Nearly as versatile as a deck of playing cards, dominoes are a great addition to any rainy-day repertoire of game sets. [Apollo] from the Youtube channel [carbide3d] has manufactured for themselves a custom set of domino tiles replete with brass pips.
Cutting the bar stock to the appropriate size, [Apollo] ran a few test engravings and hole sizes for the brass pips. That done, all they had to do was repeat the engraving and milling process another couple dozen times, as well as all the requisite wet and dry sanding, and buffing. [Apollo] opted to use paint marker to add a little extra style to the tiles, and advises any other makers who want to do the same to set their engraving depth to .01″ so the paint marker won’t be rubbed off when buffing the pieces.
When it came to installing the brass balls, [Apollo] undersized the holes by .001″-.002″ for a snug press fit — adding that the hole depth is a little greater than half the ball’s diameter. They used 1/8″ balls for the pips, and 3/16 balls for the center of the tiles which also allows the tiles to be spun for a bit of fidgeting fun during play. Check out the build video after the break.
Traditional dominoes aren’t your thing? Check out this LED version. But, if you’re more into setting them up to knock them down, this little LEGO ‘bot should help with the process.
[via /r/Metalworking]
Utterly boring video wrapped in an totally non-informative and equally boring article. It´s not yet the day [Hobson] will write an article we´ll learn something from…
Why are you such a jerk?
You`re back I see.
*Pique
Hey, everyone else was making criticisms, I couldn’t be left out. :)
What do you expect? Give the guy a break there is only so much time for writing articles in between pushing crappy sponsors, making excuses on why he cant fly like the red bull guy, and entertaining 6 year olds with comic book gimmicks. He just needs more patreon money, maybe you should donate so he can finish his projects and get back to writing or just quit this journalism thing altogether. https://www.patreon.com/thehacksmith
That’s how things are made. Didn’t find it boring at all, but then again, it’s what I do for a living.
You’re probably grouchy because it didn’t involve an Arduino or a 3D printer. This Is How Stuff Is Made.
I suppose you do have a right to voice your incorrect opinion… And the rest of us have the right to mock you for it.
Mr. James Hobson – Thanks for bringing this to our attention, I, for one, enjoy seeing someone take the time to make artisanal metalwork.
This isn’t a boring video at all, it’s very clearly about engraving. He doesn’t even have a lathe!
Without boring people, like Count Rumford, and the resultant agitation of their surrounds, we’d still believe in the caloric theory of heat.
Boring ftw!!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Experimental_Enquiry_Concerning_the_Source_of_the_Heat_which_is_Excited_by_Friction
The protruding balls makes them impossible to stack and increases the space required to store them. Otherwise, pretty neat.
Hm. So they need a dent in the back of each one, to take the protruding ball. Surprised they didn’t think of that.
These are *really* pretty. Stuff like this makes me envious because all the stuff I make looks like crap!
At least I’m happy with the function. Never could crack form.
Dominoes are typically flush on the face side so they can be shuffled.These look like they can’t be shuffled. The are pretty, but Weeble chess pieces would make more sense.
Speaking of dominoes – I saw the numberphile video using bricks to do a forward then reverse tipping event.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYkBctqyKic