Seriously, this channel deserves an Emmy Award for cinematography and effects.
@joshclark442 жыл бұрын
The stop motion gets me every time 😄
@yochva2 жыл бұрын
Coasters - snack bowls - vases - Lego sorters! The possibilities are endless! You could make all sorts of things to put in those holes. :)
@tom.12 жыл бұрын
Great work and always admire your patience! I'd put a round piece of glass on top to make the surface more usable.
@tomahoks2 жыл бұрын
Hi Tom
@tom.12 жыл бұрын
@Colm Mc Carthy Those are clearly your words.
@Scodiddly2 жыл бұрын
While making a single oversized wooden Lego gear is not trivial, I would think that the real challenge is making enough regular Lego pieces so that you can build the whole car.
@timothybaker82342 жыл бұрын
I sent you that Fairchild tool a couple years ago. It was a flea market find of mine. I’m glad you are getting good use of it.
@djmips2 жыл бұрын
What's the time stamp?
@thallmeister2 жыл бұрын
@@djmips He's referring to 6:48 when he started using it.
@MrMarinesfight2 жыл бұрын
A simple circular glass top would allow it to be functional without losing the aesthetics. Great job as always!
@zarblitz2 жыл бұрын
That's cool, it's even got some flash from the injection molding process.
@10WeekBibleStudy2 жыл бұрын
That would make a cool Lazy Susan idea for a big round dining table. You could have little Lego gears and handles that turn the whole thing.
@Mrcaffinebean2 жыл бұрын
That's a fun table idea!
@larshoeksema2 жыл бұрын
I think for the legs a great idea would be to put one of the cross axles in the middle and have a round foot (maybe another gear?) at the bottom... Also glass on top for usability while still seeing the end project.
@lesleyyoung57302 жыл бұрын
What an ordeal. Way to go for sticking to it and finding ways to make it work!
@thedistractedmaker2 жыл бұрын
Nice work Frank! Plenty of “maybe I should give up” moments. Glad you pushed through.
@earle00242 жыл бұрын
That alignment Lego idea is one of your more brilliant ones and that is saying something
@lindseyjohnson11302 жыл бұрын
I thought I recognized that bridge. We escaped Portland 43 years ago and moved to LincolnCity. I've been running my cabinet and furniture shop since 1983. I really enjoy your videos and sense of humor. Oh your work is not bad too.🤣🤓
@1977logitech2 жыл бұрын
Frank, you're a genius and so much fun to watch! Using lego connections to hold down your lego gear on the cnc? That's next level! Thank you for all the great videos!
@warrenwerks2 жыл бұрын
The way you use the cnc is so outside the box and different than anything else I’ve ever seen. Always a joy to watch your videos
@waterup3802 жыл бұрын
same here and people don't seem to know what to do with a cnc they have
@Bearlysober2 жыл бұрын
I love the coaster idea. And those you could make fit perfectly ID and OD. And they would all nest easily so you wouldn't need one of those coater holders. Edited Sp.
@808v12 жыл бұрын
Especially liked the final inspection.
@Meandthegrandkids2 жыл бұрын
It’s good that you got a through CAT scan when finished.
@ZombieWoodturner2 жыл бұрын
I cant help but see the four circular holes as cupholders.... you need to make a matching set of scaled up lego coffee cups that will plug into those holes. ;-) your channel is inspiring Frank. thanks for continuing to blow my mind!
@mursur2 жыл бұрын
For the legs, my mind instantly went to multiple sets of minifig hips/legs! Fantastic build as always, turned out great!
@frankmakes2 жыл бұрын
I like that.
@makethepart2 жыл бұрын
Your ability to navigate the materials and tools makes me smile. Thanks for sharing the Bacon Bowties and Waffles.
@jasonturner10452 жыл бұрын
as long as the cat likes it, it's a winner. very cool project
@cassia_cries2 жыл бұрын
the lego hold down was genius!
@NotaWrxTrek2 жыл бұрын
Great job proud of you son
@jonathanwalther2 жыл бұрын
You are a great and funny narrator. Thank you Frank!
@martinpanev66512 жыл бұрын
Awesome little coffee table :) It look so cool! Now all we need is another (bigger) lego gear table to mesh with this one haha
@flyingpurplebovine2 жыл бұрын
Little 1x1 lego studs would be the perfect coasters for this! Wonderful video as always
@stevenmwinter69202 жыл бұрын
I was hoping the circles in the gear were the right diameter for a taller travel coffee mug to fit into. Thank you for these videos Frank, they always inspire me to keep at whatever project is in front of me.
