool project! How about a follow up with a video on the jigs you made for the snake? A set of plans to with it would also be very nice. Keep em coming.
Hey John, I appreciate your watching. I may do a video about the jigs at some point. A lot of people seem to be intrigued by them. I didn't explain them in the video because I know the chances of anyone actually wanting to go through all the trouble to make them is very slim. But I suppose it might be helpful to share the concept of each one. Once you understand exactly what each one does it's fairly straightforward to create jigs that will accomplish the same objective.
Thanks for the feedback.
Awesome job! I love all your jigs.
Thank you, Sir! The jigs made the build a lot easier. Even though they added a lot of time and work to it, at least I have them to use again.
You have **WAY** more patience than I do... Nice job, Steve. Very clever jigs.
Thank you, Mike. Luckily, I now have the jigs to make more in the future. I at least need a snake for myself (and maybe a few for gifts)!
Your jigs are so cool! Loved it!
Thank you, Andrea.
Neato snake Frenchie!!! You do awesome work, and the snake moves so snake like! :D
Thank you, Cy!
That was really cool. Love all the jigs. Looks like you could be in high production mode for those toys.
Hey man, thanks for watching. I will make a bunch of them at some point. But for now it's all about the Make It Matter charity collaboration.
awesome work my friend. I especially liked all your many jigs.
You know what they say about having a lot of jigs, right? You don't? Crap, I was hoping you knew so you could tell me. Oh well, I guess we'll never know :) Thanks for watching!
Jiggity jiggity! Lots of jigs. Are you going to do a followup by any chance on how you came up with all the jigs?
Great wiggle snake.
Thank you, Sir! I don't know. Probably not. I just thought through all the operations I'd have to perform in the build and - before even starting - took some time to determine the best order of operations and how I'd have to hold each piece to get it done safely. From there it all just came together. I considered recording how I made the individual jigs. But then I realized it would have potentially put me in way too tight a time crunch. I think I showed enough of each to give anyone who really wanted to take the time to reproduce my jigs the information they need to create their own.
Frankly, there are easier ways to make the body segments if you're only doing a handful. But I wanted to have the ability to churn out segments by the dozen sometime in the future. I just need to come up with a print out some head patterns and I'll be set. After all, this snake is too cool not to at least make some for myself (and some more to give away and/or sell later down the line). But for now, only this one completed snake exists. I don't want to devalue it and potentially harm the auction price.
Fantastic buddy!! I enjoyed every second of this video!! Love the jigs, love the side lathe you set up in your drill press, love the magnetic head, the colors, just perfect!!
Yuval.
I appreciate that the kind words! The colors were chosen to resemble those of the snake character in Toy Story. And since that character also has a swiveling head, the magnets ended up being a perfect solution!
This is awesome! You made some awesome jigs for this snake! Hope you will make more snakes then 1, because of the time you put into the making of the jigs :D
I appreciate the kind words. Yes, I will be making more snakes for sure!
good job 👍👍👍😍😍
Thank you!
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
fantasic project mate, just found your channel and subscribed. all the best to you sir. great cause.
I appreciate that. Sir. I returned the sub. I'm not a turner (don't have a lathe). However, on occasion I do have to turn a small item with a drill press. Actually, I'm kind of afraid of the rabbit hole that is turning. But some day I may get or build me a mini lathe. Thanks for watching!
Having been following this on Facebook, I was looking forward to seeing an awesome build :D
What I was NOT prepared for was the truly epic array of jigs you'd built to batch out parts! That is GENIUS!
I am truly truly impressed :D I wanna see more of THAT :P
Thank you, Sir!
You're a beast!!!! I can't even wait til the end to say it.....>>>
I'll take it (though I was hoping you were going to call me a breast instead ;) )! Thanks for the support, Eloy.
Wow Steve That Brought back Memories of My Childhood as I had a few of them... :) :) I wanted to say that the Router table jig you have is Pretty Impressive Mate, As is all the jigs in this video.... All in all a Very Impressive build video Throughout with some very good Techniques I picked up. This is a brilliant Collaboration.. Thank you very Much for sharing this amazing build.. Shared and Tweeted..
I really appreciate your support, Terry! Yeah, that router jig was the only way I could think of to cut the notch safely and accurately every time. I spent a lot of time making all the jigs, but now that I have them I can use them to churn out more parts with ease in the future. Because, hey, I want some of these snakes for myself too (and possibly for gifts)!
I too had some of these as a child and always thought they were cool. And since I've been planning for quite some time now to make one - and there's one in Toy Story - this ended up being my chance to do so. A win-win for all involved.
I made a wiggle snake while watching this :)
Cool! If you're interested in having it shown in a future video, feel free to send me a couple pictures and I'll include it in my next "Your Projects Inspired By My Projects" segment, like what I did in my 10K subs video. That is, of course, assuming you mean a wooden one. Haha! Hey, thanks for watching and commenting.
