Make sure to throw a cloth over it whenever you go out if it is ever in a room with a window the people who have crystal balls have burnt down several houses because the Sun hits it just right it becomes a magnifying lens and burns down the house or building
It really happens. Glass globes are dangerous with direct sunlight, depending on how exact this "magnifying glass" is, it could be just as much a hazard.
@@peterbrownwastaken it shouldn't be that much of an issue if the magnifying resin was flat on the ground, but spherical orbs cause a hot spot where they sit mostly.
You can get a near perfect parabola by pouring your resin on a stretched sheet of plastic and letting gravity form the curve of the pooled liquid naturally. Do it twice, sand the flat faces and glue them together and you'd have a great lens.
I don't know if it's a trick of the camera but the few drops of blue make it look like real glass, slight green tint at the right angle. Amazing project whether you continue to use the blue dye technique or not. Good stuff as always
"Why did I make a giant magnifying lens? I don't know, I just wanted one!" got a good chuckle out of me because it's so relatable xD This is one of 3 channels that I drop everything to watch the second I get the notification. Keep up the great work Mr Brown and Happy Holidays!
Lens grinding seems pretty tough for sure. It came out nice though! I seem to remember that you tested before how resin shavings turn invisible when put into resin. I wonder about if you had shavings that were dyed really strongly, would you end up with streaks of dye through the resin then? Another thought I had was that if you had something you wanted to suspend in resin but were too heavy or if you wanted specific placement within the resin you could place the items on a bed of shavings then pour your resin over it?
@@peterbrownwastaken Since the shavings do disappear inside a new pour, could you use them as filler for other large pours? Would be interesting to see if it would be a worthwhile way to recycle the shavings. Might save on resin costs.
@@Dilz6669 It could give lots of surface area for bubbles, but as long as the project fit in the pressure pot that could be solved. But from what I remember of his previous experiment with shavings, they had almost no volume.
I really do recommend purple, as a hairdresser we learn colour theory, and one of the things we learn is to use purple to neutralize yellow in blondes because purple is opposite on the colour wheel
The blue dye is definitely why it isn't yellow. I'm an optician by trade, and when CR-39 (type of conventional plastic) lenses would yellow from age, we would give it a couple of dunks in a blue molecular tint bath, and it would bring them right back to water white clarity. The lens has a higher optical quality to it than I would have expected, I'd be interested to know it's power in diopters, though I can't imagine a lensometer big enough to read it.
Just some friendly advice here: the bezel around magnifying lenses are slightly taller than the depth of the convex surface so that they can be set down on their faces without risk of scratching the lens. I figure that the steel you were using was just the size you had, but upgrading to a 2-3" (judging the width through a video is difficult) wide bar may be beneficial to the long-term health of your jumbo lens.
When you mentioned it looked like a scifi instrument, of course my mind went to a pun. "We've boosted the anti-mass spectrometer 105%, bit of a gamble but we needed the extra resin-loution"
@@spagamoto "Peter, we cannot predict how long the lathe can operate at this level, nor how long the curing will take - please, dip as quickly as you can"
Another off the wall project that turned out great. You said about the lense looking like old glass and it immediately reminds me of an old pre lightbulb era lighthouse lense.
Peter you legit crack me up and always make at least 10 minutes of my day enjoyable! From someone with anxiety issues that can't relax 99% of the time I thank you for getting me out of my own head even if its only 10 minutes lol
I remember a dip-it where you used leftover resin shavings and they disappeared when cast again. So could you use the shavings to bulk out a bigger clear resin pour? You’d probably have to calculate by mass how much liquid resin they’d replace
Your off-the-cuff attachment is actually near-identical to what they used to do, way back when such things were still handmade. They either put a u-shaped metal around it, cupping the glass, or put a groove in the edge and used a wire. It's neat to see convergent invention like this, where something ends up being so eminently practical that even centuries apart, people still naturally arrive at the same solutions.
For something like that, I was thinking you could polish with a rotating plate the way real lenses are ground. That got me thinking about liquid metal telescopes, and whether you could let a plate of resin cure on a turntable so that it would fix the parabolic shape in place. And then I wondered if you could then use that as a mold to make more lenses much easier.
