I really appreciate seeing how you were able to take plastic bottle caps and recycle them and make them into something useful... And then to see you further save the plastic shavings and recycle those too... I may not be able to make it but I would love to see more of that in this community here...🤔... Then again, everybody does start somewhere Thanks for the video guys... Loved it!
What a beautiful work of art, but I'm wondering how many man hours is needed per cutting board? How much would it cost if I wanted to buy this particular board? Just curious.
Would it be possible for you guys to custom make one for me? Do you accept this sort of request? I am looking for a cutting board at the moment and I love your work! What you did was amazing and recycling the plastic like this is great!
Thanks so much! And I'm afraid we're not currently selling our products, however we're looking to start at some point in the near future. So keep an eye out on our Instagram and we'll be sure to let everyone know when we do 😊🤙🏼
No need to make....but these people need our appreciation....these projects are already running on large scale world wide....all we need is just purchase these products to support them and that's how we can help them to make our Earth Clean from plastic garbage....
We bought our sandwich press in a charity shop for £3 and the bottle jack press we built ourselves! Start small, but second hand and borrow from family/friends and your collection will soon grow!
I have a rubbermaid cutting board from around 1977. I was thrilled to find another in a garage sale. I will never part with either one. They remind me very much of the cutting board you made. Same style, only smaller. Anyone who is lucky enough to get this cutting board from you will be very lucky if it's anything like mine. Washes great. It is easy to sanitize and is wonderful to cut on. Thanks for showing us this.
We bought our sandwich press in a charity shop for £3 and the bottle jack press we built ourselves! Start small, but second hand and borrow from family/friends and your collection will soon grow!
@@BrothersMake if you'd like some input on what folks would like to buy, I'd love a recycled HDPE clipboard. I'm a teacher, and I love using one to be able to write when I'm standing up.
I'll second or third that. These are really cool. I could use a cutting board or a clipboard. You can make those infinity wallets. Pen blanks. Sooo many things. I'd definitely buy stuff.
Plastics recycled rather than just being garbage . How else you can serve the world better than this ? Love you guys. Start selling please would love to buy your all products.
Actually recycle means turning garbage into something useful. The effort you give and time you give or the resources you are using (electricity, heat, gas etc.) must not be more than you cycled. Simply math. If you use too many electricity just to make simple plastic board it might harm world more than plastic garbage. Which is why there are factories and recycling cans around. They are ..... yea whatever. Good job ^^
@@KLeaTHeR i think rather than just turning negative we must learn to appreciate. Using electricity to produce something out of waste is completely acceptable.
This video makes me miss my shop man. In college I collected all the HDPE2 I could get my mits on. I made everything from a jointers mallet to doorstops out of that stuff to sell to make a little extra money. This is a great video!
@@yasminelouati4416 well a lot of people have plastic counter tops that melts or burn if it comes in contact with a hot pot. Also, wood counters tips are on the opposite extremely sensitive to water, meaning you have to be super vigilant when you're cooking to not let water sit on the surface for more than like 30 minutes ish. But I agree with you, with the right coat, it would be dope
@@RobMacKendrick yeah still any kind,even food grade plastic is going release bi pHenols, even if under limits, why go through this DIY process when wood is natural safe easily available, the sharp knife on this board over a period is going to release small particles of plastic, what an headache, same with wood too but that wouldn't be toxic atleast
From a long time ago I've been collecting,plastic material that goes into waste, but I've just made a pile of them,yet I couldn't find the perfect thing, I was really excited when I saw this,though I don't have the materials,but still the work you've done is really inspiring for me,you guys are doing great!good luck,I hope these act encourage others too.fighting!
Just watched this video, first time I've seen any of your videos. Absolutely cracking mate. Think what your doing is great, turning waste into something usable, helping the environment by recycling what would have ended in landfill. Absolute art the way it turned out.
Yeah sure... Spending 3 or 4 hours to create this, using a workshop worth at least $5000. and sell the boards for 10 bucks ! You guys are not very good in math, hey ?
Thanks for watching! If you're worried about whether or not HDPE can be used for food use, check out our thoughts in the description 🤙🏽 If you liked the video, let us know! If you disliked it, feel free to let us know that too! See you on the next one ♻️
Thanks for the info in the description. Our milk bottle caps don't have a #2 recycling symbol. Are you confident enough, by any chance, that all milk bottle caps are #2? By the way, how do you thoroughly wash the plastic of food residues? Just hand wash the way that you wash your dishes?
