Making a Mosaic Globe

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have tried my hand at another globe project. I wanted to experiment with making a sphere from a 20-sided object (icosahedron) of equilateral triangles. I laid out the map of the world onto those 20 triangles as a mosaic of scrap pieces of wood. I poured resin in the gaps between the pieces of wood that I had glued down to the map. Then I cut the map into the 20 triangles. Next, I cut the angles into the sides of those 20 triangles and glued those triangles into an icosahedron. I turned that object on the lathe into a sphere and it became an impressionistic and recognizable globe.
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@ZaneWBuxton 2 года назад

Thanks for including the bit at 15:45. When masters like yourself have the same frustrations and do-overs like us amateurs, it helps give us the courage to keep trying :)

@paulsmyers203 2 года назад

100% - this is more encouraging than watching a perfect project.

@cgstadler 2 года назад

Came here for this comment. I think this is the first video where Frank has shown a moment like that.

@kyleb4463 2 года назад

I really appreciate that. First I’ve ever see but it’s refreshing to know you’re not some sort of terminator wood worker. Haha.

@photoguyjames4522 2 года назад

@@cgstadler there is one where he glued a project to the table and dint; notice until the next morning and he's like "what the?!" that's the closest to showing his pure frustration.

@indie825 2 года назад

Watching the thought process is always fascinating. I love that you included the panic moment with all the bleeping. Would dying the wood an ocean blue and using ocean blues resin be something you would consider for the next globe?

@darqenator 2 года назад

Kumiko-sphere next? Or even better, I would love to see your Earth-sphere getting some neighbours. Jupiter with the eye or Saturn with its rings.

@frankmakes 2 года назад

I have wanted to do the solar system where each planet is done with a different method. Kumiko-sphere sun

@ranjitragu 2 года назад

Those are some interesting looking clamps.

@n3141-d3s 2 года назад

Have you thought about building the icosahedron first with the drawn lines outside and then gluing blocks on top of it. In this way you can see how it will look when gluing. After that you could cast it in a cylinder (which would probably fit into the vacuum chamber) and then turn a Sphere from that.

@BLenz-114 2 года назад

Yeah, I was going to suggest making a full wooden sphere first and then gluing blocks, resin-ing, and re-turning. Same idea.

@loucinci3922 2 года назад

Turned out nice. Looks great. Thanks for sharing

@smaug1234 2 года назад

I could stare at that for some time. It is almost like a bug eyed view from far above a city. I am not sure how much of a globe I see in it, the triangles do almost hide that aspect, but sometimes its not what you were trying to find, but what you got while looking that is interesting.

@silent-science 2 года назад

Hahahaha, that messed up gluing was far too relatable

@manavudgirkar3345 2 года назад

I love the depth and the effect of the blocks going out radially from the globe

@espnmk 2 года назад

thanks Frank for the great footage tips and tricks...

@ohalloranpeter 2 года назад

Thanks for not forgetting New Zealand. That made me happy 🙂

@frankmakes 2 года назад

I never forget New Zealand

@woodywood1951 2 года назад

you are the king of the sphere!!! Pretty good job, my friend.

@mac8179 2 года назад

If you made each triangle a different color of resin without any wood, that could be interesting. A full resin orb.

@Prophes0r 2 года назад

If you wanted a blue effect for the ocean, maybe you could have stained the wood a bit before gluing it into the triangles? Also, you could incorporate the triangle seams into the final design by having the initial wood scraps all be triangular. It would probably be pretty wasteful though. But it would definitely help if it was all tessellated.

@illiteratebeef 2 года назад

Since the resin is clear, he could just drill a hole in the bottom and shine blue light out of it.

@mclas11 2 года назад

Advanced projects you are working on. I'm full of admiration for all your videos. best regards from Norway

@DevinTrierMaker 2 года назад

This is a great learning and planning story for us all, Frank. Thanks for sharing with us!

@BernhardVictorBrandstatter 2 года назад

always a fan. great video. One thing with degassing resins is that they form bubbles when moving across surfaces. I am no expert in wood + resin. I liked the construction method, if you degassed and then poured the resin in pieces that would fit in your vacuum pot you would degas the entire triangle, from the bottom to the top.

@BernhardVictorBrandstatter 2 года назад

I really think you are on to something very creative. If you got resin that was relatively UV stable no reason why you could not put a light inside the sphere.

