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March 30, 2016 7:45 PM Subscribe
That is fascinating and beautiful.
posted by jeather at 8:18 PM on March 30, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by jeather at 8:18 PM on March 30, 2016 [1 favorite]
Squeeee!
posted by AlexiaSky at 8:23 PM on March 30, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by AlexiaSky at 8:23 PM on March 30, 2016 [1 favorite]
His whole youtube channel is great, I am going to end up spending all day watching these.
posted by jeather at 8:25 PM on March 30, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by jeather at 8:25 PM on March 30, 2016 [1 favorite]
There's a coloured pencil / pencil crayon vase going around right now, that's also awesome.
posted by jacquilynne at 8:36 PM on March 30, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by jacquilynne at 8:36 PM on March 30, 2016 [1 favorite]
I have a lathe. And a loaf pan I wouldn't mind sacrificing. A 13" Pullman pan. Oh Lordy.
posted by middleclasstool at 8:45 PM on March 30, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by middleclasstool at 8:45 PM on March 30, 2016 [1 favorite]
I think if you made it in a big can in the first place you'd start a lot closer to the final shape.
I like lathing but the amount of material that gets wasted vs the final product has always bugged me (irrationally).
posted by GuyZero at 9:06 PM on March 30, 2016 [1 favorite]
I like lathing but the amount of material that gets wasted vs the final product has always bugged me (irrationally).
posted by GuyZero at 9:06 PM on March 30, 2016 [1 favorite]
How easy/hard would it be to reclaim/reuse the shavings from the vase, to maybe melt into the block for another one?
Or would that stuff be too full of dirt or sawdust to want to use?
posted by Mister Moofoo at 9:18 PM on March 30, 2016
Or would that stuff be too full of dirt or sawdust to want to use?
posted by Mister Moofoo at 9:18 PM on March 30, 2016
I think re-melting the shavings would just give you a muddy brown chunk of wax, which you certainly could make a vase out of, but it might not be particularly satisfying.
posted by ssg at 9:27 PM on March 30, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by ssg at 9:27 PM on March 30, 2016 [1 favorite]
I think you could use the shavings by pressing them in a mold or die, maybe with a little melting to hold the form.
posted by krinklyfig at 10:50 PM on March 30, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by krinklyfig at 10:50 PM on March 30, 2016 [2 favorites]
the amount of material that gets wasted vs the final product has always bugged me
Anyone who has looked after a toddler can attest that most crayon wax does not fulfill its colouring destiny.
posted by rh at 11:57 PM on March 30, 2016 [12 favorites]
Anyone who has looked after a toddler can attest that most crayon wax does not fulfill its colouring destiny.
posted by rh at 11:57 PM on March 30, 2016 [12 favorites]
He sounds like Neil deGrasse Tyson. He may be the Neil deGrasse Tyson of crayon turning.
posted by nalaiva at 1:32 AM on March 31, 2016
posted by nalaiva at 1:32 AM on March 31, 2016
When that brick of crayons is being turned, the smell must rank up there with cookies being baked.
posted by klarck at 4:36 AM on March 31, 2016 [6 favorites]
posted by klarck at 4:36 AM on March 31, 2016 [6 favorites]
He may be the Neil deGrasse Tyson of crayon turning.
You mean people all around the internet will get frothy with rage every time he tries to educate people in his field of expertise using contemporary pop culture examples, and will declare him the worst person in the world for doing so? God, I hope not.
I think if you made it in a big can in the first place you'd start a lot closer to the final shape.
Yeah, that might actually work, but the can would need to have perfectly smooth sides, not the middle-of-the-can ripple that canned foodstuffs normally have, or you'd literally have to cut the can away to get it off. In fact, that makes me realize that the Pullman pan might not work. It's perfectly rectangular (doesn't taper toward the bottom) and the sides are slightly rippled to give the dough something to climb. It could be harder to get the brick out without breaking it.
posted by middleclasstool at 5:34 AM on March 31, 2016
You mean people all around the internet will get frothy with rage every time he tries to educate people in his field of expertise using contemporary pop culture examples, and will declare him the worst person in the world for doing so? God, I hope not.
I think if you made it in a big can in the first place you'd start a lot closer to the final shape.
Yeah, that might actually work, but the can would need to have perfectly smooth sides, not the middle-of-the-can ripple that canned foodstuffs normally have, or you'd literally have to cut the can away to get it off. In fact, that makes me realize that the Pullman pan might not work. It's perfectly rectangular (doesn't taper toward the bottom) and the sides are slightly rippled to give the dough something to climb. It could be harder to get the brick out without breaking it.
posted by middleclasstool at 5:34 AM on March 31, 2016
really quite cool!
posted by rebent at 6:14 AM on March 31, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by rebent at 6:14 AM on March 31, 2016 [1 favorite]
(Regarding Neil deGrasse Tyson):
middleclasstool: "You mean people all around the internet will get frothy with rage every time he tries to educate people in his field of expertise using contemporary pop culture examples, and will declare him the worst person in the world for doing so?"
You and I must be on a totally different Internet.
posted by Bugbread at 6:24 AM on March 31, 2016 [1 favorite]
middleclasstool: "You mean people all around the internet will get frothy with rage every time he tries to educate people in his field of expertise using contemporary pop culture examples, and will declare him the worst person in the world for doing so?"
You and I must be on a totally different Internet.
posted by Bugbread at 6:24 AM on March 31, 2016 [1 favorite]
I was surprised he didn't cut the corners off (octagons for turning) before he started turning. Especially since he thought it was going to explode.
posted by zinon at 7:37 AM on March 31, 2016
posted by zinon at 7:37 AM on March 31, 2016
You and I must be on a totally different Internet.
It may be a peculiarity of my Twitter follows, but oh my God do people on Twitter freak out whenever he posts anything at all about physics in sci-fi movies.
posted by middleclasstool at 9:31 AM on March 31, 2016
It may be a peculiarity of my Twitter follows, but oh my God do people on Twitter freak out whenever he posts anything at all about physics in sci-fi movies.
posted by middleclasstool at 9:31 AM on March 31, 2016
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Note: those flakes that come off as he's working? Exactly what it looks like when you try to shave a unicorn (don't ask)
posted by gwint at 8:00 PM on March 30, 2016 [6 favorites]