DIY PVC Carbide Lamp - Dirt Cheap & Works Like the Real Deal! - ElementalMaker
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- čas přidán 12. 08. 2018
- In this video we are going to build a functional Carbide Lamp out of $13 dollars in parts.
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Most original project seen in a long time on CZcams!
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"Hotter than Satan's taint" I always learn much more than expected watching this channel, and that's why it's so f*cking good.
I just learned a new one! Excellent. 👍🤣😎
"More resitance to getting drilled than my wife." I am damn glad I found this channel. Please never change and go on with these great videos!
Glad your enjoying them Nico! I've got many more coming!
ElementalMaker Thanks, I am looking forward to them :)
This also convinced me to hit that sub button lol
@12:21 What man can't relate to that statement.
@@ElementalMakerI noticed something here and at the 2 min mark in this particular video that has me wondering... Is there more video making you do other then elementalmaker where you have a an assistant perhaps? Asking for myself not a friend. Thanks
Set it outside, light it and let's see how long it will burn before the heat from the flame gets the brass hot enough to melt the PVC threads. Then we may get a BOOM ! lol
the gas flow should keep it cool unless it gets low on fuel.
@@psycho.dad5252 cool answer and its also a fact but some trolls like to think there being smart i guess my friend, just ask Radallolgy ?
I’ve been watching you for a while now and you still seem to amaze me. I love science and I love smart asses. And by god aren’t you the funniest most smart ass scientist on CZcams. You make everyone else look like 90yo, high school science teachers
I must say like all your videos, but your comments are the best, thank you for a GR8T show
A good dose of healthy advice, practical tips and double entendres... a definate SUBCRIBE!
Keep It Up! :-)
Awesome project! Thanks for sharing!
now that's a clever build!
I freaking love this channel... Thank you for the awesome projects!
Thanks Billy! Glad your enjoying it!
I can't freaking wait to make one of these!!!
That's really cool!!! Keep Rocking it out!!!
Thanks Pat! I'll keep em' coming!
brilliant video my friend, im 100% going to make one now, thank you
That is pretty good. Awesome work!
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed!
That is bloody awesome!!
Glad you enjoyed! Thanks for dropping a comment 👍
Makes me happy. I like it
Awesome build!
Thank you Tommy 👍
That if freaking awesome 👍
I bet the base of one of those giant monster cans would be perfect
I made one sililar. I used the valve from an old Bic lighter and fit it inside the threaded part of a ball inflator needle that I removed the needle from and aslo used an old soda can bottom for the reflector. If you drill the hole first you can chuck it into a drill using a screw and some nuts and polish it with some comlound and the drill. Works great.
Pretty damn cool. I just ordered some carbide, so I'll be giving this a go as soon as it arrives!
Very cool! Let me know how the build goes for you!
Nice job!
Nice work man!
Thank you!
A 4 jaw independent chuck was the best addition to my lathe, along with a quick change tool post. Videos are on my channel. I have the red version, but it's the same basically as the blue.
I also put a 3 to 1 speed reduction that way ups the torque, again it's on my channel lol
Love what you do em, and Thank you for your videos
Good job, looks great.
Thank you!
very nice build.
Good job! Very Cool.
Thank you!
Awesome!
I very much enjoyed this video.....
Glad you enjoyed! Thanks for dropping a comment Scott
Excellent
"Hotter than Satan's taint"
Is that warmer or colder than a $2 pistol?
Definitely warmer. Satans got a sweltering taint.
Invert of: cold as a witches tittie in Nebraska during winter.
Wow nice job it does work as good if not better
Thanks Jerry!
How is my favorite chemist/fire bug. You sound good. Great project today. Well done lad ! I am on the way over to your ball mill now. Thanks fella !
Doing well sir! How about yourself?
I had a rough month when my potassium level dropped but I am back on my feed now and lovin life. Thanks fella !
Great job
Love your vidjas man!!!!
