Hope you enjoy the video! Try to avoid spoilers in the comments where possible!!! Also, Shaker Table Series is being released here: ua-cam.com/play/PLJZTXsmiGZKfk3NW1gcpTRlIAnr1WvksQ.html&si=ynsNm_iM8Bz7sLNF If you're not into this kind of project and prefer my more educational style content, the Free Online Woodworking School is where you'll find it :)
@@smashyrashy the focus is on success. But that glosses over the process of how success is achieved. Which I feel many could benefit from. One image I saw that stuck with me was the backlot where the rotary engine was developed. They saved all the blocks they'd made as references. For acres as far as the eye could see there were engine blocks stacked up. I think they worked at it for 10 years? In that span of time they'd made a lot of engines. They really had been working hard at it. Success doesn't always strike overnight. In fact that's the rare exception.
What incredible craftsmanship and inspiration! Being the original designer of this mechanism while collaborating with Mark, I know all too well the feeling of making a hundred iterations that result in failures and lessons learned. We actually made one-piece laser-cut version out of Baltic birch that worked decently well, but nothing to the level of craftsmanship here. It didn’t make it into the final video cut, so it is incredibly fun to see someone else demonstrate wood as a viable option for a compliant mechanism. I for one would love to see another attempt and am confident it can work with some modifications. 🙌
Damn! So cool to read this! Yea perhaps a bit more testing should have been carried out before jumping into the final design so quickly. There’s definitely some potential here though. Thanks for commenting and making the design public!
After watching the extended video, I think you should avoid a crooked firing bar altogether. Make a straight bar from the cocking ring to the barrel, and put all the springs below it. Also use thicker springs, and glue them only to the frame. Leave them loose in the firing bar notches.
it's craft like these that are the reason I love blacksmithing and wood working so much. Even if they are not used as main manufacturing source anymore I'm glad to see it live on as a form of art
It's like Robin Hood meets Judge Dredd. Love it!! An idea for the bit that broke is steam bending thin strips and then glueing them together. The corners may need some shaping but you would have largely consistent grain direction in exactly the direction you want it and no cross grain.
Those grips look awesome! This whole video was amazing, I really liked to see the different stages in prototyping and how you solved each problem as it was coming up. Looking forward to the next version
Lover the nod to Mark Rober's video (The Cereal Killer track) - great of them to give permission to use it as really works. Awesome video and great effort!
make these woods with bamboo, which are of medium thickness that looks like a toothpick for more flexibility. I think it will have more strength when shooting.
Bro put all this time effort for it to not work. Instead of delivering he said “eh” and posted the video for the paycheck anyway. I respect the hustle just wish I didn’t get hustled into watching a 20 min video for the damn thing to not work.
@@MattEstlea me or not. We do enjoy your journey. I hope you have settled in well, and I look forward to the content that maybe gives us a glimpse into that.
What if you used vineer or steamed wood to make the spring body in essence 1 piece. Yeah it would be a pain to make but it would remove the weakness in the joints.
do you need that odd shape? if the hammer was straight rather than kinked, it could also be thicker. You could have shorter fins on top and underneath (and/or to the sides), which would apply a lot more force (might need a screw to cock it). It'd be easier to fabricate and might actually work
Im surprised you used dovetails on something so small. My understanding is that with modern glue creating a stronger bond than the wood fibers themselves, joints like that, particularly at small scales, just weaken the wood itself increasing the odds of breaking.
15:29 - The literal *moment* I saw those wooden rods trying to bend I thought to myself "oh hell no this isn't going to work at all lmao" and I was right Great first try though!
Its kind of ironic. The entire point of the one piece construction was to make it simple. If you want a wood nerf gun to be simple it can be made in 3 pieces. 2 halves and the bow part. If you need it even simpler it can be 1 piece, then drill the barrel and use a rubberband for power.
You missed the point a little, it was a nice project and all, but Mark's nerf gun is designed specifically to work as a single piece mechanism + to be easily 3D printed. Would be better if you adapted his design a tad to work better with wood
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I love that you left marks logo on your version. Very well done!
Just realized you also used the music he uses when explaining stuff. Very cool!
Sorry about that, I’ll remover for future
you better keep your word, you got 14k likes as of today... start modeling the next version or else... the duck gets it ... 🦆🔫
Doesn’t matter what happens, that thing looks absolutely amazing , a work of art !
Appreciate it! Thank you :)
Yeah! The first thing I thought was that I want that on my wall in a display cabinet
Something many don't realize is that success is often preceded by a lot of failure.
Because failures are never shown
@@smashyrashy the focus is on success. But that glosses over the process of how success is achieved. Which I feel many could benefit from. One image I saw that stuck with me was the backlot where the rotary engine was developed. They saved all the blocks they'd made as references. For acres as far as the eye could see there were engine blocks stacked up. I think they worked at it for 10 years? In that span of time they'd made a lot of engines. They really had been working hard at it. Success doesn't always strike overnight. In fact that's the rare exception.