Hello Eugene, if the milk bottle is plastic itself, both the milk bottle and its cap are made out of HDPE. I am not sure about UHT milk carton lids though. I hope that helps? Where do you live? You could send the milk company an email asking what material they use to make their lids? EDIT: By the way, if it is a milk bottle and the milk has not gone rancid, rising it out with water should be sufficient.
HDPE is food safe. Milk jugs, laundry detergent jugs, and the hated plastic shopping bags. Big Brother is stealing the shopping bag option because 'we' are too lazy to properly recycle them. That's why I'm stockpiling them in 28L hardware store buckets and plastic coffee cans. Now to get my shed decluttered and organized for some making. Yes, I have some cut up milk jugs too. That's why the shed needs organized.
@@eugenetswong, you are most welcome. I am sure that Canada would use HDPE for their milk bottles, and bottle caps. I am from Australia, and we use HDPE for all our milk bottles. Just the UHT milk cartons' lids, I am not sure about. Also, the HDPE bottles are never clear like PET bottles. PET bottles are the clear ones that Coca Cola, Pepsi, and the sort use to bottle their beverages. Mind you, they are low opacity, but not totally clear, like a glass bottle would be. I hope that makes things clearer.
You just do not imagine how much electricity it took to create this board. And guess how this connects to pollution? If you want less pollution you should stop using electricity. NOW! = )
@@enosunim I know right. You want an eco cutting board, chop your food on a piece of wood (old school), or recycled glass, or a stone tile. Looks cool though.
A really interesting concept! Years and years ago I saw a dude on telly make a whole bath using recycled plastic in a similar way. I'd love to see this technique used for making larger pieces, like the top of a console table.
OH WOW!!! That was so genius on how you used the aluminum angles to route out the juice groove. I'm definitely using that trick. The board came out great fellas.
Thanks! And no HDPE doesn't give off any fumes when melting so long as you don't burn it - we tend to melt it at around 150-160 degrees celcius, the burning point is around 180 👌🏼
Yeah I was thinking the same ... but then when he used the heat gun to patch the imperfection, I thought ‘that’s so obvious to repair the cuts in the plastic cutting boards we already have’. Great video too guys.
@@Dragionex29 “There is evidence indicating that phthalates can leach from PET and HDPE bottles into their contents.” I have a high degree of uncertainty to any claims that ANY plastic is completely non-toxic. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5848201/#:~:text=Different%20kinds%20of%20acidic%20liquids,HDPE%20bottles%20into%20their%20contents.
@@kindercannon2280 yeah I read that too 🤦♀️😂 but he made a cutting board out of it. They're referring to drink bottles sitting out in heat, somewhat, hoping to warn others the damage it can cause due to it leaking inside the bottle. But ur not wrong!
When I first started watching this I thought seriously - why? However, at the end of the video I got my answer. WOW!!!! It's amazing plus some, thank you for sharing and I have subscribed and rung the bell - this is simply beautiful. Thank you for sharing. 💙💙💙
One recomendation. You have to use a epoxi or varnish coat compatible with food (no toxic) When you cut food with the time you could have a small toxic plastic particles and that's no good :S Wihtout this, very very good work, congratulations.
When people nowadays are so creative and talented and a crafty genius...amazing...i do wish i have that skill of creativity too...haha..God is trully amazing for giving you this gift...amazing...
This is a good idea guys! It is ok when you made your own cutting boards for food at home, you are free to do what ever you want. But in plastic industry when you speak of food contacts products, it means plastics who are going to be used in food industry or cooking, the plastics materials used or piece made (example cutting boards) have to respect standards of food contacts and it is even more strict if you use 100% recycled plastics. Not a lot of companies have the process to create food contact recycled plastics materials because it expensive and long process. It's a shame to be locked that much but regarding the health of people in food industry it is way too important. Nice job of conception 👍
Hear me out - they make 3D printer filament with only recycled plastic and let it be marbled too or whatever and sell it - best of both worlds and it makes the manufacturing process a lot faster and less labor intensive
This is such a great idea. I've been thinking about starting a plastic recycled utility business. How much would you say is required to get started, all equipment included?
I don't know about the price in your region but in indonesia, it cost about 200 million (+- 170 hundred US dollar) for the equipment such as extruder, pressing machine etc, notincluded safety prop (gas mask etc) and land and building cost but if you like us who build it in garage, well the cost should be minimum.
Remind me so much of my brother who has his workshop in his garage and has a great passion for woodwork and makes one of the amazing handcrafted coasters chopping boards et cetera I’m sure you’re enjoying your hobby have a super time good luck for more creativity God bless you are not wearing gloves by the way in protecting your hands
This channel is quickly becoming known as the HDPE goto channel, before we know it you're going to be turning this stuff into the wire for using on 3D printer's etc 😀 👍.
