Guy makes a big ball out of plywood
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- čas přidán 26. 01. 2018
- Want to see a guy make a big ball out of plywood? Oddball Gallery presents this 19" Geodesic sphere/Geodesic dome made with baltic birch plywood.
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Been woodworking for 35 years and this is one of the coolest things I have ever seen.... Well done!
I agree. Have you checked out Izzy Swan's youtube channel. He has some pretty awesome stuff too.
There was a young kid that did this and was giving out the angles and degrees but can’t find it , hope it’s still up
The music and the craftsmanship makes me want to build something in my shed.
I don't have a shed.
The music and the craftsmanship makes me want to build a shed.
PhantomFilmAustralia 😁👍🏼
PhantomFilmAustralia Dude that is some sharp delivery.
You sir made my day
Respect from Poland!
So, it is 3 weeks later, did you build your shed yet, and is it a big ball?
I never would have thought plywood could be so beautiful! The circles that are created when sanding are incredible. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Kev 👍🏼
Your Welcome 👍😎👍@@ODDBALLGALLERYKeithWilliams
Okay but if the ball is made out of wood, why is the music made out of metal? 🤔
Oblivion776 It does have a few staples in it. 🤷🏻♂️🤘🏼
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Because metal is what makes the world go round! 🤘 😄 🤘
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Lol
The most accurate title i've seen on youtube.
Not 100% accurate. He also used glue and some fancy heated tape. 😅
Its big
Those items along with many others are what we call the tools of craftmanship. Along with scars, he who has the most of these, wins.
Especially the "odd" part. Wonderful pattern.
C.N.C machinery,, First in the precision metal WORK Engineering then The Machinery was made to cut wood to the same tolerances..
C.N.C machinery makes a master of a Student!!!!
I wouldn't mind longer videos, you're a great maker and we could all learn something from you.
Amazing Precision cuts, I can't even miter chair railing without a gap. True craftsman.
Jennifer Osborne 👍🏼 Thanks
I never looked at the dislikes until I read the comments. How could anybody dislike a accurate and interesting and fantastically executed work of technical art? Anybody that dis likes this has no idea what a cool project it really is. Is their skill level and understanding so low that it doesn't register? I am going to guess anybody that dis likes it probably has trouble getting toilet paper to ball up.
I think some people have issues with my music choice.
I have been woodworking for nearly 50 years. This is one of the coolest things i have seen! Excellent
Watch some japanese masters
You’ve not seen my wood
@@jaycspeedier5507 Lets see it then >:)
Dark Prince lol ya beast
clinton iker make a CZcams channel lmao
I think my favorite thing is how this wasnt drawn out 20 minutes watching you cut every triangle in real time. It's a simple beautiful concept
Drew Rabbit 👍🏼
As a professional cabinet/furniture builder I can get stuck in the same thinking day in and day out and focus on efficiency and making money. This was fun to watch. When someone works for years at woodworking you realize most things work from the same ideas and experience but the “out of the box” thinking here in this video is impressive and fun to watch. Great idea and great skill to make it all come together. I really enjoyed watching this.
Mark Spears I know what you mean. I have been in the custom woodworking biz for 25 years. I was drowning in a sea of raised panel doors and crown moulding. I had to find a way to separate my love of woodworking from the day to day “get it done” business side. It feels good to build things with no real purpose once in a while.
This is such a beautiful work of art.
The hours taken to produce this is extraordinary, I played it on .25 speed , just so I could see how you did it, but even that wasn’t slow enough.
I applaud you, it’s just magnificent the detail and the intricacy of it all.
Kudos.xx
Peaches Jackofski Thanks 👍🏼
Bucky Fuller would be impressed- great precision cutting!
To say 'beautiful project' is an understatement. This is more like fine musical instrument quality. This is art. Well done.
AMEN!
This is the easy way. But I once saw an old Japanese guy who took 300lbs of old lint and used toilet tissue and smooshed it into a big ball that over a period of ten years he then polished, kneaded, squished, and polished some more, into a ball of pure mirror glass. By the end of it, he had no fingers left. Amazing stuff. True craftsmanship. I heard he also kept little creatures called Gremlins.
25 seconds in you show the angel. ‘‘This is the angel of the table saw too. You have to flip the plywood over each time. To get the most out of one sheet of plywood and to get 12 you must have cut them at 3 7/8 the thickness of your blade. And I am a Cave man. You are good Carpenter.
