Making a Measuring Cube - EXTREME MEASURES - bronze metal casting at home - 3d Printing Lost PLA
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- Опубліковано 21 сер 2021
- I will be making a measuring cube out of bronze using the lost PLA method. I started this project by 3d printing a model in a plastic called PLA. Then I coated the model 10 times with a ceramic material called Suspendaslurry. After the ceramic shell was completely dry I placed it in my kiln and melted out the PLA plastic. At 1500 degrees Fahrenheit the ceramic shell becomes vitrified, turning into a ceramic that can withstand the heat of molten bronze. I melted the bronze in my homemade keg foundry furnace and then poured the liquid metal into the ceramic shell mold. This is similar to the lost wax casting process.
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You should buy a rock tumbler/ polisher. That would work great.
Very good idea
But it takes so long to get polished rocks :(
Or build one!
@@maximeduchalet4662 ok but I'm expecting him to alloy gear metal forge it, then hob the gears.
a brass tumbler/clearer for reloading would probably work well too.
I did bronze casting in college - incredibly satisfying, but a lot of work. We used the lost-wax process (cire-perdue). This 3D printing method looks fascinating.
I went to college so long ago I think bronze hadn't been invented yet. :)
Thanks for tuning in to another installment of, “words I didn’t know before!”:
1. Sprue: A channel or funnel through which metal or plastic is poured into a mold.
2. Vitrify: To convert (something) into glass or a glasslike substance, typically by exposure to heat.
3. Lost PLA Method: The model is placed in a plaster mold and the mold is heated until the wax liquefies and flows out of a hole in the bottom (hence the “lost-wax” part of lost-wax casting). Liquid metal is then poured into the mold, which flows into the imprint of the design left in the baked plaster.
Tune in next week to find out precisely where my vocabulary was lacking (or REMEDIAL for the kids following along at home!)!
Nice I also never know this word
youll learn a lot more if you stay in these spaces.
I did know vitrify, not sure why, but the other 2 were new to me, as well.
ok
"80 thousandths of an inch" sounds so complicated compared to 2 millimeters.
It always gets me. Thinking if people can really imagine some tiny thousandths of something.
Either way, super cool project. I saw this measuring cup being used by the "as seen on TV" guy.
It didn't seem overly practical, at least in the way he used it.
But making a bronze version is pretty awesome 👍 and the quality of your casting is superb.
or just 8% of an inch. Do basic conversions escape your capacity? Lol
@@THESLlCK Or maybe just 2 mm. Do basic units escape your capacity?
@@JuanCLeal complain more
I suppose thou(sandths of an inch) is a weird unit if you don't hang around US machinists, but there's a few intuits for it: a hair is a few thou, a playing card is about 10 or 12, the wire in a paper clip, something like 40 thou. While no one could feel a difference in width between 40 thou and 41, it's likely that you'd feel a burr 1 thou high on an otherwise smooth surface. Imagine a fine hair on a glass plate. 1 inch is not really long, but its long enough that 1 thousandth of an inch is tiny, but in some contexts, still very much perceptible. Just my 2c. Have a good one.
@@THESLlCK I prepared this bucket of ice cold water for you 🪣 That burn has to sting pretty bad.
Was the measurement still accurate?
I worked in a bronze foundry years ago and I would have been send home when wearing those shoes!
We wore wooden shoes only as they can be kicked off and offer some seconds before burning through when your cast leaks and liquid metal spills out.
Cool shape, thanks for sharing, stay safe.
Never heard of using wooden shoes.
What was your favorite part of working there? Sounds interesting :)
Which measurement would it be accurate to? Tablespoon to ml isn't accurate in the first place.
@@edwardssistershands Well one tablespoon is 14.786788602728 ml. I don't know any recipe in the kitchen that would be measured with such a device that is ruined by 0.2132114 ml of something that inaccuracy you have with pretty much any kitchen measure anyways. Especially by volume.
