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@Notashortmidget
Жыл бұрын
Give us the rabbit template!
I would absolutely LOVE to see a template for the “Holy Grail Trojan Rabbit “. They all look fantastic, but that rabbit is something I didn’t know I needed.
@secretagb
2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely!
@BrianBarth
2 жыл бұрын
Agreed 100%
@ShaeSandybanks
2 жыл бұрын
Same. Like so much
@Notashortmidget
Жыл бұрын
Yes
@cassandrabeacom4474
Жыл бұрын
Yes, I need to get this for my husband for Christmas.
No offense Bob, but this might be the first time the rest of the team out shined you. Those towers are awesome!
@Iliketomakestuff
2 жыл бұрын
I surround myself with talented people.
@steamer2k319
2 жыл бұрын
@@Iliketomakestuff Indeed. FWIW, we need a video on how that Trojan Bunny was made.
@jebowlin3879
2 жыл бұрын
@@steamer2k319 that one was by far the best one, not the prettiest and not the simplest but the best one imo
@Givemepeacealone
2 жыл бұрын
I mean they just printed stuff out or bought something and painted it, he cut and glued something and did electrics?
@bicdut
2 жыл бұрын
@@Givemepeacealone printing is a pain Source(s): Dude trust me
Really awesome towers. My only opinion/critique is with your acrylic tower: If there's ever a rev.2, would be nice if you could move the switch itself into the base and use an acrylic rod to push the switch. This would help clean up the aesthetics by hiding the black switch and the black and red wires. Other than that, still an awesome tower.
@Iliketomakestuff
2 жыл бұрын
oooh, A push rod is a fantastic idea.
@HollowRoll
2 жыл бұрын
I was thinking the same thing
@LionsSlappy
2 жыл бұрын
Goooood idea!
@VEE727
2 жыл бұрын
I was thinking a vibration sensor installed in the base could work as well
Thanks for featuring our Wizard Dice tower! The Rapunzel-tower paint job looks amazing!
My first dice tower was a pringles can with skewers punched through the sides I added hot glue to the sides to give it a rock like texture and painted it black an then off gray dry brushed on the sides. It worked well enough.
@Iliketomakestuff
2 жыл бұрын
That sounds amazing!
@bretlemieux2489
2 жыл бұрын
@@Iliketomakestuff as I said it worked well enough my second or was a pringles can with cardboard stairs a hole cut out the side and lack paint like a dark tower to go against my light tower.
@noahzinc
2 жыл бұрын
Love the idea. I might have to try something like that.
Any chance you'll be building a DM's screen that matches the table? I would love to see your take - especially with some embedded magnets and accessories! Loving these TTRPG-inspired videos!
To make sure the dice don't slide, you could always add little drops of super glue or epoxy, just add a little entropy to the system
@secretagb
2 жыл бұрын
hot glue..easy, rubbery, grippy
@rosascreativeworks5403
2 жыл бұрын
Entropy! Love it! Yesssssss....
Not long ago you mentioned those acrylic hinges on the podcast and how you've never had a reason to use them and here you are. Awesome project! Diy dice towers.
I would love to hear your D&D sessions. Time for another podcast! Also, When Geeks Craft is excellent and everyone should check them out!
@Iliketomakestuff
2 жыл бұрын
Yes on all fronts.
Hi Megan! Welcome to the team!
I watch every video anyway, but this was a particularly eye-catching thumbnail! Probably your best yet!
I really like the castle tower. You all have a great imagination. Makes me want to learn to play the game
All of these are fantastic! Great stuff guys!
@Iliketomakestuff
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much!
It seems so fun. Also miss your outdoor builds.
@Iliketomakestuff
2 жыл бұрын
The weather is getting nicer, so we'll be doing more.
Nice dice tower, I'm so happy you mentioned that box maker website because it's just what a need for a project I'm working on
Always thought the main purpose of a dice tower (at least my reason for wanting one) was to keep the dice contained. Making sure they don't roll off the table or onto the game playing surface (possibly knocking over minis and pieces). Also adds some cushion so they aren't so loud rolling on a table.
I liked your tower, if I made it my own, I would have used speaker wire with clear insulation for the switch, and given it a landing platform, like many of your contemporaries with a fancy clear acrylic hinge so it could fold for transport. Maybe thrown in a rechargeable battery. Overall nice work everyone.
“And by that, I mean move it to another saw!” I felt that in my soul! Lol
Can we please get a video for that wooden tray? Seriously, tho. a good follow up could be making your own dice boxes/vaults.
Love all of these! Awesome work guys and gals!
