Making a custom music box.

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The design and manufacturing of a custom music box that plays the song "Watermelon Man" by Herbie Handcock.
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Watermelon Man:
• Watermelon Man
Watermelon Man sheet music:
musescore.com/...
More info about Watermelon Man:
en.wikipedia.o...)
Clickspring:
/ @clickspring
Online piano sequencer thing:
onlinesequence...
My Watermelon Man sequence:
onlinesequence...
How it's made ep about music boxes:
• Video
Awesome video about music boxes, including how the weighted comb teeth work:
www.youtube.co...
JPL Pi:
www.jpl.nasa.g...
Attributions:
Bill Summers photo:
Newber Machado Brazil, CC BY (creativecommon...)
Music Box photo:
By Rama - Own work, CC BY-SA 2.0 fr (commons.wikime...)
pop sound:
inspectorJ, CC BY 3.0, (freesound.org/...)
Herbie Handcock photo:
pixgremlin: www.aworan.com c/o Pix Gremlin / CC BY (creativecommon...)

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1 окт 2024

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Комментарии : 78

@masonjelvin6001 3 года назад

THIS IS WHAT IVE BEEN LOOKING FOR. A project where you make the actual mechanism, it’s really the effort you put in that’ll do it!! thank you for some tips

@EricThornton24 3 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching!

@shuenshadaku 3 года назад

this is literally one of the coolest things I've ever watched! It really has heart

@jee8188 3 года назад

@siraloistragedy 3 года назад

There's a beautiful girl in my life and i love her, i want to win her heart. I wanted to get her a music box with a song, but i couldn't find any music box with the song, so I'm doing what i can to make it for her. Wish me luck.

@GoheezyEz 3 года назад

how did it go?

@sighsigh7628 Год назад

How did it go?

@tahseenkhan3629 5 месяцев назад

How did it go?

@justinnaramor6050 3 года назад

This was pretty cool to see! Interesting point about some notes being duplicated; I like heavy metal/hard rock music which frequently has the same note played repeatedly, often in the form of 16th notes or even triplets sometimes. So if one were to make a music box play a heavy metal song and they wanted it to sound right, duplicating notes may be absolutely essential!

@khazianan 3 года назад

The "i can be wrong but I think this is wood" bit got me xDDD

@darkforestzombie218 3 года назад

I want to make a tiny music box to put in a small clown doll i made

@kaylab6832 3 года назад

Is there going to be a video? Nightmare fuel! So intrigued though lol

@darkforestzombie218 3 года назад

@@kaylab6832 nightmare fuel? Nah, hes not scary at all.

@kaylab6832 3 года назад

@@darkforestzombie218 a not scary clown? Impressive. Lol

@darkforestzombie218 3 года назад

@@kaylab6832 yeah lololololol. Clowns are always scary nowdays

@richardmills9359 4 года назад

Cool! I want one that plays "Chameleon" from the same Head Hunters album. =)

@zachary_newsom 3 года назад

Thanks for the video, helped a lot in getting a general idea for making my own tune

@RockStarOscarStern634 2 года назад

This pandemic has caused Supply issues w/ Music boxes that play those classic hits

@joris5429 Год назад

Hey Eric, I would also love to make a custom music box myself, but I don't have the equipment that allows me to cut and craft with metal. So my idea was: 'Can I make the dots with a soldering iron as well?' I have bought a music box and I will carve off the dots from the cylinder. Now I wanted to use a soldering iron and a bit to Tin to add the dots onto the empty cylinder. Do you think that'll work out? Or do you have tips for me?

@andrewpeterst 5 месяцев назад

I wouldn't rely on just solder. Apparently Reuge (the famous Swiss music box manufacturer) claims to coat their cylinders in a secret-composition resin. Since solder is lead-based, it is soft and would likely wear down over time, but possibly solder dots coated with CA glue would work?

@peterthornton6145 4 года назад

Beautiful. I need one of those thumb drives.

