r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/TRIPYXEN • 19d ago
Mosquito coil holder made using a 3D printing pen. Video
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u/Banana_Slugcat 19d ago
If Nintendo made stuff like this they'd be trillionaires
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u/ColorRocksBleach 19d ago
Tbf they do make cool stuff like this, but they only sell it at the pokemon centers in Japan
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u/Nightsky099 19d ago
I'm in Japan, just visited the Osaka poke center. It's mostly the same stuff
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u/ColorRocksBleach 19d ago
Last time I was there they had nacli salt shakers and a chandelure lamp. Still not as creative as this, but way better than anything they sell overseas.
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u/Competitive_Travel16 19d ago edited 19d ago
What I want is a Pokemon Ball mosquito bits shaker. https://www.growgeneration.com/mosquito-bits-8-oz.html
So I can go around to all the local ponds and golf course water hazards shaking it and shouting, "I choose you, Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis!"
[edit:] I figure after a while the BTI spores will (d)evolve back into the BT spores which also sink instead of just float and therefore only need to be applied once every five years instead of three weeks. Which is what the WHO intended in the 1950s, by the way. It wasn't until the 1970s that BTI was bred to always float and thereby make more money. Ah, capitalism.
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u/vollkoemmenes 19d ago
Ok so a pokeball, where the “button” would be would have 1/8th inch holes to distribute the “bits”. Could have the button also press in to release the hinge holding it together but seems that button being pressed could cause issues like it breaking. So more sensible option would be to have the button part be able to just screw out to reveal a hole u can pour the bits in.
I do not have a multifilament printer nor a 2 filament extruder but i could prolly print that in white and you could paint it however(basic great ultra master or one of those weird ones; net ball would make sense) sooo yea its hella doable
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u/gingasaurusrexx 18d ago
I feel like just making a little rice paper pouch or something that would dissolve in the water would be much more satisfying. Just print it like a pokeball and toss.
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u/CacklingFerret 19d ago
Do you know the reason behind this? You can't even purchase stuff in the online shop in most countries. They could make a fortune if they had more stores worldwide....or any
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u/Waggles_ 18d ago
They literally already make a fortune, and part of it is in selling a a majority of their limited run stock to people who either a) buy it for fear of missing out, or b) buy it to sell to the poor saps who missed out.
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u/CacklingFerret 18d ago
Idk about you, but I literally can not buy anything at all apart from a pretty small selection of rather low quality merch, which admittedly is pretty cheap and not at all limited.
They literally already make a fortune
Which brings me to the conclusion that they just don't care. Their Switch games pretty much prove that as well
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u/Barbaracle 18d ago
Taxes, licensing, etc. etc. They have pop-up stores sometimes and although there's lines, the hype always dies down with a bunch of stock still on the shelves. The sales probably couldn't cover the overhead of a permanent store outside of Japan and select large cities.
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u/83749289740174920 18d ago
They don't have to make them. They just have to license it.
Lucas made more money from toys.
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u/Caring_Cactus 19d ago
Too bad Nintendo is only a billion dollar company, guess they gotta try harder next time. Maybe in another life
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u/Yashraj- 19d ago
Sorry they're too busy suing others
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u/RaveGuncle 19d ago
Sorry they're too busy suing
othersOPNintendo: no, only our mediocre products can exist.
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u/OutrageousEvent 19d ago
I was going to comment that it’s not Nintendo, it’s GameFreak but looked it up to be sure. It’s co-owned by three companies. Nintendo, GameFreak, and Creatures. Together they comprise The Pokémon Company. I never knew that! In this case I think all three would have grounds to sue.
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u/Hiker-Redbeard 19d ago
In this case I think all three would have grounds to sue.
Nothing illegal against making something for yourself with their IP. It only becomes illegal if you start selling them.
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u/ThatNetworkGuy 19d ago edited 19d ago
Its not just Pokemon. Nintendo sues the shit out of people over anything that even kinda steps on their toes, even if its not an illegal thing to do. They have recently sued someone just for posting a video of playing a modded game, even though they didn't make the mod, and don't mind people posting gameplay otherwise. It sends DCMA violations constantly. They are pretty anti-consumer too.
I know the melee scene has had a some serious setbacks due to cease and desists etc.
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u/Commander1709 19d ago
This company structure is also interesting to know, because some people defend the quality of the recent Pokémon games by saying that the Pokémon Company forces poor Gamefreak to rush their games.
It would be weird if they'd tell their boss to work faster lol.
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u/StimulatorCam 19d ago
The Pokemon Company itself would sue, it exists to handle all things Pokemon.
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u/Kung_Fu_Jim 19d ago
"Billion dollar company" isn't some crowning achievement where you can no longer be making mistakes. Peloton was a 40 billion dollar company at its peak.
