Measured Workshop is a YouTube channel that demonstrates woodworking and sharing those projects with others. Today’s project features a kinetic spinning ring box. Should you have all the tools on hand, you too can make this for your loved one before a proposal.
My husband was the one to come across this video and share it with me. I can appreciate all of the effort, planning, and design that went into finishing this kinetic spinning ring box. I also think that there’s something to be said for silent how-to videos that demonstrate how to build/construct something. The most popular videos in this style are demonstrated by Primitive Technology, a Youtuber who builds huts and other items using only primitive tools (which he also finds and makes himself).
I’m not one for wood shop, but clearly a lot of effort went into this ring box. My questions are more about who the box was for, whether the woman full appreciated the craftsmanship, and did she say yes?
For more creative videos, watch how easy and complicated this acrylic abstract painting demonstration can be.
About Measured Workshop:
I am a maker, a creator and a tinkerer. Woodworking, musical instruments, furniture, inventions to make life easier, arts and crafts, they’re all part of the dozen or so projects I have in the chute at any one time. It’s my goal to capture my work flow as I stumble my way through projects. I look forward to sharing my experiences with an audience. The building and making of things is the joy of it and that’s what I hope I can capture in my videos, but hopefully the end products I come up with are noteworthy too.
From Measured Workshop:
The idea of a kinetic/twirling ring box is not mine; this execution of the idea is my original design. It’s based on a mechanism that can be found in paper craft, paper engineering (pop up books), and origami. The idea is to convert linear motion into rotational motion. Almost all of these ring boxes I’ve seen use the same mechanism, which is a creased X type fold, with some ring-holder piece being affixed to the inside or convex side. Instead, to add some lifting action to the ring-holder, I affixed the ring-holder piece to the convex side of the X fold. Nothing earth shattering, but it did require more thought to the engineering of the housing since now I’d need a platform section and a hollowed out section that this ring holder could recess into. The ones I’ve seen online seem overpriced for what they are (essentially a pop-up card piece of origami), I wanted to figure out a better way to do it. I’m happy with the way it came out; it’s slim, low profile, there are no visible mechanisms or hinges, it moves smoothly and reliably.