This reminds me a lot of top secret. From the giant object near the camera, to the giant magnifying glass over the face. Great movie and excellent work Peter
Super cool, I would not have thought you could pour that much resin that clearly. On a side note, there are designs out there for velcro attached sanding gloves (you take a standard sanding disc and you can stick it to the glove), might be worth looking into.
I LOVE IT!! You, sir are brilliant! Next you'll be making a cherrywood pipe, and deerstalker hat. I laughed out loud when you walked up and picked up the magnifier. Please continue on your journey, allowing us glimpses into your brain. Thank you!!
You're correct, you do need to reverse the polarity, but make sure that you set your neutrino emitters to phased array mode or you might cause a singularity.
I literally loled at the intro! This put me in mind of an old article about people making parabolic reflectors for telescopes by starting pretty much as you did, then putting the dish on a phonograph turntable while it cured.
I love when people make a giant versions of ordinary things. I really like the ripple effect reminiscing of those old glass windows. Another awesome project 🙂
Your videos always make this old guy smile. There's an old Peter Cushing movie called Top Secret where he has a giant magnifying glass, not as big as yours of course. I hope you and the entire Brown family have a merry Christmas. From this little corner of England 🇬🇧
One of the ways they make parabolic mirrors for telescopes is by spinning molten glass slowly in a circular mold like your pizza tray and letting it cool over a long time. I bet you could accomplish something similar with resin, although silvering it would be difficult.
FABULOUS!!!! I love this SO much. You nailed it on the clear- I agree it looks like old glass. At 17:10 you catch a glimpse of the side of it and you see that old green hue you see in the old glass pop bottles. That’s how I know you did it JUST right. Hahaha! Love it! Always enjoy your vids Mr. Brown! My husband & I watch together and one day would love to have a shop to try stuff out. Thanks!
Fantastic magnifier and amazing giant size result. Your fun project doesn't need to have a reason, or a why, It is just what it is and lots of fun to watch. 😀
I hear it’s kinda easy to make a spherical lens shape just by grinding shapes against one another. Maybe spin a disc of MDF up to an approximation of the shape (but concave), coat it in epoxy, and grind the two against each other with abrasive between? As you move them relative to each other all the non-spherical optics should get averaged out, as the angle changes away from the normal. Diy resin optics is really interesting looking, especially now that we have resin 3D printers.
I think it would be great to use the clear resin ribbons in a project with a lot of glitter, so that the glitter stays distributed instead of settling at the bottom Also, have you ever considered mixing in auto pearl or hyper shift pigments with resin, I’d be interested in seeing if they are still able to shift in the resin
"why did I make a giant magnifying lens? I dunno, I just wanted one. Look, there's an ax handle made of gummy bears behind me" is the exact reason why I love this channel.
Love those small pro habits that you can only pick up over years of experience, like wiping your mixing bowl clean with a shop towel without thinking about it.
If you were to pack the resin shavings into a mold, and resin cast them, would they be visible? And if theyre not visible, would the shavings save enough wasted resin to be worth the extra effort?
@@peterbrownwastaken been watching since nerdcubed shouted you out years ago :). Question is, what can it burn, or would that cause it to yellow more due to the concentration of sunlight
One thing about glass is that it naturally has a green tint to it, so by adding a bit of blue, when it does yellow, the blue and yellow will give it just enough of a green tinge to look like real glass.
I feel like anyone asking "Why did he make a giant magnifying lense from resin?" hasn't been watching enough of your videos. You don't *need* a reason. It's just fun. And I hope your shoulder wasn't too sore after wall that sanding and polishing.
you know now all you need is a nice mount on the wall and thats going to make the property value go through the roof! All jokes aside i think this is great decoration piece, it came out wonderful
If you span foil over a circular pan and pull a vacuum, it will form a shape that is quite close to a parabolic lens. Casting resin on top of that should give quite nice results, especially on a smaller scale, without having to remove material.
Merry Christmas, Peter! Nice project, the giant magnifying glass is cool, and your narration makes the whole thing interesting. I’ve been a subscriber for a few years, good luck going forward, hope you & family enjoy the holidays!
I was doing a casting for my niece today who LOVES you. It didn’t turn out great and while fixing it all I heard was “but Peter Brown” over and over. Had to accept that challenge.
