How to Make a 3D Kaleidoscope DIY
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- čas přidán 30. 10. 2017
- How to Make a 3D Kaleidoscope
For me, this video was more about exploring new possibilities and learning about kaleidoscopes.
after a few hours of trial and error I managed to get some pretty exciting results. Soon after I managed to make "3 proof of concept" kaleidoscopes.
This Dodecahedron was my first attempt with first surface mirrors. I could definitely could do a lot better having learned from the process. I learned that it's important to have a high quality glass cutter and to cut the first surface mirror from the back or the "non-coated" side.
Here's a link to my original drawing in pdf format. makebuildmodify.com/images/dod...
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Awesome stuff. Your camera work was beautiful! I fell down this rabbithole a few years ago. I drove myself crazy with dust. Once you seal a finished kaleidoscope off, a single speck will multiply! But if you don't seal it, the mirrors will quickly turn milky from airborne dust. I made a goofy air filter thing that would attach to the ends, so that I could 'purify' the air with a vacuum cleaner. I eventually gave up, but I did produce a few beauties. Always wanted to film it. One tip: if you do seal off the ends, go to a place that does picture framing, and ask for some scrap "museum glass." It gives crystal clear, reflection-free viewing; expensive stuff, but they will give you scraps if they're cool.
Oh, another thing: did the top-surface mirror scratch easily? I always figured it would be a pain, but it sure is professional grade.
Thanks for the tip about the museum glass. I haven't sealed mine yet because I couldn't find suitable glass.
As for the top-surface mirror, I've been using lens cleaner instead of glass cleaner. I use paper a towel and finish with a cleaning cloth that came with a set of glasses. I haven't seen any scratches from this process. Scratches while cutting is another story. I learned very quickly that you must cut from the back (non-reflective) side. This means that the reflective side must be placed against the work surface. Removing any glass crumbs after each cut is absolutely necessary. I was using a small cordless leaf blower to clear the surface between cuts.
I'm building a giant one of these for a burning man art display. I'd love to get advice and ideas (maybe even resources) from other users here.
@@BridgerJensenvideo i'm building a giant 3D kaleidoscope for burning man as well. would love to connect and check your work out on playa this year.
@@BridgerJensenvideo did it happen? Where's the video?
I got a rear projection TV on Tuesday. Tore it apart and took out the mirror and started cutting out the pieces on Wednesday . I finished it up today (Thursday). The kaleidoscope is awesome. Figuring out the dimensions and how to design the pieces was truly brilliant. Great job! Thanks for sharing.
Awesome! That's great to hear!!! Thanks for letting me know!
Beautiful and smart project!
Thanks!
woooow, that's just brilliant work on so many levels man! Especially that you actually worked out the geometry for that is impressive stuff!
Thanks a ton!
Hey! Just made a kaleidoscope with my kid from his Kiwico kit and decided to make a wooden and epoxy one for some CZcams content and found your video. You answered some questions I had about alternate mirror shapes. Thanks! Great Video!
That's great to hear. Thanks for watching and commenting!
This is just Genius! I am getting more impressed/intimidated by that brain of yours with each video!
Ha! Thanks Dave!
Simply astounding. As someone who works in 3D design, this was awesome!
Thanks!
Incredible! Thanks for the video and the pdf.
My pleasure!
That is super cool, making + geometry!
Makeometry
These kaleidoscopes are fantastic!
Thank you!
You've earned that sub for SURE. Dude, you just made kaleidoscopes cool again. I want to build on now. Good job. I even have a spare first service mirror from a project I tried to do. Tried to make a giant magnifying glass to melt shit with the sun. Didn't work out fabulously, but the mirror is amazing. I might have to do this.
Awsome! Thanks for the sub!
Epic build bro. Cool to watch the planning out stuff too
Thanks!
I knew this was gonna blow my mind.
Well done is so inadequate to describe this video Justin. So I will just say.....
DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD !
Thanks MAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!
Way too cool! Would love to know more about how you figured your angles.
Yeah, I should have put more of that in the video. Thanks for watching!
AMAZING!! i love this project, it is such a cool illusion!
Thanks!
You're a really good teacher! Thank you for sharing.
Thank you Zohar!
Stunning results
Thanks!
That looks awesome!! Good job!!
Thank you! Cheers!
Wow, send it to my husband as an assignment for his must-do list for the kid in summer. Very nice video, make my day!
Wonderful!
New here, and after watching this epicness instantly subscribed. Can't wait to watch more cool videos from you.
Awesome! Thanks for the sub!
came across this and its brilliant thank you for sharing and reusing!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks!
Mesmerizing. Great video!
Thanks Randy!
That was an unbelievable image. I need to see one 'live'. Wish I had the math to try one. Going to subscribe to see what else is in your head.
