Quite apart from the clever little puzzle, I really thoroughly enjoyed the "instructional video" of woodworking and building the puzzle. You have an unusually good instinct for instruction. The video is well filmed, and shows all the important steps in a way that both explains why you are doing them, and that demonstrates completely the steps involved. I am no woodworker, but I feel like I could indeed reproduce the puzzle by following the steps you demonstrate so well. I'm a tech writer, so I really appreciate well-done instruction and explanations. Thanks very much.
+garyzim That makes me feel as though I have succeeded, so thanks. But I will admit that it is not instinct at work here so much as it is practice. My early videos were awful.
+garyzim Yeah, I was just about to say this, but you seemed to have captured the idea perfectly. I'm tempted to go out and buy one of my own so I can cheese all my friends with it.
+garyzim While reading your comment, I couldn't help but notice the quality of your writing. I was happy to find out that you are, in fact, a writer. Cheers, to the beauty of perfecting an art - be it woodworking or writing.
I'm going to put a wedding ring in this contraption and tell my girlfriend if she solves it without breaking it we'll get married. That'll shut her up for awhile.
I would have put in a little spring to keep the center post up. This would require a little extra downward pressure to open it. Thus, it would be more difficult for someone to accidentally stumble onto the soution.
+SuperDuckyWho And after perusing the description and comments I'm confused as to why anyone would go batshit psycho over this. It's a TH-cam video, and a fairly interesting one involving good craftsmanship. If it was ACTUALLY impossible then it wouldn't be a puzzle, would it people? It would just be a thing with a ring in the middle. Wtf?
+SuperDuckyWho Yes, myself too, I wish I would have taken a physics class at some point, Great series of videos. Oh, by the way, every youtube video will have comments as desribed in the comment area. I cant spell so I will leave it at that.
Despite all the angry comments, I found this video to be very interesting. It really goes to show how us humans sometimes perceive a problem as being impossible to solve because we expect that there is NO WAY the solution would be that simple. We go on trying to solve the problem using overcomplicated steps, to match our overcomplicated perception of the simple issue, while the solution is much simpler. Thanks for this eye-opener.
I disagree ...it only goes to show, how difficult it is to solve a puzzle ...when it isn't in your hands. I feel MOST would look at it, shake it a little, pull at the ring ...then lastly, start on the posts. I give this puzzle a difficulty rating of 5/10 - when in your HAND.
Have you seen the japanese puzzle with the 2 balls and the ring? I would love to see you solve that without watching the whole video! When I was watching that I thought of you and this video. Title is 10 year old impossible puzzle.
The instructions were great. Thank you. The puzzle though, I thought was not a fair test of intelligence since, as you mentioned, the solver lacks a key piece of information. Unless if the point is to get the silver to think outside of box and test the strength of the device. But by that logic, breaking the device would also work. Am I wrong in that thinking?
Barry I also thought that it should have been a puzzle and not a hidden latch to remove the ring . I thought the piece was very nice but not much in the realm of mystery
+Barry Sabahat does it need to be a fair test of intelligence? also i'd argue that it'd be more appropriate to consider testing the middle rod is simply confirmation that there are no movable parts. that's much closer to attempting to test if the wood blocks separate than deciding to break them. it's not complex, it's simply about information gathering processes instead of information processing and analysis. at least that's my take on it.
Thank you. I'm not sure what goes in to those suggestions. They've sent me to watch some pretty bizarre things, too. Also, I don't know why this video is getting so much attention, especially since I think that I have much better ones. Well, glad you liked it, in either case ;)
Agreed - I have since been watching a few more (the Four-piece tetrahedral cannonball puzzle being a favourite) and so you've earned another sub. The clinical dismantling of comments that are stupidity manifest is an added bonus to your videos.
the moment you mentioned a magnet and how you were going to use it . Honestly I kind of feel gypped, I thought there was going something more to this, oh well .
Great video (both the trick and the build)! I am however, slightly concerned and disappointed by the number of abusive comments others have given (my concern being for the influx in insulting or aggressive comments over the years). I don't often comment on TH-cam videos, but here I felt compelled to do so. These people contribute nothing positive whatsoever to anything. Their comments only serve to prove how puerile and offensive they actually are. I admire your resilience and resolve. Keep doing what you're doing; there are actually people out there like me who enjoy your videos!
Trust me, I'm glad you're out there. It is my daily hope that the normal, rational people are out there ~reading and watching~ but not actually responding. But I also hope that they agree with my rants for the most part, because I'm hoping that I am normal and rational, too! As for you: Not commenting often may be a sign that you _are_ normal and rational.
this is a great channel. i'm not really into woodworking but this guy makes it really interesting and entertaining. youtube should do more to make this community less toxic. youtube comments are infamous on the internet for being needlessly vicious for their own sake. tons of youtube users seem to come here just to ruin someone's days even if that person doesn't deserve it.
Alex T That's a great philosophy- complacence! Let's just sit here and do nothing, and concede that the entire internet is just a playground for the recently pubescent to work out their primal frustrations however they see fit. I have a better idea: we remind each other daily, and by whatever means required, that parts of the internet are a public forum. You may like your town square filled to the brim with screaming illiterates running around shaking their dinkuses at you, but I like an atmosphere that is a little more conducive to creativity while I'm explaining a project. There will always still be places that you are free to go for your _other_ activities, but please, take it out of my workshop. Here we use sentences and decency, or else I will chastise you just as if you were misusing a utility knife.
pocket83 I stopped reading after "... or the recently pubescent to work out their primal frustrations however they see fit." Most of TH-cam is powered by the prepubescent, e.g. PewDiePie. The internet is a crazy place mannnn.
