Thanks for watching! We just wanted to quickly mention that we started this project prior to the global Covid-19 pandemic so Jonny and I were able to spend time in the workshop together. Since we were unable to finish it together, we decided to upload this one without voiceover. This will be the same for the next few videos that we release until we are able to be back working together again. We’re super interested to hear what you think of this style of video - it would really help to know. Comment below! Stay safe everyone! M&J
It's so heartwarming to see you gathering for a good cause. I hoope that doesn't affect any of you in any way. Also, may I know why wasn't shredding used instead of melting and joining repeatedly?
Nawraa Abbas Ali HDPE is non-toxic so it won’t affect you in any way. That’s why it’s used for milk bottles and other plastic food packaging. Shredding wasn’t used because we don’t currently have a plastic shredder!
I do the same thing in Armenia. You can try to make something biger, like table. Only together it is easy to sell. Keep going!!! I do good job. Also change the lumber to metalic. It must be forniture for out side.
We are in Santo Domingo Dominican Republic and are interested to begin an industry of this, can you give us advisory . Please contact us ultraloria@gmail.com
Wow, very impressive home recycling system. Labor intensive but anything worth anything in life takes time. You guys are saving the planet one cap at a time and hopefully starting a new trend. Thank you. I’m subscribed now.
awesome! had Been making multiple sized blanks in various color combos with the intention of finding one that was best suited for making a stool or larger scale project. However, it turns out that Pandemics seem to really deplete you of any artistic voracity, especially when you work in the Nursing field. But BIG THANKS TO YOU BOTH!! Because you have just re-inspired me to start up on my plastic melting endeavors again!!! your content has been a good source of inspiration, in a time where it's hard to find anything that helps motivate you! So again I thank you!
Great build ... and so pleased to see you were saving the plastic waste for future projects. Would have been good to have hidden fixings for the top. Next time perhaps?
We actually chose to go through the top because we like the look of the bolts showing through. But you could use threaded inserts if you prefer to have them hidden ☺️
This just beats me, not only constructing a quality product, but a quality video at the same time. Like, the time involved in putting a video together, let alone the time to get your workshop together, the knowledge of tools needed, how to professionally use those tools, being able to afford a workshop space and a house, while working a 9-5 job, and keeping the house and facilities tidy - was that second person the slave/ executive personal assistant? Where do you fit in time to go dating or for your children - a video like this would take me years to produce something even half as good So, yeah, I get inspired on different levels when I see these types of shared DYI videos
I am blown away by this! Absolutely BRILLIANT! Props to you guys for the innovative ways you’ve found for upcycling what would otherwise end up in landfills - or worse yet, the ocean. If you could get your hands on plastic that’s been cleaned from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, you’d have an unlimited supply. Then maybe you could sell sheets/blocks/planks of the stuff that people could use as stock for various projects. (A desk using this stuff for the desktop and drawer fronts would be AMAZING! I wonder if there’s an efficient way to process the plastic in larger quantities? Maybe a large metal barrel with some sort of stirring device? And a vibrating device or a motor to spin it really fast to get the bubbles out?
Hi guys. We use a turbo cooker to keep it hot after it leaves our extrusion machine. Also silicone mold release spray on the gloves works, but we generally use silicone baking spatulas to handle our plastic and our oven has a bowl coated in silicone rtv gasket material.
absolutely love your stool, sham though when you drilled into that nice top. perhaps you could have used threaded inserts and fixed from underneath. Keep up the cool ideas Guys. Andrew
Yes lads! That's a great looking stool and yes, you've cracked the larger amounts of 'melt'. How about using welders silicone spray on those red rubberised gloves you have, I'm fairly sure that would work. Video was brilliant even without voiceover and enough information contained in it to explain what was going on. Top work fellas! Stay safe 😁👍
Thanks man! Since our pen video, we’ve tried to avoid silicone spray as it can cause delamination issues if it mixes in with the plastic. That’s definitely an interesting idea though! Just ordered AOTHER pair of gloves so we’ll see how these ones fair! Thanks for the feedback 👍🏼👍🏼
Hi creator's,u can solve plastic pollution for ever.Get your products patent, registered.U should get recognition too. All the best,for the continuous journey.
