Playing with Plato (Zen Magnets)

[@marciantoniuk3714]

Sweet video! The black background makes everything so easy to see :-)

[@Balgore8]

Very challenging ways of assembling each platonic solid, nicely done.

[@boydedwards5475]

The techniques seem pretty straightforward to me, Balgore8 - I guess it's just what you're used to, though it does take some practice to get them right. The reason for choosing the open frame architecture is that you can see through and understand the Platonic solids better. Thanks for having a look at the video, and for commenting on it!

[@Balgore8]

Yeah I guess it definitely comes down to what you're familiar with. Did you learn at the beginning with open frame single-dot lines? I attempted a 15-dot-sided pentagon dodecahedron assembly when I first started, that was only a single line thick, and I struggled to get it together (and once I did, the shape had no strength and couldn't support itself lol). So that's why I consider these types of assemblies more challenging than the easier "filled" platonic solids you can make with one set using 6 or 9 dot triangles for the icosahedron/tetrahedron/octahedron and using a filled 10 dot pentagon for a dodecahedron.

[@boydedwards5475]

Balgore8 You're right that using filled pentagons for the dodecahedron is easier to build. But the design lacks the clean lines and simple beauty of the single-strand design, in my opinion, because the faces are not flat and you can't see through the faces very well in order to appreciate its symmetry. The icosahedron that I build in the video follows the standard technique (appearing in Shihan's amazing video and elsewhere), with twenty triangles of 9 magnets each. You can also build it with rings of 12 or more magnets each, but this would exceed the 216-magnet limit on the video entries. The designs for the other four solids are original, as far as I know. I didn't start out building the open-frame single-strand designs, but developed them later. Anyone who follows the techniques in my video should be able to replicate all of the shapes.

[@MrDarren690]

Amazing work. I was very surprised when you folded up the platonic cube into a "regular" 6 x 6 cube (216 dots)! The size of the shapes made it seem like you had much more than that.

[@allinkedupalways4163]

holy cow you're amazing me and my 9 year old are so impressed

[@boydedwards5475]

Thanks!

[@EpicMagnets]

I am amazed...!!! U r simply great..🤩

[@Mathnetism]

I really like your video! The transitions between the different platonic solids are awesome!

[@boydedwards5475]

Thanks so much. Your Zen Magnets Flagship Entry is amazing. When I see your incredible shapes in the Zen Magnets gallery, I've often wondered about how you make them. In your flagship entry, I see the wizard in action, and it's magical.

[@user-kenny1970]

Mathnetism

[@clairegrover7038]

Mesmerizing! So cool.

[@boydedwards5475]

Thanks, Claire. Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Magneticplay]

AWESOME,you're so great ,when 54 ring to 27,then 9,and then 12,that's amazing ,it just like reproductive cell division in biology! Good luck for the contest!

[@boydedwards5475]

Interesting cell division analogy. Great job on your hollow cube design. That's a tough one!

[@boydedwards5475]

shengze King I look forward to seeing them!

[@hiphoponeworld]

I love your videos man. Big ups from Sweden.

[@boydedwards5475]

Thanks!!!

[@GeometricMagnetics]

Very well done, the presentation is awesome, I love the video idea, and the ties with the elements fit nicely. I too, often think of the incredible things that people like Davinci, Escher and Plato would have made with zen.

[@boydedwards5475]

This means a lot coming from you, Geometric Magnetics. Thanks. Your video is amazingly original, and just flows from one new shape to another.

[@GalaxyTraveler]

Great flow morphing each shape to the next one! Also good concept and high quality, good luck for the contest :)

[@boydedwards5475]

Thanks! I can't find your entry. Can you share a link to it?

[@boydedwards5475]

Fantastic - love it! Good luck! For the benefit of others, here's the link to Galaxy Traveler's amazing video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJ2aZKGdaddseas.

[@davidtoc]

Really nicely done!

[@boydedwards5475]

+David Toccafondi Thanks!

[@andrewdesilva7947]

David Toccafondi djfjkfjf

[@sewerynlaszewicz7471]

this is ILLUMINATY

[@SamChaneyProductions]

Classic! I like the informative comments.

[@boydedwards5475]

Thanks!

[@koozdra]

Really cool!

[@boydedwards5475]

Thanks, Dimitri!

[@gutenberggomes3174]

Excellent!

[@esilvag62]

Amazing, congrats !

[@boydedwards5475]

Thanks!

[@lucianotwotimes2821]

Wow I'm so impressed you are really good at this and I really like your videos!!! I usually tell my friends to subscribe to you!!

[@boydedwards5475]

Thanks for the recommendations, and the compliments!

[@magventure1019]

Wow great, I Made Some and Your dodecahedron is great

[@boydedwards5475]

Thanks, and congratulations!

[@roltenpk8101]

are they 2.5 cm or bigger?