Knife marks will definitely be visible, just as with any board that a sharp knife will contact. However this stuff is very dense and it would certainly last a long time provided it wasn’t put in a dishwasher or come into contact with hot surfaces such as pans etc
Pepe, it is plastic. It will last forever. If you initially melt and press the plastic correctly, it should not break apart with use. Even if it does, you would just heat it up, re-press, sand and polish again, and it will be good as new.
I just found you guys and being a tinkerer/maker/recycler/engineer myself, I have to give you two thumbs, two big toes and two arms up! Your videos are awesome!!!
This is really cool but would the food end up getting bits of plastic after constantly cutting onto the board? Would you need some sort of coating also?
Yes! They release Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) which can be carcinogenic. You should only do this in a well ventilated area and using industrial activated carbon filled masks.
Incorrect! Unlike most other plastics, polyethylenes like HDPE and LDPE do not give off any toxic fumes so long as the temperature is kept below the burning point of 180C. We tend to stick to 150-160C and never come close to burning.
While it's definitely true that lower temperatures produce much fewer VOCs, using temperatures of 150°C and ethylenes is still not 100% safe due to the presence of additives in the plastic. It's not just the burning of the ethylenes and production of short chain alkanes that can be dangerous, but the vaporisation of these additives, which themselves can often be carcinogenic. So I'd still be careful and keep the area well ventilated.
If you’re talking about safety levels for human interaction, PE is way below that. Check out one of the Precious Plastic videos where they talk in detail about this.
@@BrothersMake I actually work at Precious Plastic Maastricht! And yes, even for human levels of toxicity. We work with HDPE and PP and there are definitely toxic fumes produced (we can tell with our noses). We built an activated carbon ventilation system to capture them. And I can refer some literature to you about VOC production from recycling various plastics if you like.
Nice One & Very Visually Appealing, I still have a question: does the board bear all types of hard chopping and scratches. More importantly, cutting meat or mincing meat gives me the thought of all those micro chips entering the raw cuts. How would you grade it's strength.
I know that this is one of your older videos but I still love the results here, so I came back to it for a little late night Maker Indulgence. It got me wondering: have you ever tried using plastic like polymer clay, layering certain colors to build up "canes" which could then be cut into tiles, and arranged into patterns? Something in this same color scheme, but with a few added accents of gold/yellow-wrapped hunks of black plastic added into the mix would probably turn out to be dazzling.
I love your content. It's very thoughtful of you to do this and actually use them. Do you have a store we can buy these stuff off of? If yes, it'd be so awesome ❤️
By the time passes, there will be really tiny pieces fall apart from board with every knife hit. Guess where those tiny pieces go. If you need a cutting board, stick with the wood.
Exactly. They flooded market with plastic items and naive people thought: if it sells it should be safe. Nope! It's not! Just don't buy it and they will stop offering. Nobody restock items which are not sellable.
@@nukki1 wood cellulose is food safe, microplastics are not. It's not shitting on what they made, it's a real problem. Especially with recycled plastics, they are of lesser quality than the original product. This is why recycling is never going to completely solve the plastic waste issue.
*Looks at her boxes of scrap PLA filament from 3D printing* .... ooohhh... maybe not a chopping board, but some cute coasters or something. Loved the vid!
I kept wondering if they were going to coat the plastic with something to keep it from EVER coming apart, as well as some kind of food-safe coating so that it would be fine to cut food on. I feel like these things could be done to it and that would make it actually usable.
I really appreciate seeing how you were able to take plastic bottle caps and recycle them and make them into something useful... And then to see you further save the plastic shavings and recycle those too... I may not be able to make it but I would love to see more of that in this community here...🤔... Then again, everybody does start somewhere
Thanks for the video guys... Loved it!
Thanks so much!
What a beautiful work of art, but I'm wondering how many man hours is needed per cutting board? How much would it cost if I wanted to buy this particular board? Just curious.
Really nice job! How do you collect so many caps that you can sort them into colors?
They make it look so dang easy.. AMAZING work! Kudos to the both of you for thinking of this!!
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This is one of the best recommendations on UA-cam. I bet you didn't search for this.
I mean c'mon this is brilliant.
Would it be possible for you guys to custom make one for me? Do you accept this sort of request?
I am looking for a cutting board at the moment and I love your work! What you did was amazing and recycling the plastic like this is great!
I did look up for ways to recycle and upcycle plastics and YES THIS IS BRILLIANT !!!!
Thanks so much!
