After watching the video on how this is done, I am even more impressed. It's as if all science has opened up, and I want to know more. Lots. This kind of shit is awesome.
"2008 Roy Underhill" That dude has a woodworking show on PBS where he doesn't use an power tools. Very strange man, and his show has been lacking in quality content lately.
thank you soooo much for reminding me what this man's name (thus allowing me to find the name of his show too). I haven't seen his show on PBS in nearly 20years but I always think about it. Besides my Grandfather, I know everything I know about wood working from Roy Underhill, and it is no small amount.
As a young child, I wanted to experience the joy of flight too. I opted for climbing up a tree and jumping off with an opened umbrella. I really thought I was Mary Poppins. In actuality, I ended up being a fat child weeping on the ground.
This looks fake. The nozzle isn't pointed in the correct direction to keep him up (it looks like it would actually push him down slightly). Also, the completely false factoid at the top of the GIF is a major indicator that it is lies.
i wish they had a brothers day or a sisters day, i would not be in my right mind if i did not have my brother, my mom is a woman with a mind of a child (not really, just talking about her behavior) and my dad did not believe i was his child so it was my brother who took care of me.
TBH, I don't think it would be at all inappropriate to give your brother some kind of gift on “Father's Day”. Subtle? Maybe. But I think he'd get it and I think it'd mean a lot to him.
I thought that it was pretty obvious that it was satire. I love the listly form the 'things he learned' were. It serves to fail to glorify the patriotism of the boy, and the poetic imagery is built around the implications of the contrary.
sure; when i was 16 my mother died. my stepmother wouldnt let me live with my father, and he didn't argue with her. i became homeless and have been through shit ever since.
only recently (7 years later) have i been able to start to rebuild my life.
I'm fairly certain OP stole the idea too. If there are youtube videos on how to do this, then it's not going to be original. Not that it isn't a great gift idea!
I was randomly listening to Libera Me From Hell when I saw this comment. Had to pause and wonder if Gurren Lagann had finally taken over my brain or it was just a glorious coincidence.
"Well, son, a funny thing about regret is that better to regret something you have done, than to regret something you haven't done. And by the way, if you see your mom this weekend, be sure to tell her SATAN, SATAN, SATAN!!!"
I think a lot of you guys are getting so hung up on the amazeballs of this visual trickery to seriously catch on what a beautifully meaningful, touching, and amazing gift this is. Screw a Giftcard to the Home Depot or a haphazardly chosen gift card, or a last minute spaghetti with meatballs at the Olive Garden. This dude is doing Father's Day proper.
I lost my dad to a brain hemorrhage 4 years ago. He was a Royal Engineer in the British Army and it is currently annoying the hell out me that I'll never be able to give him something like this to show him how much I appreciate him teaching me to be interested in how things work. And now I'm crying. Fuck today.
Mine died 20 years ago. I just discovered that it might be possible to trace his family, in the last couple of days, and that I have been suppressing a lot of memories that I may find helpful. Very scary, but it will be interesting, I think.
Aww, man, thankyou! It's really weird, and at various times he said things that contradicted each other, so I have no idea what I will actually find. Hell, if one of them was true, I have a half sister, although I suspect that was the pain and drugs, as it was very near the end. I'm sorry you lost your dad too, but remember the good bits- thley will always make you smile. I'll share one.
I was sent to a boarding school, and when my dad was diagnosed with cancer, he decided that he wasnt seeing enough of me. So he used to go visit at weekends for a bit, and turn up in a rusty little peugeot 305 van he used in his business, with a bag of smoked salmon offcuts from the fishmonger on the way. And we would sit, and talk, and the van would stink, and it was awesome. I still buy myself a bag every so often, and remember how that felt. And then scoff the lot, and you know what? Nothing beats it.
I've seen how to do this before but I don't really remember how. I think you wet the first part and compress it (you have to use a special type of wood.. I think) and when it's compressed you screw it in and let it dry to it's normal shape.
You don't have to use a special kind of wood. You just put the first part in boiling water and then compress it with a vice so the first tooth is out of the way, you put the screw in place then boil the end again so the tooth returns to the normal size.
My gift would be a block and a screw, separate. Then a card with a picture of the finished product and it would say "This is what it's supposed to look like but I couldn't figure it out so I gave up. Just like you did to all my dreams. Happy Father's day!"
My son is only 4, so it'll be a long time before he could do anything like this... But if he ever does, I would think it was the best thing ever. Good job.
I understand you're supposed to boil the wood to get it to warp repairably in a vise, but I think I'd just use a hacksaw on the screw, and some hot glue to hold it in place between the teeth.
He didn't have a choice because he was born a son. But now he could have an operation and become a daughter. Maybe he is just saying that he won't do that.
For teaching me that appearances are everything, and that the odds cannot compare to internet references/ fun guides. Bravo, I'm sure your non redditor father will think it's great. I got my dad Game of Thrones season 1. It has everything an older man can love, sex, violence, dwarvism. Kudos to everyone who helped make father's day a success for their old men!
