I've never seen anyone use conductive paint for electroplating a 3D print, really cool idea! very impressive final product, crazy to see how far you can go with 3D printing now if you're willing to put in the effort
This is a very interesting technique I haven't seen before! It seems like it could be really useful in more technical applications as well, such as 3D printing parts to have conductive surfaces in simple circuits or coated gears for mechanisms, I could see that in particular being quite useful to extend the material life of any mechanisms you've made with your printer.
I imagine finding a resin that can take solder temperatures would be a challenge, but if a good connection can be achieve without solder this could even be used to make 3d circuits.
id say its way more useful than that, from what i can see those surfaces are extremely smooth, as long as it doesnt add too much material or you account for it before you print it, you could build technical parts that slide smoothly past each other. 3d printed puzzles, nerf shells, and mockups all would benefit, no more acetone baths
Honestly most of the time I dont love 3d printing vidoes, or 3d printed things/ products, because they just look like cheap plastic at the end of the day, but when you turn the 3d print into something like this, that is just awesome
Man, we are electroplating everyday at our institute, since we work with microelectronics from silicone-wafers to PCBs/DCBs, and i love what one can do with 3D printing, but i've never thought about combining those two things lol. Fascinating!
I'm going to have to binge watch your channel. From beginning to this video again. I really want to do some electroplating and put my 3D printer back to use. Thank you very much for the inspiration!
Add a little polyethylene glycol to the solution, and buffer with Boric Acid in a napped polypropylene bag. Or a tea bag in one of those filter pouches. It'll keep the pH where you want it.
Amazing results! For a future video idea, could you experiment with electroplating a print with embossed letters on the other side? The idea would be to have a surface that looks like a smooth mirror, but when a light or LED is lit behind it, the writing would shine through the mirror revealing the writing. Not sure if that's even possible, but it would be awesome if it was! Thanks for your great and informative videos!
I once made a laser etched mirror acrylic pattern, which looked mirror like at the front, but when lit from behind created a galaxy pattern. So something similar may be possible. The front mirror did have a slightly frosted look, so it would need to be dialled in. Also that was a flat surface and over a 3d surface you'd probably need more complex laser equipment. Alternatively you could recess the text fill it with something and prevent electroplating in the recesses. It would be more obvious from the outside though. Or you could etch it away the way they do with etched scroll designs.
@@bradley3549 Maybe it could work with silver. But I don't think that the layer could be made thin enough with conventional (electroplating or chemical) methods.
@@christopherbroms2508 Exactly that's what I've been trying to point at - vapor deposition. And actually there are transparent conductive layers too, Ben at Applied Science has done a REALLY excellent video on that.
*_"Ahhh, Isildur's Heir... It takes more to make a king than a broken Elvish blade.."_* This is absolutely gorgeous work, Bravo! Subbed :) If you want a suggestion for one to do that's quite timely as well, maybe king Visaerys' half-mask from House of the Dragon? In the behind the scenes they mention they 3D printed and brass plated that one, I reckon you can make it look better though
See the process of parts being anodising is quite interesting. I work in a auto-car parts in the anodising sector that make part for all major japanese car brands, and every last day of the week we put a metal plank on top of the tanks and climb on it while full of nickel solution to refill all the tanks resevoir with nickel little coins, quite dangerous. The tanks have about 16x16x3 and you can easly get yourself your own nice nickel bath if you don't pay attention.
You sound so cool my guy. I feel like you're a weapon smith for "The Kingsmen". I feel like anything that you would hand me, could kill a man. 😎😂🤙🏻✌🏻🙏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Make a real sword my friend. Iron(II)sulfate 40 g/l, Ascorbic Acid 1,2 g/l, Citric Acid 3 g/l. Filter through a coffee filter and keep solution clear. Adjust pH with sulfuric acid to about 2,5. Drop in some steel wool as a reducing agent unless solution is pale green (because Iron(II) oxidizes to Iron(III) in air). Use pure iron or carbon sheet anodes, anode pockets are a must. Plate at 2 A/dm^2. Maybe use a wetting agent or a surfactant if insufficient results. Leads the finest carbon steel with 400-600 vickers hardness. It's also much cheaper than the metric tons of copper you use :)
You probably want to weather it up afterwards - a wash of black / tarnish & leather scuffing. In the movie, the (broken) sword is old and not super shiny so any replica prop should emulate that look.
awesome video! just so you know, if you tilt the container with the blue liquid (I don't know what it's called lol) so it's laying horizontal. air can go throw the handle and the liquid will pore smoothly. I don't know if I make sense but I hope I do.
