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hi I gotta really neat little project to do today this is
really simple it you can get it done in about an hour I'll use a drill press
I read about this in the September 2007
issue of American Wwoodworker and
since that a lot of people in writing and in coming up with enhancement
but this is the basic cube within a cube
and its sort of a puzzle it looks like there's a cube in there
any wonder how to get in there because there's no way for it to come out, so
it's just I don't know what it is but ta lot of fun with
so there is a closer look at what this
is is just a solid chunk of wood I think this is 3 inches by 3 inches square
and inside is a floating cube
of course there is no way to get that outta there
and i dont know its a kind of a conversation piece and if you have it sitting around
people will pick it up
and can of wonder how you did it! one of the things to do about this is
get solid chunk of wood you really dont want a laminated wood to make it
otherwise people will see those lines together and assume
that
well you just put together and glued all up
part at the interesting parts to use solid block away
so got a piece of wood square and we have started
okay the first thing you want to do
is find the centerpoint on just one of the sides
and gotta be really precise about it cuz you really want to get as
close to that center as you can
and just draw a line like so
now i got the center spot next you wanna put
just a little X in one corner
of each side so when you put it into the drill press you can
make sure you were positioned the exact same
location each time next you wanna head over to your drill press
set the speed of your drill press at the slowest speed
install a forstner bit in this case I'm using a two-inch forstner bit
to make the whole on 3 inch block but depending on size of your wood you can use
whatever you want, set up a stop block
on a fence if you dont have a fence on your drill press
you just clamp down a board anything all work
the stop block will never change throughout the whole procedure
so when you get back clampdown you find
the exact Centerpoint when they drop
the drill press down
it will go right to the center so that's the basic setup
so this first cut
just kind fo eye balling it
about a 67
looks like it there one thing I'd
to be aware his I set my "X"
in this location up so
every time I cut a piece I'm gonna make sure the X is
on the left side it's kinda arbitrary
go anyplace you want but you just want to make sure that you have that same
position
each time you know just in case your block isn't exactly square
take a square and draw a line from one of these
diagonal lines that you made previously
to where it intersect that circle
so well like
that underline that's going to mean
indicator of how deep to make the first cut now at that line drawn
I can use that as a guide to set up my drill press
and you can just line it up visually along the side there and you want your
bit to come down
about 0,16 of an inch higher than that line
you don't wanna go any deeper than that you know for fear that
it would cut all the way through the cube so enter our way down from there
setup a stop on your press where it stopped a sixteenth inch
above-the-line now that I've got that depth set
I can make my first cut and I'm gonna position
the X again in that same left position
and you want to start with the end grain because it's tougther to get through
and it could chip out if you do that last so
just start in
all down
way around each side all making sure that the X is in the same location
also make sure you look clean out any shaving
might be in this area so that sit proper
well the face grain is definitely a lot easier to get through than the end grain
and with that final face cut you can start to see the cube
inside so now it's just a matter of getting closer and closer
to where it is about ready to release and with all six bases cut over, i lower at the
bit
about a 0.32 of an inch and I'll just
inch my way around each side and if you can see that
it's a almost ready to release
so I'll take it down about a 30 second half an inch
the next time you just want to be careful you don't wanna go
all the way through or this'll just breakout
splinter now that I've got that down
to right about it is ready to release
from the word I'm just gonna take a sharp knife
and cutaway the remainder
try to go with the grain when you make this cut and
you feel it release and with final cut
the cube is released and there's no real easy way of sanding it all down
sand paper combination now wraps for
eventually you will get it done
there you go the only other thing left to do
would be to finish it and if a can find my original
this one that i a made
and I used and oil finish
on this I I just rube oil all over it
I it's really not practical to put polyurethane lacquer or
anything else on their I would also recommend
not painting it because its I think part of the charm others to do you see the grain
would painted it it was just cover that up
and loose some of the mistery on how it was made so in a way that I can make
a cube whitin a cube, and you can get it done in a half hour
I hope you give it a shot if you do so, send my an email
or put your own video it would fun to see other versions of it
I've seen some that have cube winthin a cube whitin a cube
and a haven´t been bold enough to try that one so
anyways good lucky and thanks for watching