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Dear bros; Can you experiment with making perfectly straight stripes? I've been trying for a while and it keeps ending up wonky. It'd be really cool if you figured out how to make precise patterns too like checkers or dots. Also, have you guys considered making jewellery/ornaments/keychains? I'm a jeweler and jewellery maker and after watching your videos I've been trying to make jewellery out of my homemade HDPE sheets. Hand sawing it with a jewelers saw Is just too tedious and time consuming so I did research into more effective methods that could cut down on time. I came up with using leather cutting steel dies (but only on thin sheets). It cuts down on sanding down the edges after sawing or cutting and is much cleaner. However it's not perfect because I don't have a die cutting press and the edges still need a little sanding before wear. I've hand sanded but it still is very time consuming to get the desired result compared to metal especially since I can't use my flex shaft because it can accidentally cause damage too quickly. I'm now considering sanding each piece to as close to a final result as I can and then I might experiment placing the pieces in my rock tumbler (in the extra fine grit barrel) with the final grits and polishes and hope that does the trick. I still have not managed to sand them enough (including wet sanding) to get them as shiny as I'd like. However... I was wondering if you guys would be willing to test this out for me as quite a few of my pieces have fine detail and I've spent hours hand sanding them and I'm afraid I'll ruin them... Also, I've been making a list of all product bottles and objects I've discovered that are HDPE. I'm just not sure where that list went at the moment... I will say that the majority of my plastic has come from shampoo and conditioner bottles and laundry detergent and softener bottles. Oh! And I've accidentally discovered that if you leave some sharpie on the plastic and bake it...the colour will bleed into the plastic! (Especially more translucent white plastic... for example: a drywall mudding bucket) I've been experimenting with creating patterns and ombres. I've discovered these colours work: . Standard black sharpie . Dark royal blue (though it won't fully bleed through) . Dark purple (bleeds as fuchsia) . Fuchsia . Red (becomes a pinkish red) . Yellowy green I haven't found much purple or pink plastic so I've been making my own! Note: after baking in the colours you must remove the sharpie film or the plastic won't weld.
@@amandasnider2644 1) Congratulations on your jewelry success so far! 2) Patterns would be awesome! 3) Regarding your list, if I gave you a name brand for a milk bottle cap, then would you be able to confirm with proper research that that specific brand cap is HDPE? 4) How do you know that the ink is safe at that temperature? 5) Speaking of ink, maybe coloured ink could be used to create those patterns that you want. Draw even lines, and then heat? Please, oh please, let me know the results, if you try this.
@@amandasnider2644 regarding fuchsia, I think that our milk bottle caps are that colour. [edit: why don't you test out your sanding and polishing technique using scrap HDPE?]
@@eugenetswong well that explains one reason why I don't have many colour options... I don't drink dairy. Lol As for "ink" I don't know what sharpies have but I don't think regular ink would work because it's more water based and likely would only pool on top of the plastic. As for determining what kind of plastic is appropriate, I don't take chances unless it's clearly labeled.
i started collecting hp plastic from my school and house and started in small projects with the tolls i had thanks to you guys. 💜💜💜 (my english is bad sorry😭💔)
your name seems like you are from an Arab country, is that true? where are you based? which country? my name is Mariam, I would love to know if in case we are from the same country, I would definitely support your small projects !
Instead of melting the actual pieces which would change their size by sometimes quite a bit, score the pieces you're going to 'weld' together - this is ALWAYS done in pottery. Then keep a small can or glass bowl of the same type of plastic heated on a hot plate for instance to the 'just' melting point or a little hotter and use a toothpick or some type of applicator to spread it quickly like 'slip' or glue and then press it.
Glad to see a process of 'gluing back together'. So far I have made a garden spade handle and a lever knob on a machine with internal metal M11 threads. Getting in a lot of practice turning my metal mold blanks on a 9 inch hobby metal lathe.
worked in a dodge factory for a short time back in the early 2000's and plastic welding was rather common there. those tanks to hold the windshield washer fluid for example are 2 haves that get pressed up against a plate of steel that is kept super hot then lowered down and pressed together by a machine just required one of us hooomans to put the parts in and hit the go button.