@@carpediem5232 Compounding errors :)
The detail you capture in your castings is amazing. Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful. The fact that it caught even the printed lines is amazing
Whoa, this looks sooo cool 🥰 I got a 3D - printer for architecture model printing and that model itself had been on my list for a while as well . I didn't even know one could use it along with ceramic slurry to make metal castings, that's so cool to see!
You have created something that your descendants can still marvel at, with your name on it and a small inscription, they can still remember you many years later.
I just loved this casting method! Thank you for sharing!!!
Man, I've never seen someone use a slurry like that. Definitely going to look into it when I get back into casting. I'm already stocking up on old radiators and such
While I don't think it would have worked with this project, I really like what BigstackD does with Petrobond. If you haven't seen his channel, check it out. It's awesome to me that for a channel where no one says a word, the dude is freaking hilarious! If you haven't seen the channel, check it out!😎🤙
@@TheRisskee he doesnt seem to like doing lost castings, Im not sure why. He does the odd styrofoam lost casting I guess. The petrabond seems really finicky and I feel like his castings never turn out quite this perfect. My theory being that the molds are inherently forced to be cold, so the metal doesnt cool evenly. Love that Aussie tho
Suspendaslurry is AMAZING. But it is expensive. I just bought some but I had to hide it and the price from my wife. Shipping was about $300.
Every time I watch one of these lost PLA videos, my dumb ass hears "cake furnace" and then a few seconds later I see the furnace and remember it's a keg.
I heard that too, and I didn't question it. I don't know the jargon. Thanks for setting me straight.
It's incredible to see how you made those. Somehow this kind of videos are very calming.
They are, aren't they.
Another beautiful casting well done! Thank you for clearly explaining the process
I love the pour the detail is so perfect you could see the over spill of glue where you joined the 2 parts
This was a very satisfying video to watch, and I really like how the cube came out at the end. Kudos to you Mr. Robinson.
A very professional finish!
Don't be so hard on your self, you did a great job on this. I have not seen anyone do it better so I think that is a great way of scaling how well you did. Thanks for the video, always fun to see what your going to work on next.
Ha, that camera magic with the gloves was great! Nice casting, too. I love functional projects.
The detail preserved by the casting is nuts! If you had told me that was bronze color filament, I'd have believed it.
That was absolutely totally awesome!
Literally great work .
Thank you. You're a Master craftsman. Keep up the good work!
As a cook, I love this so much. It's definitely functional art. I would definitely use this cube.
It measures well but is too easy to spill liquid.
I was thinking about how impractical and bulky this would be in the kitchen.
Stacking measuring cups are far more practical but this looks really cool.
@@Been.Here.Since.2007 why do you need multiples of a measuring jar or cup? one is not enough?
@@jurekmc There's 2 types of measuring cup.
Dry and wet.
@@Been.Here.Since.2007 with plates, a scale and a measuring jar(idk how to call it, sorry for bad english) its more than enough for me but i get where you are coming from.
That really came out freakin awesome
Wow, huge improvement to the typical lost pla castings I've seen.
There's just something about you that's so cool. I bet you're a really neat person
I really enjoy that you talk through every step. I watch other similar channels, but they're always just gestures at most. This reminds me of this old tony, but with metal! (and less jawbreaker references)
As a cook, you get 2 thumbs up form me!
Also, your lost PLA & Suspendaslurry videos are most awesome!
Super cool design! Way to go!!!
Cool device and idea. Thanks for sharing.
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...as a Kitchen gadget groupie, I am thunderstruck!!! Thank you for this
Wow!! That is an amazing device!!
Wow! This is amazing!
best chef paperweight ever!!
I'm glad you tried too bc it's a pretty cool measuring device.
Cool idea!
THAT was way cool!!
👍 like it. You have the skills, foundry and a place to do that.
Looks great. Makes me miss metal pouring and metal works I did in college.
Excellent job.
Beautiful work
That Sir is piece of art. Any top baker would be proud to have that working piece of art in their kitchen.
Great Job! It looks fantastic.
That is bad ass! Would love one of them.
Turned out great. good job
Love it! i guess lost pla could be done. but this is the first time I watch it being done.
What a lovely object.
