I made some dice out of aluminum square stock. I scribed my lines and used my mill to put the indents in them. I used a ball deburring bit for this. The die are numbered in 7 with the 2 numbers being opposite of each other. It would be 5 on one side and a 2 on the opposite end directly across from the 5. And of course the other numbers are 1-6, 3-4, look at any die and this is how it is laid out. The ball end deburring bit worked great for the indents. Aluminum machines, sands or whatever else, using a WD-40 type lubricant instead of oil. Nice video and I appreciate you sharing your knowledge. Keep up the good work and be safe.
Thats it I am buying a lathe! Seems so therapeutic. I took metal shop in high school (in the 90's) and I remember making a set of pegs for my bike, your vids are awesome!
Thank you sharing, during graduation machinist we had to do something of our own design and that was what I made. Thank you, you make me reminiscent good old days. Have a good day from the distance, and keep safe from Montevideo-Uruguay
Boom! Mind blowing. That was very cool. I don’t plan to a set of dice but have needed a flat on round stock. The possibilities are endless. Thanks for sharing
haha ive done something like this before and my thinking was: dont put it on youtube, the machinists guys will rip you apart in the comments... now you did it, insane dude!
Very nice, I've made them out of soft steel just for fun. Aluminum or Stainless steel would make for a much better finish, as you have shown. I added 45° bevels, for character, lol. Looking forward to trying your process
I live in an apartment and the only place I could put it would be a section of the kitchen. Though depending on how far chips fly, maybe that wouldnt be too bad as it's a tiled floor. In your experience how far do chips fall when you are working?
Suggest centering each dot with a light center drill like you did but then pressing/punching the rest of the dot with a larger round punch to create a detent. This will eliminate the final drill bit chamfer/point at the bottom of each dot.
Dude... excellent work. Here I am waiting to be able to afford a four jaw chuck (hopefully it finds its way under a tree this year), when I could have been squaring small stuff all along.
Great vid! for future reference using this technique will get 2 surfaces of a cube parallel, but generally the squareness to an adjacent side will be out the window. Based on the oblong dice video from numberphile I'm sure this wont hurt the die, but might pose a problem for functional parts that have to mate up square
TimNummy Its not that it can't do it, its just dependent on the straightness of your jaws (and jaw bevels) in relation to the centerline of your machine. That and when you clamp anything in a chuck, the jaws flex outward minutely. When you are contacting all 3 jaws equally the part stays on center because the jaws flex roughly the same amount. When you clamp a part so it hits one jaw dead on, and the other 2 on the chamfer the part becomes overconstrained and will kick one way or the other to satisfy the loads put on it (kinematically speaking). This will generally cock the part.
Great iv never thought about making 1.you should do I couple part videos to keep people coming back, at the moment I'm making a small steam/comprest air engine, I think that would be a good project for you
Hi TIm, nice project again! If you ever need a project that'll keep you busy for the better part of a cold sunday, look up "turner's cube". I think you'll like that.
Haha thanks - that's actually what inspired this project however I thought it would be a good first step to at least just make a square before I try to do inception squares.
Way cool! I'm afraid you didn't take into account that the weighting might be off. Since more mass has been removed from the 6 face when compared to the 1 face. If the holes are the same depth across each side, then each face has a different weight from the others. It's as if you stuck a plastic die into the toaster to melt a face just enough to always land 6 up.
Just watched 3 videos. Looks like your having fun. How is the machine? Do you like it? Thinking about purchasing one till i find a deal on a larger one. Just to play around with.
Good job, but i always thought the edges were beveled to allow the dice to roll, maybe on a following video. It would be good to compare them to a standard set.
Some years back I made a set of non-transitive dice out of cocobolo wood. It’s a fun geek toy...4 dice that have carefully chosen spots so that die 2 is better than die 1, 3 better than 2, 4 better than 3, but...the presumably best die, the 4th one, usually loses to die 1. Hard to explain, but a cool concept. Look up the term.
the guy (joseph whitworth) that invented the engineers blue (marking fluid) also invented the standardized thread and a civil war era sniper rifle that fired a twisted hexagonal bullet The more you know the more interesting machining gets
Hey Tim.. I tried doing this but ran into a problem. Hoping you can reply... When I was trying to turn the die. I couldn't figure out how to square up the face of the die after you cut one side and flip it over to cut the other.. How do you ensure the two faces are parallel if you cant reference the back of the chuck face to make it square?