@BandasPalette2 жыл бұрын
Woodworking is just problem solving art 😁. Great job Frank
@tatwo_2 жыл бұрын
What a rollercoaster. But end result is beautiful.
@BadYossa2 жыл бұрын
As ever, an enjoyable journey...
@steveseeger2 жыл бұрын
Shop envy so hard every time I watch these. Also, I love seeing techniques and the though process. It's like a lesson but you don't realize you're in class!
@steveo14132 жыл бұрын
My wife watches these with me sometimes and asks my why I don't do stuff like that. I'm like okay you ready for me to spend a years salary on the tools I need to do these things????
@steveseeger2 жыл бұрын
@@steveo1413 Gotta start somewhere though! If you find a project you are excited about that has a more limited set of tools needed. But I get it, there's a base line of tools needed for fine woodworking and I don't have many of them. I try and do even art projects that I can make due with the construction tools I have. You'd also be surprised how easy it is to get good prices on used equipment! Start small and eventually you'll be doing stop motion for 10 hours haha
@frankmakes2 жыл бұрын
@@steveseeger yeah just start collecting, it becomes an addiction.
@AlishaN-yh5nf2 жыл бұрын
Holy cow that table was gorgeous and the kitty liked it... thats all that maters
@TheSoloAsylum2 жыл бұрын
Most times I don't even care what you're making. It's the process of how you figure things and make it work that is really impressive.
@spritekingdom22 жыл бұрын
I'm sure you've thought of this before but a nice circular piece of glass would probably be the easiest solution for keeping the design and making the table more usable
@joshclark442 жыл бұрын
I was thinking that too! It would also make it easier to make some kind of kinetic gear sculpture underneath without moving around the drinks and things on top
@theicebolt43612 жыл бұрын
make a glass top ? - custom piece from clear epoxy with the 8 nobules facing down to afix to top like a 'sectioned wheel' with the 'glass' inserts making 4+centre windows showing the gear below ending with a flat topped coffee table ? - great ingenuity making these pieces, much respect.
@vladv.88192 жыл бұрын
Hahaha 😆 😂 I can't get enough of your sound effects... I love them, awesome video.
@Paul_Lane2 жыл бұрын
Fun project, nice story as well of where the wood came from.
@legodragon23632 жыл бұрын
And he is back with another amazing project!
@johnkennedyswenja2 жыл бұрын
Video editing, and quality and woodworking are fantastic. After having a rough go of things Saturday I woke a little philosophical and I saw a metaphor for living in this video that bumps in the road (nails) don't have to be sad, be happy, and use my brain not my heart to overcome challenges.
@MFStuffNinja2 жыл бұрын
The coaster inserts could be those little round 1X1 lego dots. Usually see them used to represent coins or lamp pieces.
@cradd002 жыл бұрын
You're a trooper Frank! I think I would've started over. I hope you didn't destroy your new end mill, those things aren't cheap! Turned out great in the end!
@sferris53162 жыл бұрын
Where was the Homer saying “bed goes down” when let down the router bed? I always listen for that now! 😂 Love the Lego table!
@wandapiedra89732 жыл бұрын
You are the MAX in woodworking! Stunning piece of art!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍❤️
@AnthonyBowman2 жыл бұрын
A thick glass top cut to the inner diameter of the the outer tooth ring plus maybe a sixteenth of overhang over that outer tooth ring would look and work great. You'd have just enough overhang so something wouldn't fall of the edge of the glass into the gear's middle and still have most of the outer tooth ring exposed for the look and feel. Lots of LEGO sets use some sort of decorative disc on top of gears like that.
@gregmislick11172 жыл бұрын
Awesome Frank - hope you're enjoying the summer
@MrsBrit12 жыл бұрын
What a fun piece! Even the kitty likes it!😄
@joshclark442 жыл бұрын
Man this video was a Rollercoaster of an adventure! This guy is so smart though it's insane
@schlenbea2 жыл бұрын
Phenomenal as always Frank! If I found that much metal in a piece I would have probably started over! I admire your patience and persistence!
@DavidDanielJr2 жыл бұрын
I really like this, Frank. It will be a great conversation piece. What I think would be neat, if possible, is to make actual cups that the very bottom will fit into the gear holes, like the little nubs on the tops of the Lego blocks, in addition to coasters.
@thematthewlondon2 жыл бұрын
i could see playing a solid game of whack-a-mole with the cats
@johncolgan46872 жыл бұрын
I love the use of the lego blocks to hold the gear when you flip it over.
@gregdherrman2 жыл бұрын
Awesome! Made my day seeing this creation.
