hey guys, got a quick vlog update for you today
We're working on a ton of different projects in the shop, and we don't have a video ready for you just yet
So we're gonna show you what we're working on right now
So as you know in the last video we showed off the Iron Man suit that we got from the armor factory
This thing is awesome, we're definitely gonna be using it for other future projects
And we will do a dedicated video, talking a bit more about the suit
And we'll probably be doing that within the next few weeks, so stay tuned for that
Now, the thing that everyone is waiting for is the Batman grappling hook gun, with ascension device.
And the prototype is coming along great
So the really cool thing about this one is we have designed this from the ground up.
It's completely custom to Hacksmith Industries. It has two 2.5 Kw brushless dc motors
which power a pair of worm gears, which spin a winch like this.
And what that means is you'll actually be able to ascend at batman like speeds, which is awesome.
So, we've got it clamped down to the table, and we can spin it up for you, to show you what it looks like in action.
So that's at like, 10% speed right now.
Safety first
Now it might not look like it, but that is scary powerful.
If i accidentally got my hand stuck in there, my hand would be gone.
Which is why we've actually 3D printed a whole bunch of guards
that will go around it, to make sure you can't accidentally get your hand stuck in there.
But, the neat thing is we're actually mounting that directly to the side of the grappling hook gun
which means its all in one, its going to be on the gun, you're going to shoot the gun
and then you'll have a little speed control, and you'll actually be able to get sucked up, by the gun.
which I think is awesome.
We're loosely basing this gun off of the TellTale Games Batman grappling hook gun
And we'll be doing a bit more work, to make it look more like the gun from that game.
Now, in addition to that, we're also working on another really fun project, which I'm super excited for
So, I actually just started snowboarding last year, and it is fantastic, I think I found the sport I love to do
But the problem is, where i live there aren't actually many mountains nearby, which means snowboarding,
or even skiing is kind of difficult. You have to drive five hours North just to get to a small mountain
which compared to, say Vermont, or BC, and Alberta, its just, its nothing.
So, what we thought was, what if you could snowboard on flat ground? Kind of like long boarding
So what we're gonna do
is reuse some of the EDF's that we got from HobbyKing, for the flight project
Speaking of the flight project, that's still going on, just, we are waiting for funding right now
and we're doing a whole bunch of tests with 3D printing
But we might as well do some other projects with the parts we already have.
So, what we're gonna do, is we'll actually have two of these EDF's stacked vertically, mounted off the back of the board
Which means You'll be able to go, I think, at speeds of up to about 50Kph ( 31 mph ) on flat ground
And I'm really curious, because, on a mountain you can carve back and forth, as you're going down the hill
Can you do that on flat ground? We're gonna find out.
and you know what? We might do it while wearing an Iron Man suit.
And you might be asking "Why snowboarding? It's barely winter" Well, in Canada, it is winter
This is literally, like two days worth of snow. And its crazy
So, We're trying to get this project done soon, so we can have the video out for you within the next week or two, who knows, we'll see
But, the snow is calling to me, i need to go snowboarding.
And in case you're wondering, that was from our Halloween party
It's real spray paint, so its not coming off
But, we're actually getting the door replaced fairly soon, because we're losing a lot of heat through this door, and its cold outside.
We're burning through natural gas like no tomorrow
In addition to that, We've been doing quite a few renovations around the garage
Most notably, the back room.
So originally, this room was used for storage
And, that's just not an efficient use of space.
So, we've taken out a few walls, we've repainted the walls, and we bought a few more shelves.