@tiffanysandmeier4753 2 года назад

How would this be if it were cut on a bandsaw? Use the CNC to draw the cut lines. There would be less curf. Would the appearance of some of the triangles be more seamless?

@kobiekaasjager4822 Год назад

Wow you did it you really are amazing.

@ianstradian 2 года назад

Very cool. Thanks again sir for letting us all go on this journey with you. Amazing piece of artwork sir.

@judithriffel01 2 года назад

So glad to see you’ve posted another video.

@scottpskating 2 года назад

This turned out great Frank, much better than my first mosaic. I like that you used different woods for the land. I want to make a map of the world soon and though about using a dark wood for the land and light wood for the sea, but your way offers much more visual interest.

@krowraven7 2 года назад

makea coffee table like that,,,very nice work, I've always enjoyed your videos

@lando_jm4609 2 года назад

man do i want a disk sander that large. great vid as always frank

@SethKotta 2 года назад

I definitely wanna see you tackle this one again. Maybe prepping each triangle individually would give you more control with how the final image comes out. It'd also mean you wouldn't have to worry about doing one large resin pour and all the problems that would entail. Downside would mean more waste, of course. Regardless, I had a great time watching this. Awesome work.

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@danjeln 2 года назад

Very interesting as usual, i have made several projects inspired by you. An idea might be to first make a smaller sphere, then glue all the pieces onto the sphere. Then fill everything with epoxy and then turn it a sphere again. What compound angles are you using for the triangles? Best regards /Danjel

@matthiasimhof6652 2 года назад

Using dowels instead of blocks would blend the transitions between the triangles

@thomascollins72 2 года назад

Another great video. Very impressive. Thank you. I was thinking an alternate method to eliminate the seams could be to turn two bowls as half hemispheres, glue the pieces to the inside, resin fill, and then turn away the bowls.

@nifa7231 2 года назад

@GODSHEEP55 2 года назад

I like it a lot!!

@christopheb9221 2 года назад

the problem of projecting a flat surface to a globe. I think if had put the blocks in on a curve rather than flat across as well as thinking about the angle of the triangles it would not be as broken up.

@DanKoning777 2 года назад

Not trying to be difficult [really], but I miss the traditional woodworking that you use to do. It seems your projects are more/more "hi-tech/computer related" than that of a saw, planer, drill, biscuits, etc like before. *I appreciate these projects,* plus the fact that *this is your channel* [not mine], and that your skill set lends itself to technologies use yet still; I hope there are builds in future w/o the help of R2D2. Thanks Frank; jmo.

@jacobdegeling 2 года назад

The blue effect could come from a blue light inside the sphere, that would be cool. You could basically turn it into a lamp. But then you'd see the blue through the continents too.

@drewliedtke2377 2 года назад

The contrast of the woods helps read it as land and ocean. The contrast of the organization of those units makes it difficult to read as land and ocean. Like, the blocks of shapes in the ocean “want” to be organized linearly especially if those blocks are to be read as a whole ocean unit. But of course I could never conceive of attempting to build this thing so take that criticism with a bunch of salt.

@AndrewR74 2 года назад

Very cool Frank, thank you for sharing. What is the angle on the edges for the 20 sides

@andydudas2376 2 года назад

Frank Howarth bleeping his own cuss words...that's funny to me.

@MRrwmac 2 года назад

Frank, How do you keep from getting confused? I would have screwed that up, for sure….haha. Nice work and interesting results!

@stevehignett5701 2 года назад

14:36 hope you ran it through again Frank, to square off your angled cut edge, after it rose on the blade..

@mermaidpotato 2 года назад

I *think* if you had even smaller, like matchstick size pieces of wood, the triangle-seams might not seem so jarring? But that would be so much more annoying to cut down *and* glue up, I know. Unless you used actual matchsticks?

@paulsmyers203 2 года назад

For a sphere that size and the time you put into it, I think it's pretty great. The very first view of the completed globe I was able to immediately say "That's Africa! And Madagascar!" Obviously if you made it bigger with this size blocks, or used smaller blocks on this size sphere, there would be more detail but it could have taken 10x as long :D I agree the seams need attention. And there's something about the ratio of resin, or the size of the ocean pieces, that just feels a tiny bit off. It could be the color variation, and maybe your comment about making the resin yellow tinted would improve that. But it's definitely a cool project. You seem to have settled on 20 sided triangle / icosahedron based spheres. Have you given any thought to trying other more complex polyhedrons again?