Does everyone problem, no matter how simple, have a decided algorithm? Like the answer to this puzzle is to move the rod a little down and remove the ring. Is that considered the algorithm, or is it just...
+Ben Bloch Do you follow a set system to solve said crossword puzzles? Or do you look at a crossword puzzle and say "I'll read the hints AFTER I fill in all the blanks this time."
My complements on the excellent video work and sound. The tool closeups, clear sound, and detail was excellent. I appreciated the wood working aspects particularly. This should be a model video for others doing you tube videos.
+Pat Maloney He's not wrong about the two forms of problem solving. And his puzzle did require experimenting to discover all variables involved, which is what you have to do for the second method he mentioned.
AwoudeX I work well with tools. Its seeing people get their fingers so close to the saw thats uncomfortable, because thats when I've seen them come off.
A small thing you could do to allow yourself to sneakily complete it would be to glue some soft layer (leather, cloth, etc.) over the magnet so it doesn't make a clicking noise when the rod slams onto it.
+Volvary Because if you were trying to fool someone without them seeing the operation, say by holding it behind your back, the sounds of the clanging of the ring to the bars and the clanging of the bar to the magnet would be indistinguishable from one another.
No clue what's up with TH-cam recommending videos that have very little to do with a user's interests. Nevertheless this is actually astonishing woodwork, and the editing is absolutely great. Congrats for making something that I don't have much interest in seem so damn intriguing.
netflix is the same now. They're both obviously recommending based on money and business because the suggested videos have nothing to do with your profile or recent activity. I laugh at netflix because it'll be like "because you watched the original King Kong, we think you'll like these. and you'll see unrelated films like Sleepless in Seattle, Law and Order, Xfiles, Mission Impossible, XMen. Really?
I'm not unreasonable or unintelligent, but that description seems a bit harsh and extremely pointless to me. There are idiots here. The world is full of them. Being harsh to them won't stop them from being stupid. Why waste your energy insulting them and writing long descriptions they won't read?
That's not an unreasonable or unintelligent question. The answer: probably because of how shocked I was at the time. I had no idea. Now I understand; the mindset of the average online video media consumer is one of anger, entitlement, disrespect, false superiority, and echo-chamber induced ignorance. In fact, most comments are so offensive, insulting, and illegible that I now allow less than 10% of them to be posted. Once a week, I scroll down and look for anything that makes sense, asks a question, or offers legit criticism- and out of a hundred I get a handful. They are also surprisingly predictable. The sameness of comments is startling. I can tell you now that your comment will soon have many thumb-ups for its neutral "let's all just get along" appearance, while this reply will go unconsidered. A sentence or two from my description tells you that I am a tyrannical narcissist who can't take criticism- that's all these people need to permanently make up their minds about me. And so, my rhetorical question to you is, why wouldn't you want to force such a mob to confront its own self-destruction? What you call "harsh," I call productive. The choice to remain ignorant _should_ be ridiculed. I won't allow it to get comfortable around me.
Good luck with that one, genuinely. The reputation of the TH-cam comment section came about of the effort of millions upon millions of people. They worked damn hard for the title of "Internet Cesspool" and they won't relinquish it easily. Anyone willing to put forth the effort to stem the tide by at least a few people is much appreciated.
If would be better if you gave the puzzled victim a false sense of hope with a misleading solution giving them incentive to try and figure it out rather than giving them nothing at all and having them give up right away. Maybe a section cut out from the middle rod the exact size of the ring? Have one piece of the rod glued and keep the other magnetized. Something like that would give them reason to stay and at the same time actually make it harder for them to find the real solution.
I don't understand why so many people are disliking the video, I found it very fascinating and strangely satisfying. The way he produces his work so precisely is almost mesmerising. If it's about the description, then I'm not even going to bother to acknowledge your feelings. He isn't wrong, in fact I agree with pretty much all his points. His video, his rules. He can do what he likes, he doesn't need your permission.
Thanks. Most people don't read the description. After thousands of complaints, threats, and assorted angry messages, I think I now have a pretty good feeling why. Most of them feel as though I've been dishonest, because they thought this was exclusively about a sophisticated puzzle mechanism, but instead I show a simple 'how to' and then outline a general problem-solving strategy: the law of parsimony. They feel cheated, because they believe that they already _knew_ that. This isn't technically a true "puzzle," at least according to their personal semantic. This was just a selfish grab at views, and a boring one at that. Two things still disappoint me. 1) I wish they would realize that my channel is primarily about building things, and that this was meant to be a blank format for making more complex puzzles. 2) If the lesson is so obvious, why don't they all just realize it intuitively early in the video (and then leave), rather than watching the whole thing and then complaining. Bottom line: nobody likes to be made to feel dumb, even though more than half of all people _are_ dumb. And this video shows them all that. Also, I'm a cocky jerk that reviles rudeness and entitlement. *Statistical note: children, elderly, and the otherwise sick or infirm tip the balance on the Bell curve to easily satisfy my "more than half" claim. Most intelligence assessments don't control for those variables, so the 'average' is probably a standard deviation generous.
pocket83 You are a really intelligent person, and I admire that. I am very disappointed at the reactions you've received, and I hope it doesn't affect you too badly. This was the first video I have seen on your channel, and you've certainly intrigued my interest... Hopefully I could help you by sharing it with people who I know will appreciate your wonderful work. I believe the negative commenters feel threatened by your intelligence, as you aren't afraid to speak out against them and call them out. Don't be discouraged by them, let them entertain and educate themselves. It honestly shouldn't be that hard for them if they took the effort to complain.