@onehandedmaker2 жыл бұрын
Hi Frank and greetings from an Australian maker. This one outstanding project and design. Your patience and attention to detail is amazing and I love how you edit and present your videos. Regards and thanks James
@gaetancrepeault9333 Жыл бұрын
gorgeous work like leg is work 👌
@Jeppe.P.Bjerget2 жыл бұрын
It is always fun to see the ideas and creative way of making the things you first had a idea about. I been following you for many years, and when i see you have made a new video, i know i will have a great time watching what you have been making this time. I hope you have had a great summer, with a lot of fun with family and friends. We have had a summer of rain, but still had some nice moments, Take care, and keep up the amazing work, from Jan in Norway
@aseq22 жыл бұрын
Anyone else get Flo Rida - Low Low Low vibes every time Frank says 'Firrrr'?
@bab78802 жыл бұрын
Never thought a woodworking video would make me weep with pure joy. Amazing piece. I’m in love. Absolutely lost it (in a good way) at your stud-solution to do the flip side.
@Jargs272 жыл бұрын
That's amazing, but my shins are in agony just looking at that coffee table!
@nutsmcflurry37372 жыл бұрын
The wonderful whimsy that is Frank Howarth.
@mandyleeson12 жыл бұрын
I reckon you need some LEGO pieces to complete the top, Frank. Allow your guests to earn their cup of coffee by putting it together.
@LauraMelnik2 жыл бұрын
I made a set of LEGO technics parts to make a competition grade FLL robot. She was allowed to be the FLL family for stand in robots. But everything was scale.
@sabrina_sp2 жыл бұрын
You could also put a piece of glass on top to make it more usable.
@andpersand252 жыл бұрын
What a fun stop motion animation for the bacon! Edit: Oh! I had the idea that the legs could be the Lego technic pieces (the peg connectors), that’d be neat Edit2: ah so “normal” legs it is hm but I do think the longer technic connectors (or axels) would be a better ascetic fit
@samuelpatrickhenness2 жыл бұрын
Great film as always. I particularly enjoy your approach to problem solving and the time you put into describing the process. Thank you.
@thuongngyuen1310 Жыл бұрын
This table is really well designed. Every piece is clearly labeled, kzfaq.infoUgkxn94T8Mu1iMnsLCMNOI9srXSsLkI4JXKW and the instructions are perfectly displayed, so it's really hard to mess up the assembly. The hardware is likewise clearly labeled. If I had a power driver, assembly time would have been cut in half, but I didn't mind the light workout. My only qualm is that is that the lift top is wobbly in between its open and closed positions, but that's really a minor complaint. For the price, you really can't get much better than this, hence the five-star review. I use it primarily for my wireless mouse and keyboard so that I can use my PC from the couch. Storage is nice. I'm totally happy with this purchase.
@billbaggins99612 жыл бұрын
I love your talent in creating works of art and always impressed with your problem solving. Nice work once again Frank.. Bill from Colorado
@studiokaufman2 жыл бұрын
With a Frank Makes project it’s the destination, of course, but it’s the journey that’s intriguing. Congratulations and thank you Frank.
@sheep1ewe2 жыл бұрын
I must say that i realy love this project a lot! Ha ha! I think it would be easy to make holders for coffecups or breadplats to the holes in the table, perhaps flat pieces that looks like real LEGO?
@VeretenoVids2 жыл бұрын
Kitteh approved! Love the coasters idea.
@justonsvoid2 жыл бұрын
Excellent Cinematografir!
@9madness92 жыл бұрын
Awesome stop go photography as always and great idea of project.
@joshuahasson96872 жыл бұрын
It would be cool to incorporate a second gear interconnected with that first gear for a more substantial coffee table. Maybe a glass top adds a bit of functionality while not taking away from the character too much. Nice build
@joshclark442 жыл бұрын
Yeah like a second level maybe! But connected to the larger one rigidly
@MrTridac2 жыл бұрын
You had fun with this one.Nice little funny bits in there.
@groundspeed39542 жыл бұрын
Whence cometh art? From mind, hands and . . . a fantastic shop. Mass customization turned loose! Fantastic, whimsical piece. Way to go, Frank.
@jimmyrk32 жыл бұрын
That was a great plan to lego block the position.
@jlnprssnr Жыл бұрын
Great result and awesome documentation of the process to get there. If you ever want to redo the legs, the little lightsaber hilts would be a piece that would work in Lego scale :) part no 64567, gives sort of a more technical look
@rexmundi8154 Жыл бұрын
Very impressive. I really appreciate your creativity.