And I'm afraid we're not currently selling our products, however we're looking to start at some point in the near future. So keep an eye out on our Instagram and we'll be sure to let everyone know when we do 😊🤙🏼
Agreeed.💚👍👍👍
No need to make....but these people need our appreciation....these projects are already running on large scale world wide....all we need is just purchase these products to support them and that's how we can help them to make our Earth Clean from plastic garbage....
Me: (sees the thumbnails) plastic bottle caps! That should be easy!
Me: (sees his workshop and tools) never mind..
😂😂Same!
Lol same
We bought our sandwich press in a charity shop for £3 and the bottle jack press we built ourselves! Start small, but second hand and borrow from family/friends and your collection will soon grow!
well that is NOT "how to make" that is just a process shown
@@lowlight1063 not so hard to figure it out from the vid I think.. but you are kind of right in your way
I have a rubbermaid cutting board from around 1977. I was thrilled to find another in a garage sale. I will never part with either one. They remind me very much of the cutting board you made. Same style, only smaller. Anyone who is lucky enough to get this cutting board from you will be very lucky if it's anything like mine. Washes great. It is easy to sanitize and is wonderful to cut on. Thanks for showing us this.
I would love to make this but I don't have the equipments lol
Same. So many tools are needed!!!
So do i :'(
Same.. 😖😖
We bought our sandwich press in a charity shop for £3 and the bottle jack press we built ourselves! Start small, but second hand and borrow from family/friends and your collection will soon grow!
Agree!! :(
Dude you should really think about selling some of your products I would love to buy recycled items
Thank you! We are thinking along these lines for the future!
@@BrothersMake if you'd like some input on what folks would like to buy, I'd love a recycled HDPE clipboard. I'm a teacher, and I love using one to be able to write when I'm standing up.
I'll second or third that. These are really cool. I could use a cutting board or a clipboard. You can make those infinity wallets. Pen blanks. Sooo many things. I'd definitely buy stuff.
Awesome idea!
@@fthurman You should check the Precious Plastic bazar ;)
I really appreciate the fact that you collect all the bits you can for remelting and aren't just making piles of plastic sawdust to be disposed of.
When that plastic is melted all I could think of was "forbidden hard candy"
That's exactly what I thought! Forbidden hard candy
Plastics recycled rather than just being garbage .
How else you can serve the world better than this ?
Love you guys.
Start selling please would love to buy your all products.
Thank you so much!
Actually recycle means turning garbage into something useful.
The effort you give and time you give or the resources you are using (electricity, heat, gas etc.) must not be more than you cycled.
Simply math. If you use too many electricity just to make simple plastic board it might harm world more than plastic garbage.
Which is why there are factories and recycling cans around. They are ..... yea whatever. Good job ^^
@@KLeaTHeR i think rather than just turning negative we must learn to appreciate.
Using electricity to produce something out of waste is completely acceptable.
@@afreenahmed7401 I just calculated my effort to type here and tought it was waste and stopped. So I suggest same for u
@@KLeaTHeR what is free is worthless. So i hope you keep you free suggestions with yourself :)
This video makes me miss my shop man. In college I collected all the HDPE2 I could get my mits on. I made everything from a jointers mallet to doorstops out of that stuff to sell to make a little extra money. This is a great video!
Imagine countertops made out of this material! It would be like a less expensive colourful marble.
You forget and put a hot pot on it and there goes your counter
That would look so rad!
@@yasminelouati4416 once someone figures out the right kind of top-coat we're set
@@kateh2893 in that case it would be so dope
@@yasminelouati4416 well a lot of people have plastic counter tops that melts or burn if it comes in contact with a hot pot.
Also, wood counters tips are on the opposite extremely sensitive to water, meaning you have to be super vigilant when you're cooking to not let water sit on the surface for more than like 30 minutes ish.
But I agree with you, with the right coat, it would be dope
Ngl when I first saw the thumbnail, I thought ya'll we're gonna turn the caps into apple slices 😂
😂🤦🏻♂️
Same😂
Relate 😂😂
Same
SAME HAHHA
that’s a damn fine looking cutting board 🖤🖤🖤
Thank you kindly 😊
I truly is, I’d like it bigger though!😁
Plastic recycling toxic get natural wood board
@@georgecarlinn6288 You didn't read the video description.
@@RobMacKendrick yeah still any kind,even food grade plastic is going release bi pHenols, even if under limits, why go through this DIY process when wood is natural safe easily available,
the sharp knife on this board over a period is going to release small particles of plastic, what an headache, same with wood too but that wouldn't be toxic atleast
I feel so stupid I looked at the thumbnail for like 30 seconds being like “how did they make bottle caps into apple slices..?” Smfh
😂😂
Me when I saw the thumbnail lmao
Ha ha ha...hillarious
Omg same😂
Now I don't feel so alone in this whole planet😂😂😂😂
From a long time ago I've been collecting,plastic material that goes into waste, but I've just made a pile of them,yet I couldn't find the perfect thing, I was really excited when I saw this,though I don't have the materials,but still the work you've done is really inspiring for me,you guys are doing great!good luck,I hope these act encourage others too.fighting!
