Creating the Jacks game pieces in the last project, refreshed a memory for many years ago of a similar creation with only four arms instead of the more usual six arms. The problem is that I could not figure out how to turn a four arm piece without a lot of carving. After all, I […]
Read More...As a child I played jacks – the game where you scatter the six prong pieces. Then throw the ball and let it bounce. But before the second bounce, pick up a quota of jacks pieces. The quota starts as onezies, the twozies, and so on. Then when I saw a large metal jack piece […]
Read More...I love these octahedrons. They are one of the most simple multi-axis turnings. They start with a sphere which I have been demonstrating for many years. I skipped quickly through the sphere portion in this video to focus more on the multi-axis turning. The sphere is oriented on three axes. If you think of a […]
Read More...This video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. But, you’re already here! As I’ve noted before, I was impressed by demonstrations by Max Brosi at the AAW Symposium at Raleigh, NC this summer. At first, I could not figure out how to turn this octahedron. However, once I understood the process that Max […]
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