Hey! I have the aluminum version (it's linked in the description) and while it isn't as good as the steel version and is starting to show some wear already, for the price it's pretty hard to beat and borderline disposable.
Did consider making the indents on the lathe, either by using a four jaw chuck (if you have one) or by attaching the die to the tool post holder and grabbing the drill with the chuck?
I didn't - I thought about at least marking the center ones (1, middle of 3, and middle of 5) with it mounted in the lathe but then decided it would be easier (although slightly less precise) to do on the drill press. FWIW I don't have a 4 jaw chuck yet and I would had to have made some kind of fixture to mount it to the tool post holder so it just would have been more work than it was worth with what I have. Thanks for watching and commenting!
I made some dice out of aluminum square stock. I scribed my lines and used my mill to put the indents in them. I used a ball deburring bit for this. The die are numbered in 7 with the 2 numbers being opposite of each other. It would be 5 on one side and a 2 on the opposite end directly across from the 5. And of course the other numbers are 1-6, 3-4, look at any die and this is how it is laid out. The ball end deburring bit worked great for the indents. Aluminum machines, sands or whatever else, using a WD-40 type lubricant instead of oil. Nice video and I appreciate you sharing your knowledge. Keep up the good work and be safe.
Thats it I am buying a lathe! Seems so therapeutic. I took metal shop in high school (in the 90's) and I remember making a set of pegs for my bike, your vids are awesome!
I can confirm this worked. not so great for the game of life, but if you get a sock and fill it with about 16 or so you can play death.
Thank you sharing, during graduation machinist we had to do something of our own design and that was what I made. Thank you, you make me reminiscent good old days. Have a good day from the distance, and keep safe from Montevideo-Uruguay
This is pretty good. I think it’s cool how you are making some pretty great pieces with not so great equipment.
Always wanted to get into machine work. Never realized you could create squares/ cubes on a lathe. Nice!👍
Living on the edge with your knuckles so close to the chuck :D Cool project, it turned out nicely.
Wow! I had no idea this was possible on a lathe
awldune me too
Nice job as usual.
awldune It is possible and to use a chuck like the used one in the video it's fucking dangerous
it's always fun making round things square and square things round
@@SkyzzV_ so would a 4 jaw chuck be more applicable and safe for this project
It's always refreshing to see one making something on the fly, great job Tim!
Thanks for watching and enjoying! :)
Boom! Mind blowing. That was very cool. I don’t plan to a set of dice but have needed a flat on round stock. The possibilities are endless. Thanks for sharing
I would just add 45 degree on the corners and debur the sides and it would be set
Beautiful artwork, i wish i could have one
I learned a new trick! I didn’t know how to make a square on a lathe. Cool idea.
Really interesting seeing you turn a cube on the lathe, I had not even considered it possible! Good stuff! :)
Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for watching!
Love these small projects
I would never have though to even try it on a 3 jaw chuck. I am amazed.
Great video. It inspired me to make dice, only the pair I made have two five's and no sixes- it throws the game way off. Thanks excellent video!
Imagine my surprise
When before my eyes
Did from a lathe arise
A set of playing dies.
haha ive done something like this before and my thinking was: dont put it on youtube, the machinists guys will rip you apart in the comments... now you did it, insane dude!
Haha so far so good at least!
such a easy project. its going to be my first
Very nice, I've made them out of soft steel just for fun. Aluminum or Stainless steel would make for a much better finish, as you have shown. I added 45° bevels, for character, lol. Looking forward to trying your process
Thats pretty badass. Makes me wish I had space for a lathe of my own. Thumbs up dude!
Thanks so much! These little lathes don't take up too much room ;)
I live in an apartment and the only place I could put it would be a section of the kitchen. Though depending on how far chips fly, maybe that wouldnt be too bad as it's a tiled floor. In your experience how far do chips fall when you are working?
Great video, but how about a follow up where you balance the dice?
أنا مشترك جديد من العراق واحب اعمالك الرائعة
Awesome job Tim, how about a D20 next?
Haha thanks - maybe some day ;)
TimNummy I would like to see a D20 as well if you are feeling ambitious
Has parallel sides, would be easy for an engineer. I'd like to see a d4 or a d10.