That’s awesome! Definitely give it a go!
@@BrothersMake thanks, I'll try my best ☺️
@@BrothersMake thanks, I'll try my best ☺️
Just watched this video, first time I've seen any of your videos. Absolutely cracking mate. Think what your doing is great, turning waste into something usable, helping the environment by recycling what would have ended in landfill. Absolute art the way it turned out.
Thank you so much for watching and recognising our work! 🤙🏽🤩
😍 wouldn’t it be nice if people drop off their plastic waste to organizations the make products like this!
Definitely!
Yeah sure... Spending 3 or 4 hours to create this, using a workshop worth at least $5000. and sell the boards for 10 bucks ! You guys are not very good in math, hey ?
@@dawnpaoloabes8441 do you drink out of a plastic bottle? Or eat out of plastic bins? What about styrofoam for take out?
@@daltonx6177 dude you'd only need to buy drill bits for sanding and another for polishing its literally not that expensive to make
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Never thought of plastic as a viable medium to work with but y’all proved me wrong! Love the board
Thanks!
You guys are great. Love seeing people reusing, repurposing, upcycling. Mahalo for sharing! : )
Thank you dude!
You could open a store with objects like this. They're very practical and look cool so it would encourage people to recycle more!
Plus with a store have a recycle drop off for lids and bottles ...wow
But it is really inefficent and only really small valume
@@Leicht_Sinn Exactly. Be far better for the environment to just send those caps to a large scale recycler and he can buy recycled plastic
Amazing to see the evolution of your technicques!!
Thanks for watching! If you're worried about whether or not HDPE can be used for food use, check out our thoughts in the description 🤙🏽 If you liked the video, let us know! If you disliked it, feel free to let us know that too! See you on the next one ♻️
Thanks for the info in the description.
Our milk bottle caps don't have a #2 recycling symbol. Are you confident enough, by any chance, that all milk bottle caps are #2?
By the way, how do you thoroughly wash the plastic of food residues? Just hand wash the way that you wash your dishes?
Hello Eugene, if the milk bottle is plastic itself, both the milk bottle and its cap are made out of HDPE.
I am not sure about UHT milk carton lids though.
I hope that helps?
Where do you live? You could send the milk company an email asking what material they use to make their lids?
EDIT: By the way, if it is a milk bottle and the milk has not gone rancid, rising it out with water should be sufficient.
@@IsaKocoglu thank you for all the info. I'm from BC, Canada.
HDPE is food safe. Milk jugs, laundry detergent jugs, and the hated plastic shopping bags. Big Brother is stealing the shopping bag option because 'we' are too lazy to properly recycle them. That's why I'm stockpiling them in 28L hardware store buckets and plastic coffee cans. Now to get my shed decluttered and organized for some making.
Yes, I have some cut up milk jugs too. That's why the shed needs organized.
@@eugenetswong, you are most welcome. I am sure that Canada would use HDPE for their milk bottles, and bottle caps. I am from Australia, and we use HDPE for all our milk bottles. Just the UHT milk cartons' lids, I am not sure about.
Also, the HDPE bottles are never clear like PET bottles. PET bottles are the clear ones that Coca Cola, Pepsi, and the sort use to bottle their beverages. Mind you, they are low opacity, but not totally clear, like a glass bottle would be. I hope that makes things clearer.
We need more people like you in this polluted world.
Kudos to you dude
Türk müsün?
You just do not imagine how much electricity it took to create this board. And guess how this connects to pollution? If you want less pollution you should stop using electricity. NOW! = )
@@enosunim I know right. You want an eco cutting board, chop your food on a piece of wood (old school), or recycled glass, or a stone tile. Looks cool though.
A really interesting concept! Years and years ago I saw a dude on telly make a whole bath using recycled plastic in a similar way.
I'd love to see this technique used for making larger pieces, like the top of a console table.
We plan to make bigger items this year! Stay tuned
I don't know what to say.. this is the most creative, innovative and finest cutting board I have ever seen in my life!
It's mind blowing. ua-cam.com/video/_vJB5yRMTgg/v-deo.html
OH WOW!!! That was so genius on how you used the aluminum angles to route out the juice groove. I'm definitely using that trick. The board came out great fellas.
