i love this, very helpful. i hope you’ll make more wire sculpting and soldering videos, you make it very easy and logical to understand and i love that.
Thank you as this is what I needed to see as I will be making inside support cactus made of air dry clay. Then mix paint to the different shades i need . Trying to make the cactus look as real as possible. Then using parts of dried dill flowers I grew last summer. If all works out well I may have a welding place down the street weld some larger longer metal rods for larger cactus or other objects. I had a large octahedron made of hollow 18 inch plastic tubes and hanging on my porch. It was made by a true friend of mine that had passed away. Why I say "I had" is because one day I looked and it was gone never to be seen again. He says he was told that his father was Baby face Nelson and met his mother while he was hiding out from the law in St.Paul MN on west 7th st. I like your idea of using sand!
This is great stuff. In our house it was Christmas tradition to make stellated dodecahedrons out of thread and soda straws and use one as the tree topper on our aluminum tree. Your efforts are a bit more refined.
Very excited to see you have made it back to your roots, I don't speak just for myself when I say we've missed your uploads. I cannot wait to see what you have been creating while you were away.
I had always had trouble using the gator clips to hold what I needed to join together. I will have to use your very clever idea next time. thanks for sharing.
Bucky Balls/Zen Magnets were a really fun venture into Platonic and Archimedean solids for me. If you have enough magnets, you could make the most complex of the irregular polyhedrons... As always, thanks for the video!
That sand idea is great! I tried something similar a few years ago, and was consistently flummoxed trying to make complex solder joints - I couldn't find a good clamping solution. it might be time to re-visit that old project now!
These remember me about d&d dices... d4,d8,d12,d20. Always amazed on how the shapes fit to make nice figures, like extending the octahydron, só it looks like 2 intersecting pyramids
joyful to have your nerdy math videos back. Thanks for sticking with the youtube adventure. I'm sure you saw/read/heard Carl Sagan's whole Cosmos episode (end of #3) about Keppler's misguided obsession with the 5 solids, right ? he makes quite a big deal of it, and I enjoyed the depth of the consequences he drew on the dark and light sides of scientific endeavour. Keep on trucking !
I've watched Cosmos in its entirety- all thirteen episodes, no less than a dozen times. I would also suggest Jacob Bronowski's _Ascent of Man_ if you are a fan of such material. Those guys were splendid human beings.
+pocket83 Absolutely, chief, sorry I had not read the notes below your video citing Kepler's travails. I have not seen Cosmos in entirety. I read the book in French back in the 1980s as a teenager... but I have recently been listening to the audio version as mp3 on my bicycle going to work, probably listened to all 13 episodes 5 or 6 times. It works pretty well, really. I just ordered "ascent of man" and will read it, thanks for the heads up and, once again, good to have your delightfully titillating videos back. Keep on trucking !
I think that your technique is impressive. Your solid wireframes are amazing and you definately know your science about platonic and archimedean geometries. You must have a great collection of them. I always appreciate good, referenced science. Pardon me for the long comment but I wanted to share something with you. I recently started on youtube with videos evolving in the natural world and others. I posted a video about an experiment I did long ago, about generating a tesseract simulate with a cube wirefram matrix. I actually came across your video searching for mine. I'm not asking for anything about sharing or whatever... not my style. It' just that if you never tried this technique, with your ability and solid collection, you could maybe rediscover them all in a unexpected way. Maximizing their potential and learning even more, using them as matrix to create unusual geometrical shapes. Please try this and share, and again....amazing work. Thank you for sharing.
Glad to see you're back. I discovered the channel shortly after you started your "loose the trolls" campaign, and I'd thought you'd quit UA-cam for good.
Your videos are always top notch. Very enjoyable! If you haven't already, check protective geometry. You might draw some inspiration. Greetings from Greece!!!
Have you thought of painting the octohedron inside the acrylic cube green and filing the cube with resin to use both as a paperweight and as self advertisement
I Wouldn't have tried sand like that, catches the solder spatter too, now I'm wondering how you get your scrap wire to be so straight. I ended up with loads of scrap electrical wire from a short stint in construction, the electricians would toss it in the dumpster.. always in a knotted mess.
You have to grab it while it's fresh, before they ball it up (luckily, I have a buddy that's an electrician). Anyhow, you do have to work out some of the kinks before you strip it, but the parts are only 3" long, so it doesn't have to be perfect.