I certainly appreciate your nice words and support. Check my back catalogue; I now have quite a number of videos, and some of them are pretty good (not necessarily the ones with lots of views). I also have a second channel, and the commenters there are great. I chase away the general audience from that channel with periodic videos about birds, train-tracks, children's books, philosophy, and any other boring but intellectually substantive material I can muster. Drop me a comment at some point and let me know what you think/thought ;) Also, expect hidden eggs like this one: th-cam.com/video/1hAnQ7fsSdQ/w-d-xo.html
pocket83, I loved reading through all your responses to hate messages. You are probably the most grammatically correct, civilized, yet effective person I've ever seen respond to hate messages. Continue putting people down in a civilized manner, good sir!
Tim Johnson If this is the best test that you can devise for determining that, it's probably an issue that concerns her more. And how often are you getting married, anyhow?
Really beautiful craftsmanship, but that is just about the dumbest puzzle I have ever seen. If a 5 year old can't figure that out in 1 minute, put them in the slow class.
Well, if you have to go as far as to create a filter to block out spoiler comments, then maybe you should just disable them. But if you like the support, then sure! Keep them on :D
I don't have to go far; TH-cam provides a feature for us video makers to catch the stuff that you don't want to know about before it gets posted here. I was once a naïve proponent of free speech. That is, until I learned how unabashedly filthy, childish, and stupid people really are when their minds are allowed to vocalize uninhibited. Should the rest of people (those who can actually communicate and participate in the exchange of ideas) really be "disabled" because of a certain group? I won't allow it in my small corner.
pocket83 Wow, you make a good point... I hate it when people mess up and end up effecting the whole group. It's really annoying. Anyways, keep on making videos, these are awesome. :)
I clearly never expected 8 million people to watch. Most of my videos get a few tens of thousands, and those are largely from people who also craft things.
Guess I'm 10 years late, but really enjoyed this puzzle build video. Well done and makes this very "makeable" by all that view it. The bit to drill this was called a Forestner bit and I would also spray the steel rods also with Lacquer to protect from corrosion in the long run. Great Job on this!!!!
He must have used 15 different power tools and various saws and drills. Do people really have these sort of tools in their houses? I don't even have a table.
There is a place near where I live where people can just go do whatever project they want. It's pretty much just a shop with any tool you may need for something as simple as this. You just pay to get into the actual shop.
+Noah Paige The puzzle isn't actually that good. If I had the product before watching the video that would have been one of the first things I would try and is one of the first solutions I thought of. But this was made well.
Philosophical description. Actually loved reading the whole thing. I liked the video simply because I enjoy seeing people craft things. I'm not good with my hands. I'm good at gaming. I've always wanted to craft though. Have a nice day sir.
Pocket83, I appreciate the well-typed captions on this video. As someone who has hearing loss, the addition of accurate captions cannot be overstated as the youtube ones are frequently horrendous. I will be watching more of your videos in the future because of this.
I appreciate the appreciation! I'll type out a few more when I get some time. I usually wait until they get lots of views before I bother. If there is a certain one you are after, let me know. I was thinking of doing either the tetrahedral puzzle or the truncated icosahedron solution, but it's no laughing matter to type out 15 minutes of dialogue. Sorry for not being more on top of it.
I clued in on disassembly or moving parts when you mentioned additional information, but I hadn't figured out what exactly was going to move. But after watching the first two puzzles and listening, I didn't want to think the puzzle was as simple as it was.
I love how angry idiots like you demand that the rest of us adopt your own personal semantical distinctions. I clearly mentioned that there were two categories of problems at the start of the video: Those with disclosed information, and those with some information withheld. You should be able to tell which case this is.
Funny, I don't remember asking for any of your opinions, and this is my channel! I have to block you now, because I don't have time to keep exchanging insults all day with a knuckle-dragger. But if it's any consolation, I think you sounded pretty tough right there. Have a nice life.
This video was interesting and enjoyable. Honestly there is no reason why this video should have hate...I really enjoyed the process on how you built the trick. To be fair I was complicating myself on how to take out the ring XD Great video bro! Haters just jealous because they couldn't solve the puzzle 😉
Only if you plan on getting it all over your hands! All joking aside, it really isn't the end of the world if you get a small amount on your hands; there are far worse things to clean up/remove.
Those other puzzles at the beginning seemed harder, I had a feeling one of the tubes moved. Had I actually tried it in real life I think I could have gotten the ring out faster. Great job on the crafting of it, I enjoyed those parts most.
It's not really a puzzle, more like a magic trick. Like the equivalent of a sliding door, once you know how it works, people and things can easily move in and out. I don't mean any offense... I just thought it was going to be an actual puzzle.
My grandma had a whole shelf of this stuff, I spent a lot of time at her house, so naturally I found my way through them all after working at them for so long. She had one similar to this, but smaller. Maybe the size of my palm at the time. It's cool to see how it's made, it brings me back.
Quite apart from the clever little puzzle, I really thoroughly enjoyed the "instructional video" of woodworking and building the puzzle. You have an unusually good instinct for instruction. The video is well filmed, and shows all the important steps in a way that both explains why you are doing them, and that demonstrates completely the steps involved. I am no woodworker, but I feel like I could indeed reproduce the puzzle by following the steps you demonstrate so well. I'm a tech writer, so I really appreciate well-done instruction and explanations. Thanks very much.
