Subscribe to the Waterjet Channel: ua-cam.com/users/WaterjetChannel Watch the Waterjet Channel cut a CRT TV in half, per Adam's request: ua-cam.com/video/MVuDkvKqLEk/v-deo.html Adam Savage Takes the Aluminum Foil Ball Challenge: ua-cam.com/video/q_YZX1SgZ5Y/v-deo.html
I've always thought that Adam would have found popularity even if myth busters never happened. I wonder if he would have been one of those early UA-cam hobbiest creators. I was so happy to see Adam take so well to UA-cam.
As a science obsessed autistic kid growing up watching Mythbusters you were the biggest inspiration for me man, you were always the one vocalizing exactly how excited I was for the same things an it really helped seeing an adult get so giddy about interesting science facts so thank you very much!
@@repentandbelieveinJesusChrist3 Thank you sir for your kind words of encouragement. It was nice of you to take the time to reach out and share your faith with me. And if you ever find yourself weighed down by the burdens of the world, in need of comfort, reassurance, or just a caring friend, and if you ever question your actions or motives, or doubt the purity of your intensions, just know that you are never alone, and you are walking his chosen path. The loving guiding hand of Satan is always there for you, always watching over you, and always there with you. He sees all that you do, he knows what you've done, and he approves.
"I'm gonna make a little display and send one of these halves back to you" This is why so many people love Adam Savage. He's so thankful for peoples help and generous enough to share his joy and ingenuity with them. I love the fact that there are loads of little pieces of Adams love and passion out there in the world just because he loves building things for himself and others, and always seems to want everyone he meets to have some kind of memento. It's so wholesome.
@koiun dwrru I think the problem is that those generally come in much shorter rolls, and while his current ball is a good size, I'd assume he wants to go even bigger.
Adam is the most interesting man in the world, he can talk about an aluminum foil ball and keep me focused on this ordinary kitchen item for 8 mins. Amazing, keep making awesome content like this Adam 👏 I love it!
I Totally agree the man is a national tresure this enthusiasm is infectious and has been one of my favorite presenters for decades, never stop what your doing adam!!!
Former waterjet operator here. Most jets use garnet as their abrasive medium. It's fairly hard as far as semi-precious gems go, but it's also much more affordable than harder ones like diamond or sappire. Depending on the model of jet and it's use case, the abrasive can range from a fine sand to a powder like consistency (can't really remember the grit range off the top of my head). The particular jet I ran was made in the late 90s and had an outlet pressure around 40k psi; newer models run closer to 100k psi.
I worked at a formed fiber facility that cut out those liners in your car trunks. They used dual fanuc robot cells, with intensifiers that pressurized the water to 70k psi. I dont remember them using any cutting media to cut that material
To polish that I’d strongly recommend treating it like a sample prep for microscopy. Vacuum pot in epoxy and then sand and polish. The epoxy will stabilize the foil and hold it so that it can be polished. Bonus is that if you build the epoxy containment correctly you end up with a beautiful display.
Either that or cast it in resin and create some sort of interesting shape with the semi circle in it. (Paperweight? Bookshelf item? something like that with a specific shaped mold)
The water does do a good bit of cutting. I run a waterjet myself and can cut through a baseball bat with just pure water. It's just much slower. The particulate added to the water stream is usually powdered garnet.
Yup, WaterJet Channel has even done a few cuts in the past where they used water only because they didn't want to get tons of garnet inside whatever they were cutting. Liquids and gases at high speed are very powerful!
@@mainman879 I was about to ask the WJC. I wondered about iron or other harder metals, then I thought bout galvanic corrosion. I suppose with garnets, capture and reycling matters :) But at 7.5 Mohs, it certainly sounds hard enough to get the job done.
@@healingenso7923 at least with the water jet I used to run you couldn't reuse the garnet it's not even remotely cost effective. Typically for nice cuts the nozzle is very small and clogs easily if the particle size isn't right. It is, however classed as non-hazardous waste and it's essentially just sand when it's spent.
Garnet is the usual abrasive in waterjets. A valve opens and the water stream basically pulls the abrasive in via venturi effect. At least in the waterjet we use at work. And in a LOT of cases the water itself can do a huge amount of damage on it's own. Basically all plastics/rubber, etc, and even thinner gauge metals can still be cut with just water. Which we do to save money since garnet for us is currently around 55 cents a pound, so long cuts in thick steel can cost hundreds of dollars in abrasive.
Thanks for sharing this. I entered the video thinking water cutting was just water at pressure. And left wandering how effective plain water actually would be after learning it was the work of abrasives I had been seeing up to now.
@@NuggetHorse The tricky part about reusing it is that you'll also get all the material that you removed. So suddenly it'll be garnet+whatever metal you might've cut last. I guess that isn't ideal.
@@oliviercoen2978 Likely not (To an extent. Incredibly hard materials would probably still give issues, Diamond, Tungsten Carbide, etc.). Tho it certainly would help and make it quicker. But the pressure is so incredible that it does alot of the work.
Thank God. I haven't been able to sleep for the last 3 months. I just lay awake thinking about what the middle could've looked like. I can now return to my slumber.
This is how I wish all UA-cam videos were. The way they used to be. Funny, informative, and within a reasonable time without a bunch of fluff. Thank you Adam!
@@versebuchanan512 - No, no, no. He's been sending things to be cut in half by the Waterjet Channel for over twenty years. It hasn't all been aluminum foil balls.
Just an engineering tip I remembered about when you were fitting the two halves back together, if you have any kind of component failure (e.g. fatigue) it's very important to avoid fitting the two broken halves back together or even touching the failure interfaces. The reason is that it can damage the failure interface and that kind of evidence contamination makes professional investigations more difficult. Not that it really matters in this context (it was cut in half for fun) but it's worth being aware of.