Thanks guys you are a constant inspiration and a great source of knowledge and ideas as I'm building my own HDPE workshop right now. I like this video style as well but since I'm trying to make similar stuff myself I prefer the vids with more explanation. Sadly I don't have the type of tools you guys are using. I have to do it way simpler but I've built a similar press and a lathe myself which is also a very fun and interesting thing to do. The stool looks great, also nice woodworking 👍🏻 but why did you have to take of that much material again? Looked like you took of 1kg of the two you started with. Which gloves your using exactly? I've got welding gloves made from leather but the plastic sticks like hell on them.
That’s awesome! Would love to hear more about your HDPE workshop? Plans? Tools? Thanks for the feedback on the video style. We will definitely be going back to the normal voiceover style ones when we’re back to normal but for now it feels good to be able to get content out that you guys enjoy watching still. The reason we had to plane so much off is to (1) get it perfectly flat (not critical, but it helps) but more importantly (2) to reveal the marbling on the top surface. The colours when it comes out of the press is nice, but you can’t see the marbled effect. It doesn’t look like a lot but it’s probably only about 100g worth or so. We have tried so many gloves! The leather ones are indeed a pain. We’ve just ordered some silicone based oven mitts but with individual fingers so hopefully there’s enough dexterity in there to make them useful. Time will tell! Thanks for your continued support and good luck with your HDPE projects!
@@BrothersMake Hey, could please do a durability tests of tiles, tables, long polywoods V/S regular ones that you have made out of plastic waste?? It's a humble request....🙏🙏😍😍🙏
I'm very jealous of all the tools. I think that's very cool as I want to try and do that sort of thing myself. The only thing is having the screws visible on the finished surface. I would recommend placing the heads of the screws inside the plastic by adding a small spacer inside and holes in the second part of the mold. You can put the nut on to hold them firmly into place. That or there are many types of threaded inserts used for wood. I used to do rotational molding and used a Hillman 3 pronged tee nut. That would work best but, be sure you have them facing the right direction.
@@BrothersMake Can I just put the tray w plastic caps and baking paper in my oven around 170F? I have a portable oven I was going to use but this would be easier. What temp did you use? Did it ruin your oven? No fumes? I know you don't want to give advice, just asking, again thanks!
Always happy to give advice. We don’t suggest using an oven that you intend to use for food again after. If plastic comes off the tray it will stick to the inside of the oven and then burn when you raise the temperature for normal cooking. The max temp you want to go to is 180C (350F) but we tend to keep It around 150C (300F). Higher that 180C and it will burn and give off fumes. Lower and that and you’ll have no fumes at all 👍🏽
9:55 There's a grey face (almost in the middle) that looks like some mutant from marvel and he looks at another mutant at the bottom who screams (black mouth wide open). An awesome stool, guys! Looking at such stuff is like looking at clouds but it gives more possibilities to your imagination.
Really nice guys. I wonder if it would be possible to plug the holes on the top with HDPE? With a pattern like that I bet you could melt some in there and have it pretty much invisible? or even set in some threaded rod or something into the HDPE when it's in the press?
Thanks! Yes it is possible to fill gaps with HDPE but we genuinely chose to have the hardware exposed as we like the aesthetic. But you could screw in some threaded inserts and then bolt from underneath for sure 👍🏼
Love the stool! I’d be interested in finding a way to forgo the timber & replace it with even more recycled material, just found you guys & loving the content 👌🏼
Whoa this is so cool! Do you have any advice for PPE while working with melted plastics? I do resin casting and carving (sculptures) and I'm wanting to recycle my scraps but I also want to take care of my lungs. ;)
The PPE required for HDPE is relatively low as it gives off no toxic fumes providing the temperature of the oven doesn’t exceed 180 degrees C. For resins I imagine there would be a number of precautions to take but you’ll have to follow the guidelines on the instructions
I really like your ideas on recycling plastic and even carefulness on keeping all the scraped plastic, Really appreciate that your plastic Stool top is beautiful but if you use plastic legs instead of wood it will be better, in my opinion. in future videos, I love to see you use plastic instead of wood :)
Looking to do a HDPE table top for outdoors as a project the only thing I'm worried about is would the plastic start to melt in hot summer weather or is there a way of coating it to prevent the plastic from melting
The HDPE melts at temperatures over 160-170 degrees Celsius, so there isn't any chance that it will melt in the hot summer sun, even in the hottest deserts. I would only be concerned about the HDPE's UV stability since UV light tends to disintegrate the plastic over the years of sun exposure, making it very brittle.