I think house wire is thinner where the normal mains supply voltage is higher. Which is basically everywhere except North America and Japan. (Or possibly the whole of the Americas?) I know I'm commenting quite late, but have considered trying to work-harden the wire to make it stiffer? I was thinking about twisting it. There are a lot of jewelery maker's videos about it but my initial tests haven't been that successful. I guess if the wire you have easy access to is thicker it is less important.
The sand trick is brilliant. Would it be any use if you buried a cube half way into the sand with one corner sticking out to help you align the three pieces of copper? Best Wishes, Brendan.
Sure. I did just that for parts of it. I would bury parts when I could, and it was surprisingly stable. As you bend a part a little bit, it stays a little closer to where you want it each time as the sand fills in and braces it.
Sure. It's actually really simple. Just draw a hexagon, and then connect three of its vertices into an equilateral triangle. You could add the other (backgrtound) triangle if you want to approximate a wireframe model.
When i first saw the coffee can with sand, i thought that you use it to sanding (sand to sanding, oh boy), to make copper smooth and shiny. But you idea is better. Still need some improvement with angles. Maybe 3 strings, stretched on top of can, that form a equilateral triangle.
Can you give me some more detail on what copper wire/rods you used? They look extremely straight and all i can find in the copper in rolls. Thank you so much and great work!
I want to make a tetrahedron in solid mood on a table saw, but so far it has defeated me. For sure I can almost get there and then 'cheat' by cleaning up on a sander but I cannot achieve then end result on a table saw. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Regards.
I have every intention of making that video in the future. In fact, I have a big chunk of black walnut that I would like to use for it. I worked out all of the math and angles a few weeks ago, and I will eventually put a few ideas and methods together for a quick video. If you are in a hurry, I can help you with one of the simpler methods in the meantime. Let me know if it's important.
+pocket83 Thank you. I can wait for your video, which I always enjoy. I particularly would like to make a quantity, say 20, of small ones, 1 1/4" (30mm) approximately. Regards.
+Ron Cooper Yes, the video will help with that. But I am quite irresponsible. If you get sick of waiting for it, send me a message and I can share with you what I've learned.
+pocket83 This is a useful sight www.slyman.org/m_projects_mathematics_pyramids_polyhedra_intersurface_angle.php?alpha=60&n=3&p=45&submit_pyramid_parameter_calculator=Calculate#PyramidAngleCalculator But it gives the angle between the sides and does not help with the practicalities of the jig/jigs required. Regards
How long? I don't keep strips longer than 5' for crafting purposes. I hand straighten before stripping, and I only take pieces off that are comfortable for me to work. If it's hard to pull, take smaller bites. Also, put one end in the vise and pull it towards you in a straight line with both hands. I start in the middle, and then flip the piece around, so that I don't have to move the jacket over more distance than is necessary. As for mechanical strippers, those are great, but they scratch the copper. I hope to cover using one of those in a future video.
I just started making pyramids out of wooden dowels held together with a glue gun. I have used the Flower of Life to create a template?(guide) on paper. What I found very interesting is by connecting the center points of each side and then the quarter points with straight lines (wooden dowels) the masculine ( straight lines) derived from the Flower of Life appeared on the sides of the pyramid. These create a fractile design of triangles growing inwardly Infinitely just as the Universe grows Infinitely inward as a process of division (halving) geometrically. The Flower is a two dimensional representation of a three dimensional reality, the triangles in the Flower become tetrahedrons in 3 dimensional reality. I believe that all of the platonic solids can be represented as groupings of tetrahedrons. I believe that these groupings provide the mathematical basis for the electro-magnetic toroidal vortex which I believe is the basis for the fractile design of the Universe. I believe the Flower of Life contains the blue print for everything in Creation, the straight lines (masculine) that connect the points of intersection in the Flower of Life (the feminine Creator) are Creation.
Hey... The sand idea is new and cool... Thanks for sharing your thoughts... I have a couple of questions. I was planning to do such similar structures however with a higher 8 gauge wire., did u try such gauges., my first question is will the solder able to hold them withstanding rough usage after joining., My second question is did u try brazing rods for joining purpose. (Can I use that torch with brazing rod) I would like to hear ur opinion regarding which of these would be better... Thanks a lot man
No, I have not tried brazing rod, but it's probably a good idea. As for the 8 gauge wire, that will be much more difficult than soldering the 12 gauge, simply because copper steals/moves the heat away so quickly. The torch shown in the video would be too small. For "rough usage," you might want to start thinking about actually welding them. Sorry I can't tell you that it's easy! Good luck.
