That double-sided carpet tape is a woodworker's friend. Cheap! Oh, I almost forgot, "Polyhedral Models", "Spherical Models" and "Dual Models", all by Magnus Wenninger, [still trying to wrap my brain around that last one], explain the math in high school plane trigonometry. Blew my mind after making my first set of Platonic solids out of 5"x8" index cards. If you can draw the line, you can cut to it. I still can't operate Sketchup, but now I can draw lines that are a constructible number of units long. No decimal points to worry about. Handcrafted geometry. Thanks to Mathworld and to that free PDF i found online of La Geometrie by Rene Descartes!
Excellent video! I really admire how you were able to "think outside the box" and come up with a method and jig for creating those dodecahedrons. I also really enjoyed that you showed how you designed it up in Fusion 360. Thank you for sharing!
Great rundown Ben. I learned a few little fusion tricks just watching how you use it. I didn't realize model and project parameters existed... I'm going to put these into my workflow immediately.
What are the chances that you could make video explaining the math and measurements to make a solid icosahedron(d20)? You did a great job explaining the process btw!
Great video...If I was to make this out of 3/4" plywood the size of a soccer ball and hollow in inside what would be the angle I need to cut to make all the edges line up?
Great video Ben. Iwas looking to do this myself to produce some dice for math practise for my daughter. How about a perspex plate on the top, under the clamp head, with a dowel hole and a single scibed line. May stop you needing to redraw your radial lines and be easier to align, perhaps.
NERRRRD!!!!!! I LIKE IT!! I was wondering how you pulled that off. That's pretty cool, and surprisingly simple. Might have to give that a try some time.
And I thought initially that this was gonna be 12 separate pieces all glued together... lots of work behind the scenes that folks would never know unless ya' showed them. Thanks!
Hello thanks for the video very interesting .j do have little question for you . I just made some hexagons fail miserably the first time . second try they came out perfect al at 30° ..my question is if I made a dodecaedro the joining edges will always be at the same angle too no matter the size of the dodecaedro?? If so what will be that angle thanks a lot i really enjoy your video ....
Thank you for taking the time to produce this video. This could be cut out in a larger version on a properly set up bandsaw. does your computer model give you the block dimensions if the pentagon were to be 1 1/2 or 2 X larger?
"Thanks for taking the time to watch"?!? No brother......Thank you for taking the time to make this for us to watch!!! Outstanding work! Can Google sketch be used instead of Fusion 360 for a 1/1 scale model? I would like to cut more sizes, from 3 in to 15 inches Thank you for your time and effort!
Hello Ben, great video i have been trying to do this project but my brain is too small to work out some of the detail i.e the exact drawing of the pentagon with the 72-degree angles on the template, Would it be possible for you to send me a scaled drawing of this, I can make a donation if you wish.
That double-sided carpet tape is a woodworker's friend. Cheap! Oh, I almost forgot, "Polyhedral Models", "Spherical Models" and "Dual Models", all by Magnus Wenninger, [still trying to wrap my brain around that last one], explain the math in high school plane trigonometry. Blew my mind after making my first set of Platonic solids out of 5"x8" index cards. If you can draw the line, you can cut to it. I still can't operate Sketchup, but now I can draw lines that are a constructible number of units long. No decimal points to worry about. Handcrafted geometry. Thanks to Mathworld and to that free PDF i found online of La Geometrie by Rene Descartes!
Excellent video! I really admire how you were able to "think outside the box" and come up with a method and jig for creating those dodecahedrons. I also really enjoyed that you showed how you designed it up in Fusion 360. Thank you for sharing!
Great rundown Ben. I learned a few little fusion tricks just watching how you use it. I didn't realize model and project parameters existed... I'm going to put these into my workflow immediately.
Thanks Greg! Now get to work on that workflow
That’s a very complex build to describe. You managed to articulate the process quite well. Fantastic work.
Thank you
This was incredibly helpful. The other video is great for a quick reference, but this helped me understand a lot more of what was going on.
Thank you! Glad it was helpful
And now I can combine my Destiny engrams and Woodworking hobbies :) Thanks for the video.
Nice!
Great video. I really like how you think about your explanations instead of just rambling on.
Thank you
What are the chances that you could make video explaining the math and measurements to make a solid icosahedron(d20)? You did a great job explaining the process btw!
Amazing technical knowledge and a great video, thanks for publishing.
Great video...If I was to make this out of 3/4" plywood the size of a soccer ball and hollow in inside what would be the angle I need to cut to make all the edges line up?
Great video Ben. Iwas looking to do this myself to produce some dice for math practise for my daughter. How about a perspex plate on the top, under the clamp head, with a dowel hole and a single scibed line. May stop you needing to redraw your radial lines and be easier to align, perhaps.
I really enjoyed the full breakdown. Lots of killer info. Thanks for teaching us!
+Michael Lawing Thanks! I try to include some useful bits in there :-)
Really nice video, you're good at explaining process. Thanks for taking the time to film and edit so thoroughly.
+Nachimir Thank you
NERRRRD!!!!!! I LIKE IT!! I was wondering how you pulled that off. That's pretty cool, and surprisingly simple. Might have to give that a try some time.
HAHAHA, Damn right! Turns out I'm a bigger geometry nerd than I realized.
And I thought initially that this was gonna be 12 separate pieces all glued together... lots of work behind the scenes that folks would never know unless ya' showed them.
Thanks!
+Jeffrey Potter Thank you, happy to share
Awesome, and such an easy to follow explanation. I say, make an instructable!
Thanks Willem. Haven't posted an instructable for awhile, but when I get back in the writing mood, I'll have this one on my list :-)
Hello thanks for the video very interesting .j do have little question for you . I just made some hexagons fail miserably the first time . second try they came out perfect al at 30° ..my question is if I made a dodecaedro the joining edges will always be at the same angle too no matter the size of the dodecaedro?? If so what will be that angle thanks a lot i really enjoy your video ....
Thank you for taking the time to produce this video. This could be cut out in a larger version on a properly set up bandsaw. does your computer model give you the block dimensions if the pentagon were to be 1 1/2 or 2 X larger?
Thanks Ben!
Happy to share Justin!
Thank you very nice video a joy to watch and listen. also for the tip on getting dents out. *o*
Thanks!
Ultimate!
super cool man! thanks for taking the time ;)
Thanks man, it took a lot more time than I expected, so that means a lot :-)
Nice explanation man, thanks!
Thank YOU!
How would you fancy turning it on a wood lathe?
"Thanks for taking the time to watch"?!?
No brother......Thank you for taking the time to make this for us to watch!!!
Outstanding work!
Can Google sketch be used instead of Fusion 360 for a 1/1 scale model?
I would like to cut more sizes, from 3 in to 15 inches
Thank you for your time and effort!
Thank you! I don't use Google sketchup, so I'm not sure how easy or difficult this would be.
I can’t or work out how to make the template of the pentagon,Is it possible that you can send a copy that I can print?
So the 2 plates that you put on with tape have to be 180 different from top to bottom?
Yup! Good observation
Do you still recommend Fusion 360 (over Sketchup)?
tnx sir :) so nice
isopropyl for the tape
Can I ask you to send a file of one face for 3D printing? Thank you
Great!
+R AD Thanks again :-)
Hello Ben, great video i have been trying to do this project but my brain is too small to work out some of the detail i.e the exact drawing of the pentagon with the 72-degree angles on the template, Would it be possible for you to send me a scaled drawing of this, I can make a donation if you wish.
Hmmm. Couldn't you use a jazzier jig. Avoid the sacrificial wood and the marks?
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