Scrap Plywood To Copper Pendant
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ก.ค. 2019
- Electroforming is the process by which a thin copper veneer is added to a non-metallic object by means of electricity and a conductive solution.
Honestly, I understand how it works, it still feels like actual magic. At least low-level alchemy. Also, it's fun and quite doable in a small shop.
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Hey bud. You alright? Most people dont put copper plating on a packing peanut.
Welcome. You must be new here.
Uh yes they do. Well in this Peter Brown world that do😂
Oh, my sweet, summer child. Haha
Made me laugh so hard XD
This is not most people X3
Secret wood project (like the ring) but electro forming the wood so it looks like it's splintered metal!! Wood, resin, electro forming (maybe some glowing aspects) all in one...this is the project of my dreams!!
That would be really awesome actually! I'd like to see a secret bowl also done like this but with a gold pigment in the resin.
@@mackstevens3103 he could call it the Midas bowl 😱
beckyjaysharp22 this is the best idea in a while.
Dip it packing peanuts
Ze Puppy didn’t you see he did??
Most people would say "ill just paint that a copper color"
Peter brown says "hold my resin"
100%!!!
"hold my resin" i am dead.
0.2 Amps, is 200mA. But dont worry I got you
It IS 20 centiamps though. But no one uses centiamps.
@@reeepingk It is also 2 deciamps. But absolutely no one uses deciamps.
Jochem Pees .002 HectoAmps?
@@reeepingk or 200000 microamps
I was positive there would be someone in the comments who made this clarification. Glad I checked before I repeated the same thing.
So if you make a negative mold of something interesting, cast a positive out of resin, electroplate it, then cast that inside a resin cube, it would be an object that is almost 100% resin throughout, except for the thin amount of paint/copper which be the only thing you would see.
This would be awesome with clear/transparent resins and only partially plating the inner mold. For example: a transparent yellow star with plated points in a clear resin ball as a Christmas ornament.
Yes, but moost people use acids. They are more efficient.
This is a great idea. I hope Peter gives it a shot. I think he could do something cool with that.
Problem is you need to coat the resin surface with a layer of conductive paint. And the paint is black as you can see in the video.
the molds for vinyl dolls and similar plastic toys are made like this, the plastic part is pulled from the copper negative while it's still soft
May be another series...instead of dip it, you've now got plate it!
Wouldn't it be form it?
@@rawovunlapin8201 semantics...
it'd be plate-it if the 'it' is metalic *adjusts spectacles*
Can you form food? Like I mushroom?
I'm a jeweler, we use electroplating all the time in my shop, white gold is commonly plated with rhodium after polishing. The most common shorthand for this to "rhodium dip" a ring. so really this is just a whole new form of Dip It video!
not really related, but a lot of times we will also be asked to give a piece of jewelry CPR (clean polish rhodium)
Once you've got a copper layer on there, you can then electroplate on top of it with lots of other metals. So the next step could be to do a light gold plating on top. Maybe electroform a chocolate coin, then gold plate it to make real gold chocolate coins just for fun. Or it'll just make parts like this necklace look even more incredible.
If you do an object that can take a fair bit of heat, you can copper electroform, then chemically coat it in zinc, and then if you heat the object the two metals will mix together to form brass directly on the thing and give a golden color. Used to do that to quarters for fun. Basically just works on metal parts though because of the heat required.
Happy to see you here! You both do incredible stuff!
Dang 2 videos this month. You spoil us Mr. Brown
A copper plated packing peanut was something I never new I would see. But I'm glad I did. Interesting process!
"You're a unit used to measure current, Harry."
"I'm a Watt?"
"No, you're an Amp!"
Holy shit this is good 😂 bravo!
A homemade version of that electrical paint is made by mixing glue with graphite powder. You should see if mixing resin with graphite powder would make a conductive resin.
if you put enough graphite in it will
that’s a great idea!
Peter, if the packing peanut has a small hole in the copper, you could dissolve out the polystyrene with acetone, leaving it hollow.