+garyzim That makes me feel as though I have succeeded, so thanks. But I will admit that it is not instinct at work here so much as it is practice. My early videos were awful.
Well said.... I really like it too.
+garyzim Yeah, I was just about to say this, but you seemed to have captured the idea perfectly. I'm tempted to go out and buy one of my own so I can cheese all my friends with it.
The first time I've ever seen a serious comment on a TH-cam video, but yes I agree!
+garyzim While reading your comment, I couldn't help but notice the quality of your writing. I was happy to find out that you are, in fact, a writer. Cheers, to the beauty of perfecting an art - be it woodworking or writing.
I'm going to put a wedding ring in this contraption and tell my girlfriend if she solves it without breaking it we'll get married. That'll shut her up for awhile.
Lol. She'd figure it out in 5 minutes and you'd be in shit's creek without a paddle. Great thought though for a proposal.
Might wanna make the center post as lotg as the other 3 if that's your idea
+dru. "You have to work to figure this puzzle out if you want to get married." Great.
+Dylan Juhan ha!
how to save your comment. i would like to use this kind of idea whe i propose 5 years from now. ill give her a puzzle with the ring on it.
why do you have a framed picture of David Hasslehof? 3:59
Why not?
I would have put in a little spring to keep the center post up. This would require a little extra downward pressure to open it. Thus, it would be more difficult for someone to accidentally stumble onto the soution.
Wow... this has taught me a lot about just basic woodworking, and finishing stuff to look nice. Thanks! It's a beautiful toy!
+SuperDuckyWho And after perusing the description and comments I'm confused as to why anyone would go batshit psycho over this. It's a TH-cam video, and a fairly interesting one involving good craftsmanship. If it was ACTUALLY impossible then it wouldn't be a puzzle, would it people? It would just be a thing with a ring in the middle. Wtf?
I'm happy that you enjoyed it. Thank you!
+SuperDuckyWho Yes, myself too, I wish I would have taken a physics class at some point, Great series of videos. Oh, by the way, every youtube video will have comments as desribed in the comment area. I cant spell so I will leave it at that.
Despite all the angry comments, I found this video to be very interesting. It really goes to show how us humans sometimes perceive a problem as being impossible to solve because we expect that there is NO WAY the solution would be that simple. We go on trying to solve the problem using overcomplicated steps, to match our overcomplicated perception of the simple issue, while the solution is much simpler. Thanks for this eye-opener.
Thank you.
I disagree ...it only goes to show, how difficult it is to solve a puzzle ...when it isn't in your hands.
I feel MOST would look at it, shake it a little, pull at the ring ...then lastly, start on the posts.
I give this puzzle a difficulty rating of 5/10 - when in your HAND.
+Muhammad K. El-Mir You're describing a Gordian Knot, the famous knot that Alexander the Great cut with his sword.
3:55 Is that a framed picture of David Hasselhoff...?
lmao I was thinking the same😂
Have you seen the japanese puzzle with the 2 balls and the ring? I would love to see you solve that without watching the whole video! When I was watching that I thought of you and this video. Title is 10 year old impossible puzzle.
SHARE H!S V!S!0N that video brought me here.
The instructions were great. Thank you. The puzzle though, I thought was not a fair test of intelligence since, as you mentioned, the solver lacks a key piece of information. Unless if the point is to get the silver to think outside of box and test the strength of the device. But by that logic, breaking the device would also work. Am I wrong in that thinking?
+Barry Sabahat The key is to get the solver to pay silver for the solution.
+Barry Sabahat no, this puzzle could be broken and solved just the same as his "proper" method…they are one in the same.
Barry I also thought that it should have been a puzzle and not a hidden latch to remove the ring . I thought the piece was very nice but not much in the realm of mystery
+Barry Sabahat does it need to be a fair test of intelligence? also i'd argue that it'd be more appropriate to consider testing the middle rod is simply confirmation that there are no movable parts. that's much closer to attempting to test if the wood blocks separate than deciding to break them. it's not complex, it's simply about information gathering processes instead of information processing and analysis. at least that's my take on it.
+Sev Frost Hey Alexander the Great solved the Gordian Knot by simply cutting the rope with a sword.
Wish I could afford all of your equipment
I'm not 100% sure why TH-cam felt the need to recommend this video to me. After having seen it, however, I appreciate that it did. It was interesting.
Thank you. I'm not sure what goes in to those suggestions. They've sent me to watch some pretty bizarre things, too. Also, I don't know why this video is getting so much attention, especially since I think that I have much better ones. Well, glad you liked it, in either case ;)
Agreed - I have since been watching a few more (the Four-piece tetrahedral cannonball puzzle being a favourite) and so you've earned another sub. The clinical dismantling of comments that are stupidity manifest is an added bonus to your videos.
Hahaha same happened to me -.-
MadeAUsername I was recommended animal popping and pimple mating.
stfu soner çağlar
the moment you mentioned a magnet and how you were going to use it . Honestly I kind of feel gypped, I thought there was going something more to this, oh well .
Great video (both the trick and the build)! I am however, slightly concerned and disappointed by the number of abusive comments others have given (my concern being for the influx in insulting or aggressive comments over the years). I don't often comment on TH-cam videos, but here I felt compelled to do so. These people contribute nothing positive whatsoever to anything. Their comments only serve to prove how puerile and offensive they actually are. I admire your resilience and resolve. Keep doing what you're doing; there are actually people out there like me who enjoy your videos!