Oh yeah, Dee Twenny!!!
I wanna see that!
Suggest centering each dot with a light center drill like you did but then pressing/punching the rest of the dot with a larger round punch to create a detent. This will eliminate the final drill bit chamfer/point at the bottom of each dot.
"The Wobble is Strong with this one"
With material removed to make the dots. The nr 1 side is heavier. Making nr 6 that is lightest, have a slitgly higher chance to land.
Dude... excellent work. Here I am waiting to be able to afford a four jaw chuck (hopefully it finds its way under a tree this year), when I could have been squaring small stuff all along.
Thanks so much! +1 for the relevant user name haha.
Great vid! for future reference using this technique will get 2 surfaces of a cube parallel, but generally the squareness to an adjacent side will be out the window. Based on the oblong dice video from numberphile I'm sure this wont hurt the die, but might pose a problem for functional parts that have to mate up square
Thanks! I'm curious though, why would it not be able to get squareness on adjacent sides?
TimNummy Its not that it can't do it, its just dependent on the straightness of your jaws (and jaw bevels) in relation to the centerline of your machine. That and when you clamp anything in a chuck, the jaws flex outward minutely. When you are contacting all 3 jaws equally the part stays on center because the jaws flex roughly the same amount. When you clamp a part so it hits one jaw dead on, and the other 2 on the chamfer the part becomes overconstrained and will kick one way or the other to satisfy the loads put on it (kinematically speaking). This will generally cock the part.
Ah that makes sense - I'll keep that in mind for sure, however I'm not sure I'll ever do anything that needs to be THAT square haha.
Solid piece of hard work. Amazing.
That's really a cool project well done
Great iv never thought about making 1.you should do I couple part videos to keep people coming back, at the moment I'm making a small steam/comprest air engine, I think that would be a good project for you
Thanks for the suggestion! At some point when I get a mill and can make all the necessary parts that would be pretty fun to do :)
pretty smart! At first I was thinking "wtf" but then just watched the magic :-}
Just in case, counterclockwise might not mean past. IT might be just an other future ;) Nice contribution!
Hi TIm, nice project again! If you ever need a project that'll keep you busy for the better part of a cold sunday, look up "turner's cube". I think you'll like that.
Haha thanks - that's actually what inspired this project however I thought it would be a good first step to at least just make a square before I try to do inception squares.
Very cool. Have you ever had a piece of metal flung out by centrifugal force?
Cool project!
this is cool. as an extra challenge try to make one as fair as possible. :)
I really like your videos.
I enjoyed watching this. Thank you.
I loved that my friend!!! I would like to have a set of 6 of those dice 😊 would that be possible? God bless my friend 😊 I liked and subscribed!!
NICE, first of your videos i saw
Good job I had no idea that it can be done on a lathe
Awesome video thank you. Question what size is your lathe and how much should one cost? Ty
That turned out pretty good! Pun intended ;P
Made one yesterday wasn’t as good as yours but turned out ok great job mate
Lee Adams thanks!
Nice project!
Way cool! I'm afraid you didn't take into account that the weighting might be off. Since more mass has been removed from the 6 face when compared to the 1 face. If the holes are the same depth across each side, then each face has a different weight from the others. It's as if you stuck a plastic die into the toaster to melt a face just enough to always land 6 up.
Yeah, but can you turn a dodecahedron? Just kidding. Nice Job!
Haha maybe next time - thanks!
Stop giving him ideas
:D
Real question is - can he make tesseract on lathe ;)
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Just watched 3 videos. Looks like your having fun. How is the machine? Do you like it? Thinking about purchasing one till i find a deal on a larger one. Just to play around with.
A lathe: for making round things rounder
And making square things?
I see u have the same 7x14 chinese lathe, have you ever turned it off and it started up again on its own??
Awesome Job Bro
Thanks!
Awesome video
Very nice!
"I choose clockwise because I like to dwell on the future instead of the past."
Good job, but i always thought the edges were beveled to allow the dice to roll, maybe on a following video. It would be good to compare them to a standard set.
Casino dice have sharp edges. Casual dice may or may not. Casino dice are meant to be thrown though so you may be right :)
Nice job Tim as always
Him: it's time to oil my dice so it doesn't rust.
