Making a Dodecahedron the Easy Way.

How to make a dodecahedron the easy way. Make a regular dodecahedron using angled pieces of wood. The angle between the legs depends on the bevel angle the table saw is set at, and should correspond to the dihedral angle between faces. Think of a cube as having a dihedral angle of 90°. The dihedral angle of a dodecahedron is 116.6° - so (180-116.6)/2 = 31.7° bevel angle. Each joint surface is mitered individually at 54 degrees as if making a flat pentagonal frame, and there are 30 identical pieces. Please like, share, and comment - I read all comments. Steve

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[J.RRandallIllinois]

A true craftsman makes everything look easy. That is too cool, you could sell those easily.

[ritasantos]

I need to make this solid for a math class and this video help me a lot. Thank you for sharing this!

[lornie]

Damn! I have no use for it, but now I want one. I like it so I can come back to it. Thank you for the video, Steve.

[AwesomeWoodThings]

A new Woodworking Top Videos (WTV) episode just went live. That's where I countdown the hottest maker videos of the week. I briefly mentioned this video... because it's awesome! Please keep being awesome yourself!

[bloomdds]

Nice job, as always, Steve.
The key numbers here are 31.7deg for the table saw rips and the fence moved .25"-.30" to start a new piece. (Or more, if desired.)
Then trim the ends at the miter saw with table set at 36deg (with blade vertical at 90deg). (At the miter saw, you showed an aux. fence piece that put the workpiece nearer the center of the blade...smart!)
Because you figured these things out for us, even I can make one of these...Thanks!

[mikepierce]

I really enjoy your work and videos! Please continue to share. You are an inspiration to others!

[ideesenbois]

Hello Steve

Very nice project. I like all the projects with a lot of precisions.
This a nice idea for a lampshade. Thanks for sharing

[jamespolucha]

Thanks for the video, it’s really cool, and thank you for showing us how it’s done, there is a guy that build one sorta like yours and he won’t give out the angles for some reason, thanks again

[PaperDragons]

I am making a dodecahedron infinity structure and the frame is one of the hard parts. It $6 per part to 3D print. This will save me so much money and time and in the end, look better.

[joshualewisjones]

Thisnis fantastic. Thanks for oosting!

[SteveFrenchWoodNStuff]

That's one sweet piece of geometry!

[kenchuba]

You always come up with the coolest projects ever!

[annas.]

So cool! Not sure why but I love this- thanks!

[jimshuster]

I really enjoyed the dodecahedron. I have been making spheres for a few years and I make some of mine using 12 cones that all fit together. When I first started making them, to figure the angles, I thought that 360 divided by 12, would do the trick (wrong). by trial and error, it seemed to come out to a little over 30 degrees. I never knew the exact angle until your video.

[evanhessler]

Very cool. I wish I could buy one from you.

[AydaWalsh]

Thank you for this video!!! Looks amazing!

[Mauroiltornitore]

You're really great, Steve!!! Cheers. Mauro.

[pierdolio]

Boy! You're right! That was really easy. lol

[MyMateDusty]

Steve, That is fantastic, I do not not know whether it is because I am an Aussie, But sometimes I dislike intelligent people. Keep it up MATE>

[boizwhy]

Do you mean "Rhombicosidodecahedron" ?
It's awesome!