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." -Thomas Edison
Ooh. Hot take.
Thats why my parents had a kid after me haha
What incredible craftsmanship and inspiration! Being the original designer of this mechanism while collaborating with Mark, I know all too well the feeling of making a hundred iterations that result in failures and lessons learned. We actually made one-piece laser-cut version out of Baltic birch that worked decently well, but nothing to the level of craftsmanship here. It didn’t make it into the final video cut, so it is incredibly fun to see someone else demonstrate wood as a viable option for a compliant mechanism. I for one would love to see another attempt and am confident it can work with some modifications. 🙌
Damn! So cool to read this! Yea perhaps a bit more testing should have been carried out before jumping into the final design so quickly. There’s definitely some potential here though. Thanks for commenting and making the design public!
One hundred and twenty third thumb.
This is the most anticlimactic yet satisfying conclution for any video I've ever seen
Gotta love a good conclution
After watching the extended video, I think you should avoid a crooked firing bar altogether. Make a straight bar from the cocking ring to the barrel, and put all the springs below it. Also use thicker springs, and glue them only to the frame. Leave them loose in the firing bar notches.
You failed at making a gun but oh my god did you make the most unintentionally funny videos of the year.
"Looks tasty."
"Oh thank you. I know I do."
"No, no... your wood."
He tried so hard, only to dig himself into a deeper hole. lol
18:31 well… you got 3.9x the amount you asked for so go ahead, I really wanna see a working one
Well, failure is ALWAYS an option! It was still fun to watch it being made regardless!
3D printed upgraded to wood. Now... Wood to metal? Then metal to carbon fiber? Then.... Ummm... Diamonds.
it's craft like these that are the reason I love blacksmithing and wood working so much. Even if they are not used as main manufacturing source anymore I'm glad to see it live on as a form of art
Love the pacing Matt! The gun looks amazing.
Thank you mate! :)
It's like Robin Hood meets Judge Dredd. Love it!!
An idea for the bit that broke is steam bending thin strips and then glueing them together. The corners may need some shaping but you would have largely consistent grain direction in exactly the direction you want it and no cross grain.
Those grips look awesome! This whole video was amazing, I really liked to see the different stages in prototyping and how you solved each problem as it was coming up. Looking forward to the next version
Lover the nod to Mark Rober's video (The Cereal Killer track) - great of them to give permission to use it as really works.
Awesome video and great effort!
6:05 - "18 karat, very pure, and here is the brown sauce taken from the foot of a 250 year old camel, in 1939..."
"We thought it wood work“ I see what you did there :)
I love the credits to Mark Rober by playing his explaining background music :)
Brilliant efforts Matt look forward to version 2.0 keep up the great work, loving your videos.
Cheers Tim!
That's the gun that could defeat Magneto!
Next, teach trees to grow fibers in the shape of Mark Rober's gun.
Make it again it’s too beautiful to be dysfunctional
make these woods with bamboo, which are of medium thickness that looks like a toothpick for more flexibility. I think it will have more strength when shooting.
hope Rober sees this because you do his plans a great service. Amazing problems solving!
4:19 now that's the million dollar question
Bro put all this time effort for it to not work. Instead of delivering he said “eh” and posted the video for the paycheck anyway. I respect the hustle just wish I didn’t get hustled into watching a 20 min video for the damn thing to not work.
Mate ... this is wonderfully bonkers ... love it!!
Best feedback ever. Thank you!
That is an awful lot of work packed onto 18 mins!! phenomenal effort.
Yea was a bit of a nightmare to edit! Appreciate it!
Magneto is quaking in his boots right now.
Totally thought you were jackfrags
Wood Jesus has finally snapped like the short grain we all came to despise. It all started with those insanely sharp chisels, and now GUNS?! 😮
Everyone has potential for a villain arc. 👀
Finally, the wooden gun reed richards made to counter magneto
looks like a dominator from psycho pass, nice design
Thank you for still posting even though it didn't work
Matt Estlea, fine furniture and fine weapons wood worker.
The feeling when the feature to make prints from a mesh is added to fusion a week or so after the vid drops
0:43 that’s a super cool bass in the background
I've seen people make stabilizing wood by infusing the wood with resin. I wonder if that would make the body more ridged and less prone to breaking
lol. I appreciate that you didn't force the outcome and just let the video be what it was going to be.
We're getting closer and closer to defeating Magneto, please keep up the good work
Compliant Mechanism on wood is so interesting!
Skip wood to metal?
Mark: Makes nerf gun out of one piece
Matt:
But yeah I get why you did it, I just think it's a crazy juxtaposition, it sucks that it didn't work.
Great video and that was an awesome build despite it not working as envisaged. Incredible work
Really missed this kind of video- a woodworking masterclass! Amazing. Keep the woodworking coming!!
the "checkered pattern you see on gun stock" is called knurling
Awesome video. So cool to see the new and old techniques used in designing it. Would love to see another crack at it to see how the design changes.