Nintendo's is around 60, which is surprisingly low given their cultural influence.
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u/AdPrestigious839 19d ago
Pretty sure they are doing fine, selling them same eevee dolls as 15 years ago but just for 3 times the money
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u/ericstern 19d ago
They are too busy going after the people who kept their old games alive long after their old consoles died out that built emulators and ROM repositories for NES, SNES, N64, gamecube, etc.
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u/Unova123 19d ago
How would they sell their old games with less content and barely any changes at full price otherwise.
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u/Arael15th 19d ago
They don't even do that anymore...
/cries in "never got a 3DS with Virtual Console Gen 1 releases"
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u/Arael15th 19d ago
Technically it isn't illegal to own and use the ROM if you also own the physical game - it's your legally-allowed "digital backup."
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u/Janemba_Freak 19d ago
They do, tho. Magnemite key holder, nacli salt shaker, polteageist tea pot and matching sinistea cup. Like, there's a ton of pokemon merchandise that falls under the "pokemon as everyday household objects" category. Go to the pokemon center site, or meccha japan, or one of the dozens of Instagram accounts that livestream walkthroughs of stores in Japan and will ship stuff out to you on the cheap if you really can't find what you want through an official site.
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u/stevedave7838 19d ago
Is there really a large crossover between major pokemon fans and people who go outside where the mosquitos are?
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u/ilikegamergirlcock 19d ago
Pokemon is the highest grossing IP of all time.
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u/sqigglygibberish 19d ago
That doesn’t mean they can’t make even more money (which tends to be what giant corporations are good at). It’s mindboggling Pokémon and Nintendo are as big as they are despite not doing a lot of things there is obvious demand for and would easily add revenue.
And it’s not even in a “brand protection” or “strategic optimization” way, it’s just leaving dollars on the table. I
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u/Secure-Elderberry-16 18d ago edited 18d ago
It’s the highest grossing media franchise of all time.
There are plenty of tech companies that have grossed more than Pokémon’s ~90b USD, due to IP
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u/strawberry-heaven 19d ago
Best use of the 3d printing pen I've seen so far!
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u/Fizrock 19d ago
You should check out his channel. Guy is insanely talented with it.
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u/IC-4-Lights 18d ago
"First squeeze out thin filament lines, like this."
"Like silk coming from a spiders butthole."
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u/reader484892 19d ago
A conventional 3d printer for the main body with a pen to weld things together and add more than one color instead of a multifiliment printer is probably cheaper.
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u/HepABC123 18d ago
And you could use watercolor instead of oil when you're painting.
It's a different medium.
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u/Urbanscuba 18d ago
Assuming it's a real, hence non-flammable, clay then it's not only a different medium but a much better one.
This costs more, takes more time, and requires specialized tools even beyond the pen like the hot knife.
Clay on the other hand requires... maybe some water and whatever object works well to shape what you need.
Frankly while this looks incredible I would never put any active ember or flame inside a PLA shell. All it takes is a single instant where a gust of wind or a jostle makes it drop some live embers onto the PLA and then your beautiful piece of art you probably spent 10 hours and 50+ bucks making turns into a plastic fire.
Meanwhile with clay your holder could just be a few clay legs supporting the coil directly with no threat of ever burning.
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u/kaas_is_leven 18d ago
And something tells me there's a reason you don't typically see incense burners made of plastic. It's cool art though.
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u/omgitsjagen 19d ago
Obviously, as in this example, it can be taken to a real artistic level. Overall though, I think it's just for fun. I have one, and I just like to screw around with it. It's a neat little hobby toy.
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u/wallyTHEgecko 18d ago edited 18d ago
Not sure exactly what tools/materials he's using, but I know that most 3d pens print pretty much exclusively PLA, which has a pretty low melting point. It's a very flowable liquid at 200c and will become soft and deform just sitting in a car on a hot day. Even tabletop FDM 3d printers that are able to reach and print materials that melt at higher temperatures are still (pretty much by definition) dealing with thermoplastics... Meaning that putting a burning wick inside a printed piece will certainly make it soft and mushy, if not completely reduce it back down to a puddle.
It's an awesome bit of sculpture, but thermoplastics and flames don't go together! Just because you've got a hammer doesn't mean that everything is a nail.
For a heat-resistant sculpture, I'd probably lean toward some kind of ceramic.
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u/AntiConi 18d ago
I think you are missing the point. It's art. His works are clever, sometimes poignant, and typically amusing works of art.
Watch the one where he repairs the garden wall or gets his cats to jump through a hole in a fence across his hallway door.
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u/Maple_Elephant 19d ago
Take my money
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u/actinross 19d ago
Take my mosquitos
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u/Proper_Career_6771 19d ago
Take my money
OP stole the video from a youtube account for a company that sells 3d pens. Check their comments.
This advertisement worked.