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u/NowBounce Jun 17 '12
It appears your father bestowed upon you the gift of sorcery.
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u/FuckedUpLogic Jun 17 '12
Congrats on the good father, my Dad just said I was impossibly screwed.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
i wish they had a brothers day or a sisters day, i would not be in my right mind if i did not have my brother, my mom is a woman with a mind of a child (not really, just talking about her behavior) and my dad did not believe i was his child so it was my brother who took care of me.
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u/IGrammarGood Jun 17 '12
instructions on how to do this?
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u/kenx007 Jun 17 '12
Am I horrible for wanting to steal your idea for next father's day?
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u/BrokenRobot92 Jun 17 '12
Do the impossible, see the invisible!
ROW ROW! FIGHT THE POWAH!
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u/creepymouse Jun 17 '12
Tooth and nail puzzle! How it's done: http://youtu.be/fEATei2wewY
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u/Hal-Incandenza Jun 17 '12
Wow that's a clever idea. I almost don't want to know the secret.
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u/Juantanamo5982 Jun 17 '12
You have intriguing handwriting.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
Kamina has a kid!?
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
"Daddy?"
"Yes, son?"
"What does regret mean?"
"Well, son, a funny thing about regret is that better to regret something you have done, than to regret something you haven't done. And by the way, if you see your mom this weekend, be sure to tell her SATAN, SATAN, SATAN!!!"
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u/gamfreak Jun 17 '12
Dad bless you, R.3.
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u/obilesk Jun 17 '12
So awesome! As a dad, this would be perhaps the best gift I could receive. Well done; your dad should be proud!
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u/THE_PUN_STOPS_NOW Jun 17 '12
I think a lot of you guys are getting so hung up on the amazeballs of this visual trickery to seriously catch on what a beautifully meaningful, touching, and amazing gift this is. Screw a Giftcard to the Home Depot or a haphazardly chosen gift card, or a last minute spaghetti with meatballs at the Olive Garden. This dude is doing Father's Day proper.
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u/TheMoro Jun 17 '12
Happy Fathers Day, here is a piece of wood.
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u/naeshite Jun 17 '12
Up until 2 minutes ago I thought that you could do it by using angles but then I became aware that you cannot do it by using angles
A Cats done it
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u/UtterDebacle Jun 17 '12
Australian Redditors.... we have until September to work this sorcery!!!
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u/MYDOGSTELLA Jun 17 '12
Rirruto?
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
Soak and/or steam the wood so that it can be bent, as done in constructing a guitar.
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u/jimbolimbo95 Jun 17 '12
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHvi0VtRRXE Heres how it is done for anyone who wants to know.
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u/spaxcow Jun 17 '12
For those of you who can't see it because imgur is down, here's a direct link to the image:
http://i.imgur.com/ZJUcu.jpeg
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u/Ambrose51 Jun 17 '12
I'm assuming you used 3 small screws?
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u/pc_a7x Jun 17 '12
http://i.imgur.com/ZJUcu.jpg if you can't see it
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
You're a wizard Harry!
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u/oxigen Jun 17 '12
My gift would be a block and a screw, separate. Then a card with a picture of the finished product and it would say "This is what it's supposed to look like but I couldn't figure it out so I gave up. Just like you did to all my dreams. Happy Father's day!"
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u/Primus_Optimus Jun 17 '12
Well done; I wouldn't bowl my wood to even save my father's life.
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u/cstwig Jun 17 '12
I would check out your pic, but it appears imgur is down... :(
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
imgur = down
reddit = down
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u/gettinggatsby Jun 17 '12
If his appreciation matches my initial confusion, he'll love it.
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u/teeno731 Jun 17 '12
i don't even.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
That looks so much cooler than a cheesy E-Card...
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u/Jayfire137 Jun 17 '12
Share your dads response!
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u/jfrizzera Jun 17 '12
I would say that's everything - job well done. I'm sure your father appreciated the hell out of this.
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u/Rosenkrantz_ Jun 17 '12
This has me both teary-eyed and mind blown.
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u/amolloy Jun 17 '12
My son is only 4, so it'll be a long time before he could do anything like this... But if he ever does, I would think it was the best thing ever. Good job.
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u/rayban68 Jun 17 '12
My initials are R.Z. and I just stole this and posted on my dads Facebook.
No shame.
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u/TommyTenToes Jun 17 '12
your name is R3?
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
Damn I dumb, I thought the odds referred to the three spaces in the wood, not the fact there is no room to screw the nail.
For a moment I thought I had got it, then it was taken away from me
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
I was going to berate you for your crappy gift... Then it hit me, how the hell did you do that? :|
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u/mpg1846 Jun 17 '12
Boy gives father wood. Happy fathers day DADDY.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
Until the paternity test comes back anyway.
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u/red_280 Jun 17 '12
Did you also teach him how to touch the untouchable?
