True Floating Table Build

True Floating Table Build - Tensegrity

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4 жыл бұрын

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In this video I explain in depth how to build a Tensegrity table out of basic 2x4 studs with simple tools!! No fancy workshop and no fancy wood here!! It’s an awesome table that gives the illusion that it is floating while it can also hold weight and be functional. Too many people are Cheating and building these with chains or rope, that's too easy!! I show you how to build these so they look as though there is nothing holding it up!! This is a do it yourself project that can take only a few days. I built most of it right in my backyard. Its an impressive artistic piece. There are so many options and ways to go about these particular tables but i explain in detail how to build the suspension mechanism that makes this work. I show you how i use the taut line hitch and the clove hitch to make it "float"! Please subscribe!! I have more cool table and modern artistic builds coming in the near future.

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@megafauna8374 8 ай бұрын

@1:25 Viewers...never make a table saw cut like this, its extremely dangerous. Clamp the vertical piece to be cut to a horizontal piece of wood and run that against the fence.

@nathanprickett1597 25 күн бұрын

Dude I was thinking the same thing!

@fabricioaponte4483 4 жыл бұрын

Great video man..

@IllGetMyTools 4 жыл бұрын

Fabricio Aponte thanks man I appreciate that.

@danieldefaria988 3 жыл бұрын

Nice job amigo

@IllGetMyTools 3 жыл бұрын

I appreciate that thanks

@desirae413 3 жыл бұрын

Safety glasses dude! Nice table tho

@IllGetMyTools 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah osha is always on my back!!

@mr.ranyhomemade2466 3 жыл бұрын

Great diy I like

@IllGetMyTools 3 жыл бұрын

Thankyou appreciate those words

@beetleplex5800 4 жыл бұрын

this needs to blow up

@IllGetMyTools 3 жыл бұрын

Blow it up!!

@GabeTrades 4 жыл бұрын

WOW

@IllGetMyTools 4 жыл бұрын

ReviewDork pretty crazy right

@GabeTrades 4 жыл бұрын

@@IllGetMyTools pretty dope

@rushikashah6346 4 жыл бұрын

Nice video man

@IllGetMyTools 4 жыл бұрын

Rushika Shah appreciate that it was a fun build

@Jmyers0915 Жыл бұрын

Awesome video. Do you happen to have the measurements for the middle pieces besides just the 32 degrees and 16" on the long end? Thanks.

@oracles-x1578 8 ай бұрын

excellent....

@IllGetMyTools 8 ай бұрын

Much thanks

@kornellouren5578 3 жыл бұрын

great video man, love your work :)

@IllGetMyTools 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks man I appreciate that

@hwschelke 3 жыл бұрын

Nicely done and good productiion value as well. Looking forward to your future projects. Sub.

@IllGetMyTools 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you appreciate that, it was a fun project.

@jasonvazquez2563 8 ай бұрын

Great video thanks man

@IllGetMyTools 8 ай бұрын

Appreciate you thanks man

@danm1438 3 жыл бұрын

What steps did you take to fine tune the wires?

@danielmurzellotheunknownma7481 2 жыл бұрын

Hello👋🙋‍♂️ there Amazing and very interesting project.. Super like👌👌👌 Thanks for sharing👍 new ideas.. Do keep posting. Warm regards and best👍💯 wishes✨✨✨ The UnknownManCub 👍😎👨‍🏭

@TKTrooper 2 жыл бұрын

Did you ever create plans with the measurements for this project?

@ronarmstrong835 Жыл бұрын

Idea: If I made one of these, I might use really thin gauge wire. Terminals could be crimped on the end of the wires.

@newmanmarka28 Жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing, I like the ascetic of the poly line but people know it it isn't magic

@lazygardens 10 ай бұрын

I know the physics BUT my eyes refuse to go along with the science.

@priyanshujainamazing3551 24 күн бұрын

Do did u cut the inner arms at 64⁰??( 32+32) ???

