Florida Anthill Casting #14
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ค. 2020
- Aluminum casting of an Asian Needle Ant nest.
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Brachyponera Chinensis, or the Asian Needle Ant, is a ponerine ant native to areas of Japan and Asia. The species can also be found in the United States, where it is an adventive and possibly invasive species. The pest species is of growing concern due to ecological impacts on biodiversity and medical risks to human health, via sting-induced anaphylaxis.
This is my favorite casting by far!!!! Whoa whoa whoa the Asian needle 🐜! Ok you have my attention I didn’t know you identified the species.
I think this is my favorite one you have done so far. I don't really know why by it looks so elegant. Great job!!!!
Ant: breathes
Nolan: ah so you have chosen death
I love the fact your actually careful with your tools so many blacksmiths and metal workers seem WAY too confident in what they do and never seem to advocate the dangers like you do TOTTALLY sub'ing and keep up the content man.
As someone who's from Florida, I can smell the water and dirt through this video.
The tongs you have for lifting the crucible look long enough but man the ones you use to pour are so short... one little splash and your arms etc are toast. Really cool video.
Looks like it came straight out of a Dr. Seuss cartoon!
This so cool! 😃 I love watching videos like this. It’s so satisfying. 😊
Sir, great content: picture quality and camera work are top notch. Might I recommend some Pecos Red Wings work boots if not a steel-toed boot for these activities. Your Nikes provide comfort but very little protection. I wish you could make a cast of the red ant holes in the West Texas hill country. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
always crazy pouring these things, never know what you're gonna end up with!! this one is awesome
Wow!!! Love that shape even more than the large ones!!!!
Man you really need a good pair of boots! Good video 👍
Not a very big one but definitely one of the coolest ones
That's what she said...
Exactly the best one .
HARVESTER ANTS!!!! they make the best casting in my opinion. Wish i could find more here. Ive casted two harvester nest. Mostly fire ants here. They make a neat casting but digging up 20lb ant nest casting sucks. Awsome job!!!
Thanks! I don’t have any harvester ants near me I live in a pretty swampy area and they’re usually found in sandy/dry areas. I like the fire ants though but I do agree they’re not as interesting as other ants.
@@NolansAnthillCastings interesting to know different ants create different outcomes. All your vids i've seen have had beautiful results.
On another note, why do the moulds need to be heated to make the bricks? What would happen if you used cold moulds?
You need to add in the sound effect of tens of thousands of little ants screaming as their end of times scenario manifests!
He should send in an ant with an ant size gopro!
That's a nice one.❤❤
Incredible!
This one is my favourite so far.
Very cool. You never know what you'll dig up. Can you vacuum around the hole before you pour?
The last person to cause such mass destruction of enemy cities by fire and heat was General Sherman!
Forgot floods then complete removal of the city as a trophy
Very cool!
Just beautiful!👍👍👍👍
Sick!!!
Awesome
Poor ants, imagine sitting in your living room watching TV when all of a sudden molten aluminum starts filling up the room.
Imagine feeling pity over smth that's going to mess up your food. Couldn't be me
Ants don’t have TVs
Do you sell these pieces?
At 2:54, what’s that stuff you pull out of the aluminum? Is it unmelted aluminum or dirt or something else?
That is dross. It’s mostly aluminum oxide since I’m melting down bars I’ve already melted down from scrap. When I’m melting the original scrap it’ll have dirt and other non metal impurities in it as well.
@@NolansAnthillCastings Is that stuff good for the environment? Ir seems like it shouldn't be there.
@@lannalane4247 I throw it in the recycling bin. Aluminum recyclers can squeeze some clean aluminum out of it and then they dispose of their dross in an environmentally friendly way.
I didn't know an ant bed could be beautiful!
once the burner's lit, how long until the aluminum starts to melt?
About 10-15 minutes and once it’s hot only 5 minutes
This is awesome and very interesting to see. How often do the buggers get revenge and deliver a sting whilst digging?
Thank you, almost never. It’s the ones who were outside the nest and came back that’ll get you.
Yo, how long is it from dropping the ingot in to liquid? These are cool!
How far does the aluminum usually go before it's no longer molten? Have you ever poured a casting and found out there was more anthill than aluminum?
I’m not sure. I’ve gotten a casting 4ft deep before and it seemed like it went all the way down. Sometime it doesn’t completely cast it though. In the anthill casting #16 video you can sorta see where it didn’t flow through.
Now who’s the real artist? Or can it be shared between Nolan and the ants? Fantastic. 🇧🇷
I just capture it like a photographer
Florida has a lot of iguana dens it would be cool to see one!
They burrow under seawalls and road abutments. Unless you can figure out how to pour uphill or build a sloose to pour into.
You should use a pressure washer to get those areas needing the brush
Cool
where can I buy one of these and for how much?
Wonderfully goofy.
Canvas shoes??
Do you sell these?
Yes but only locally in central Florida. This one is $200.
What part of Florida
@@connieelliott5359 Central Florida
A bonzai tree shape. Karate ants?
No Ants were harmed in this movie 🎥
You mean no native ants…
Do you make a good amount if money off these?
I just watch for the ant killing
It doesn't seem to matter where you are in the United States everyone says ' A loo min um'
Indol Mfg in Reed City Michigan might sell ingots of aluminum, they're extruders...js✌
It looks like two brontosauruses, with a Lady trying to balance a tray in her hands on the brontosaurus head.
Did the ants die???
No, just molten aluminium ran through their house turning them to charcoal, but other then that they are fine.
@@jimjimmy8566 fak you
@@ibadkain5287 Bravely spoken.
@Discombobulated Hampster Don't worry, angels came and took them allll to ant Heaven.
@@FIREBRAND38 my ant is in heaven
I don't think that is an Asian Needle Ant. They do not make nests in open ground.
I wasn’t too sure. I thought at first they were oak ants but I spent about an hour researching them and the species we have in Florida is different from these. This ant looks identical to the asian needle ant which has made it to Florida. The only thing that’s off is the nest like you said. If it’s not the needle ant I have no clue what it is. Either way it’s not native to Florida so I don’t feel bad getting rid of it.
Arruinó medio jardín para hacer esa poronga ???
This looks like a sad site
Might as well squeez in a few more advertisements in there. I watched 10 in a 12 min video. SMH useless channel
Something only a Florida man would think of doing. Not sure what the environmental impact is of running a small furnace compared to ant poison.
No worse than cooking on your bbq
What art is showing stupid by killing the nests of innocent ants and ants