@turnerscorner9516 Жыл бұрын
As always fantastic work.
@andrejohnson67312 жыл бұрын
I love it!
@sparkyprojects2 жыл бұрын
You mentioned kinetic Funnily enough i was thinking about a glass top table with gears and cranks etc, where some of the gears are accessible from the edge so you can spin them
@christophkuhn67242 жыл бұрын
Here is to hoping the company mentioned in the title does not sue, as it does with every other thing that is using it's name. Great video, awesome project, love the result...
@puristgreen2 жыл бұрын
As a big Lego fan, this is wonderful but I feel like 1) it needs another leg, and 2) what about flattening the top and filling with coloured epoxy to make a useable table? Just a thought :) Thanks for the content!
@coww742 жыл бұрын
Would also be good with a glass top with rubber pads to stop sliding
@wilcojuffer59402 жыл бұрын
He make later a cop that fit in the hole 😉
@kharris282 жыл бұрын
Why another leg? 3 legs eliminate any potential rocking caused by an uneven floor. And based on the sequence with the cat there aren't any issues with tipping.
@doggfite2 жыл бұрын
@@kharris28 because 3 legs is just weird, it's asymmetrical on something that's basically built on symmetry
@puristgreen2 жыл бұрын
@@doggfite couldn't have put it better myself :)
@theawesomer2 жыл бұрын
That pesky piece of metal. Wow. That really must have been frustrating. Impressed with your persistence and creative problem solving.
@Xlaxsauce2 жыл бұрын
A tappered bit would be great to use for your ties as a way to get the fit real tight.
@dvillalba3d2 жыл бұрын
Interesting project! Can't wait to see what accessories you design for the table next. The cat though, seem pretty puzzled with the table...
@SeraphimKnight2 жыл бұрын
You could very easily make legs from lego pieces if you used lego piece #61184, #32556 or #65249 for example 😁
@RobMods2 жыл бұрын
Surely the legs should be those cross-section axle rods... 😀
@woogaloo2 жыл бұрын
Feels like it needs a more centered leg, but I think that was just the angle the video was taken. Really cool out it turned out. You could have left that little burr in the middle after doing both sides to mimc how they sometimes look after coming out of the compression molds.
@dannyjepp9852 жыл бұрын
I was so certain that the ties were going to be minifig shaped! Maybe it's just my nostalgia of this shape, but the other wood types kind of get lost in the visual complexity of the gear. LEGO "axel pins" would be an awesome addition for legs if it wouldn't make the table so short.
@fluffycritter2 жыл бұрын
You could have kept that burr and called it a "mold line." Great work as always!
@jeremyedwards59502 жыл бұрын
Absolutely stunning Frank!!!
@AllenBrosowsky2 жыл бұрын
I just want to say 2 things. 1) What a way to persevere, WOW! 2) I should have seen the cat inspection/approval coming, but I didn't, my bad.
@gbspikyfish2 жыл бұрын
Re losing your 0,0 position on a job on the CNC machine; (painful) experience has taught me to home the machine before I start a job, reset the coordinates, then when I find the point on the table surface that I want to use as the origin for the job I write down the current coordinates before I set them to 0,0. Assuming your machine's homing operation is pretty repeatable, it means you can get back to your job's 0,0 position in the event of a failure. It's saved a job more than once for me.
@LewisKauffman2 жыл бұрын
Incredible!
@paxhumana20152 жыл бұрын
You know, I would actually make this into an actual LEGO product and also add in some places in which LEGO could be stored, like little plastic containers inside of the holes where the vast majority of the smaller pieces could be stored, and having those little slits that are in the middle turned into places to store most kinds of Baseplates. (I just wished that some of the larger LEGO Elements were easier to store, including those Classic Space/Futuron I Crater Baseplates, though.)
@dangoras91522 жыл бұрын
Awesome project like always.... Keep it up brother..
@nickhenscheid3692 жыл бұрын
Would be cool to turn/CNC some "Technic" axle + beams + joints for the base.
@idiotninja2 жыл бұрын
Frank, Thakn you SO much for using the dust collection. Yeh it's a "better shot" without it but... come on... lol.
@extremewoodworker2 жыл бұрын
Nicely done! I know what you mean about losing zero as I have done that within the last week on a double sided machining project. I was using some of the fixture offset features and failed to write down the coordinates. I then went on to another CNC project forgetting to change to a different fixture and inadvertently overwrote my zero settings. I must say you did a much better job recovering than I did. Hope you didn't ruin bits and blades hitting all that metal. Steve