Unicycle Toy

Inspired by Roy Underhill of "The Woodwright's Shop" fame on PBS TV out of North Carolina, I show how I built a wooden toy unicycle with a little guy on it that rides on a tightrope. Mentioned in Season 28, episode 9 the "little guy", as called by Roy, has been a project that I have thought about making for quite a while.
Materials: Walnut for the body, Oak for the legs, Maple for the top hat
The little guy is approximately 10" tall, wheel is approximately 3" diameter
screws: #6 x 3/4" round headed

[@RochelleCooley-s4o]

I don't always watch Roy, but when I do, something cool always seems to be coming out of my shop . My grandson is gonna love it.❤

[@dolphinsleap]

i have ALWAYS loved watch the woodwright's shop. thank you for this video!!

[@harley1969chuco]

Very cool ...I'm going to give it a shot 😊

[@ramonhamm3885]

That is so cute! I used to watch Roy's show back in the 80's, so fun!

[@alessandroalberto6431]

Carinissimo !!! E come sa anche pedalare in retromarcia !!! Complimenti !!!

[@AntonioCarlos-pf5yo]

SELVA! Saudações ATLETICANAS! Amazing! Beautiful work! And that!

[@roopeshkrishna34]

Excellent build..!

[@kragge2]

Cute little toy!👍👍👍

[@pavel_timofey]

Perfectly! A real master! My respect to you!👍

[@gmendes1831]

Great job!

[@leonardopisano9575]

Amazing job!!! Congratulations from Argentina 😊

[@luissanchez6236]

Increible! Maravilloso trabajo! Felicitaciones y un Saludo desde argentina

[@JoaoGuerreiro-xj7by]

Engenhoso , muito bom , parabéns 🎊

[@gwheyduke]

Very nice work.

[@nicolassantos7222]

Muy buen trabajo felicitaciones desde Uruguay

[@Numan_khanToys]

Good work ❤

[@ronnyrice697]

That was a blast from the past thanks

[@kdub1953]

Brilliant! 👍🏻

[@adelaredding1594]

WOW!!! awesome toy!!! thank you!!!

[@vincecarnevale4406]

Bsck in the 50's one of the tv stations in the Phila. area used one these to bring out the weather for the day,it was called Elmo with the weather😊

[@jomiaer777]

Excellent, Congratulations.

[@dandagaiola4750]

É show de bola é só sucesso parabéns pela sua dicas muito legal parabéns mesmo ficou muito legal

[@klinger8689]

great job!

[@Renato-qv2do]

Muito legal a idéia, parece que o boneco realmente está pedalando 😊. Parabéns

[@snoopu2601]

That's way way cool👍🏽 I thought about making a balancing man with these metal bearings I have out of metal? I like to weld thing's up that have moving parts and let people interact with my art sculptures if people want to call it that. I usually make my stuff out of scrap metal.

[@2muchsawdust]

I would love to see your creation. Good luck

[@snoopu2601]

@@2muchsawdust yes I need to get a better video camera to record making stuff, with my phone all I would be able to do is record finished product of maybe 4 to 5 minutes? With a go pro I could record longer video's. You are right I do need to make video's of my art work I made from welding. I have been saving a lot o odds and ends metal that I'm going to make little art project's. Might as well start now Christmas is in a few month's. I'll have something to give away.

[@phoedjie1]

Good job. I like it. Good luck

[@2muchsawdust]

Thank you very much

[@nehemiasdasilva8817]

Parabéns, grande profissional , abraço aqui do Brasil 😉👍🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@gaweown]

Wouw,fantastic creatives

[@AntonioRamirez-bt7sz]

Maravilloso, gracias por compartir, Puede compartir los planos? Gracias nuevamente

[@Cellottia]

Very clever!

[@raymondmelly6576]

love it well made

[@mrdovie47]

Back in the 1950s the barber shop I went to in Detroit had a little guy on a bike that would go back and forth by itself on a line clear across the shop. I don't know if it had a motor or if the line was raised and lowered some way.

[@2muchsawdust]

I’ve seen them on string tied tied to the door, so every time the door opened and closed the little bike goes back and forth.

[@aleksandermojstrovic2279]

😂beautiful toy.pozdrav from Slovenija.

[@juvenilmendes]

Excelente gostei parabéns 👏👏

[@luismellado1344]

Excelente... donde puedo conseguir mas ideas.... o planos.... felicitaciones... desde Antofagasta, Chile

[@slothzombi307]

What a great toy from the past. I'm adding this to my to-do list.

[@ABILVIRGO]

Amazing

[@BODHISATTVA108]

Прикольная игрушка!

