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Nice turning! Looks like you used both carbide and HSS chisels. I was thinking about getting some HSS chisels to turn HDPE. Did you notice anything different as compared to wood?
Could you make a mould for doing plates that would be easier to mass produce, and that would create less scrap? It would be awesome to see this kind of thing added to your product line! Much love, awesome work as always!
Thank you for your response,tha actual reason i wrote you was to let you know that i used on oven bag instead of silicon mats its a really cheap way to do it,you get no sticking and the bags are good for about 4-5 uses. ok cheers.
Hey guys Jess here I really am over joyed and almost cried to find out you all are doing this ! I save and wash all my plastic and try to reuse I started echo bricking most of the food plastic but have caps and stuff this would be great to do some time with our plastic ! People should start classes some where kind alike a ceramic class but plastic molding class ! I really like the guy who makes frisbees with recycling too..
Having turned HDPE a lot in the past, I can confirm that it is really good on the lathe. Last year I suggested the possibility of you guys using HDPE to make one of those book sharing boxes that are so popular these days. Have you put any consideration into building one?
I need go get round to turning out some blanks... (enough turning puns?) to make some stuff and see if it will laser nicely for me. I expect it will melt in to a mess but it is worth a try
You guys make amazing content *and* products! I've been inspired to add HDPE craft to my list of skills. My first attempt resulted in a very smooth, fairly strong blob 🙄. But it was a successful proof-of-concept. I plan to try and grind it down and re-melt it into something useful, or at least pretty. My red and blue (Folgers and Maxwell House) coffee canisters didn't yield the marbled effect I was trying to emulate from your videos, but I'm hopeful more experience in the twist and fold maneuver will show improvement!
Your channel inspired me so much to create a jewelry business made out of plastic! I had my first order today I'm so happy :) I even started recording some videos because my friends thought it was made with clay ahaaha so I decided to show the step by step so people can truly see how unique this jewelry is! I love it so muchhhhh!!! I'll give a shout out to your channel in one of my next videos even though I have one subscriber but you still deserve it ahaha thank you so much :D
Maybe you could make a very long mold with monofilament sized grooves (multiples per board) and when the "thread solidifies you can loom it into an industrial and/or playwear fabric. There are many possible uses for such.
Glad you did this video as interested in use HDPE for other things also but without the high tech chomper and extruder . You mention a formula, care to share. What's the best way to avoid air bubbles. Cheers Geoff
I'm wondering if maybe y'all have ideas on how to refine a technique that I so very much want to work for turning HDPE. I was making a dust port adapter of a size that doesn't exist, so I turned the inside diameters and a transition out of wood (just scrap pine), melted HDPE and wrapped it around the mandrill. Waitied for it to cool, then turned the outside diameters. The problem: the plastic shrank around the mandrill, and I had to soak it in soapy water, then chisel out, the mandrill. Other than that problem, this was really nice, both in the amount of waste plastic and how little effort it would have been, had there been no chiselling. What do you think???
Hi, I want to make a recycled plastic mould around an existing plastic object can you advise how to stop it becoming permanently stuck to the original object. Thanks
It might be a good idea to avoid mixing plastics formulated for blowmolding with plastic formulated for injection molding. They are somewhat different, chemically speaking.
We work with all grades of HDPE. But yes they are definitely different and have different flow rates. But we’ve found ways to work around this with different ratios of each
Thinking of everything I’ve turned in the past I suggest gardening dibber & gardening tool handles, both items are traditionally turned from wood but as they get muddy & dirty having a plastic version that can be easily cleaned would be quite good
I wonder how much it would cost me to send a blank your way. I kind of got a method to melt a larger volume but it’s labor intensive. I did manage to decrease air bubbles but I still get small ones sometimes
It's very tempting to go bigger but what I've have learned over the years with DIY recycling is that it's much easier to go smaller. Diminishing returns has become my mantra with HDPE.
SO, how much for a six-place dinner set... (Only joking... Haha) I Like this idea very much great video presentation... So how much for the dinner service?
Just a side note, I think one of the reasons why you guys have had a lot of success is because you focus on plastic. Yes, most woodworking tools are great for plastic but mixing the two is more hassle than anyone ever shows. Haven't y'all noticed that most Woodworkers will make one thing out of HDPE and then never touch it again? Honestly it's the same thing with wood and metal. You can mix them but people tend not to. I know this could take years but I think plastic working.. or as I call it, Plasseintry.. needs to building a suite of tools and techniques as if it's a separate craft. Because it is.
It is almost as though you copied the plate I made a couple of years ago except for the colors. I have also turned a few carvers mallets. Yes it (HDPE) is very easy to turn. I yet want to turn a sphere. People have asked me "what do you do with it?" My response is "what do you do with a work of art?" Keep the videos coming, thanks.