@@BrothersMake wish i had a workshop and tools to try and make stuff currently all i can do is melt the stuff into sort of blanks to take up less space. got quite a bit i use those disposable foil baking trays and just recycle them after plastic cools and toss the rough blanks into a bucket. perhaps someday when i get a house again apartment city life is no fun lol.
Watching you lads cleaning up the edges and such is SOOOOOO satisfying. I'd've lost a finger, I 'magine, but it's been ages since I was in a shop. Thank you for making this amazing content.
Made my first small box to enclose an electronics project using your welding techniques! It takes practice but I can see this being a great approach and alternative to the 3D printing I'm always doing.
Just for fun, I taught myself to plastic weld with sunlight and a magnifying glass. It's pretty fun to mess with if you have the patience. It can go pretty quickly on a clear day. Make sure to wear eye protection, sunglasse or light gas welding lenses in goggles. I made welding rod by heating up a piece of scrap and stretched it into about 1/16" - 1/8" rods.
Sorry to have to say it but I am glad your other project was put on hold. :P I love all your HDPE videos and it is why I initially subscribed. ;) I also love making boxes so this one really ticked all my boxes... *grin* Thanks for sharing the video and that box is super lovely!! Love the color mix. - Heidi
We did think this, but was concerned it would take too long to connect it all together after the plastic turns soft. May be tricky to do in the narrow window of heat. But worth a try!
Not sure if somebody mentioned this, but I did an experiment before and used a box knife to barely scribe my piece to be 'cut' and tried to break my piece that I needed on the edge of my work bench rather than saw cut. It worked quite well! Later I was machining a block of HDPE with a square end mill and four separate 'tangs' were left. Since I had an extra I decided to push on the tab because of the sharp corner (thinking of my light box knife scribe in the past) and sure enough it snapped rather easily. So, what makes the the pieces stay together a lot better is leaving a smooth radius in the corner. I'm guessing this would help when doing this process in the video too rather than cleaning up the inside corners with a razor making them sharp.
What would happen if you interlocked them first with something like a dove tail and then melthen the corners using the heat gun or press? Does the heat not penetrate enough to melt the joint?
I feel like ever since you guys sealed the thicknesser or whatever its called with tape for the waste to be directed into the bottle more of it is coming out of other corners. it probably helps to make some holes in the bottle or something so it can perform as a vacuum also the things you guys are making are literally pieces of art! like they're so pretty I'd literally frame and hang them on the wall as modern art
Yeah that’s probably not a bad idea. The dust port is never 100% effective on these machines. We make sure to pick up all the small pieces that don’t go into the bottle. Thank you so much!
I would say that this is heat bonding ( if that's the correct expression). Have you tried the heat welding tools the the "vinyl " floor layers use to weld seams. This may give you more flexibility. Good watching - thank you
When I was a kid several decades ago, I had a toy set called a spin welder. It had little black plastic girders that I could weld together using a little battery powered gun that basically had a motor that spun a tip that you used to create friction. When applied to the girders, you could melt the material between two adjacent girders and they would fuse together and cool down into an incredibly strong joint. It wasn’t the cleanest looking weld but it sure worked. I wonder if you could do something similar with HDPE? Following my childhood roots, I’ve learned how to weld metal as an adult. I wonder if an intense heat source could be applied to two pieces of HDPE that are next to each other to create a puddle of molten plastic while a thin stick HDPE could be melted into the same joint that is being formed from the puddle. This is how TIG welding works with metal. I’d wager that it would work with plastic. The heat source would simply have to be something other than the electric arc used by a metal arc welder. Some kind of really focused heat gun maybe? There is a company here in the U.S. called Harbor Freight that makes a plastic welding system similar to what I described that might work as an off the shelf system. Just search “Plastic Welder” on their web site. Food for thought. Here’s a link: www.harborfreight.com/search?q=plastic%20welder I think what you guys are doing is fantastic!
Don't expect you guys to notice a comment this late on. you're probably all over it now but 45's in the corners might be ever so slightly stronger as there's more contact area? Just made my first block of hdpe today from motivation I got from you guys. Turned out terribly, but really keen on keeping on. Thanks lads
love your work and your personalities. Keep up the great job you are doing and presenting to the public. I have my husband interested in the pens because he collects pens. M from Canada. Since we are also in lock down this is a good time to play around with different ideas and we love to recycle.