Scott Grady I am planning a few videos with more “how to” info
I once made a turkey by tracing my hand and adding colored paper. Lol. Fantastic skills never thought of plywood being adaptive to other projects.
my brother made a boat out of plywood 20 years ago and it still floats. If properly utilized plywood is a highly versatile material.
I'm a fifth generation master carpenter and thought I'd seen it all. You just blew my mind.
Very nice workshop setup.
I like the double Dewalts all most as much as plywood ball. That lathe is pretty darn cool as well. Nice work.
I agree...the ball is just the by product of my desire to design and build tools. 😀
I thought the same thing.... crown molding super machine! Lol
Wow what a work of art! I love how you can see the patterns emerging after 2 mins!
BlackStarEOP Thanks for watching 👍🏼
My internal dialog:
“Wow that looks awesome, hard to believe the initial cuts were so accurate”
“Noo! Don’t round it off, it looks too cool”
“Whoa 🤯”
Dude, kinda genius! Your shop equipment looks pro asf and well maintained. And anyone else get a small amount of anxiety when baby ball was rolling so close to the edge? Oh and pre-sanding the ball looks like a deathstar.
I am deeply impressed! This is one guy that knows his math!!
Wayne Shaw 👍🏼
...And has the practical skills to realize the project. Maybe he's more of a polymath!
I'm a married man and have been working in woodwork for the last 70 years and this is by far the greatest thing I've ever seen in my life bar none, including my wife on her wedding day
hospitalcleaner Thank you , I kinda feel like part of your family now.😀
I take it your wife doesn’t go on CZcams
You've been married too long. ...and you're getting forgetful. And I think it's a really cool ball too.
@James Gilbey he really got involved right at the end of the wedding day.
I’ve met his wife and I concur
The circles that appear from round in off the triangles is totally beyond cool. Great work!
Thought the little ball at the end was going off the table for sure then it just turns around and leaves. Awesome job!!
darkking222 it’s sentient, it’s gonna steal our jobs and fuck our wives.
This is so cool! Loved watching it! Thank you for sharing this! Pam😄
pam carr Thanks for watching Pam !
I'm not a carpenter, but I made one of these balls last week, about 8" dia. from 60 triangles. It came up really well for a first try. No gaps or cracks. But I didn't have one of the fancy woodturning setups for making it round. I used a metal cone made from a small chimney flue cap, added a holesaw arbor and put a disc of 40 grit circular sandpaper inside the cone of the flue cap, with velcro dots. By just lifting and turning the ball under the spinning cone on a power drill until there were no more flat spots, it ensured that the ball came up perfectly round. A little more hand-sanding with the cone using 220 grit paper really smoothed it out. 3 coats of lacquer later and it looks like a shiny bowling ball with a magical pattern.
Nice job 👍🏼 Way to make it work using what you have. So did you make a dodecahedron with 5 triangle pentagons?
@@ODDBALLGALLERYKeithWilliams Yes that's right Keith. the 60 triangles made 12 pentagons. Credit where it's due. My wife saw your excellent video and 'persuaded' me to get involved in making one. The first challenge was to cut the ply into strips on the correct angle. A few years ago I found an el-cheapo Ryobi table saw (with a bent leg) in an industrial skip. So I repaired it for this job, powered it up and was able to cut 50mm wide strips with the 9º angle on both sides. Then with the correct secondary angles in a basic drop saw and a backstop, I could cut the triangles by flipping the strip with every alternate cut. Once I worked that out it went really fast to get the 60pcs. The pentagons all went together really tight on the first attempt. I just put the third coat of clear urethane on the ball and it has taken on an excellent golden colour. It is about bowling ball size. A pity I can't post pictures here.
BTW We're a few km East of Melbourne. (Australia, not Florida) Cheers.
A Galah I’m impressed that you got it to work on the first try. I made quite a few before I even had one worth showing. I’d like to see it , send me a pic to oddballgallery@gmail.com
Dude, who would have thought, so much beauty in plywood. 👊👊👊
No kidding! At first, I assumed that was a painted design, but this is truly Michael Angelo finding David in a block of marble!
The part at 2:00 when all the circles start emerging from the levels of the plywood, that's priceless!