Awesome! Thanks for the sub!
Really different, really nice !
Thanks!
This is Awesome! i made three with different sizes. Thank you for sharing.
Awesome to hear! That's why I put this stuff out there.
MAN! IT"S GODDAMN AWESOME! Thank you for the video!!!
You're welcome. Thanks for commenting!
Man, I love the cube version so much! That's so cool how it does actually look 3D! I am thinking about starting off making a small one just for trial with something more along the lines of milar cardstock, just to see if I can figure out the shape on something similar. Your triangle Kaleidoscope is gorgeous as well, I love the varied angles that make it much more interesting than the equilateral triangle ones most of the tutorials have been.
Hey, thanks for watching! Here's the pattern that I used for the cube. makebuildmodify.com/images/cube-pattern.pdf
@@Makebuildmodify THANK YOU SO SO MUCH! I'm definitely going to be trying it! Your Kaleidoscopes are so creative, just by changing the shape, it's amazing how much of a difference it makes. Thank you so much for sharing your process.
That's really cool. Thank you for the designs. I will build one.
Have fun!
@@Makebuildmodify You were right about the cost of the mirror. Killer. Got to find an old TV.
The is and awesome kaleidoscope, it really looks amazing.
Thank you!
Thank you so much for the pdf! that saves me a whole lot of frustration from continuously messing ups measurements.
You bet! I hope it works out for you!
@@Makebuildmodify I'll be sure to send you my results :) going out tomorrow to buy foam-board.
@@joesharples7224 I'd love it if you joined the Make Build Modify group and share! facebook.com/groups/MakeBuildModify/
muy bueno tu trabajo, saludos desde argentina!! you doing so good!
¡Gracias!
Very cool!
Thanks!
Brilliant! I like this.
Many thanks!
That is amazing!
Thanks!
Wow that was amazing
Thanks!
Fantastic!
Thanks Rimona!
Really cool ! 👍
Thenk you !
;)
Oh yeah. Omg. So amazing. Thank you.
Glad you like it!
Great Video! Inspiring
Thanks!
This is awesome, can you make a video of the other Kaleidoscopes you've made?
Thanks Samantha! I've only made the three shapes. The video (build process) would probably look just about the same. I may do some in the future though.
So mind blown I was hypnotized into subscribing. Kidding aside, any plans for mass productions?
No mass production plans. I just enjoy the process of learning during a project like this.
Great stuff
Thanks!
This was amazing, instant subscribe
Thank you!
@@Makebuildmodify finding any real useful kaleidoscope video has been hard. Yours has been a blessing, any chance you'll make another ?
@@raptorz7000 I'm not sure. It's been awhile since I've played around with kaleidoscopes. Don't be afraid to experiment. Sometimes you learn a lot more just by doing rather than looking for instructions.
Badass!
Thanks!
Great video nice job.
Thanks!
That's awesome! How did your brain even figure out how to do that? I had no idea there was so much mirror inside old TVs
Yeah, I was surprised the first time I saw the mirror inside a rear projection tv too. High quality too.
You must have been great at Geometry growing up. Looks like it stuck with you too. Great project and video. Thank's for sharing!
Thank YOU for watching!
....AWESOME!
....Thanks!
this is insane!
Thanks!
that is sick brah we are gonna make one!
Nice!
This man is a genius
lol! Thanks!
Wow it’s sooo beautiful!
I like to make one too but
It looks complicated.
If you live by us, I would love to take a class from you.
I live in Seattle.
I too far away for a class. But I have a link to the measurements in the description.
Hi! I'm obsessed with kaleidoscopes and recently decided I really want to make my own... I got a little confused about the different mirrors... Would you explain that a little to me please?! Thanks for the video! Loved it
Here's a link to a pdf of the cube pattern. makebuildmodify.com/images/cube-pattern.pdf
Will you be open to sell couple of those for kiddos Christmas present this year?
Thanks best regards. Really cool stuff.
Thanks for asking but i'm all out of glass.
Amazing
Thanks
Wow nice work. I just shared it with google+
Awesome! Thanks!
This is amazing dude make more cool stuff be smart so you can learn all diy stuff enjoy your kaleidoscopes!
Thanks! Will do!
Hi Justin, I made the dodecahedron kaleidoscope and I was wondering if you had the schematics for the other shapes that I could try
This is the cube pattern: makebuildmodify.com/images/cube-pattern.pdf
And the octahedron pattern: makebuildmodify.com/images/octahedron-pattern.pdf
@@Makebuildmodify sweet thank you. Believe it or not I found a rear projection TV outside my house couple weeks ago completely gutted except for the pristine mirror inside yet when I went to cut it it was extremely difficult oh, much more so than you made it look. I'm assuming that it wasn't a first service mirror
Great tut, thanks for sharing, i'll try to make one, how is made the cubic one at 7:46 ? Cheers from Paris, France
Here is a link to the cube pattern: makebuildmodify.com/images/cube-pattern.pdf
Sorry about the Imperial units. I think you can use Google to convert them. Good luck!
