How to Make a Dial Counter | Board Game Upgrade DIY

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3 жыл бұрын

Learn how to make a dial counter with simple tools and common materials, to keep track of numbers 0-99 in your game.
Free template PDF: bit.ly/diydialcounter
Please note, this craft is not intended for unsupervised children. It involves hot glue and sharp knives.
Tools/Materials List:
- 1 large panel from a cereal box (or similar weight chipboard)
- 1 sheet of plain/colored paper and a printer
- Spray glue or glue stick
- Hot glue
- Knife or scissors
- Ruler
- Scoring tool (knitting needle, butter knife, or empty ballpoint pen works fine)
- 2 bottle caps (+ any decoration materials or paint)
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Music:
"Upgrade DIY Theme" composed and performed by Tim O'Reilly (Instagram: @soundstill)
"Summer in the Rearview" by Paper Planes (on Artlist.io)
Shot on Sony FS700 and Fuji XT-2
Edited in DaVinci Resolve

Пікірлер: 77

@RubenStassen 2 жыл бұрын

Love this project. Perfect for HP tracking in my DnD campaign!

@IanTanLK 22 күн бұрын

Brilliant!

@mattreagan4347 Жыл бұрын

What a great idea and clever execution. So awesome! Thank you for the great video (and template PDF)!

@makeshift4747 2 жыл бұрын

Wow I love the board game related stuff. Keep it up! I would love to see more DIY components that you can incorporate in games. Also a video on how you make these templates would be amazing!

@mlab3051 16 күн бұрын

Wow, that's brilliant!

@purplehound2420 6 ай бұрын

I made it! It is really neat. The inner cone is tricky to get to stay in the shape correctly but I managed it by putting a few drops of hot glue on the base inside the cone placement and putting that inner cone on first. Then I quickly added the outer cone onto it without getting glue on that piece and let it cool. Once that cooled, I removed the outer cone and put a lot of hot glue in the inner cone so that it will hold it's shape. I love how it turned out. Thank you for sharing it!

@rash661 3 жыл бұрын

Luce genial!! Recomendaré este a mi grupo de juegos... Excelente explicación y video Gracias!!

@nek0nata 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@oldmanjobie3735 2 жыл бұрын

Wow I was just wondering how to make something just like this! So happy you popped up

@hpyle5592 3 жыл бұрын

Genius!!

@kosterix123 2 жыл бұрын

lovely!

@vicimorG 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. Exactly what I needed to upgrade my dnd setup. My players will love it.

@WoodfishToys 2 жыл бұрын

That's really cool to hear, glad it helped!

@Daniel19791 3 жыл бұрын

That's amazing! Thank you!!!!

@WoodfishToys 3 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome!

@mrnekoartcraft 10 ай бұрын

Thank you very much for this tutorial. If in the future I need such a device for my games, I will definitely use your tutorial. Very helpful video.

@notlisztening9821 8 ай бұрын

Fire. Thanks

@onimartinez8646 Жыл бұрын

Love it. You earned my sub. Kudos!

@princesschloe1026 3 жыл бұрын

I love your intro! Thank you for this upgraded dial counter!!! Btw, I saw your dice tray and Im so glad you uploaded a template,it is so unique and creative!! This deserves much more likes!!

@WoodfishToys 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words! So glad you like the content!

@brunoprosaiko5542 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful. Thanks for sharing.

@WoodfishToys 3 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

@arenarreyes 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing work man, been wanting something like this for a while.

@WoodfishToys 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you like it!

@matthewrichardson1805 3 жыл бұрын

I love this channel - I think I will get my kids doing some personalised dice trays for a pandemic forced home school project. Thanks very much for your time.

@WoodfishToys 3 жыл бұрын

Oh fantastic idea, I hope they have fun creating those trays! 😀 (Make sure the paper is well adhered to the cardboard - I don't know if I made that clear enough in the video. And score those fold lines well to make folding easier.) If you want more crafty projects for the kiddos I'm hoping to have a sock puppet making video out within a week or so.

@pinkskin1998 3 жыл бұрын

Your channel is amazing!

@WoodfishToys 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@TheEmagmind 2 жыл бұрын

Hey! This is fantastic. I’d love more content!

@WoodfishToys 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, glad you liked it!

@qhoadstep7314 Жыл бұрын

So frigging cool :D

@KaienShirayuki 2 жыл бұрын

Not gonna lie, I'm going to try this. I will take a freedom of modifying it for DnD purposes. In DnD, HP for bosses (and players at certain point) can exceed 99 points, but your tutorial showed me how to do it nicely. Thank you so much! EDIT: I just came with an idea how to make it fancy. Find a fancy sheet of paper that absorbs ink. It will make it look so nicely

@LilianaSuarezcorrea-bc4hl 11 ай бұрын

Wow good Thank ❤

@hmul33 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. I really want to make this.

@WoodfishToys 3 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome 😊

@leobrenes4917 3 жыл бұрын

Wow!! your projects are really inspire me, thanks for all your awesome work :D

@WoodfishToys 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your lovely comment, that's excellent encouragement for me to do more in the future!

@ZebraCatfish73 Жыл бұрын

Awesome video. That can be used on so many different games. Nice job 👍

@WoodfishToys Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Glad you think so!

@maryyyyy11 3 жыл бұрын

Acabo de encontrar tu canal, y lo amo ❤️ Saludos desde Perú🇵🇪

@DarkadeTV Жыл бұрын

I built this for a ttrpg I'm running. Thank you so much!

