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IM finally makes something that isn't more tools for his shop, and it's a completely frivolous toy. I absolutely love it

Many builds on this channel can pretend they were made because they were useful, and not because you just wanted to make them. This is the strictest abider to the old maker's creed: he who dies with the most toys wins.

I love that your video intros are always about the video we are about to watch and not the same intro over and over. It's the extra things that set you and your craftsmanship apart.

There's something strangely beautiful about a chamfered hexagon.

Hey bud, I strongly request you make an unpickable lock and send it to lockpickinglawyer! It’ll be like the unstoppable force meeting the immovable object 🤩

I paused my work day to watch a 27 minute video about machining a puzzle... that's some captivating content.

Just for the record: When I weed-wack my sidewalk, I now internally refer to it as 'chamfering my lawn". Thank you. :)

As a guy who loves puzzles, I can tell you that this is an amazing puzzle. It's innovative, well built and the solution is so unique that anyone would have fun while solving it. Also would have loved to see the assembly of the puzzle.

I'm so glad that someone as talented as yourself is also capable of making "dumb" mistakes. Makes me feel significantly better about scrapping parts for my own projects 😆. Thanks for sharing all your projects with us and making them so intersting!

Gotta respect a guy who still uses a drawing board! I designed a log house a while back on the computer, then built the house. The house had a front porch that went the length of the house. It also had a couple of dormers on the roof. The dormer that was above the living room had to line up with the double window that was below since the living room was open all the way to the peak of the roof with an open loft on the back side of the house. Since it was all opened I built up scaffolding in the living room to make it safer and easier to work on the ceiling and build the dormer and finish it on the inside. We finally got finished and it was time to remove the scaffolding. I was pretty excited to go up on the loft and and take in the final result. My heart sank. The two windows were not aligned. You couldn't not see it. Here you have this beautiful tongue and groove ceiling with exposed beams and a massive stone fireplace and all you can see is the two windows not lining up. They were six inches off. I went back and measured everything according to the plans. The dimension for the lower window was wrong and I never caught it. It took me a long hard day to fix that screw up. And yes, I had to remove and put in new logs and cut logs to move the window over on a house that already had a roof on. The point is, I know the frustration of building something from the plans only to find out one of the dimensions was wrong.

I am really thankful that you started doing KZfaq and that I found you, especially since you live so close to me in Louisville. Even though I watch a couple of Maker KZfaqrs, you talking about how you inherited all his Machining tools and such. It got me inspired to get my career back to where I wanted to go when I graduated from Speed School in Mechanical specializing in Tooling. I now have a job as a Flat Die Tooling Engineer and already love it 10x more than my previous job as a general contractor/project manager. I don't know what it is but moving heavy metal and cutting parts down the the tenths just feels so good. This company started back in the 50's and they're still a little slow to progress and still have a lot of the old drafted blueprints that were done by hand and seeing you do it just makes it all the more better

You should send this to Chris Ramsay. I'm sure he'd have fun attempting to solve this.

This has become one of my favorite channels. You have great skills and a nice sense of humor all at once. Thanks for the wonderful entertainment. 👍

Im sure its been said before but I really appreciate the clearly hand-written closed captions. They’re so well paced and just absolutely perfect. Your work is not unnoticed. Have yourself another gold star 🌟

27 Minutes of excellent craftsmanship ahead, lets go!

I love this. It shows your skills at both machining and mechanical design, without being overly complex in either aspect.

I’m not sure which I’m most impressed by: 1) the puzzle’s ingenious design 2) your superior machining skills 3) your presenting style and technique 4) your humorous approach I know: ALL THE ABOVE!! Thanks for being you, Brandon, and sharing that with us!!

Very devious! I'd really love to see a left-hand thread for the internal joint. Almost everyone will try a typical unscrewing motion for the first move, so they'd be cranking the two halves together even harder. Congrats on a beauty.

The mark of a professional hobby machinist channel is making a nut puzzle...So congratulations on becoming a pro🎉. 😂 Love your videos and hope to see you on the machinist Secret Santa. I especially Love that you keep your grandfather his legacy alive and sharing it with the world, i also love that you keep your mistakes. I would also like to ask if you'll do a Q&A at a subscriber milestone and will you do a giveaway of the parts in the box of shame or will you make a bigger Chest 'O shame in the future? With love from the Netherlands. Mekki😊

I love it. Now the multi start threads from an earlier post makes perfect sense. This is sadistically brilliant.

Mr Puzzle would be proud of this puzzle. Beautifully machined

i love how you actually explain what each step of the process is for

This is the first Brilliant ad read I have fully watched in some time.

Really love that puzzle, I'm especially impressed by the both mechanical and executional complexity you thought of

I used to want to be a fly on the wall in this shop until I saw the flypaper at 4:28!