@@Makebuildmodify Thanks a lot, you are a Master. Have a nice week
That was absolutely awesome!! I really want to try and make it, aren't you afraid of cutting your hands snapping the mirror in half? Lol and also, you think its easy to make or hard? Thanks for telling me what to do with the mirrors
Gloves are a good idea if the process is new to you. Making the kaleidoscope is easier than figuring the math. Here's a link to my original drawing in pdf format. goo.gl/nbxvQu
you are so amazing, wow 🥰 perfeck yob and idea
Thank you! 😊
What if you were to add a series of one way mirrors down the center of the kalidoscope?
Better yet Dichroic borosilicate glass.
Good idea!
@@Makebuildmodify I think I might give it a go! Thanks for the video! You cleared up a lot of questions I had. I've seen some of those kaleidoscopes with 3D objects selling for thousands. So I wondered what the trick was to making it.
Where did you come up with the geometry equations??
I'm a carpenter. So, I use roof framing math to build the cube version. Then I adjusted the application slightly to create the dodecahedron. Thanks for asking! I think there is a link in the description to a pdf. template.
magnificent
Thanks!
Hello, I am nearing completions of my version of your kaleidoscope. I went Steampunk and crossed it with Alien Tech.. I was just wondering if you were still interesting in seeing the finished product?
Sure, I'd love to.
@@Makebuildmodify Cool. Due to the slow process of obtaining parts and tooling to complete this project, I am still a few weeks out from filiming it. Contact you later.
Mike L
Finally! someone who is not a quack!
I appreciate you beyond words. most people who like this stuff would not be able to even tell you what a hypotenuse is, let alone be smart enough to try to make complex 2-3D shapes. I am grateful that there are silly smart people like you ♡
"silly smart", that's a new one. I like it. Thank you!
I was curious about the angles you chose for enlarging the original triangle. Were they chose at radom to maximize viewing of the image or were they necessary to ensure that you ended up with the dodecahedron that wasn't distorted? . I have the glass and I am preparing my layout. I built a prototype to see what I am getting into, and I was curious if changing the opening to a larger size while maintaining the the depth would affect the image.. Please let me know. Thank you.
Which opening? The larger opening which faces the viewer or the small side?
@@Makebuildmodify The large opening facing the viewer. I was doing the math and there seemed to be no other reason for the finished size, of the viewing end, other than your choice to do it that way. I just wanted to be sure in case I want to make the viewing end larger. Thank you. Mike L
@@mikel9056 Yes, you can make the viewing end larger but you have to keep all of the angles the same. In order to keep the same angles the depth will have to increase.
@@Makebuildmodify Thank you. Quite ingenious. I looked at it with a fresh pair of eyes, last night, and I see the angular relationships to the original in your layout. I will be building this in the near future and it will be used as part of a series of demonstrations that I am put on for our local schools and libraries.
@@mikel9056 Nice! I'm happy to hear that my video is helping you educate others.
I’ve been told that a little oil on the glass cutter before each cut makes for a much cleaner cut.
Yes, I've heard the same thing. I'll have to try it on the next one.
My dad at one time owned a glass shop and that is how he always did it.
what my father teached me to do is to always keep the cutter on a little container with a piece of fabric and diesel, therefore, your cutter will always be oiled up and you dont have to pour oil for each cut
That's a great idea! Thanks!
Most professional kaleidoscope artists use high quality glass cutters for dry cutting. It needs just a lubrication af the axle from time to time and it lasts for many thousends of cuts - and you don't need to whipe the oil. These types are also used for stained glass beneath the oil cutters. Toyo, Nikken, Mitsoboshi, Bohle are good brands. I use the Bohle Silberschnitt 2000
You should solder the lines together! What a beautiful work of art! Thank you so much for sharing your process
You’re welcome 😊
damn dude you're too precise. I would break everything if i tried to do this
Thanks! It's not as tough as you think.
Прекрасная работа! Но почему вы работаете без перчаток? Со стеклом надо защищать руки обязательно
Хорошая идея.
That's intensive, if you don't do custom stairs you're missing your calling that would be easy for you technically.
I haven't had a opportunity to build any custom staircases. But my uncle was a master at it.
That is amazing. And I feel dumb now! :S
Thanks! Don't feel dumb...;)
Fantastisch
Thanks!
wow.
:)
I would love to make these but the link for the image pdf is not loading for me for some reason
I don't know what to say. Did you try looking in your downloads folder?