I found your video helpful, i enjoyed watching it. Do you possibly know how many Watt (W) is needed for welding brass or copper with a soldering iron (at least)? 😀
That will depend heavily on the gauge of wire that you're trying to solder. Assuming 12 AWG copper (as used in the video), my 70W soldering station starts to work at around 700°F. Also note that this video is from quite a few years ago; at the time, I was using a blow-torch, because my cheapo _Radio Shack_ soldering iron didn't stand a chance.
@@pocket83squared alright, I’m thinking to use brass tubes between thicknesses of 0.6 mm - 2 or 3 mm maybe. So I should probably buy a 70 W soldering iron then? Or 100 W? Btw, can I buy any brass tube or copper wire? Are all solderable? Thanks for answering! 👍🏻
@@gorez2267 Brass and copper are both solder-able. However, we're talking about wire thicknesses in terms of gauge here, NOT hollow tubes with some centimeters' worth of mass. Thicker stuff requires way, way more heat than most soldering irons will provide through direct surface-contact transference. This is not really something I can further advise you on from experience. My best advice is to recommend looking into getting a _soldering gun,_ and/or a torch set, and do some reading on the following topic: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazing Good luck.
@@pocket83squared Thanks for answering. I realized that I was unclear regarding the thicknesses. I am thinking of using several thicknesses of brass tubes, 2 mm, 5 mm, 3 mm and maximum 6 mm. Of experience, do you think I could use a 30 W soldering iron or shall I use more than that? 100W? 60 W? Last question. Do you know how I could cut the brass tubes nicely & easily? So I can get them straight? I subscribed to your channel! 😀
Urgent question: i'm currently working on a project that requires connecting metal wires like the one you used, so i wanna know what was the material you melted to connect them? And is there any other cheaper way to connect wires with??
I've tried doing this same thing to create lamp shades but never managed to make a joint. No matter what i do the solder always falls from the copper and never stick. Tried with hitting the wires first. Tried with cold wires. Tried sanding the wires so they have rougher edges for the solder to stick but no luck. Do you have any idea what am i doing wrong? Basically the solders melts and falls in the sand
You aren't getting the copper hot enough. The solder will follow the heat; once the wires have enough heat in them, the solder bubble will "break," and stick. Cu has a high thermal conductivity, so it will steal your heat and dissipate it along its length. When it's ready, it is easy to do, but this process does take some patience. What gauge wire and what type of torch are you using?
Am using this kind of burner thumbs1.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/mABqR-m86w7ebOTA2k-QyrA.jpg I just tried warming the wires more but it doesnt work :( I event try it putting them on a ceramic tile and some solder wire on top of it and i heat it up for about 5 minutes the solder melted but it never stick at the end the ceramic tile snapped :D :D never mind i guess i'll just buy some other lamp shades
Yep, that's it. It's just covered by insulation, because it's electrical wiring. It has to be stripped. It's readily available at any home center. A small roll isn't too expensive, but if you ask an electrician, they have piles of scrap.
Wow the sand trick looks incredibly helpful, even for stained glass soldering I'll bet, I'll try this ASAP. PS: how do you know what angles to place the wires in the sand? just eyeballing it?
It's actually pretty stress-free. I was working on the icosahedron today, and that was a bit of a head scratcher, but I think it is kind of enjoyable ;)
Cool, I love desk toys and those fit the bill. Way better than my dodecahedron cup-o-sphere imgur.com/a/t8GJI I'll have to keep your sand-clamp in mind, when I'm soldering some times I don't need helping hands clips, I just want to be able to set something down and have it not move.
its very difficult to achieve the correct angles. Its better start drawing the shapes on paper, the same length and solder the wires over the drawing. you can use some adhesive tape to fix the wires.
Irrelevant with respect to what? Maybe you are suggesting that it's frivolous, but I don't think that it is. It seems to continuously turn out that there are connected patterns between systems everywhere, and a more complete understanding of such relationships helps us to master the world. The more we look, the more we find. I don't find it frivolous; I find such explorations remarkable and empowering. If you watch every time, then you should take it as a sign that you are interested, and thus, it is completely relevant to you! Besides, there are way worse forms of entertainment ;)
no, I find the building part of it irrelevant because I just don't have the materials or skill to do stuff like this. I love watching all of your videos despite the fact that I will never be able to take advantage of 90% of the cool stuff you show, but I still love to watch em!
