Conkers In Resin - This didn't go as Planned..
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ต.ค. 2024
- Its Conker season and in this video we see if you can add Conkers to epoxy resin ? . I wasn't sure if you can as they are not a normal nut. I believe you call them Chestnuts or Buckeye in the United States. This was a cool exciting experiment so come and watch Conkers In Resin & See What Happens. You will be surprised at the results i think . Thanks for watching folks.
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I can definitively say that the conkers have not gone soft because I bought this pot for my wife's Mother's day present and its looks beautiful. We are proud to own one of your pieces of art .
Awe Bless Your Heart for gettin that Lovely Bowl for your wife honestly I am so jealous ..lol
"have you ever seen conkers in epoxy?"
Me. "I've never even heard of a conker" lol
Same here XD
You're not from the UK, then? Lol
Just googled it because I didn't either, and apparently they are European horse chestnuts.
same
They look like buckeyes lol
I’m so glad that you were able to “Conker” this project.... 😂
*Clone High JFK voice* heyyyyy I uh- I like your dad jokes funny man! Keep up the good work!
LavenderVanilla DepressionIsAKilla 😂🤘
I love a good pun and this, fine sir, is a great one 🤣🤣
Smooth
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Everyone: "Chestnuts roasting on an open fire...."
Nick: "CONKERS POT!"
LOL Sadly, while conkers are a type of chestnut, they aren't edible
@@GaisaSanktejo i was joking
@@zatoth13 I know :)
We call them "kastaņi" here... 😂 only white (but in huge amount) available at my country
@@vaveraste1 name checks out
This channel should be renamed “Casting anything that will fit into resin”.
I'd like to see a 1 year review of pretty much every creation. Do they shrivel up, crack, and mold? Or do they hold together like a proper "thing", whatever sort of a thing they are supposed to be?
yeah, I was thinking that with these. I'd have maybe put a thin clear coat of epoxy over it before polishing, just to seal the exposed nuts back up and prevent drying or rot.
Looks amazing. Would have been nice in an autumn gold, yellow ochre type of colouring for Autumn rather than green but the lid looks just awesome.
@@jaksilver3656 Or icky bug work!
It looks like they soaked up quite a bit of resin, might stay decent looking.
I'd say they would have soaked up some, until he said they were still a bit soft
You know they used horse chestnuts during both world wars as a source for acetone to use in the production of ammunition. Those compounds in the raw nut probably were the reason why your first attempt turned out the way it did.
That's a cool history fact. Thanks teaching me something new!!
The nuts may rot, or dry out, or a mix of both. But it is VASTLY better art than a banana taped to a wall!
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Thanks for sharing the fruits (and nuts) of your skills with us.
Thats why I was thinking he should do a clear resin coat over all of it to prevent rot to happen
When you have to pause the video to Google "what is a conker" because you're so American
They're supposed to be very good at warding off spiders, if left near the door.
Most of the spiders I see don't use the door, tho. They come in anyway they can.
Also, apparently, good for removing unsightly scratches from furniture.
Google for more info.
@@amethyst1826 I have never had a spider knock on the door here... but it could just be that they're bug and scary enough to just bust it in and go "thisbis my place now bitch"
What is a conker?
It was different.
@@jimneamy8773 my question as well as I wanna watch the video before googling what it is!
"I got a sudden craving for mint chocolate and Maltesers!" OK, that caught me off-guard. Well played, sir! :)
Just bought the wife some Chocolate Chip Mont ice cream at the store today. I get the Moose Tracks or Cookies n Cream.
I grew up calling them “horse chestnuts” brilliant piece.
I just looked it up, apparently they are call horse chestnuts but the game is called conkers so everyone's adapted to that name instead...
The tree is a horse chestnut tree. The fruits are called conkers, or horse chestnuts. Just like an oak tree has acorns.
We just threw them at each other growing up; I'm hoping the "game" was more involved than that
Yes conkers are horse chestnuts. Which are different from chestnuts we can eat.
They look very much like the Buckeyes we have in the USA only a bit larger, I wonder if they're related.
You should take the original one you made that you said was a failure. You should smack the center of it with a sledgehammer and then place it back in with gaps of a different color resin making the peace much bigger
"This didn't go as planned"
Honestly, what does? But what you do when that happens is why we love you. And your waffling, of course. Stay safe!
The oven transition was flawless!!! Great editing skills!!!!! And resin and turning skills as Well!!!! Love the channel. And Nick is AWESOME!!!!!
The creamy green really compliments the natural colors of the conkers. It turned out very well.