Friend: what tha...
Very impressive - I was expecting to see a 4-jaw when I clicked on this.
Hi, Where can I get aluminum parts random?
you could easily make one side slightly heavier throwing a game in your favor
Cool video but is the die off balance or can you roll it and it not only land on one side
Some years back I made a set of non-transitive dice out of cocobolo wood. It’s a fun geek toy...4 dice that have carefully chosen spots so that die 2 is better than die 1, 3 better than 2, 4 better than 3, but...the presumably best die, the 4th one, usually loses to die 1. Hard to explain, but a cool concept. Look up the term.
Wow, that's pretty interesting... I'll definitely check them out. Thanks!
If you gonna sand try to use cutting oil or something like that
Of course...
If you used a 4 jaw chuck you would've been able to drill all the holes on the lathe as well.
There is a lot of wobble in the tail stock how do you get around this? Not if i should get one like yours or a larger second hand one.
the guy (joseph whitworth) that invented the engineers blue (marking fluid) also invented the standardized thread and a civil war era sniper rifle that fired a twisted hexagonal bullet
The more you know the more interesting machining gets
nice work
as nice as it is, would it not be easier to make a cube with a mill or even a bandsaw with a jig?
Eh maybe, it was less about making a die and more an exercise of making a square on a lathe.
How much to get a full d&d dice set made of metal
very neat! How do people come up with all these chemical types lol
"Yeah science, bi**h" - Pinkman
Hey Tim.. I tried doing this but ran into a problem. Hoping you can reply... When I was trying to turn the die. I couldn't figure out how to square up the face of the die after you cut one side and flip it over to cut the other.. How do you ensure the two faces are parallel if you cant reference the back of the chuck face to make it square?
My question is, is it weighed correctly? Rather, is this die comparable to a casino approved die?
i would love to have this thing you could almost say that its to die for ( as in dice)
The finish it went wrong , It has a lot of scratches, you need to reduce it from .05 to .05 so that the faces do not have scratches , regards!
Thanks!
Wow nice brother
was wondering how you were gonna drill the holes using the laythe...
I could have done it all on the lathe with a 4 jaw chuck... although it probably would have taken a bit longer than just using the drill press.
but could you do it with that 3 jaw chuck 😂
Haha maybe next time :)
What is that machine name? Nice work
Thanks! Lathe: amzn.to/2nVBrEc
I made them on a haas CNC Mill,
If u didn't sand each corner precisely that die is loaded
What size round stock did you start with?
I never checked :( but it was most likely 1"
Nice!
can you turn a 5 side cube?
Hi what is the machine model?
Hello Tim a question do you have the aluminium or steel version of your jinwen quick change toolpost
Hey! I have the aluminum version (it's linked in the description) and while it isn't as good as the steel version and is starting to show some wear already, for the price it's pretty hard to beat and borderline disposable.
wow I just looked at the listing for that. Can't be right, way too cheap. May have to order one myself..
good job
Hows this for an idea, turn some unique game pieces to go with another dice, say for a Monopoly board game.
That would be pretty fun! I'll keep it in mind, thanks :)
You could of used a 4 jaw chuck as well
Try using balastol instead of wd40
Did consider making the indents on the lathe, either by using a four jaw chuck (if you have one) or by attaching the die to the tool post holder and grabbing the drill with the chuck?
I didn't - I thought about at least marking the center ones (1, middle of 3, and middle of 5) with it mounted in the lathe but then decided it would be easier (although slightly less precise) to do on the drill press. FWIW I don't have a 4 jaw chuck yet and I would had to have made some kind of fixture to mount it to the tool post holder so it just would have been more work than it was worth with what I have.
Thanks for watching and commenting!
Did you make two?
Nope. Just one.
Please try a D20
Artist
Thats cool
Todos los trabajos que hize en la preparatoria el maestro me los quitó y nunca los regreso
Just curious....did none of the stuff you found tell you the "indents" are called pips or did you leave that out so as not to confuse people lol
Ha... we'll go with leaving it out to not confuse people. Aka, I didn't learn they were called pips until after I made the video.
Impressive
I been meaning to make one of these!
All that polishing though, by remounting again and again. Yikes. Dude. Dremel. lol.