Wow, that worked really well. In fixing 3D prints, I've tried using friction stir welding with a little bit of success. (but that's PLA) I wonder if that might be something to try for applications when you need weld a smaller area.
Nice project, I see you use a lot of milk bottle lids. Can you use the actual translucent bottles too? That would make it easier to collect enough material for a good sized project. Thanks
Trust me once you realize how much HDPE packaging is at your local grocery you won't have any trouble. I have bags an bags of it that I need to cut down. Milk Jugs are HDPE and make up most of my collection but also my dogs chewable joint care medicine bottles, plastic coffee cans and Quik chocolate syrup make up a good portion as I buy them regularly. Also all the plastic grocery bags here are HDPE as well. - Heidi
You could try using a soldering iron, they also come with different tips you could use, it comes in handy using zip ties to fix or join other plastics together
I have dreamed of using these recyclable plastics to make a power bank. I think it would be so nice, but i wonder how such small size Devices can be produced.
Have you thought about making storage things for the hobby crafter ? I need holders for my double sided tape and Nuvo drops and Tombo glue bottles to name a few. Love that box x
Have you tried spin welding? You put a piece of plastic rod in a Dremel and the heat of friction melts the workpiece and rod together. It’s a strong joint as the spinning also mixes the melted plastic rod and workpiece.
I had a hundred plus gallon plastic water tank with a dinner plate sized HOLE in it that I wanted fixed. I got an extra sheet of the plastic and cut out the round to fill the hole, then used my wood burning tool to melt strips of plastic in and around all the edges I wanted joined. It came out GREAT. So yes, plastic CAN be welded this way, and even if you don't have a special tool, just heat up a screwdriver tip in a fire!
As the HDPE works like timber in theory you could use Japanese carpentry techniques to make joins, this would cut down the need for screws as well. Anyway great video.
Can you try a fake dowel/ rivett with a soldering iron or super heated hole puncher? I mean you push the spike through one piece into the other like you're drilling a hole but then it's the plastic itself that pushes into the adjoining piece. I guess you could then fill the hole left behind...
@@BrothersMake I've seen it done before with 3d prints and extra filiment. Don't know if it would work with HDPE. Not even sure how to make the welding stick to put in the dremel.
Would be really interested if you guys could find a way to remove a Polymer Fusion Label from a piece of HDPE. We label plastics with a similar idea to plastic welding. Might be interesting content!
Thanks for another great video. With a melting point of 150, HDPE should melt in a solar oven, right? Never mind, found my answer - yes! I'm hoping to avoid using electricity as much as possible here in sunny South Africa where we have too much plastic.
Have you tried a shouldering gun and treating it like Tig welding. I also remember someone using copper wires placed between and an electrical current passed through it so it heats up enough to melt the joining faces 🤷🏻♂️....well you asked for feedback 😊
Hi guys, I am just starting. Do you have a video or a link to what plastics are to be used/avoided? Thanks a bunch. I love your videos and admire your bright smiles!
Nice build! Question - I see that you weigh your plastic with each build. Can you explain the purpose? Is there a certain weight to get the size of block you want?
Great question! We know the weight required to achieve a certain thickness with each mould. For example, with this on we wanted a final dimension of around 8mm. The big square mould you see us use takes 93g of HDPE to get a 1mm blank. So we aim for around 12mm to account for the amount removed during thicknessing. Which means total required is about 1.1Kg 🤙🏽
@@BrothersMake this board has 12mm thick or 8mm, do used 1.1kg , so could you please give all dimensions square size final board after pressing at 1.1kg 12mm or 8mm thick, and how much weight do you put on press machine,thanks.
Can you make uni color ones? Not saying the swirls arent nice, but everythong being swirlly all the time isnt necessarily the best for every project. Id like to see a more serious looking build. Love what youre doing
What about beveling the edges, make a filler stick with your extruder and weld it in place like you would weld metal, but use a soldering iron to heat it up and drag the filler stick along?
How about making a plastic canoe? This would require going larger scale with tools and techniques. I'm curious as to the differences between a traditional wooden canoe and a plastic canoe (using thin strips of plastic).
Hi guys, brilliant demos! Please keep them coming please👍🏾🙂would you tackle how to Make a window frame? Watertight and fitted to a wall? Anyways thx a mil for your creativity and upbeat selves😊✌️🙏
Thank you for watching! If you have any questions about our setup or process then check out our FAQ in the description! Also - if you have any ideas or suggestions on what we can plastic weld next then comment below. We’d love to hear them!
Dear bros;
Can you experiment with making perfectly straight stripes? I've been trying for a while and it keeps ending up wonky. It'd be really cool if you figured out how to make precise patterns too like checkers or dots.
Also, have you guys considered making jewellery/ornaments/keychains?
I'm a jeweler and jewellery maker and after watching your videos I've been trying to make jewellery out of my homemade HDPE sheets. Hand sawing it with a jewelers saw Is just too tedious and time consuming so I did research into more effective methods that could cut down on time. I came up with using leather cutting steel dies (but only on thin sheets). It cuts down on sanding down the edges after sawing or cutting and is much cleaner. However it's not perfect because I don't have a die cutting press and the edges still need a little sanding before wear. I've hand sanded but it still is very time consuming to get the desired result compared to metal especially since I can't use my flex shaft because it can accidentally cause damage too quickly. I'm now considering sanding each piece to as close to a final result as I can and then I might experiment placing the pieces in my rock tumbler (in the extra fine grit barrel) with the final grits and polishes and hope that does the trick. I still have not managed to sand them enough (including wet sanding) to get them as shiny as I'd like.
However... I was wondering if you guys would be willing to test this out for me as quite a few of my pieces have fine detail and I've spent hours hand sanding them and I'm afraid I'll ruin them...
Also, I've been making a list of all product bottles and objects I've discovered that are HDPE. I'm just not sure where that list went at the moment... I will say that the majority of my plastic has come from shampoo and conditioner bottles and laundry detergent and softener bottles.
Oh! And I've accidentally discovered that if you leave some sharpie on the plastic and bake it...the colour will bleed into the plastic! (Especially more translucent white plastic... for example: a drywall mudding bucket)
I've been experimenting with creating patterns and ombres.
I've discovered these colours work:
. Standard black sharpie
. Dark royal blue (though it won't fully bleed through)
. Dark purple (bleeds as fuchsia)
. Fuchsia
. Red (becomes a pinkish red)
. Yellowy green
I haven't found much purple or pink plastic so I've been making my own!
Note: after baking in the colours you must remove the sharpie film or the plastic won't weld.
@@amandasnider2644
1) Congratulations on your jewelry success so far!
2) Patterns would be awesome!
3) Regarding your list, if I gave you a name brand for a milk bottle cap, then would you be able to confirm with proper research that that specific brand cap is HDPE?
4) How do you know that the ink is safe at that temperature?
5) Speaking of ink, maybe coloured ink could be used to create those patterns that you want. Draw even lines, and then heat? Please, oh please, let me know the results, if you try this.
@@amandasnider2644 regarding fuchsia, I think that our milk bottle caps are that colour.
[edit: why don't you test out your sanding and polishing technique using scrap HDPE?]
@@eugenetswong well that explains one reason why I don't have many colour options... I don't drink dairy. Lol
As for "ink" I don't know what sharpies have but I don't think regular ink would work because it's more water based and likely would only pool on top of the plastic.
As for determining what kind of plastic is appropriate, I don't take chances unless it's clearly labeled.
use box mould to directly make a box
Watch this: th-cam.com/video/-shSLvLOsoQ/w-d-xo.html
I like the last line "Thanks for sticking with us".
I love the upcycling you two do, very inspiring.
We appreciate everyone that has! Also - no pun intended! 😂 thanks for the comment!
i started collecting hp plastic from my school and house and started in small projects with the tolls i had thanks to you guys. 💜💜💜
(my english is bad sorry😭💔)
Your English is good! Well done for getting started collecting!!
Your English is fine. You have only misspelled the word tools
your name seems like you are from an Arab country, is that true? where are you based? which country? my name is Mariam, I would love to know if in case we are from the same country, I would definitely support your small projects !