I WANT ONE! Huge fan of puzzles. Have a few of them, specifically look for ones with a nice feel and design. Especially if made from metal.

Thank you for being very upfront and clear about what your channel is like. No clickybaity nonsense or beating around the bush.

I appreciate you showing the failures during the creation of this puzzle. Especially when you didn't drill the hole in the bin at the right angle, it's a small thing but it's really the true nature of creation. Making failures along the way to success is part of the proccess!

Beautifully made trinket. There are puzzlers on KZfaq that might love an opportunity to play with this, food for thought.

Watching this at 1:25Am on a rainy night. Best thing to happen. Thank you for your high quality content ❤

thats an extremely satisfying and clever puzzle, from the outside it looks like magic, how the springiness from one cap is transferred across to the other

Seeing your hand written drawings takes me back to high school when I was learning technical drawing for shop class. My technical drawing teacher was not happy with my hand writing.

I absolutely love this! Chris Ramsay would be your ultimate tester if you continue down the rabbit hole of puzzles! He'd be the guy for sure! Awesome video! Really enjoyed the ups and downs of the process without letting the box of shame to over take and prevent you from completing this! :)

Wonderful machining! It reminds me of the time when I was in the army (back in the 70's) and we had to clean our M16 rifles. At that stage, our drill sergeants hadn't fully explained how the rifles worked, so it was the perfect opportunity to figure out how the auto-sear, trigger and disconnect worked when setting the safety selector to full auto. I was quite proud to be able to figure out the amazing engineering myself. It is always a pleasure to watch your work! ❤😃

This channel has skyrocketed faster than almost any other I can recall. Amazing craftsmanship in the shop and in the video world have both paid off tremendously. And you also happen to make some really dope stuff. So yeah, rock on!

Thanks to you, Brandon, I asked the machinist in my workplace if he could teach me how to use lathe and mill. We turned a custom sink for our children's bath tub (old plastic one was broken). I so much enjoyed the process of turning and tapping that I want to dive deeper into the subject. Being an IT guy and a hobby woodworker, getting things done in the physical world is great. You, sir, have a new subscriber. Cheers from Switzerland

I love these nut puzzles! I'll have to watch this one a few times!

Okay, that is a super cool mechanism! Fantastic video!

The look and feel of those old cast iron lead pointers are so much better than the modern plastic ones. It is a shame that no one is still making them new today.

27 Minutes of excellent craftsmanship ahead, lets go!. Mr Puzzle would be proud of this puzzle. Beautifully machined.

Brilliant! If I were to get a box of shame I would need a shipping container. Cheers, Stuart 🇦🇺

Great video beautiful work

Remember, you had a well seasoned, very intelligent machinist test the puzzle; and it took HIM twenty minutes to solve it. I promise that there are a LOT of people who would never solve it; some because they just gave up thinking it can’t be done, and those who did too much damage to their home from throwing it through walls! That build was very well done.

Mr Puzzle would be proud of this puzzle. Beautifully machined. There's something strangely beautiful about a chamfered hexagon..

As a European I have to say your friend has awesome accent

It would be a cool collab to send this to Mr. Puzzle (assuming he hasn't already seen the build video).

It's actually really inspiring to see both your failures, and your reaction to them. I work as a prototype technician, essentially making one offs in a workshop all day long. People often ask me, seeing how much I curse and emote during my work day, why I do this if I don't enjoy it. While it's frustrating to scrap a part, it's still the most rewarding job I can imagine. I get to make cool stuff every day!

I'm getting just as amazed every time I see you make your blueprints with pen and paper and not a computer program even now days! Amazing to see such precision done by hand!

Frickin sweet!

I love your narration throughout these projects, but I have to say that the half minute of pure machining sounds at 16:10 was soo satisfying! Edit: and another at 22:33!

The only things that I can add that hasn't ALREADY been said is I absolutely love that you go "Old School" using a drafting machine and table. It brings back dusty memories of a drafting board, t-square and triangles and sanding points on my mechanical pencils. God, I feel old.

The blind machining and looking at the part instead of the readout is hilarious. love the commentary.

What a treat. I was just wondering when the next video would drop.

Thanks for another video 👍

what a beautiful set of different elements.. thank you for sharing!

Get that puzzle into the hands of Mr Chris Ramsay and I’m sure he will give it a grade since he does the crazy puzzles like this from all over the world.

Brandon got a sponsor!

Can we crowd source some O'Keeffe's hand cream for you? @5:30

@21:48 There’s a reason why we switched from drafting tables to CAD. Also, whenever I make a mistake, typically going to short, I’ll create a cap and cut threads on the messed up piece and the cap then just locktite (as long as it’s not necessarily structural

It always make my smile and cheer when a hear a man using lathe saying that tings had turn out nicely - only in English ;)

I kinda want one now. Do you release blueprints to Patreon?

I want to be the first one! wow man! I love mechanical puzzles!!