@frankmakes 2 года назад

I want to make a dodecahedron (12 pentagons ) but I need to figure out a jig to cut the sides on the table saw.

@rachelpowell7851 2 года назад

Hey Frank, what type of respirator mask are you using during sanding? I’ve tried to find it online but am not having any luck

@ahbushnell1 2 года назад

glad to see the vacuum worked. It's what we always do.

@shannonvans 2 года назад

What are the clamps you are using on the tips of the triangles? I've never seen those before. I did click on the link in the description for the tools you use, but sadly that was not there! I always enjoy your videos, even though they are way above my skill level (and understanding) they are enjoyable to watch and I learn something every time.

@hamps856 2 года назад

I make these things all the time. Use an Upholstery Stapler rather than clamps. Works great. Since you are going turn it you will shear off the staples

@hassanjaved1904 2 года назад

Nice on sir keep going your stuff is awesome

@rix0r222 2 года назад

lol the foot-shaped pusher thingy

@niqhtt 2 года назад

That clamp shape... get auto flagged by RU-vid for the wrong kind of wood working :D

@marialiyubman 2 года назад

4:00 such weird clamps..

@JayWC3333 2 года назад

I'm VERY SORRY, but I was laughing when you bleeped your swearing and the glue up didn't work. I felt your pain.

@ElectronicDrug 2 года назад

Hey Frank have you ever seen plastic nails? Then you can pin things with them and not have to worry about running through them with the bit

@niedzial1983 2 года назад

3:58 what these look like ? 😂

@misfitramone 2 года назад

I hate to say copy another youtuber but Andy Phillip has done a sphere where you make the sphere then glue on the peices then go the resin. You have good taste in cheese by the way! Cougar gold is amazing stuff!

@fleurdelune5240 2 года назад

🌏❤ Oh, that's how global warming happens?

@roccpro5021 2 года назад

...another useless project

@MrJjoohhaann 2 года назад

Those clamps are simply amazing. The shape of them is inspired by nature

@Sadowsky46 2 года назад

The pin clamps? I wonder where to get them

@sshuggi 2 года назад

Instead of the blocks being square shaped, you can use 3- and 6-sided shapes so they blend in with the final triangles. Also, orienting all the blocks to their final radial position in the sphere would reduce the choppyness. It would be a pretty hard to setup for an all wood piece like you've done before, but with this resin design you could put play dough in the bottom of all the triangles and press your pieces into the correct angles to point to the final "center". Then, just pour the resin and proceed like normal.

@mrfochs 2 года назад

Hey Frank. Another great project. I recall with the ornament project, you were a little upset with some of the joints getting off/having a slight gap. I noticed at 14:36 your jig gets pushed up on the blade which would change the angle being cut. That might be a place where some inconsistency was showing up.

@frankmakes 2 года назад

I noticed that too.

@reggiep75 2 года назад

I had to check to see if anyone else had noticed this. Maybe add a 2.5KG/5.5lb weight cup onto the jig to ensure the 'tiles' are held down.

@n8wrl 2 года назад

Very cool. I really like how at some angles you can see light "inside" the sphere! Thanks again for sharing

@ellmannvictor 2 года назад

Wow, that is amazing. The closeup right at the end had me thinking that drilling a hole at the bottom and putting a light inside might turn this into a really interesting piece that could have a second use.

@TimButterworth 2 года назад

Thanks for a great video! If you try this again, when you have the felt tip pen draw in the map, have it draw in longitudinal lines, or arcs. Then align your pieces to those, so when you assemble the triangles into the globe you would have consistent stripes around it.

@BLenz-114 2 года назад

There's an idea! Interesting.

@Mitch-zr4wb 2 года назад

I've recommended Frank's channel to more people than any other channel, regardless of if they are interested in woodworking.

@Nlmtella 2 года назад

Frank, one suggestion might be making the scraps into triangles instead. I think a lot of that contrast might get dulled down by having a sea of triangles. Right now you have rectangles turning into triangles/rhombuses at the edges. Might be worth a test at least to see if it meshes a little better.

@Wingman4l7 2 года назад

Congrats -- you now have a huge pen plotter! :D Your "gravity" pen collet tube was a spot-on solution; pen plotters that artists use have the pen clamped to a Z-axis carriage that freely moves along small guide rails, and the carriage is just lowered or raised via servo arm.