@juancarlosrivera1640 4 жыл бұрын

If u put a chain as a replacement for the wire in the center of the table, will that maximize the amount of weight it can hold?

@IllGetMyTools 4 жыл бұрын

Juan Carlos Rivera sure will, but it won’t look as clean. Many people build the whole thing with chains it just looks kind of sloppy

@TIMEtoRIDE900 3 жыл бұрын

Get a guitar string for the center wire - - we're talkin' 1,000 POUNDS !!

@MrMaxwell Жыл бұрын

2 years later, did you find the fishing line had started to stretch? If so, was it easy to retighten the line?

@IllGetMyTools Жыл бұрын

There’s really no weight on it so I don’t see much difference

@MrMaxwell Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@abrahamben-zeev9142 Жыл бұрын

Use turnbuckles to tighten the peripheral strings.

@oukitelk13pro73 3 жыл бұрын

What about a tensegrity bed??? What do you think? Can it be done???

@IllGetMyTools 3 жыл бұрын

Great idea! Of course the physics is still the same. You would just need stronger material like a chain or kermantle rope to handle the weight

@fatimacorona7396 3 ай бұрын

What are all the materials? How big were the dolls?

@coleboonecustoms 3 жыл бұрын

Be sure to warn anyone who comes in to visit.

@IllGetMyTools 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah they must stay far away haha. It’s actually sturdy enough and moves not much when touched

@normanacree1635 3 жыл бұрын

How do you tie the second end of the string AND end up being taut? You didn't show the ending of that tie.

@IllGetMyTools 3 жыл бұрын

It was very difficult a ton of fine tuning. The taut line hitch and clove hitches that I used allow you to slip and adjust the knots as needed. It was honestly a pain but was eventually able to make it work. On one side I actually did a double clove hitch on both top and bottom of the table. I had to use needle nose pliers to get into the hole and taught to the nail.

@koroglukoroglu3983 3 жыл бұрын

Let me give you an idea. Make a chair in the same way. When a person sat, it swayed like a cradle🇹🇷

@IllGetMyTools 3 жыл бұрын

People have made them already they are pretty cool

@koroglukoroglu3983 3 жыл бұрын

@@IllGetMyTools Can you write in Turkish from the translation?

@TheShaanalam Жыл бұрын

Which polish u use for this project ??

@IllGetMyTools Жыл бұрын

It’s been a few years I think I just used lacquer in a satin finish

@maccer8330 Жыл бұрын

What was the length of the Table Arms? Were they also 2ft?

@IllGetMyTools Жыл бұрын

I don’t recall but the average end table is 20”- 24” tall so since the arms overlap I took that into account they may have 18” each

@maccer8330 Жыл бұрын

@@IllGetMyTools That was a fast reply, Thank you so much. We are planning to make our own Tensegrity table for our school project, and we're wondering if we can use your video as a reference?

@IllGetMyTools Жыл бұрын

@@maccer8330 absolutely, I love education

@The_Conqueeftador 3 жыл бұрын

Why not just use taut line hitches on both sides, staring from the bottom. Doesn't a clove hitch run a risk of slipping? The taut line has no room for error but it would be more secure, no?

@IllGetMyTools 3 жыл бұрын

It would be, issue was creating the tautness in the small space. I put a safety knot on the clove hitch and it assisted in keeping it from slipping. You have to adjust all 4 lines multiples times it was very difficult so that’s what I came Up with in honesty.

@The_Conqueeftador 3 жыл бұрын

@@IllGetMyTools yeah, I'm at the same stage but with a smaller version. Cutting my fingers to pieces tightening this line for like the 4th time. That taut line knot is gold for the bottom like you said. I'm also using JB weld wood fill epoxy instead of dowels because the hammering makes me paranoid. So far so good. Just waiting on curing.