Really needed woodfill PLA as a comparison
Its crazy how this has taken off
That sucks that it ended up not working, but it did look amazing! Great video!
Man you're way too underappreciated. Keep up the AMAZING work!!
I was SO confused as the video started in the background, as you sound so similar to Jackfrags :D :D
Great idea and video. That’s how you do a laser integration. Hope @markrober sees it.
Maybe only use cereal killer 1 time in the video next time…
I love it 5 month hiatus and we jump back in with a nerf gun. Perfect!
It's almost a meme by this point 😂 Thank you!
@@MattEstlea me or not. We do enjoy your journey. I hope you have settled in well, and I look forward to the content that maybe gives us a glimpse into that.
You went back to school….. to make a ……. Flat piece of wood lol I wish my school had a wood shop like that, we had welding which is just as fun..
Using the biggest machine in the department may I add 😂
That was such a surprising result.
Magneto is quaking rn
I think making the bending parts out of High pressure laminate or some kind of engineered wood might help with strength
Ah yes, A fellow cultured Tool fan, and also a maker. Good man. :)
the way my mouth opened at the end. absolutely shocking! anyways, good luck on making it work! very interested in seeing the final result lol
Matt it is lovely to see you back!
That 1 to 1 drawing to marking out technique is awesome. Worth watching for this tip alone.
Let's see the next iteration already!
10k likes wow we will be waiting
When you're a Druid in a D&D Campaign, but you spend all your skill points in Gunsmithing.
"For the inside I want to use yew"
Me absentmindedly "Me?! Oh wait."
the narrative tension and storytelling in this video was as impressive as the piece itself! (/pos)
What if you used vineer or steamed wood to make the spring body in essence 1 piece. Yeah it would be a pain to make but it would remove the weakness in the joints.
Bobby Dukes would approve of your "wewd" Nerf gun.
All hail King Matt!
do you need that odd shape? if the hammer was straight rather than kinked, it could also be thicker. You could have shorter fins on top and underneath (and/or to the sides), which would apply a lot more force (might need a screw to cock it). It'd be easier to fabricate and might actually work
Ayyy Lateralus is so good.
Loved the video Matt. going back to a bar discussion at Makers last year.....Get it CUT!!!
I wonder...if you could somehow use the same principles used when making a Bow or Penobscot Bow.
The good news is that we're now one step closer to beating Magneto
Or the original Green Lantern
Hell yeah man! I caught Lateralus on the car stereo! Spiral out brother!
Awesome build! Well done. :0)
local crasftman forgets about crossbows
7:35 Tool Lateralus 🤘
Aaaw noooo! I was pulling for you! At least the gun is forgeous.
Mark: here's a simple 1 component, functioning nerf
Matt: 😅
Your production quality is theough the roof and you made a BEAUTIFUL piece of art, even if it didnt function as intended 😅 awesome work!!
Finally an anti magneto gun
Im surprised you used dovetails on something so small. My understanding is that with modern glue creating a stronger bond than the wood fibers themselves, joints like that, particularly at small scales, just weaken the wood itself increasing the odds of breaking.
I wish I had this man's British accent
It’s not about the end, it’s about the journey😊
wouldn’t it have made more sense to do the veneer before the laser cutting
15:29 - The literal *moment* I saw those wooden rods trying to bend I thought to myself "oh hell no this isn't going to work at all lmao" and I was right
Great first try though!
look forward to version 2 and 3
looks great, gotta get it right though
Its kind of ironic. The entire point of the one piece construction was to make it simple. If you want a wood nerf gun to be simple it can be made in 3 pieces. 2 halves and the bow part. If you need it even simpler it can be 1 piece, then drill the barrel and use a rubberband for power.
You lost me when you said rubber band.
@@MattEstlea I get that. This is an exercise in creativity not a race.
Brandon Herrera called; He wants his hair and GunTube back! Nice project Matt. Take care & stay safe.
Haha! I wasn't aware of him but can definitely understand the likeness. Man doesn't know whats coming.
The entertainment leading up was enough to mitigate the snap at the end 😂
Haha oh man I felt so guilty watching everyone get excited in the chat during the live premiere 😂cheers Robin!
I think you need a few more clamps & grips!
Cool project, but I am just wondering why you didn’t burn in the version number, instead of using a sharpie?
Whoa, last time I heard from you you were living in a van. Glad you survived!
Can't believe I heard that: "It looks tasty ... Your wood." This is a family channel, guys - keep it clean!!
You missed the point a little, it was a nice project and all, but Mark's nerf gun is designed specifically to work as a single piece mechanism + to be easily 3D printed.
Would be better if you adapted his design a tad to work better with wood
The end of the video is what made me like and subscribe!
Sorry Matt but the title of this video alone got you on the FBI watch list lol