How can you not love this guy. Thanks Rob. I actually purchased my first Van today. Inspiration from you that has kick started my life in a bleak time. Thank you Sir Robert
Very interesting, when I was in college I leaned book making where we made our own paper, and bound our own books But we never learned how to make inks. I am very much looking forward to more functional ink lessons.
Creating my own ink isn't something that would first come to my mind and suit my needs in DIY but gladly I didn't pass this video either. Literally in the last minute you brought up some of the possible uses for self made ink and some of those things never have I even thought about! Btw it is awesome that the auto-captions are working again in your videos. Not sure if it's thanks to your much apreciated uploaded scripts or just begone hicups of youtube but still, I'm gratefull that one can view your videos with hearing disabilities or in my case, often loud enviroments and as an non-native english speaker, with better understanding in technical terms spoken.
This is another video to use for older home school chemistry class. They should enjoy this and learn through research how ink was made in history. Thanks again for your help, I will pass it on.
Great video, thanks for posting! I bought a glass muller on eBay and it worked great. Made my own chrome yellow pigment and formulated an oil paint from it
Very interesting use for old toner. I was taught that Toner was carbon black, resin, iron powder and some impurities. Which are classed as potentially carcinogenic when inhaled, basically we always had to use masks when cleaning it out.
the cancer thing may well be misinformation mate - to be honest I just let folks make up their own minds and don't get involved in the arguments either way
This was very interesting!! Please sometime in the future, make a video about Cadmium Sulphate Ink and Solar Cells? Today I had to change a toner at work, before throwing it to the bin, as i learned in a previous video i got a screwdriver and recovered all those steel rods they have inside as material for the lathe, and tonight i learn that the toner part is actually useful for doing homemade ink. Man, if we keep like this i wont be able to throw away any stuff without guilt, lol!!.
That's Stage I of "Chronic Maker Disease". Stage II symptoms are feeling guilty about buying something new without first considering how you could have made it yourself. I believe Stage III symptoms involve uploading videos on how you did make it yourself. 😋
@@NorthernKitty " feeling guilty about buying something new without first considering how you could have made it yourself." Lol i'm already there... I guess stage IIa is buying all the tools and materials to make the thing you could had just bought, for five times the price of the thing.
Woa, this has opened some mental doors for me Rob, lots of info here I had no idea of (the drying-vs-oxidising thing kinda blew my mind). Always love to hear about uses for easy to get chemicals. I've got an old project where i got stuck trying to find chemicals that work as an applyible "resist" for an NaOH etchant (i'm trying to make flexible circuitboards from alfoil). Boiled linseed with rosin sounds like an interesting avenue, if only for the fact i'd never heard of it before 😀. You said it oxidises fine with the toner, but do you mean the toner is the component that's MAKING it oxidise here? Or does the toner simply not-get-in-the-way of it oxidising naturally?
I make something similar that is for whitening the grout between tiles . I use water based varnish and titanium white it does a perfect job and easy to clean . Water based varnish is a good fluid for making an ink that is waterproof
Incredible. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with me. I have a question on another matter, if you have the time; I was watching this and thinking about solar cell inks, which I did not know existed until this video, and was wondering why we do not use metal by itself for solar cells. If a metal plate is put in a mild vacuum, glass container with alternating capacitor plates beneath it, and one end exposed to direct sunlight, would it not be charged by uv rays? Or from light in general? I think a capacitor in a giant pickle jar, where light only hits one plate, and the other plates are shaded, should create a nice charge. Wouldn't it? A person could warm up the jar, put the lid on, and seal it well, and as it cools, would form a slight vacuum.
there has been work done on direct solar charged devices I have done a couple myself - so in theory yes - but like everything in energy this will be the devil in the detail issue
Hello sir! I am a follower of your channel and have learnt a lot of things from it. At present i am working on textiles where i am trying to formulate a good quality graphene based ink on polyster fabric. I have tried number of experimants and some of them worked too but, i find that after some time the ink that deposited on fabric gets brittle. It seems its because of the binder that i use. So, can you please help me to solve this problem !?
A question for you Robert, Your conductive ink whats its conductive life span when exposed to high levels of UVA , UVB , just want to know as i may have a project coming up were i want to use silk screen printing of your ink, but need to know its conductive life span over time when exposed to high levels of UVA and UVB light.
I don't mate - I suspect the colored alcohol ink is easy enough but to make it conductive too - that is a challenge for sure and not likely to be cheap
Idk, but i imagine the dyes you'd want would be plastic nano particle plastics, otherwise even food coloring will stain a bit, but is generally washable. Glycerine is a common fountain pen ink component, it helps slow the flow, tiny amounts of dish soap helps break water tension or else the ink will hold on to itself. That and water wetters are often used, dupont makes one commonly used in inks. This is all i know, i hope it helps.