Thanks Adam!
very cool sir! years ago i used to use a store bought lamp for gigging frogs and spearin fish. i had forgotten how handy they were till you brought them up recently.....and then you made one. bravo! i guess i'll have to go for it. i even have a can of calcium carbide i found in the shop the other day, don't remember why i had it anymore. i would of pitched it (...in a bucket o water ;0] if you hadn't brought this whole deal up.
I'm very happy my video was able to rekindle your interest Blake! I'm glad you enjoyed!
So glad you're making videos more regularly, love the channel bro! I wish you would've shown the adjustment while it was burning though.
I didn't even think of showing that since the flame was at pretty much optimal size. If/when I show it again, I will adjust the flame size to show the drip adjustment.
Also, glad your enjoying the channel! Much more to come!
Great job man. I like it
Thanks!
ElementalMaker
Next time you have time to run it, can you doc a few things and post, if possible?
1) weight of fuel used
2) burn time
3) highest temp of the reaction chamber
When I dropped enough pellets in my candle I made, I was worried about melting the chamber. But it's nothing more than a plastic bottle with a needle out of it. So I was curious as to how hot the reaction chamber with the nozzle attached will get while emitting a decent flame
Amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you!
Looks like a little Dalek. Illuminate!
Surprisingly bright flame, bright = hot!
Do you have a list of things need or what size is the PVC did you say did I miss it
Most excellent vid
Glad you enjoyed! Thank you!
Nice!
AWESOME!
Glad you enjoyed! Thanks for dropping a comment Izzy!
That is fucking awesome! Nice! 😎👍
I don't know if the comment has already been made, but, if you want a slightly larger reflector, you might try the bottom of an Arizona Tea can.
Back in the day when my dad use to work in a fuil alchohol distillery he used a carbide lamp on a rope to check if there was oxygen inside the tanks and vats
Now that is awesome!
Wow, didn't know these were so bright.
I take it you just started your Patreon account? I just added you to the list of people I support man. Have a good one.
Thanks so much for your support! It helps more than you know!
Yeah I just started it a little bit ago. Thank you for becoming one of my very first supporters!
I'm glad I could. I wish I could have donated a bit more, but my wife has been on me lately...I'll increase later on. :)
You should polish the reflector part to make it Shiney so it works better!
I can't figure out if your water drip tank is a Dalek, or a Minion
This guy's a badass!
Why thank yah' sah'. Valar Morghulis.
Always amazed me, when I use to drill wells, that only after about a 15-20 sec. count after slidding a newly glued joint together, we'ld let, often with over 400 foot of at least SCL40, 6 inch diameter pipe below it, hang from it and they always held.
Holy smokes that's impressive. What solvent glue were you guys using? I get quick bonds, but not that quick!
That was nice.. I wonder if the idea could be adapted to make a combination stove/lamp for camping.
I'm sure it could be, but acetylene can produce alot of soot. Definitely a very cool idea though! I may have to give that a shot!
I know this is a stupid question but what was that brass pointy ended thing that made a clacking noise when he used it called?
That's called an automatic center punch. Great tool to have and you can get cheap ones online for just a few bucks.
Damn now i need to make 1 😁
It's a great little project and works incredibly well!
you could try spinning that paint can lid, with the bonus that you could adjust the shape to get the beam profile you want as well as trim it to the size you want.
I thought about doing that but don't have that kind of swing on my little lathe. Would be awesome though!
Where did you get the carbide from?
You should use a small concave make-up mirror.
Awesome Idea! I bet that would work great!
Cellulose is by far the quickest and best adhesive for that type of plastic but Acetone could even melt the parts together - for quickness
..ok .. it dried out :)
tey acutualy did make a spot light that used carbide ,had twin burners ,had a reflector simular to te old head lightsof the 20s/and 30s ,also house lamps with the twin burners and reflectors
One nice dirty cheap nozzle you can get are jets from small motorcycles carburetors.
BN44 carburator replacement jets, for example, can range from #10 (0.1mm) to #120 (1.2mm).
Great idea!
Waiting for the Johnny Cash cover album.