When I get more time to do some woodworking I will; say a table saw, band saw, circular, jigsaw and normal tools is all you can use ( for amateur), what could I make?! Nope wasn't talking about the wooden one, I wish tho!
***** - Yeah, I suspected you were referring to a brown snake. Haha!
damn, talk about jig master. Great job. I bet it took you the whole time just to make all those jigs.
Ken
Pshht, give me a break; Izzy Swan is the jig master. I'm just a jig wannabe. But I fully understand the value of custom jigs and make them whenever I feel they will benefit a project (and allow for future production). When it comes to accuracy, consistency and safety, it's hard to beat a good jig. Thanks for watching, Ken!
nicely done! mega dittos to the comments below.
now here is a case of hind sight 20/20. if I were doing this for the first time I probably would have done it the same way you did, but having watched you blaze the trail afforded me the opportunity to think of this ...
instead of flipping the dowels over to cut one cheek and then the other on the ends, make the jig to slide side to side with adjustable stops.
so cut one cheek then slide over and cut the other. seems to me like that would shave off a lot of time collectively.
I like the magnetic head joint! but do you think there are any concerns with that being a choke hazard? heck, my kids would lose it before choking on it anyway and we'd have a headless snake lol.
Ray, I actually did think of that. But this seemed to be slightly less involved. I designed the jigs to be micro-adjustable. The main band saw sled has an adjustment screw at the front that limits travel. Once that was established, the first 2 overlays were set just right. The final overlay has X and Y axis fine adjustments to allow me to dial in the critical cheek/shoulder cuts. And the second insert has its own X-axis micro-adjustablilty. Having the carriage do the shift side to side thing was my original thought. But it felt like it was going to over-complicate it AND potentially be hindered by any saw dust that got in the way.
But yeah, I like and agree with your line of thinking. In the end, however, it didn't feel like it was going to be enough of a benefit to move forward with it. Though I'm sure it could be done and made to work just fine. Concerning the detacheable head. I did think of the choke hazard. But then I realized that this is an item that's a little too delicate to be a child's toy. It's more of novelty for grown-ups. So I decided no to worry about it. When it's listed for sale, I'll be sure it's known that it is NOT intended for young kids.
Actually, the reason I went with the magnets at all is because the snake in Toy Story has his head turned so that it can raise its body and keep the head level. But, in reality, none of the wiggle snakes I've even seen is made that way. Al the real wiggle snakes I;m aware of have the head level with the "plane of wiggle". So I decided to make it rotate, allowing for the best of both worlds.
Anyway, you did raise very valid points and I appreciate the feedback. I did consider them myself, but it's cool to know that some one else thought about them as well. Thank you for watching!
Wood 'n' Stuff w/ Steve French hmm ... I didn't think about the saw dust issue. good point to take into consideration when planning any jig.
these small object projects are really kewl as they take as much or even more planning than some larger projects.
I saw the new Nova drill press. How do you like it? Great project.
Hey Dennie, great to see you here! I love it the drill press. The good far outweighs the bad. I'm going to have a detailed review on it written up within the next couple weeks (on HomeFixated.com, the site I write project and review articles for). Thanks for watching!
esse cara é muito foda, acompanho todos os seus vídeos
Hey! According to Google Translator, that says "This guy sucks, I follow all his videos." I'm going to assume that's an error in translation, otherwise you probably wouldn't watch all of my videos. So with that interpretation in mind: Thank you very much! I appreciate your watching and commenting!
Oh look is snake from toy story
I am a subscriber to your channel and enjoy your videos very much. Recently, UA-cam did
something to their software that makes it difficult for me see your new videos. After signing in, I was always able to click on the "subscriptions" button and see which of my subscribed channels had posted new videos. On Friday, March 10th this feature went away but it came back on Saturday, March 11 and worked until Friday March 17th, when it went away again. It has still not returned to this date. It is difficult to go through all my subscriptions in order to see those who have posted new videos. This is especially true when you get the nitwits that post other You Tubers videos under their own name.
I have been informing UA-cam of this problem every day but do not seem to be getting any response at all. Everyone suffers here, not just your subscribers.
I am hoping that you have some influence with UA-cam and can contact them to help remedy this situation. Many thanks.
Hey Stephen. Trust me, I know how frustrating it is. UA-cam is constantly messing up the things that work. If it works properly now, you can rest assured it won't in a month. I'm just a little tiny, puny channel, which means I have zero influence with UA-cam. However, the subscriptions feed has been working fine for me lately. So I'm not sure what to suggest, sorry. I appreciate your watching, even though it's sometimes a pain to find new videos from the creators you're subscribed to. Hopefully YT will fix whatever is messing up for you.
Though it's worth noting that if you have more than one account, it's possible you're not logged in to the account that's subscribed to me (I've been there before). Also, my newest video should be uploaded within the next day. With luck, it'll show up in your feed.