An Unnecessarily Heavy Box w/ Epoxy & Aluminum Honeycomb Accents

[@Paul-qu4kl]

Not at all surprised to detect a fondness for CGP Grey's content. Hexagons really are bestagons!

[@nicholassels7411]

literally scrolled down to Type "hexagons are the bestagons" and as soon as I started to type he said it and I was delighted.

[@misterforest6574]

For future reference, if you use a thicker board and resaw down the middle. Then, cut the 2 boards into thirds. You will be able to have a close wrapping grain pattern.

[@kipsimpson2332]

I was wondering if someone would share this. I knew there was a clever way to do it involving resawing but could not remember specifics. Thank you for this comment.

[@DominusFeles]

Beat me to it by half a week!

[@iamspartakus]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/iYbHZHxsgN1kkJIsi=B3vhYCGbyV0rtUYU Here's a good tutorial for those of us that need pictures to go with words

[@grumpywoodchucker]

That epoxy-filled, honeycomb is absolutely stunning. Great idea.

[@darklord4345]

For every 100 or so videos the algorithm throws my way, I usually get only 1 that piques my interest, very happy to have this be the 1% for this month! Absolutely love the dimpled finish you got on the honeycomb/epoxy!

[@marc_frank]

frigates are beautiful not matter if bird or boat and so is this box nice work!

[@marc_frank]

go watch Sampson Boat Co

[@Thoron_of_Neto]

As someone who works in the aviation industry (technician, not engineer) I loved watching this unfold, and would honestly be over the moon if someone had something like this made for me. Very amazing project, just found your channel!

[@joshish9884]

Hexagons are the bestagons! Also, I LOVE that you left the texture on that epoxy honeycomb, in my usual obsession with making everything as linear as possible, I likely would've machined off that texture, but the piece is so much better with it. It almost adds an organic quality to it that really gives it character.

[@bytesizedengineering]

Super cool Winston

[@ajfinewoodworks3050]

Very nicely done! I loved the texture of the honeycomb. It's been said before, and I agree with Mister Forest, the resaw down the middle trick will get you grain matched around the entire box.

[@BreakingTaps]

Hexagons are the bestagons! Beautiful project, cheers for sharing! That honeycomb came out really great. It added a lot of interest to the piece and really transformed it from "meh box" to "wow look at that box!". Great work as always :)

[@PapaFlammy69]

Awesome work, Winston

[@davisburnside9609]

Your thorough documentation saves countless hours of mistakes for your viewers :)

[@tec4303]

Embedding Aluminum hneycomb in Epoxy is a really interesting idea!

[@woogaloo]

Absolutely gorgeous! Hexagons are awesome. I know you wanted it more opaque, but that was really nice how it was - just enough to see through, but not all the way. The frigate birds were a nice touch.

[@MikesTropicalTech]

Fantastic design and execution, bravo Winston!

[@evilutionltd]

Amazing. The only thing I would add would be a hinge for the lid and a chain stay to hold the lid in the open position. Ohh and obviously an internal LED to shine through the honeycomb.

[@42Pursuit]

Gorgeous project with excellent execution. And hexagons! I learn something on every video of yours I watch, and I always come away with inspiration to do things in ways I hadn't thought of before. Thanks for these top notch videos 👍

[@gkelly]

The honeycomb panels turned out amazing. Love the finished product!

[@kipsimpson2332]

This looks sharp. Nicely done. Thank you for sharing the mistakes. You probably spared others from future frustration which is pretty righteous.

[@tjiani111]

Hexagons ate the bestagons!

[@ddegn]

You are what you eat.

[@fierceflyer5]

Winston another amazing project. Thanks for sharing

[@ClintonCaraway-CNC]

I could feel the nervous tension in the air as the magnet holes were milled into the top. Thank goodness Mr.Murphy was in court somewhere else that day!!

[@DuhRake]

Very cool project, thanks for sharing!

[@DominusFeles]

Great hexpectations 😝

[@AllanScheSar]

That is amazing Winston. Thanks, that you shared this with us.

[@pmelchman]

Great job Winston. I think one of your best gift projects yet😀

[@IMEEMADE]

Awesome work as always Winston!

[@ThatGeekyMaker]

Beautiful!

[@ssWinni]

I love these build videos! Great content and outstanding work! You can Use a box fan to help the curb exothermic reaction on the epoxy, just place it on one side it’ll help. And use the straw trick to get glue and export squeeze out in corners

[@billm2158]

Nice job Winston!

[@Kultainenlohikaarme]

Winston, your channel is by far my favorite CNC channel! The way you bring things to a point without being too CNC-geeky* is just great! I sorely miss your longer and more detailed video formats of old, though. Please make more of those again and generally, please make more videos! You can put as much Carbite 3D pitching in there as you (or they) like - as long as you make videos :D. *like e.g. NYC-CNC. Great channel, but somewhat stressful for a beginner/hobbyist whose native language is not English. Have to stop their videos every 5 mins to look up some CNC expressions...

