Blender Mirror Modifier Beginner Tutorial

I answer a Blender request here for using the mirror modifier. This is a tutorial for beginners in which I show how to create simple symmetrical objects.

Table of contents:

00:50 Intro and motivation for a Blender beginner tutorial
01:00 Create the basic object and shape
02:05 Adding the mirror modifier with X-Axis symmetry
04:48 Adding the solidify modifier to the object with even thickness
06.10 Outro

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[juliandarley]

thank you! worth noting that at 5:30 one has to switch to Object Mode otherwise the modifiers cannot be applied.

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Hello, I am having a couple of issues here.
1-shift W does actually a Bend Angle for me, and not a mirroring.
2-after applying a mirror modifier to the half of my mesh (after having wiped half of the vertexes on the other side), the mirrored object does not apply directly opposite the current selection but randomly places itself around my 3d view port on various axis (I tried to solve this by selecting various axis or ctrl+A to rotate the item to the plane but nothing).

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.