@fuzzytoque Жыл бұрын

Oh nice!! That's a great application! Thanks for sharing!

@Sin4Profit 3 жыл бұрын

This kinda thing is my jam! Great production on the videos as well. I was wondering, is there any chance of doing basic board game DIY stuff? How to make a bi-folding board, homemade tokens, ect for print-n-play/prototype games? That stuff exists on other youtube sites but if you keep up with this kind of thing it would be nice to have here - all in one place.

@WoodfishToys 3 жыл бұрын

So glad you like it! I was trying to do projects that had something a little unique over what has been covered in other existing videos. For example, I want to show how to make a card storage box, but I want to make sure I have a design that feels more premium/unique than a standard tuckbox, since that's covered so extensively in other videos. However, if you think the style/format I'm using would make it worthwhile, then I could consider doing those more standard PnP instructions as well. You make an interesting point about the "all-in-one-place" benefit. For those that haven't checked them out already "Dining Table Print & Play" ( kzfaq.info ) and "Pub Meeple" ( kzfaq.info ) are great options that I use for long-form in-depth PnP instructions.

@Tomek1949 3 жыл бұрын

I didn't forget to hit the subscribe button!

@scurry2175 3 жыл бұрын

I've been looking for this kind of dial these days. Thanks for the free file and tutorial!

@WoodfishToys 3 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome! Have fun!

@scurry2175 3 жыл бұрын

@@WoodfishToys I'm wondering if this can be done in a smaller size. Any idea on the substitute for the control knobs if to make them smaller? Thanks!

@WoodfishToys 3 жыл бұрын

@@scurry2175 Overall smaller diameter or thinner (lower profile)? If you want thinner then you might be able to cut down the height of the conical cardboard section and then glue on metal bottle caps. The serrated edges might look cool once painted/covered in tape. I know some water bottle caps are much shorter than others so you could keep an eye out for those as another option.

@scurry2175 3 жыл бұрын

@@WoodfishToys I'm thinking to make an overall smaller size of the whole thing, printing them out in 50% of the size or something. Bottle caps would hence be too big for that. Maybe it'd make the gluing process rather difficult as well?

@WoodfishToys 3 жыл бұрын

@@scurry2175 Ah ok, that would be neat to try! Maybe try that with thick cardstock instead of the cardboard, and then you might want to switch to white glue for the flat seams (the hot glue might be too thick). Not sure for the small control knobs - I think I'd look at some toy car wheels as a starting point.

@TheRealStructurer Жыл бұрын

Cool idea and well executed. Personally I would make it with an Arduino 😆

@j453 3 жыл бұрын

Nice vid, I subscribed. Now, what I need is to shrink that down to about the size of a quarter.

@Ray_Argues Жыл бұрын

This is really cool! I'm gonna add a couple of this to my Munchkin board game box. Hopefully it fits. 😅 Hope to see more board game related content. ❤

@WoodfishToys Жыл бұрын

Oh nice, good idea!

@kyleespinoza3369 Ай бұрын

This is incredible! And thank you for the templates! Is there a way to make the PDF form fillable to easily edit the numbers on the dial for OCD people who want it precise?

@raffaelefragapane9854 2 жыл бұрын

Nice! Would be great to have a simple gear to move the decimal number when you reach unit 9.

@WoodfishToys 2 жыл бұрын

Ya I like the way you think! I made a design exactly like that in laser-cut wood, but I couldn't get it to work well in cardboard.

@carrycranberry7804 2 жыл бұрын

Wow thank you for this! Just want to ask if ill just split this in half if i just need 1 counter?

@WoodfishToys 2 жыл бұрын

Ya, I think it would work fine with just one dial. Just note that as designed, you would only get numbers from 0 to 9 with one dial. (With the original 2 dials you can make numbers 0-99.) Hope this helps!

@Beardedfrijol2987 4 ай бұрын

Is there a way to add more numbers

@Tomek1949 3 жыл бұрын

If you connect multiple counters together, you can make a bigger one!

@Tomek1949 2 жыл бұрын

No dislikes, 338 likes? Can't there be more likes?

@HarleyKita 2 жыл бұрын

Any possiblity for a template for a dial counter that goes from 0-10?

@Tomek1949 3 жыл бұрын

White ring ==> Cone A2 Black ring ==> Cone B2

@vascocarrinho4334 Жыл бұрын

Poor gravehold hehe :p

@essashika 8 күн бұрын

Google Drive wont let me download the templat. Someone can help me?

@Tomek1949 3 жыл бұрын

What's with PRE-BENDING or CREASING these fold lines?

@WoodfishToys 3 жыл бұрын

Hi, thanks for the question! I find that scoring and pre-bending is essential for getting a good shape when doing projects like these. When an edge is pre-bent before doing the gluing step, it really makes it a lot easier to have it form into the right shape as you glue.

@Tomek1949 3 жыл бұрын

@@WoodfishToys But why the blank template?

@Tomek1949 3 жыл бұрын

@@WoodfishToys Also, just like Nintendo Labo, there are fold lines that you need to crease or pre-bend.

@WoodfishToys 3 жыл бұрын

@@Tomek1949 The blank version was just in case someone wanted to write in their own numbers (for a different typeface or wanted the numbers going in the other direction)

@Tomek1949 2 жыл бұрын

@@WoodfishToys By "pre-bending" you mean "creasing", right?