https://www.chaneyproductions.com/insectopia daily 0.75 2019-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1556577782249-O7I5D0HOXWNKS30YXEPM/insectopia.jpg Insectopia - Insectopia "Insectopia" is a water fountain, featuring a pond surrounded by insects, who perform by squirting water into the pond. There is a circle of water jets coming from inside the pond, and some of the insects have special tricks. A bee flies off of a flower, buzzes around making noise until a frog squirts him and he lands back on the flower. A ladybug squirts water into a cup on a pendulum, which pivots back until the water dumps out, the pendulum returns so that the ladybug can do it again. https://www.chaneyproductions.com/backpacking-banjo daily 0.75 2019-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1556576080043-0TXMVL0BUAGQ3KUJLLN3/banjo%26case.jpg Backpacking Banjo - Backpacking Banjo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1556595255290-8K4EM20ACFO4RE1RFCXK/headstock.jpg Backpacking Banjo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1556595288974-V9DHM580ROXAFIHHOBGG/banjo.jpg Backpacking Banjo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1556595255877-RRDBDCBWT0HWR6GSFO6M/tuners.jpg Backpacking Banjo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1556595254793-GCK46XZ3BKLEWWIN599O/5th_string.jpg Backpacking Banjo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1556595254960-1F7YNVIM702VVZJPNEU6/arm.jpg Backpacking Banjo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1556595255131-54JD3A101LM48SCPK0J1/banjo_back.jpg Backpacking Banjo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1556595255546-7A4B76SNLPFKZXN05FOJ/insidebody.jpg Backpacking Banjo https://www.chaneyproductions.com/morecrazy daily 0.75 2020-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1556564556417-RN90TR4489NOPD8FG2J2/friends.jpg More More Crazy Things - “Rolling With Friends” "Rolling With Friends" is a tabletop Rolling Ball Sculpture. It is operated by hand: you pick up some marbles at the bottom, and drop them at the top. They alternate on two different tracks. When the dog is activated by a marble, he wags his tail and moves his right paw up and down. The cat turns his head back and forth when a marble arrives there. YouTube Video This was auctioned for the North Bay Humane Society. By now you may have noticed the "dog and cat" theme for these. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1585780936644-MLUTOT08GICZKQEMXWDX/Harpsichord.JPG More More Crazy Things - Harpsichord I built this harpsichord from scratch, using designs and techniques learned from studying books about how they were made in the 15th to the 18th centuries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1556564708851-VOIBQH0DTOBVCABU9HOQ/animals.jpg More More Crazy Things - Animal Automaton Animal Automaton. I made this for the benefit auction for the North Bay Humane Society. There is a hanging counterweight that powers it. It runs for about 30-40 minutes on a winding. It is based on "Galileo's Bicycle" by Clayton Boyer. Of course, I had to change it to make it more in tune with the Humane Society, and add some changes of my own. It is meant to mount on the wall, but here it is mounted on a lumber stand to present at the Humane Society's event. YouTube video https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1556596430545-M2MH79H2I0AY10LMBGZJ/castledoghouse.jpg More More Crazy Things - Castle Doghouse I made this to be auctioned for the North Bay Humane Society, at their benefit dinner “Barkitechture”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1592799422100-6MGLGRS9YFU0GH3UUKPO/InfinityCubeOutside.JPG More More Crazy Things - Infinity Cube This is a box that appears to be bigger on the inside than on the outside! Animated patterns of light with 144 RGB LEDs make an interesting display. Find out how to make one! Video https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1556564641211-W0N2LXCD6UUPDHD3OWBV/seance.jpg More More Crazy Things - The Seance A dog and a cat are in a seance to determine "Who Will Be My New Owner". It is made of brass and copper. The "crystal ball" in the center is lit by LED lights, and is constantly changing through thousands of colors by use of a microcontroller (computer chip). This was auctioned for the North Bay Humane Society. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1585781062879-9J441SWZ0G6MLVJMV0XB/HarpsInside.JPG More More Crazy Things Inside can be seen the tuning pins, the jacks for plucking the strings, and the bridges in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1556565258139-V977V5HO7KG8VV9SNMJQ/windmill.jpg More More Crazy Things - “The Chase” Windmill "The Chase" is a windmill. As it turns in the wind, the dog and cat chase around in a circle, with the cat going faster than the dog. It is made of brass and copper, and features ball bearings that allow very easy movement in the wind. YouTube Video It was created for the North Bay Humane Society, where it was auctioned during a fundraiser. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1556565147513-UM9OP9OETQF7KB6FOB6O/coffeetable.jpg More More Crazy Things - River Coffee Table Here is a coffee table I made out of black walnut for the top, maple for the legs, and blue glass for the water. I could not find a source for “live-edge” walnut, so I carved out the channel for the river by hand and machine tools. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1556564953220-NHL4XY5K2IQPXW6H6A9V/steelneck.jpg More More Crazy Things - Fretboard for Pedal Steel Guitar This is a lighted fretboard for the neck of my pedal steel guitar. I made it using a 3D printer for the black of the neck, the white edging, the clear covering over the stars, and the black cover over the electronics at the bottom. RGB (three color) LEDs light up the stars, and the frets via side-emitting fiber-optics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1585692660353-WO6CJPJPMU30OC6ED9DG/Burst01.jpg More More Crazy Things - Making Fireworks Here is my jig for making a kind of firework: the double petal ball shell, with instructions on making the jig and using it to make the shell. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1556564852741-O11D9540YN6R0I4CNI2A/cat.jpg More More Crazy Things https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1556564853061-CF3J5LCXCIMF9E7TREUI/dog.jpg More More Crazy Things https://www.chaneyproductions.com/parone daily 0.75 2019-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1556574810582-60YUH6BK2NUKOLTM9PLQ/driver.jpg Par One https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1556574810414-YCYX0FBX0VS16GCB0VHM/ballmach.jpg Par One https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1556574810853-KFKBALKXJ3SMBN1BYZ8M/gopher.jpg Par One https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1556574811632-APPRTY388ZSCFAK9O2N4/putter.jpg Par One https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1556574811886-9QZPBNNIKYKK17VBPQU1/insidep1.jpg Par One https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1556574142161-GI3KAKPSUGOTIDT1UM1B/ParOne.jpg Par One - Par One Video "Par One" is a Rolling Ball Sculpture with golf. A man operating a ball machine gets a ball in his bucket, and pours it onto the golf course. A golfer with a driver hits it onto the course, where it travels down to a spiral funnel hole. A putter hits the ball toward the hole, it misses the hole, and a gopher pops up and knocks the ball into the hole. This sculpture is 24" (61 cm) tall, and has two separate tracks for the balls to travel to the bottom. https://www.chaneyproductions.com/flying-marbellos daily 0.75 2019-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1556577297482-NC9QEQZ2UDZL2O64Y2DO/FMfront.jpg The Flying Marbellos - The Flying Marbellos YouTube Video Click!…Whirrr…Hummm…Bang! These are the sounds of “The Flying Marbellos”: a rolling ball sculpture with marbles and small metal “bugs” to run the show. The purpose of a rolling ball sculpture (RBS) is to transport balls to the top of a system of tracks, where they proceed to find different and amusing paths on the way down. Is this a silly thing to do? Yes! Do people love to watch these things for long periods of time? Yes! Put an RBS in a public place and you can attract a crowd surrounding it. I love watching mechanical things, but building this turned out to be even more fun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1556577593781-PVUROU1FGHYUC8HKJSA4/copter.jpg The Flying Marbellos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1556577593020-DNLONFIJBQX3F4ARTNF6/bee.jpg The Flying Marbellos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1556577594444-MVVFBYQ7RQUZULYV4403/elevator.jpg The Flying Marbellos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1556577593089-U1UQQ1FE71FQE9UXJA7Y/announcer.jpg The Flying Marbellos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1556577593528-91U1QLQ7U847WPWP25UE/clown.jpg The Flying Marbellos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1556577593964-ALD1UAD587NRMQU8NMT2/copter_trolley.jpg The Flying Marbellos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1556577594203-L76N0FAYRDNFCN7OTHQP/cranker.jpg The Flying Marbellos https://www.chaneyproductions.com/contact-alex daily 0.75 2019-04-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56d73dbac2ea51af9150258f/1456953128028-SB3VDC9247LTXYBQ929R/2-1.jpg Contact Alex Chaney https://www.chaneyproductions.com/alexs-art daily 0.75 2019-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1556586708490-CTLE83CCCQVYOUNKNZEB/Alexs-art.jpg Alex's Art - alex’s art For now, this will direct you to his art on the www.chaneydentist.com site https://www.chaneyproductions.com/wizards-run daily 0.75 2019-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1556570216883-79Q0PV0E1CUXZYFAMP7N/wizrunall.jpg Wizard's Run - Wizard’s Run Video from YouTube Another video of details. This is