Ahhh, a kindred spirit. Adam takes me straight back to my childhood, when I was so intensely curious about the world around me. The best part is that he’s capable of doing all these wild experiments, yet he does them with safety as his number one priority so we don’t need to panic about mom finding out.
I have avidly watched ALL Mythbusters episodes. I still watch them streaming over the internet. Enthusiasm pours out of every part of Adam's explanations. Both Jamie and Adam show this, but in different styles.....excellent. Sometimes the brain acts like a pachinko machine, and they both understand this and work with it. I was a mechanical engineer before retiring, but having the same curiosity and mindset has made me enjoy not only the show, but the continued enthusiasm. Thank you guys!
Call me crazy, but if I ever got a chance to hang out with any celebrity, it would be Adam Savage bar none. The amount of knowledge he has about what seems like everything yet still being so friendly and wholesome makes him one of the best influences and best humans to ever exist... I hope he never stops.
Hi Adam. If you do attempt a second foil ball, may I suggest that you "pre-crinkle" the foil a bit before rendering it into the growing sphere. The last go-round you chose to wrap the sheet of foil around itself before compressing. It's the laminar interfaces between these layers that inhibited the compression into a more compact form. I would crinkle the sheet into a loose rope-like form, then work that rope in a radial-spiral motion around the center, compressing as you go. Good luck, and can't wait to see Aluminum Foil Ball v. 2.0!
@@mondo_burrito This shit is so cringe to me. Never understood people who feel the need to "defend" creators like Adam from the lightest constructive criticism possible, which is truly in the spirit of enjoying improvement for fun, and which Adam probably loves.
Love this. Adam Savage is an absolute legend, and despite all the success of the waterjet channel, I can't imagine their excitement of getting to work with you.
Bill Nye perked my interest in science as a child, Mythbusters furthered my intrigue into my early adulthood, and Adam STILL to this day draws me back into the excitement of it all. Even when it's as simple as slicing an aluminum ball in half. I don't mean to wax poetic, but thanks Adam. You're responsible for the inspiration of a generation.
That is actually a pretty solid piece. Really has a knocking sound similar to, well, a block of alu And completely agree on the "grippiness" of aluminium. From my dremel experience I know that iron/steel makes sparks and that's it, but alu is a huge mess and gets how. Cutting it dry throws dust everywhere and wet creates a nasty sludge.
One of my favorite things about Adam Savage is he hasn't lost the child in him. I love that he decides to make or do something not for any reason, but just because. For the joy of seeing what will happen.
The thing I keep thinking of is how, despite full of air, it sticks together as a solid metal. Is it the pressure from the hammering that almost soldered the layers? That bond is impressive. Consider it stood a water jet at extreme high pressure and not a single foil separated from the other. Awesome.
When two metals are being deformed and now oxides are formed, they weld together via diffusion. This is actually a problem in aerospace applications. There is also a really cool engineering application for this which is called explosive welding, which can be used to weld material together that would not be weldable in any other way. Heres a video on the process ua-cam.com/video/u9_bqafUJfA/v-deo.html
Adam, thank you for everything you did on for science, you really showed me that no matter how old you get Science is fun. I learned a lot and I still enjoy display of science. It has been a while and drifted from here until this was on my feed. Now I am back I want to see what you have done the last 2 years. Keep up the great work. And I was really wondering what did happen to that ball. It is amazing that you was contacted by Waterjet. I did question how the water cutter worked and you answered it I thought it was maybe sand or something in the water I was close in my guessing. I went to my first physics class in college and it was so much fun. I seen so many amazing things like the egg going into the bottle and not breaking. And the bowling ball pendulum I did know that energy was expended at each end of the of the swing. That was a lot of fun. I wish I really could have focused enough to get into a science field. I would of had a much more fulfilling life.
The sound of the two halves clanking together was so satisfying. Makes me think a Newton’s Cradle made out of smaller foil balls would sound incredible!
Thank you so much for a conclusion to this project. I was really impressed with the method of the making of the foil ball, and really disappointed when we couldn't see inside. The wait was worth it! The inside is cooler than the outside. Thanks again, A long time fan
Years ago, I watched a video of someone making one out of thin sheets of gold. And when they finished it rattled since a small ball of gold had an air pocket it dislodged into and when they cut it open you could see it and it was amazing. You may still be able to find the video on UA-cam
If there is a steel foil and I'm sure there is copper and brass foil I'd love to see you make all of those versions for the ball using same technique and cutting them and seeing the comparisons in how it comes out. Maybe even do a pressure stress test on each half of different material to see if they behave different.
I know there actually is for steel. Its used in industrial processes that requre heat resistant foil for temperatures over the melting point of aluminium. But one need to be careful, as ths stuff is pretty much razor sharp.
I know that copper foil is an actual product, but rolls are beyond me. The largest I've seen are maybe 1 ft by 1 ft squares, and those I think were adhesive backed. You might have to go to a specialty metal supplier to get rolls.
just remember, that there (probably) is not any "TIN foil" as he constantly calls this aluminum foi.l (on second thought there almost certainly IS actual tin foil, but THIS IS NOT THAT)
I will concur, trying to cut that ball in half was one of the dumbest things I have ever seen someone try to do. The only thing missing was "Hey hold my beer."
Learned recently that he had a UA-cam channel and instantly subbed, I mean myth busters basically was my child hood. This is amazing to see ya still doing what ya love so much
Finally! How many others have been waiting for this? After watching Adam fail to cut it in half so many times and giving up I’ve been waiting for the update lol
@@tested I honestly expected it to look more like just warped aluminum but it looks pretty cool like if you sliced a meteorite in half this is what I would imagine.
