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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-20-10 02:32 PM
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Medieval Borg
Verily, thou shalt be assimilated.
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Brickbat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-20-10 03:00 PM
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1. That's a palm-sized piece of awesome right there.
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-20-10 04:55 PM
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5. Why, thank you!
I've been wanting to make one for quite a while (more than a decade, in fact) and yesterday I finally sat down and figured it out. The "weave" is different from the usual styles in which I work, but it was a fun departure.

This particular one is pretty heavy, but I might make three lighter ones for juggling, etc.
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Brickbat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-20-10 04:58 PM
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7. Do you make chain mail?
I had a friend in college who did; I have a necklace he made for me and while I rarely wear it now, it's a joy to hold and play with.
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-20-10 05:00 PM
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8. Check your PM!
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kentauros Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-20-10 03:13 PM
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2. You sure it's not a medieval Rubik's Cube?
You know, before there was color in the world?
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-20-10 04:54 PM
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4. It was so much easier living in a black and white world.
:evilgrin:
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-20-10 03:36 PM
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3. Sometimes
I'm convinced Dr. Strange is the biggest nerd in the lounge...until you post something like this...:rofl: ;)
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-20-10 04:56 PM
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6. Dr. Strange is the bigger nerd
Because he wants to makes these fabulous cubes, but he can't.
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-20-10 05:28 PM
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9. No he wants to make one that looks like a sandworm...
Mr. Narw'aal slayer...:P
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Dr. Strange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-20-10 05:33 PM
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10. Would you two get a room already?
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-20-10 06:25 PM
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13. Oh please.
He's no Fox Mulder. :rofl:
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Dr. Strange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-20-10 08:01 PM
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15. 'Cause he can fog a mirror?
Edited on Sat Feb-20-10 08:26 PM by Dr. Strange
:hide:
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-20-10 10:48 PM
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16. And he made it with shigawire.
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arcadian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-20-10 05:49 PM
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11. And sometimes....
Edited on Sat Feb-20-10 05:49 PM by arcadian
Dead is better.

:rofl:
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MiddleFingerMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-20-10 06:10 PM
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12. I think I saw you with this in a movie.
.
Captain Orrex: The way your dad looked at it, this Rubik's Chainmail was your birthright. He'd be
damned if any slopes gonna put their greasy yellow hands on his boy's birthright, so he hid it, in
the one place he knew he could hide something: his ass. Five long years, he wore this Rubik's Chainmail
up his ass. Then when he died of dysentery, he gave me the Rubik's Chainmail. I hid this uncomfortable
piece of metal up my ass for two years. Then, after seven years, I was sent home to my family. And now,
little man, I give the Rubik's Chainmail to you.
.

.
.
Perhaps I just dreamed that.
.
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-20-10 06:54 PM
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14. That would be a heck of a hunk of metal to wear up one's ass.
Of course, you'd make a lovely little jingling sound wherever you walked, so maybe it would be worth it.
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bluesbassman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-20-10 11:02 PM
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17. Nice job Orrex!
What guage is that? Is it stainless? My hands hurt just thinking about weaving in those close quarters!

Here's something I did last spring.
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-20-10 11:11 PM
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18. Very nice work!
That European Box form shown in your pic was the first "three dimensional weave that I learned how to do, so it has a special place in my heart.

Are yours stainless? At a glance, I'd guess 16gg with a 5/16" internal diameter. Am I close? And where'd you get the clasps for these pieces?


The cube is 14gg galvanized steel, with a 9/32" internal link diameter. Some parts of it were indeed very tough to work!

Thanks for looking, and thanks for the kind words!
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bluesbassman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-20-10 11:22 PM
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19. Thanks Orrex.
Great guess, right on the money. I used to own a screen printing shop, and one of my clients was doing biker themed t-shirts. They tried to branch out into wallet chains, and I ended up learning how to do it too. The clasps are actually from marine halyard supplier. This set is about the last of the stock I have left and I made these for my son last year.

Thanks for the compliment. I'd love to get into it as a hobby someday.
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lildreamer316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-21-10 02:50 AM
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20. Love.
That's full of Win, that is.
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-21-10 05:55 PM
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21. Heavy-duty galvanized Win, in fact!
Thanks for looking!
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Capn Sunshine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-21-10 05:58 PM
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22. very cool
now make a 10'x10' one for MOMA.
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-21-10 07:22 PM
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25. That might be a little out of my pay-grade...
However, I was thinking of making a cube 8X the size of this one. I figure it would take somewhere around 2500 links... Not impossible by any means, but slow going!

And it would probably wind up weighing about 5 pounds.
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Capn Sunshine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-21-10 05:58 PM
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23. very cool
now make a 10'x10' one for MOMA.
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Shine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-21-10 06:14 PM
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24. Wow. You made that?
Impressive. I can't even begin to imagine the patience it takes to create something so intricate. I would go absolutely nuts. Seriously.

:thumbsup:
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-21-10 07:23 PM
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26. It's intricate, yes, but not especially difficult
In terms of the overall difficulty of the craft, I'd say that it's no harder than crocheting or knitting. Sure, the medium is less pliable, but the basic process is easy to learn.

Thanks for the kind words!
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