Building Objects out of LIFE Magazine from 1960: …the WIBBLER?
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- čas přidán 25. 05. 2024
- I found this issue of LIFE Magazine from 1960 in a basement, brought it immediately over to the Makerspace, and relished every moment of flipping through its pages. I think it could be a cool series to recreate old objects from its pages, and the first object in question: the wibbler. Which appears to be an antique hover board of sorts?
I can’t wait to show you guys how this thing worked!
-Brooke
Get my version of the Wibbler Pattern HERE (works as a templates or in a CNC router?: (coming soon)
Tools Used:
Band Saw
Drill Press
Jigsaw
Spindle Sander
Belt Sander
Hand Files
Palm Sander
Thunder Laser Cutter
Rubber Mallet
Music:
CZcams Free Audio Library
We used to stand on these when we played with yard dart on our lawn. God, we do miss our sister.
I see/saw what you did there.
It takes practice, one of you will manage to hit her eventually.
Holy crap!!! I wondered what happened to y'all. Why did you leave me behind?.
Oh, guess what...
@@kmoecub Sis! OMG, you just didn’t look like you were doing too good when the paramedics came. You made it?
LOL, thanks.
Love the build. I really want to believe that there is a pro out there who spent their youth perfecting this like a Tony Hawk but of the Wibbler world.
I love recovering old projects too! And I think that there is something extremely exciting in the process of making! Great job 😊!
I remember walking on skateboards like this as a kid. Oddly enough, that was closer to the publishing date of the magazine than it is to today. If you'll excuse me, I need to take some ibuprofen for my back and knee pain.
In the 70s, my grandparents got us some store-bought version of this -- and then just a couple of years later the skateboard craze arrived where we lived, and the same physical motion pays off more on a skateboard, sooo these things vanished completely in like a month. Still more fun (and safer!) than the pogo sticks we had.
The relief I felt when I realized you were making this out of a 1960 Life magazine and not out of 1960s life magazines😂❤
You could honestly, you would need a few of them but you still could.
I once built a bonfire out of 1,960 Life Magazines. Oh wait, that wasn’t me.
That was my first thought.
I really enjoy recreations of old products like this! Great idea and execution, Brooke!
Love your shop set up and can't wait to see more recreations. God knows those old magazines have so many projects anyone can do.
Dont tell me i was the only one to see the sparks when she used her bandsaw.
👍👍 Looks like she has a blade clearance issue that needs attention.
@@joell439 I was going to say the guides are not adjusted right...well there I said it.
Cliff Clavin is alive and well in the comments section!
Ceramic guides plus side torque (cutting a curve) equals sparks…
I was alarmed by that...
What a fun retro project. Loved how you made it just from the photo. And I would for sure break something if I tried it.
Such a fun project!! 👍👍👍
Well done! And great for core development!
Ahhh and that's it lass, how cool is that! Nice build.
I love how old toys were extremely dangerous. "It's okay if she breaks her ankle. It'll build character."
I have a T- shirt that reads "I AM A WOODEN SPOON, LEAD PAINT, NO CAR SEAT, NO SEAT BELT, NO BIKE HELMET, PICKUP BED RIDING, GARDEN HOSE DRINKING SURVIVOR " Them wuz the days! 😊
@@T-bone1950 The trick with the garden hose, of course, was not to drink until you saw the bubble of air pop out.
at 13 I was driving an old Voxhaul Victor car around the disused open cast coal mine at th back of my house - we kicked the windows out for "safety"
I had to drive the wrong way up a dual carriageway to get there - waving at the neighbours as I went -- no one cared.
3 times this year people have called the police on my sister 16 year old for sitting on a bench listening to music on his ear buds - each time its old people who have moved to the village for their retirement.
@@piccalillipit9211 Are you serious ? One boy, sitting by himself ?.
That is crazy, where was that, in the UK somewhere obviously because of the classic you were driving.
@@uncletiggermclaren7592 Yeah that was 1983 at Woodkirk near Dewsbury - I lived next door to Woodkirk garage and I had to get along the dual carriageway to Quarry Lane, so it was about 1/3rd of a mile the wrong way up the road OR about 2 miles going the right way.
I grew up driving the rear wheel drive car around the quarries so I have never not been able to drift a car, which became a big problem when I came to do my driving test. I was a very good rally driver but an absolutely TERRIBLE high way code driver, took me 2 years and 3 goes to pass my test LOL.
Super fun. Love the old toys.
I grew up in the 60's as a kid in New York City, and I have to admit that I have never seen or heard of a "wibbler". I'm sure it's a good thing, because I'm positive that I would have broken my ass trying to master this contraption. Great job on bringing this oddity to life. P.S. Try not to break YOUR ass.