I used to operate a water jet at a machine shop and we used Australian garnet. I'm sure there are other options out there, maybe even for certain types of material but that's what we used for aluminum, steel and all sorts of plastics. Thanks for the great video!
Hi Adam, I noticed when you were making this item that there was a lot of aluminium oxide and dust given off in the process. As interesting as this build was, do you have any views about the health issues that aluminium can cause?
There is a reason we pack food in aluminum. If you eat it the material will just pass through your body. However as with any dust you should avoid inhaling it to prevent cloggging up your lungs.
@@mrfrenzy. eating aluminum is definitely not the same as inhaling it. I don’t know the specifics of what damage metal particles would cause in the lungs but it’s most likely nothing good. Hopefully he had a respirator on.
@@mrfrenzy. Yeah, there is some divided opinion on the research about the affects of ingesting aluminium although it is more likely to cause cognitive decline and dementia.
I’m so happy to have found this channel. My Mythbuster drought is over!!!! I’ve been watching Mythbusters since the start and was grieved to see its end on network Tv.
I'm sitting there watching Adam make this foil ball thinking "dude is off his rocker", then I realize... I am WATCHING Adam making a foil ball... Even worse, I had to see what was inside lol
Its really intresting to see the core of this thing. the center looks like it captured tiny pockets of air, it kind of reminds me of what a meteorite that has been cut in half looks like. The meteorite is just fused tiny chunks of metal all formed togeather. i wonder if once you get on a large scale if the air pockets exist on large nearly moon sized asteroids that have enough gravitational force to give it a circular shape. Of course there wouldnt be air in space but maybe some other gas from the friction of manys tons of gravitational force. Possibly including air, if an asteroid contained water. okay im ranting but, cool video
Hey Adam! Small correction; the water DOES do the cutting, just not nearly as efficiently as when the particulates are added, in this case they use garnet.
Suggestion for a future project: step 1: make a ball in similar way to how you've done (but I would suggest using thinner strips of foil so it's more like winding a ball of yarn). step 2: pound, shape, etc. to your heart's content, 3: smooth and seal the outer layer, 4: send it down to the bottom of the ocean, 5: retrieve it from the bottom of the ocean, 6: cut in half
after you made your attempt to cut it yourself, I started to see the Death Star. you had like the equatorial trench going on there. I thought how cool would it be to turn that into a Death Star. just rough it up a little bit, make an indentation for the laser dish. carve out that trench a bit more. and there you would have it. A misshapened, very rough looking and crudely constructed homemade Death Star. what a beautiful thing it would be. I'm inspired by your efforts. I may construct my own aluminum foil ball Death Star. maybe Death Star 2......made out of tin foil!
Water jets are awesome! For the band saw, I'd have probably cut a cube of wood in half, then carved out a hemisphere in each half; place the ball in the middle then glue the wood back together. Cut the cube with the bandsaw.
The moment I heard the sound of the two halves striking each other I thought of you cosplaying as the man from Monty Python and the Holy Grail following people around with his coconuts.
Odd idea- I wonder if oxygen in the air affects how the aluminum "consolidates" as it's hammered/compressed? Aluminum being so reactive, while it's being hammered together maybe more oxidation occurs? IF one did this same experiment in a vacuum, would you get a better (more "pure") result? Or maybe if you did this under a hood with Argon or some other inert gas? Probably a bit too geeky :)
the foil would have a layer of oxide around itself, so you'd need to first process the aluminum in some way, to undo or remove the oxide, and then if you did it in a oxygen-free environment you should get cold welding to happen. maybe not perfect, but still partial cold welding. I think. I'm not a chemist, physicist, or material engineer.
Yes, air inclusions and oxidation would cause some issues but the biggest problem is that aluminum foil has a coating of plastic on one side which does a good job of preventing it from cold welding.
I was so happy to see this on my feed. I always wondered what the inside looked like. I would keep both halves in tact as a conversation starter on my desk.
😂! I recently subscribed to his channel, (last week or so) and the first vid I watched was him making the foil ball. And now I get to see the aftermath. Seeing Adam in his shop brings back memories of Myth busters! I'm sure Adam gets this all of time, but still! That show with the original crew was epic and irreplaceable!
I know I'm way behind the aluminium ball here, but rather than sanding and polishing, I'd say sealing the cut in epoxy resin would preserve that interesting "crumb structure", if you will. I haven't done it myself, but I've seen others use this one type they work into rough surfaces with a brush to get it into all the nooks and crannies. The way I understand it, they do this before the 'proper' casting to prevent air bubbles in said nooks and crannies. When they then plane and polish the outer layer of epoxy, it still shows that lovely uneven potted, craggy surface, but both doesn't release debris, and is in *reality* a flat surface for your table or whatever they're making. Using a similar pre-cast epoxy on the surface and then sanding and polishing the epoxy instead of the aluminium will protect it from damage. Rambly but I hope I somewhat make sense..
Now you just need to find a way to get Hydraulic Press Channel involved in making aluminium spheres! Those maniacs won't be satisfied until they've crushed aluminium foil down to the density of lead! :P
@4:55 Actually, yes, it is the water that does the cutting. Some circumstances (such as cutting bone - yes, they do that, or thinner/softer materials) there really is only the jet and the water. In abrasive water jet, you get certain abrasives (such as Garnet or Aluminum Oxide) that assist in the cutting action. The surfaces are rougher in abrasive water jet, but simple water jet cutting leaves the same cut striations (just less severe). These striations are actually miniature deflections in the high pressure water path as it bores through the material and hits the different crystals or densities within the material. These striations are normal and will be more exaggerated in a more non-homogenous structure (like this foil ball). Also, the jet nozzle is usually the only thing made of a very hard material, such as sapphire or diamond.
