WOOD KNOT BALL (KNOT ART) 

Chris Franklyn 😀 I knocked it down accidentally several times before I got it all set up.

Videos eliminate the sense of hours and hours and hours he used cutting triangles. Art is like that. A lot if tedium that someone has to push through before you can even start creating. I started a similar hexagon art project last November. But I used stainless steel. I burned out after cleaning burnt stainless after 2 months with only one bucket of hexes with no sphere or other product made. The dominoes explains in seconds how "I spent my lunch break every day for two months cutting triangles" instead of, like phoning his wife or looking at RU-vid. Hundreds of minutes.

Every time I throw something away I need it two days later. 👍🏼

Thank you, it is good to hear of a fellow knot collector. Each knot is like a wooden Rorschach test, everybody sees something different in the swirling grain. 😀👍🏼

galex19 Thank you 👍🏼 I appreciate your positive review.

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ThePapa1947 Thanks 👍🏼. Let me know how it goes.

chuckschilling The triangle I drew on each piece of wood was just a basic reference. The first tablesaw cut was just done by eye. That straight cut set up the first miter cut and then the second miter cut was against the stop so it was more precise.

@@ODDBALLGALLERYKeithWilliams That makes sense. Thanks for setting me straight!

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Thanks for the view.👍🏼 Just out of curiosity, did you see the short?

@@ODDBALLGALLERYKeithWilliams yes. Liked and subscribed because of the plywood short first. I’m wondering how the knot polyhedron would look if you’d also turned it into a ball? Or would the irregular grain make it it too onerous a task? Both look incredible and I appreciate the amount of work and precision required to make them.

@@thechumpsbeendumped.7797 I planned on rounding out the Knot ball, but I thought it looked cool as it was. I used up most of my smaller knots on this one ,but I still have plenty of big knots left. Maybe I’ll build a much larger Knotosphere.

Thanks 👍🏼 I have made 100+ of these so I've got most of the bugs worked out.

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Anirudh Puranik 👍🏼 It fell down several times while I was setting it up. 😀

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Dawn Boyer 👍🏼 mine too.

Try this calculator, it has all the info. geo-dome.co.uk/3v_tool.asp

That would be cool. I could probably still put a flexible led strip in there.

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I never saw it that way before. Interesting observation. 👍🏼

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I tried this will some led strip lights , and it looked pretty cool. If I build another knot ball I will try to use more open knot holes so more light can get out.

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Mayank biu It was just my little brother.

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My next video will be the "how to" of a 5" diameter ball. Check out this website geo-dome.co.uk/3v_tool.asp They have a dome calculator. You just enter the radius you want and it will give you the triangle side lengths and dihedral angles. It is even color coded. This calculator is for domes but the sphere has the same angles.

@@ODDBALLGALLERYKeithWilliams Great! looking forward to it. Ill take a look at the website too. Thank you!

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Спасибо. На то, чтобы все исправить, нужно время. В моем следующем видео я подробно расскажу об углах и техниках.

I am now, just looked him up. Seems we have similar interests. Although, his work is more advanced than mine mathematically.

Rouverius I may try that...I have plenty of bigger knots left.

Darius Varanavicius Thank you. 👍🏼

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I have heard it called a geodesic truncated icosahedron. Basically the pentagons and hexagons are subdivided into individual triangles.

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Thanks, I normally make them all round. Some of the knots were larger on the back side ,so I didn’t want to take the chance of them breaking out if I sanded off the corners.

ODDBALL GALLERY - Keith Williams now I know there must be a large amount of work in these, but I would like to see the smooth sphere someday.

I may build a larger knot ball at some point.

I did it the hard way, lots of trial and error. Check out this website. It has an calculator and gives lots of good info on geodesic design. geo-dome.co.uk/3v_tool.asp

pam carr The domino scene took way longer than it should have. I had to keep adding length to my workbench, and I knocked it over several times before I got it all set up. Then when I finally started the video camera, it failed to fall all the way twice. 😀

I'm glad you stuck with it, it looked great! 😜💨

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@@ODDBALLGALLERYKeithWilliams muchas gracias, tus vídeos son increíbles! Saludos.

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I knocked them down several times while setting them up. 😀👍🏼

Hey Nancy, Thank you 👍🏼 Check out Oddballgallery.com.

Right back at ya Carl. 👍🏼 Thanks for watching.