Not using those dumb squiggly bulbs is a great life hack. If you have them, smash them up, breathe in the mercury fumes, and then go find a lifehack for removing glass from your eyeballs. Wish I could have seen your take on it though. Trolls are one thing, but threats... that's saddening.
I can't agree. It took me awhile to come around, but I think the technology has now progressed to the point where CFL bulbs are superior. The Hg is a trade-off, granted, but all things considered, I still choose to use them. And I have dozens of them in my garage. Incandescent bulbs became impractical for filming, especially in the summer (heat).
+pocket83 yeah, that was a lame attempt at a joke. I'm no fan of incandescent bulbs either, just from an electrical engineering point of view. I am no tree hugger, but we do love efficiency. CFLs are fundamentally limited in their color spectrum though, and in practice most of the reasonably priced ones still have awful power supplies. They get hot, and have a terrible power factor. AvE did a great video about this. The solution to me is LEDs. Much better on every front, although the cheap ones still buzz a bit. I never realized how exhausting it was to think about light bulbs until I bought a house...
i love this, very helpful. i hope you’ll make more wire sculpting and soldering videos, you make it very easy and logical to understand and i love that.
The sand trick is a really great idea. Thanks. I hadn't seen that before.
thanks for not leaving youtube
+Ted Keezer Amen.
Thank you as this is what I needed to see as I will be making inside support cactus made of air dry clay. Then mix paint to the different shades i need . Trying to make the cactus look as real as possible. Then using parts of dried dill flowers I grew last summer. If all works out well I may have a welding place down the street weld some larger longer metal rods for larger cactus or other objects. I had a large octahedron made of hollow 18 inch plastic tubes and hanging on my porch. It was made by a true friend of mine that had passed away. Why I say "I had" is because one day I looked and it was gone never to be seen again. He says he was told that his father was Baby face Nelson and met his mother while he was hiding out from the law in St.Paul MN on west 7th st. I like your idea of using sand!
This is great stuff. In our house it was Christmas tradition to make stellated dodecahedrons out of thread and soda straws and use one as the tree topper on our aluminum tree. Your efforts are a bit more refined.
Very excited to see you have made it back to your roots, I don't speak just for myself when I say we've missed your uploads. I cannot wait to see what you have been creating while you were away.
Dude. You are my new hero. Thanks for the great jump start for fabricating platonic solids.
I had always had trouble using the gator clips to hold what I needed to join together. I will have to use your very clever idea next time. thanks for sharing.
Bucky Balls/Zen Magnets were a really fun venture into Platonic and Archimedean solids for me. If you have enough magnets, you could make the most complex of the irregular polyhedrons...
As always, thanks for the video!
That sand idea is great! I tried something similar a few years ago, and was consistently flummoxed trying to make complex solder joints - I couldn't find a good clamping solution. it might be time to re-visit that old project now!
Christmas comes early this year, hallelujah you didn't leave forever! So happy to see another video.
Great to see you back! Cool techniques.
that sand trick would have been REALLY handy when i was tring to make an anamatronic hand... but its just great. thanks you for uploading this.
Sand trick was very VERY clever!
Dude it's been a while. We miss these great videos. Keep em comin
The trick with the sand is awesome!
Glad you put out a new video. Your stuff is always very interesting.
These remember me about d&d dices... d4,d8,d12,d20. Always amazed on how the shapes fit to make nice figures, like extending the octahydron, só it looks like 2 intersecting pyramids
Awesome video, thank you. I have a 7 feet stellated octahedrom also known as Merkaba. And some wood gigs to do that kind of wire welding.
I have made some of these shapes lately myself. Looks like your having fun!
Ohhh my God! That’s brilliant!!! Struggling with exactly this problem right now. Ty!Ty!
Btw love and respect ur attention to detail demands acknowledgement keep showing ur thing’s your work u can inspire us.... Roy from PHILADELPHIA
An octahedron, I see it now. Awesome video. I hadn't watched this before I asked about your logo.
pocket is back!!! Best channel on youtube has returned!
He's back finally the subscribers have stayed
Fantastic. Thanks for sharing such a valuable trick! The video was informative and concise. Thank you for your time making and sharing!