Hmmm, maybe make a shape in polystyrene, coat with conductive paint, but leave holes in the paint, so once it's electro-formed and the polystyrene is dissolved out, you end up with a hollow form that you can see is hollow.
Thanks for a fun video and keep up the magic.
It would be VERY fragile unless you plated it for a very long time. Would be cool nonetheless
The deathly hollows
Electroplate a glow-in-the-dark resin project, but then sand/rub through the coating so some of it still glows!
I like your thinking..
"What could possibly go wrong?"
Oh boy 😆
Sassy Sloth LET ME COUNT THE WAYS!
Is it two videos in a row without a major catastrophe? That has to be a record.
@@peterbrownwastaken Must be! Proud of you! 😆
@@peterbrownwastaken Shhhhh, Stop taunting the Demon Murphy or else he/she/it is likely to visit you and bring Absolute Unmitigated Hel! with him/her/it...
And Trust Me, I'm Intimately Familiar with what he/she/it can do to a person...as the Demon Murphy is my Families Patron Saint...
Murphy's Law: Anything that CAN go wrong, WILL go wrong in the worst way, at the worst time!
Wilson's Law: Murphy was a Fu@king Optimist!
ElectroBOOM :D
How about a "secret wood" project, where the broken end of the wood has a layer of copper between it and the resin?
Hey Peter!
I recently made a tutorial on my channel how to make the solution and paint for all around 100 bucks,
maybe it might help if you ever want to electroform something bigger and not break the bank.
-Nick
Wow great tutorial! I'm gonna make my own solution
I am a simple man, Mr. Brown. I see the Hallows, I click the video.
Yup
Me as well.
Same
Same
Yes 😂
I soon as I saw the packing peanut I was like "Yeah, I'm not surprised. This is totally normal and expected from Peter."
I almost cried when I saw the packing peanut I love it so much. You’ve taken something that has pretty much only one use and made it useless. It feels almost on the same level as laminating a blank piece of paper. A+
So what would happen with clear resin? I'm thinking if the copper only sticks to the areas with conductive paint, you could mask areas off?
(IE: a clear resin ball/ marble with copper swirls?)
As long as the areas to be plated are connected this works fine.
And when plating clear resin you get copper on the outside and black from the paint on the inside.
@@Landogarner83 That would look pretty cool I think...
That is one very cool idea.
A Peter Brown video without resin is like a Diresta video without a bandsaw.
Anyway, cool video! 👍
He did have a resin flamingo!
@@SallyWooten See, everything is as it should be.
lol So true.
Cool and project! If you coat the wood with resin and finish it glossy before painting and then plate for a long time you should be able to carefully polish the metal surface if you want to get that sort of look.
I'm not 100% sure but I think it could plate even without the electricity. The copper solution will do that at high enough concentration. It's called electroless plating if I'm not mistaken. It still need the conductive surface. I'm actually experimenting with this conducive paint stuff too atm so this was really interesting to see.
a new peter brown video, with a new hand tool rescue video that i'd missed popping up in the recommended column...what a day, what a lovely day!
i noticed i hadn't seen any of your videos for a while, searched you & watched the last one, finished that & this pops up! 🌝
's a good day
Immortal packing peanut, bestow us with your wisdom. This turned out really cool :)
"Conductive paint.. it's exactly what it sounds like.."
You mean to tell me that paint can DRIVE A TRAIN!? 😏
🤦♂️
Choo choo.
@@peterbrownwastaken 😂😂 Glad you appreciate my humor, Peter.
That's really cool! After electroforming it with copper you actually open up a world of possibilities, including zinc, nickel, and even gold!
He could have done that to begin with I would think, considering he used conductive paint first.
@@rdizzy1 IIRC the conductive paint works as a "filler primer" and the copper works as a proper "primer" for other metals to deposit on. Conductive paint is usually fragile and has some weird properties, while copper is a neutral base for electroplating!