Thanks so much dude 🤙🏽
Juice groove. Is that what it is. I thought it was purely decorative 🙈😂
Ya tengo las ganas, ahora sólo me falta TODO LO DEMÁS! excelente trabajo 😻
...пока будешь искать всё остальное, пропадёт желание!!!
XD?
Does this release any toxic fumes when you melt the plastic? Otherwise it looks amazing
Thanks! And no HDPE doesn't give off any fumes when melting so long as you don't burn it - we tend to melt it at around 150-160 degrees celcius, the burning point is around 180 👌🏼
Brothers Make thanks for clarifying. It actually got me worried 🤣
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I was wondering about the same and If there is toxic in the plastic that could get into food?
@@anetteseip8757 Especially if you put something hot on top of it, etc. like before you slice into it, or etc.
Beautiful. I'd be saying to my wife "don't you dare use a knife on that"
Haha!
Right!
Yeah I was thinking the same ... but then when he used the heat gun to patch the imperfection, I thought ‘that’s so obvious to repair the cuts in the plastic cutting boards we already have’.
Great video too guys.
This is amazing work and love how you used non toxic materials to make this!
Plastics are non toxic?😂
@@kindercannon2280 🙄 did you not read anything? HDPE plastics are nontoxic
@@Dragionex29 “There is evidence indicating that phthalates can leach from PET and HDPE bottles into their contents.” I have a high degree of uncertainty to any claims that ANY plastic is completely non-toxic.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5848201/#:~:text=Different%20kinds%20of%20acidic%20liquids,HDPE%20bottles%20into%20their%20contents.
@@kindercannon2280 yeah I read that too 🤦♀️😂 but he made a cutting board out of it. They're referring to drink bottles sitting out in heat, somewhat, hoping to warn others the damage it can cause due to it leaking inside the bottle. But ur not wrong!
I am amazed - - creating something beautiful out of plastic that will end up in a landfill or ocean. Tremendous!!! 🙌
Thanks for the kind words Crystal! 😊
♻️♻️♻️ V e r y n i c e ♻️♻️♻️
T h a n k Y o u !
When I first started watching this I thought seriously - why? However, at the end of the video I got my answer. WOW!!!! It's amazing plus some, thank you for sharing and I have subscribed and rung the bell - this is simply beautiful. Thank you for sharing. 💙💙💙
One recomendation.
You have to use a epoxi or varnish coat compatible with food (no toxic)
When you cut food with the time you could have a small toxic plastic particles and that's no good :S
Wihtout this, very very good work, congratulations.
So very pretty! And useful! And that was an excellent tip for how to deal with bubbles.
Thanks Sharon! You should try this out
Lol, I thought he would make apples out of bottle caps.
Thank god, I am not the only one.
This is very, very stupid of you to think something like this.
Me too! 😂
Same bro
Same lol i was like wtf
I hope your lungs are fine after melting all this plastic. Excellent job.
He’s probably wearing safety equipment
the lids of the bottles won't affect your lungs whether you melt them in low temperatures
HDPE is nontoxic 😊
This UA-cam is such a stupid to melt plastic
@@Loyannelima but cutting vegetables on them will lead to small plastic particles going into body.
Apply sense
When people nowadays are so creative and talented and a crafty genius...amazing...i do wish i have that skill of creativity too...haha..God is trully amazing for giving you this gift...amazing...
Thank you!
I cant make the chopping board due to lack of tools but it has given me a few ideas for less refined and finished things. Very interesting thanks.
See title , omg, im so excited to learn and try it out, recycle got a new meaning!! . Few minutes into the video , nevermind ~~
I like how all the shavings and trimmings can be used to make other things in future projects! Way to set the bar!
For sure!! Thanks
I love how you sanded everything twice
This is a good idea guys! It is ok when you made your own cutting boards for food at home, you are free to do what ever you want.
But in plastic industry when you speak of food contacts products, it means plastics who are going to be used in food industry or cooking, the plastics materials used or piece made (example cutting boards) have to respect standards of food contacts and it is even more strict if you use 100% recycled plastics.
Not a lot of companies have the process to create food contact recycled plastics materials because it expensive and long process.
It's a shame to be locked that much but regarding the health of people in food industry it is way too important.
Nice job of conception 👍
Luckily, we aren’t making these at industry level. But if you want to hear our thoughts on food safety you can check the description 🤙🏽
I don't even cut vegetables but I feel like buying it.. lol 😆
Just a dash of microplastic😍🙏, very gourmet
i thought it was about how to transform plastic caps to sliced apples-
Same😂
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Same lol
How many of you thought this UA-camr is converting bottle caps into apple slices
For a sec my mind went there 😂
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From trash to treasure. Truly a work of art!
Thank you!!