Finally I found the GREATEST and BEST plastic recycling channel,i am seriously inspired to start plastic recycling,thanks guys
Thank you so much!!
They don't offer any recycling program in my area. Thanks to you guys I can now make reusable items.🤗 Thank you so much
Instead of melting the actual pieces which would change their size by sometimes quite a bit, score the pieces you're going to 'weld' together - this is ALWAYS done in pottery. Then keep a small can or glass bowl of the same type of plastic heated on a hot plate for instance to the 'just' melting point or a little hotter and use a toothpick or some type of applicator to spread it quickly like 'slip' or glue and then press it.
It would be awesome if you can try to do sunglasses frames, jewelry, desk organizers.
Sunglasses are on our list!
Desk orgaizer is a great idea. How about an in out mailbox. Make it a matching color set of purple marble.
Glad to see a process of 'gluing back together'. So far I have made a garden spade handle and a lever knob on a machine with internal metal M11 threads. Getting in a lot of practice turning my metal mold blanks on a 9 inch hobby metal lathe.
That’s awesome to hear! Well done
worked in a dodge factory for a short time back in the early 2000's and plastic welding was rather common there. those tanks to hold the windshield washer fluid for example are 2 haves that get pressed up against a plate of steel that is kept super hot then lowered down and pressed together by a machine just required one of us hooomans to put the parts in and hit the go button.
Oh cool process! This is kind of like that on a smaller scale I guess
@@BrothersMake wish i had a workshop and tools to try and make stuff currently all i can do is melt the stuff into sort of blanks to take up less space. got quite a bit i use those disposable foil baking trays and just recycle them after plastic cools and toss the rough blanks into a bucket. perhaps someday when i get a house again apartment city life is no fun lol.
So what's up with the dashboards on the 2000 year model dodge rams
@@backalleyent8755 don't know ask Dodge lol. i only worked at a factory that made products that went under the hood ;) and that was a long time ago.
Watching you lads cleaning up the edges and such is SOOOOOO satisfying. I'd've lost a finger, I 'magine, but it's been ages since I was in a shop. Thank you for making this amazing content.
Haha I'm glad you enjoyed it! Thanks so much for such an awesome comment 🤙🏼🤙🏼
Made my first small box to enclose an electronics project using your welding techniques! It takes practice but I can see this being a great approach and alternative to the 3D printing I'm always doing.
That’s awesome! Glad to hear the video helped :)
Just for fun, I taught myself to plastic weld with sunlight and a magnifying glass. It's pretty fun to mess with if you have the patience. It can go pretty quickly on a clear day. Make sure to wear eye protection, sunglasse or light gas welding lenses in goggles. I made welding rod by heating up a piece of scrap and stretched it into about 1/16" - 1/8" rods.
You guys are cool
Haha thanks!
No you're really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really x90000000000000000000009999 cool
Wow you guys are amazing. Hope we all, together can save our planet. Love from India🇮🇳
Thanks for watching!
Sorry to have to say it but I am glad your other project was put on hold. :P I love all your HDPE videos and it is why I initially subscribed. ;) I also love making boxes so this one really ticked all my boxes... *grin* Thanks for sharing the video and that box is super lovely!! Love the color mix. - Heidi
Haha thanks! Hope you’ll like the other project when it comes out. It’s a pretty fun one! Should be out next month. Thanks for the comment 🤙🏽🤙🏽
Hey dude how're you doing today i love ur projects make wrist watch with chain link plastic
I love the box. I never would have considered welding. So cool it worked. I'd love to see a picture frame. I'm really big into art.
Thanks Haley! We've actually had picture frames on our list for a long time 🙌
Great video. Love it when you talk us through. Stay safe!!!
We’re happy to be back doing stuff to camera again!
You can do a box joint or a dovetail joint before heating so it will be more stiffer.
A very nice box btw.
We did think this, but was concerned it would take too long to connect it all together after the plastic turns soft. May be tricky to do in the narrow window of heat. But worth a try!
Dovetailed HDPE would look awesome, and you could use the heat gun to fuse the jointery together!
Different from everyone. Very unique and simple idea. Products looks great. Thanks...
Love you guys loads. The Creativity is top-notch
Thank you Alicia!
Wow!! I love your creation...