If thats vege tan leather you should try vinegaroon (iron) dye, easy to make, just dissolve steel wool in white vinegar. There are loads of videos here on yt on the best process.
So while contact dermatitis is possible with nickel It is possible with copper, palladium, gold, silver, and many other metals. What is dangerous are the fumes and so all plating should be done in a a well ventilated environment but a lot of american coinage has nickel and canadian coinage is nickel coated and people aren't having allergic reactions left and right so I woudln't worry to much about the final plated part.
From what I understand of the process, some of your finish on the bade part might be due to the steel of the threaded rod. My wife does a lot of electroforming and is very careful not to get anything with iron in the solution.
Good point, but that‘s not the case here. It happend before I ever put in the rod. It‘s zinc plated iron, too. I think it may have to do with the speed and contact area of the wire.
I've never seen anyone use conductive paint for electroplating a 3D print, really cool idea! very impressive final product, crazy to see how far you can go with 3D printing now if you're willing to put in the effort
This is a very interesting technique I haven't seen before! It seems like it could be really useful in more technical applications as well, such as 3D printing parts to have conductive surfaces in simple circuits or coated gears for mechanisms, I could see that in particular being quite useful to extend the material life of any mechanisms you've made with your printer.
I can see this being a cool technique to have the perfect Dinn Djarin suit of armour.
I imagine finding a resin that can take solder temperatures would be a challenge, but if a good connection can be achieve without solder this could even be used to make 3d circuits.
@@isodoublet if the part doesn't need a mirror smooth finish then FDM should be fine. Though honestly I'd probably go with lost PLA casting instead.
id say its way more useful than that, from what i can see those surfaces are extremely smooth, as long as it doesnt add too much material or you account for it before you print it, you could build technical parts that slide smoothly past each other.
3d printed puzzles, nerf shells, and mockups all would benefit, no more acetone baths
It's not uncommon for us to use similar methods when making printed circuits boards.
OMG the Helm of Doctor Fate would be _siiiick_
RIGHTTTTTTTT omgg
Na dann .... Drucker anwerfen 😀
Too big for most SLA printer beds, would also be difficult to break into printable sections.
@@superchroma fdm 3d print it and sand and fill it
SO FATE DEMANDS!!
I wouldn't mind seeing a specific list of what you're using/buying. What amounts, which brands, etc. This looks awesome to try out!
Honestly most of the time I dont love 3d printing vidoes, or 3d printed things/ products, because they just look like cheap plastic at the end of the day, but when you turn the 3d print into something like this, that is just awesome
MY GOODNESS the result is just AMAZING. So well done!
Oh thank you Joel!
impressive project 👏😎
I did not know you can electroplate plastics like that. Rather interesting. You learn something new every day :)
its the metallic copper paint he uses at the beginning that allows him to electroplate it.
Thank you for using our files! This project it truly inspiring to watch! ❤
Man, we are electroplating everyday at our institute, since we work with microelectronics from silicone-wafers to PCBs/DCBs, and i love what one can do with 3D printing, but i've never thought about combining those two things lol. Fascinating!
I'm going to have to binge watch your channel. From beginning to this video again.
I really want to do some electroplating and put my 3D printer back to use.
Thank you very much for the inspiration!
I can't believe I'm only now finding out about Electroplating. I hope this channel really blows up!
You’re amazing dude, this is what I’ve been looking for for 2 years!
wow that's the first time I've seen someone electroplate plastic printed parts. So many endless possibilities for movie and cosplay props!
Mate, this has blown my mind.
So many possibilities!
You turned plastic into metal. He's a witch. GET HIM!!!
thank you for having CC.
