This table is really well designed. Every piece is clearly labeled, ru-vid.comUgkxn94T8Mu1iMnsLCMNOI9srXSsLkI4JXKW and the instructions are perfectly displayed, so it's really hard to mess up the assembly. The hardware is likewise clearly labeled. If I had a power driver, assembly time would have been cut in half, but I didn't mind the light workout. My only qualm is that is that the lift top is wobbly in between its open and closed positions, but that's really a minor complaint. For the price, you really can't get much better than this, hence the five-star review. I use it primarily for my wireless mouse and keyboard so that I can use my PC from the couch. Storage is nice. I'm totally happy with this purchase.
I think for the legs a great idea would be to put one of the cross axles in the middle and have a round foot (maybe another gear?) at the bottom... Also glass on top for usability while still seeing the end project.
Frank, you're a genius and so much fun to watch! Using lego connections to hold down your lego gear on the cnc? That's next level! Thank you for all the great videos!
I thought I recognized that bridge. We escaped Portland 43 years ago and moved to LincolnCity. I've been running my cabinet and furniture shop since 1983. I really enjoy your videos and sense of humor. Oh your work is not bad too.🤣🤓
While making a single oversized wooden Lego gear is not trivial, I would think that the real challenge is making enough regular Lego pieces so that you can build the whole car.
I cant help but see the four circular holes as cupholders.... you need to make a matching set of scaled up lego coffee cups that will plug into those holes. ;-) your channel is inspiring Frank. thanks for continuing to blow my mind!
I love the coaster idea. And those you could make fit perfectly ID and OD. And they would all nest easily so you wouldn't need one of those coater holders. Edited Sp.
Shop envy so hard every time I watch these. Also, I love seeing techniques and the though process. It's like a lesson but you don't realize you're in class!
My wife watches these with me sometimes and asks my why I don't do stuff like that. I'm like okay you ready for me to spend a years salary on the tools I need to do these things????
@@steveo1413 Gotta start somewhere though! If you find a project you are excited about that has a more limited set of tools needed. But I get it, there's a base line of tools needed for fine woodworking and I don't have many of them. I try and do even art projects that I can make due with the construction tools I have. You'd also be surprised how easy it is to get good prices on used equipment! Start small and eventually you'll be doing stop motion for 10 hours haha
Video editing, and quality and woodworking are fantastic. After having a rough go of things Saturday I woke a little philosophical and I saw a metaphor for living in this video that bumps in the road (nails) don't have to be sad, be happy, and use my brain not my heart to overcome challenges.
You're a trooper Frank! I think I would've started over. I hope you didn't destroy your new end mill, those things aren't cheap! Turned out great in the end!
I was hoping the circles in the gear were the right diameter for a taller travel coffee mug to fit into. Thank you for these videos Frank, they always inspire me to keep at whatever project is in front of me.
I really like this, Frank. It will be a great conversation piece. What I think would be neat, if possible, is to make actual cups that the very bottom will fit into the gear holes, like the little nubs on the tops of the Lego blocks, in addition to coasters.
Never thought a woodworking video would make me weep with pure joy. Amazing piece. I’m in love. Absolutely lost it (in a good way) at your stud-solution to do the flip side.
I'm sure you've thought of this before but a nice circular piece of glass would probably be the easiest solution for keeping the design and making the table more usable
I was thinking that too! It would also make it easier to make some kind of kinetic gear sculpture underneath without moving around the drinks and things on top
As a big Lego fan, this is wonderful but I feel like 1) it needs another leg, and 2) what about flattening the top and filling with coloured epoxy to make a useable table? Just a thought :) Thanks for the content!
Why another leg? 3 legs eliminate any potential rocking caused by an uneven floor. And based on the sequence with the cat there aren't any issues with tipping.
It is always fun to see the ideas and creative way of making the things you first had a idea about. I been following you for many years, and when i see you have made a new video, i know i will have a great time watching what you have been making this time. I hope you have had a great summer, with a lot of fun with family and friends. We have had a summer of rain, but still had some nice moments, Take care, and keep up the amazing work, from Jan in Norway
Hi Frank and greetings from an Australian maker. This one outstanding project and design. Your patience and attention to detail is amazing and I love how you edit and present your videos. Regards and thanks James
I made a set of LEGO technics parts to make a competition grade FLL robot. She was allowed to be the FLL family for stand in robots. But everything was scale.
make a glass top ? - custom piece from clear epoxy with the 8 nobules facing down to afix to top like a 'sectioned wheel' with the 'glass' inserts making 4+centre windows showing the gear below ending with a flat topped coffee table ? - great ingenuity making these pieces, much respect.
A thick glass top cut to the inner diameter of the the outer tooth ring plus maybe a sixteenth of overhang over that outer tooth ring would look and work great. You'd have just enough overhang so something wouldn't fall of the edge of the glass into the gear's middle and still have most of the outer tooth ring exposed for the look and feel. Lots of LEGO sets use some sort of decorative disc on top of gears like that.
What a fun stop motion animation for the bacon! Edit: Oh! I had the idea that the legs could be the Lego technic pieces (the peg connectors), that’d be neat Edit2: ah so “normal” legs it is hm but I do think the longer technic connectors (or axels) would be a better ascetic fit
I must say that i realy love this project a lot! Ha ha! I think it would be easy to make holders for coffecups or breadplats to the holes in the table, perhaps flat pieces that looks like real LEGO?
It would be cool to incorporate a second gear interconnected with that first gear for a more substantial coffee table. Maybe a glass top adds a bit of functionality while not taking away from the character too much. Nice build
Great result and awesome documentation of the process to get there. If you ever want to redo the legs, the little lightsaber hilts would be a piece that would work in Lego scale :) part no 64567, gives sort of a more technical look
Really beautiful work, Frank! Amazing looking coffee table! 😃 One idea about the top would be to put a glass over it. You know? Perhaps making little Lego pieces to put in the between, so the glass doesn't touch the gear. 😉 Anyway, stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Loved the 2 inch mark trick for getting the infill strip right. I think that might be something I’ll use! Everyday is a school day. Great video as per usual
Nicely done! I know what you mean about losing zero as I have done that within the last week on a double sided machining project. I was using some of the fixture offset features and failed to write down the coordinates. I then went on to another CNC project forgetting to change to a different fixture and inadvertently overwrote my zero settings. I must say you did a much better job recovering than I did. Hope you didn't ruin bits and blades hitting all that metal. Steve
You mentioned kinetic Funnily enough i was thinking about a glass top table with gears and cranks etc, where some of the gears are accessible from the edge so you can spin them
I was so certain that the ties were going to be minifig shaped! Maybe it's just my nostalgia of this shape, but the other wood types kind of get lost in the visual complexity of the gear. LEGO "axel pins" would be an awesome addition for legs if it wouldn't make the table so short.
Oops I got ahead of my comment..you do have a metaldetector! Great work! (note: commend AFTER watching Frank's video)..I guess you could say "you nailed it with that Lego coffee table top!"
