hey what’s up guys today I’m hanging out
with John from boardshorts TV he’s got
something that I wanted for years but
never got and that’s a silver play
button check it out oh there it is
the idea here today is to take the
silver play button to make a mold that
we can turn into gummy candies chocolate
or basically anything that we want or
buttons so as long as John is cool with
us ripping open his award no guarantees
we’ll get this thing back in one piece
but I’ve got insurance on it was cool
when the bracket screws are removed you
can basically slide the whole top right
off and if we get lucky you know
nice John’s button wait stop talk to my
father you know what you can do is like
modify this into a belt bub wouldn’t
that be sweet like check out my hope
that would actually book right there
yeah do check that it works it works
that would be a cooler belt buckle I
forgot to mention this is a guy that
invented CVX live in Salt Lake City a
really cool event and I’ll probably be
there next year what John’s got here is
a plastic called HDPE that’s
high-density polyethylene stuff I have
over here is point zero to styrene this
big black sheet here is 0.004 abs and
abs is supposed to be really good for
vacuum forming to vacuum mold this thing
I already see a problem we’ve got these
little nubs here so we’re gonna have to
take a grinder and shave those off and
then use the belt sander to get all flat
really but I think there might be a way
around then that’s just by using a
little bit of dollar-store foam board
and the styro-slicer’ maybe we can push
this thing down through carve around the
edge have a really clean button to use
[Music]
okay so here’s the idea guys John’s just
got a couple holes in this foam that
should accommodate these little rivets
they’re what’s really impressive as you
can see it almost lines up perfectly
flush we press this flat turn on the
foam cutter and we’re going to cut a
clean line all the way around this
button I’ll have to do now is take a
sounding sponge and kind of clean up
some of these edges to get rid of that
jagged styrofoam and the rest should be
pretty easy we’re basically just going
to take the frame for our vacuum former
staple some plastic to it stick it in
the oven and stick it on our back end
for my machine so much sure what we’re
doing here so now we got the styrofoam
reinforced I think this is ready to
vacuum form for that we’re going to need
a vacuum forming machine but it doesn’t
have to be something complicated it
could be as simple as this one that I
made five years ago you see I just
hacked it out of scrap wood and some
perfboard and reinforced it with duct
tape to help keep it airtight this was
inspired by a project I saw by Kipkay
about five years ago we did a video for
Make Magazine I got a big old dusty shot
back that I use this thing is 16 gallons
6.25 horsepower so it’s got a lot of
suck you can see it takes a bit to get
it in there and that’s not moving and
that’s going to suck all the air through
these holes and only cares about the
amount of suckage okay so here’s the
idea we got our button reinforced it’s
going to go on top of the vacuum former
we’re going to get a little bit of
plastic we can staple around the top put
it in an oven and warm it up until it
gets saggy they’re going to flip it over
put it on top of the play button and
turn the vacuum on look it’s already
starting to get soft in here you can see
around all the staples it’s starting to
wrinkle you ready John standing by right
here we go initiate suckage
hey check that out guys stealing that
John what do you think that’s beautiful
take your position
[Music]
[Applause]
check this out guy that suction worked
out really really well it left the play
button looking fantastic pull this up
here you see actually the button still
stuck in there I’m surprised the
styrofoam isn’t melting with how hot
that is but look how beautiful that
comes out guys can initiate suckage
[Music]
that thing is so durable that’s like
what our fourth mold
nicely done John boom all right guys
we’re doing it we’re going to try the
HDPE it’s a little bit opaque at first
but once it heats up and starts drooping
it’ll turn clear this is our first round
let’s see what happens
kahlan’s I’ve been in the way longer
than the styrene I wonder if we should
turn the temperature better to
temperature rap Pizza Pizza temperature
our HDPE has not gone clear yet that is
sagging down about two inches so I think
we’re just going to go ahead and throw
it on the former and see how it does at
this state before we push it any further
initiating Wow so HDPE obviously takes a
lot longer to set up it actually sucked
the plastic right through the holes
there so we lost a bit of our suction I
thought for sure that foam would have
melted oh yeah look at that it’s all
like wrinkly on the inside it’s a little
bit flimsier – all right let’s throw a
sheet of ABS as a last experiment and
collagen can’t imagine this stuff is
gonna work
Oh droopy crap okay ready
oh yes
yeah and so we’re heating this up at 450
degrees Fahrenheit how long did that
take like two minutes you know I was
quick I was surprised that we got a
black play button check out the other
side oh yeah but this is what I love is
I love the texture on the front of that
button no that’s cool so there you go
guys that’s how to use a few simple
materials to vacuum cast your own candy
molds at home with styrene ABS HDPE
alright guys thanks so much for hanging
out with us today big thanks to John for
coming out here and sacrificing his
silver play button for my cause John I
promise I will fix this for you at some
point in time but I’m going to use it to
make a bunch more molds first and maybe
even try casting some chocolates with it
as well they try me out Brad has been
fun it’s been a blend and he’s got a
channel called boardshorts TV it’s super
super awesome five hundred thousand
subscribers they basically have kids
tell stories and then they act along to
the stories hey guys thanks so much for
joining us for this experiment we’ll be
looking for your next project video talk
to you then
[Music]