Trust me, I'm glad you're out there. It is my daily hope that the normal, rational people are out there ~reading and watching~ but not actually responding. But I also hope that they agree with my rants for the most part, because I'm hoping that I am normal and rational, too! As for you: Not commenting often may be a sign that you _are_ normal and rational.
this is a great channel. i'm not really into woodworking but this guy makes it really interesting and entertaining. youtube should do more to make this community less toxic. youtube comments are infamous on the internet for being needlessly vicious for their own sake. tons of youtube users seem to come here just to ruin someone's days even if that person doesn't deserve it.
We should ask wild animals to stop eating each other as well.
Alex T That's a great philosophy- complacence! Let's just sit here and do nothing, and concede that the entire internet is just a playground for the recently pubescent to work out their primal frustrations however they see fit.
I have a better idea: we remind each other daily, and by whatever means required, that parts of the internet are a public forum. You may like your town square filled to the brim with screaming illiterates running around shaking their dinkuses at you, but I like an atmosphere that is a little more conducive to creativity while I'm explaining a project.
There will always still be places that you are free to go for your _other_ activities, but please, take it out of my workshop. Here we use sentences and decency, or else I will chastise you just as if you were misusing a utility knife.
pocket83 I stopped reading after "... or the recently pubescent to work out their primal frustrations however they see fit." Most of TH-cam is powered by the prepubescent, e.g. PewDiePie. The internet is a crazy place mannnn.
3:59 - Portrait of David Hasselhoff? LOL!
Monel Funkawitz Kung Fury
Ace of Spades triceracop
Your telling me you dont have a portrait of david hasslehoff in your workshop?
Don't hassel the hoff
+Monel Funkawitz I wonder why the frame is twice the size as the actual photo?
just imagine putting a wedding ring there and tell your girlfriend you'll marry her when she'll figure out how to get it
lol
Forever alone ;)
And if it takes her any longer than a minute or two, I'd be marrying someone else...
the secret message was a funny touch
wait nvm
I found your inspiration at 3:57
I figured it out when you said how to do it
Lol.
Does everyone problem, no matter how simple, have a decided algorithm? Like the answer to this puzzle is to move the rod a little down and remove the ring. Is that considered the algorithm, or is it just...
Yes, exactly.
ah, ok. :D
Bored.In.California ? That wasn't me...
+pocket83 crossword puzzles dont have an algorithm
+Ben Bloch Do you follow a set system to solve said crossword puzzles? Or do you look at a crossword puzzle and say "I'll read the hints AFTER I fill in all the blanks this time."
My complements on the excellent video work and sound. The tool closeups, clear sound, and detail was excellent. I appreciated the wood working aspects particularly. This should be a model video for others doing you tube videos.
Wow, thank you. It's nice to get a positive message on this one. I get lots of hate over such a small thing.
pocket83 hi
pocket83 I found out when u made the middle one shorter then the others this is so brilant man keep it up
You can use this to keep your rings in one place.
Well. In terms of problem solving it's terrible. But you are a fine craftsman. And that was a tremendous instructional video. Very well made.
Ok terrible is facetious. Just to clarify
+Pat Maloney He's not wrong about the two forms of problem solving. And his puzzle did require experimenting to discover all variables involved, which is what you have to do for the second method he mentioned.
+baw0909 LMAO FAM CHILL
+baw0909 ok.
While watching him around the saws, i found my self pulling my fingers way from the keyboard.
😂😂😂
lmfaoo
+MrBeard17
you are someone that should not use powertools without supervision untill you are comfortable around them ;p
AwoudeX
I work well with tools. Its seeing people get their fingers so close to the saw thats uncomfortable, because thats when I've seen them come off.
I don't know why I watch this videos when I know I will never make these things. Lol
I made one without the magnet and solid posts on all of them. There is no way to solve it but it sure drives people crazy.
that's what i was expecting when i clicked on the video.
you did the right thing :D
easy there satan..
The solution of this puzzle was the equivalence of a third answer to a yes-or-no question.
It's called by force, This is how Alexander the Great solved the Gordian Knot
Hahaha
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TheJanuses HughAndLar I'm not alone in the search for Whovians.......
+TheJanuses HughAndLar lol...
I was just watching customgrow420.... how did i get here?
Lapse not in the human memory pertaining to the consumption of a fortified chocolate milk substitute.
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good video but why do you have a framed picture of david hasselhof next to your work bench? 3:58
No answer.Must not be ready to come out yet.
I hadnt noticed that!!!!!! TOO FUNNY!!!!!
Daniel Hernandez The real question is: Why don't you have a picture of the Hoff on your bench?
Daniel Hernandez Who doesn't?!
Jokkl Shlokk I know i do
A small thing you could do to allow yourself to sneakily complete it would be to glue some soft layer (leather, cloth, etc.) over the magnet so it doesn't make a clicking noise when the rod slams onto it.
Eh.. The ring already clicks around with the bars regardless of the magnet, doing that would be kind of redundant.
IVIusicFiend What does the ring clicking around on the bars have to do with the sound of a rod smacking on a magnet?
+Volvary Because if you were trying to fool someone without them seeing the operation, say by holding it behind your back, the sounds of the clanging of the ring to the bars and the clanging of the bar to the magnet would be indistinguishable from one another.
+Brandon Burrows wrong different materials make different sounds
dfissell Well, yeah, if you're listening for them. Which is unlikely.
The woodwork was like ASMR for my soul.
this was so relaxing to watch lol
Yes!