Some day, Nick will remember to dry stuff before putting it in resin and that resin dyes will mix together in the pressure pot, but it is not this day. 😂😂
i'm curious to see this pot in a month again
when they dry out complete
I see that someone informed you that we call them “Buckeyes” in the states. But also the state of Ohio is called “The Buckeye State”. The Ohio State University’s football team (American Football) is called “”The Buckeyes”. Also some of the old folks used to carry one in their pocket for good luck. Now you know more than you wanted too. 🤨
That's what I thought they were when I saw then I'm from ohio it's so weird to hear them called something else
These are chestnuts. Buckeyes only have one fruit in the pod. You could see in the beginning of the video, they opened a pod and there were 3 or 4 fruits inside.
@@jennycaldwell1 we have buckeye trees on our property and they come in double and even triple. Those are my favorite because they are flat on one side.
Conkers come from the Horse Chestnut tree. So, they aren't precisely the same as Buckeye tree seeds. Although, when it comes to playing the game referred to as Conkers; in the States, specifically North Dakota, they substituted Buckeye seeds in place of Horse Chestnut seeds.
So..OH......
Nick Zammeti
- Kudos for using the blank (2:05) and making your work more sustainable and environmentally responsible. Less waist of resin is less waist of energy. Really inspiring, Sir.
For anyone wondering, conkers and buckeyes appear similar and have some similarities but the buckeye comes from the buckeye tree (Aesculus glabra) while conkers come from the European horse-chestnut tree (Aesculus hippocastanum).
so - they are Chestnuts!! Ok!
This is actually really cool Reminds me of Pistachio Pudding.
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Hey, have you ever cast a bolt of yarn in resin and tried turning it?
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You probably ought to have baked them first...
(edit) you made a pistachio pudding pot lol
Perhaps if you painted a layer of resin over it, the pot won't be so soft.
I had the same thought! Glad you said the resin part too.
I haven't watched the video yet, and I knew it would have been this. They are squidgy and smelly on the inside. It takes a long time for them to dry out, just one bake probably won't do it.
yah the chestnut "meat" is exposed and will rot and get all gross & I don't know if a resin layer over it will even help
You should set them aside for a year till they are fully dry and hard.
They shrivel when they are dried out, so may not look too good.
@@BoingBB you can collect a load and pick the best of the batch :)
or put them into an oven for a bit
I like how it came out. It's weird, it's funky, it's the kind of thing someone could buy as a conversation piece. Very cool.
My niece would love that. She waits all year to go conker picking. Can't wait to show her this video
*+ Nick Zammeti* lol, it's hilarious that you keep forgetting to dry 'organic' stuff, and that, if you don't, it'll give that wet stuff. This goes for your many flower projects, these conkers, and... 🤣ketchup🤣
This just makes we want to see you do a nature series. Put all sorts of things in resin to see what they do. Ginger, potatoes, walnuts, etc
I love this one! Though I agree that it makes me also want andes chocolate, or pistachio pudding, or mint and chip ice cream.
I’ve been babysitting my granddaughter for the last couple months and forgot how much attention 16 month old toddlers require. Hence, I haven’t had time to watch Nick.
Very glad to see Nick is still up to his “unique” projects!
I genuinely want a pot/box like this. I think this is my favorite of yours.
Me getting woken up at 1am: 😩
My phone: guesss whoooo
Me: .....acceptable. I'll watch it😌
First comment!
....what are conkers? 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Edit: OH! Buckeyes. Got it.
indeed what the fk are conkers
Seeds from a buckeye tree, always just called them buckeyes though.
They are seeds from a horse chessnut tree
Similar to the chestnuts you eat, but do not eat these! Conkers are poisonous.
whats a buckeye
That’s crazy how pretty that turned out 😍 here in Louisiana we carry a buck eye with us because they bring you good luck but I think those are chest nuts, I love watching your videos you make them fun and entertaining 👍🏼❤️
I absolutely love the look of this pot. I want one completely perfect for any kitchen bench
Kinda figured the fatty acids would do some weird chemical reaction; they were still green, they need to be dried first!
9:09 Now looks like a dessert sitting in his hand! Like a big fancy truffle! The size of my head! A mint chocolate ganache cake-thing!
Dammit it's 1:42 in the morning and I'm wanting candy.
New merchandise should be “carry on, until failure”
I feel that way about a lot of things
Also maybe you could leave some out for a few months and then try with those lol
We call them “kastanjes” in the Netherlands 😁 I would put a layer of resin all over it to seal them.
Kim: In Germany they are called „Kastanien“.
And in Poland we call them "kasztany" :D
In Sweden we call them "kastanjer", pretty close!!