I like this video because they carefully keeping all the scraped plastic while finishing the product.
They do that every video
i always look forward to coming to this gentleman everyday
Thanks for watching! We just wanted to quickly mention that we started this project prior to the global Covid-19 pandemic so Jonny and I were able to spend time in the workshop together. Since we were unable to finish it together, we decided to upload this one without voiceover. This will be the same for the next few videos that we release until we are able to be back working together again. We’re super interested to hear what you think of this style of video - it would really help to know. Comment below! Stay safe everyone! M&J
It's so heartwarming to see you gathering for a good cause. I hoope that doesn't affect any of you in any way. Also, may I know why wasn't shredding used instead of melting and joining repeatedly?
Nawraa Abbas Ali HDPE is non-toxic so it won’t affect you in any way. That’s why it’s used for milk bottles and other plastic food packaging. Shredding wasn’t used because we don’t currently have a plastic shredder!
I actually really like the style, is very easy to understand the process and if we have questions im sure you will help! So is a thumbs up!
I do the same thing in Armenia. You can try to make something biger, like table. Only together it is easy to sell. Keep going!!! I do good job. Also change the lumber to metalic. It must be forniture for out side.
We are in Santo Domingo Dominican Republic and are interested to begin an industry of this, can you give us advisory . Please contact us ultraloria@gmail.com
Wow, very impressive home recycling system. Labor intensive but anything worth anything in life takes time. You guys are saving the planet one cap at a time and hopefully starting a new trend. Thank you. I’m subscribed now.
Thanks for watching and for your support!
awesome! had Been making multiple sized blanks in various color combos with the intention of finding one that was best suited for making a stool or larger scale project. However, it turns out that Pandemics seem to really deplete you of any artistic voracity, especially when you work in the Nursing field. But BIG THANKS TO YOU BOTH!! Because you have just re-inspired me to start up on my plastic melting endeavors again!!! your content has been a good source of inspiration, in a time where it's hard to find anything that helps motivate you! So again I thank you!
Love this comment 🖤 we’re so glad you have been inspired by what we do. Please tag us in anything you make - we’d love to see!
will do! stay safe guys! much love
Stunning! Absolutely stunning!
It looks like it's a fabric covered stool. Yet it's rigid and hard-wearing. I love that you've kept all the waste!
It does! Thanks Andy, we plan to use it in a future build!
We just see chairs, never have I ever thought how much work and love go into making one chair.....👌❤️
☺️🤍
I love to watch you guys make things
Great build ... and so pleased to see you were saving the plastic waste for future projects.
Would have been good to have hidden fixings for the top. Next time perhaps?
We actually chose to go through the top because we like the look of the bolts showing through. But you could use threaded inserts if you prefer to have them hidden ☺️
briliant!! im from Indonesia (the largest plastic trash country in the world) this video inspired me how recycling plastic
This just beats me, not only constructing a quality product, but a quality video at the same time. Like, the time involved in putting a video together, let alone the time to get your workshop together, the knowledge of tools needed, how to professionally use those tools, being able to afford a workshop space and a house, while working a 9-5 job, and keeping the house and facilities tidy - was that second person the slave/ executive personal assistant? Where do you fit in time to go dating or for your children - a video like this would take me years to produce something even half as good
So, yeah, I get inspired on different levels when I see these types of shared DYI videos
Your videos are inspiring to say the least. I love what you guys do and why you do it.
Thank you Tommy!
Super idée de récup ! Bravo !
Thank you!
... отличная работа, получилась красивая табуретка, из такого-же материала можно будет изготавливать и рукоятки для ножей!!!
That was very labor intensive. Nice build. Thanks for sharing.