What a great idea
I would purchase this and many more of your other projects awesome job
Nice as always
What a beautiful final product. I was worried, too about the thinness of the walls. Bronze is so heavy and that spruce weighed a ton, I bet. I was happy for you when it came out so nice. I think the finish of the casting might have been improved by polishing the PLA. But when you focused on the texture from the model I thought it was really nice, too. Thank you for sharing your skills.
drive.google.com/file/d/1_DNK01kUjizxYDQe_xFU9l_cgUkali9b/view
that imperfect surface finish to me makes it look better
This is amazingly nice! Good job bro 👏
you are no joke, the cast master
Great piece of work.
Incredible work well done
Great job.
Always had a fascination for casting
Ngl that transition of putting on the gloves was really smooth
That's so perfect cast.👍👍👍
looks great, i printed and used some of these myself. for the finish, i really liked how smooth you got the bottom with the large disc sander. i would do the same with each of the sides. with their rims all the same smooth, shiny metal, it would contrast quite nicely to the rest. and you could even get a more elegant look if you sand the rims until the edges are pointy
drive.google.com/file/d/1_DNK01kUjizxYDQe_xFU9l_cgUkali9b/view
Also be an interesting contrast if the insides were highly polished, [vibratory medium polisher, perhaps ?] and the base and outer corners were left matt finish.
That would be perhaps a little easier to clean if used for actual cooking measurements
Very nice!
Fantastic job!!!
Great job on that!
Really awesome man, great job
That was Excellent 👍👍💛💚
Great video and loved the idea of using that slurry. Cube turned out pretty cool. In fact, am ordering one from Amazon to get rid of my crappy collection of measuring spoons and 1 cup to 1/4 cup measurements. Keeping my Pyrex 2, 4 and 8 cup sizes. Thank you.
Truly exceptional work your PLA casting is becoming more exquisite every video you know what they say practice makes perfect 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻😊😊😊😊
Great video and well presented. Cheers man.
love it !!!
Vato, eres un artista, uno bueno
Amazing!
I love it broh! It’s something that I didn’t know that I needed.
That's a beautiful thing you did, regardless of the fact that for the task of measuring, the printed cube was already perfect as is.
No, there's definite improved utility from having it cast in bronze. PLA isn't food safe, so you shouldn't use it for utensils like this, and his bronze measuring cube can go in the dishwasher! Plus of course it looks way more stylish
i have no idea how safe PLA is, but i suppose there are other printable materials which are food safe.
but you are absolutely right to love it. it's awesome.
@@HaralHeisto
Once metal 3D printing becomes more publicly available people are gonna go crazy with their inventions and projects
Well done.
Really interesting, neat hobby.
Loved it
the ceramic stuff when liquid seems delicious ngl
Pretty cool
That is a superb piece.
Seeing you use your 3D printer makes me want to play some Astroneer!!! Thanks!!! 😄
what a great work....
I am impressed. Great channel and content.
A great skillset!
That's a job for a rotary tumbler if ever I saw one, great job.
I'd think a vibratory tumbler would be better as the polishing media would be in contact with the entire part constantly, unlike a rotary tumbler. I don't think a rotary tumbler could even get media into the deep crevices to polish them at all.
@@supergiantbubbles If you used only large media you would be correct but rotary tumblers work with anything from pebble-sized media to talc sized and paste type media.
Second, you can mix media size in a rotary but not a vib, the small particles just fall to the bottom in a vib, but not in a rotary.
A mix of large and small media would have done the sandblasting and polishing steps in one process but only in a tumbler. 👍
Whaaaaaaat...I need one of these!!!
Cool product
That’s wild
great project, awesome model/piece, kick ass video! =D
The glove trick was sweet.
That's impressive. Surprised how well the letters showed up
Love the keg forge! #innovation
Nice!
You ever thought about an acid bath, it'll clean it up and may help get rid of some lay lines and tool marks before you polish the pieces up. I love these craftsmanship channels. Keep up the good work
Also, very cool measuring tool
Actually this Cube it’s difficult design you do great job 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Wow, thank You for Sharing...
Dude... you are dope!