[@boydedwards5475]

They are 5 mm in diameter, sold by zenmagnets.com.

[@creepercast4147]

Oh man you did Amazing!mi love your videos

[@boydedwards5475]

+Creeper Cast Thanks!

[@mefecool2079]

you are really awasome

[@artnfashion2653]

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[@SuperMokez]

Well the vid came out great, it's probably my favorite ive seen so far. I was trying to do the cube with rounded corners.. made it to the part where you fill in the holes on each side and couldn't seem to get them to land right. This is my first day with them but Ive had some of the tiny little micro magnets for a few days.. those things are awful. Wish I had known about these when I was a kid.. they're the ultimate toy.

[@boydedwards5475]

I'm honored that you enjoy the video. I love the magnets, too. When you fill in the 4-magnet holes, if the polarity is right, the little 4-magnet squares just snap into place. Try turning the little square over if it's not going in right.

[@thepip3599]

Cool polyhedrons! Next move on to polychorons! 😉 I want to see a hyper-diamond! polychoron = 4th dimensional shape. Hyper-diamond = the sixth 4th dimensional Platonic solid. (yes, in the 4th dimension there are six Platonic solids.) there is no 3D equivalent of it.

[@briankerr4512]

If you want to see what a magnetic field looks like in a ferrocell just click my icon. Hardly any body knows what a ferrocell is. simply it is 2 pieces of glass with ferrofluid between them and lit with LED lights. A magnet is placed close to the glass and a visual of the magnet field is seen. Its 3d too but you cant really see that in a video.

[@thekweenofbling3621]

I bow down to the MASTA=(MASTER)

[@InfectTheNet]

So jealous. I wish I had this much talent. I fear I'll never be able to get my collection to grow. At least I'm getting married soon though!

[@boydedwards5475]

Thanks, InfectTheNet. Congratulations on getting married! That's a talent, for sure!

[@manye4259]

how many do you need

[@boydedwards5475]

+Mbainyeya Nwobegono You need just 216 magnets to make all of the shapes in the video.

[@minbeauty]

It’s very easy to build for me

[@-doge-5224]

your fingers must hurt from doing all those shapes

[@ЛеснойБоровик-б5ш]

- DOGE - don't cry

[@aeviwright7846]

I've spent hours fiddling with them with and without the pvc card so not likely and my hands are far from the most durable.

[@SuperMokez]

why does mine come out wrong every time when I do the exact same thing you do lol

[@boydedwards5475]

The problem could be polarity. Each magnet has a north and a south pole. Opposite poles attract each other. These poles are invisible, but tend to cause frustration if you're trying to connect magnets together with the poles misaligned. If you always use the same end of the same magnet chain as you build, then you can be guaranteed that the end of the chain always has the same polarity, and the build will go more smoothly.

[@SuperMokez]

Boyd Edwards wow didn't expect a reply this quick or in the middle of the night. I understand polarity well enough, it's more just the technical little connections and fiddling with them that you seem to do effortlessly.. they just seem to have other plans when it looks like I'm doing the exact same thing haha. Did you film this all in one run?

[@boydedwards5475]

Yes, I did it all in one take, but the video is speeded up (so it looks like I'm more proficient than I really am) and I made one or two cuts, as I remember. I practiced the entire sequence a lot before shooting this video, and I still made a couple of mistakes. During the transition between the tetrahedron and the octahedron, I pinched a corner at the wrong place, and during the construction of the icosahedron, a couple of triangles stuck together prematurely. I find the dodecahedron to be the most difficult - I practiced it a lot. So, yeah, the magnets do what they want to do, but with practice, you can bend them to your will. That's part of the fun - becoming one with the magnets and understanding one another.

[@Fabian04_]

Well done! Did you have to cut some scenes or did you record the whole video in one try? Think you would have needed a lot of tries to get it done perfectly :D Galaxy will publish his video after the deadline ;)

[@boydedwards5475]

Thanks, KylarF1. I did it all in one take, and yes, it took a lot of rehearsals to prepare for that one take. There were a few little cuts that I made, but it is all one take. Are you going to submit an entry?

[@Fabian04_]

Boyd Edwards Yes I will... just finished it an hour ago! I don't think that it will be a favorite for the first/ second place but it was a completely new experience for me to create a video and I had some fun :)

[@boydedwards5475]

KylarF1 I look forward to seeing it!

[@СофіяКравченко1.0]

Ваууууууу!

[@1rayan567]

Illuminati confirmed

[@user-kenny1970]

好力咳

[@roltenpk8101]

I wanted to say mm

[@boydedwards5475]

Thanks. I figured that is what you meant.

[@stickmanunited4061]

Boyd Edwards I

[@ЛеснойБоровик-б5ш]

dislike

[@clairegrover7038]

Mesmerizing. So cool!