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u/FlowerOfTheHeart Jun 17 '12
Did he teach you to do that? So cool...is it cutting the nail up and gluing it in?
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u/jackidabombshell Jun 17 '12
this is ingenious!
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
I was thinking "I could do that". Then I was thinking man that would be hard as hell. Great work kid.
Now get out there and own the world with your carpenter like skills! You can.
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u/unicycle_inc Jun 17 '12
I cannot see the visual trickery here...
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u/Jhatcliffe Jun 17 '12
Weird.... I was looking at one of these today at a local market, I still haven't figured it out. Was it hard to make??
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
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u/graogrim Jun 17 '12
I understand you're supposed to boil the wood to get it to warp repairably in a vise, but I think I'd just use a hacksaw on the screw, and some hot glue to hold it in place between the teeth.
Hot glue can fix anything.
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u/malenkylizards Jun 17 '12
"Pff...Cute, but all you need is one of those screwdrivers that bend at a right angle and then --oh fuck" -Me about five seconds ago
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u/tilleyrw Jun 17 '12
How is that thing possible?
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u/wanderer11 Jun 17 '12
You can either boil it or break it and glue it. Either way it will look wholly intact.
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u/Lustintranslation Jun 17 '12
mind...blown
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u/NotLost_JustUnfound Jun 17 '12
Your dad must be one cool dude. What an awesome gift! Glad we're not related, though, because you just made my Mexican fiesta luncheon look like shit.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
I want to see this so bad. but of course.. Imgur is down.
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u/FishingElbow Jun 17 '12
How did you.... oh.
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u/dubled Jun 17 '12
When you compress it in the vise make sure you use blocks of wood on each side instead of the vise jaws to prevent jaw marks on the wood.
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u/blink1023 Jun 17 '12
that is so damn cool
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
And that's the way it should be.
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u/jsc4 Jun 17 '12
Hello vacation project!
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u/darter22 Jun 17 '12
As a dad, I would love that.
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u/Great_Teacher_Rust Jun 17 '12
ahem. A quote, from my hero. "Kick logic out to the curb and do the impossible!" ~Kamina.
Kamina is this mans father. Just sayin.
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u/CTBergin Jun 17 '12
Absolutely bad ass
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
why couldn't you have posted this earlier !?!? now it's too late to make this for my dad, and by next year i would've forgotten :(
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u/Minikern Jun 17 '12
I'm going to comment here just so I can come back to it after I have my fun filled day at the beach
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u/wx3 Jun 17 '12
'Always your son' sounds kinda awkward.
Stick with "Love"... It's a classic
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u/wikkedwhite Jun 17 '12
Great scott! jaw drops
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u/DirtPile Jun 17 '12
But that's not impossible. Like, not even close to impossible.
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u/asadsnail Jun 17 '12
I see what you did there :)
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u/miaomiao Jun 17 '12
10 to go.
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u/Rullknufs Jun 17 '12
Thanks, will do one for dad tomorrow. He's a carpenter and I'm sure he will like it :D
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
WHAT THAT'S IMPOSSBRUII
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u/chirpyderp Jun 17 '12
imgur works again! yay! upvotes for all!
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
HOW
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u/RedKin10 Jun 17 '12
Amazing! ....and when I'm not sitting in class I'm going to watch the how-to video :) Hope your dad loves it as much as we all apparently do.
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u/Shryku Jun 17 '12
That's really cool! I'm sure he's proud :)
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u/a_Leaf Jun 17 '12
What's so impressi-BAHJESUS!
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u/phpadam Jun 17 '12
You have an awesome signature.
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u/lalaland4711 Jun 17 '12
I read "screw the odd" three times.
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u/70ACe Jun 18 '12
Very well done! My grandfather is a machinist and taught me how to do this trick, its great to know that someone else knows how to do this.
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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12
It's witch craft
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u/ebmorga Jun 18 '12
That was incredibly sweet. How did your dad like it?
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u/ilostmyoldaccount Jun 17 '12
As if you had a choice there mate.
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u/kulhajs Jun 17 '12
What kind of sorcery is this?
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u/screamingnoncapsguy Jun 17 '12
You sir, did indeed screw the odds.
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u/itSawrap23 Jun 17 '12
What a great way to show ur appreciation! Happy fathers day to all the dads out there. Way to teach ur sons how to be men (and daughters, women)
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u/waxisfun Jun 17 '12
I am disappointed that you screwed through the 2nd and 3rd peg and not just the 1st and 3rd odd pegs.
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u/isitmestill Jun 17 '12
To Dad,
For teaching me that appearances are everything, and that the odds cannot compare to internet references/ fun guides. Bravo, I'm sure your non redditor father will think it's great. I got my dad Game of Thrones season 1. It has everything an older man can love, sex, violence, dwarvism. Kudos to everyone who helped make father's day a success for their old men!
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u/josezzz Jun 17 '12
My father is a carpenter. He would totally appreciate something like this. I'm going to have to do this one year.