I collected cigarette foils for years in the early 90s and made a ball that is about 4" in diameter. It would be a mosaic of silvers and golds inside and would be very fun to cut! It's sitting happily in my nostalic box!
It looks like cement to me, but clearly doesn't sound like it when he hits the sides together. I love watching the things Adam makes and teaches us about 👍
This randomly got recommended to me and wow, he has aged quite a lot since Mythbusters, but his excitement for stuff like this has not aged the slightest.
![Lp. Сердце Вселенной #60 РОЖДЕНИЕ ЛОЛОЛОШКИ [Финал] • Майнкрафт](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/YoR0pAV9FVQ/mqdefault.jpg)
Subscribe to the Waterjet Channel: ua-cam.com/users/WaterjetChannel
Watch the Waterjet Channel cut a CRT TV in half, per Adam's request: ua-cam.com/video/MVuDkvKqLEk/v-deo.html
Adam Savage Takes the Aluminum Foil Ball Challenge: ua-cam.com/video/q_YZX1SgZ5Y/v-deo.html
Adam you've always been the mad scientist we need, you're one of the reasons why I love physics
I've always thought that Adam would have found popularity even if myth busters never happened. I wonder if he would have been one of those early UA-cam hobbiest creators. I was so happy to see Adam take so well to UA-cam.
It's always fun watching for the "oooooh i could make a box for this" moment.
As a science obsessed autistic kid growing up watching Mythbusters you were the biggest inspiration for me man, you were always the one vocalizing exactly how excited I was for the same things an it really helped seeing an adult get so giddy about interesting science facts so thank you very much!
It is garnet that's used as the abrasive Adam
Such an honor to participate in this project!
PS hilarious you already knew what it would look like. A true expert
If you could choose anything from museum of novelties in which adam resides, what would you like to divide cleanly in half
Now that's the voice of experience, right?
"based on my previous 10,000 hours, I think I know how this will turn out..."
I don't always look in the comments, but when I do, I find 'Waterjet Channel' in the comments of every video I seem to watch.
What happened to Dan?
@@repentandbelieveinJesusChrist3 Thank you sir for your kind words of encouragement. It was nice of you to take the time to reach out and share your faith with me. And if you ever find yourself weighed down by the burdens of the world, in need of comfort, reassurance, or just a caring friend, and if you ever question your actions or motives, or doubt the purity of your intensions, just know that you are never alone, and you are walking his chosen path. The loving guiding hand of Satan is always there for you, always watching over you, and always there with you. He sees all that you do, he knows what you've done, and he approves.
"I'm gonna make a little display and send one of these halves back to you" This is why so many people love Adam Savage. He's so thankful for peoples help and generous enough to share his joy and ingenuity with them. I love the fact that there are loads of little pieces of Adams love and passion out there in the world just because he loves building things for himself and others, and always seems to want everyone he meets to have some kind of memento. It's so wholesome.
Doubt he did it though it's easy to say stuff
I like his experiments, but I can't help getting a sense of fakeness from him. He is a good actor
@@TheNaturalGamer1 who hurt you
@@jasonzecchin4539 more like, who hasn't?
For real! Corridor Digital just collaborated with Adam and he gave them each a souvenir from his shop.
It’s crazy how a lot of us grew up learning from this man on mythbusters. He’s got a massive place in my heart
@koiun dwrru I think the problem is that those generally come in much shorter rolls, and while his current ball is a good size, I'd assume he wants to go even bigger.
Same
Yeah and we're all getting old now, too. I saw him take off his glasses to look up close at the cut sphere. Oh how relatable.
And he actually has intelligence unlike that nye guy
Me: “I can’t believe I watched a man hammer an aluminum ball for half an hour”
Also me: “ooh a follow up video!”
lol.same
It feels redundant saying this, but us too!
Same
Me just now
I understand
Adam is the most interesting man in the world, he can talk about an aluminum foil ball and keep me focused on this ordinary kitchen item for 8 mins. Amazing, keep making awesome content like this Adam 👏 I love it!
I Totally agree the man is a national tresure this enthusiasm is infectious and has been one of my favorite presenters for decades, never stop what your doing adam!!!
Mhm I have aluminium foil in my kitchen but not a beautiful foil ball like that. I think it's a remarkably unusual item.
@@MrFixiit Correction..."international treasure."
Source: Australia checking in.
@@repentandbelieveinJesusChrist3 "I don't know why you always have to be judging me, because I only believe in science" - Esqueleto
Well said
Former waterjet operator here. Most jets use garnet as their abrasive medium. It's fairly hard as far as semi-precious gems go, but it's also much more affordable than harder ones like diamond or sappire. Depending on the model of jet and it's use case, the abrasive can range from a fine sand to a powder like consistency (can't really remember the grit range off the top of my head). The particular jet I ran was made in the late 90s and had an outlet pressure around 40k psi; newer models run closer to 100k psi.
One I ran also used garnet and ours ran around 65,000 psi
I worked at a formed fiber facility that cut out those liners in your car trunks. They used dual fanuc robot cells, with intensifiers that pressurized the water to 70k psi. I dont remember them using any cutting media to cut that material
Referring to 4:55: Also you don't always need an abrasive medium for thin and soft materials. The water has the function to cut too.
Just coming to say that.
Steven Universe fans know Garnet goes hard.
To polish that I’d strongly recommend treating it like a sample prep for microscopy. Vacuum pot in epoxy and then sand and polish. The epoxy will stabilize the foil and hold it so that it can be polished. Bonus is that if you build the epoxy containment correctly you end up with a beautiful display.
Great idea, I just commented that the core would probably just gall really badly, considering the poor consolidation.
A dip in a mild acid might first be needed to clean out all the crevices.