Thanks ...Check out this dome calculator geo-dome.co.uk/3v_tool.asp

I have sat on it and I’m about 250.I have stood on similar sized spheres that I have built. This one is one of a kind so I will probably not do the stand test.😀

😀👍🏼 check out the “directors cut” of this video … I love my knots.

Hey Jordan, check out this dome calculator geo-dome.co.uk/3v_tool.asp

geo-dome.co.uk/3v_tool.asp.

TonydlP650 You are definitely in the running for “best pun”

@@ODDBALLGALLERYKeithWilliams lol, I try! Do you have a website where you sell these?

TonydlP650 This is my first Knot ball, but I have others at oddballgallery.com

@@ODDBALLGALLERYKeithWilliams thank you

Kristi Harkins this ball took about two weeks to build and film. If I build another one I could use all open knot holes so it could be used as a light. Illuminknotty I like that😀👍🏼

@@ODDBALLGALLERYKeithWilliams ODDBALL GALLERY - Keith Williams wow thats awesome very unique & amazing talent you have.... Ill check back periodically Id love to see an all open knotted Illuminknotty 😉 hope you do one... keep up the great work... Cheers

Justin Paq It’s a jingle from IMovie.

Cop vs fireman on RU-vid made it popular.

Bill in Tustin Hey Bill I appreciate both views.😀👍🏼 I’m kind of new with this video thing so I’m just trying to figure out what people want to see. You are right , a little bit off on 180 pieces is a lot off during assembly. I dry fit the whole thing to check for errors. The plastic template was a bit oversize just to give me a general idea where the knot was going to be on the triangle. There seems to be some interest in a shop tour so I will probably do a video on that. I am also planning on a couple of how to type videos starting with some of the more basic platonic solids (Cube, dodecahedron, Icosahedron) I have made over 100 of these balls and this is the first one that I have not turned into a smooth sphere. P.S. I lived in Costa Mesa for a few years back in the day👍🏼

@@ODDBALLGALLERYKeithWilliams Where are you now?

I think the truth of the complexity is given away in the stops on the two (count 'em TWO) mitre saws. I went back to the first video to look at that one more time. Did you make some caliper type adjustment for the angle on the mitre as well? Not the 120's but the under cut? Trying to dial that in had to be challenging.

Bill in Tustin Central Illinois

Bill in Tustin When I first started building these I used a digital protractor but now I just have a piece of quarter inch Lexan with the angle cut on it and I just hold it against the blade to set the miters.

There are two different bevel angles for this layout. They depend on the miter angle / triangle side length you use. Check out this website , they have a lot of good info on geo- design. geo-dome.co.uk/3v_tool.asp

Not exactly sure what that is.

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Chris Johnson It is catalyzed lacquer called Duravar

My next video will be the "how to" of a 5" diameter ball. Check out this website geo-dome.co.uk/3v_tool.asp They have a dome calculator. You just enter the radius you want and it will give you the triangle side lengths and dihedral angles. It is even color coded. This calculator is for domes but the sphere has the same angles.

Benjy Wilson I’m hanging on your final word Benjy ...This is total what? Total genius? or Total crap?😀

Check out this website. It has a lot of good info on designing geo domes/spheres. The calculator will allow you to figure the triangle side lengths and angles. geo-dome.co.uk/3v_tool.asp

Joe Coelho Check our this website. geo-dome.co.uk/3v_tool.asp

Seminole Space Force Check out this website it has some useful information geo-dome.co.uk/3v_tool.asp

If you watch the intro to the directors cut version of this video you will see the explanation.

@@ODDBALLGALLERYKeithWilliams Wait... knot is also a word for branches? I didn't know that xD

@@Schockmetamorphose Yep. At least it is around these parts of the world. Maybe knot in others.

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echotribe The algorithm knows you better than you know yourself. 😀 🤔

If I build another one of these I will use all open knot holes and give the led a try I think it would look pretty cool.

@@ODDBALLGALLERYKeithWilliams Yeah, you should reach out to DIY Perks. He has done some pretty cool things with LED lights. BTW, I just found your channel... would LOVE to see a gallery of your other designs. With the production quality I figured you had made far more videos than you have published... so well done!

@@TheNewGreenIsBlue Thanks for stopping by 👍🏼 I’ve got a lot of ideas for videos, I just need to get em done. You can check out some of my other designs at oddballgallery.com

Ashish Bagree I use Dewalt 12” compound saws with mid grade Bosch blades.

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Knots are cool👍🏼

Benjamin Mellor. About 2 weeks with the video added. Cutting each triangle individually added a lot of time. Sanding the flats took longer than I thought too.

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