I primarily use milk jugs and I've never had a problem with them. It doesn't even discolor. It just doesn't have pigment in it and people don't know what it looks like when it's thick.
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nicely edited lads, was my pleasure doing this :)
Thanks for all your help Jamie!
@@BrothersMake any time
Great job 👏
@@giovannacasadio9600 thank you
Nice turning! Looks like you used both carbide and HSS chisels. I was thinking about getting some HSS chisels to turn HDPE. Did you notice anything different as compared to wood?
Thank you for doing this good deed, and therefore proving that 1 good turn deserves another.
Looks fab! Well done guys and well done Jamie!!!!
Absolutely fanplastic, thanks for sharing gents.
Could you make a mould for doing plates that would be easier to mass produce, and that would create less scrap? It would be awesome to see this kind of thing added to your product line! Much love, awesome work as always!
Slick editing as normal chaps . I’ve been gagging to turn some plastic myself , so it’s nice to see it being done.
Very cool. It's beautiful! Love the little tops too. Thank you as always for sharing your brilliant creativity
Hi guys love your work and i hope more people take this up as a hobby,it helps the planet,my name is Darren and i live in Australia
Thanks for your kind words, Darren!
Thank you for your response,tha actual reason i wrote you was to let you know that i used on oven bag instead of silicon mats its a really cheap way to do it,you get no sticking and the bags are good for about 4-5 uses. ok cheers.
I love watching your videos! I think what you guys do is amazing.
Hey guys Jess here I really am over joyed and almost cried to find out you all are doing this ! I save and wash all my plastic and try to reuse I started echo bricking most of the food plastic but have caps and stuff this would be great to do some time with our plastic ! People should start classes some where kind alike a ceramic class but plastic molding class ! I really like the guy who makes frisbees with recycling too..
I wonder if you could make a dice set? That would be super cool to see how you'd work it out!
They’d probably get dented pretty quickly
I turned an HDPE pressure fit washer for a beehive feeder last week. It turned a lot easier than I expected.
Having turned HDPE a lot in the past, I can confirm that it is really good on the lathe.
Last year I suggested the possibility of you guys using HDPE to make one of those book sharing boxes that are so popular these days. Have you put any consideration into building one?
Little Library maybe?
You guys are very creative and I love everything you created and would love to see you creating an electric guitar from plastic.
Thanks man! And that one is actually on our to do list!
I need go get round to turning out some blanks... (enough turning puns?) to make some stuff and see if it will laser nicely for me. I expect it will melt in to a mess but it is worth a try
Beeeeeautiful!!💯😎❤️ so cool!!💗
Just wondering if you keep track on how much energy you use with the melting of the plastic?
It's always a wonder to me that you don't have millions of followers and views on every video since they are so interesting and well done
That's very kind of you to say, thanks for watching!
Turned table legs for intricate looking all HDPE (plus some fittings) coffee/dining tables would be pretty cool to see.
You guys make amazing content *and* products! I've been inspired to add HDPE craft to my list of skills. My first attempt resulted in a very smooth, fairly strong blob 🙄. But it was a successful proof-of-concept. I plan to try and grind it down and re-melt it into something useful, or at least pretty. My red and blue (Folgers and Maxwell House) coffee canisters didn't yield the marbled effect I was trying to emulate from your videos, but I'm hopeful more experience in the twist and fold maneuver will show improvement!
Wow this cool
Your channel inspired me so much to create a jewelry business made out of plastic! I had my first order today I'm so happy :) I even started recording some videos because my friends thought it was made with clay ahaaha so I decided to show the step by step so people can truly see how unique this jewelry is! I love it so muchhhhh!!! I'll give a shout out to your channel in one of my next videos even though I have one subscriber but you still deserve it ahaha thank you so much :D
Love this! You now have 2 subscribers 🤙🏽 keep making cool stuff!
@@BrothersMake Thank you so much!!! Somehow I have 8 subscribers now, so happy and excited!!! :D
We shared your post on our Instagram ☺️ good luck with your channel!
@@BrothersMake Ohhh I'll check it out, thank you so much for all the support!
Maybe you could make a very long mold with monofilament sized grooves (multiples per board) and when the "thread solidifies you can loom it into an industrial and/or playwear fabric. There are many possible uses for such.
Very cool!
Love the plate! If you were to make another, would you make it the same thickness?
Glad you did this video as interested in use HDPE for other things also but without the high tech chomper and extruder . You mention a formula, care to share. What's the best way to avoid air bubbles. Cheers Geoff
I'd try a vacuum chamber much like you would with clear coat epoxies. Vacuum after the melt and then reheat quickly before molding or extruding.