I have no experience with resin, but from a physics perspective maybe it would refract better if the pour came from dead center of the lens? What a cool object, I love it
Pro tip from someone who used to manufacture polyurethane products for 10 years. Don't spray your mold release close to your bucket for mixing/pouring (or the chemicals themselves if they're uncovered). You risk having a failed pour if it gets into the unhardened mixture.
My physics teacher in high school hand ground his own giant lense for a telescope he built. There is a method for measuring the optical clarity so that it will actually magnify something. As I recall, it took quite a lot of work to get it to be functional. But this is also pretty cool, and probably more goofy. But that's why I'm here. Thanks for sharing!
“A project with out a plan” welcome to shop time with Peter brown 😊
The day Peter doesn't mention that the micromesh has its own grit system starting at 1500 and going to 12000, the world will just end.
Actually all the pandemic situation turn to be because he forgot to mention the 1500 grit in one video.
And if it didn't, I'd wish it did, because that's not a world worth living in
*🤘Micromesh Grit System🤘*
You have to remember that we watch all vids. For someone thats their first video.
I get stomach pains when I don’t eat my morning micro mesh…. 🪢
At this point Peter has gone through enough resin to make a total boat.
Full chuckle out of me
Not much in my life has been as consistent as Peter Brown and his videos. Always great.
Thank you! Merry Christmas!
@@peterbrownwastaken Merry Christmas, Peter. Thank you for sharing!
Make sure to throw a cloth over it whenever you go out if it is ever in a room with a window the people who have crystal balls have burnt down several houses because the Sun hits it just right it becomes a magnifying lens and burns down the house or building
wow. really?
It really happens. Glass globes are dangerous with direct sunlight, depending on how exact this "magnifying glass" is, it could be just as much a hazard.
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@@peterbrownwastaken it shouldn't be that much of an issue if the magnifying resin was flat on the ground, but spherical orbs cause a hot spot where they sit mostly.
Its happened with fish bowls as well.
You can get a near perfect parabola by pouring your resin on a stretched sheet of plastic and letting gravity form the curve of the pooled liquid naturally. Do it twice, sand the flat faces and glue them together and you'd have a great lens.
Okay! Do you think I can use my shaving with your handmade rope technique?
@@peterbrownwastaken Probably, but I'm not sure how strong it would be. It might have some interesting properties.
i love seeing colabs developing like this
That's clever. An old satellite dish might also make a nice parabolic form.
BuT tHaT's a CaTeNaRy NoT a PaRaBoLA
I don't know if it's a trick of the camera but the few drops of blue make it look like real glass, slight green tint at the right angle. Amazing project whether you continue to use the blue dye technique or not. Good stuff as always
"Why did I make a giant magnifying lens? I don't know, I just wanted one!" got a good chuckle out of me because it's so relatable xD
This is one of 3 channels that I drop everything to watch the second I get the notification. Keep up the great work Mr Brown and Happy Holidays!
Thank you!
I also chuckled when he said that haha!
I'm really growing to like that metal bending contraption. Hope to see it used in more videos!
It's super fun! Surprisingly so.
@@peterbrownwastaken What is it? Looks super useful!
Lens grinding seems pretty tough for sure. It came out nice though!
I seem to remember that you tested before how resin shavings turn invisible when put into resin. I wonder about if you had shavings that were dyed really strongly, would you end up with streaks of dye through the resin then? Another thought I had was that if you had something you wanted to suspend in resin but were too heavy or if you wanted specific placement within the resin you could place the items on a bed of shavings then pour your resin over it?
That might look cool. Might be worth trying it again.
@@peterbrownwastaken Since the shavings do disappear inside a new pour, could you use them as filler for other large pours? Would be interesting to see if it would be a worthwhile way to recycle the shavings. Might save on resin costs.
@@Dilz6669 It could give lots of surface area for bubbles, but as long as the project fit in the pressure pot that could be solved. But from what I remember of his previous experiment with shavings, they had almost no volume.
I really do recommend purple, as a hairdresser we learn colour theory, and one of the things we learn is to use purple to neutralize yellow in blondes because purple is opposite on the colour wheel
Hey I’m a hairdresser too and I concur with your comment!
