Octagon Barrel Guide, Part I: the Tools

For my dad. You're the man, dad.

I know some of you have been waiting for this video for a long time. This the first part of many. For this tutorial I have over an hour of footage that I will have to shave down into 5 or 6 parts. In this part, I talk about the ideal tools to have in order to complete these mods most quickly and with the highest degree of quality. If you do not have proper tools, please do not waste your time with mods. You will have disappointing results that will become very frustrating.

Also, make sure you take the advice and use a good cube.

Tools that I Recommend:
Saw and Mitre
Utility Knife
Lepage brand 2-part Epoxy (Superglue is NOT a good alternative)
Rough Sandpaper (150), Fine Sandpaper (220), Super Fine Sandpaper (400)
Patience enough to follow all steps correctly.

A project like this may take days. If you're starting to feel tired or frustrated, STOP WORKING. Go play a video game, take a nap, or walk to the 7-11 and mix 3 flavors of slurpee together. When you're tired and frustrated, you will make mistakes. And you will probably very much regret those mistakes when you are finished.

The next part of the tutorial will deal with cutting the pieces for the Octagon Barrel.

Special thanks to my friend, TheWestonian, for his support.
http://www.youtube.com/thewestonian/

My Website:
http://www.blueknightcubing.com/

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[FireCuber]

rubik's diamond is commonly known as cuboctahedron sir, oh ya? will you make a tutorial??

[LanceTheBlueKnight]

@FireCuber

No, it's not.

[CubeTalk]

you my blue knight, need a twitter

5/5

[LanceTheBlueKnight]

@CubeTalk:

Yeah I'm sure it would help... but I try to stay away from twitter and facebook and all that stuff. Social networking doesn't really interest me since I only have like 3 friends hahaha

[labmut11891]

Instead of that tray thingy, couldn't you use a cutting board? That's flat plastic that's commonly found...

[LanceTheBlueKnight]

@labmut11891:

I dunno, I'd have to examine a cutting board before I could say. I think that cutting boards are generally very soft plastic so you don't damage your knives... so.. It's hard to say if it would be good for puzzles or not.

[monkeydude1313]

Ohh damn. Burn.

"If they knew anything, they wouldn't be working at Wal-Mart"

Lance, you never cease to amaze me.

[HLGDecoy]

4:17 OH SNAP

[Ravanaboy]

I don't have a knife, so I am sanding the pieces down to the shape with sand paper. It take the blue night 40 or so seconds to cut the piece. It takes me 10 minutes a piece. WISH ME LUCK!

[shawnde1]

@FireCuber He means a Hexagonal Dipyramid

[TheKingLunar]

Thanks for the tip on buying a good cube, I'll have to keep that in mind next time I buy one.

[007speedcuber]

can you (in this case me) tell if it is a good or ok cube from a hex box? they only sell the hexagonal boxes here on iceland...

[aik4ever5]

awesome vidios :D

[marsel93]

your wouice(?) reminds me of Ted from How I Meet Your Mother:P

[cubswin1982]

yargh, as a woodworker, i beg you to call it what you correctly called it at first...a "miter BOX". i know you know this, but man, it grinds my ears hearing you call it "a miter". as we know, the miter is the actual angled cut, NOT the tool you use to cut it with.

end rant. cool vid.

[Battlescar2]

i work at walmart and i speedcube. y would u put the cube back? just stuff it in ur pocket. if its a shitty cube, oh well, u didnt pay for it lol

[0wlstudioz]

i just got cordless dremel from my dad so i can build alot of puzzles=)

[videogame3000000000]

omg blue knight