Hi, Brothers! I'm brasilian. I love your pieces! Congratulations!
Looking forward to this!
You guys blow my mind! I have so many lids I want to try things with.
so inspiring! now i can make sandwhiches AND waste less plastic. Thank you guys very much ( y)
👍🏽👍🏽
Not sure if somebody mentioned this, but I did an experiment before and used a box knife to barely scribe my piece to be 'cut' and tried to break my piece that I needed on the edge of my work bench rather than saw cut. It worked quite well! Later I was machining a block of HDPE with a square end mill and four separate 'tangs' were left. Since I had an extra I decided to push on the tab because of the sharp corner (thinking of my light box knife scribe in the past) and sure enough it snapped rather easily. So, what makes the the pieces stay together a lot better is leaving a smooth radius in the corner. I'm guessing this would help when doing this process in the video too rather than cleaning up the inside corners with a razor making them sharp.
Really i like your works ! And also i like your voices specially the man with bigger face because i don't know your names ! Love from IRAQ 🇮🇶
What would happen if you interlocked them first with something like a dove tail and then melthen the corners using the heat gun or press? Does the heat not penetrate enough to melt the joint?
This is a great suggestion!
Good 👍 job Brothers we learned to much with you ♥️
Mmmmmmmm ace colors, very good
Drawers would be kewl I wonder if they can support all the stuff involved with it
Yes most likely!
Found you guys through a facebook ad from DIY & Crafts. They have you video on their page but from what I can see it's been edited very differently
Yes they have permission. Thanks for the heads up!
@@BrothersMake ok, i've seen some where the creator didn't know. So I always like to let them know how I find them
I feel like ever since you guys sealed the thicknesser or whatever its called with tape for the waste to be directed into the bottle more of it is coming out of other corners. it probably helps to make some holes in the bottle or something so it can perform as a vacuum
also the things you guys are making are literally pieces of art! like they're so pretty I'd literally frame and hang them on the wall as modern art
Yeah that’s probably not a bad idea. The dust port is never 100% effective on these machines. We make sure to pick up all the small pieces that don’t go into the bottle.
Thank you so much!
I would love to see some sort of welded polyhedron, like a Buckyball! Maybe with cutouts in the faces so you could see all the way through it...
You two are so creative! You are amazing! 💜💜💜
Thank you!
Make some super sturdy plastic Adirondack chairs for really, really heavy short people like me..
I would say that this is heat bonding ( if that's the correct expression). Have you tried the heat welding tools the the "vinyl " floor layers use to weld seams. This may give you more flexibility. Good watching - thank you
You guys are absolutely brilliant I love it
Thanks so much, Katherine!
OMGosh this is awesome
When I was a kid several decades ago, I had a toy set called a spin welder. It had little black plastic girders that I could weld together using a little battery powered gun that basically had a motor that spun a tip that you used to create friction. When applied to the girders, you could melt the material between two adjacent girders and they would fuse together and cool down into an incredibly strong joint. It wasn’t the cleanest looking weld but it sure worked. I wonder if you could do something similar with HDPE? Following my childhood roots, I’ve learned how to weld metal as an adult. I wonder if an intense heat source could be applied to two pieces of HDPE that are next to each other to create a puddle of molten plastic while a thin stick HDPE could be melted into the same joint that is being formed from the puddle. This is how TIG welding works with metal. I’d wager that it would work with plastic. The heat source would simply have to be something other than the electric arc used by a metal arc welder. Some kind of really focused heat gun maybe? There is a company here in the U.S. called Harbor Freight that makes a plastic welding system similar to what I described that might work as an off the shelf system. Just search “Plastic Welder” on their web site. Food for thought. Here’s a link:
www.harborfreight.com/search?q=plastic%20welder
I think what you guys are doing is fantastic!
Don't expect you guys to notice a comment this late on. you're probably all over it now but 45's in the corners might be ever so slightly stronger as there's more contact area? Just made my first block of hdpe today from motivation I got from you guys. Turned out terribly, but really keen on keeping on. Thanks lads
Hey look it’s my future houseboat 👍🏽
love your work and your personalities. Keep up the great job you are doing and presenting to the public. I have my husband interested in the pens because he collects pens. M from Canada. Since we are also in lock down this is a good time to play around with different ideas and we love to recycle.