Yess purple shampoo is fantastic
Peter is a mad genius. That is fabulous
I need Peter's album. His deep classic crooning is so velvety and soothing.
If he released a record, it couldn't be vinyl, it would have to be cast clear resin.
@@LostWhits or clear resin with crushed vinyl records in it
The blue dye is definitely why it isn't yellow. I'm an optician by trade, and when CR-39 (type of conventional plastic) lenses would yellow from age, we would give it a couple of dunks in a blue molecular tint bath, and it would bring them right back to water white clarity. The lens has a higher optical quality to it than I would have expected, I'd be interested to know it's power in diopters, though I can't imagine a lensometer big enough to read it.
That is fascinating.
Can easily get the radius by measuring the focal length or I'm sure he could build a bar spherometer.
You could use the resin shavings as the snow inside a giant snow globe which would be pretty cool
That genius, I was hoping he would've said something along the lines of that idea
They may end up clear though which could be an issue
Maybe if he painted them first and/or added a little glitter. If the shavings go in bare they will disappear
Just some friendly advice here: the bezel around magnifying lenses are slightly taller than the depth of the convex surface so that they can be set down on their faces without risk of scratching the lens.
I figure that the steel you were using was just the size you had, but upgrading to a 2-3" (judging the width through a video is difficult) wide bar may be beneficial to the long-term health of your jumbo lens.
I’ve missed the blowtorch method for bubble removal. I know it’s not the most effective but I love seeing resin turn crystal clear. It’s like magic.
Been watching for years and this has got to be one of my favorite projects to date, right up there with the aluminum shaving murder bowl
Yes! The murder bowl was my first video. It's still one of my favorites 🖤
The ripples are actually pretty cool. Gives it a antique feel. Maybe you could say they are “magnified” at that size 😂
When you mentioned it looked like a scifi instrument, of course my mind went to a pun.
"We've boosted the anti-mass spectrometer 105%, bit of a gamble but we needed the extra resin-loution"
*Slow Clapping*
I never thought I'd see a resin-ance cascade, _let alone create one_!
@@spagamoto "Peter, we cannot predict how long the lathe can operate at this level, nor how long the curing will take - please, dip as quickly as you can"
You wouldn't happen to be a father, now would you?
Another off the wall project that turned out great. You said about the lense looking like old glass and it immediately reminds me of an old pre lightbulb era lighthouse lense.
I like how you explain the wet sanding pads you use every time you use them, and somehow I enjoy listening to you explaining it every time.
Your absolute glee while holding the finished project is contagious. Wonderful job! Merry Christmas! ^^
Peter you legit crack me up and always make at least 10 minutes of my day enjoyable! From someone with anxiety issues that can't relax 99% of the time I thank you for getting me out of my own head even if its only 10 minutes lol
Happy to help!
I remember a dip-it where you used leftover resin shavings and they disappeared when cast again. So could you use the shavings to bulk out a bigger clear resin pour? You’d probably have to calculate by mass how much liquid resin they’d replace
Your off-the-cuff attachment is actually near-identical to what they used to do, way back when such things were still handmade. They either put a u-shaped metal around it, cupping the glass, or put a groove in the edge and used a wire. It's neat to see convergent invention like this, where something ends up being so eminently practical that even centuries apart, people still naturally arrive at the same solutions.
For something like that, I was thinking you could polish with a rotating plate the way real lenses are ground. That got me thinking about liquid metal telescopes, and whether you could let a plate of resin cure on a turntable so that it would fix the parabolic shape in place. And then I wondered if you could then use that as a mold to make more lenses much easier.
This reminds me a lot of top secret. From the giant object near the camera, to the giant magnifying glass over the face. Great movie and excellent work Peter
I live for absurd creations like this. Absolutely fantastic.
Welcome!
I think this is one of the coolest things made on the channel 🤗🤗👍🏾
Super cool, I would not have thought you could pour that much resin that clearly.
On a side note, there are designs out there for velcro attached sanding gloves (you take a standard sanding disc and you can stick it to the glove), might be worth looking into.
That might be really HANDY.
@@peterbrownwastaken Buh dum TSSSSS!