I love little puzzles like this one. Glad to see innovation on them.

The fact that you have to screw it back together and then twist it even more is a fun counterintuitive solution to a puzzle! Fantastic idea.

YAY! My disappointment is nonexistent, and my day has just been made exponentially better.

My only disappointment with this video is that Lock Picking Lawyer wasn't your first test subject

Just beautiful. Love watching your videos. I took a few semesters of machine shop decades ago and I really enjoy watching the processes.

15:25 - You missed an opportunity to tape a string on the lid and make the Box of Shame look like he was eating that piece..... 😂🤣

Every single one of your videos are so interesting to watch but I have to say, your tool-making videos are my favourite. That said, most of your videos are tool-making so…

Man that thing's a beautifully crafted masterpiece. Thanks for being true to the title (Not What You Think), as I thought this was just gonna be the regular unscrew the hidden thread thing and was instead pleasantly surprised with a very interesting build. And those beautiful bronze chips!!

What I think there is a lot of work involved in doing something like that and y'all two guys toolmakers and all that especially in something like this is intricate as it is.. wow.. it's awesome

Finally I've watched all of your videos, it has been both informative and enjoyable. It's obvious that a lot of time and effort go into these videos, I love how they are done compared to many others I've seen. 👍

Watching these out of order, it really hurts to see the old aluminium chuck jaw inserts, the new ones are so beautiful!

You can keep the hole straight by starting from one side going only half way the length of the bar stock and then drilling from the other side and meet at the center . This keeps the drill from drifting. Of course you must indicate both sides before you do the center drill.

Oh my gosh your manually drafted drawings are beautiful. Maybe it's my inner hipster coming out but old fashion drafting is something i can appreciate the beauty in

It's really beautiful, I like how the mechanism work and the sound it makes when you free the bronze nut!

You are amazing. I am so excited that ive found your channel this early in your journey. Fantastic work as always!

The design process of this contraption must have been a massive mental undertaking. You have a gift for integrating requirements of design and order of operations in machining. I love how you demonstrate basic principles of geometry and physics in your video presentation. A job very well done. 🥇🏆✌🏻

Amazing! I don't think I could get it back together after taking it apart. Good job.

That is brilliant! Great work and design! Thanks for educating, entertaining and sharing!

Awesome project. I'm impressed that you created that in your mind, worked it out in a drawing, then built it with minimal mistakes. No small feat. Great job. Cheers

Damn I thought it would be a simple and mundane « tight tolerances making any seam go away » project - I was blown by the actual mechanism! Insanely cool

Refreshing to see someone on UT who machines with aerospace techniques and methods especially demonstrating what turning between centres actually is. Anyway, a great video and excellent example of the designers guile. Good to see you using a drawing board instead of cad. I find it sharpens the mind too.

0:27 Yes I paused the video to say that I was ready to close the video and move on to something interesting, but then you said 14 pieces to that puzzle and then I was glue to screen and ready to click play again!

What a amazing birthday gift! Thanks for the awesome work and production, Brendon. It's always a joy to watch your videos and learn a little about the art that is machining. Stay safe and keep the good work.

this is such a cool project and puzzel....please keep doinig what you do, its awesome

Great video, I loved the puzzle. Couldn't figure it out on my own so I'm glad you explained it for dummies like me, hah. I love all the little bits and skits you put into your videos, and the segue to Brilliant was great. You're really coming into your own and feeling more comfortable on camera. I can't wait for your next video.

Excellent work 👍👍👍. Thank you for sharing. Be safe 🇨🇦

you make this expert skill look easy. truly a master at work.

Great mechanical puzzle. I haven't seen one like it before and the machining process was great.

YEEEESSS the box of shame has gained sentience!! i love that as a bit. also this puzzle was so fun to watch you make.

Вот это выдумка у чела! Красавец! И придумал и сделал... Не без грехов конечно... Но СДЕЛАЛ!

All I can say is it was like watching my dad work. Thanks so much for sharing and the memories it brought back. Cheers.

The best thing is, because of KZfaq, the world knows that this is your original design, well done. It looks incredible 👍👌🇦🇺 The Inheritance Nut?

its really an incredible project. I can only imagine how much more of a puzzle it was for you making it than it ever could be for those trying to solve it. I have been playing with puzzles for as long as i can remember and have one heck of a collection. But even my most expensive puzzle doesn't compare to your beautifully thought out and executed Captive nut Puzzle. Thank you as always for sharing your process and intricate designs. Its always a pleasure.

good video brandon--thanks for your time

Nup, there's nothing wrong with feeding the box of shame. You're learning new tricks (&| pitfalls to avoid), and, you're feeding a friend! 👍😁

i love it. absolutely amazing and well designed

Amazing project, i loved how you used so many new camera angles thanks to the camera gantry you made some time ago. My favorite angle was the top view of the lathe.