I got so excited when I saw the notification that you made a new video :)
I'm glad your making videos again!😀👍
joyful to have your nerdy math videos back. Thanks for sticking with the youtube adventure.
I'm sure you saw/read/heard Carl Sagan's whole Cosmos episode (end of #3) about Keppler's misguided obsession with the 5 solids, right ? he makes quite a big deal of it, and I enjoyed the depth of the consequences he drew on the dark and light sides of scientific endeavour.
Keep on trucking !
I've watched Cosmos in its entirety- all thirteen episodes, no less than a dozen times. I would also suggest Jacob Bronowski's _Ascent of Man_ if you are a fan of such material. Those guys were splendid human beings.
+pocket83 Absolutely, chief, sorry I had not read the notes below your video citing Kepler's travails. I have not seen Cosmos in entirety. I read the book in French back in the 1980s as a teenager... but I have recently been listening to the audio version as mp3 on my bicycle going to work, probably listened to all 13 episodes 5 or 6 times. It works pretty well, really. I just ordered "ascent of man" and will read it, thanks for the heads up and, once again, good to have your delightfully titillating videos back.
Keep on trucking !
I think that your technique is impressive. Your solid wireframes are amazing and you definately know your science about platonic and archimedean geometries. You must have a great collection of them. I always appreciate good, referenced science. Pardon me for the long comment but I wanted to share something with you. I recently started on youtube with videos evolving in the natural world and others. I posted a video about an experiment I did long ago, about generating a tesseract simulate with a cube wirefram matrix. I actually came across your video searching for mine. I'm not asking for anything about sharing or whatever... not my style. It' just that if you never tried this technique, with your ability and solid collection, you could maybe rediscover them all in a unexpected way. Maximizing their potential and learning even more, using them as matrix to create unusual geometrical shapes. Please try this and share, and again....amazing work. Thank you for sharing.
Message received. I'll check it out. Thanks.
Glad to see you're back. I discovered the channel shortly after you started your "loose the trolls" campaign, and I'd thought you'd quit UA-cam for good.
Your videos are always top notch. Very enjoyable!
If you haven't already, check protective geometry. You might draw some inspiration.
Greetings from Greece!!!
Hooray!!! You're back!
Good to see you back!
Hell yeah! You're back!!!
Have you thought of painting the octohedron inside the acrylic cube green and filing the cube with resin to use both as a paperweight and as self advertisement
Dude u are the best I am needing to make some healing tools to focus intention great job
I Wouldn't have tried sand like that, catches the solder spatter too, now I'm wondering how you get your scrap wire to be so straight. I ended up with loads of scrap electrical wire from a short stint in construction, the electricians would toss it in the dumpster.. always in a knotted mess.
You have to grab it while it's fresh, before they ball it up (luckily, I have a buddy that's an electrician). Anyhow, you do have to work out some of the kinks before you strip it, but the parts are only 3" long, so it doesn't have to be perfect.
how is the harmograph coming.....
I haven't a clue what it is but it sounds so interesting
I think house wire is thinner where the normal mains supply voltage is higher. Which is basically everywhere except North America and Japan. (Or possibly the whole of the Americas?)
I know I'm commenting quite late, but have considered trying to work-harden the wire to make it stiffer? I was thinking about twisting it. There are a lot of jewelery maker's videos about it but my initial tests haven't been that successful. I guess if the wire you have easy access to is thicker it is less important.
This is freaking awesome.
Thank you.
The sand trick is brilliant. Would it be any use if you buried a cube half way into the sand with one corner sticking out to help you align the three pieces of copper?
Best Wishes, Brendan.
Sure. I did just that for parts of it. I would bury parts when I could, and it was surprisingly stable. As you bend a part a little bit, it stays a little closer to where you want it each time as the sand fills in and braces it.
Thank you very much your video is of much value to me!!!
Do you reckon you could make an octohedron using the technique in your copper astroid plaque video? It might be possible, but I can't visualise it
Sure. It's actually really simple. Just draw a hexagon, and then connect three of its vertices into an equilateral triangle. You could add the other (backgrtound) triangle if you want to approximate a wireframe model.
When i first saw the coffee can with sand, i thought that you use it to sanding (sand to sanding, oh boy), to make copper smooth and shiny. But you idea is better.
Still need some improvement with angles. Maybe 3 strings, stretched on top of can, that form a equilateral triangle.
You're back!