@SeanHodgins 2 года назад

I think it looks really cool. You should make a small rotating stand that shines light directly inside it. Making the light is only visible through the resin. Maybe even blue light for the water!

@chrisbmurphy 2 года назад

The woodworking is incredible. The video, shooting, editing, and story… you are on another level. Thank you for sharing!

@robertblitch4702 2 года назад

Very interesting, I bet a light inside would look cool

@nifa7231 2 года назад

@bradellison1345 2 года назад

So, in the pacific northwest is there actually more than 24 hours in a day? LOL

@somemovingpictures 2 года назад

Perhaps 1/2" or 3/4" dowels for the oceans. Random pieces cut a tad smaller for land mass. Brilliant work. I can offer visual suggestions, but there is no way on God's green earth I could conceive of, much less build, this project.

@LostWhits 2 года назад

Today I learnt Frank can get angry. Or at least adds some beeps in for effect.

@Ka0sNite 2 года назад

Back light it, or cram some LEDs in side.

@thefreemathtutor 2 года назад

mr howarth, yours are some of the most intellectually stimulating videos on RU-vid.

@kris_kreations 2 года назад

Amazing piece, Frank. Your workmanship, skill, and patience is always so impressive. 🔥🔥🔥

@kirkjensen1718 2 года назад

that would look cool with a white LED light inside. Or blue LED light.

@lizweiss4599 2 года назад

I think it’s silly to suggest alight.

@kirkjensen1718 2 года назад

@@lizweiss4599 it would shine through the clear resin between the wood pieces.

@lizweiss4599 2 года назад

@@kirkjensen1718 cheap

@marialiyubman 2 года назад

Finds entire box of scrap wood. Thinks to himself: here’s a project I could do to get rid of it. Makes entirely new scraps, now the scraps are doubled. Story of my life, except not wood. 🤣🤷‍♀️

@geraldwilansky6424 2 года назад

Pray for Ukraine🇺🇦 this turning into a world war..as crisis keeps rising and a lots of life and properties destroyed

@catherinepaulo9316 2 года назад

Yeah!! It would be more beneficial and yield more profit if you actually trade on cryptocurrency I've been trading since the dip, I've made so much profit trading

@stellagrace4496 2 года назад

Please how do I start trading with Mr. Michael Wayne?

@welshkiwi Год назад

Frank - there's a young guy in the Willamette Valley who has a RU-vid channel - I think you had some connection to him in the past. I've lost my subscription, would like to re-connect. Can you (or anyone) help please? Irish wife. A farmer who makes stuff.

@henryD9363 2 года назад

My goodness, you provide so much information about how to make a icosahedron. Lots of details and a practical way to make the triangles. And it's fun to watch as always You say that the angles cut on the edge of the triangles are all the same. But you never tell us WHAT that angle is! If anyone were to make a icosahedron they would have to have this critical piece of information. Strange omission Edit. Well I went down a 20 minute rabbit hole in search for the angle that you cut for the three edges. Not easy to find. Complex calculation. The angle is 69.095° where vertical is 90°.

@80211Denver 2 года назад

I like the land as solid wood, crammed tight together. I think the water might be neat if it was a blend of epoxy and sawdust? Something swirly but not an epoxy river table pour. The misaligned gaps somehow emphasis the seams.

@alifetomake 2 года назад

I wonder if it would be interesting to make a sphere with triangles, but in normal wood, and then cut it in half to make 2 bowls, and see what the inside looks like... Maybe there would be something cool about that!

@frankmakes 2 года назад

yes!

@luvwud 2 года назад

Your patience and imagination far exceed most certainly mine. It's a shame about the triangles but still enjoyable to watch.Geoff

@foodini 2 года назад

At 14:36, your cutting jig is lifting off the table surface, which probably explains some of the miss-fit.

@aaronbegg3827 2 года назад

I'd love to see if a super bright LED point light would shine right through the clear resin. Perhaps some reflective metal at the back of the wood blocks immediately prior to gluing up, to offer even more surfaces? Almost gem-like with internal reflection?

@CurrentlyRockhounding 2 года назад

What was the angle that you cut on your triangles?