If I ever get those lovely powertools maybe I will have a go.
Who needs 3d printer if you have ability to recycle and make
Hear me out - they make 3D printer filament with only recycled plastic and let it be marbled too or whatever and sell it - best of both worlds and it makes the manufacturing process a lot faster and less labor intensive
Sos un crack hermano. Saludos desde Argentina.
Te deseo lo mejor
This is such a great idea. I've been thinking about starting a plastic recycled utility business. How much would you say is required to get started, all equipment included?
I don't know about the price in your region but in indonesia, it cost about 200 million (+- 170 hundred US dollar) for the equipment such as extruder, pressing machine etc, notincluded safety prop (gas mask etc) and land and building cost but if you like us who build it in garage, well the cost should be minimum.
Ótima idéia!
Mas o plástico das tampinhas não faz mal à saúde?
Remind me so much of my brother who has his workshop in his garage and has a great passion for woodwork and makes one of the amazing handcrafted coasters chopping boards et cetera I’m sure you’re enjoying your hobby have a super time good luck for more creativity God bless you are not wearing gloves by the way in protecting your hands
That's lovely to hear - thanks Nirupa! And don't worry, we wear all of our PPE 😊
This channel is quickly becoming known as the HDPE goto channel, before we know it you're going to be turning this stuff into the wire for using on 3D printer's etc 😀 👍.
Haha! I think that’s entirely possible. Although not sure HDPE is well suited for filament. May be wrong there though
@@BrothersMake you never know until you try!!
Plastic for 3D printers needs to flow really well and cool down really fast. I don't think HDPE does either of those.
Amazing! Congrats!! ¿But will it last long? is HDPE strong enought or knife marks will apear easy? Thanks!
Knife marks will definitely be visible, just as with any board that a sharp knife will contact. However this stuff is very dense and it would certainly last a long time provided it wasn’t put in a dishwasher or come into contact with hot surfaces such as pans etc
Pepe, it is plastic. It will last forever.
If you initially melt and press the plastic correctly, it should not break apart with use. Even if it does, you would just heat it up, re-press, sand and polish again, and it will be good as new.
I just found you guys and being a tinkerer/maker/recycler/engineer myself, I have to give you two thumbs, two big toes and two arms up!
Your videos are awesome!!!
Haha! Thanks so much :)
Me Looking Thumbnail :
"Yes😀 I can make it👍...."
BUT..
After Full Video :
"Ok i will buy it from the market 🤗😌😌"
This is really cool but would the food end up getting bits of plastic after constantly cutting onto the board? Would you need some sort of coating also?
A coating of aluminum oxide power applied while cooling?
Created from aluminum foil
Excellent old-school carpentry work. Love the customs jigs etc. used in the video. Bravo!
i thought the thumbnail meant turning a knife into apple slices 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Great channel. Quick question - when you heat the plastics up do they let off any toxic fumes?
Thnx
Yes! They release Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) which can be carcinogenic. You should only do this in a well ventilated area and using industrial activated carbon filled masks.
Incorrect! Unlike most other plastics, polyethylenes like HDPE and LDPE do not give off any toxic fumes so long as the temperature is kept below the burning point of 180C. We tend to stick to 150-160C and never come close to burning.
While it's definitely true that lower temperatures produce much fewer VOCs, using temperatures of 150°C and ethylenes is still not 100% safe due to the presence of additives in the plastic. It's not just the burning of the ethylenes and production of short chain alkanes that can be dangerous, but the vaporisation of these additives, which themselves can often be carcinogenic. So I'd still be careful and keep the area well ventilated.
If you’re talking about safety levels for human interaction, PE is way below that. Check out one of the Precious Plastic videos where they talk in detail about this.
@@BrothersMake I actually work at Precious Plastic Maastricht! And yes, even for human levels of toxicity. We work with HDPE and PP and there are definitely toxic fumes produced (we can tell with our noses). We built an activated carbon ventilation system to capture them. And I can refer some literature to you about VOC production from recycling various plastics if you like.
most beautiful cutting board I've ever seen
Thank you so much 😊
Dedication! That wasn’t a quick and easy process. Love the end result.
Nope! But worth it
@@BrothersMake How long did this particular project take?
Nice One & Very Visually Appealing, I still have a question: does the board bear all types of hard chopping and scratches. More importantly, cutting meat or mincing meat gives me the thought of all those micro chips entering the raw cuts. How would you grade it's strength.
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HDPE is used to store powerful chemicals so it should pass right through you without any damage.