Sweet towers! I made a dice tower with two cardboard faux books boxes from Michaels (which I decorated to look like spellbooks from Yu-Gi-Oh). Now I'm remembering all my other tower ideas I gotta try.
HEY THATS US!!!!
@Iliketomakestuff
2 жыл бұрын
Whoa it is you! Everyone should go follow their channel.
@WhenGeeksCraft
2 жыл бұрын
@@Iliketomakestuff Couldn't agree more. Come on party people. head on down.
I really dig all the towers! Well done guys.
looks good guys. All of them
@Iliketomakestuff
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
The wooden tray is gorgeous!
I have made a few Dice towers out of pallet wood, supper simple tower, but they work nice, very creative team there Bob, keep up the awesome work
they all look so cool
Very cool video today Bob and the team. This turned out very well there. Hopefully you get great use out of it for many years to come Bob. Can't wait to see more videos soon. Keep up the great craftsmanship and hard work BoB. Keep making. ClampChamp. God bless.
all of those look cool as hell, good job!
Very fun. Love all of them.
Fantastic work, guys! Brilliant ideas!!! 😃 Stay safe there with your families! 🖖😊
Thank you for the makercase reference. I have had a LED planned tower that I had been wondering how to do the base.
I really like the Mario pipe the best, it's simple but not too simple, and it's just the right size. What'd be really neat for a second revision, add a little Mario or Luigi figurine at the top that plunges the dice into the pipe to roll it.
Cool towers. Will need to make something like this for my brother who is into D&D
"So this is a cool thing that I found on Amazon years ago and I bought them just in case I would ever have a need for them. And today's the day! Now I just have to find them." I FEEL SEEN! 🤣🤣 Love you Bob!
@sternentigerkatze
2 жыл бұрын
I know that feeling! XD
I made a plinko like dice tower board thing a few years ago. Maybe I'll finally finish it with a tray and start using it.
these were all really great.
Loving the TTRPG builds!
Those are cool!
Another bad ass vid, and I’m glad the crew got in on it too
@Iliketomakestuff
2 жыл бұрын
I love seeing what they create.
The sliding you saw is probably why there are designs out there where there are bumpers/ledges on the ramps to add more tumble triggers for the dice on the way down. I love the lights!
Fantastic video. On a scale from 1-10 I give it a 20! You're like the Jedi of D&D for having constructed your own dice tower
These are all super cool in their own way and construction. Are you going to/able to release a video showing them all being made? Keep up the great work!!
Awesome team!
Ooh I've gotta make that Mario pipe one!! That's such a good idea!!!
Very cool to see so many different versions of something with the same function. I love dice towers, cause they are practical and can even be used as scenery if made to look like the setting of what ever the game you play is. I made several of xps foam and some of eva foam. They make very little noise when used because the softness of the materials, specially the eva foam ones. Otherwise, if you don't like the rattling noise you can always glue some felt or similar to the inside to soften it a bit.
I wish y'all would upload the model for the Mario tube dice roll. My son saw that and wanted one immediately!
That ending looked pretty dicey
SO COOL!!!!
Love it bob
Super cool!!
@Iliketomakestuff
2 жыл бұрын
THank you!
Love it! Those are awesome! 💙💛😎
KILLER TROJAN BUNNY!!
Dice towers are great, there are so many fun possibilites of what to shape them as to fit a particular theme. Over on my channel I made one in the shape of a bird house for the board game Wingspan.
@Iliketomakestuff
2 жыл бұрын
It looks awesome, great job!
@ThatGeekyMaker
2 жыл бұрын
@@Iliketomakestuff Thanks!
Damn those are all amazing.
@Iliketomakestuff
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
I would have loved to see a detailed video on the other 3 towers. They looked really cool
@sternentigerkatze
2 жыл бұрын
Oh yes! I love how different they turned out 😀
@jimbobjones9330
2 жыл бұрын
The Rapunzel one is actually a free model you can 3D print from Thingaverse (I have the same one sitting on my shelf)... it isn't Rapunzel-themed by nature, so I loved her creativity there, but when I saw it, I was like "Hey! I recognize that!!!"
Nice video! I’d be interested in test results. A) Drop a die in with a given side facing up. B) Record what is rolled. C) Repeat 1,000 times. In this way, one can test whether or not a dice tower actually produces random rolls.
Amazing
@Iliketomakestuff
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks
The Trojan Rabbit was epic!!!
Elegant entropy engines!
Roll to save vs. Giant Wooden Rabbit!
The rabbit is the best one!
Sweet! Great final products all around. I have that Fate's End dice tower, too. Also went with the purple roof. Awesome print and paintjob! Just a quastion, would you expect any issues with the acrylic bonds possible cracking over time? Most of those joints do suffer repeated impacts and I've always wondered about durability when solvent welding.