HDPE work always takes a little longer but worth the effort to see that awesome marbling. Thanks for watching
Thank you for this beautiful video and inspiring idea
What a beautiful stool you make with plastic. Omg. It looks better than wooden i think. It's amazing. I need to try this for the table. Great
I really love u guys work and appreciate so much the information you provide in the description! Stay safe and thank you for the inspiration 💙💙
Thanks for reading the whole description! Not everyone does 😂🖤
I am blown away by this! Absolutely BRILLIANT! Props to you guys for the innovative ways you’ve found for upcycling what would otherwise end up in landfills - or worse yet, the ocean. If you could get your hands on plastic that’s been cleaned from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, you’d have an unlimited supply. Then maybe you could sell sheets/blocks/planks of the stuff that people could use as stock for various projects. (A desk using this stuff for the desktop and drawer fronts would be AMAZING! I wonder if there’s an efficient way to process the plastic in larger quantities? Maybe a large metal barrel with some sort of stirring device? And a vibrating device or a motor to spin it really fast to get the bubbles out?
Ficou otimo e a reciclagem é o mais importante 👏👏 nota 1000 .
Omg I sooo want a set of 4 of these stools, crazy for them! Great job guys ❤️🇦🇺
Hi guys. We use a turbo cooker to keep it hot after it leaves our extrusion machine. Also silicone mold release spray on the gloves works, but we generally use silicone baking spatulas to handle our plastic and our oven has a bowl coated in silicone rtv gasket material.
Great ideas!
absolutely love your stool, sham though when you drilled into that nice top. perhaps you could have used threaded inserts and fixed from underneath. Keep up the cool ideas Guys. Andrew
We did consider threaded inserts but really like the contrast of the stainless hardware against the crazy pattern. Thanks for watching!
So cooooooooool guys. This 61 yo granny is going to try it out too! I love it!
Thanks Kim, that's awesome! We'd love to see what you make, be sure to send us a pic 😊
Wow how beautiful the stool is !!! Fantastic job!! I just subscribed..Love these ideas to recycle plastics..
You guys are doing great job
Nice job fellas👍. We have began the slowly start saving all our lids now
Thanks Mark 😊 buzzing to see what you come up with!
Yes lads! That's a great looking stool and yes, you've cracked the larger amounts of 'melt'. How about using welders silicone spray on those red rubberised gloves you have, I'm fairly sure that would work. Video was brilliant even without voiceover and enough information contained in it to explain what was going on. Top work fellas! Stay safe 😁👍
Thanks man! Since our pen video, we’ve tried to avoid silicone spray as it can cause delamination issues if it mixes in with the plastic. That’s definitely an interesting idea though! Just ordered AOTHER pair of gloves so we’ll see how these ones fair! Thanks for the feedback 👍🏼👍🏼
Wow beautiful I love this it looks like multi color marble
Super Video.Danke!
That pattern came out great! Could even add some drawers/shelf and make a nightstand/sidetable
Thanks! ☺️☺️
Wow amazing very. Beautiful and. Hard work👏👍thanks
Love the mustard bottle 🤣
This was an awesome Kraft! 🤣
Haha it make such a good glue bottle! Thanks 😊
Great thing you guys have going there. Keep going
Thanks!
Been looking forward to this video and I wasn't disappointed.
Great job fellas 👍😁 ♻️♻️
Thanks Dom! Always love seeing your HDPE work too!
@@BrothersMake I will be making a similar press one day. Totally going to steal your idea though 😁😮.
Buzzing to see it!
Notable!!! Buenísimo. Saludos desde Uruguay. Súper Like
Thank you! 😊
This would be a suit idea for my thesis, since I will be making push-ups grips made of recycled materials specifically plastics. Thanks for this.
That was built sturdy and will last for years. I liked the press you made for the HDPE. Great job 👍
Thanks bud!
Great project lads!
Thanks Joe!
Very very wonderful
Thanks very much!
Hi creator's,u can solve plastic pollution for ever.Get your products patent, registered.U should get recognition too.
All the best,for the continuous journey.
Thanks!
I love the 💡 idea
If that is not the coolest thing ever! I love it!
Thanks so much Jill!