with John from boardshorts TV he’s got
something that I wanted for years but
never got and that’s a silver play
button check it out oh there it is
the idea here today is to take the
silver play button to make a mold that
we can turn into gummy candies chocolate
or basically anything that we want or
buttons so as long as John is cool with
us ripping open his award no guarantees
we’ll get this thing back in one piece
but I’ve got insurance on it was cool
when the bracket screws are removed you
can basically slide the whole top right
off and if we get lucky you know
nice John’s button wait stop talk to my
father you know what you can do is like
modify this into a belt bub wouldn’t
that be sweet like check out my hope
that would actually book right there
yeah do check that it works it works
that would be a cooler belt buckle I
forgot to mention this is a guy that
invented CVX live in Salt Lake City a
really cool event and I’ll probably be
there next year what John’s got here is
a plastic called HDPE that’s
high-density polyethylene stuff I have
over here is point zero to styrene this
big black sheet here is 0.004 abs and
abs is supposed to be really good for
vacuum forming to vacuum mold this thing
I already see a problem we’ve got these
little nubs here so we’re gonna have to
take a grinder and shave those off and
then use the belt sander to get all flat
really but I think there might be a way
around then that’s just by using a
little bit of dollar-store foam board
and the styro-slicer’ maybe we can push
this thing down through carve around the
edge have a really clean button to use
[Music]
okay so here’s the idea guys John’s just
got a couple holes in this foam that
should accommodate these little rivets
they’re what’s really impressive as you
can see it almost lines up perfectly
flush we press this flat turn on the
foam cutter and we’re going to cut a
clean line all the way around this
button I’ll have to do now is take a
sounding sponge and kind of clean up
some of these edges to get rid of that
jagged styrofoam and the rest should be
pretty easy we’re basically just going
to take the frame for our vacuum former
staple some plastic to it stick it in
the oven and stick it on our back end
for my machine so much sure what we’re
doing here so now we got the styrofoam
reinforced I think this is ready to
vacuum form for that we’re going to need
a vacuum forming machine but it doesn’t
have to be something complicated it
could be as simple as this one that I
made five years ago you see I just
hacked it out of scrap wood and some
perfboard and reinforced it with duct
tape to help keep it airtight this was
inspired by a project I saw by Kipkay
about five years ago we did a video for
Make Magazine I got a big old dusty shot
back that I use this thing is 16 gallons
6.25 horsepower so it’s got a lot of
suck you can see it takes a bit to get
it in there and that’s not moving and
that’s going to suck all the air through
these holes and only cares about the
amount of suckage okay so here’s the
idea we got our button reinforced it’s
going to go on top of the vacuum former
we’re going to get a little bit of
plastic we can staple around the top put
it in an oven and warm it up until it
gets saggy they’re going to flip it over
put it on top of the play button and
turn the vacuum on look it’s already
starting to get soft in here you can see
around all the staples it’s starting to
wrinkle you ready John standing by right
here we go initiate suckage
hey check that out guys stealing that
John what do you think that’s beautiful
take your position
[Music]
[Applause]
check this out guy that suction worked
out really really well it left the play
button looking fantastic pull this up
here you see actually the button still
stuck in there I’m surprised the
styrofoam isn’t melting with how hot
that is but look how beautiful that
comes out guys can initiate suckage
[Music]
that thing is so durable that’s like
what our fourth mold
nicely done John boom all right guys
we’re doing it we’re going to try the
HDPE it’s a little bit opaque at first
but once it heats up and starts drooping
it’ll turn clear this is our first round
let’s see what happens
kahlan’s I’ve been in the way longer
than the styrene I wonder if we should
turn the temperature better to
temperature rap Pizza Pizza temperature
our HDPE has not gone clear yet that is
sagging down about two inches so I think
we’re just going to go ahead and throw
it on the former and see how it does at
this state before we push it any further
initiating Wow so HDPE obviously takes a
lot longer to set up it actually sucked
the plastic right through the holes
there so we lost a bit of our suction I
thought for sure that foam would have
melted oh yeah look at that it’s all
like wrinkly on the inside it’s a little
bit flimsier – all right let’s throw a
sheet of ABS as a last experiment and
collagen can’t imagine this stuff is
gonna work
Oh droopy crap okay ready
oh yes
yeah and so we’re heating this up at 450
degrees Fahrenheit how long did that
take like two minutes you know I was
quick I was surprised that we got a
black play button check out the other
side oh yeah but this is what I love is
I love the texture on the front of that
button no that’s cool so there you go
guys that’s how to use a few simple
materials to vacuum cast your own candy
molds at home with styrene ABS HDPE
alright guys thanks so much for hanging
out with us today big thanks to John for
coming out here and sacrificing his
silver play button for my cause John I
promise I will fix this for you at some
point in time but I’m going to use it to
make a bunch more molds first and maybe
even try casting some chocolates with it
as well they try me out Brad has been
fun it’s been a blend and he’s got a
channel called boardshorts TV it’s super
super awesome five hundred thousand
subscribers they basically have kids
tell stories and then they act along to
the stories hey guys thanks so much for
joining us for this experiment we’ll be
looking for your next project video talk
to you then
[Music]
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