Add a little polyethylene glycol to the solution, and buffer with Boric Acid in a napped polypropylene bag. Or a tea bag in one of those filter pouches. It'll keep the pH where you want it.
Damn dude that narsil print is so pretty
Best finishing job I've seen on a 3d print in a long time
Amazing results! For a future video idea, could you experiment with electroplating a print with embossed letters on the other side? The idea would be to have a surface that looks like a smooth mirror, but when a light or LED is lit behind it, the writing would shine through the mirror revealing the writing. Not sure if that's even possible, but it would be awesome if it was!
Thanks for your great and informative videos!
The metal is completely opaque even in very thin layers, so this would not work.
I once made a laser etched mirror acrylic pattern, which looked mirror like at the front, but when lit from behind created a galaxy pattern. So something similar may be possible. The front mirror did have a slightly frosted look, so it would need to be dialled in. Also that was a flat surface and over a 3d surface you'd probably need more complex laser equipment.
Alternatively you could recess the text fill it with something and prevent electroplating in the recesses. It would be more obvious from the outside though.
Or you could etch it away the way they do with etched scroll designs.
@@bradley3549 Maybe it could work with silver. But I don't think that the layer could be made thin enough with conventional (electroplating or chemical) methods.
@@CoolKoon electroplating can be vary thin, however the conductive base layer is not. It would probably require vapor deposition or something.
@@christopherbroms2508 Exactly that's what I've been trying to point at - vapor deposition. And actually there are transparent conductive layers too, Ben at Applied Science has done a REALLY excellent video on that.
*_"Ahhh, Isildur's Heir... It takes more to make a king than a broken Elvish blade.."_*
This is absolutely gorgeous work, Bravo! Subbed :)
If you want a suggestion for one to do that's quite timely as well, maybe king Visaerys' half-mask from House of the Dragon? In the behind the scenes they mention they 3D printed and brass plated that one, I reckon you can make it look better though
It takes more to make a king than a broken Elvish blade... (apparently the 3D printer of Imladris was a key component...)
Propmasters and cosplayers must be watering at the mouth at what they could do with something like this.
This is amazing, it looks completely real. I definitely want to try this on my 3D printed parts. Great job.
this blew my mind.
This is something I've been thinking of doing but don't see a lot of people talking about. Subbed for the excellent video.
This channel deserves so many more views. This is the coolest science project I have ever seen
See the process of parts being anodising is quite interesting. I work in a auto-car parts in the anodising sector that make part for all major japanese car brands, and every last day of the week we put a metal plank on top of the tanks and climb on it while full of nickel solution to refill all the tanks resevoir with nickel little coins, quite dangerous. The tanks have about 16x16x3 and you can easly get yourself your own nice nickel bath if you don't pay attention.
Looks fantastic. Your videos are very satisfying to watch.
wow you are amazing. This was my first video I had seen but I will be sticking around for sure!
This is so cool. Do a mandalorian helmet next :)
I do this stuff on the daily, mainly D&D figurines
Richtig schön geworden.
Danke
I wish I could do this I have quite a few printable props like rings that would look AMAZING with this technique
Alucinante proyecto, queda espectacular el producto final... totalmente realista...
amazing, flawless
Spitzen Video!
Hab ich so noch nie gesehen.
Fantastic result! :-D
Stunning.
Oh so this is how those cheap feeling yet somewhat good looking toys are made
Very cool Hendrick, I didnt even think of electroplating resin objects
Wow, this is amazing. Would be great for cosplay
Absolutely!
How did you know I was watching this in the morning?
Oh, I say Moin in the morning, at noon, evening and deep in the night 😃
Hyaku Shiki would loon amazing with this
This is really cool! I'd like to try that with a keyblade if I ever had the energy and money to do it lol.
I really need to take a look into electroplating. Seems easy enough. Still, some questions popped up. Need to investigate.
I personally suggest the Overseer’s Mask from Dishonored.
Thank you for your excellent videos! 👏👏👏
I'm inspired by your work to incorporate this technique for my work.
I am soooo excited to try this. I have an entire suit of Sith Trooper Armor I need to chrome....gonna get expensive though
This is some sorcery. Looks amazing! Nice work!