Depending how far you want to try the nut thing after baking/drying them out stabilize them in wood stabilizer. You could drill some holes randomly into the stabilized conkers to allow the color into the nut. It would be more complicated and time and materials intensive but you may end up with a better product in the end.
I have to say that with everything that’s happened in the world this past year, I am rather disappointed that you still haven’t done a video turning toilet paper.
that would Micarta and thats Peter Brown.
That's america lol
One of the prettiest pieces you have done.
My dad has carried the same buckeye in his pocket since he was a kid. His dad gave it to him said they are lucky. Who knows?
MYSCENTEDLIFE my dad did the same thing. He had the same buckeye in his pocket for years.
"Its a little soft in the nut area".... made me laugh dude. Just seal that thing up so it doesn't dry rot.
Curious how those look, or smell in a month or so!
He should seal it up with some clear coat, or shellac or something. Or it’s going to get funky.
I agree with Marty. Lol
I put a slice of banana in resin about 4 yrs ago and it turned slightly brown but that's it, but it is also completely sealed.
brikhouse22 did it turn brown when you casted it, or over time?
@@barryfields2964 mostly in the beginning after I put it in the resin.
I love how it came out. Instead on conkers you could use different sizes of wood balls made form different types of wood . when adding the color to the resin after adding the white slowly add a little green and mix it in so it has swirls. I really enjoy your shows. keep up the great work.
I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream! That really needs to be a display piece in an ice cream shop!
Nick "the Conkerer" Zammeti
We call Conkers buck eyes in Kentucky in the United States 😂
On the West Coast we call them Chestnuts.
Buckeyes here in Arkansas, too.
We call them chestnuts in New England.
Horse Chestnut in NY
See, I haven't seen the outcome yet, but feel like putting them in a vacuum chamber, in heat, is a BAAAAD idea. When I eat chestnuts, I always puncture them with a knife to let the steam out so they don't explode... needless to say, I'm a little worried lol.
Edit: I meant when I eat regular chestnuts. Don't worry, I don't eat the poisonous ones lol.
Hands down my absolute favorite creation of yours. It's beautiful. I would actually buy this for my kitchen!
Watched this before and still love it. It is beautifully quirky and I would have welcomed this into my home. Somebody beat me to it. Grrrrrr. 🥰
We call them horse chestnuts. They are not edible by humans without a LOT of processing.
I'm a Buckeye! Guess what we call them.
"It is very soft in the nut area" had me laughing way more than is seemly for a grown woman.
Have you seen my new coat anywhere?
[Nick goes wide-eyed and his ears go back like a dog that got caught being naughty]
I would proudly display this "pot" anywhere!! It is really neat looking and what a conversation piece!!
I'd totally just give the entire thing a few coats of resin.
The "Conckers" are called Buckeyes in the states. You did great roasting them in the oven, but they need to have time to dry out after the oven, like over 3 to 6 months hope you pile some away in a dry area and do it again. What you did is quite.
cool, love it! (makes me want mint chocolate chip ice cream) might want to try gold and glitter in the resin. Know you said you have had enough of Conckers but I hope you rethink that. Love to see more👍
@Mamie Brown, they're conkers, no 2nd c.
@@amethyst1826 no they are BUCKEYES!! No first C....
They’re different things
conkers are not buckeyes.
@@CrimsonCrowess they look like buckeyes to me...
I would do an outside coat of clear resin over the whole thing to preserve the nuts.
I came to comment the same thing. That thing's going to rot otherwise
It wasn’t a failure at all!!! I happen to love it, the detail of your cookers is really cool!!! Stop selling yourself short 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
My girlfriend says this is her favorite project so far of yours and we both really find it funkadelic 👏
We call them 'Horse Chestnuts' in Wyoming, USA; not to be confused with edible Chestnuts as these are poisonous if eaten.
I love them too. And I too, how always wanted to 'make' something with them. Your container is pretty.
Utah calls them chestnuts as well.
They're officially Horse Chestnuts in the UK too, we just call them conkers as well!
In Ohio they call the buckeyes
@@georgeakin9312 yeah thats what we call them in iowa too
In the Netherlands we also call them: Paarden (Horse) Kastanjes (Chestnuts) as well.
I never saw a horse eating one, though..
Prepare for 8 million comments from people in Ohio 😂
Yeah I'm one of them, lol
🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
@@RapidFireHorses Same! In Licking county myself. From western New York originally though.
@@MrJunk78 Nice! :3
Can i ask why? Im from Germany
Maybe try a pour-on resin clear coat to seal and harden the "nut areas", then you could polish that all glossy and funky. I would love to own something as unique as that! (But I am broke)
TikTok!? Going there now!