Just came across your channel. Really enjoyed this build! Hats off to you for rasping and filing those huge internal reliefs by hand. Even with you using the spindle sander, I saw that part and thought, "This will carry her into old age."
Great job. Looks like balance was the aim of it. I enjoy trying to create things from old pictures. I think you did well. I've half a mind to build one and challenge my students. ( after I master it myself). 😁 Thanks for sharing
Ha Ha! What a fun video! Good job recreating an obscure old toy from a by-gone era.
Way cooler in wood than plastic. Great work.
I think so. More durable over time too I’d guess.
I had a plastic version from the 70's and I believe the pier that reaches the ground was round on that version, allowing easier rotation.
Can't wait to see more projects from Life magazine
I’m excited to give some more of them a try. The magazine was a treasure trove!
I like the July 4 1969 issue. Some good projects in that one.
I love this - building stuff from old magazines.
Doing some research after watching this, seems the real deal has a narrower footprint where it contacts the ground - more like standing on your heels.
P.s. Great build by the way !👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
I saw that title and I thought you were gluing loads of old magazines together to build something!!!
Great project and well executed!
We still have a Reader’s Digest Complete DIY Manual which had decorating and home repair techniques in one volume and projects in the other volume. It was from the early 1970’s and very comprehensive. The 70’s influence is off the scale…
I see one on eBay for £150… hahaha! All the others are far less. Also, our copy is in way better condition that the one at £150.
You still acts better then I'm on hooverboard ;)
It's like a skateboard from before they invented the wheel
Looks like a broken ankle or hip to me. We had skateboards with metal wheels, not helmet or knee pads. If I was 10 again I might give it a try. (Born 1963)
And the skateboards we had were homemade from roller skates. There weren't production skateboards in the '60s.
I always found the cool stuff in old magazines like Popular Mechanics (which occasionally had woodworking projects).
I want to take a look at some old issues of popular mechanics I think
@@MakersWorkshopLLC yeah theres some really awesome projects in the 50s/60s issues.
You are talking about the era that saw rise to the Yoyo and the hula-hoop. Everybody and their brother tried cashing in on the kids' physical prowess toy fads. About 98% of them fell flat on their face, even when advertised by renowned publications like Life Magazine.
a quick search brought up a dozen websites with Wibbler pics and info. The Urban dictionary definition was my favorite.
Nice try but I'm not gonna look.
@@tombiggs4687 With all the spam that people post, I totally understand your apprehension. So let me just quote the Urban Dictionary definition of Wibbler. "A man lacking the necessary ejaculatory power to shoot semen, instead only able to wiggle their penis as semen sadly dribbles out." Who knew? Ya can't make this stuff up.
It's like if you made a skateboard, but couldn't afford to buy the wheels! .... 😄
3:34I did some much easier curve shaping/cutting myself recently. From what I observe, if you spend time on making a (say 1/4” birch plywood) template, it would be so much quicker/nicer to smooth out those holes with flush cut router bits, and you can do it from either side.
Yes! I considered laser cutting an acrylic template and tackling it on the router table but I didn’t have a flush cut router big long enough on hand.
The precursor to the skateboard. Cool!
Yea , you take off like a herd of turtles !!!
@@davidwhiren817 😂😂😂
It's a shame the Wibbler didn't take off, because all the other toys I remember from 1960 were so much safer.
Thanks for doing this.
Yeah, like lawn darts. 😄
@@bkvdpw click clacks.
Do you have a skateboard expert friend? Get them to try it and make a video. :)
I was about to ask about skate boarders...
What to do when you can't go out? Use the wibbler.
Find plans for a "bongo board" and make one. They were lots of fun.
Probably the only one in the world👍
Like taking a walk on top of daddy's feet and shouting "look ma, no hands."
I think I could use that with my patient to facilitate hip rotation. Maybe in the parallel bars
My first thought was these would not last long. The 2 points of contact with the ground, lets call them "feet"...every time you twist to go forward or backwards your grinding the "feet" into rocks, concrete, asphalt. I would think only after a few minutes of use they would be ground up. Short of redesigning them with feet that add a stationary base and bearing to smooth out the twisting movement.
I have a vague memory of using a plastic version of this toy in the early 90s
popular mechanics had some cool designs published in them in the 1940s and 1950s
Ooooo I’ll need to see what I can find for vintage Popular Mechanics
@@MakersWorkshopLLC Oh FOR sure. They had half the magazine filled with designs once. For the most varied list of things.