Ironic that I see this video on ink and I see that k40 laser you have in the background. I have a business where I use a slightly bigger version of that laser to engrave a special foam and then ink the foam. I mount this special 'inked' foam onto a pneumatic packaging machine and print and pack a specific product. . I buy a highly specialised oil-based ink.... that is VERY expensive. I may experiment with making my own ink..... maybe if I have enough time.
Hi, I want to warn you that it is very harmful for your lungs when you work with toner like you did - in open air, the particles can take off just by a wave of hand or in/exhaling. I once spoke with a guy who repairs old toners and he informed me that toner has very small particles that can stuck in your lungs and won't go out, they can cause lung diseases and cancer. When he works with toner he has it in closed box with glass to see through and gloves to the inside and it is all sealed so that no particles can get out. Love your videos. Take care
How can you not love this guy. Thanks Rob. I actually purchased my first Van today. Inspiration from you that has kick started my life in a bleak time. Thank you Sir Robert
Awesome news mate - good to hear you are getting on
Very interesting, when I was in college I leaned book making where we made our own paper, and bound our own books But we never learned how to make inks. I am very much looking forward to more functional ink lessons.
that is interesting mate - I used to make books and that has been very useful to me - it's funny the things that turn out to be useful
Creating my own ink isn't something that would first come to my mind and suit my needs in DIY but gladly I didn't pass this video either. Literally in the last minute you brought up some of the possible uses for self made ink and some of those things never have I even thought about! Btw it is awesome that the auto-captions are working again in your videos. Not sure if it's thanks to your much apreciated uploaded scripts or just begone hicups of youtube but still, I'm gratefull that one can view your videos with hearing disabilities or in my case, often loud enviroments and as an non-native english speaker, with better understanding in technical terms spoken.
it is funny how one thing leads to another mate
Clearly ink is one of your things. I can feel the passion . Probably you can talk about it for days.
yes it very much is mate - cheers
He does a great job at his inks. I bought some and the resistance over 100 mm 8 ohms. Really good stuff. 👍👍👍
This is another video to use for older home school chemistry class. They should enjoy this and learn through research how ink was made in history. Thanks again for your help, I will pass it on.
Wow, thank you mate and please do
Mr. Smith😄😍.You have always good subject👍.😑.ink sciences.printer.
I use inks in my papercrafts. I understand parts of your introduction. Quite interesting.
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
Great video, thanks for posting!
I bought a glass muller on eBay and it worked great.
Made my own chrome yellow pigment and formulated an oil paint from it
nice one mate
Thank you! Love your teaching methods.
cheers mate
That reminds me of the India ink we used to tattoo ourselves with when we were kids.
wait until you see the next one lol
another excellent video, inspirational
Glad you enjoyed it
Thank you Robert 😊 👍
You are very welcome
Thanks for this, Rob. Something interesting while I wait for the power to come back after the second Hurricane in as many months....
wow - sorry to hear about that mate
All good tips, Thanks Mate
cheers mate
Very interesting use for old toner. I was taught that Toner was carbon black, resin, iron powder and some impurities. Which are classed as potentially carcinogenic when inhaled, basically we always had to use masks when cleaning it out.
The Material Data Sheets do not say that black toner is a cancer risk.
the cancer thing may well be misinformation mate - to be honest I just let folks make up their own minds and don't get involved in the arguments either way
This was very interesting!! Please sometime in the future, make a video about Cadmium Sulphate Ink and Solar Cells?
Today I had to change a toner at work, before throwing it to the bin, as i learned in a previous video i got a screwdriver and recovered all those steel rods they have inside as material for the lathe, and tonight i learn that the toner part is actually useful for doing homemade ink.
Man, if we keep like this i wont be able to throw away any stuff without guilt, lol!!.
That's Stage I of "Chronic Maker Disease". Stage II symptoms are feeling guilty about buying something new without first considering how you could have made it yourself. I believe Stage III symptoms involve uploading videos on how you did make it yourself. 😋
@@NorthernKitty " feeling guilty about buying something new without first considering how you could have made it yourself." Lol i'm already there... I guess stage IIa is buying all the tools and materials to make the thing you could had just bought, for five times the price of the thing.
lol - that's a slippery slope mate lol
yep - that's stage three right there lol
Woa, this has opened some mental doors for me Rob, lots of info here I had no idea of (the drying-vs-oxidising thing kinda blew my mind). Always love to hear about uses for easy to get chemicals.
I've got an old project where i got stuck trying to find chemicals that work as an applyible "resist" for an NaOH etchant (i'm trying to make flexible circuitboards from alfoil). Boiled linseed with rosin sounds like an interesting avenue, if only for the fact i'd never heard of it before 😀.
You said it oxidises fine with the toner, but do you mean the toner is the component that's MAKING it oxidise here? Or does the toner simply not-get-in-the-way of it oxidising naturally?
the oil oxidises naturally mate - the black doesn't interfere with it - some things do which is why you add dyers
Another great educational video.