يا ليت وطننا العربي ايضا ان يهتم باعادة التدوير ، وحجم التلوث البيئي الناتج عن مخلفات البشر واعمال البشر
مبدع ، داوم على عملك المنقذ للبيئة والجميل
You guys should take donations from people’s recycling and make these for commission !!
Yeah definitely i would donate. I would like one of these and knowing its not going into the landfill is awesome.
make an ipad pro 12.9' cover, that would be great.
I know that this is one of your older videos but I still love the results here, so I came back to it for a little late night Maker Indulgence. It got me wondering: have you ever tried using plastic like polymer clay, layering certain colors to build up "canes" which could then be cut into tiles, and arranged into patterns? Something in this same color scheme, but with a few added accents of gold/yellow-wrapped hunks of black plastic added into the mix would probably turn out to be dazzling.
Are there any problems with the smoke from melting the plastic?
Thanks for the idea!
This method produces no fumes as we keep the plastic below the burning temp of 180 celcius
Linda parabéns ❤❤🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
The cutting came out great, love how you upcycled bottle caps to make the cutting, truly amazing
Thank you!
My half asleep brain thought They pointed at the apples in the thumbnail
I was like: wait How do you turn caps into apples?
I love your content. It's very thoughtful of you to do this and actually use them.
Do you have a store we can buy these stuff off of? If yes, it'd be so awesome ❤️
Thank you! www.brothersmake.com/shop
Absolutly awesome. A lot of tools and a lot of work. Not for everyone, but @ true work of art. What beautiful cabinet doors they would makr. ❤
By the time passes, there will be really tiny pieces fall apart from board with every knife hit. Guess where those tiny pieces go. If you need a cutting board, stick with the wood.
Exactly. They flooded market with plastic items and naive people thought: if it sells it should be safe. Nope! It's not! Just don't buy it and they will stop offering. Nobody restock items which are not sellable.
Ignorius don't use it for cutting. Use it for serving.
Use it for breads and fruits
Wood splinters after time as well...so there's that. Think before you try to shit on someone for doing some good 👍
@@nukki1 wood cellulose is food safe, microplastics are not. It's not shitting on what they made, it's a real problem. Especially with recycled plastics, they are of lesser quality than the original product. This is why recycling is never going to completely solve the plastic waste issue.
Wish I had the shop, tools, and skills for this. Wonderful work! 👏❤️
*Looks at her boxes of scrap PLA filament from 3D printing* .... ooohhh... maybe not a chopping board, but some cute coasters or something. Loved the vid!
Thanks 🤙🏼
Ain't it prone to scratches? And the plastic would come out if we use a sharp knife!
It's not healthy either
@@shrithanosmaharaj8679 true that , the peeled off stuff can mix with the food and can enter the body
Oh shoot I never thought of it
I kept wondering if they were going to coat the plastic with something to keep it from EVER coming apart, as well as some kind of food-safe coating so that it would be fine to cut food on. I feel like these things could be done to it and that would make it actually usable.
@@Diva380 yeah it's a good idea . Then the product would be safe to use and will also serve the motive of being made from recycled plastic
That was really amazing...❤️ But, please sharpen ur knife, lol...😂😂
Such a great way to reuse plastic caps especially so many single use water bottles.
If I had my own house I would be spamming at you guys "I WANT TO BUY THIS"
Haha
Got confused for a sec cuz I thought the bottle caps turned into apple slices
When ever someone says they can do it themselves. I doubt they have all of these tools. Great video
I was really confused while seeing thumbnail because the arrows pointed towards that "Turn plastic caps into apple slices".
I think 🤔 this is not possible at home. I thought 💭 thiz is home made. 😅
😂 Right? Not unless you have a workshop with a bunch of cool tools. Lol
Вообще-то шикарный материал, с такой тщательной обработкой он достоин стать бижутерией.
Let me save this diy project I'll never do.
You never know!!
😆 👌
INCREIBLE, ME ENCANTA
Brilliant upcycling. Make sure you execute the job within areas full of wall openings, good ventalition is needed, just like drawing with oil painting
Thanos: All that just for a drop of blood?
Me: its worth it :p
If u do this ... day by day using this plastic is a slow poison.
Yes me too was thinking about this, no one is talking about it
Better to cover your mouth and nose
good job your saving the world👍☺
i would say its trash, but it now it is actually not
Who is watching in 2024?
I'm getting dizzy just imagining the smell of burning plastic. You sir, are a sorcerer.
We never burn plastic!
After a while and it takes damage you could just heat gun and mend it.
That’s true! Although after almost a year of use it looks great still!
Or add some handles and you have a cute cheese tray!
素敵!!
ボトルキャップの色を選んでミックスさせれば豊富なマーブル模様が生み出せそう!!
Recycle ❤️🔥