Can you give me some more detail on what copper wire/rods you used? They look extremely straight and all i can find in the copper in rolls. Thank you so much and great work!
12/2 NM-B Romex. It's general purpose residential wiring. It comes in a roll, so you will have to straighten it out after stripping it.
Any tricks for straightening out the wire?
Great video! I'm wondering what gauge of copper wire you used and what type of rosin-core? I'm researching how to solder a headdress.
How do you carve a dodecahedron from a cube? I'm still trying to figure it out. So that is how you get an octahedron from a cube.
Too complicated to explain in a comment, but I'll give you the short answer: Bandsaw.
I want to make a tetrahedron in solid mood on a table saw, but so far it has defeated me. For sure I can almost get there and then 'cheat' by cleaning up on a sander but I cannot achieve then end result on a table saw. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Regards.
I have every intention of making that video in the future. In fact, I have a big chunk of black walnut that I would like to use for it. I worked out all of the math and angles a few weeks ago, and I will eventually put a few ideas and methods together for a quick video. If you are in a hurry, I can help you with one of the simpler methods in the meantime. Let me know if it's important.
+pocket83 Thank you. I can wait for your video, which I always enjoy. I particularly would like to make a quantity, say 20, of small ones, 1 1/4" (30mm) approximately. Regards.
+Ron Cooper Yes, the video will help with that. But I am quite irresponsible. If you get sick of waiting for it, send me a message and I can share with you what I've learned.
+pocket83 This is a useful sight www.slyman.org/m_projects_mathematics_pyramids_polyhedra_intersurface_angle.php?alpha=60&n=3&p=45&submit_pyramid_parameter_calculator=Calculate#PyramidAngleCalculator
But it gives the angle between the sides and does not help with the practicalities of the jig/jigs required. Regards
Very interesting! thanks for sharing this trick! cool techniques
I am making a modified octahedron with a surrounding Vesica Picese
I have had trouble getting the wire straight and stripping long lengths of it, do you have any tips on that?
How long? I don't keep strips longer than 5' for crafting purposes. I hand straighten before stripping, and I only take pieces off that are comfortable for me to work. If it's hard to pull, take smaller bites. Also, put one end in the vise and pull it towards you in a straight line with both hands. I start in the middle, and then flip the piece around, so that I don't have to move the jacket over more distance than is necessary. As for mechanical strippers, those are great, but they scratch the copper. I hope to cover using one of those in a future video.
Thanks a lot, I'll try that
I just started making pyramids out of wooden dowels held together with a glue gun. I have used the Flower of Life to create a template?(guide) on paper. What I found very interesting is by connecting the center points of each side and then the quarter points with straight lines (wooden dowels) the masculine ( straight lines) derived from the Flower of Life appeared on the sides of the pyramid. These create a fractile design of triangles growing inwardly Infinitely just as the Universe grows Infinitely inward as a process of division (halving) geometrically. The Flower is a two dimensional representation of a three dimensional reality, the triangles in the Flower become tetrahedrons in 3 dimensional reality. I believe that all of the platonic solids can be represented as groupings of tetrahedrons. I believe that these groupings provide the mathematical basis for the electro-magnetic toroidal vortex which I believe is the basis for the fractile design of the Universe. I believe the Flower of Life contains the blue print for everything in Creation, the straight lines (masculine) that connect the points of intersection in the Flower of Life (the feminine Creator) are Creation.
Hey... The sand idea is new and cool... Thanks for sharing your thoughts... I have a couple of questions. I was planning to do such similar structures however with a higher 8 gauge wire., did u try such gauges., my first question is will the solder able to hold them withstanding rough usage after joining., My second question is did u try brazing rods for joining purpose. (Can I use that torch with brazing rod)
I would like to hear ur opinion regarding which of these would be better... Thanks a lot man
No, I have not tried brazing rod, but it's probably a good idea. As for the 8 gauge wire, that will be much more difficult than soldering the 12 gauge, simply because copper steals/moves the heat away so quickly. The torch shown in the video would be too small. For "rough usage," you might want to start thinking about actually welding them. Sorry I can't tell you that it's easy! Good luck.
@@pocket83 Thanks for the inputs..!! Truly appreciate it..!!
Hope I have to try and learn myself..!!
I found your video helpful, i enjoyed watching it. Do you possibly know how many Watt (W) is needed for welding brass or copper with a soldering iron (at least)? 😀
That will depend heavily on the gauge of wire that you're trying to solder. Assuming 12 AWG copper (as used in the video), my 70W soldering station starts to work at around 700°F.