Either that or cast it in resin and create some sort of interesting shape with the semi circle in it. (Paperweight? Bookshelf item? something like that with a specific shaped mold)
I'm using epoxy to put an unsealed bottle of Aunt Jemima syrup on display.
@@bronsontolliver9027 awesome. you have to imortalize it now that they have rebranded
The water does do a good bit of cutting. I run a waterjet myself and can cut through a baseball bat with just pure water. It's just much slower. The particulate added to the water stream is usually powdered garnet.
How much slower is it?
Yup, WaterJet Channel has even done a few cuts in the past where they used water only because they didn't want to get tons of garnet inside whatever they were cutting. Liquids and gases at high speed are very powerful!
@@mainman879 I was about to ask the WJC. I wondered about iron or other harder metals, then I thought bout galvanic corrosion. I suppose with garnets, capture and reycling matters :) But at 7.5 Mohs, it certainly sounds hard enough to get the job done.
A wooden bat or aluminium?
@@healingenso7923 at least with the water jet I used to run you couldn't reuse the garnet it's not even remotely cost effective. Typically for nice cuts the nozzle is very small and clogs easily if the particle size isn't right. It is, however classed as non-hazardous waste and it's essentially just sand when it's spent.
Adam taking 2 solid seconds to calculate 200 x 1 is my vibe
Adam's enthusiasm for his craft really is infectious and a joy to watch.
Garnet is the usual abrasive in waterjets. A valve opens and the water stream basically pulls the abrasive in via venturi effect. At least in the waterjet we use at work. And in a LOT of cases the water itself can do a huge amount of damage on it's own. Basically all plastics/rubber, etc, and even thinner gauge metals can still be cut with just water. Which we do to save money since garnet for us is currently around 55 cents a pound, so long cuts in thick steel can cost hundreds of dollars in abrasive.
Thanks for sharing this. I entered the video thinking water cutting was just water at pressure. And left wandering how effective plain water actually would be after learning it was the work of abrasives I had been seeing up to now.
Can the abrasive be recollected and reused?
@@NuggetHorse The tricky part about reusing it is that you'll also get all the material that you removed. So suddenly it'll be garnet+whatever metal you might've cut last. I guess that isn't ideal.
I know of a company that does concrete cutting with diamond powder.
@@oliviercoen2978 Likely not (To an extent. Incredibly hard materials would probably still give issues, Diamond, Tungsten Carbide, etc.). Tho it certainly would help and make it quicker. But the pressure is so incredible that it does alot of the work.
Thank God. I haven't been able to sleep for the last 3 months. I just lay awake thinking about what the middle could've looked like. I can now return to my slumber.
Now I'm going to be tossing and turning 'til I see what they look like polished
you was gon be sleepin like a dragon
I can't wait to see the inside polished!
just put there a Polish flag and it will be polished😊
@@adriangaus3485 Ha. Dad joke.
This is how I wish all UA-cam videos were. The way they used to be. Funny, informative, and within a reasonable time without a bunch of fluff. Thank you Adam!
As always, I love your enthusiasm!! I’ve been doing stuff like this for over twenty years but I always learn something new from you!
You've been making aluminum foil balls for no reason, only to destroy them, for twenty years? You need some new hobbies man
@@versebuchanan512 - No, no, no. He's been sending things to be cut in half by the Waterjet Channel for over twenty years. It hasn't all been aluminum foil balls.
You deserved the golden buzzer
@@versebuchanan512 I mean, you can go ahead and watch his AGT audition to see his hobbies
@@poopoogamer1232 agt is staged entertainment not an actual talent show
Turn off the light completely, point the dim light source to this thing, and it will look like the moon.
So that’s how they faked the moon landing
That's because the moon is made out of aluminum foil
Just an engineering tip I remembered about when you were fitting the two halves back together, if you have any kind of component failure (e.g. fatigue) it's very important to avoid fitting the two broken halves back together or even touching the failure interfaces. The reason is that it can damage the failure interface and that kind of evidence contamination makes professional investigations more difficult. Not that it really matters in this context (it was cut in half for fun) but it's worth being aware of.
shut up
it would be interesting to see if you could hammer the relatively less dense center, and make a solid aluminum bowl
They sell those at walmart.
@perfect girl just a crap comment, ignore "perfect girl"
Correction, report "perfect girl"
I wouldn't use that bowl for food.
@@xagain3106 could use it for some chips to feed the robo dog ...
Coming from the Waterjet channel, can’t wait to see it once it’s polished!
So crazy to see you on here. My most recent purchase from you is out for delivery 😊
uh the fancy ring guy is here too
Ayy, my favorite ringmaker is here!!!
Why are Dan and Mitch no longer featured on the Waterjet channel?
Same, I thought he was going to polish it now.
Love how he and the Water Jet guys worked together on this…and then how he’s going to thank them. Awesome stuff.
Ahhh, a kindred spirit. Adam takes me straight back to my childhood, when I was so intensely curious about the world around me. The best part is that he’s capable of doing all these wild experiments, yet he does them with safety as his number one priority so we don’t need to panic about mom finding out.
I have avidly watched ALL Mythbusters episodes. I still watch them streaming over the internet. Enthusiasm pours out of every part of Adam's explanations.
Both Jamie and Adam show this, but in different styles.....excellent.
Sometimes the brain acts like a pachinko machine, and they both understand this and work with it.
I was a mechanical engineer before retiring, but having the same curiosity and mindset has made me enjoy not only the show, but the continued enthusiasm.
Thank you guys!
I just love his energy. There’s nothing manufactured about this video. It’s just a man excited about his aluminium foil ball.