Awesome! wish I had the Drill press and Lathe I'd recreate this
With a regular hand drill and a little ingenuity toy could easily do it! I just used the lathe and drill press since I have them handy
True. I keep watching your projects for inspiration on my own. Currently, I'm working on a mini water drill 1" OD (or at least that's what I'm calling it) to bore some holes in my backyard.
Ты молодец
Well done thanks for teaching. So the by product is the same is caustic soda?
Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed. The product is calcium hydroxide, so it's the calcium variant of the hydroxide salt 👍
How is mixing up a batch of epoxy faster than PVC cement? The PVC cement would have it completely bonded in about 10 seconds after pushing the parts together. The epoxy is still getting measured out at the 10 second mark.
It wasn't faster. It was just what I had on hand. My old PVC cement had gelled.
very nice project...you may need a heatsink on the nozzle
Pretty fuckin cool.😎👍 Nice job!
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed!
Could you use hot glue on the water tank part
Use some kind of heat resistant PVC or material, because carbide and water produces an exothermic reaction that is enough to melt some plastics. Exploded a little plastic vessel my self doing it.
How did it take me this long to find this guy?
That is not as good as a commercial lamp, it is so much better that it is amazing. Thanks for the upload
Glad you enjoyed Jim! Thanks for checking out my channel
Ex-cel-lent!
Great project; great presentation.
À propos nozzles: you should be able to pick up virtually any hole diameter in (used) petrol or diesel injector nozzles. Another good source of miscellaneous, good-quality parts is old gas equipment (regulators, u.s.w.)
Very good to know, thanks for sharing! I'll keep an eye out any time I visit places like that!
ElementalMaker If you put some thin copper or brass shim discs behind the reflector, it should assist in radiating the heat that might damage the plastic. It might also help as extra flame-arrestor.
Keep up the awesome work!
what is keeping the flame from flashback igniting inside the tank and blowing up?
Three things, a lack of oxygen in the body. The tiny office makes flashback difficult, steel wool behind the orifice will absorb heat from a flame front to extinguish it
@@ElementalMaker ahh yes i almost forgot that you packed it with wool,,but they say to use ss wool for this instead,but at the start there is air(ie enough oxy) in the body ,do you have to wait for that to vent out once the ace is being produced and creating pressure before you light it even though it has a small orifice perhaps this is a wise move no? ,,also what happens if the tank is inverted due to falling and the two chambers mix up? and last did you consider using a very small mig gun tip instead or is the hole of .024 still too big? ,merry christmas
Hahaha, home of the Sombrero Showdown... I'm dead
Glad you enjoyed! Thanks for checking out my channel!
How well did the PVC carbide chamber handle the reaction heat?
So far no issues! CPVC would hold up even better to heat if thats a concern for you
Take the paint can lid and dome it with a bowling ball (if you have a bowling ball that is). You mentioned AvE suggesting to learn stick welding first etc... But remember AvE also says "A grinder and paint makes me the welder I aint!" Keep up the good work!
Solid idea right there. And hell yeah I've used the grinder trick quite a few times!
I think it was TOT who said that. Either way, it's definitely a thing people recommend.
Well TOT may have said that but I know for sure it's said near the end of AvE's "MIG WELDER MISTAKES | Tricks and First Project" video.
Doesnt the carbide create a little to much heat in the process of making argon for the pvc
It does create a good bit of heat generating the acetylene, but I dont think enough to hurt the PVC. PVC softens around 180.
Enlightening...
I think I know what you did there.... and I like it!
HELL YEAH FUCKING COOL SHIT MAN
A trick with PVC glue is after you tighten the lid of the can turn the can upside down a few times, that way if there is any air ingress it hardens the glue on the threads preventing air getting to the rest of the glue drying out the whole can. Its a usedul tip I learned a longtime ago, hope that helps out some people to save thier glue after one use.
Very slick idea! Thanks for sharing! Ill definitely use that from now on
Learning Electronics Cheaply Nice learning from a fellow cheapskate ;)
I wouldn't call myself a cheapskate. Ive spent quite a small fortune on tools and chemicals over the years. This ain't no cheap hobby. I do however try to spend wisely!