"Soooooo cool brothers "should be your new name. Gonna send this up to my nephews as they'd love this sort of thing. Xx
That’s awesome! Hope they enjoy it!
Thanks guys you are a constant inspiration and a great source of knowledge and ideas as I'm building my own HDPE workshop right now.
I like this video style as well but since I'm trying to make similar stuff myself I prefer the vids with more explanation.
Sadly I don't have the type of tools you guys are using. I have to do it way simpler but I've built a similar press and a lathe myself which is also a very fun and interesting thing to do.
The stool looks great, also nice woodworking 👍🏻 but why did you have to take of that much material again? Looked like you took of 1kg of the two you started with.
Which gloves your using exactly? I've got welding gloves made from leather but the plastic sticks like hell on them.
That’s awesome! Would love to hear more about your HDPE workshop? Plans? Tools? Thanks for the feedback on the video style. We will definitely be going back to the normal voiceover style ones when we’re back to normal but for now it feels good to be able to get content out that you guys enjoy watching still. The reason we had to plane so much off is to (1) get it perfectly flat (not critical, but it helps) but more importantly (2) to reveal the marbling on the top surface. The colours when it comes out of the press is nice, but you can’t see the marbled effect. It doesn’t look like a lot but it’s probably only about 100g worth or so. We have tried so many gloves! The leather ones are indeed a pain. We’ve just ordered some silicone based oven mitts but with individual fingers so hopefully there’s enough dexterity in there to make them useful. Time will tell! Thanks for your continued support and good luck with your HDPE projects!
@@BrothersMake Hey, could please do a durability tests of tiles, tables, long polywoods V/S regular ones that you have made out of plastic waste??
It's a humble request....🙏🙏😍😍🙏
I'm very jealous of all the tools. I think that's very cool as I want to try and do that sort of thing myself. The only thing is having the screws visible on the finished surface. I would recommend placing the heads of the screws inside the plastic by adding a small spacer inside and holes in the second part of the mold. You can put the nut on to hold them firmly into place. That or there are many types of threaded inserts used for wood. I used to do rotational molding and used a Hillman 3 pronged tee nut. That would work best but, be sure you have them facing the right direction.
We actually liked having them visible from the top on this, but they're some good ideas if that's the look you were going for!
Beautiful job Brothers!
Thanks mate!
Great video guys 👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks mate
Turned out great guys! 😃👍🏻👍🏻👊🏻👊🏻
Thanks Fred!
Awesome Sauce!
I want to do enough opaque panels for a small greenhouse. Thanks for this. It really helped me learn how I will make the panels. Liked and subbed.
That would be awesome, be sure to send us a picture when you finish!
@@BrothersMake I will.
@@BrothersMake Can I just put the tray w plastic caps and baking paper in my oven around 170F? I have a portable oven I was going to use but this would be easier. What temp did you use? Did it ruin your oven? No fumes? I know you don't want to give advice, just asking, again thanks!
Always happy to give advice.
We don’t suggest using an oven that you intend to use for food again after. If plastic comes off the tray it will stick to the inside of the oven and then burn when you raise the temperature for normal cooking.
The max temp you want to go to is 180C (350F) but we tend to keep It around 150C (300F). Higher that 180C and it will burn and give off fumes. Lower and that and you’ll have no fumes at all 👍🏽
Nice work Guys 👍 😊
Thanks!!
Stunning!
Thanks Mary!
Nice job Boys❤
Thank you!
God bless you my friend...
great work bro👌👏
Nice, smart and simple things with a very good optimization great job I congratulate you
Thank you!
Absolutely fantastic !!!
Las plancha plásticas un negocio estupendo. Felicitaciones.
Hi i from indonesia,,I like this channel,, god bless you and thank for share this content..
Very pretty 👍 and unique!!!
Thanks!
@@BrothersMake nothing to thank for love, I thanks so much to you both, for recicle and make so pretty things..I wish more people do it..
So do we!
Awesome. It turned out great. Cant wait to see what else you do with hdpe
Thanks John! Should have another HDPE upload for you next week!
