4 ways to automate spray bottles - The best silly string hack?
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- Опубліковано 23 сер 2024
- Everyone seemed to like the first automatic spray can that I made so in this video I’m diving a bit deeper in the subject and making 4 different automatic spray can activators. Bring in the silly string!
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I enjoyed the process of this video. I've just started learning how to use Fusion 360 and didn't realise you could import photos into it. It's nice to see the stages that lead to the final product.
You even show the mistakes you make e.g. the welding on the bench grinder. It's reassuring to beginners like me that even the professionals occasionally make mistakes.
Great videos. Thank you.
Hey, thats awesome to hear! Yeah, importing pictures can be a super nice tool for projects like this. I like to keep in the mistakes for exactly that reason. We can all learn from it that way
I really like your videos, please don't think about stopping any time soon okay 😅
Electric spray valve + WD-40 + electric barbecue igniter .... and now your robot has a flamethrower.
Are you the best??? Yes you are. Congratulations. I ' m from Murcia spain
Haha thanks!
Hahahaha. Great one. Love that you kept the failures in.
Hey Filipe! thanks! yeah it's also good to show what doesn't work.
Very pragmatic. Just this evening I was talking of a lighter vessel to push air in paint gun.
I loved that you showed a little of how you model things you 3d-print. That was really clever to me who don't have a 3D-printer..
Glad it helped :)
So much fun! One tip I have for attaching the clips to the cans, design a little recess/through hole in the collar and you can run a cable tie round it and help secure to the can. Also, have a look at a servo, a bit more work to activate (something like an Arduino is easy enough), but much more control than the motor.
Thanks Slugsie! I thought about the zip tie as well. it would definitely help. What I liked without it is that it's easy to swap out the cans. But with the smaller cans it might be better to do use a zip tie
@@Thepracticalengineer You can of course get reusable zip ties which would be easy enough to remove and reuse.
Fair point :)
Spiderman approves.
Seriously, I found your experimentation and designing prototypes interesting and worthwhile.
Hey, but there's no reason you can't to have fun too.
Haha no. Having fun is the best part of it
I really like the way you enjoy your Fun stuff😂
Haha thanks! me too :)
'You (The practical engineer)' and 'Colin furze' is my inspiration!
That's so awesome to hear! Colin is a big inspiration to me as well
Would you still have the printer files for the 2nd version of the silly string? Would love this for my Halloween set up as the kids come up for candy. Thanks.
Great, thank you so much :)
Exactly what I was looking for! Thank you you curious human! :D
Excellent project as always. Has given my son and I an excellent project idea to keep his sister out of his bedroom! 🤞🏻 it works!
Oh no, you didn't 😂😂
Excellent. This might keep the cat from scratching the door at 4:30 in the morning.
Love your videos, keep it up
Thanks! I will
This is exactly what i need, Where can i buy one?
Could you please share the stl. file w us?
Awesome work Emiel! 😃👍🏻👊🏻
Thanks Fred!
Well, I was going to say a peak and hold circuit on your solenoid, but pneumatics certainly makes that pointless! xD
Another really fun one bud! Need to make something to clean up silly string next haha!
Thanks Ethan! Like an intern? 😂
Hahaha yes exactly - good "learning" opportunity for someone
"Who's here when I need to clean up? No one"
So nice ! Do you have a link for the air sylinder?
Do u mean the solenoid ?
I got it from AliExpress, look there for pneumatic cilinder and you'll find a lot. This one has a 10mm bore and 20 mm stroke
@@Thepracticalengineer thank you for the specs!!also: Very entertaining content! Looks like you have found your style of videos. Its so natural! 👍🏻
I'm a critter keeper here to figure out if it would be cheaper to build something that squeezes the trigger on a standard spray bottle than it would be for me to buy a misting system, since I don't need much spray for my setup.
Same. I wonder how the angle of the trigger would differ.
Can you link the solenoids used along with the .stl on your website?
can you please put the cam piece on thing universe Thank you, Tj
You are the best
Thanks!
Where did you get that spray can trigger mounting? Thanks!
I 3d printed them
Will you ever post the files for the sprayers?
Miller Parker ??
Please build automatic cross bow
Pleeeasse
Amazing!!!! What is the name of the engine you use for the 3?
Thank you for sharing. Is it possible to share the 3D models for spray can mounting?
I do not have engineeringg back ground but would like to use it for silly string for my duaghter's birthday party.
Thank you so much.
Sorry, I do not think that I still have these models
Is the STL file available anywhere?
Can t you sell a timed automatic spray controller for insecticide bottles in the garden ???? like one push per two minutes ???
Are these files available somewhere looked at your link but I cant read it 😔
Highly entertaining as always! Maar moet je niet een iets hogere werktafel? Ik krijg plaatsvervangende rugpijn van die gebogen houding!
Thanks! Ja eigenlijk moet dat wel, maar ik kom er steeds niet aan toe.
do you share your print files?
😁
You need something like a windscreen wiper motor, that always returns to the same resting position.
That'd be pretty cool
Can you make me this for a CRC Duster
Amigo, lo que hizo fué tirarse su taller!
Beau travail .
Merci!
¿Un poco de todo?
What force were the solenoids you used? :)
They are 50N
Hi im just wondering are you dutch?
Jazeker!
I think you should try make a pneumatic release that's powered from the actual WD40 can itself...
U seem smart so could u please try and make your own motor as in motorcycle motor. That would be really cool to see someone make their own motor from scratch. Yes i know it will be hard but I'm just asking
That'd be am awesome project. Right now the space is too small. But maybe in the future
Very funny :)
nadie va a resaltar que la lata de WD-40 está en español?
Your parents must be proud 😃 😃 😃
They are :)
Servo motor 5v.
That's a good option as well :)
WD-40 this in Spanish "gratis"
:)
Hello crack
Hello
Now, you can use a microcontroller to improve this project...
It doesn't get better than the motor, does it?
Then mount it on a tracked vehicle.
@@Thepracticalengineer Much better! You can use a sensor to make a prank or use OpenCV in raspberry to identify faces or objects to hit them.
Am I the only Brazilian who follows this channel?