@jasoningram2006 2 жыл бұрын

Try a Palomar knot. I'm actually about to try to build one of these for the first time but my lifelong fishing experience gives me good insight on knots. A Palomar knot is literally an untiable lot it's basically a cinch knot once you get it to cinch down on it it will continue to tighten down on itself until it can tighten down no further or it will break. But it will never come untied.

@joshuaphilistin2296 5 ай бұрын

what this intro music?

@duramax0103 4 жыл бұрын

How many 2x4s & 2x6s?

@IllGetMyTools 4 жыл бұрын

2 2x4s for the frame. 1 2x6 to make both arms

@davidmortensen5709 2 жыл бұрын

How much weight can it hold?

@IllGetMyTools 2 жыл бұрын

I put 15 pounds on it and stopped. Issue being the glass is very thin. A thicker glass would of held more weight.

@davidmortensen5709 2 жыл бұрын

@@IllGetMyTools I'm not trying to sound critical, this was a very cool design and build! But I can't help thinking the support arms and their connections to the base/top might be pretty weak.

@IllGetMyTools 2 жыл бұрын

@@davidmortensen5709 it can easily hold a lamp and a book…. Not sure what else you would want to put on a floating table, it’s more of a discussion piece.

@silascheeseman4371 Жыл бұрын

Really wanted to see the "fine tuning" details?

@easypimpin123 Жыл бұрын

The table top is not floating. Its actually hanging and being hoisted in place laterally.

@IllGetMyTools Жыл бұрын

It’s fishing line bro watch the video.

@easypimpin123 Жыл бұрын

@@IllGetMyTools yea i know. I meant the top piece is hanging by the central fishing line. And it doesnt fall over laterally because the perimeter fishing lines are hoisting it in place.

@mthardt Жыл бұрын

I don't think anyone assumed it was magic but thanks for clearing that up for those that did

@user-vz4nu5qb9r 2 жыл бұрын

牛逼

@skydiver7504 Жыл бұрын

Can you please give the width of table legs

@skydiver7504 Жыл бұрын

Can you please give all dimensions of the table?

@RalphSampson... 2 жыл бұрын

You say it should hold 15-20 lbs but, you used 60 lb fishing line. Why would it not hold 60 pounds?

@IllGetMyTools 2 жыл бұрын

The glass I used for the top is thin and not tempered. If the top was solid wood then yes.

@YnynOfficial 3 жыл бұрын

Are you the first one to create this? I don't have any bad intention to ask this but if that's the case that you're the one or first to invent this ... Try to search Sonder Evennys.. he's trending for makin' this kind of floating table.

@IllGetMyTools 3 жыл бұрын

No I’m definitely not the first to create this, there’s as number of videos on the internet of tables such as this But many people just use chains which is much easier to do and not as nice of a look.

@IllGetMyTools 3 жыл бұрын

And I just saw his video. he posted it quite a few weeks after mine. His table is similar but not as neat. I’m glad he’s trending that’s good for him. So is the KZfaq algorithm, I don’t have much subscribers so many people won’t see my video.

@YnynOfficial 3 жыл бұрын

@@IllGetMyTools oh I see.. but you have great videos. I was amazed about this video (floating table) .you're amazing. I would definitely suggest to my friends about your channel.

@YnynOfficial 3 жыл бұрын

@@IllGetMyTools keep up the good work ^_^ looking forward for more videos, it is just so fascinating to watch a video like this.

@IllGetMyTools 3 жыл бұрын

Dayana Cole very much appreciated thankyou for those kind words

@mskwared11 3 жыл бұрын

DO NOT use this guy as an example of how to use a table saw!

@dennisg11348 3 жыл бұрын

must be a construction guy

@hudsonja Жыл бұрын

Or how to cover your eyes... Squinting does fuck all to prevent stuff getting in your eyes. Wear safety glasses for fuck's sake

@ramboroids Жыл бұрын

Hey i got no problem with his table saw technique, sometimes you need to be crazy when your starting out and cant afford a real saw like a delta. But why, why , why in the fuck did he not just shim out the short leg so his saw doesnt wobble, that looked hazardous.