@pete3897 2 года назад

He he he, my wife saw something completely different in those clamps! Why has he put a bunch of little ..... over it? She said. "They're clamps dear" lol

@robertfowler5928 2 года назад

You laid out the pieces in the jig horizontal to the jig. Maybe they should be inserted horizontal to their final position - grid lines on your world map would help. Re the edges of the triangles you could start with 2/3 size matching pieces in two or three set measured positions on each edge, knowing they would butt together, then infill thereafter. The visual impact of triangle edges might be reduced if the sea/land flowed across them. Other ideas; lay sea in to appear horizontal & land in vertical, have the 7 continents in individual wood colours, or even differing 2 colour sets As they say the devil is in the detail !!!

@malachilandis9542 2 года назад

Hmm, I wonder if you could make the epoxy some sort of mix of wood chips and epoxy. The differences between the triangles seem to be most apparent in the oceans, so maybe adding chips would blur those boundaries a bit? I wonder if you could repeat this style but with dowels? You could drill holes in the plywood base to locate all the pins, and perhaps use small dowels. That might let you plan out exactly how the dowels would meet.

@swalker6794 2 года назад

My admiration for you and your brain has no bounds..... so, if I ever need to have all the hairs in my beard counted/estimated or made into a sphere...I'll get a-hold of you, ok?

@drhfhs 2 года назад

Frank appreciate your videos. Unfortunately other woodworkers I like don't upload as much so I'm really glad to hear your voice

@marialiyubman 2 года назад

The sensitivity of that C&C really hits you when you realize it didn’t destroy what seems to be a 0.4 felt tip pen.

@charlesmorrow6198 2 года назад

Have you given any thought to making a globe with mountains, etc. carved with your fourth axis cnc capability?

@philbunting5963 2 года назад

I think you could hide the seams between triangles better if you used scraps that were themselves triangles. I think you’d want a distribution of sizes and try to avoid patterns in the layout but keep a general orientation (or rather, two orientations, up and down) to the triangles. Then if the seams happen to cut some of the triangles the seams will be in the direction of some lines that are already in your pattern. Also you should totally take advantage of then hollow sphere and put some LEDs on the inside.

@Marco_Pan 2 года назад

just spitballing here, what if you make a map with inlayed continents, place it face down on the waste board, then use a V bit on the CNC to cut the path/lines that makes up the icosahedron template (cut channels similar to the annimation at 0:07 of your video). Then all the seams that are touching on the template would just need to be "folded" over on each other, and you wont loose any material from cutting the triangles. ps Im not sure what the angle of the V bit will need to be or if any companies make that angle

@davidshaper5146 2 года назад

I'm reminded of the "never confuse effort with results" adage. I appreciate what you do. Thanks

@bmilhoan 2 года назад

I had to scrub back to roughly 6:00 because I thought I recognized the Cougar Gold tin. My cousin went there and sent me a few tins. Fantastic cheese!

@TaranovskiAlex 2 года назад

I guess for the pattern to be without seams - you seem to have no other choice then building the sphere from the ground up - without using triangles... like the internal sphere made out of anything cheap, or some kind of balloon, then glue your parts of the chosen pattern there - perpendicular to the surface of the sphere, then make some sacrificial outer shell close to the size you need, put the insides in the shell, pour resin and you have your ideal sphere with the proper pattern. Please check other channels who do that - it's easy to find))))

@garagemonkeysan 2 года назад

Great film. Gorgeous piece. Mahalo for including Hawaii. : )

@hussienalshmary 2 года назад

I have great respect for your mighty mentality....genius ideas....keep on fascinating me in every episode. 👏

@TyOtis 2 года назад

Wld love to see a vid with all of your globes/spheres all displayed together 🌏 🌍🌎⚽️🎄 😊

@StephenBoyd21 2 года назад

Perhaps you could make an inner sphere and then stick the pieces of land / sea wood to the sphere. That would get rid of the triangles completely. You'd have to put the whole thing into a box and pour the resin.

@shivaargula4735 2 года назад

Would it have been possible to cut the bevel using your CNC? If it hadn't warped in the oven, you could've done the bevel so the bottom of the piece is seamless, and the seams would've ended up on the inside of the sphere.

@johnhageman4061 2 года назад

Watching a few youtube videos on resin and wood tables. Superglue seems to work well in filling air bubbles on the surface.

@bow-tiedengineer4453 2 года назад

I think it might have done better if the bits of the water weren't all in the same orientation. If they were at all angles, and not all rectangles, the seams of the triangles wouldn't be as jarring. The land looks fine to me, though, because it's fairly solid.