Your crafting skills are amazing. It was really pleasing to watch this!
mfjan12 I appreciate that.
I'm watching this on an Easter afternoon in the comfort of a soft chair, some coffee, and a book on Rome. This is one of the most relaxing videos.
No clue what's up with TH-cam recommending videos that have very little to do with a user's interests. Nevertheless this is actually astonishing woodwork, and the editing is absolutely great. Congrats for making something that I don't have much interest in seem so damn intriguing.
netflix is the same now. They're both obviously recommending based on money and business because the suggested videos have nothing to do with your profile or recent activity. I laugh at netflix because it'll be like "because you watched the original King Kong, we think you'll like these. and you'll see unrelated films like Sleepless in Seattle, Law and Order, Xfiles, Mission Impossible, XMen. Really?
Anyone else find themselves here once again after having watched this years ago at some point?
Omg yes
Seriously though...
+Milo Dowling I don't even know how, but you are exactly correct...
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yea, can you read minds?
I am starting to wonder if every TH-cam woodworker has a framed Hoff photo.
how many others have you seen
rooster700rr ***** has one and I think I saw one in Steve Carmichael's shop as well.
The solution of the trick is actually very disatisfying lol. Nice woodwork though
I'm not unreasonable or unintelligent, but that description seems a bit harsh and extremely pointless to me. There are idiots here. The world is full of them. Being harsh to them won't stop them from being stupid. Why waste your energy insulting them and writing long descriptions they won't read?
That's not an unreasonable or unintelligent question. The answer: probably because of how shocked I was at the time. I had no idea. Now I understand; the mindset of the average online video media consumer is one of anger, entitlement, disrespect, false superiority, and echo-chamber induced ignorance. In fact, most comments are so offensive, insulting, and illegible that I now allow less than 10% of them to be posted. Once a week, I scroll down and look for anything that makes sense, asks a question, or offers legit criticism- and out of a hundred I get a handful.
They are also surprisingly predictable. The sameness of comments is startling. I can tell you now that your comment will soon have many thumb-ups for its neutral "let's all just get along" appearance, while this reply will go unconsidered. A sentence or two from my description tells you that I am a tyrannical narcissist who can't take criticism- that's all these people need to permanently make up their minds about me.
And so, my rhetorical question to you is, why wouldn't you want to force such a mob to confront its own self-destruction? What you call "harsh," I call productive. The choice to remain ignorant _should_ be ridiculed. I won't allow it to get comfortable around me.
Good luck with that one, genuinely. The reputation of the TH-cam comment section came about of the effort of millions upon millions of people. They worked damn hard for the title of "Internet Cesspool" and they won't relinquish it easily. Anyone willing to put forth the effort to stem the tide by at least a few people is much appreciated.
Thank you. Seriously.
As soon as you pulled out the magnet, i figured it out
+king kazie same here i would never have thought of making the middle post shorter and using a magnet to attract it
I'm no Einstein, but the first thing I would've tried is moving the poles.
Just use jet fuel and melt the steel beams
jet fuel doesnt melt steel beams
Indy :3 maybe it has some interesting chemical properties :) have you tested every single chemical used as jet fuel in existence?
Was that a twin towers reference?
Obi Wan Cannoli no
Obi Wan Cannoli yes
I don't understand how there is so much hate on this video. There is nothing wrong with it.
Ikr
there called Haters. they travel in herds. videos to videos. hating on any type of video. good or bad. no one is safe.
ppl expected magic
😂😂😂😂
+Dope4272 true true
Beautiful puzzle, you have great craftsmanship.
He really does. I've tried my hand once or twice at wood working, and I'm consistently in awe of his steadiness and deliberate movements.
If would be better if you gave the puzzled victim a false sense of hope with a misleading solution giving them incentive to try and figure it out rather than giving them nothing at all and having them give up right away. Maybe a section cut out from the middle rod the exact size of the ring? Have one piece of the rod glued and keep the other magnetized. Something like that would give them reason to stay and at the same time actually make it harder for them to find the real solution.
Neat puzzle by the way, forgot to mention that.
IVIusicFiend Good idea but wouldn't the magnetized side be unstable and easily fall out upon someone trying to break the ring out?
YOOOO I DIDNT KNOW BOB THE BUILDER WAS REAL I GOTTA TELL HANDY MANDY HE MIGHT LOOSE HIS BUSINESS
Lose*
You just physically hurt my brain, thanks for that 👍
I don't understand why so many people are disliking the video, I found it very fascinating and strangely satisfying. The way he produces his work so precisely is almost mesmerising.
If it's about the description, then I'm not even going to bother to acknowledge your feelings. He isn't wrong, in fact I agree with pretty much all his points. His video, his rules. He can do what he likes, he doesn't need your permission.
Thanks. Most people don't read the description. After thousands of complaints, threats, and assorted angry messages, I think I now have a pretty good feeling why. Most of them feel as though I've been dishonest, because they thought this was exclusively about a sophisticated puzzle mechanism, but instead I show a simple 'how to' and then outline a general problem-solving strategy: the law of parsimony. They feel cheated, because they believe that they already _knew_ that. This isn't technically a true "puzzle," at least according to their personal semantic. This was just a selfish grab at views, and a boring one at that.
Two things still disappoint me. 1) I wish they would realize that my channel is primarily about building things, and that this was meant to be a blank format for making more complex puzzles. 2) If the lesson is so obvious, why don't they all just realize it intuitively early in the video (and then leave), rather than watching the whole thing and then complaining.
