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Andy Makes
United States
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 21 ก.ย. 2010
I'm a UX Designer who loves to tinker when I'm not at work.
How NOT to Cut Acrylic Sheet
It's been 2 years since I finished building my Arcade Cabinet and I STILL haven't finished editing the video for it. Life has gotten so busy and my hobbies have had to take a back seat.
I promised myself I'd take a few bites out of editing the video every week and I've made a lot of progress, but it's hard to whittle down 20+ hours of footage by yourself!
While I was editing I made the tough call to cut out some parts I thought were useful on their own and my failure cutting an acrylic sheet seemed like a good lesson for you all.
Remember it's easy to slip up and make mistakes when you're not being mindful!
The arcade video is coming along, hopefully I can push it out soon!
-Andy
I promised myself I'd take a few bites out of editing the video every week and I've made a lot of progress, but it's hard to whittle down 20+ hours of footage by yourself!
While I was editing I made the tough call to cut out some parts I thought were useful on their own and my failure cutting an acrylic sheet seemed like a good lesson for you all.
Remember it's easy to slip up and make mistakes when you're not being mindful!
The arcade video is coming along, hopefully I can push it out soon!
-Andy
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Making an Animatronic Lucky Cat (Maneki-neko)
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Some of the more specialty tools used: Sculpted with Adobe Medium using the HTC Vive Creality Ender 3 (3d Printer) Golden Heavy Body Acrylics Seeeduino (Microcontroller for the electronics) Sanding sticks (For those hard to reach areas like the toes) Leather hole punch (for the collar) If you have questions on any of these or ones I didn't list, leave a comment!
Making the Packaging for Art Toys
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As requested, I'm doing a deeper dive on the packaging aspect of my first toy packaging video, check that out here: th-cam.com/video/l8_OIDXOAoY/w-d-xo.html My Tools Used: Ender 3 Pro - 3D Printer Mayku Formbox - Vacuum Former Materials you might want: Arteza Bone Folders Krylon UV Archival Varnish Inkjet Transparency Film Posterboard - You can find this anywhere, but here's a link for an idea ...
3D Printing a Stock Picking Magic 8-Ball
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I built this magic 8-ball to decide what stocks to invest in. Want to make your own? Grab the files on thingiverse: Diamond Shell: www.thingiverse.com/thing:4892930 Stock Meme D20: www.thingiverse.com/thing:4892922 Blank D20 by Zdolshin (Incase you want to make your own custom fortunes) www.thingiverse.com/thing:4892922 This is what I used to house the D20 in liquid, though I've provided diamon...
Making a Collectible Toy & Its Packaging
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I've always thought it'd be fun to design my own line of collectibles, so I set out to make one. The whole process took 30 Hours. Modeling in Blender, 3D Printing, Sanding and painting for the figure itself. Vacuum forming a buck and cutting designing a custom box for the packaging. Lots can be improved for the next project but I think the results surpassed my expectations! Some of the Tools I ...
Great little project! What's the exact motor assembly mechanism you used? Also how hard was mounting the motor / servo into it?
Darn I can't believe I didn't show that! When I hollowed out the inside I left a flat spot and I epoxied the servo to it. Those servos come with box enclosures so it's really easy to mount them any side. The servo came in Elegoo's Arduino starter kit, the manual says the model number for the servo is SG90.
Hello! Just wanted to ask, did your art toys sell? And where I could get it?
Hey thanks for checking up! I haven't sold any of my art toys, I only gave them away as gifts. I plan on making more at some point but haven't had a chance to work on them. Once I make another batch I will try making an Etsy shop or something.
I’m definitely looking forward to the full video! Your videos are so useful to me, especially the full process for creating figures and their boxes. Sorry about the uneven break though on the acrylic sheet though.
Thank you! And that's okay, sometimes you learn the most from the mistakes!
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Thank you so much for going over the whole process from start to finish. I was interested in possibly selling figures eventually that are just like this process. What brand of paint did you use? The paint job looks professionally done!
Thank you! I didn't use any fancy paints, just the standard craft paints that all the big box craft stores sell. The secret was applying the gloss top coat with an airbrush. For that I used Sargent Art Acrylic Gloss and Varnish
@@AndyMakes Awesome, I will definitely look into getting that. Also for cutting the boxes wouldn’t it save a lot of time to get a cricut maker to do it for you? I think you mentioned before that your printer is inkjet, which works with them I believe.
Love these! I started customizing art in my videos 🖤🖤🖤
What’s the name of that leather cutter?
The cutter is technically only meant for thick paper but I've been able to cut thicker things with it. you might wear out the blade faster with other materials though. It's a "Dahle Rotary Trimmer"
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Do you have the plans for this build? Looks great!!
what material did you use to print your mold before placing into vacuum former as PLA melts?
I actually did use PLA, the vacuum from plastic cools off before it can soften the PLA. I did notice if I didn't wait a minute in between forms that the PLA started to get a little soft but never to the point of deforming.
Is there a company that do this for you ?
From start to finish? I'm sure there are but they are dependent on large orders and are overseas. For a small batch DIY is probably the only way to go.
Too bad all the actual design parts of this videos got edited out. That would’ve been fascinating.