Fun fact on scrap wood use in manufacturing: Of the 11 pieces of wood in a ottoman (foot stool) 7 of them come from material that would normally be waste cuts from other products.
I supervised a line that built them for about 5 years.
And yes the profit margin is huge.
Awesome! I hate waste and knowing that some of that "waste" gets used for other things makes me happy. : - )
So now we know how the Ottoman Empire grew to be so prosperous.
And wait, I only count 10 parts: 4 legs, 2 long sides, 2 short sides, a top, and a bottom. Where am I missing one?
A copper plated pine cone could be cool! Maybe dipped in resin and turned afterwords
Now I want to take the giant pine cones I collected last year & make copper pinecones to sell. Not sure if anyone would actually buy them but they'd make great Christmas decorations that can be reused year after year.
I'm upset up to this point I had never heard of this process. FREAKING RAD. Thanks for the info brother!
For some reason this reminded me greatly of another brilliant channel(although not a woodworking one), NileRed. Probably the white background, the beakers and blue liquids. Great video Peter
I love his videos. Maybe I'm channeling him...
Should send that Copper Packing Peanut to Clint on LGR.
Yeahhh that's a good idea , stabilize on resin then coat it on copper
Really cool technique!
I have never seen something like this before. Interresting technique!
What a breath of fresh air. The world can be falling apart, politics, disasters, overheating from too much summer, but a Peter Brown video makes life worth living again.
Hey this is so neat!
Could you dip a heap of resin shaving from the lathe in the conductive paint to make a 3d see-through crysalis?
I've been electroforming for about two years now. I do rings and pendants. Mostly out of semi precious gemstones. Never done a piece of wood oddly enough.
I imagine that the weight difference might be a bit wonky for the end results appearance.
Love this. You are the modern Alchemist. Hugs from Halifax
That packing peanut has just earned you a new subscriber.
Yes! I get to watch before my husband lol Yay for a day off!
How thick is the layer?
Could you sand/buff it?
you should also try to electroplate it with another metal
It could be plated with chrome or nickel for absolutely stunning results.
The thickness depends how long you let it run.
Peter brown you amaze me every time I watch one of your videos, thank you.
I did not expect that look! That is absolutely amazing!
This JUST now showed up in my feed. What the heck TH-cam.
My two favourite things: Art and Science!
That is yet another cool technique with way too many possibilities to be healthy. The idea of making "circuits" on the surface of a piece that you then encase in resin comes to mind, but then you could probably just as easily encase the wires in some way. Thanks for sharing, Peter!
Now that was cool! The possibilities are endless!
YAY Another video! I love your work!
It is not "Borderline Alchemy", it is Alchemy (well minus the gold I guess)
Ehh, the alchemy back then thought you could turn the entirety of the material into another element. (transmutation). Even if they did this on accident back in medieval times, they would have realized that it was still wood underneath a thin layer.
Indeed, it was the alchemists of the “early modern” period who figured out how to do this stuff.
My inner Harry Potter nerdiness is SCREAMING right now... in a good way. I love this, you could totally sell these! Loved the outcome!
Finally a video with clear explanation of the process
Good Peter: woodworking?
Dark Peter: ELECTROCUTE IT
TH-cam: wat? .-.
Humanely dispatch a large praying mantis. Pose it in an aggressive stance. Then electro-form it in copper. Very unique and cool sculpture
Woww!! I LOVED this!! Thank you Peter Brown for making cool stuff for us talent-less people to admire!👌😄👍😂😂😂
THIS IS SO GOOD. I am so surprised/impressed/amazed that this worked. Like, the science checks out, but it worked so well.
I will point out, that though it is very cool, you are perhaps better off purchasing a copper metallic spray paint for what it is worth.
0.20 amps = 200 milliamps
0.20 amps =/= 20 milliamps
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That is a rather redundant statement. Correct nonetheless.
@@PXBproduction I don't have that on my android keyboard :(
I'm also too lazy to find one elsewhere.
The packing peanut! 😂 Honestly, that thing's gonna look so cool when it gets a nice patina on it though.