My favorite is the"large wooden badger!"
I love Fate's End's models. They do amazing work
@Iliketomakestuff
2 жыл бұрын
They are amazing models.
@MakeForLifeWorkshop
2 жыл бұрын
@@Iliketomakestuff These dice towers are wild! Can't wait to see them all in action at the table :)
Josh wins again! I need that rabbit so bad! Rapunzel's tower is amazing as well
I finally made my own dice tower out of cardboard. It makes rolling dice even more fun
Loved the vid, leaving a comment for the algorithm
My latest dice tower is also my drinking cup. I have a 20z. tall insulated mug. I made a dice tower "sleeve" to fit around it.
I feel like we missed an intro to Meghan. Sweet paint job!
What brand of acrylic solvent do you like to use? I checked your shop list and didn't see consumables on there.
Loved this video! Someone should make a Lego one. Thank you!
What solvent are you using in the vial to solvent weld the acrylic?
Sweet!
@Iliketomakestuff
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
Shelves? Slopes? Steps? = Baffles. :)
Those are nice. In my efforts to stop spreading my gaming stuff all over the table, I built a gaming box with a dice tower in the lid. There's also a rail to prop up index cards or spell cards I need to be able to reference. The bottom part has the dice tray to catch dice from the tower and several compartments. One holds pens and pencils. One holds index cards (the lifeblood of gaming). There's a little niche for post-it notes (great for noting conditions and whatnot), and a compartment to hold dice and/or minis. I made it big enough to hold a couple standard Chessex plastic dice containers, which can also be converted to mini transport cases with a little poster tac. It keeps my dice, player notes, and supplies contained in a space about a foot wide, and (mostly) stops my dice from ending up on the floor. I might add feet that lift it up off the table. That way, I could slide my character sheet under it when I don't need it and save a little more space. That'd make it a bit more of a pain to transport, though.
@Iliketomakestuff
2 жыл бұрын
That's a heart-warming study in efficient design. Great job.
I'm not in the least bit interested in a dice tower - but I find all of your videos fascinating. Thank you and well done. (The Rapunzel Tower gets my vote) 😉
What glue were you using for the acrylic, and where do you get that cool bottle with the small/precision tip?
I like the tower with the Hair.
These look like there straight out of Tiny Tina's Wonderlands and... I'm liking them 😅[1] in thumbnail
Haha, did Bob's not work at the end there? Anthony broke it! :D
03:19 +1 awesomeness for using die when referring to a single item (instead of the plural dice)
Yay! When geeks craft shout out!
New to the channel, what's the stuff being used to stick the acrylic together?
Please link the template for the Trojan Rabbit. I love that it also stores the dice and not just rolls them.
Love the Mario theme, but definitely have to go with the Monty Python rabbit!! It's definitely time to watch the Holy Grail again...
Dice towers are nice for keeping dice in one place too.
I'm gonna need some plans for that rabbit tower stat
What are you using to glue the plastic together ??
All the towers are great in their own way, but I'm definitely Team Rabbit!
What do you use to glue the acrilic?
Do you have more info on the welding solvent you used? Maybe worth a Bits video? :P
Is sounds like a cool place to work
@Iliketomakestuff
2 жыл бұрын
It really is. We have a lot of fun here.
what super glue did you use? the small tip though i really need it. Thanks
I really like all towers. With Bob's tower, I think either an optical switch or a microphone would've been better suited to trigger the LED's, rather than a regular momentary limit switch.
@hoguemr
2 жыл бұрын
I was thinking optical as well but a microphone is really interesting. I could see a lot of false triggers though
@vidm96
2 жыл бұрын
@@hoguemr Microphones/vibration sensors would definitely be a bit more tricky to get to work reliably. Fortunately, the acrylic can transfer vibrations quite well, so a microphone could even be hidden in the base, as long as it's mounted directly to the acrylic. Might be a bit more difficult to get working properly, but it would also allow for the tower to be completely clear, without wires. Another option could be mounting the entire thing on a stain gauge (weight sensor) and have it trigger when it senses a significant weight increase when the die is dropped in.
Bob! Is your logo available as a standalone PNG or even svg? This video has inspired me to design you a special ILTMS set of dice and when I'm able to get more silicone I would *love* to get them made, printed, poured, and sent your way!
What are you using for glue?
omg i love all the towers. especially the python one! :D btw bob, what do you think of the idea of adding a battery to the base of your tower? i think this change woukd make it more mobile, removing the need for a power outlet.
Are the STL files available for the printed towers?