Back then it was more like " You have choice ! Play with the Wibbler or Daddies shotgun " !
😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁
Hard to use, high chance of snapping your ankles, unpredictable when using... Just needs finishing off with some lead paint and it'd be a true 1960s toy 😅
You would have fun with my collection of Popular Mechanics, Popular Science, and Science and Mechanics magazines from the mid-1930s to the 1960s!
Every five years or so, I go down that rabbit hole, and once I start, I have a hard time putting them down.
I've got a half-shelf of Popular Mechanics 1940s/early 50s articles collected into book form. Some neat stuff in there, some very useful, some pretty bizarre. The original "Maker" culture. (The only thing I miss are the period advertisements, since of course they didn't get compiled into the books.)
@@tombiggs4687 I recall the ads were mainly about new cars and cigarettes. In those days, every man was expected to carry on the farmer's tradition of being able to make or fix everything. Every man had a workshop in their basement or garage (sorry, ladies, this was strictly man's sport in those days). I am now inspired to pull out a box to look them over again; I packed in handfuls of bay leaves the last time to chase off the silverfish.
Nice video. Wonder what skater Andy Anderson could do with it.
Somebody who built one way back when: "Ya know, this thing would be a helluva lot more fun if it had wheels on it. Where's my old roller skates?"
Tons of original ones, new in box, available on EBay if anyone cares. They're plastic, so I don't know if they're safe to use after so many decades. Might snap in two.
For Sale The Wibbler ...now make it outta aluminium and add sum skateboard trucks ...with a Heal flip at the back lol
What's going on with that bandsaw throwing sparks?
Probably hit a bullet.
I did not knew what wibbler is.
Consider the strings on your shorts when operating power tools
Stay safe
A few years ago there was an article about a Doctor who was working with ADHD , ADD, and mildly autistic children who felt disconnected from their body due to playing no sport or physical activity. He was using what he called a teeter totter, basically a short plank on top of a 3" diameter round 12" long dowel, to get them to connect to their physical ability by balancing the board so neither end touched the ground. Sort of like this -------o-------- I wonder if this "Wibbler" could satisfy the same purpose.
Anyone else thought she was going to make stuff out of old magazines? Like a bunch of magazines put in a press, epoxied together and turned into the raw material for various projects. That's what the video title made me think of. 😅
Someone was hoping to match the hula hoop phenomenon and failed. They should have put skate wheels on it and cashed in big.
Is zebra harder than ziricote? That has nice stripes and pattern.
I remember dying 3 times as a child and I was told to walk it of.
Looked like a lot of work to break your ankle
I think the feet on the original were round, from the diagram shown on screen.
I Reccomend investing in some GRIP tape they sell it at home depot .This is a skateboard with no wheels .
if you want to walk like an old man who has pooped his pants the wibbler is for you
Does anyone remember the bongo board !!!
At 2:00 why is the bandsaw throwing sparks? Am I seeing things?
What were the sparks when you were doing initial cuts on the bandsaw?
Yeah curious about that too. And please take off the rings. Degloving is really painful!
Without seeing the saw and the usage style in-person, I'd say that it's either the thrust bearing on the blade guide is jammed and not spinning properly/at all OR the work is being pushed too hard into the blade. It could be a combination of both. The trick with bandsaws (and a lot of power tools) is to let the tool do the work.
This is awesome, but why is your bandsaw sending off sparks when you're cutting wood?
Yeah, i want one too!
monster walks on a skateboard, but with extra steps! subscribed
Did you hit a nail or something at 1:40 ? Sparks
5:40 reminds me of frankenstein's monster walking
I wonder how it would ride with some skateboard trucks attached to it
Shape the feet like rattle backs the if you lean the side it will rotate by falling onto the front outside quadrant of the foot that would be the only surface needs changing really
Use it with knee, elbow and wrist protection (and maybe a pillow strapped to your bum) like with inline skates. That's a great re-engineering from just photos. Well done.
Stick some Roller skate wheels on it and you've got a proto-skateboard?
This would be more fun if it had two wheels.
You had a laser cutter? You could have built the whole base by laminating ¼ layers of plywood..
Add some grip tape to the shoe peddles
skateboard, surfboard simulator trainer.
If you ever used a skateboard as a child, using a wibbler would be easy.
Do a kickflip
Весёлая девчонка и с руками откуда нужно растущими, на такой нужно жениться!!!
Your dog looks like my dog, except yours has a wider racing-stripe down her nose. Does she shed like a demon? Could you knit up a new dog from the hair in the vacuum cleaning bag?.
Another 1960s death toy.
… that nobody died from using. 😊
You should spend more money on expensive tools