Yeah, I was kind of hoping for a resin finish, myself. Makes things so shiny! :)
We had a horse chestnut in our front yard when I was young. I loved that tree. It was huge and had a reading platform attached to two branches. I loved climbing the tree and reading. Sometimes I would try to be hiding trying to get out of doing my chores
And now I know what a conker is, being from Canada. That pot looks so cool!! And glad to hear that it didn't change over time.
Chestnut is a saponification tree. That oil is the stuff that makes it bubble. Yes, you can make soap from cookers/horse chestnuts.
We called them "buckeyes" when I was a kid. Every year, there was a contest to see which kid could collect the most buckeyes. There were lots of huge, old horsechestnut trees in my neighborhood (in fact, the street was named after them, Chestnutdale) , and also on a couple other streets. One kid always had the most, he'd end up with a couple of 50 gallon trash bins full of them! I have no idea what he did with them all.
Anyway, this was a great project, and I love the mint green color! Next time, you should let the conkers dry out over several days, maybe up to a month, before making another project with them, just to make sure they are dry all the way through.
Finished the video...was hoping Nick you say he ”conquered the conkers!” Lol
You are amazing. I told my Grandson about you, he loves wood working.
Nick puts pants in resin....
Nick forgets pants hold water
I love it every time its interesting to see what happens each time he tries something new I love his projects
It's a cookie jar, for small cookies. And, why didn't you paint it with resin, like you did the top, to hermetically seal the soft bits from moulding over time?
Aren't these nuts toxic? Probably if it was sealed in it would be fine, though, right?
I remember playing conkers when I lived in England... may have cheated soaking them in clear coat *coughs*
If they’re still a bit soggy, there should be shrinking of the nutmeat over time, would be interesting to see this project revisited next year with the extra conkers from this year.
How do you play conkers?
Kara Ivie
Take one of the nuts, drill a hole through it, attach a string about the length of your arm through it.
One person holds they’re conker by the end of the string (letting it dangle down).... while the other person tries to break it with their own conker (doing your best not to hurt your opponent hehe).
Thank you! Now I understand the need for clear coat 😂
Kara Ivie oh not supposed to hehe. Oh well 🤷 😋
Yes! Great fun until someone got their knuckles smashed in by a conker! The pain!!
Why yes, I had just settled into bed, sleep can wait. What are conkers?!
They are horse chestnuts from conker trees
They are horse chestnuts but it's ironic they call them that cause it can make a horse sick
Literally the same lol
Same, it's 4:52am where I am lol last video before bed
Yea, horse chestnut is actually a different tree, but they're both not in the chestnut family and both horse chestnuts and buckeyes are highly toxic and inedible....unless they're made of peanut butter and chocolate 😋
Always creative. Nice to see that we are all human.
Nick I LOVE that it turned out very COOL!!! Love watching you turn wood!!!
We call those things "buckeyes" here in Ohio.
Was gonna make this comment. Ohio State Conkers. Love it.
Yep we do
My dad all ways called them a no good useless nut.
GO BLUE! (sorry I couldn't resist...)
Kim Stamp obviously he never had a slingshot as a boy... those things are PAINFUL when you are the recipient !
"Have you ever seen conkers in resin?" Dude, I didn't even know what a conker was until today lol I think your bonkers conkers pot is awesome.
The peanut butter and chocolate buckeye candies my aunt brings to Christmas gatherings make much more sense now... Except that we're from Kansas and I don't think we have buckeyes here 🤔
Chocolate Buckeyes are so good! I didnt know other people didnt know what Buckeyes actually are, to be far Im from Ohio so these are everywhere but I thought they were more common.
Thats sad..... they are everywhere in ohio
I don't think we have these in Australia either, unless they're imported somewhere in someone's front yard or the Botanical gardens.
I'd love to try the buckeye seeets, anyone got a good recipe? 😋
@@Jasoluna the dessert is amazing !!! Its a ball of peanut butter smothered in chocolate.... just dont eat a real buckeye they are poisonous lol
@@angelbechtol7873 chocolate buckeyes are well known.... but what is unique to us ohioans is sweetest day!!!! Lol
This is so far away from a failure, love the design and little cracks in the individual conkers, awesome!
Love it! So much fun and funky! 😆. Great job! Fail and learn. Don’t get discouraged and have fun!
16:46 "it very soft in the nut area" (his face when he realized what he just said) 😂😂
I just said about this the other day on one of ur posts we must have been on the same level . My 4 yr old daughter calls them treasure and we have made some in to baby rolled up hedgehogs and some in to spiders to put in boo bags that she wants to make for her friends .