How is it burning so clean when acetylene gives off lots of soot, is it because there is still enough air in the carbide chamber that is being mixed with the gas?
I think that because of the flame velocity, it mixes better with air and burns more completely, converting the usual soot (carbon) into co2
Interesting, I might have to do some experimenting.
you could make a sugar rocket if you mix the carbide and kno3 or iron oxide, should be better than pure carbon or sugar
great vid by the way
This is where the Acting progression gets the term " Lime-Light.
Maybe going back to some past things may be a good idea.
Close but not exactly, Limelight was actually the product of an oxy-hydrogen flame hitting a solid lump of quicklime which would produce a brilliant white light. I'm building an HHO generator right now to reproduce this effect! Keep an eye out for the video coming soon!
Thank you!
Looks like I messed up, but I like to learn.
Too many B.S. online, and too many Preachers. Good to meet a Teacher once in a while.
RESPECTS from LONDON.
No worries, I wouldn't call that a mess up. Perhaps just a little brain fart LOL. I appreciate the kind words!
Very cool! Next project, how about trying to build a small sabatier generator to make liquid methanol from CO2 and H2. That is, or was, a plan for a Mars lander, it would sit on Mars and over a few months make enough rocket fuel to ascend back into orbit to dock with the mother ship
That would be badass! Definitely something I want to try for in a future video. Don't have the materials right not for something like that though. I bookmarked the Wikipedia page and will hopefully be able to do something like that soon!
Sweet
Thanks Danny! Glad you enjoyed!
what is that punch-hole screwdriver thing called? It looks pretty neat
Its called an automatic center punch. They are dirt cheap on amazon. This is the one I got. Its a whopping $2.75 or so. amzn.to/2MdKIZm (affiliate link)
Man you are in the wrong game... you should be a comedian, fck I got some good laughs, how ever I am going to try this lamp
Bottom of some aerosol cans are pretty shiny for example WD40.
Sure that you found you need a tiny air hole in the top tank so no vacuum lock of your drip.... only thing I would worry about is the plastic melting.... you could run your output anywhere with copper tube run it up you could use that paint can lid
The metal wool should also help keep any splashed calcium carbonate from clogging the nozzle.
That it should! Ill be replacing the standard steel wool with stainless or brass wool, since normal steel wool will degrade very quickly in the environment of the reaction vessel.
Am I the only one who thought that the wad of nevr-dull looked like a dead mouse?😂
Teflon tape on the brass threads would also tend to act as a thermal break between the brass and the PVC. Teflon is used in 3D printers for the "hotend" for this purpose.
Solid idea. I just used some thread dope, but ill swap it out for some Teflon.
Great video and build!
You have a PVC fitting plug, male adapter, female adapter, and PVC pipe cap, so you did pretty well at identifying them.
P.S. Steel wool will burn, should we use copper wool instead?
About "resistance to being drilled," my wife has the same problem, how do we cure that issue? LOL!
I just dont know how to fix that issue Robert. It would probably involve a lot more psychological work than I can comprehend. Maybe we can just hypnotize them! LOL Thanks for verifying the components. I'm sure copper wool would also work. The best would probably be stainless wool, I need to get some off amazon.
LOL! Thanks for answering!
Hint: It ain't the meat, it's the motion. Well . . . the meat is important but . . . yeah. :)
LOL! Laura, thank you for the useful insight into our issues. :)
Just don't approach her with the old oil can.
Yeh but how do you turn it off....
Use a pie 10 for your reflector Mark the center and then make one cut from the outer edge to the center then you can shape it into a cone whatever angle you'd like
Pie tin
What the gases from that flame are they bad to breath in?
The main products of combustion are water and CO2. Of course some lampblack (carbon) is also produced from incomplete combustion, which is the soot you can see. Some CO will also be generated.
ElementalMaker well thats pretty awesome so other than sealed up confined spaces its pretty safe other than the open flame and explosion possibility 😃
Acetylene.