a Rolling Ball Sculpture. The balls roll down tracks, and different things happen to them. A ball roll in front of the wizard, stops, and the track drops away as the ball floats in the air by magnetic levitation. When it is done, it flies out to the right to another track. Another ball rolls onto a magic carpet, which then carries the ball up. A ball lands in a small cart pulled by a hand-pumped railroad car to the other side. After four balls get lined up on the upper left, they are released to go down a track, shooting off the track where they bounce off a pad, go up into the air, and land in a funnel. The Wobble Lift hands balls from one little “hand” to another to carry them up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1556570819086-GTAPA6CD5YK0ZWBMGM54/wizard.jpg Wizard's Run https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1556570818095-VTKR9OH6YC9J1GYVWSRK/carpet.jpg Wizard's Run https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1556570818252-IIMCQ9QMCHOIAA8KXLXI/sling.jpg Wizard's Run https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1556570818508-WX97NSSY7W1U2933KFYO/train.jpg Wizard's Run https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1556570819571-IPSMOYRCS3QTLBHGE9GE/wizrunlower.jpg Wizard's Run https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1556570820015-S6SECZGVPOLH3YU7QTDJ/wobble.jpg Wizard's Run https://www.chaneyproductions.com/vics-music daily 0.75 2021-06-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1556080258253-GVNZHQVBQVJFSAUQI6BK/vic.jpg Vic's Music https://www.chaneyproductions.com/h2opus daily 0.75 2019-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1556575076006-IHE37SNF5NAP56OAO8KM/front.jpg H 2 Opus - H 2 Opus Video “Don’t Get Around Much Anymore” Video “In The Mood” What kind of home project has 82 legs, horns, and will never have all of the "bugs" worked out of it? The answer is "H-2-Opus", a musical water fountain. It features a scene of insects surrounding a pond. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1556575495693-AKEZ941VS8VUEZLAS9YG/front+close.JPG H 2 Opus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1556575494590-1JPKKUPTWZU3PMEDZO49/bee+resting.jpg H 2 Opus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1556575494604-CRWEAHHYVOAIFGVLB2NK/bee.jpg H 2 Opus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1556575495145-IG6NIR2MVYUUD9DWATPO/BluesBros.jpg H 2 Opus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1556575495342-KT4A4224O4OV956R3KUB/Close+Lady+bug.jpg H 2 Opus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1556575495422-NH9GMQ6I7FCQZCWJMJDG/conductor.jpg H 2 Opus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1556575495555-N767BH28TORWIQL834SA/french+horn.JPG H 2 Opus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1556575496162-VYWDS7D71XF4JD9H6QJ6/horns.jpg H 2 Opus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1556575496175-NXOO5ON0TLF0C3X9XA5A/keys.JPG H 2 Opus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1556575496812-YVSVYFN2AOL5CZKMNJRH/right+side.JPG H 2 Opus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1556575497024-PSKK9N8K6KQPISW64PQX/tuba.JPG H 2 Opus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1556575497102-FLQV4H1SX7DTFKLIW7OF/turtle.jpg H 2 Opus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1556575496811-645B9LAKTX9WM2U4KQ3C/piano+roll.jpg H 2 Opus https://www.chaneyproductions.com/contactvic daily 0.75 2019-04-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1556595963728-F7SW3GLJ0TATZ8VI6E3D/bugdentist.JPG Contact Vic Chaney https://www.chaneyproductions.com/vics-creations daily 0.75 2024-04-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1585693003812-GTKL1PD4GRPUA5CT3XSI/Castle.jpg Vic's Creations - Castle In the Clouds A 3D printed castle is floating in air by magnetic levitation. Electricity is wirelessly transferred to the castle from below, to light the window of the castle and the clouds. An article on the construction of this has been published in Nuts & Volts Magazine in Issue 6 of the 2019 edition (released in July 2020). Video https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1556566297447-W1T6HX3CAH8LRJZ14YPY/train.jpg Vic's Creations - Vic’s creations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1556573510485-OUBEEPKTUPDNHE197NIZ/seance.jpg Vic's Creations - More crazy creations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1556572310295-2UT8VLLWQCXXFW6G5UJ1/ParOne.jpg Vic's Creations - Par One Video Par One is a golf themed Rolling Ball Sculpture. More… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1556573332160-6SPYJMYWG00HD6WB8WYP/MarbleCoaster.jpg Vic's Creations - Marble Coaster My first Rolling Ball Sculpture. It got me started making crazy things. I thought maybe people would think I was a little crazy making such a silly thing. Then it won Best of Show at the county fair, then “Creativity Award” (the top prize) at California State Fair’s Best of Show competition, went on the front page of the local newspaper, and I decided that people like crazy machines. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1556572619614-FHXH2TCNUXNYPQ9IOLBP/insectopia.jpg Vic's Creations - Insectopia A garden of insects, performing as a water fountain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/dc64e44c-e6cf-4c27-afcf-96c758fba29f/Figure+1.JPG Vic's Creations - The Graphing Altimeter Here is an altimeter that i designed, which tell your elevation and gives a graph of where you have been. It covers 8 ranges of time. I wrote an article on how to make it, which is published in Nuts and Volts Magazine, 2022 Issue-5. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1556566605728-88FXRXYHPX1PYPLI61TW/MLRMProjecting2.jpg Vic's Creations - Musical Laser Rainbow Machine Video https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1556566980644-E4RTY8JVLPXT2WRSHBMA/MLRM-Smoke2.JPG Vic's Creations Here the laser beams are made visible with smoke. Three beams exit at the left, where they would normally go through rotating pieces of lumpy clear glass. The upper and lower beams are a combination of red, green and blue lasers, which are combined by going through mirrors that pass one or two colors and reflect another color. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1585693313286-3EOBH99G9WD2WT0BLQGK/WeatherReadout.jpg Vic's Creations - The Graphing Weather Station This weather station graphs different aspects of the weather, displaying them on a color touch screen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1556572367386-P7QL8Y95I7V9MEC56SH6/H2O+front.jpg Vic's Creations - H-2-Opus Video One Video Two H-2-Opus: a musical water fountain with a band of insects. The insects play instruments shooting water from their instruments in time with the music, and aided by lights, lasers, and a fog machine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1556572785467-V2BUQQKO1AV1TCUDJ1MT/banjo.jpg Vic's Creations - Backpacking Banjo A banjo designed for backpacking: it weighs 3 pounds including the case. More… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1556567449832-PBN9NRX4J9Q7SE7XWHLN/wizrun.jpg Vic's Creations - Wizard’s Run Wizard's Run is a Rolling Ball Sculpture featuring a ball-levitating wizard, four balls bouncing through the air, an unusual "wobble lift", and a flying magic carpet. video on YouTube. another video of some more details. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1556572939368-DVQBVS747GNKSK1J75GM/CCDobro.jpg Vic's Creations - Cat-Can Dobro The Cat Can Dobro is a type of slide guitar. I made my plans for this instrument for the Boy Scouts to help them complete the Music Merit Badge. More… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1585693859154-6THZO8OTYK0AJ1I5897Y/WeatherInstOutside.jpg Vic's Creations Here are the outdoor elements to the weather station. The anemometer is on the left, wind vane with electronic compass on the right, self-emptying rain gauge lower front, and radiation-shielded temperature and humidity sensor lower back. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1556572526849-PBLD6C70W2R1KF5ZLB30/FMfront.jpg Vic's Creations - The Flying Marbellos Vic's Rolling Ball Sculpture has a circus theme, with a flying helicopter, a clown firing a ball out of a cannon, and other delights. https://www.chaneyproductions.com/cat-can-dobro daily 0.75 2019-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1556578101392-I6JL9WZDLRDFEBVPV8EO/CCDobro.jpg Cat Can Dobro - Cat can dobro https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1556578207434-UEYDXH3V3DSZ8WRDC80M/dobro.jpg Cat Can Dobro - A real Dobro The aluminum resonator is under the chrome circular device on the face of the guitar. https://www.chaneyproductions.com/welcome daily 1.0 2019-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1556586311702-151CY4BSB22HVX8V3CBT/Alexs-art.jpg Welcome - alex’s art For now, this will direct you to his art on the chaneydentist.com site https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1556576974335-UBVHKZ9O7LW6CCG7GCQJ/trainclose.jpg Welcome - Vic’s creations https://www.chaneyproductions.com/fireworking daily 0.75 2023-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1585689073220-3D7H2GP5I3GQKIZEKRA1/3dOnCircles.JPG Fireworking - Gluing the pieces Wood circles are 5 5/8” and 6 3/8 “ diameter. Pieces are put onto the wood circles, and test lined up before gluing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1585692398532-ZG7OU6JIB55KVVZZGQQA/BuildingShell1.JPG Fireworking The hemi is loaded with the first layer of stars. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1585689992148-DJHOF3YWGT6N8IKATPKJ/BuildingShell2.JPG Fireworking A larger ball half is wrapped with tissue, and placed into the stars, to get the tissue down into the hemi without disturbing the stars. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1585689991488-4QJXXEGH4A738VG3414N/BuildingShell3.JPG Fireworking Now the ball half is removed, and some burst powder is put into the bottom of the tissue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1585690008718-V3I5Q5P72TTJP2IEH9B3/BuildingShell4.JPG Fireworking Tissue is wrapped around the half ball of the jig, and the jig is fastened into position. Burst powder is packed into the space with a wood dowel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1585690011683-05E0PQSBMNO4GGN36JBN/BuildingShell5.JPG Fireworking The tissue from around the ball is spread out, and the jig is removed. Fast-drying spray lacquer on the tissue helps stiffen the tissue (optional), and then spray adhesive helps hold the stars in place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1585690026530-GDUNBQJM85VXBTEV5757/BuildingShell6.JPG Fireworking Now the inner petal of stars is loaded. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1585690032185-G4WYHCF5MAW9R7MRJG57/BuildingShell7.JPG Fireworking Similar to the first layer, a smaller tissue-wrapped ball is used to get tissue inside the layer of stars. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1585690038555-NGBHCGXOUQ5HV17VT0AA/BuildingShell8.JPG Fireworking Now burst powder is used to fill the inside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1585774114212-P364D9LMDN2M7VFTM7VU/WoodJig2.JPG Fireworking - A Jig of Wood I found out about making double petal shells from Cliff Pearson about 2 weeks before the big Winter Blast firework convention put on by the The Western Pyrotechnic Association in Arizona. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1585692660353-WO6CJPJPMU30OC6ED9DG/Burst01.jpg Fireworking - Introduction Double petal ball shell with pistil https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1585688851954-I9EKV5LINZK4N88LEXZI/JigPieces.JPG Fireworking - 3D Printed pieces Four pieces are ready to fasten together. Two circles of wood are made to hold the bottom supporting pieces in correct position, and the crosspiece has matching holes for the pegs sticking up from the lower pieces. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/3a46aedd-f3da-41ad-b5ec-4cb6020dfb28/BallShellSuper.jpg Fireworking Here and at the top are 6” shells made with this jig. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1585682831989-168995VVK5DXWOE5ZPZ9/3Djig.JPG Fireworking - A 3D Printed Jig Another way to make this jig, inspired by Cliff, is to print it with a 3D printer. So next I designed a variation of this jig and printed it on my 3D printer. https://www.chaneyproductions.com/woodjig daily 0.75 2020-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1585776222967-0QNRVT2INR894PBJ72YH/OutsideCurve.JPG WoodJig Here can be seen the second layer of oak joined to the lower layer. After gluing, it is trimmed on the outside to match the lower piece and sanded even. The curve is roughed in with a band saw, and then faired in with the lower layer and the crosspiece after it is all glued. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1585716050323-O5HUQFNWWLDGC49996ZQ/ClampingWood.JPG WoodJig The pieces here are glued up over the diagram. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1585776572855-UED5269O6AUZMSVCZHW5/JigBottom.JPG WoodJig - Bottom view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1585775857147-XM8QEIV4KF5U4IFMBTIB/WoodJig2.JPG WoodJig Here are instructions to make the Double Petal Ball Shell Jig out of wood. https://www.chaneyproductions.com/infinity-cube daily 0.75 2020-06-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1592862004956-9Y3CH0WL7W7O6M3INLRN/InfCubeWiringDetail.jpg Infinity Cube - Wiring detail I wired it all up on my worktable, and then put it into the cube, gluing each segment of strip with superglue. Which wires are longer between segments depends on which direction the path turns in the layout. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1592877062447-IZMWTAQZARH7G7LKK4D8/InfCubeCircuit2.jpg Infinity Cube - Circuit This is the circuit I used. The PCB makes it easy but there are alternatives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1592800416273-4JNECDUAOBG2MY1MWPI5/InfinityCubeInside.JPG Infinity Cube - The bottom, under the base. This holds the smart parts. The Teensy microcontroller is at the right. A 16-position switch allows different programs to be run: different sets of animations in three different intensities, and individual animations can also be watched one at a time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1592861839506-K12Q9DL0ZY81ZFGPH3G6/InfCubeMapStripSegments.jpg Infinity Cube - Map of the cube lights Here is how the segments of the DotStar strips are laid out, with the numbers used to address them in the code. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cbe625a348cd96a281270bd/1592799718287-UPQTQ105JXM71G0CUZ0U/InfinityCubeOutside.JPG Infinity Cube - The Infinity Cube Video A 3D printed box full of animation and color! 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