Good to see you up to your tricks .. you never cease to amaze me sir!
Fun stuff PB! Nice work!
You're a wizard, Peter!!! *Hagrid's voice*
Great project. You really are a jack of all trades!!
This was such a wonderful project...science is beyond awesome!!!
That's really awesome, Peter!
Gorgeous!! That was really fun to watch, as well! I love that you let your nerd flag fly high for your fellow nerds to flock to. 😁 My daughter walked up right as the machine finished and said “oooo what did he make?” And then she giggled and called her brothers to see the sign of the Hallows as it was revealed by the shop vac. Excellent work as always, sir. Thank you.
I hope you're having a beautiful day so far? Well, I'm kinda strange with how things are operated here, a friend of mine introduce me to TH-cam a couple months ago. Can we be friends if you don’t mind? I’ll like to know you better.
That's cool. This kinds of process is just so interesting.
that copperformed leaf is amazing :0 I’d love a pair of earrings like that
Electroform your foot! Bring the kit to work, paint foot with conductive paint, spend the day with your foot in the plating bath under your desk. Shiny foot!
Amazing. Super cool looking!! Thank you for sharing this.
Electroforming is a great way to set stones in jewelry. Can't wait to see more!
Absolutely trying this DIY!
Btw I'm so pleased to see the Tshirt is still in your shop!
This was very cool and an interesting process. I'm excited to see what other things you do with it.
I love that you aren't afraid to try different things. I've heard a lot of TH-cam creators say they worry too much about screwing up or that their audience won't be interested but I think as long as you enjoy it, we will too. Especially as a maker, challenging yourself to try new techniques and mI could honestly watch you make anything, you'reediums is a really fun experience, sharing that can be inspiring to viewers. That's not me saying I don't also love watching you do more traditional woodworking, I enjoy it all!
You're entertaining, funny and I learn stuff sometimes, I could honestly watch you make anything!
This turned out awesome!
Thank you.
You explained that better and more clearly than my metal smithing professor in college. Thank you!
We learned about electroplating in my chemistry class this past year and I got to take home a copper plated dime, cool stuff!
Such a perfect object to test your sorcery!! Great video Peter, I always enjoy everything you post.
Thank you Curtis!
Your best video yet I think. Love it!
Electro forming with a resin pour incorporated into it, a very cool process
Reminds me of the time I tried to copper plate a couple of parts for my motorcycle in my garage with an old battery charger and some root-be-gone 😂 fun times!
699,497! Almost to 700k! This video will push you over. Congrats 🍾🎉🎊
Always get a smile on my face when I see your videos. Wish I could meet you and thank you for making my day
Awesome stuff Peter! 😃👍🏻👊🏻
Thank you , Peter .
I love these videos. I reslly never ever know what to expect but it is always great. Love it
ALSFY Always learning something from you. Love you Peter!
So cool! Thanks for bringing new processes into the community! Cheers! :)
I'm loving the new videos. For this one I'd love to see you do something where you Electroform only part of a piece you make. Maybe something like a multi-color resin ring and paint a spiral or stripe around it to get a copper bling. then brush on some clear resin to protect the copper.
Peter i love you every video you post brightens my day
great video. Excellent editing.
I'm glad you explained the difference between electroforming and electroplating - my high school memory was faulty
Thank you very much you have given me a great idea using conductive paint you are awesome
That’s an awesome idea. I’m going to have to try this on a project of mine. Great info cheers 👍🏻
Definitely going to try this one!
Wow!! Science on a woodturning channel!! Soooo cool!
i like this concept. Might want to try it myself one day.
Haha the packing peanut! Thanks for sharing, Peter!
I remember doing that way back when I was at school. Great job!
Pretty cool. I am going to give this a try.
It's really fun!
Great you just added another thing I need and want to learn, thank for that
Very cool. Kinda wish I liked copper stuff more to make this a hobby.
This is such a good video. I like the explaination and the detailed part of it and etc. Love this so much
Thank you!