A few in the corner of a room, keeps spiders away!! Or so they say...
That's a neat-o idea!
Call it the "Conker Container" 😋
I love that Nick isn't afraid to fail.
Even though you didn't conquer the conker project the way you hoped, it still turned out pretty neat! I like the lid with the whole nut/seed on top.
I love Nick but he does NOT learn from his past mistakes 😂😂
Are they called “conkers” because they fall out of the trees and “conk” you on the head ? ... love the channel, the content, the accent, and the commentary ...
As a kids we'd throw them at each other. We come home covered in bruises.
This looks really fun!
May I ask why you didn’t put a layer of resin on the finished pot?*
I'm assuming it's so the conkers could dry out more- putting resin on it straight after would just turn the resin milky.
You conquered the conkers !!! I LOVE it!!!
I love the way it looks one of the best ones get
I would bet the exposed "Chestnuts" are going to dry out and the centers fall out without protection, I would recommend giving the whole pot a few coats of quick dry resin to keep them sealed. Canada calls them Chestnuts, when you call them Conkers it makes me think of Conchs which are large snails.
PumpkinKing 72 what do they call buckeyes ? You can eat chestnuts but you can’t eat buckeyes or conkers there bitter and heard poison
@@donpayne562 We don't call anything buckeyes other than buckeye peas. Just because you can't eat it doesn't mean it is not a chestnut, just like many things in the world there are many varieties of things that are the same species after all not all snakes are poisonous there are poisonous and non-poisonous varieties horse chestnuts just happen to be poisonous is all. As a kid we played a game with them called chestnut fights. Seems the UK does that as well except we used a drill to put a hole in them when I was young much safer and less insane than using a long hot poker in my opinion and you don't need to put your had on the other side when drilling, simply hold it down on a piece of wood and no one goes home with a hot poker in a body part. Googled Chestnut fights 1st result UK lady using a hot poker to put a hole in it hope no one uses that video as a guide, it looked like she was going to stab herself on camera.
PumpkinKing 72 horse chestnuts and buckeyes are in the same family. The horse chestnut is a little bigger. There not in the same family as a true chestnut that you eat.All the native chestnuts died from blight . Most everything now is subspecies from China. I live in NC we have all the species of venomous and non except for the coral snake . Don’t take long to figure out what’s what. Lol
Conch to me is a type of seafood...and/or the lovely shell it inhabited before becoming dinner.
They are not chestnuts. They are a different species. These ones will make you very very very sick
Are conkers some kind of nut. Looks a little like a filbert or hazelnut
Non edible Horse Chestnuts. Even the squirrels wont eat them.
Me: I have a midterm tomorrow, time to go to bed
***Nicks video notification***
Me: what is sleep??? what is education???
What are conkers even?
Billy from TH-cam I think they’re chestnuts lol, but I’m from Canada so I’m not sure 😂
Saw a shirt once and loved it, ”U.S. EH". Also, are Canadians really as friendly as the stereotype?
Billy from TH-cam I think some are! But there’s some nasty people here too, lol. I work in customer service and wow it’s shocking how mean some people are; but I think just like every place, there’s nice and mean people :)
@@williamreininger7546 in the US, they're known as horse chestnuts or buckeyes. They're nuts that have a thick, prickly outer coating, like a walnut does, and then a really glossy, dark brown nut with a lighter brown circular spot inside. Don't eat them, they're highly poisonous. They're a bit smaller than a golf ball. Their slight resemblance to a deer's eye [buck] is where they get their name. The State of Ohio is known as the buckeye state, ppl. from Ohio are called buckeyes, and The Ohio State University's football team are the Buckeyes. Go BUCKS !!
failure? I love this! I especially love the pot itself. the mint green with the conker shells look awesome. I really really like this one.
Also, this us definitely a piece of art! Be proud of your endless creativity and ability to quickly adapt!
You should’ve put them in the oven first Nick 🤣🤣🤣
The only "Conkers" I've heard of before was "Conkers Bad Fur Day" :P
Chestnuts! (Watched 3 seconds) I probably would have roasted them to draw out some of the oils so as to reduce the chances of ruining the resin..
*Edit* nailed it.. should have baked them 😞
*Second edit* I LOVE IT!! Great job mate!
Kris Hall or even put them in the pressure pot alone first to draw the oil out
@@Rebeccarochelle22 ohh indeed! Smart thinking.
I just didn't go for the green then you started turning it. Wow. So glad I was wrong. You did another brilliant job.
I like it...I don't know why. I just like it.
SOOOOOOO satisfying when you get a glossy AS F conker! 😎