I'm wondering if maybe y'all have ideas on how to refine a technique that I so very much want to work for turning HDPE. I was making a dust port adapter of a size that doesn't exist, so I turned the inside diameters and a transition out of wood (just scrap pine), melted HDPE and wrapped it around the mandrill. Waitied for it to cool, then turned the outside diameters. The problem: the plastic shrank around the mandrill, and I had to soak it in soapy water, then chisel out, the mandrill. Other than that problem, this was really nice, both in the amount of waste plastic and how little effort it would have been, had there been no chiselling. What do you think???
Question. Like you've done with the flower pots, why not make a form mold for plates?
Hi, I want to make a recycled plastic mould around an existing plastic object can you advise how to stop it becoming permanently stuck to the original object. Thanks
You could try making cups with block of plastic on a lath.
Show us how u made those recycled spinning tops
place some heater wire inside the mold behind the ALU profile then you have all time to process
is there a cheap and fast way to recycle it without creating more scraps from the process?
Can you make a solar water heath collector pipe assembly ?
Would it be possible to make a picnic table using beams from HDPE? I'd to see how strong the material is!!
If y’all want a new project y’all should try and make a skateboard or a longboard and each layer can be a different color
bonjour, vous êtes les meilleurs, est que vous pouvez nous faire un disque de détecteur de métaux en plastique.
It might be a good idea to avoid mixing plastics formulated for blowmolding with plastic formulated for injection molding. They are somewhat different, chemically speaking.
We work with all grades of HDPE. But yes they are definitely different and have different flow rates. But we’ve found ways to work around this with different ratios of each
Looks great, reckon you should send me blank to do a sphere 😉
Would be cool to see! Only issue with large solid blanks is how much heat they hold. The last one we made buckled the mould as it cooled!
@@BrothersMake Wonder if you could fuse them by layers.
Thinking of everything I’ve turned in the past I suggest gardening dibber & gardening tool handles, both items are traditionally turned from wood but as they get muddy & dirty having a plastic version that can be easily cleaned would be quite good
I wonder how much it would cost me to send a blank your way. I kind of got a method to melt a larger volume but it’s labor intensive. I did manage to decrease air bubbles but I still get small ones sometimes
It's very tempting to go bigger but what I've have learned over the years with DIY recycling is that it's much easier to go smaller. Diminishing returns has become my mantra with HDPE.
How to make a HDPE plastick spining top
Using our plasticpreneur injection machine 🙂
Can we made from recycle plastic artificial marble with some powders
Deos woodworking tools are ok to be used for plastix ?
Most woodworking tools are fantastic for plastic. And I even use leather working tools as well depending on the thickness.
@@inventtory1272 but is that no « breaking » them ?
@@heim-legouik5875 Nope, they don't break. Sharp blades don't even get dull.
can a george foreman grill work to melt htpe?
Cups would be nice.
Can you guys pls make hdpe string at a small diameter
SO, how much for a six-place dinner set... (Only joking... Haha) I Like this idea very much great video presentation... So how much for the dinner service?
Yo where'd the tops come from?
One day we will meet for a spinning top battle 😎
Yes!
How to make a hdpe plastick comb
We just released these as products to purchase on our website!
Imma keep posting this until you do it. Please make anything out of those orange pill bottles.
They aren’t common in the uk
@@BrothersMake Orange is one of the "rarest" HDPE color even here in Italy.
Just a side note, I think one of the reasons why you guys have had a lot of success is because you focus on plastic. Yes, most woodworking tools are great for plastic but mixing the two is more hassle than anyone ever shows. Haven't y'all noticed that most Woodworkers will make one thing out of HDPE and then never touch it again? Honestly it's the same thing with wood and metal. You can mix them but people tend not to.
I know this could take years but I think plastic working.. or as I call it, Plasseintry.. needs to building a suite of tools and techniques as if it's a separate craft. Because it is.
Mini Bey blade arena
It is almost as though you copied the plate I made a couple of years ago except for the colors. I have also turned a few carvers mallets. Yes it (HDPE) is very easy to turn. I yet want to turn a sphere. People have asked me "what do you do with it?" My response is "what do you do with a work of art?" Keep the videos coming, thanks.
flat sheet, 3 mm + at least
Make a frisbie ....
We sell mini frisbees on our online shop!
You probably don't want to use milk jug plastic. There is something about the plastic... I think it's made to breakdown faster than other plastics. 🤷
I primarily use milk jugs and I've never had a problem with them. It doesn't even discolor. It just doesn't have pigment in it and people don't know what it looks like when it's thick.