Out of curiosity, how about making toner?
I make something similar that is for whitening the grout between tiles . I use water based varnish and titanium white it does a perfect job and easy to clean .
Water based varnish is a good fluid for making an ink that is waterproof
Great tip mate - thanks for the share
Don't have a three roll mill, but have access to a horizontal bead mill. Got me thinking.
awesome mate
That's a great video, thankyou. Would the toner and oil be good for inkpens and calligraphy if you make it thin and runny enough?
This is not ink but oil paint like in the old times. I learned it at art school. Extremely more powerful than acrylic paints.
any home laser sintering video coming soon? hint hint nudge nudge
lol - nice suggestion mate cheers
Hi Robert, Could I use the toner powder and linseed mixture to do foiling on card?
Incredible. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with me. I have a question on another matter, if you have the time; I was watching this and thinking about solar cell inks, which I did not know existed until this video, and was wondering why we do not use metal by itself for solar cells. If a metal plate is put in a mild vacuum, glass container with alternating capacitor plates beneath it, and one end exposed to direct sunlight, would it not be charged by uv rays? Or from light in general? I think a capacitor in a giant pickle jar, where light only hits one plate, and the other plates are shaded, should create a nice charge. Wouldn't it? A person could warm up the jar, put the lid on, and seal it well, and as it cools, would form a slight vacuum.
there has been work done on direct solar charged devices I have done a couple myself - so in theory yes - but like everything in energy this will be the devil in the detail issue
I want to make black powder tonor ink for printer. which chemical I added in black carbon for making?
Sir.can you use this ink to print on metals?
In the late 1970s I was a paperboy, by the time I had done my round my finger tips were black.
newsprint ink is basically black, water and gum arabic
@@ThinkingandTinkering thank you Rob ☺
whoooo number 2 to comment cheers for this robert
awesome mate
Have you made any videos on printed solar cells from ink
This, i would love to know about this subject too! Idea for next video :)
no but I should do
Well I try it and idk but I might have did it wrong cuz all I did was make a black face
Hello sir! I am a follower of your channel and have learnt a lot of things from it. At present i am working on textiles where i am trying to formulate a good quality graphene based ink on polyster fabric. I have tried number of experimants and some of them worked too but, i find that after some time the ink that deposited on fabric gets brittle. It seems its because of the binder that i use. So, can you please help me to solve this problem !?
Is a silicone ink base out of the question?
I am not quite sure what to say mate as you are obviously on the right track - your problem is the binder try a flexible on like SBR/CMC
Ok. So its a combination of sbr/ cmc or anyone of it?
A question for you Robert, Your conductive ink whats its conductive life span when exposed to high levels of UVA , UVB , just want to know as i may have a project coming up were i want to use silk screen printing of your ink, but need to know its conductive life span over time when exposed to high levels of UVA and UVB light.
I am sorry mate - I just don't know. I guess I could test it but that test will be a while
@@ThinkingandTinkering Please Robert it would be very nice if you could as it would be use full to add to the data sheet.
So here is a question could you make an alcohol ink that is coloured on a dime? And still make the inks conductive?
I don't mate - I suspect the colored alcohol ink is easy enough but to make it conductive too - that is a challenge for sure and not likely to be cheap
Any one guide me how to make dry erasable marker ink
Idk, but i imagine the dyes you'd want would be plastic nano particle plastics, otherwise even food coloring will stain a bit, but is generally washable. Glycerine is a common fountain pen ink component, it helps slow the flow, tiny amounts of dish soap helps break water tension or else the ink will hold on to itself. That and water wetters are often used, dupont makes one commonly used in inks. This is all i know, i hope it helps.
dunno mate - probably not that difficult tbh
@@ThinkingandTinkering I use carbon black methylated spirit olive oil and gum Arabic solution but fail to make solution carbon black settled down
Please guide me to make ink solution
Ironic that I see this video on ink and I see that k40 laser you have in the background. I have a business where I use a slightly bigger version of that laser to engrave a special foam and then ink the foam. I mount this special 'inked' foam onto a pneumatic packaging machine and print and pack a specific product.
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I buy a highly specialised oil-based ink.... that is VERY expensive. I may experiment with making my own ink..... maybe if I have enough time.
go for it mate
Hi, I want to warn you that it is very harmful for your lungs when you work with toner like you did - in open air, the particles can take off just by a wave of hand or in/exhaling. I once spoke with a guy who repairs old toners and he informed me that toner has very small particles that can stuck in your lungs and won't go out, they can cause lung diseases and cancer. When he works with toner he has it in closed box with glass to see through and gloves to the inside and it is all sealed so that no particles can get out. Love your videos. Take care
thank you for the warning mate - cheers