9:55 There's a grey face (almost in the middle) that looks like some mutant from marvel and he looks at another mutant at the bottom who screams (black mouth wide open). An awesome stool, guys! Looking at such stuff is like looking at clouds but it gives more possibilities to your imagination.
Salad Boss I saw that too.
Superb work
Thank you!!
gran trabajo, ese aspecto imitación mármol es wow excelente. saludos
Super idea💡💡💡
Good Job thanks aloft for your sharing I love it ❣️❣️
Wow that sheet is pretty but soooo Labour intensive 🙈 but nice to see that it’s possible with an oven and a panni press 👍
Good job!
Thanks!
Very inspiring, thank you brothers.
Thank YOU for watching!
It's so beautiful, it looks just like marble~
Muy bueno tu trabajo muchos detalles, sería buena idea usar cinta doble cara para fijar el asiento.. para evitar perforar.
Dope
Put it on Kickstarter and Tech Crunch for VC $$$
Love it. Very beautiful..
Thank you!
You are so creative I like the spirit
This is amazing! Thank you for sharing this process!
Thank you! You’re very welcome
Wish I had the gear to do this kind of stuff. I reckon I'd be good at it too. X
So beautiful
Thank you!
Gracias felicitaciones y siempre adelante
Very creative and beautiful.
Gorgeous !
Thank you!
Nice build! I'm definitely going to have to add HDPE to my ever growing list of projects I want to try!
It’s addictive - be careful! 😂😂
@@BrothersMake 0ññññ
Really nice guys. I wonder if it would be possible to plug the holes on the top with HDPE? With a pattern like that I bet you could melt some in there and have it pretty much invisible? or even set in some threaded rod or something into the HDPE when it's in the press?
Thanks! Yes it is possible to fill gaps with HDPE but we genuinely chose to have the hardware exposed as we like the aesthetic. But you could screw in some threaded inserts and then bolt from underneath for sure 👍🏼
Для ребят табурет с открытыми болтами преобретает этакий лёгкий шарм... фермерский стиль.
Muy interesante el video, es increible como se aprovechan los plasticos en otros productos.
8:25 Nice technique to attach the plastic chair seat tonthe wood.
9:28 Are those regular wood screws?
Great innovation, well worthed time.
Thank you!
Love the stool! I’d be interested in finding a way to forgo the timber & replace it with even more recycled material, just found you guys & loving the content 👌🏼
Thanks! We liked the contrast in the two materials
If you are able to make the top, could you not also make plastic boards as well? The plastic can be cut and milled in much the same way as the boards.
That is stinking COOL 😎 way to getter done.
Thanks Kimberly 🙌🏼
Speechless. Amazing.
Very kind words!
Thanks guys 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
16 hours of hard work and you have a $20 stool. Nice!
…in your opinion
Whoa this is so cool! Do you have any advice for PPE while working with melted plastics? I do resin casting and carving (sculptures) and I'm wanting to recycle my scraps but I also want to take care of my lungs. ;)
The PPE required for HDPE is relatively low as it gives off no toxic fumes providing the temperature of the oven doesn’t exceed 180 degrees C. For resins I imagine there would be a number of precautions to take but you’ll have to follow the guidelines on the instructions
👍👍👍so good , I love the way you do and it’s wonderful.
Thank you!
Very nice work may God bless you
Thanks!
This is a grant work very good .
I really like your ideas on recycling plastic and even carefulness on keeping all the scraped plastic, Really appreciate that
your plastic Stool top is beautiful but if you use plastic legs instead of wood it will be better, in my opinion.
in future videos, I love to see you use plastic instead of wood :)
Thanks. We liked the contrast between the two materials
Incredible!!!!! Amazing project...Love it!
beautiful artwork!
Thanks!
Looking to do a HDPE table top for outdoors as a project the only thing I'm worried about is would the plastic start to melt in hot summer weather or is there a way of coating it to prevent the plastic from melting
The HDPE melts at temperatures over 160-170 degrees Celsius, so there isn't any chance that it will melt in the hot summer sun, even in the hottest deserts. I would only be concerned about the HDPE's UV stability since UV light tends to disintegrate the plastic over the years of sun exposure, making it very brittle.
Exactly as above. Heat would be fine, but the UV exposure would be a real issue.