for this video I’m going to show you how
to convert something made of styrofoam
into something made of solid aluminum
using commonplace and and a little bit
of magic start with some foam board from
the dollar store and peel the paper
layers off the top and the bottom
now draw or print a picture of whatever
it is you want to make and use your
pictures as a guide to cut the foam
board and individual pieces I cut and
glued my pieces together to make an
awesome looking Styrofoam pistol it
looks pretty cool like this but to turn
the styrofoam into metal we’re gonna
need some place and we’ll also need to
fire up the mini metal foundry we built
in the previous project and start
liquefying a few of the metal biscuits
we made from recycling soda cans without
warming up let’s go ahead and pour a bit
of sand into a five-gallon bucket until
it’s at least two to three inches deep
now take your styrofoam creation and
glue a thick foam riser somewhere on the
side then push the whole thing into the
sand so it stands upright if we sprinkle
a bunch more sander on the styrofoam
mold it should hold it firmly in place
and as you’re adding the sand make sure
the foam riser is poking up out of the
center that’s really important now when
the sand covers everything completely
give the bucket a little shake to level
it out and fill any gaps around the
styrofoam underneath it’s a good idea to
have a little spray bottle handy so you
can spritz some water and moisten the
top layer of the sand this way you’ll be
able to build a volcano around the foam
riser to act as a funnel leading down to
the styrofoam now here’s where the magic
begins to happen when we pour molten
aluminum into the makeshift funnel the
foam at the bottom vaporizes in an
instant and the liquid aluminum rushes
in to take its place you can see it all
happens very quickly so be sure you’re
pouring fast enough to keep the funnel
full but slow enough to stop when it’s
done let everything cool for around ten
minutes and the metal should be hard
enough to grip onto with a pair of
pliers so pull it up out of the sand and
you’ll see your styrofoam creation is
just transformed into solid aluminum
almost like magic if you want to make it
look nicer you can clean up the rough
edges with a file and some sandpaper and
that’s how simple it is to make anything
you can think of into solid metal by the
way this also works with housing
installation as well I put a pink foam
sword into the sand and ten minutes
later pulled out an identical copy cast
in solid aluminum well that’s it for now
if you liked this video perhaps you’ll
like some of my others check them out at
the king of random Calm hey guys thanks
for watching to the end if you
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for you
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experiments life hacks and mad science
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post new videos every 5 days so please
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the next one talk to you then
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to convert something made of styrofoam
into something made of solid aluminum
using commonplace and and a little bit
of magic start with some foam board from
the dollar store and peel the paper
layers off the top and the bottom
now draw or print a picture of whatever
it is you want to make and use your
pictures as a guide to cut the foam
board and individual pieces I cut and
glued my pieces together to make an
awesome looking Styrofoam pistol it
looks pretty cool like this but to turn
the styrofoam into metal we’re gonna
need some place and we’ll also need to
fire up the mini metal foundry we built
in the previous project and start
liquefying a few of the metal biscuits
we made from recycling soda cans without
warming up let’s go ahead and pour a bit
of sand into a five-gallon bucket until
it’s at least two to three inches deep
now take your styrofoam creation and
glue a thick foam riser somewhere on the
side then push the whole thing into the
sand so it stands upright if we sprinkle
a bunch more sander on the styrofoam
mold it should hold it firmly in place
and as you’re adding the sand make sure
the foam riser is poking up out of the
center that’s really important now when
the sand covers everything completely
give the bucket a little shake to level
it out and fill any gaps around the
styrofoam underneath it’s a good idea to
have a little spray bottle handy so you
can spritz some water and moisten the
top layer of the sand this way you’ll be
able to build a volcano around the foam
riser to act as a funnel leading down to
the styrofoam now here’s where the magic
begins to happen when we pour molten
aluminum into the makeshift funnel the
foam at the bottom vaporizes in an
instant and the liquid aluminum rushes
in to take its place you can see it all
happens very quickly so be sure you’re
pouring fast enough to keep the funnel
full but slow enough to stop when it’s
done let everything cool for around ten
minutes and the metal should be hard
enough to grip onto with a pair of
pliers so pull it up out of the sand and
you’ll see your styrofoam creation is
just transformed into solid aluminum
almost like magic if you want to make it
look nicer you can clean up the rough
edges with a file and some sandpaper and
that’s how simple it is to make anything
you can think of into solid metal by the
way this also works with housing
installation as well I put a pink foam
sword into the sand and ten minutes
later pulled out an identical copy cast
in solid aluminum well that’s it for now
if you liked this video perhaps you’ll
like some of my others check them out at
the king of random Calm hey guys thanks
for watching to the end if you
want to see another video just click
here to go back 1 or click here to go
forward I’ve also made some playlists
for you
random weekend projects random
experiments life hacks and mad science
if you can’t click the screen just look
for these links in the description I
post new videos every 5 days so please
subscribe and I’ll see you around for
the next one talk to you then
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