Dodecahedrons Made Easy

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4 жыл бұрын

Dodecahedrons Made Easy. This is a demonstration of a method I invented for cutting convex polygons with very high precision on a table saw - it's as accurate as your printer can print with super fine adjustability made possible with a digital microscope. This method uses three parts - a sled, reticle, and a digital microscope. Details and a free pattern for making your own dodecahedrons on my website: www.spiralsbysteve.com/precisi...
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@batchrocketproject4720 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing this. The microscope idea clearly gives you very high tolerance cuts and the end result speaks for itself. Fabulous 💯

@stephenwade8093 4 жыл бұрын

Outstanding work Steve, we need to see more of it please.

@pocket83squared 4 жыл бұрын

That's quite a jig. The glass seems like such a nice way to line up a cut. Thanks.

@Steve.Garrison 3 жыл бұрын

KZfaq is sneaky! It took me 7 months to see your comment, Pocket83! How have you been?

@sapelesteve 4 жыл бұрын

Nicely done Steve! Now that's what I would call precision woodworking.... 👍👍😉😉

@Steve.Garrison 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Being able to magnify helps out a lot with the precision.

@express375 4 жыл бұрын

Another brilliant idea, thanks :)

@davedowding5883 4 жыл бұрын

Steve this was really a helpful video. this is the kind of thing that I’ve needed and I will be looking at your website to see what did and how you made this, your specifics on your set up and how you put this together. thank you so much for making this and then sharing this video. I breally appreciate it. I’ll be checking in on your other videos. I just subscribed to your channel video couple weeks ago. thanks again until later..

@Steve.Garrison 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Dave. I am glad you find it helpful. Thanks for subscribing.

@sdspivey 4 жыл бұрын

Weird, I was just rewatching a video last night and wondering when you would make a new one.

@WOODMAN_pt 4 жыл бұрын

Cool!

@eddraper 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Steve! This looks good. I've tried your previous technique for cutting dodecahedron splines with the miter saw. I struggled with getting the necessary precision. I also was getting a lot of small part kickback which challenged my nerve. This is a lot more stable and safe. Love to have your spline technique adapted to this model.

@Steve.Garrison 4 жыл бұрын

Are you referring to the open frame dodecahedron, or the box-jointed one?

@eddraper 4 жыл бұрын

@@Steve.Garrison The open frame that your assembled with hot glue

@Steve.Garrison 4 жыл бұрын

@@eddraper I don't know if the two could be combined, but that is one I would like to redo sometime.

@andrebourque2165 11 ай бұрын

I love the microscope attachment but doesn't it drive you crazy to have to make adjustments for each single piece? Wouldn't a really accurate jig be easier? By the way I love your asymmetric dodecahedron boxes.

@Steve.Garrison 11 ай бұрын

Thanks! The adjustments to put the reticle on line from one end to the other go quickly once you get the hang of it. Also lining up the coarse reticle on the cut line helps to make the fine adjustments need less adjustment. It is the most precise way I know to get accurate cuts, and is not limited to one specific angle like a dedicated jig would be, and there's no accumulative error. The non-regular polygons have several different angles, but the irregular dodecahedron boxes still have tetrahedral symmetry.

@glencrandall7051 4 жыл бұрын

Very impressive precision. Please post a link to the microscope you use. I know the title references dodecahedrons but obviously this jig can be use to make precision cuts of any shape. Thank you for sharing and keep healthy.

@Steve.Garrison 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I'm waiting on approval from Amazon to link here on my channel, but for now it's on the top of the page of my site linked in the video description . There are lots of possibilities for it's use as long as the shapes are convex. Stay healthy!

@brianpruitt1015 4 жыл бұрын

@@Steve.Garrison Hey Steve. I checked your site and where you wrote "This link is to the microscope I purchased.", there is no link. Unless I am missing something. Thanks

@Steve.Garrison 4 жыл бұрын

@@brianpruitt1015 I was just chatting with another person who said the same thing. I just added the link again as a text link within the description on the same page in bold text. Does that show?

@mellisb 4 жыл бұрын

@@Steve.Garrison It worked for me! Thanks!!!

@Steve.Garrison 4 жыл бұрын

@@mellisb Thank you!

@peterneumann7145 2 жыл бұрын

So this is a fixture not a jig as you are continually using the microscope to adjust before cutting for accuracy. Is it not time consuming . I don’t deny the accuracy .impressive.thanks

@Steve.Garrison 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. It is a two step alignment process with an adjustable sled, microscope, and a coarse reticle. The wood is clamped on the sled while aligning it with the coarse reticle - which is just a piece of clear plastic or glass with an inked-in scratched line. That gets it close enough to move the sled forward to the microscope for fine adjustment. After getting the hang of it, it goes pretty quickly. Accuracy is limited by line width and print quality.