@RockStarOscarStern634 3 года назад

It's a kind of Maple you've used

@edwardabrudan1014 2 года назад

Hi Eric, I would like to build a customized music box. I found your video so I was wondering if You can help to manufacture the cylinder (drum) and comb based on a given size. Otherwise, if you know someone. Thank you very much!

@NickiRusin 2 года назад

This was a very informative video, I like that you included the process of figuring out the reason behind the double notes. The jokes were also pretty funny! Subbed!

@strangely_different9964 4 года назад

very boowoop 🦐🦐🦐🦐🦐🦐/🦐🦐🦐🦐🦐

@PeteONeillBass Год назад

Hey Eric this is amazing. I have been making music box songs with those paper music boxes kits for a few years. My dream is to be able to make a music box with replaceable cylinders of my own original music. I already have the music, what I don't have is any of the equipment featured in your vid. To your knowledge, would any of this be repeatable without the computer or lathe?

@psychokidgamer9205 3 года назад

I need someone who can make me one of these! cant find the music box with the song i need for a gift for grieving. Plz help if you or anyone u know can do that!

@RockStarOscarStern634 3 года назад

They should make a movement that plays it

@marcdenhartog9697 3 месяца назад

..all that work..why what? Argh..I luv music boxes and I appreciate the effort.but agonizing

@clicksandbeeps61 2 месяца назад

I really like this project, it’s crazy how nice it looks and I like the idea of a jazz music box But I think the accuracy of the notes is a little off. Not in the music box tuning sense, but just what you actually sequenced. I’m pretty sure the opening notes are F then C# to G then C#, followed by a major 3rd of F A A, F A A. All in all though, it sounds really good :)

@kuribo98 2 года назад

This deserves a lot more views

@SkippyTheMagnificent 2 года назад

Can I buy 1000 custom ones for a project? A different song...

@DieserEineee 3 года назад

This is so cool! Great video and I love the song choice :D

@Princess_Panada 2 года назад

Hands down one of the best videos I've seen, thank you this video was great!

@Brownboy42069 9 месяцев назад

Hey quick question, how did you screw the instrument into the box? Did you need to drill pilot holes in the box first?

@dreamsans8120 3 года назад

The fact that im still 12 and i want to make this for my mother so bad :(

@maxrichards5925 2 года назад

Watermelon man enjoyer 🤝

@aaronstevens5955 3 года назад

How do you only have 36 subs?? This is gonna blow up I know it haha. Awesome!

@alfredprunesquallor Год назад

awesome video, love your attitude!

@bluezebra2759 8 месяцев назад

I love underrated channels like this

@zacharyhall7466 2 года назад

You sound like Charlie

@bloodyl7987 11 месяцев назад

I’m glad that I finally found the kind of video I was looking for, I’ve just been getting How it’s made videos. Sadly, I can’t do this because I lack the equipment, but thanks anyway!

@KRAFTWERK2K6 2 года назад

Why did you use glue and didn't join the metallic parts with solder? Other than that, fascinating build.

@nachutom 3 года назад

this video deserve million views. Good work human

@littlemelody1306 3 года назад

Where can I buy the mechsnical parts like alloy base?

@EricThornton24 3 года назад

The music box parts were pulled out of this thing on amazon: www.amazon.com/Sunshine-Engraved-Birthday-Christmas-Valentines/dp/B07QQ14L9V/ref=sr_1_3?crid=KXK17J403IWR&dchild=1&keywords=music+box&qid=1606463648&sprefix=music+box%2Caps%2C280&sr=8-3 There are several avaible, they are all the same. The brass tube was purchased on McMaster Carr if i remember correctly. Any other questions, feel free to ask! Thanks for watching!

@stefanmayer444 2 года назад

Awesome! Thanks for sharing this!

@Compins 3 месяца назад

3:26 how did you get the vertical placement of the dots? In other words, how did you align them with the comb?