Call me crazy, but if I ever got a chance to hang out with any celebrity, it would be Adam Savage bar none. The amount of knowledge he has about what seems like everything yet still being so friendly and wholesome makes him one of the best influences and best humans to ever exist...
I hope he never stops.
Yes! He has been at the very top of my list for over a decade. Literally the most interesting and fun human I have ever seen.
You need to send this to the Hydraulic Press channel and see what they can do with all this aluminum
man no replies
Oh, no!
Turn it back into into a aluminum ingot lol
turn it back in a thin sheet of foil
* starts twerking *
Fun to see Adam having a ball.
hehehe nice
Well done!
Would've been such a prank if they sent you the demon core instead
Mmmm just a wittle prank 😊 it's just a wittle prank 😊
oh yeah that would be so silly 😂 silly old waterjet channel 😂😅
😂 What a silly little prank 😊 haha
seeing Adam looking down at those halves, and then saying "hello old friend!" made me nearly spit my coffee out hahahahaha
Hi Adam. If you do attempt a second foil ball, may I suggest that you "pre-crinkle" the foil a bit before rendering it into the growing sphere. The last go-round you chose to wrap the sheet of foil around itself before compressing. It's the laminar interfaces between these layers that inhibited the compression into a more compact form. I would crinkle the sheet into a loose rope-like form, then work that rope in a radial-spiral motion around the center, compressing as you go. Good luck, and can't wait to see Aluminum Foil Ball v. 2.0!
+
@@mondo_burrito This shit is so cringe to me. Never understood people who feel the need to "defend" creators like Adam from the lightest constructive criticism possible, which is truly in the spirit of enjoying improvement for fun, and which Adam probably loves.
@@mondo_burrito depends what you're using it for, best high quality general use im gonna go with Husqvarna and STIHL lmao
Why crinkle? Simply melt the aluminum instead of using a hammer and you can form it into a sphere then polish it to a mirror finish.
@@mondo_burrito This was a pleasant and unexpected interaction
Love this. Adam Savage is an absolute legend, and despite all the success of the waterjet channel, I can't imagine their excitement of getting to work with you.
Bill Nye perked my interest in science as a child, Mythbusters furthered my intrigue into my early adulthood, and Adam STILL to this day draws me back into the excitement of it all. Even when it's as simple as slicing an aluminum ball in half. I don't mean to wax poetic, but thanks Adam. You're responsible for the inspiration of a generation.
Bill Nye and Beakman's World
Wish I could like this comment a bunch of times!
@@danealconall6527 i will like it once for you
@@connormessenger4756 Thank you!! ☺️
That is actually a pretty solid piece. Really has a knocking sound similar to, well, a block of alu
And completely agree on the "grippiness" of aluminium. From my dremel experience I know that iron/steel makes sparks and that's it, but alu is a huge mess and gets how. Cutting it dry throws dust everywhere and wet creates a nasty sludge.
we grind wax with traditional abrasive wheels... but we use candle wax as we grind it... makes the aluminum melt away like butter =D
One of my favorite things about Adam Savage is he hasn't lost the child in him. I love that he decides to make or do something not for any reason, but just because. For the joy of seeing what will happen.
Honestly I love just... hearing the excitement in your voice in these videos. Its so like... full of wonder and excitement
The thing I keep thinking of is how, despite full of air, it sticks together as a solid metal. Is it the pressure from the hammering that almost soldered the layers? That bond is impressive. Consider it stood a water jet at extreme high pressure and not a single foil separated from the other. Awesome.
When two metals are being deformed and now oxides are formed, they weld together via diffusion. This is actually a problem in aerospace applications. There is also a really cool engineering application for this which is called explosive welding, which can be used to weld material together that would not be weldable in any other way. Heres a video on the process
ua-cam.com/video/u9_bqafUJfA/v-deo.html
@@michaelmuller4849 Thank you very much for the reply. Never heard of that technique. Very impressive.
maybe multiple interlockings from almost all directions. ??
Adam, thank you for everything you did on for science, you really showed me that no matter how old you get Science is fun. I learned a lot and I still enjoy display of science. It has been a while and drifted from here until this was on my feed. Now I am back I want to see what you have done the last 2 years.
Keep up the great work. And I was really wondering what did happen to that ball. It is amazing that you was contacted by Waterjet. I did question how the water cutter worked and you answered it I thought it was maybe sand or something in the water I was close in my guessing. I went to my first physics class in college and it was so much fun. I seen so many amazing things like the egg going into the bottle and not breaking. And the bowling ball pendulum I did know that energy was expended at each end of the of the swing. That was a lot of fun.
I wish I really could have focused enough to get into a science field. I would of had a much more fulfilling life.
The sound of the two halves clanking together was so satisfying. Makes me think a Newton’s Cradle made out of smaller foil balls would sound incredible!
Yes please!
Thank you so much for a conclusion to this project. I was really impressed with the method of the making of the foil ball, and really disappointed when we couldn't see inside.
The wait was worth it! The inside is cooler than the outside.
Thanks again,
A long time fan
Props to you Adam for still having all of your fingers for this long!! 👏 👏 truly shows how seriously you've taken your safety throughout the years.
Years ago, I watched a video of someone making one out of thin sheets of gold. And when they finished it rattled since a small ball of gold had an air pocket it dislodged into and when they cut it open you could see it and it was amazing. You may still be able to find the video on UA-cam
ua-cam.com/video/RklN-aloJDE/v-deo.html
Cody's Lab!
You did a really good job on it - the other ones I've seen aren't as dense inside.
I hope we still get aluminum foil ball 2.0! This was such a joy to see created and sliced in two!
So glad Adam came back to this one, I’ve been dying to see it cut in half. Looking forward to seeing it all polished up 👍
Adam's such a positive individual. Love watching his stuff!