What a cool idea! Need to try this myself
Im so glad I found your channel. What an amazing resource you provide. I can't wait to try this process.
Very cool! Thanks for the video, definitely saved it to my 3D printing playlist. 👍
Gold plating on a 3d print woah, that’s real compromise
wow! amazing job!
Always love your videos!
Pherhaps you should try to make a fracture like interface on the broken edge. Greetings from Brazil, you did a great job! I like it!
Never seen this done before. Pretty interesting. Cool video
Can't wait for Mandalorian season 3 helmet, I'm working on painting mine wishing I could electroplate it
This is super helpful
You sound so cool my guy. I feel like you're a weapon smith for "The Kingsmen". I feel like anything that you would hand me, could kill a man. 😎😂🤙🏻✌🏻🙏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
So beautiful! Thanks for this wonderful video!
Your videos are incredible and super informative. Thanks so much for creating these.
Thank you so much!
Make a real sword my friend. Iron(II)sulfate 40 g/l, Ascorbic Acid 1,2 g/l, Citric Acid 3 g/l. Filter through a coffee filter and keep solution clear. Adjust pH with sulfuric acid to about 2,5. Drop in some steel wool as a reducing agent unless solution is pale green (because Iron(II) oxidizes to Iron(III) in air). Use pure iron or carbon sheet anodes, anode pockets are a must. Plate at 2 A/dm^2. Maybe use a wetting agent or a surfactant if insufficient results. Leads the finest carbon steel with 400-600 vickers hardness. It's also much cheaper than the metric tons of copper you use :)
_Actual_ gold plating pen. Amazing
Cool! I'm going to go use this to customize Gunpla now.
That was glorious and beautiful well done ❤
very beeindruckende indeed
Wow that looks incredible
Absolutely amazing !
Beautiful
just so beautifull...
I’ve never heard of electroplating 3d printed parts. This is so cool!
You probably want to weather it up afterwards - a wash of black / tarnish & leather scuffing. In the movie, the (broken) sword is old and not super shiny so any replica prop should emulate that look.
the way the sword is broken reminds me of Martin the warriors sword from Mossflower
That is freakin' awesome!
awesome video!
just so you know, if you tilt the container with the blue liquid (I don't know what it's called lol) so it's laying horizontal. air can go throw the handle and the liquid will pore smoothly.
I don't know if I make sense but I hope I do.
awesome man 🤠
Your videos are so cool. I can’t wait to get a 3D printer and there electroplating myself. Keep it up :)
Impressionante!!!!
oh that's hella cool
That's sick
Proper!
Looks incredible. Great work!
"And the big one will be needed" ... proceeds to set a smaller box on the table.
Awesome video
Nice one man, awesome prop now!
Amazing!!!
I clicked on the video accidentally :D but the music dragged me in
😇
If thats vege tan leather you should try vinegaroon (iron) dye, easy to make, just dissolve steel wool in white vinegar. There are loads of videos here on yt on the best process.
Yes, it‘s fake leather. I‘ll look that stuff up, thanks!
So while contact dermatitis is possible with nickel It is possible with copper, palladium, gold, silver, and many other metals. What is dangerous are the fumes and so all plating should be done in a a well ventilated environment but a lot of american coinage has nickel and canadian coinage is nickel coated and people aren't having allergic reactions left and right so I woudln't worry to much about the final plated part.
Thank you for the feedback.
Ohhh man this opens a door to a whole new world could you make a mandalorian helmet!!
Yes
From what I understand of the process, some of your finish on the bade part might be due to the steel of the threaded rod. My wife does a lot of electroforming and is very careful not to get anything with iron in the solution.
Good point, but that‘s not the case here. It happend before I ever put in the rod. It‘s zinc plated iron, too. I think it may have to do with the speed and contact area of the wire.
Excellent work.
You sound alot like Docm77 lol
I love it! :D
I know, I listened to him a year ago as others told me too. It‘s actually funny to hear smb sound like your own voice
That's amazing
Metallic spray paint: exists
This guy:
That is fucking AWESOME!
Nicely done!
Looks amazing!! You should do the rest of the shards as well!