[@gabrielpursley2812]

This is a brilliant build! Amazing work!!

[@MacLeodGolf]

Awesome video. I really enjoyed watching this one. Very creative.

[@legionjames1822]

Nice box man. Running an industrial cnc now too at work

[@TaylorSchumacher255]

Very dope design!

[@MakersBestFriend]

BAM HEXAGONS!

[@resina_tabasco]

I really liked the result, you are good and jealous of your tools

[@kwaaaa]

Double-sided tape. Ah, Winston is a man who lives dangerously.

[@garagemonkeysan]

Great film and story telling. Box is killer, very unique. Mahalo for sharing! : )

[@louvoodoo]

This is amazing, great work!

[@foggycontacts3212]

About time your back!! Love your work!

[@DanielH]

Nice work. I love the box

[@carl_busch]

A beautiful project.

[@InformatrIIcks]

That 100% machined box looks amazing ! Why all the cool things aren't financially viable ?

[@BaconbuttywithCheese]

Very nice, the epoxy parts would make a cool accent on almost any enclosure, thinking speakers with backlit volume digits....

[@hotfuzz1913]

Nice work as always Sir

[@danilolattaro]

Hexagons are the bestagons!

[@larcomj]

oh that aluminum honeycomb brings back memories. I was an aircraft mechanic in the Airforce and i was ordering a replacement latrine door and to my surprise they wanted $10000 for one. Ya thats five zeros after the one....... WOW.

[@TheOttacat]

Very creative

[@JohnColgan.]

Great to se & absorb your machining processes ... Need Input - J5!

[@dimdimdu54]

Great project, you should have polish the epoxy on the outside to have a much more shiner result !

[@abcqer555]

Awesome work

[@JF32304]

Really well done!! Beautiful piece! What machine has the guide rails on it for the aluminum machining? I know the shapeoko can't do aluminum....

[@homeschooledinfilms]

Nice work man

[@sabersaw5611]

Very cool! I'm shocked you used totalboat instead of the multiple other choices that are actually deep Pour resins. Total boat is a bit dated. There are resins out there than can do 4".

[@ericmercer9208]

✨Hexagons are the bestagons!✨

[@nexustotus]

Welcome back !

[@youzh8739]

So beautiful! Do you sell the box?

[@marcus_w0]

I see you whipping around those perfect pieces of aluminum honeycomb... where did you get those? I'm searching my ass of for it and it seems to be quite impossible to get them in "normal" sizes for a decent price.

[@YooProjects]

Great box bro:))

[@austinfox4130]

Magic, NO magnets! 😆

[@clayflannery2608]

Hey Winston what clamps are you using at @5:35 ?

[@shunt6228]

As another engineer, this box resonates with me on so many levels And im guessing y’all are too far away for it to be practical for me to try and order one lol

[@Rower93]

HEXAGONS ARE THE BESTAGONS!

[@phillipstephenson1597]

cool but would have like to see the blue epoxy and honey come continued into the lid.

[@jamesdash1906]

I want one !!!

[@jasonkoth8593]

How would you create both tool paths; one for the miters and the other for the edge chamfer in carbide create?

[@WinstonMakes]

You would need to do the math (basic trig) to figure out how far to radially offset a contour to follow, and also how deep to have a V-bit go.

[@LucasHartmann]

You CAN make the wood grain wrap all around. Your way looks way cooler, though.

[@bentebrunsvelt319]

Super project make good chips👍👍🇳🇱

[@ejrupp9555]

book matching ... run with it.

[@trentw26]

really though, how do magnets work

[@mingyanglu8679]

does anyone know how he does it to make the dimension lines green in fusion?

[@WinstonMakes]

Green lines usually denote “fixed” lines. Right click on a sketch line and select “fix/unfix”.

[@Jkauppa]

sphere-gon is the bester form

[@Jkauppa]

hollow ball attach together

[@joshuavincent7884]

Nice but Im surprised you didnt machine the honeycomb yourself

[@bettyswallocks6411]

If, According to Musk, the best part is no part, then surely the best polygon is a nonagon?

[@automan1223]

many epoxies have an etchant you can order to improve bonding to aluminum and certain metals. Consult your epoxy seller.

[@OldGuyWoodworks]

I hate open ended designs from clients.

[@jan_phd]

Nope, I like 'dodecagons'.

[@davidpolacek4902]

be carefull while working on, sanding, curing epoxy - wear A2P3 mask

[@ittybitbobo7657]

I cant wait to go out and buy tens of thousands of dollars on fancy equiptment so i can make a stupid box and talk not stop because i like to hear myself...