I don't think I've ever heard real music on a CZcams video before. Most refreshing!
Charles Moore We are in a small group of people who like the music. 😀👍🏼
That was awesome I tripped out on the design when he smoothed it out. Also really random CZcams recommendation.
jeff the killer Thanks for watching 👍🏼
All video titles should be as simple as this.
"Guy's balls" would be even better.😅
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that is pretty incredible.
There's some truly fascinating geometry in there, involving the icosahedral symmetry group.
And what an amazingly beautiful result!!
Fred
ffggddss Thanks Fred 👍🏼
@@ODDBALLGALLERYKeithWilliams Quite welcome!
My grandfather worked in wood - he was a pattern-maker for Studebaker in South Bend. He died a few years before I was born, so I never got to meet him.
But my dad seems to have picked up several of the skills; he'd occasionally build something simple of wood, although it had nothing to do with his chosen career (meteorology; numerical weather prediction).
So I appreciate a well-executed woodworking project. I'm also a mathematician/physicist (retired), so I appreciate the geometric beauty of this design.
Fred
ffggddss My dad was a machinist at Caterpillar tractor. I learned about precision measuring from him . I spent a lot of time working with both metal and wood growing up. I didn’t gain a real appreciation for math until I was older. I use a combination of simple math and trial and error most of the time.
@@ODDBALLGALLERYKeithWilliams Well, whatever you used, to work this out, keep doing it, cause it's working!
Fred
Have you seen Sauron's Eye by Olivier Gomis?
This is s one of the best peice of art I have ever seen in my life.hats off. 👍👍👍
Saw that gap at first and thought, “how could he have mismeasured...oooooh that’s clever!”
Who would have thought this could be made,it looks stunning,BRAVO.
Mad Skills Keith!!! And fantastic job on the video editing too. Many don't truly understand how much time goes into recording and editing the video of a project like this, hats off to you Sir. Thank you for sharing.
Kevin Kendrick Thanks Kevin, This was my first video. I have a lot of other weird ideas, so I hope to keep the videos “rolling”
Talk about someone with some free time on their hands, and being a old school machinist (Prior to CNC machines) Some of the tools I did not know existed. Great video.
My dad was a machinist at Caterpillar for 40 years. He taught me a lot about precision measuring and working with metal. I built the miter saw fence and sanding lathe. Most of the tools I used in my sphere sanding jig video I got from him.
Who else was panicking when the little ball rolled to the edge? xD
*raises hand*
The Viking Woodsmith I did ✋🏼...it was supposed to stop when it hit the big ball. What you don’t see is me running around the workbench ready to make the diving catch.
lol i think its strong enough to sourvive the fall, wood glue at this surface amount is pretty strong.
@@hyperhektor7733 But it would certainly make an impression and mar the finish.
I bet that took quite a number of takes!
I have over 100,000 hours in a cabinetshop and just when I think I have seen it all ??? ABSOLUTELY AMAZING WORK thanks
Who says you can't build a ball out of wood, true craftsmanship at its finest
clarence midgett 👍🏼 Thanks
Keith, you truly are a master ! Thanks for showing us !
orchidorio Thanks 👍🏼
Mind blown. Unbelievably awesome! I would have never thought of having two chop saws next to each other like that.
Yes! I'm a big fan of assembly lines and organizing tasks into blocks. This was an eye opener. You're only limited by your pocketbook.
Fantastic! That mitre saw setup is amazing!
I liked that too. I'll have to buy another Dewalt.
I'm a second generation professional woodworker for 32 years but I've never tried this nor seen how these things are made. Very cool craftsmanship!👍👍👍
Tony P Thanks 👍🏼
Wow that is a great demonstration of comprehension of geometry! Great job !!
Utilisateurpasvalide Thanks 👍🏼
1) The music is awesome. 2) You're a clamp champ. 3) This is probably the most far out, amazing thing I've ever seen. I never would have guessed that the designs were just the plywood colors. That is awesome!
Dang. That transformation on the lathe was the coolest thing I've ever seen.
Yeah, how does he do that?
@@cathybenson5119 --Obviously, black magic.
The lathe itself was pretty interesting.
@@rcb3921 Yes so smart and simple! Looks a lot easier than when Frank Howarth makes spheres "by hand" in the lathe :)
I wanted him to slip something inside before he put on that last piece. A little hidden treasure.