Getting some demon core vibes every time he brings the two halves back together.
Is it weird that this has been one of the videos I’ve been most excited for?
If there is a steel foil and I'm sure there is copper and brass foil I'd love to see you make all of those versions for the ball using same technique and cutting them and seeing the comparisons in how it comes out. Maybe even do a pressure stress test on each half of different material to see if they behave different.
I know there actually is for steel. Its used in industrial processes that requre heat resistant foil for temperatures over the melting point of aluminium. But one need to be careful, as ths stuff is pretty much razor sharp.
I think Adam may know where he can obtain some really thin lead foil. 🙂
I know that copper foil is an actual product, but rolls are beyond me. The largest I've seen are maybe 1 ft by 1 ft squares, and those I think were adhesive backed. You might have to go to a specialty metal supplier to get rolls.
@@absalomdraconis Nah here in UK at least you can buy rolls of brass and copper foil easy over eBay from UK suppliers.
just remember, that there (probably) is not any "TIN foil" as he constantly calls this aluminum foi.l (on second thought there almost certainly IS actual tin foil, but THIS IS NOT THAT)
it is people like your good self that help us move forward in science. Your enthusiasm is addictive!! Great video.
I will concur, trying to cut that ball in half was one of the dumbest things I have ever seen someone try to do. The only thing missing was "Hey hold my beer."
And blood - lots of blood.
You can see how the density changed the angle and path the jet took inside of the ball. So cool!
So, out of curiosity, if you fired one of these out of like an air cannon, how do you think it would react when it hit a solid object?
Similarly to any other metal cannonball I'd assume.
@@quinnandvalor9657 well, with the inside full of air pockets, would it like collapse as it hit thevtarget??
I like the way you think.
im also curious about it's supersonic flight characteristics, perhaps he could combine the ideas. supersonic aluminum foil cannon
Adam is like that crazy uncle that just gets more and more excited to show you random cool stuff.
Learned recently that he had a UA-cam channel and instantly subbed, I mean myth busters basically was my child hood. This is amazing to see ya still doing what ya love so much
Finally! How many others have been waiting for this? After watching Adam fail to cut it in half so many times and giving up I’ve been waiting for the update lol
Yes, it took us a while. Definitely on us and not Waterjet Channel!
@@tested I honestly expected it to look more like just warped aluminum but it looks pretty cool like if you sliced a meteorite in half this is what I would imagine.
I used to operate a water jet at a machine shop and we used Australian garnet. I'm sure there are other options out there, maybe even for certain types of material but that's what we used for aluminum, steel and all sorts of plastics. Thanks for the great video!
They did actually use garnet
This is so cool! I'd be interested to know how close the average density of the ball is to the theoretical density of solid aluminium.
For a rough idea, assuming .63 mils foil thickness gives a 5" diameter ball about 3x the volume of the foil itself (18.1 in3 vs 65.5 in3).
@@hungryhippo6259 this is an excellent reply. I hadn't thought of doing that. Thanks! 👍
Hi Adam, I noticed when you were making this item that there was a lot of aluminium oxide and dust given off in the process. As interesting as this build was, do you have any views about the health issues that aluminium can cause?
There is a reason we pack food in aluminum. If you eat it the material will just pass through your body. However as with any dust you should avoid inhaling it to prevent cloggging up your lungs.
@@mrfrenzy. eating aluminum is definitely not the same as inhaling it. I don’t know the specifics of what damage metal particles would cause in the lungs but it’s most likely nothing good. Hopefully he had a respirator on.
@@mrfrenzy. Yeah, there is some divided opinion on the research about the affects of ingesting aluminium although it is more likely to cause cognitive decline and dementia.
Cutting it in half was legit the only thing I could think about during your whole process 😂… this is really amazing. ❤
3:49 **scratches over the surface of an aluminum ball** "It feels like aluminum..." - Adam Savage, 2022
What fun! I can't wait to see the finished half and the next aluminum ball.
I’m so happy to have found this channel. My Mythbuster drought is over!!!!
I’ve been watching Mythbusters since the start and was grieved to see its end on network Tv.
I'm sitting there watching Adam make this foil ball thinking "dude is off his rocker", then I realize... I am WATCHING Adam making a foil ball... Even worse, I had to see what was inside lol
Its really intresting to see the core of this thing. the center looks like it captured tiny pockets of air, it kind of reminds me of what a meteorite that has been cut in half looks like. The meteorite is just fused tiny chunks of metal all formed togeather. i wonder if once you get on a large scale if the air pockets exist on large nearly moon sized asteroids that have enough gravitational force to give it a circular shape.
Of course there wouldnt be air in space but maybe some other gas from the friction of manys tons of gravitational force. Possibly including air, if an asteroid contained water. okay im ranting but, cool video
Adam you make me smile everything that you literally light up over some small thing that sparks your thought process thank you !
Hey Adam! Small correction; the water DOES do the cutting, just not nearly as efficiently as when the particulates are added, in this case they use garnet.
That's what I thought too! Glad I didn't have it wrong this whole time. I was about to collapse in shame and say "MY WHOLE LIFE HAS BEEN A LIE!"
I use to watch you all the time in myth busters, I didn't know you had a UA-cam channel!!!!
Suggestion for a future project: step 1: make a ball in similar way to how you've done (but I would suggest using thinner strips of foil so it's more like winding a ball of yarn). step 2: pound, shape, etc. to your heart's content, 3: smooth and seal the outer layer, 4: send it down to the bottom of the ocean, 5: retrieve it from the bottom of the ocean, 6: cut in half
after you made your attempt to cut it yourself, I started to see the Death Star. you had like the equatorial trench going on there. I thought how cool would it be to turn that into a Death Star. just rough it up a little bit, make an indentation for the laser dish. carve out that trench a bit more. and there you would have it. A misshapened, very rough looking and crudely constructed homemade Death Star. what a beautiful thing it would be.