Bottom line: nobody likes to be made to feel dumb, even though more than half of all people _are_ dumb. And this video shows them all that. Also, I'm a cocky jerk that reviles rudeness and entitlement.
*Statistical note: children, elderly, and the otherwise sick or infirm tip the balance on the Bell curve to easily satisfy my "more than half" claim. Most intelligence assessments don't control for those variables, so the 'average' is probably a standard deviation generous.
pocket83 You are a really intelligent person, and I admire that. I am very disappointed at the reactions you've received, and I hope it doesn't affect you too badly. This was the first video I have seen on your channel, and you've certainly intrigued my interest... Hopefully I could help you by sharing it with people who I know will appreciate your wonderful work.
I believe the negative commenters feel threatened by your intelligence, as you aren't afraid to speak out against them and call them out. Don't be discouraged by them, let them entertain and educate themselves. It honestly shouldn't be that hard for them if they took the effort to complain.
I certainly appreciate your nice words and support. Check my back catalogue; I now have quite a number of videos, and some of them are pretty good (not necessarily the ones with lots of views). I also have a second channel, and the commenters there are great. I chase away the general audience from that channel with periodic videos about birds, train-tracks, children's books, philosophy, and any other boring but intellectually substantive material I can muster.
Drop me a comment at some point and let me know what you think/thought ;)
Also, expect hidden eggs like this one:
th-cam.com/video/1hAnQ7fsSdQ/w-d-xo.html
pocket83, I loved reading through all your responses to hate messages. You are probably the most grammatically correct, civilized, yet effective person I've ever seen respond to hate messages. Continue putting people down in a civilized manner, good sir!
I think I'm going to start putting engagement rings in these just to make sure I'm not marrying an idiot.
Tim Johnson If this is the best test that you can devise for determining that, it's probably an issue that concerns her more. And how often are you getting married, anyhow?
Its a youtube comment. Don't take it so serious.
😂 Same
Tim Johnson Don't do it Tim.... She knows the trick already!
Did anyone else notice I am making him laugh right now?
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dragonfire 9 I read the description, a little bit of an inside joke.
Oh
+Flame-bird ha, i get it :)
+Flame-bird I got the joke.
I'm curious as to why you have a framed picture of David Hasselhoff...
I figured it out when I fast forwarded to last 10 seconds!
your a genius!
Jordan Reid YOU'RE a genius!
+3Vimages he wasnt saying he was a genius lol
Very easy to figure out the only way to release the ring is with the center pole. It must be removed somehow.
Really beautiful craftsmanship, but that is just about the dumbest puzzle I have ever seen. If a 5 year old can't figure that out in 1 minute, put them in the slow class.
Maybe it just seems dumb to you, because you are so much smarter than most. You must have been one of the quick 5 year-olds.
It's funny because he didn't read the description.
+Rob LeMay my thoughts exactly
+let88it88be slow cooker*
I could not help imagining how much you could drive Mr. Puzzle mad with a four-fixed-post version.
If you are annoyed with the amount of spoiler comments, why don't you just disable the comment section?
Why do you think? You think me irrational?
Well, if you have to go as far as to create a filter to block out spoiler comments, then maybe you should just disable them. But if you like the support, then sure! Keep them on :D
I don't have to go far; TH-cam provides a feature for us video makers to catch the stuff that you don't want to know about before it gets posted here. I was once a naïve proponent of free speech. That is, until I learned how unabashedly filthy, childish, and stupid people really are when their minds are allowed to vocalize uninhibited.
Should the rest of people (those who can actually communicate and participate in the exchange of ideas) really be "disabled" because of a certain group? I won't allow it in my small corner.
pocket83 Wow, you make a good point... I hate it when people mess up and end up effecting the whole group. It's really annoying. Anyways, keep on making videos, these are awesome. :)
some of these comments give me doubt about humanity
It's funny how he gave instructions on how to make it when the majority of us don't have that crap to make it. Lol. It was interesting though.
I clearly never expected 8 million people to watch. Most of my videos get a few tens of thousands, and those are largely from people who also craft things.
And the winner of the Hidden Hassellhoff competition is...
Guess I'm 10 years late, but really enjoyed this puzzle build video. Well done and makes this very "makeable" by all that view it. The bit to drill this was called a Forestner bit and I would also spray the steel rods also with Lacquer to protect from corrosion in the long run. Great Job on this!!!!
I like the secret that you put in
He must have used 15 different power tools and various saws and drills. Do people really have these sort of tools in their houses? I don't even have a table.
There is a place near where I live where people can just go do whatever project they want. It's pretty much just a shop with any tool you may need for something as simple as this. You just pay to get into the actual shop.
My 5th teacher from my old school had the horse shoe one, if you would solve it you get a prize but only like 2 or 3 people solved it
Good craftsmanship. I have to admit though, puzzles that are solved by a dumb trick usually piss me off. :P
how do you not like this? the guy is awesome and he's an amazing builder. so precise and efficient. seriously, what is there to get angry about?
it's a trick. that requires yiu to manipulate the hidden rid to do the trick. something you could devise from 2 minutes of holding it.
+FlyingPotato you*
+FlyingPotato not yiu
Suddenly have an urge for something chocolatey
so its just a way to make your friends angry? thats pretty cool
u should sell these
+Noah Paige The puzzle isn't actually that good. If I had the product before watching the video that would have been one of the first things I would try and is one of the first solutions I thought of.
But this was made well.