[@Лентяй-ж2п]

🇺🇦 ВАУ !!! Ну ти як папа Карло. І Буратіно. 👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@abdelait8972]

Good work that's worth watching and sharing Please Can u explain the mathematical formula u made for leg and thigh cuz it's not clear in thé vidéo. Thanks

[@2muchsawdust]

All you need to know is the distance from the hip pivot point to the pedal at its lowest rotation point. Once you have that distance you make the lower and upper leg lengths appropriately. The total length of the leg must be slightly longer than pedal to hip distance. Imagine riding a bicycle that’s too big for someone, or riding a bike that is too small. You either can’t reach the pedals with your feet or your knee hit the handlebars. Hope this helps.

[@robertcornelius3514]

Hmm. If you were to attach that one end of the string to a whiligig wheel, then the wind would cause it to move the string up and down. Just a thought.

[@otaviocampos7433]

Your activity is an admirable and joyful voiage to chilhood , congratulation

[@Сергей-у9я8ы]

Это шедевр!!!

[@pedropauloamaral623]

Hi!!!! Como faço para obter o molde do equilibrista?

[@DmitriyBril]

Ого, вот это тема.))))))))))

[@apiariosaojosecaliforniapr1754]

Top das Califórnia gostei

[@albeniasantos6759]

Muito bom parabéns nota 10000000❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@михаилроманов-ф7ч]

Отличная игрушка, спасибо! В детстве, был такой кот, на колесе. Хвост трубой, шляпа, и усы.))

[@jbartesanal5876]

Funcionou perfeitamente gostei

[@CarlosFerreira-kaiko]

Nice!

[@marciowashingtonmartins3954]

Nice

[@jucepineda]

Excente! Gracias!

[@migueljimenez8337]

Hi! I love the toy! Do you know if I could get it or buy it anywhere? My dad is a Physics teacher at University and would like the toy to show a few concepts to his students😊

[@2muchsawdust]

@@migueljimenez8337 I have never seen one for sale.

[@ИльдарГатауллин-б6с]

Очень милая игрушка

[@ประมวลบุญทา]

สุดยอดครับ

[@ianking-jv4hg]

Kamala and Linda Burney, Lydia would almost make a threeway first place, but it'd be close, photo finish.

[@tlbmusic]

Are plans available?

[@2muchsawdust]

I don’t have any plans on paper. As you see in the video I just made it up as I went along. I will give some rough measurements: 10-11” tall, 3” dia. Wheel.

[@andrejshamin1452]

Прикольная штука, но так как всё вручную, каждая игружка индивидуальная, а значит, дорогая. Можно делать в цветах города или штата - как сувенир.

[@renaldomeireles3776]

Esses bonecos e da hora

[@moisesherrera9118]

Muito legal gostei

[@samuelcorrea6056]

Show gostei

[@jacktheripper3682]

👍👍👍

[@aselbeltrao2373]

Que legal

[@mbahkantongbolong4948]

Salam,,,sayang tidak tertulis ukuran,satu persatu jadi tidak bisa meniru,harusnya kasih.salam kreatif sangat super sekali,saya suka.

[@2muchsawdust]

The little guy is about 10 inches tall. The wheel diameter is 3 inches. Things like this I don’t measure everything, I just guess. Happy woodworking to you.

[@vuongtran3212]

😂😂😂 👏👏👏 💖💖💖...!

[@alvarosa677]

Onde conseguir o tutorial

[@nanungagussetiyono1887]

🇮🇩🇮🇩🇮🇩👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@qwertasdfh2831]

😄😄👍

[@lalonexus30]

👉💯👍

[@canaldoportugues10]

💯💯💯💯💯💯👍🤝

[@adilabusafa]

يتعذر التعلق لا أعلم .

[@dodyhidayat4384]

Tempelet?

[@2muchsawdust]

I didn’t use a template. Hardly ever do unless I am making multiples.

[@Bluzmen-l7l]

Интересны только последние 15 секунд.

[@mikejustice1196]

🍪

[@raymondo162]

you wasted all that time making the main wheel - it would have been simpler to use the lathe that you use to make the top hat .............. ???

[@2muchsawdust]

You are probably right. I think if I make another, I’ll try and make the body on the lathe as well.

[@2muchsawdust]

That didn’t take that long to file that wheel groove.

[@1trustnjc]

I cannot get the metal rod in the wheel not to spin

[@davidglemboski258]

Good thing you're not God.........trial and error creationism???????????

[@otzivaika6019]

Что это еще за дроби?? Выглядит, как издевательство. Попроще нельзя было?

[@2muchsawdust]

I filmed this for my middle school students. The fractions were trying to convey the length of the legs segments.

[@jayboyee452]

Nice!

[@rakeshsharma-hi6nt]

Nice