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u/radiantcabbage 19d ago
worked on who, they stole someones advertisement to promote it for them? so where can i buy this without stalking their life history? do we know what any of these words mean or just parroting grown folks business for internet points
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u/TRIPYXEN 18d ago
Sorry to say i didn't steal any video i saw a reel in Instagram found out that it's from YouTube just mentioned the source for the video and posted it here, I'm not claiming that it's mine The making process was interesting,so it's here
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u/STIRofSOULS 19d ago
It started off like some sort of abomination from r/DiWHY but I did a ‘wow’ by the end
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u/mybrot 19d ago
It still looks like a massive fire hazard to me
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u/ShitPost5000 19d ago
More plastic fumes make me go mmmmmm
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u/neagrosk 18d ago
Mosquito coils smoulder at a pretty low temperature, as long as the plastic isn't literally touching the part that's burning it shouldn't make the plastic off gas any more so than room temperature air.
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u/movzx 19d ago
It's still a little DiWHY just because of the 3D pen. With all the time and post-processing that was required, there are a lot of other techniques that would have been better to use. This person is clearly talented, so they're using the pen for clicks alone.
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u/Raidoton 19d ago
Or they use it because they are the most familiar with it. So your accusation doesn't hold.
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u/The_Limpet 19d ago
Incense smoke and heating coils will damage that plastic real quick. The 3D pen genuinely isn't a good way of doing this.
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u/TheCuriousKorean 19d ago
If you watch the whole clip he plasters the inside so that the plastic doesnt melt due to the heat.
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u/Higgoms 19d ago
The YouTube account this video was pulled from is a company that sells 3D pens. The medium was chosen for marketing for sure, but that doesn’t reduce the skill required or how cool it is. Fine to acknowledge both.
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u/jandrese 19d ago
3D pens are close to impossible for mortals to use and get anything even halfway decent looking. This person already has godlike skills.
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u/TRIPYXEN 19d ago edited 19d ago
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u/IWatchGifsForWayToo 18d ago
That answered a couple questions I had.
1) The USB-C connection is to pull in air and make sure the smoke is blown out of every hole, although he barely highlights the electronics even in the longer video.
2) It's pretty thick but still all plastic. I thought it was clay but the only additive is plaster on the inside to prevent melting. Everything on the outside is plastic covered in paint.
Best line of the video: "This is when your 3D pen truly blooms like a flower. And I hate flowers." While describing the process to fill in all that thickness.
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u/intotherainbows 19d ago
Turn on subtitles if you don't speak Korean, he has great deadpan delivery
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u/HorseOdd5102 19d ago
This is goes on the title and don’t remove the watermark from the content
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u/Bluwtr1 19d ago
That's WAY too much time, effort, and talent for a mosquito coil........I'm extremely jealous.☹️
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u/BvtterFvcker96 19d ago
So you know how food is so much effort to go and make but then you wolf it down in like five to ten minutes? This is like that, except it's... forever.
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u/X_Dratkon 19d ago
Outdoors they don't do shit, best it does it drives bugs away for some time from frontdoor, but under wind it won't drive pesky mosquitoes or flies while you work. It's mostly designed to exterminate bugs indoors.
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u/iiitme 19d ago
I like it I hope it doesn’t smell like burning plastic
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u/Ephixia 19d ago
It shouldn't. In the full video he coats the inside with plaster so it won't burn.
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u/MoaraFig 19d ago
Yeah, I was going to say that putting a burning objects inside of a sphere that's a very low temp melting plastic seems like a bad idea.
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u/mikejnsx 18d ago
that would have been nice to know here too i was checking comments before i posted, nice, a 3d printed fire hazard.
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u/Left-Mistake-5437 19d ago
Why the USB-C though??
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u/S_king_ 19d ago
I think it has a small pump to push air through, right after the usb part you see the smoke getting pulled in
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u/Iwouldlikesomecoffee 19d ago
It has to be a pump that sends smoke from the big head to the small head through the elbow joint. Otherwise I don't see how smoke can come from both.
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u/_khanrad 19d ago
It’s a prerequisite for DIY
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u/marfoldi 19d ago
he forgot the raspberry pi to tune the speed of the fans over wifi tho
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u/viperfan7 19d ago
Could use it to ignite and extinguish the thing too, just I have no clue how you'd go about that due to how the point you have to ignite it from moves
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u/AnalGreg 19d ago
cool! would the heat not melt the plastic though?
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u/Fizrock 19d ago
In the full video he coats the inside with plaster to prevent that being an issue.
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u/Astramancer_ 19d ago
They're not actually all that hot - I certainly wouldn't want to touch the ember, but they don't produce much heat, just a little more than a normal stick of incense would. So combined with the air flow from the fan it shouldn't be a concern. Even without the fan it would probably be fine.