Sorry about that! I was sure people were only interested in the packaging design as there's tons of people who do the other steps (and are way more talented) I'll be sure to cover the design parts next time!
Wow
Amazing and cool. Your pencil is cute✏️❤️❤️
I love your videos 😍😍
What’s he printing with on the poster board???
How’d you get the Marquee?
You can buy LED matrixes and hook them up to controllers specifically made for marquees, the software they come with lets you specify what size matrix you have. It's not super user friendly but its still easier than building it completely from scratch.
What size hold did you put in the stl?
Bro come back 😢
This so so fire! What paper did you use by chance?
I actually used regular posterboard, in the US they sell this stuff at almost every store for school projects. Real product packaging uses paperboard but it's too thick for most home printers
Very cool, thanks
Awesome Andy! Any new videos coming?
Looking professional ❤
How did you print the package?
I have a desktop inkjet printer that can print up to 13 inches wide. That was just wide enough for the packaging I designed. Otherwise I would've needed to send the file to a print shop with a wide format printer
thank you for this!! ive been wanting to make my own figures and boxes <3
Dude ur an animal!!! So cool. Just one question. Have you ever thought about getting a plotter to make those boxes more efficiently. Plotters can help to cut faster , more precise as well as score your folds. Any ways amazing work!!!!
Oh I would absolutely love a plotter, maybe someday... but the next tool I'm splurging on is a CNC.
I'm so glad TH-camrs like you exist. Thanks for sharing your amazing work with us!
Hey Brother, start making more videos! I'm sharing this around, so hopefully you get more subs. Great work!
I really hope to start back up soon. Having a baby depletes all your free time but im sure I'll find some moments soon!
Subbing this stuff is fire!!
Where’d you go? I’m waiting on another video sir.
Got Married and had a baby! It's tough work with a newborn and a full-time job but slowly my schedule is starting to normalize again. I know I've said this countless times already but: Hopefully Soon!
@@AndyMakes Dude I totally get it. I'm 22 with a 16 month old and a newborn while working a full time Corporate job. You take as much time as possible with the family. I hardly remember my sons first months because it went by so fast. We'll be here when you are ready <3
What dimensions of the plastic container and die dimensions did you use?
The plastic container is 43mm in diameter and the die was printed at 28mm (on the z axis) I'm sure it's longer at certain angles but the exact file I used is on my thingiverse
@@AndyMakes thank you!
Do you have a link for the print?
Amazing!!!
I’ve been wanting to start a collectibles store and I really like this I found out more knowledge from you thank you so much
Dope build… I like the led marquee
This is amazing! I’ve been thinking about making a vinyl toy business and since I already have people interested in the concepts and prototypes i’ve been printing, i’ve been wondering if it’s convenient to send my model to manufacturers online or get it 3D printed somewhere and finish it myself with my materials. My budget is really low ($500) and I can’t buy wholesale at the moment (Need 25pc at most)
With such a low amount needed and your budget, the 'manufacturing and having them take care of colors/finishes' route is probably not possible. I think the best way to stretch your budget is to find a makerspace that lets you use their printers that way you can focus on filaments and materials you might want for finishing it.
how are the plastic things called inside wich holds them in place? looking to do them in blender but cant find nothing about them.. thx
You might have some luck searching "vacuum forming bucks for packaging" The buck is the template you use to vacuum form over
I know I don't need your exact printer to get the same results but id love to know which model you've got! 😳
I'm just working with an Ender 3 Pro, they've gone down in price a ton over the years and there's usually stores offering a discount on it too
@@AndyMakes sorry I meant inkjet printer haha! thanks for the response tho! 😁
Oh! Sorry about that, the inkjet printer is an Epson XP-15000
Wow! Awesome 🎉
i love that vacuum forming for toys packages. but the cost for the machine itself is expensive. it's $965 in my country, and i don't have vacuum cleaner for it
There are some diy vacuum formers on TH-cam with awesome results but you're still going to need a strong vacuum for it :(
Were buy this item?
Sad this channel already died
Not a dead channel, I just don't have the time to keep a steady uploading schedule!
Amazing brother..what a world to live in where we can print out and make our own toys.
thank you for the step by step procedure. so helpful good luck to your business.
Thank you!
I enjoy a good hole suck.
Made in America finally thanks for sharing you did amazing job. I have been looking myself for someone to do designer vinyl toys without shipping it off to Alibaba
Thank you!
Hey, quick question, did you ever find any vinyl toy manufacturer that’s taking small quantities at a reasonable price? they’re all asking me for 800 just for the sample
Great tutorial, thank you for making it
Wonderful work, Andy! Thank you for sharing. This content is great, I wish to see more of your work soon!
I've been caught up with other priorities at the moment but I hope to make some more content soon!
May i ask you something? What is the skill name you used to design the toy ( is it called digital design?) anyway great work keep going 🥰
3d modeling is probably the term you'll want to search for if you're wanting to learn. There are tons of tutorials on TH-cam (some of which I followed to learn myself) There's also quite a few free programs so you don't have to pay to get started. I would take a look at blender and look up blender tutorials on TH-cam
@@AndyMakes thanks youu💓✨