I copy and pasted the link into Chrome and it worked, it must have been the other browser I was using did not like download links for what ever reason 😂
@@dude7189 Nice, I'm glad you could get the file.
Imagine a kaleidoscope the size of a room.
That would be crazy.
That's exactly what I would build.
I intend to build one at least three times the size of this one, hopefully tonight!
@@woodrowilson74 did you do it?
@@woodrowilson74 did you do it?
What’s a first surface mirror and why is it important?
To explain that I need to explain what a SECOND surface mirror is. They are the common type of mirror that is found almost everywhere in households and they have the reflective surface on the back of the mirror. So, you have to look through the glass to see the reflective surface. This means that when a light is shined on the mirror it goes through the glass, reflects off of the reflective surface, then goes back through the glass, and then out. A FIRST surface mirror has the reflective surface on the outside of the mirror (the first surface). So the same light would hit the first surface of the mirror and the light would reflect immediately. First surface mirrors are used for optical applications where having very little degradation in light quality is important. For example: A rear projection TV.
The angles you have to come up with and figure out, if you work this somebody doing it pick it up really fast
Thanks!
Men, I really love the simplicity of the first one. Did you only put the mirrors together? Why theres a circle in the middle of the spectrum? how you get that shitttt? D: it looks so difficult but easy instead.
I glued the mirrors together. The mirrors are from an old rear projection tv.
So you scratched the mirrors to get the effect? or its only the natural reflection of the middle triangle? I can use a regular mirror tho?
Sebastian Toro yes it's the natural reflection in the middle. A regular mirror will work but it won't look as nice.
The thumbnail reminded me of "MARETU FT. HATSUNE MIKU - Magical Doctor"'s kaleidoscope part thing
:)
Such cool results. Is the term "first surface mirror" a description of standard mirrors with the reflective surface on the back of the glass, or a special mirror like that found in a rear projection tv?
First surface mirror has the reflective surface on the front or face of the glass. That way the light doesn't have to go through the glass twice to before it exits the mirror. It's similar to the difference between a regular tv and a high definition tv visually. It's tough to find and buy. But it's free when you reclaim it.
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w o w !
T h a n k s !
Reminds me of a novascope
Novascopes are so cool!
if I do half the original size would it work?
Yes, I think it sould. Just keep in mind that it's more difficult to build them smaller. This is because there is more accuracy and closer tolerances required.
am on it! i want to know if you could make a novascope!
@@diegoikrotas Novascopes are cool! I think it's done by removing some of the reflective material from the mirror.
Great video! Do you know how nova kaleidoscopes are made/how they work? Sorry if this is a repeat question. The ones i see are by david sugich
Yes. They carve off the mirrored surface to allow light in through the sides of the kaleidoscope.
@@Makebuildmodify could you elaborate more please? I'm very curious about how they work.
Can you please provide the dimensions of your kaleidoscope? I'd like to recreate the project. :D
Here's a link to my original drawing in pdf format. goo.gl/nbxvQu
In the sketch- are those cm?
Sorry, they're inches. Here's a link to the drawing. goo.gl/nbxvQu
will just convert the to cm. I didn't know about such 3D kaleidoskope before I came upon your video. I am eager to make it, even if I have never cut glass in my life. Thank you for sharing! Information about this is in web is poor. Just in few sites found out inventors name - Don Doak.
Hope I won't ruin every household mirror I have.
you have 3 mirrors?
Yes, 3
Hi uncle it's Evan
Hey, Even!
Make Build Modify congrats on 100k when will you get the plaque?
I'm not sure. CZcams hasn't sent me any notifications yet.
"The cracks are how the light gets through."
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HOW DO U MAKE A CUBE?
Here's my cube pattern makebuildmodify.com/images/cube-pattern.pdf
Can you show us the kaleidoscope in the thumbnail
It's the same kaleidoscope with a butterfly wing as the subject.
To all the kids (ha ha) perhaps watching this ... this is what might be possible if you happen to pay attention during Geometry class.
Math is a good thing.
my ipods got over 10000 songs on it, its on shuffle all songs and The La's Looking Glass came on as this video did. hmmmmm
Hmmmmm.
Unbelievable. I think this is the worst cutting board build video I have ever seen! Buying a TV to make a cutting board is just ridiculous.Oh, wait..... BAHAHAHA!
I know, right? Every time I start making a cutting board I end up with a kaleidoscope. I should get checked.
You should definitely get checked.
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Can I subscribe again? Double-subscribe? You should do like John Heisz and create other channels so we can subscribe too. That or I'll have to unsub and then sub again in every video you release.
Ha! That's funny. I've considered another channel but I have to get a little more consistent with this channel first. You might just have to wait....;)