@7r1p7ych 3 дня назад

Exactly what I’m wondering

@horsewings3561 2 года назад

really want to try making custom music boxes but I realize I don't have to the tools to make the drum cylinder or comb. 😅

@TristanJCumpole 3 года назад

"Preferred libation"? Very AvE ;-) I'm using this fantastic information to make a custom music box to fit within a Lament Configuration puzzle box! Thanks.

@RadarBlitz Год назад

Wow, thanks for sharing that information! I was looking to do about the same thing, and this helped a bunch.

@theprogram1950 2 года назад

The knowledge I was looking for, I have finally found it. Thank you for sharing it.

@confetti817 10 месяцев назад

Well, I think you're a genius!

@lumotroph 2 года назад

Well done you. I needed to be reminded of that song

@orenjir0 3 года назад

Love the tutorial and the humor ☺️ subbed 👍

@danibiomedicalengineer860 2 года назад

Lot of effort 👌 👏👏👏

@AureliaKai 3 года назад

Do you think it'd be possible to 3d print the cylinder? Then use the 3d printed cylinder instead? What would that sound like?

@EricThornton24 3 года назад

Totally! There is a video by a channel called Random Prototypes that shows just this, even going so far as to generate the stl for the cylinder directly from the desired notes with a script. Check it out: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Hx4FuogXTyk.html

@AureliaKai 3 года назад

@@EricThornton24 oh sick, thank you!

@jaclynramsier5271 2 года назад

Nice! Well done..

@ThawBerry 3 года назад

I ve been looking for this :D

@gacherumburu9958 3 года назад

👍👍

@stanleysteamer3212 3 года назад

What the hell is cad..lol

@AGuyThatMakesStuff 3 года назад

awesome. way better than one of those hole punch diy music boxes

@justinnaramor6050 2 года назад

What's wrong with the whole punch DIY music boxes? You said this is "way better", why do you feel that way? To me, it should be worth noting that a punch card/punch strip has obvious advantages over a cylinder: the length of your song is not limited by the size of the box, therefore your song could technically be endless. With a cylinder, a longer song requires a larger cylinder, which therefore requires a larger box to accommodate it. Also, punch cards move in a linear motion rather than a rotational motion, so you don't have to hear the song being repeated over and over again (one of the reasons some people might potentially dislike most music boxes). I suppose a disadvantage might be that the amount of paper that's already gone through the machine will end up sticking out, which could eventually lead to a tripping hazard if the strip of paper is long enough.

@randomprototypes4471 3 года назад

Hello, I'd like to include a 5~10s segment of your video in my future video (with the name of your channel and link to your video). I made a different method for building the cylinder but would like to reference your method of adding weight to the comb to modify the tone of the notes. Do you agree?

@EricThornton24 3 года назад

Hey, go right ahead. Thanks for asking. Looking forward to seeing what you come up with!

@randomprototypes4471 3 года назад

@@EricThornton24 Thanks, I have now published my video : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Hx4FuogXTyk.html In short, I used a 3D printer for produce the cylinder. It may be slightly lower quality that your method but requires less tools. I linked your video at the end to explain how people can modify the notes by adding weight as you did, and said them to watch your video if they want more detail.

@EricThornton24 3 года назад

@@randomprototypes4471 That was great! Your scripts and 3D printed cylinder are a much more elegant solution than what I came up with.

@randomprototypes4471 3 года назад

@@EricThornton24 Thanks. I think your method can produce more solid cylinder (maybe the plastic would start to degrade if played many times) and slightly cleaner sound, but require more work and equipment. Re-weighting the teeth like you did is definitely something that would be necessary for many songs.

@daranarazz 3 года назад

What were the measurments of the cyclinder?

@EricThornton24 3 года назад

The one I used ended up being a 0.785'' x 0.5'' brass tube. But your mileage may very.

@laurencepetervonstudzinski7507 3 года назад

I fucking love you

@EricThornton24 3 года назад

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@Tantalis329 2 года назад

This is an amazing video! Ive been searching for something like this for some time. Do you think the tune of the final product was altered due to the length of the pins you made? I am trying to replicate a similar result to what you've accomplished here.