I'm inspired by your efforts. I may construct my own aluminum foil ball Death Star. maybe Death Star 2......made out of tin foil!
It is surprising how solid it sounds. Polishing would be such an interesting challenge because of the porosity.
Water jets are awesome! For the band saw, I'd have probably cut a cube of wood in half, then carved out a hemisphere in each half; place the ball in the middle then glue the wood back together.
Cut the cube with the bandsaw.
Adam. I can't believe you didn't mention that the interior of the ball looked like the lunar surface!!!
Why can't you believe that?
@@prdoyle because he's a NASA nut and it's an apt comparison, that's why. What an odd reply.
I mean... I guess? It's grey and bumpy. A lot of things are grey and bumpy.
Now you just need to make it into a demon core lamp that glows blue when you turn it on
I'm a Mortician and can Honestly Say that Adams forearm tat is One of the BEST ones/ideas yet!
The moment I heard the sound of the two halves striking each other I thought of you cosplaying as the man from Monty Python and the Holy Grail following people around with his coconuts.
Glad I wasn't the only one 😂
That's cool. It looks like a rock!
Adam, I watch you as a kid on Myth Busters from day 1. I'm so glad to see your still doing crazy stuff!
This dude makes me appreciate science like no other ever since I was a teen, amazing human being!
I would love to see this under a microscope.
I wish I could get half as excited about anything as he is about an aluminum ball. Being dead inside sucks.
Odd idea- I wonder if oxygen in the air affects how the aluminum "consolidates" as it's hammered/compressed? Aluminum being so reactive, while it's being hammered together maybe more oxidation occurs? IF one did this same experiment in a vacuum, would you get a better (more "pure") result? Or maybe if you did this under a hood with Argon or some other inert gas? Probably a bit too geeky :)
the foil would have a layer of oxide around itself, so you'd need to first process the aluminum in some way, to undo or remove the oxide, and then if you did it in a oxygen-free environment you should get cold welding to happen. maybe not perfect, but still partial cold welding.
I think. I'm not a chemist, physicist, or material engineer.
*aluminium
@@Xirpzy both are correct depending on what country you are
@@Xirpzy I reply with the same spelling as the person I reply to.
Yes, air inclusions and oxidation would cause some issues but the biggest problem is that aluminum foil has a coating of plastic on one side which does a good job of preventing it from cold welding.
5:57 me trying to put a bagel back together after toasting
I was so happy to see this on my feed.
I always wondered what the inside looked like.
I would keep both halves in tact as a conversation starter on my desk.
Woah I remember watching him on TV. He aged so much. Makes me tear up.
Some one prove to me Adam is not even a little stoned in this video
😂! I recently subscribed to his channel, (last week or so) and the first vid I watched was him making the foil ball. And now I get to see the aftermath. Seeing Adam in his shop brings back memories of Myth busters! I'm sure Adam gets this all of time, but still! That show with the original crew was epic and irreplaceable!
Awesome video, Adam!! Thanks!
I know I'm way behind the aluminium ball here, but rather than sanding and polishing, I'd say sealing the cut in epoxy resin would preserve that interesting "crumb structure", if you will. I haven't done it myself, but I've seen others use this one type they work into rough surfaces with a brush to get it into all the nooks and crannies. The way I understand it, they do this before the 'proper' casting to prevent air bubbles in said nooks and crannies. When they then plane and polish the outer layer of epoxy, it still shows that lovely uneven potted, craggy surface, but both doesn't release debris, and is in *reality* a flat surface for your table or whatever they're making. Using a similar pre-cast epoxy on the surface and then sanding and polishing the epoxy instead of the aluminium will protect it from damage. Rambly but I hope I somewhat make sense..
Now you just need to find a way to get Hydraulic Press Channel involved in making aluminium spheres! Those maniacs won't be satisfied until they've crushed aluminium foil down to the density of lead! :P
This is a truly amazing video for all of us with OCD, a fully finished task😅, that's how it's done. Thank you
@4:55 Actually, yes, it is the water that does the cutting. Some circumstances (such as cutting bone - yes, they do that, or thinner/softer materials) there really is only the jet and the water.
In abrasive water jet, you get certain abrasives (such as Garnet or Aluminum Oxide) that assist in the cutting action. The surfaces are rougher in abrasive water jet, but simple water jet cutting leaves the same cut striations (just less severe). These striations are actually miniature deflections in the high pressure water path as it bores through the material and hits the different crystals or densities within the material. These striations are normal and will be more exaggerated in a more non-homogenous structure (like this foil ball).
Also, the jet nozzle is usually the only thing made of a very hard material, such as sapphire or diamond.
Love these videos from Adam his energy cracks me up. I loved Myth busters it always blew my mind these guy's had the coolest job ever.
So glad you worked with those gentlemen!
I collected cigarette foils for years in the early 90s and made a ball that is about 4" in diameter. It would be a mosaic of silvers and golds inside and would be very fun to cut! It's sitting happily in my nostalic box!
I love the unadulterated Adam Savage. Subscribed.
It looks like cement to me, but clearly doesn't sound like it when he hits the sides together.
I love watching the things Adam makes and teaches us about 👍
This randomly got recommended to me and wow, he has aged quite a lot since Mythbusters, but his excitement for stuff like this has not aged the slightest.
I’m not sure what I enjoy more. Seeing the final result cut in half, or watching Adam see the final result for the first time.
I’m extremely pleased that I thought of the water jet cutter before he said it was suggested by other people and ultimately used that method.
Cool update, I'm extremely fascinated by this simple experiment, thank you!