Also note that this video is from quite a few years ago; at the time, I was using a blow-torch, because my cheapo _Radio Shack_ soldering iron didn't stand a chance.
@@pocket83squared alright, I’m thinking to use brass tubes between thicknesses of 0.6 mm - 2 or 3 mm maybe.
So I should probably buy a 70 W soldering iron then? Or 100 W?
Btw, can I buy any brass tube or copper wire? Are all solderable?
Thanks for answering! 👍🏻
@@gorez2267 Brass and copper are both solder-able. However, we're talking about wire thicknesses in terms of gauge here, NOT hollow tubes with some centimeters' worth of mass. Thicker stuff requires way, way more heat than most soldering irons will provide through direct surface-contact transference.
This is not really something I can further advise you on from experience. My best advice is to recommend looking into getting a _soldering gun,_ and/or a torch set, and do some reading on the following topic: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazing
Good luck.
@@pocket83squared Thanks for answering. I realized that I was unclear regarding the thicknesses. I am thinking of using several thicknesses of brass tubes, 2 mm, 5 mm, 3 mm and maximum 6 mm.
Of experience, do you think I could use a 30 W soldering iron or shall I use more than that? 100W? 60 W?
Last question. Do you know how I could cut the brass tubes nicely & easily? So I can get them straight?
I subscribed to your channel! 😀
My aim is to make triangles with the with nice edges.
Urgent question: i'm currently working on a project that requires connecting metal wires like the one you used, so i wanna know what was the material you melted to connect them? And is there any other cheaper way to connect wires with??
Solder was used here. Your other questions depend on the type of wire.
what did you use to solder them together? was it copper as well??
And today we learn how to make pocket83's channel icon in real life.
Not yet. That's coming.
+pocket83 I'm excited.
That is way cool. Love the sand idea
I've tried doing this same thing to create lamp shades but never managed to make a joint. No matter what i do the solder always falls from the copper and never stick. Tried with hitting the wires first. Tried with cold wires. Tried sanding the wires so they have rougher edges for the solder to stick but no luck. Do you have any idea what am i doing wrong? Basically the solders melts and falls in the sand
You aren't getting the copper hot enough. The solder will follow the heat; once the wires have enough heat in them, the solder bubble will "break," and stick. Cu has a high thermal conductivity, so it will steal your heat and dissipate it along its length. When it's ready, it is easy to do, but this process does take some patience. What gauge wire and what type of torch are you using?
Am using this kind of burner thumbs1.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/mABqR-m86w7ebOTA2k-QyrA.jpg
I just tried warming the wires more but it doesnt work :( I event try it putting them on a ceramic tile and some solder wire on top of it and i heat it up for about 5 minutes the solder melted but it never stick at the end the ceramic tile snapped :D :D never mind i guess i'll just buy some other lamp shades
Where did you buy the wire? I searched 12/2 nm-b romex and all I'm getting is a yellow coated wire.
Yep, that's it. It's just covered by insulation, because it's electrical wiring. It has to be stripped. It's readily available at any home center. A small roll isn't too expensive, but if you ask an electrician, they have piles of scrap.
Where did you get that copper pipe/tubing/rods
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Wow the sand trick looks incredibly helpful, even for stained glass soldering I'll bet, I'll try this ASAP.
PS: how do you know what angles to place the wires in the sand? just eyeballing it?
Yep. You get really good at it quickly.
Cool, I guess even it's misaligned, you can always reflow the solder.
It's actually pretty stress-free. I was working on the icosahedron today, and that was a bit of a head scratcher, but I think it is kind of enjoyable ;)
+pocket83 I am not very good at English, what do you mean by "stress free"? Do you meant it's easy to make?
I meant that it was not frustrating.
How much time you spend doing this?
Including all of the related models, videos, reading, writing, and mathematics?
A few months (this year).
i think i might try this
+Riley Gomez the life hack as well
You'd be a great tutor or teacher
Great video. Thanks
pocket! you're back. I suffered through 2.5 minutes of poo-pouri for you!
Sweet! Thanks so much!
If you torch the entire wire it will nano coat the wire,
5 more models that just want to be friends...
Ha! Well, "platonic models" might not sound all that fun, but here's a line that might work:
_Wanna come up and see my stellated polyhedra?_
Sup Pocket, How ya doin?