I LOVE IT!! You, sir are brilliant! Next you'll be making a cherrywood pipe, and deerstalker hat. I laughed out loud when you walked up and picked up the magnifier. Please continue on your journey, allowing us glimpses into your brain. Thank you!!
You're correct, you do need to reverse the polarity, but make sure that you set your neutrino emitters to phased array mode or you might cause a singularity.
See. I knew my people were here!
3:30 It always makes me smile to see that he’s still using joiner’s mallet.
I literally loled at the intro!
This put me in mind of an old article about people making parabolic reflectors for telescopes by starting pretty much as you did, then putting the dish on a phonograph turntable while it cured.
I love when people make a giant versions of ordinary things. I really like the ripple effect reminiscing of those old glass windows. Another awesome project 🙂
Your videos always make this old guy smile. There's an old Peter Cushing movie called Top Secret where he has a giant magnifying glass, not as big as yours of course.
I hope you and the entire Brown family have a merry Christmas.
From this little corner of England 🇬🇧
Love it! It's always fun to see you mix woodworking and resin-working
One of the ways they make parabolic mirrors for telescopes is by spinning molten glass slowly in a circular mold like your pizza tray and letting it cool over a long time. I bet you could accomplish something similar with resin, although silvering it would be difficult.
Oh wow. Pocket83 did a video on that years ago in a square mold. Never considered it in a circular one!
I had the same thought; glad to see I'm not crazy, or there's more than one of us!
Those children's pottery wheels? But might not have the torque for 90 ounces of resin lol
FABULOUS!!!! I love this SO much. You nailed it on the clear- I agree it looks like old glass. At 17:10 you catch a glimpse of the side of it and you see that old green hue you see in the old glass pop bottles. That’s how I know you did it JUST right. Hahaha! Love it! Always enjoy your vids Mr. Brown! My husband & I watch together and one day would love to have a shop to try stuff out. Thanks!
Mr Brown... thank you for being you, always look forward to your videos, merry Xmas to you and your family
Thank you! Merry Christmas Bo bo.
I love your videos so much, thank you so much for the work that you do! You bring joy and entertainment to so many!
I would love to see you do maker secret santa one year, you already make some pretty wild gifts as it is.
Fantastic magnifier and amazing giant size result. Your fun project doesn't need to have a reason, or a why, It is just what it is and lots of fun to watch. 😀
I hear it’s kinda easy to make a spherical lens shape just by grinding shapes against one another. Maybe spin a disc of MDF up to an approximation of the shape (but concave), coat it in epoxy, and grind the two against each other with abrasive between? As you move them relative to each other all the non-spherical optics should get averaged out, as the angle changes away from the normal.
Diy resin optics is really interesting looking, especially now that we have resin 3D printers.
Thank you , Peter .
🐺
I think it would be great to use the clear resin ribbons in a project with a lot of glitter, so that the glitter stays distributed instead of settling at the bottom
Also, have you ever considered mixing in auto pearl or hyper shift pigments with resin, I’d be interested in seeing if they are still able to shift in the resin
Love the narration & singing!
"why did I make a giant magnifying lens? I dunno, I just wanted one. Look, there's an ax handle made of gummy bears behind me" is the exact reason why I love this channel.
Thanks For the content and merry Christmas
Love those small pro habits that you can only pick up over years of experience, like wiping your mixing bowl clean with a shop towel without thinking about it.
This is great. I love seeing people just make what they want to.
Bravo. Yay. Awesome.
If you were to pack the resin shavings into a mold, and resin cast them, would they be visible? And if theyre not visible, would the shavings save enough wasted resin to be worth the extra effort?
Everything about this video sparks JOY!
Thank you, Peter, and a very merry Christmas to you as well.
It looks like a lighthouse lens, I think if you were to ever repurpose it I think making a lamp or light fixture with it would look nice.
Perfect. IT JUST WANTED TO BE A LIGHTHOUSE!
@@peterbrownwastaken Can't wait to see what you come up with. :)
A Fresnel lens if you ever want to look it up.
Really great project. I just love the way you think outside the box. It makes your projects and videos unique and interesting.
How bad is your ant problem?
😂
Peter you need to host a show on TV. You got just enough nerdiness and wholesomeness to be a hit.
You should challenge the other resin/lathe UA-camrs to see who can make the longest single resin ribbon.
