Mystery Cube-in-a-Cube Puzzle Woodworking Project
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009 at
10:04 am
Quickie woodworking project showing how to make a cube within a cube. This is a fun and simple project. If you make one, post a video response! I’d love to see other ways of doing this.
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What a relatively easy project with an awesome outcome. Thanks!
great project right after i saw this i made one except mine was a cub in a cube in a cube in a cube thanks great video
That sounds fantastic. If you could post a quick video, I’d love to see it!
Could you tell me where you got the plans for this? Because I can’t seem to find them anywhere.
Hi, could recommend a good timber for this project?
It’s really hard to bore through the endgrain. I used pine, but it was still pretty tough. Any harder wood would really dull a forstner bit quickly.
For those who’d like to know, there is a name for these. They’re called Turner’s Cubes, as the first ones were made on lathes.
traditional Turner’s Cubes do even further nesting, where you basically start again before separating the first cube, and you can continue this ad nauseum, or even use different shapes like spheres and different shaped holes for crazy results.
Thanks for the info! It’s really a weird thing to wrap my brain around how a circle can cut a cube. I’m sure there are mathematics involved somehow!
fantastic , thanks for sharing, keep up the good work
do you know where i could find plans for this im making it in my woodworking class
this is really cool man, thanks!
What type of drill bit were you using???????
It’s a Forstner bit. I got a whole kit of them at Costco a few years ago. Well worth the investment.
Great video. Thanks.
Nice idea and a great project for the novice. I would however, clamp the item down for safety’s sake. Your fingers are too close for safely boring the 2″ holes.
Cube within a cube within a cube seems hard, but i think i figured out how to do it easily.
Take your 3 inch cube and start with a 1 inch bit. Drill down as you did in this video to the point where you separated it using the knife, but do not separate it. Then take a 2 inch bit and repeat the process, but do not separate it. Now take your knife and separate the smallest cube first, then the larger cube.
that will get you the cube within a cube within a cube very easily.
Please post result
I recon its only a matter of time until you loose a finger— or two! The way you throw your hands around the “still running’ drill press. perhaps just a small added amount of safe thinking may assist you well with the future. Other then that; thumbs up! while ya got all the thumbs to do it.
hey, find out who you’re talking to before you bitch at them, i dont see you building fo’ shit, and besides, i saw all the parts of the video that make his hands looks like they’re close to the drill, but it’s just the angle of the camera you
another can be done within the smallest cube
what are you,,, 12? Perhaps I did comment to the wrong child, oh please forgive me. As for my “building stuff” I’m a master joiner of 26 years & my projects are far more advanced, however I still like to encourage others to pick up tools & have some fun, yet whilst being safe about it too. Your adolecent brain clearly didnt clue into the fact that I was both trying to encourage & advise safe working practices.
No need for clamping on this application as the bit is spinning and the position of the stop block and fence holds the work peice firmly into its little nest.
As far as the project really really neat. I saw a similiar project many years ago at a craft show but the technique was drilling a round hole that ended up being square.
I will not reveal the secret of that little trick…
Thanks alot keep up the good knick nack projects going
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Hey, thanks for this brilliant video! I have made my very own and I’m giving it to my girl for our one year, i hope she finds it as interesting as me! Can’t wait to try another project as this was my first! Again cheers from England.
Thanks. I’m glad you gave it a shot. It’s an odd little project!
great vid thank you
Great work, Man!