Thanks! Definitely fun to play around and experiment
A recycled infinity mirror would be a great project, i am thinking of trying a 7 foot high x 4 foot wide one using your techniques.
Wow, that worked really well.
In fixing 3D prints, I've tried using friction stir welding with a little bit of success. (but that's PLA)
I wonder if that might be something to try for applications when you need weld a smaller area.
That could be very interesting to test!
Magnifique 🤩 bravo 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
You could do dovetails and melt them together with the heat gun.
That would make an insane looking kitchen countertop.
Nice idea. And it really would! We want to use it to tile our kitchen next 👌🏼
Nice project, I see you use a lot of milk bottle lids. Can you use the actual translucent bottles too? That would make it easier to collect enough material for a good sized project.
Thanks
Trust me once you realize how much HDPE packaging is at your local grocery you won't have any trouble. I have bags an bags of it that I need to cut down. Milk Jugs are HDPE and make up most of my collection but also my dogs chewable joint care medicine bottles, plastic coffee cans and Quik chocolate syrup make up a good portion as I buy them regularly. Also all the plastic grocery bags here are HDPE as well. - Heidi
Yeah the translucent bottles work too! We do collect it but it produces a slightly less vibrant colour so we prefer the bolder stuff.
Looks awesome guys as always, it’s nice but it’s not orange or red lol.
Be interesting to see you do a solid one that was moulded into shape.
Haha we’ll work on something orange soon! Saving up! Yeah tempted to get a mould made up to batch produce these
An adjustable soldering iron work well for plastic welding, put a bevel on you edges and some filler, and weld away
Sounds like it could work well!
You could try using a soldering iron, they also come with different tips you could use, it comes in handy using zip ties to fix or join other plastics together
I have dreamed of using these recyclable plastics to make a power bank. I think it would be so nice, but i wonder how such small size Devices can be produced.
Cool idea!
I would definitely buy one off these
I've repaired plastics that don't like glue with a soldering iron and some spare material to use as a filler.
The frame for sunglasses would be kinda cool
Very cool!
Have you thought about making storage things for the hobby crafter ? I need holders for my double sided tape and Nuvo drops and Tombo glue bottles to name a few. Love that box x
That’s a good idea!
Welp now I know what I’m making everyone for Christmas and or birthdays
Awesome!
I loved every video
Thank you so much!
I use a soldering gun and zip ties to weld plastic .it works great.
Have you tried spin welding? You put a piece of plastic rod in a Dremel and the heat of friction melts the workpiece and rod together. It’s a strong joint as the spinning also mixes the melted plastic rod and workpiece.
That was awesome!!!
Thank you 😊
You’re welcome!
I had a hundred plus gallon plastic water tank with a dinner plate sized HOLE in it that I wanted fixed. I got an extra sheet of the plastic and cut out the round to fill the hole, then used my wood burning tool to melt strips of plastic in and around all the edges I wanted joined. It came out GREAT. So yes, plastic CAN be welded this way, and even if you don't have a special tool, just heat up a screwdriver tip in a fire!
Such an inspiration!
Love it
You need now special machine for welding this material. I see it like Iron for soldering polypropylene tubes with some modifications.
yes, but that would cost more! This method needed no extra tools
As the HDPE works like timber in theory you could use Japanese carpentry techniques to make joins, this would cut down the need for screws as well.
Anyway great video.
That's a great idea!
I’m curious, have you guys done a video of trying a bunch of different glues/adhesives to show how nothing sticks to it?
Can you try a fake dowel/ rivett with a soldering iron or super heated hole puncher? I mean you push the spike through one piece into the other like you're drilling a hole but then it's the plastic itself that pushes into the adjoining piece. I guess you could then fill the hole left behind...
Interesting! We did something similar with the knife pins in this video: th-cam.com/video/yxjJP2sla9A/w-d-xo.html. Worked really well!
Awesome!!!
Have you tried friction welding the plastic together using a dremel. Might help clean up lines and blend seams.
No, but that’s an interesting idea!
@@BrothersMake I've seen it done before with 3d prints and extra filiment. Don't know if it would work with HDPE. Not even sure how to make the welding stick to put in the dremel.