Peter, you are a gift to us all.
Merry Christmas and happy holidays! We love you!
But does it WORK?
Love this! Thank you as always for the great content
Such whimsy! I cant imagine how much work this took to make, but you've created something wonderful!
This is just * chef kiss * a perfect holiday present! Thank you for the amazing year in content, hope you and Mrs. Brown have a wonderful season!
Resin, wood, and metal????
What a project! It was awesome to watch!
It would be fantastic for photography creations. I might try a much smaller one to experiment with. Thanks for the instructive video.
You actually got it clear this time.
Nice
I did! You've been here for a while if you recall the first one!
@@peterbrownwastaken been watching since nerdcubed shouted you out years ago :).
Question is, what can it burn, or would that cause it to yellow more due to the concentration of sunlight
One thing about glass is that it naturally has a green tint to it, so by adding a bit of blue, when it does yellow, the blue and yellow will give it just enough of a green tinge to look like real glass.
the growth rigs on that piece of wood are huge which added dramatic effect to your opening shot bravo
I feel like anyone asking "Why did he make a giant magnifying lense from resin?" hasn't been watching enough of your videos. You don't *need* a reason. It's just fun. And I hope your shoulder wasn't too sore after wall that sanding and polishing.
Thanks for the light sensitivity warnings.
you know now all you need is a nice mount on the wall and thats going to make the property value go through the roof! All jokes aside i think this is great decoration piece, it came out wonderful
I love the idea of this so much and the final result turned out amazing!
Love when you sing Broadway, Peter! 🥰 I always sing along 🎶
Have a great Christmas, thank you for another wonderful year of uploads!
You’re entertaining to watch and I can always learn something from you. Hope your arm heals well.
Awesome project! Merry Christmas to you as well, and thank you for all the video and idea presents you give us all year long.
I am always excited to see what new things you make with each video
Imperfections aside, thats awesome, the edge makes it look like Lead glass like an old coke bottle, damn cool
If you span foil over a circular pan and pull a vacuum, it will form a shape that is quite close to a parabolic lens. Casting resin on top of that should give quite nice results, especially on a smaller scale, without having to remove material.
Such a craftsman! Love this.❤
You had so much fun with this one. I love it!
You outdid yourself with this one Peter, great project and video
This tiny ring roller is one of the cutest machines I ever seen.
This project is so absurd, and I love it. ❤️ Keep up the great work, Peter!
Merry Christmas, Peter! Nice project, the giant magnifying glass is cool, and your narration makes the whole thing interesting. I’ve been a subscriber for a few years, good luck going forward, hope you & family enjoy the holidays!
This is really an impressive project - great video and hope you're having an awesome holiday season!
It still looks so cool ... Awesome project
I’ve been watching you since the first dip it video. I was a kid in Highschool. I sand for 10 hours a day at work on aluminum boats now.
I was doing a casting for my niece today who LOVES you. It didn’t turn out great and while fixing it all I heard was “but Peter Brown” over and over. Had to accept that challenge.
thank you for all your works
17:37 Peter you need to be a narrator for an Audible book! Merry Christmas!!!
This is so fun! Hope you and your family have a lovely Christmas!
I genuinely choked when you picked up the magnifying glass in the intro. I did NOT expect it to be that huge!
It really looks cool. I can understand wanting it. It might not have a practical use, but it's fun.
I have no experience with resin, but from a physics perspective maybe it would refract better if the pour came from dead center of the lens? What a cool object, I love it
Woodworking Peter would approve this project (well, the lower half of it). Merry Christmas to you!
I loved the sci-fi "scene" 😂😂😂 Wonderful project and so fun❤
Pro tip from someone who used to manufacture polyurethane products for 10 years. Don't spray your mold release close to your bucket for mixing/pouring (or the chemicals themselves if they're uncovered). You risk having a failed pour if it gets into the unhardened mixture.
My physics teacher in high school hand ground his own giant lense for a telescope he built. There is a method for measuring the optical clarity so that it will actually magnify something. As I recall, it took quite a lot of work to get it to be functional. But this is also pretty cool, and probably more goofy. But that's why I'm here. Thanks for sharing!
Nice to see the HDPE mallet make a return. One often favorite videos of yours!