Cool, I love desk toys and those fit the bill. Way better than my dodecahedron cup-o-sphere imgur.com/a/t8GJI
I'll have to keep your sand-clamp in mind, when I'm soldering some times I don't need helping hands clips, I just want to be able to set something down and have it not move.
its very difficult to achieve the correct angles. Its better start drawing the shapes on paper, the same length and solder the wires over the drawing. you can use some adhesive tape to fix the wires.
Now let us try the 4d polytopes. Wait a minute.
Oh, well. I guess we'll have to stick to projections... Besides a spacial 4d sand looks like a difficult item to acquire...
I hate being stuck in 3d. At least polyhedra look nice.
(Some 2d beings want to express their angry at me, but they can't write in two dimensions... Their message was something like this:
-.-- --- ..- - .... .. -. -.- -.-- --- ..- .... .- ...- . - .-. --- ..- -... .-.. . --..-- -.-- --- ..- ... .--. --- .. .-.. . -.. - .... .-. . . -.. .. -- . -. ... .. --- -. .- .-.. -... .-. .- - --..-- .. -- .- --. .. -. . -. --- .-- .-.. .. ...- .. -. --. .. -. - .-- --- -.. .. -- . -. ... .. --- -. ... .-.-.- .- ... ... .... --- .-.. . .-.-.- .. - ... ..- -.-. -.- ... -... .- .-.. .-.. ... .-.-.- .. - ... ..- -.-. -.- ... ... --- -- ..- -.-. .... .-- . -.-. .- -. .----. - . ...- . -. ... . . -... .- .-.. .-.. ... .-.-.- ... - --- .--. -.-. --- -- .--. .-.. .- .. -. .. -. --. --..-- -.-- --- ..- .... .- ...- . .. - . .- ... -.-- .-.-.-
I'd like to emphasize that I wasn't trying to commit aggression towards beings living under lower numbers of dimensions: I'm not a threedimensionalist or a superior dimension numbers radical of any kind...)
I did make a tesseract (projection). More on that soon. In the meantime, you have no right to look down on flatlanders- er... wait a minute...
nice trick thanks
Sand! Why didn't I think of that? Thank you.
Please tell me you are into Zen Magnets. You can build all these shapes and many more far more complex out of 5mm Spherical Rare Earth Magnets.
Bad as fuck, brother. The sand trick is genius. Thank you so much!
cool
Do you have a background in mathematics or are you just an enthousiast?
I hate potatoes, unless they are mashed and full of butter and sour cream
I bet your favourite eva angel is Ramiel
yay! something fantastically irrelevant that I watch every time for some reason! woooo
Irrelevant with respect to what? Maybe you are suggesting that it's frivolous, but I don't think that it is. It seems to continuously turn out that there are connected patterns between systems everywhere, and a more complete understanding of such relationships helps us to master the world. The more we look, the more we find. I don't find it frivolous; I find such explorations remarkable and empowering.
If you watch every time, then you should take it as a sign that you are interested, and thus, it is completely relevant to you! Besides, there are way worse forms of entertainment ;)
no, I find the building part of it irrelevant because I just don't have the materials or skill to do stuff like this. I love watching all of your videos despite the fact that I will never be able to take advantage of 90% of the cool stuff you show, but I still love to watch em!
Not using those dumb squiggly bulbs is a great life hack. If you have them, smash them up, breathe in the mercury fumes, and then go find a lifehack for removing glass from your eyeballs.
Wish I could have seen your take on it though. Trolls are one thing, but threats... that's saddening.
I can't agree. It took me awhile to come around, but I think the technology has now progressed to the point where CFL bulbs are superior. The Hg is a trade-off, granted, but all things considered, I still choose to use them. And I have dozens of them in my garage. Incandescent bulbs became impractical for filming, especially in the summer (heat).
+pocket83 yeah, that was a lame attempt at a joke. I'm no fan of incandescent bulbs either, just from an electrical engineering point of view. I am no tree hugger, but we do love efficiency.
CFLs are fundamentally limited in their color spectrum though, and in practice most of the reasonably priced ones still have awful power supplies. They get hot, and have a terrible power factor. AvE did a great video about this.
The solution to me is LEDs. Much better on every front, although the cheap ones still buzz a bit.
I never realized how exhausting it was to think about light bulbs until I bought a house...
ah, sand, the thief
God does exist.
nice.
Use a potato