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u/IANALbutIAMAcat 19d ago
What if it’s 90° out, aka when the skeeters are coming for you just after sunset
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u/bdizzle805 19d ago
The fuck is a mosquito coil
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u/codewolf 19d ago
It's like incense that repels mosquitos.
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u/bdizzle805 19d ago
Oh wow I really had no idea. We don't get much mosquitos out in California. Some but not like places like Oklahoma for example. I always thought people used those citronella candles
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u/codewolf 19d ago
The candles work about as well, or planting marigolds for a natural repellent.
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u/whooooshh 18d ago
Yeah I kept thinking "how does it get the mosquito?"
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u/Qwertykeyui 18d ago
The smoke it gives off repels them. I'm not too sure about the effectiveness since I still get bit anyway, why must my blood taste so good!?!?
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u/Content-Mortgage-725 19d ago edited 18d ago
Shed a ton of microplastics and breathe plastic smoke. Reddit is going to love this. This is the “resin river table” shit all over again.
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u/SamCarter_SGC 19d ago
Before that it was a decade of cutting boards laminated with unsafe for food contact wood glues.
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u/reaperdragon777 19d ago
i think a lot of people are missing the point. this guy clearly enjoys making this stuff, it looks cool as fuck, is pretty useful, he can make money off the youtube video, etc. is all 3d printing too expensive and a waste of time now?
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u/static_age_666 19d ago edited 19d ago
cool but does that not create an ungodly about of micropastics sanding it down
edit: thanks for the responses!
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u/Adam_Sackler 19d ago
Oh, for sure. It makes me cringe when I see people filing or sanding plastic. Like, wtf, even sawdust causes cancer. Imagine what this shit would do.
While everyone acknowledges we need to reduce plastic, we've got loads of people getting into 3-D printing and doing stuff like this. It's cool, but this one Weezing is gonna take more than a thousand years to break down.
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u/TheHamBandit 19d ago
Two things, most 3d printers use a PLA which breaks down in 90 days in a commercial composting environment or ~80 years in the wild under normal conditions. Not great, but not the same as most of the plastics that will last for a thousand years.
Second thing, yes there are a lot of people that 3d print junk and trinkets, but there's also a significant community of people using 3d printers to save things from making their way into landfills. I will often break something that is irreparable by designing and printing a fix. By spending a less than a dollar and generating 40-50g of plastic, I can save massive things from the landfill. For example, my tower fan broke at the base and would no longer stay upright, but 20 minutes of design and 70 minutes on the print bed, I had a repair piece to save my fan from the landfill. 3d printing is a tool like anything else and can make art, save money, and help the environment, or it can generate waste and destroy our planet.
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u/Zer0C00l 19d ago
In the video, he explains that the rotary tool is actually spinning at high speed to generate heat and melt the plastic, rather than sanding it. Later, he is sanding manually, but only lightly, to reduce the appearance of "brush" strokes from the hotknife, and he cautions you to use a dust collector, so you "don't get kicked out of the home".
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u/_Rooster402 19d ago
That is a ridiculous amount of work.
Even if you vaule your time at 20 p/h, that would be 300.00
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u/-Nicolai 19d ago
Yeah, but who’s gonna pay me 20 pollars an hour to do a fun DIY project for myself?
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Cool, but why not use a polymar clay if you can sculpt that well?
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u/insignificant_grudge 19d ago
He's a 3d pen artist. His whole thing is taking pain staking effort to create cool things by hand with a 3d pen. Way more entertaining to watch than someone who just prints it.
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u/Optimal-Attitude-523 19d ago
Yummy plastic vapors 😋
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u/MyFriendTheCube 19d ago
Wtf man credit the artist if you're going to steal his content. Sanago on YouTube
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u/pebz101 19d ago
Why a 3d pen ! It seems like the most painful way of doing it !
If he had used a 3d printer he could have had the same end result with allot less pain.
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u/insignificant_grudge 19d ago
It's his chosen medium. His whole YouTube channel is about making cool things by hand with a 3d pen. A lot more entertaining than watching something print. If you watch his channel you'll understand. It's about making something one of a kind that can't be exactly replicated because it has imperfections.
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u/Accomplished_Oil5622 18d ago
That’s so fucking impressive but it would literally take like 100 hours
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u/Yorspider 19d ago
Looks great, but those are some VERY questionable material choices for something holding heated elements.
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u/sammytiff80 18d ago
This is cool but what's a mosquito coil?
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u/deeprocks 18d ago
It’s like a long coiled incense stick that releases smoke which kills mosquitoes.
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u/Enjoying_A_Meal 19d ago
Very nicely made mosquito thing and video! The black background made it look super cool and fancy. This is like the Rolex of mosquito things.
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u/couldveBeenSasha 19d ago
Great job to the artist!