Jody Lomel 😀 check out my other video “this is definitely knot art”
A hidden drawer.
That's what SHE said
@@yamabushi170 nice one mate..
If he puts a small hidden door on it he could, as Adam Sandler says, put your weed in it, lol.
I love this great Plywood ball. Great fun! Thank you! Cynthia McLaglen
Cynthia McLaglen Thank you Cynthia, I’m glad you enjoyed the video. I try not to take it too seriously, after all it is a big ball made of plywood. 😀
This is one of the coolest things I have ever seen done with wood...Awesome!
No "fake news" here. That's a giant ball of plywood. Got to justify buying all of those tools somehow. Well done.
I know nothing about woodworking so when the patterns started to appear while you were sanding the outside of the ball...completely amazed me! I assumed they were added manually to make it look more interesting. Beautiful project! Thanks for uploading.
Not added, it's the layers of the plywood showing through because the plywood is being shaped as a sphere.
owntone5 👆🏼He is correct 👆🏼
You're a man of determination, perseverance, and sheer fucking will.
I threw in the towel several times before I got it right. I guess you could say I’m stubborn.
I didn’t know how hard I need a plywood ball!
I’m sorry. But you’ll have to wait until I have mine. 😇
I need one too
Sooo gorgeous, creating the geodesic globe and the beautiful transformation. Love it, TY for sharing.
The little ball I thought for sure was going just drop and explode! That is the coolest wood working project I have seen, ever! Gold star for you!! 💫
Firstname Lastname is allowed Thank you 👍🏼
What a delight! I just recently discovered the odd beauty of plywood building a Ugears kit. I love the way you ended this with a little one rolling in. They belong in a fine arts gallery. :)
Lisa Schuster Thanks Lisa, the beauty was always in there, it was just trapped inside 2 dimensional boundaries. 😀
I wish someone appreciate the talent, hard work and the risk this artist tolerate and buy the art in good price!
Sitting here alone on Thanksgiving. You just made my day. Thanks.
aj Willow to bad for you to be alone but I have relative that are terrible people.....I moved out west to be alone.
deported from cal, now in mex goin on 9 christmases alone..! all because a cop wanted to dress like a hooker and i took the bait
Damn hooker cops! What are they thinkin'! You just made my day today. Good luck to you.
pookie one Why weren't you documented? You can't blame the police for this when you were in our country illegally AND doing illegal stuff to boot. That's just asking for it.
Remember....you are never alone
Incredible art and skill. The vision to make this and the method is exceptional. Those who press thumbs down...really? Is it because you don't have the tools ODDBALL GALLERY does? Or the ability and ingenuity? Still.... .02 percent versus 29k.... guess who wins! ODDBALL GALLERY! Thank you for an excellent video on a wonderful piece of woodwork! Respect!
Maybe its the background music.
Very impressive lathe. I really like the dust extraction system.
Talk about knowing your Angles. This is the coolest things I've seen in a while.
For all the people that when in high school, said they would never have any use for math, think again! This is SO COOL!
Perfect song choice and what a cool design surprise in that ball! Nice work!
Genuine genius. Please further make application examples like world globe, Daily Planet logo, concrete prison balls or more rounder grenades.
Taufiq Suleyman 😀👍🏼
This sphere should be in an art museum!
beats modern sculpture.
@@scottyj6226
It IS a modern sculpture!
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Kids, this is a perfect example on the importance of learning geometry and mathematics. Well done sir. :)
sarcspark I wish I had paid a little more attention in school . I’ve had to learn a few things the hard way. 😀
Absolutely beautiful. I love that didn't stain or paint it and embraced the natural patterns of the wood
Kuuipo Randall 👍🏼
Wow. Love it.
Peter Brown Thanks I appreciate that. 👍🏼
make a resin version of this !
came for the ball, stayed for the music
This is amazing mad skills
Bel Rick I think we are in the minority on the music.🤘🏼
I WOULD KILL TO EVEN BE ABLE TO JUST HAVE ACCESS TO USE THE EQUIPMENT IN YOUR WORKSHOP MAN!!!! OMGGG , this is literally my dream workshop haha.. I love the ball too that is an awesome idea with the ply wood it really looks cool once you start sanding it
Yes I was thinking, wow he's got some pretty cool gear.