Could work well potentially!
Love this and the colours are brilliant. Xxx
Thanks Shirley!
Would be really interested if you guys could find a way to remove a Polymer Fusion Label from a piece of HDPE. We label plastics with a similar idea to plastic welding. Might be interesting content!
Hi Brothers, great video. Interesting and fun to watch 🙂👍
Thank you!
It would be cool to try dowels and/or dove tails too
Hi Guys yet another great project, yet to see the blue HDPE I gave you being used for something cool.
All in good time my friend!
love what you guys are doing, keep up the great work.
Thanks!
Thanks for another great video. With a melting point of 150, HDPE should melt in a solar oven, right?
Never mind, found my answer - yes! I'm hoping to avoid using electricity as much as possible here in sunny South Africa where we have too much plastic.
I wonder if you could mold it around something like say a screw to make drawer pulls
Try looking at heat bonding plastic gas lines.
Thanks
Have you tried a shouldering gun and treating it like Tig welding. I also remember someone using copper wires placed between and an electrical current passed through it so it heats up enough to melt the joining faces 🤷🏻♂️....well you asked for feedback 😊
Hi guys, I am just starting. Do you have a video or a link to what plastics are to be used/avoided? Thanks a bunch. I love your videos and admire your bright smiles!
Check out Precious Plastic, they have a lot of information on the different plastic types. Thank you very much!
Where are your Mitre joints!...also sunglasses frames for a future project?
You are very good. I am from Russia
Hey, does anyone know is the wood from the wooden moulds is somehow treated? Like with a finishing or smt
I wonder if u could put holes in the side and melt a biscuit into it, similar to woodworking
Why were only one of you heating the joints at a 45°? The whole point of a "mitered" corner is to increase the surface area of the bond.
Nice build! Question - I see that you weigh your plastic with each build. Can you explain the purpose? Is there a certain weight to get the size of block you want?
Great question! We know the weight required to achieve a certain thickness with each mould. For example, with this on we wanted a final dimension of around 8mm. The big square mould you see us use takes 93g of HDPE to get a 1mm blank. So we aim for around 12mm to account for the amount removed during thicknessing. Which means total required is about 1.1Kg 🤙🏽
@@BrothersMake this board has 12mm thick or 8mm, do used 1.1kg , so could you please give all dimensions square size final board after pressing at 1.1kg 12mm or 8mm thick, and how much weight do you put on press machine,thanks.
Great video, as usual! I wonder whether there are any solvents which could be used to chemically "weld" HDPE, or would that be inadvisable?
We’ve not found anything that works effectively I’m afraid!
Can you make uni color ones? Not saying the swirls arent nice, but everythong being swirlly all the time isnt necessarily the best for every project. Id like to see a more serious looking build.
Love what youre doing
You certainly could if you stuck to one colour. Although it will never come out completely uniform. But could be something we try in the future
Verry good 👍👍👍
Greats from Holland
Thanks!
would love to see you guys do a flower pot design! Great video!
flower/plant pot
We’ve got one coming up!
Brothers Make awesome! Glad I subscribed! :)
I love your videos!! I was wondering if you can make vases or flower pots. I think that would be really neat to watch.
We have a video on recycled plastic flower pots on our channel!
What about beveling the edges, make a filler stick with your extruder and weld it in place like you would weld metal, but use a soldering iron to heat it up and drag the filler stick along?
Superb
you could try a mitre on the corners, would help with square. looks cool tho
Yep! Although the thin section may burn more
How about making a plastic canoe? This would require going larger scale with tools and techniques. I'm curious as to the differences between a traditional wooden canoe and a plastic canoe (using thin strips of plastic).
That's an awesome idea :)
Hi Guys great job, can hinges be put on the lid of the box? I wonder.
Sure it could! With some tiny screws
Hi guys, brilliant demos! Please keep them coming please👍🏾🙂would you tackle how to Make a window frame? Watertight and fitted to a wall? Anyways thx a mil for your creativity and upbeat selves😊✌️🙏
Would you guys be able to show us a way to make planters from plastic sheets with basic stuffs that can be done at home?
Nice work lads!
Thanks!!