+Buckethead390 i agree, but he made it realli good
I love the video but you have such a monotone voice
I love the feedback but sentences without punctuation sound the same way in my head
Nicklas Verhovec
watch Cr1tikal
pocket83 TRIGGERED
ALLCAP MEME REPLY IS FAIL
pocket83 don't be petty he just wanted a bit of excitement in a voice
wouldn't rocking the metal posts be the first thing people try? and I mean all the posts not just the outside ones.
I enjoyed watching him use his tools morethan the puzzle.
I figured it out at the beginning but I liked watching the process, brings me back to when I did woodwork.
This man is a genius, and I would love to have a few conversations with him
Philosophical description. Actually loved reading the whole thing. I liked the video simply because I enjoy seeing people craft things. I'm not good with my hands. I'm good at gaming. I've always wanted to craft though. Have a nice day sir.
Thank you! Please try some of my newer videos. This one does not deserve the attention it has.
Pocket83, I appreciate the well-typed captions on this video. As someone who has hearing loss, the addition of accurate captions cannot be overstated as the youtube ones are frequently horrendous. I will be watching more of your videos in the future because of this.
I appreciate the appreciation! I'll type out a few more when I get some time. I usually wait until they get lots of views before I bother. If there is a certain one you are after, let me know. I was thinking of doing either the tetrahedral puzzle or the truncated icosahedron solution, but it's no laughing matter to type out 15 minutes of dialogue. Sorry for not being more on top of it.
The secret is a quote from A Christmas Story.
I clued in on disassembly or moving parts when you mentioned additional information, but I hadn't figured out what exactly was going to move. But after watching the first two puzzles and listening, I didn't want to think the puzzle was as simple as it was.
man, I watched it all and all I can say is...
THATS CHEATING!
No it's not
+Jadon Underwood It is
Eh yea but just imagine at like dinner parties and you give it to people and ask them to get it off it would be hilarious to watch
I love how angry idiots like you demand that the rest of us adopt your own personal semantical distinctions. I clearly mentioned that there were two categories of problems at the start of the video: Those with disclosed information, and those with some information withheld. You should be able to tell which case this is.
Funny, I don't remember asking for any of your opinions, and this is my channel!
I have to block you now, because I don't have time to keep exchanging insults all day with a knuckle-dragger. But if it's any consolation, I think you sounded pretty tough right there. Have a nice life.
This video was interesting and enjoyable. Honestly there is no reason why this video should have hate...I really enjoyed the process on how you built the trick. To be fair I was complicating myself on how to take out the ring XD Great video bro! Haters just jealous because they couldn't solve the puzzle 😉
yep
I think the hate is because the presenter has as much personality as a piece of wood
hate for no reason
Cuz the title mentioned puzzle. It isnt a puzzle, but a trick.
T1ger8oi "puzzle/trick" idk if he changed it recently though
shouldnt you use gloves when gluing with epoxy?
Only if you plan on getting it all over your hands! All joking aside, it really isn't the end of the world if you get a small amount on your hands; there are far worse things to clean up/remove.
pocket83 I got epoxy on my hands once, it didnt come off for a week XD
Then yes, YOU should be using gloves.
+pocket83 nice vid kept me hooked :)
pocket83 XD
I seriously enjoy watching how they are using different tools making this puzzle
I got your algorithm right here. *Pulls out an angle grinder*
Hey man, this was relaxing and interesting to watch
;)
That voice was nice
You risked losing your fingers so many times during the making of this.
your profile picture explains your way of saying it. "He's so dreamy..." :P Jk.
Dovah Kiin oh god i said jk. AHH MY INTELLECT! POCKET83 IS TAKING MY INTELLECT!
He was very safe working.
One of the most unexpected endings to a trick I have ever seen!!! Never saw it coming and brilliant woodsman ship. A job well done!
Great puzzle. I am a tool and die maker. You did a great job doing certain tasks that would otherwise be done on a lathe or a milling machine.
These are my most favorite types of puzzles very intricate work.
Ppppppmmt rather
Choose
I was really bored. Thanks for secret message. :)
The moment you said magnet, and I knew...
Those other puzzles at the beginning seemed harder, I had a feeling one of the tubes moved. Had I actually tried it in real life I think I could have gotten the ring out faster. Great job on the crafting of it, I enjoyed those parts most.
Such a beautiful, high-end puzzle and it's so easy to solve. Such a let-down...
It was when you mentioned the magnet.
Easy...Get a hammer
this guy gets it.
First instinct
i would have done the same
that's the logical answer
I didn't expect it to be a cheap trick. That is for sure.
But the work into the making of it is gorgeous.
Figured the center pole was spring loaded at about 1:04... I was only slightly wrong though.
Love the secret message in the video! Remember it well.
It's not really a puzzle, more like a magic trick. Like the equivalent of a sliding door, once you know how it works, people and things can easily move in and out. I don't mean any offense... I just thought it was going to be an actual puzzle.
None taken, since you didn't call me stupid. It's kind of an anti-puzzle; the point was to remind people to check the obvious first. D'oh!
I do appreciate the craftsmanship though, it's shiny.
Came for the trick, stayed for the craftsmanship.
Right when I saw the magnet I knew they trick
I figured it out when you said one of the middle holes has to be really deep
lmao at the "hidden message!
My grandma had a whole shelf of this stuff, I spent a lot of time at her house, so naturally I found my way through them all after working at them for so long. She had one similar to this, but smaller. Maybe the size of my palm at the time. It's cool to see how it's made, it brings me back.