Mr. Mike Moore Thanks Mike, I have had a cabinet shop for 25+ years , so a lot of the tools I already had available. I built the ball lathe from surplus parts over about a year.
@@ODDBALLGALLERYKeithWilliams Incredible work. I figured that anybody that could make that ball probably also made the equipment to produce it.
Amazing! I love birch ply. People often talk about how to hide the edges with ply, but they are the best thing about it, in my opinion (providing it's birch or similar). I've just made my own kitchen worktops with 30mm BP and Formica, specifically so I could leave the edge exposed. They look great. I've also got a coffee table made by my Dad in the 1960s that uses 18mm and white Formica, which was the inspiration partly. Anyway, your stuff is taking that edge-love to another level :)
scubapig There is sometimes hidden beauty in ordinary things.
I too am amazed, been a millworker for 45 plus years, the simple materials can sometime make an incredible result. Nice work.
James Garnett 👍🏼
That's possibly the coolest thing I've ever seen on CZcams!
That is probably one of the coolest things I have watched in a long time....👍👍
This , by far is one of the coolest video ive seen in years.
Thanks
That was like magic, the patterns came out of nowhere! Really beautiful creation!🤗
Far out super cool man. Love how have two miters set up for it! cheers, Rob
WOW. Beautiful and highly creative. Never seen anything like it.
Outstanding vision, craftsmanship, and brilliantly video-produced. Not a dull moment. Bravo!
stegokitty Thanks 👍🏼
I had to watch this again and pause several times. I am so tempted to try this.
Alan Monteith 👍🏼
The little ball almost died. I was like, "No no no no no.... NO!!!"
I think this is how the Death Star was made.
And its parts were assembled by Darth Vader using just the Force ⚛️
Then where did they mount the lathe and sander? Inside a hollow planet? :)
But made of metal!
Mmm, I don't think so
But Darth Vader was not present when it was made, and no Wookies were harmed in the production of this video.
Am I the only one, who is impressed by that double miter saw setup? 😳
Or is it just an editing trick? 🤔
Felix C. 👍🏼
That is awesome wooden ball building. Is this ball strong enough to withstand falls if it drops?
Man your workshop is absolutely incredible! And a beautiful piece of art you made
Richard L Thanks
Very cool! I have made a few, but they had equal bevel angles on all sides of each face - resulting in intersection circles that are centered on each face. I like the off center circles and the patterns on yours resulting from the symmetry.
By the way, I have added you to my featured channels. I like your work.
Steve, yours are absolutely awesome as well. You were my original inspiration. Keep up the great work.
@@Samurai-hi2jv Thanks! I plan on it.
This is exactly how they built the Death Star
Good work, I make stuff like this out of paper when I'm bored at work and I can tell you, when I finish the ball I have all kinds of gaps, I bet a very slight difference in that saw angle at the beginning would throw the whole thing off
Nabre Labre Yes, a small error on the cuts will add up quickly when it is all assembled. I made quite a few of these that ended up as firewood.
This video is far cooler than I thought it would be. Well done old boy!
february7 Thanks 👍🏼
Dude! Video liked, I subbed and damn, that is so cool, my hat is not only off, but thrown several feet away from my current location! That is probably one of the coolest, most ambitious and unique projects I have ever seen. Looking forward to more!
This is freaking incredible.
Looks amazing! in fact from the moment it was constructed it looked amazing and I would bet even partially sanded it looked cool too, this thing just looks great at every stage. Well done.
boing615 👍🏼
That was pretty awesome. You also have some of the sickest woodworking tools I've ever seen. Several of which I didn't even know existed.
Chris M I few of them I build for this purpose.
One of thee coolest things I’ve seen from plywood ever great job
So what are the other two
That's just plain cool!
Don't quite know how this ended up on my CZcams play list but I'm glad it did. Truely masterful sir. Cuddos!!! 👍👍👍
[Whispers:] "kudos"
D T Thanks 👍🏼. The algorithm thought you should watch it.😀
Well DONE....
Now you understand the Molecular Formation of CARBON 60 !!!!
John Trevena 👍🏼
John Trevena ....... I do??
WOW I'M JUST IN AWE!!!! Dang you got skills brother that came out awesome!!!
ALOHA 🤙