We actually have the Tormach over here now
And it's got it's own dedicated shelf, for material, tools, calipers, all that kind of stuff
And then over here we have another workbench, got a urinal, and this is kind of neat
This is our battery charging cabinet, so we have all of our lithium polymer batteries up top
we got Lead-acid in the bottom, and we will have other battery chargers, and whatnot for like AA and AAA batteries
as well as anything else that we can fit in here, and as you can see, we also have LED lighting to keep it nice and bright in there
We have another workbench, which we just put together
And, what we're planning on doing over here is we're actually going to move the mill over to this edge
and then we're going to build a big workbench right here take the air conditioner out because it doesn't work
anymore put a fan in and then we'll
actually have a fume hood which means
we'll be able to do welding grinding
spray-painting powder coating you name
it without risking our lungs and getting
lung cancer
also upstairs we've been doing a lot of
3d printing lately and we're actually
planning on doing a dedicated 3d
printing video fairly soon but I wanted
to just give you a sneak peek of our 3d
printing setup so as you know lulzbot
has been sponsoring us and we have a
TAZ 5 and a TAZ 6 3d printer and what
we've actually done is we've put them
underneath our electronics and soldering
workbench and built a heated enclosure
so we have foam here and we actually
create these doors all 3d printed parts
and they slide open like that actually a
space here in the corner and its entire
areas heated up nice and toasty
and what that means is you can print
giant parts like this, cause the problem
with 3d printing large parts is they
tend to warp if you have any kind of
breeze or airflow that hits it and causes
the plastic to cool in a non uniform
pattern but if you have a heated
enclosure you're able to print giant
parts in abs with minimal to none
no warping we use abs filament for a lot
of the parts to make because it's
basically the most tried-and-true
filament out there it's got pretty good
build quality is very strong and the
only big problem is warping but because
we have this heated build chamber it
doesn't really matter anymore
we do have other filaments though and we're
happy to announce we actually got a
sponsorship from filaments.ca which
is a website that sells all kinds of
filaments so as you can see we're
actually pretty fully stocked with a
whole bunch of different kind of
filaments we've got some polycarbonate
asa I have no idea what that is. We have
some protoplastic erudition
high-temperature pla the stuffs actually
really cool it's clear and we're
impressed at how strong it was we have some
Tolman's nylon of course
This is nylon actually The official
lulzbot green filament and I think that's
also copolyester more abs plus, abs x and a
whole bunch of other stuff and a few
samples including ninja tech and some
armadillo ninja tech really excited to
print with these because it's actually
kind of like a rubbery filament so you
can print flexible parts would be really
useful and then the armadillo it's a bit
stiffer
but apparently it has really good
interlayer adhesion and again it's a bit
more flexible than your typical plastics
so right now we're actually 3d printing
the parts for the jet-powered snowboard
and you'll be able to fit two EDF's and
you clamp the two together and then
there'll be a steel welding encasing the
whole thing for safety rigidity and
protection of the EDF's because as you
know is snowboarding you tend to fall a
lot so speaking of the snowboard project
let's take a look at the 3d model that
we whipped up to help give us an idea of
what we're going to build
Alright, so this is our quick and dirty model of the
system were planning on building for the
snowboard and as you can see we've got
the two 3d printed parts here that we
just showed being printed and what they
can do is they hold the EDF's and then
also the speed controllers and now what
we're going to do is we're actually going to build
this steel weldment which wraps around
the whole thing provides a compartment
for the batteries and then gets mounted
on just below the bindings of the
snowboard so we're hoping because we
we've tested this on a longboard and we
basically could go much faster than we
could safely ride a longboard but now
snow we actually have a method of
breaking so I'm thinking we might be
able to hit a good 50 60 kilometers an
hour on flat ground using the snowboard
which i think is fantastic and going to
be a lot of fun
alright
Alright so that sums up the update for you today we're going to be
doing quite a few videos in the next few
weeks before Christmas
I'm not sure if you guys have heard that
YouTube's change it's algorithm recently
which may affect how much our videos are
seen and it's kind of concerning for the
channel because even now at close to a
million subscribers were barely breaking
even
it's gonna be really hard for us to
continue doing these projects without
extra support from patreon or if the
channel grows a lot more but the way YouTube's
been changing things, if you
have no idea what I'm talking about look
up the game theory channel and they
recently did a video on the new YouTube
algorithm which is hurting original
content creators so to try and combat
this new change by YouTube we're gonna
be attempting to do
a few different formats for future
videos basically youtube is trying to
push longer-form videos and more
frequent videos which I guess is good
for you guys if you want to see more
Hacksmith stuff we're just worried
about being able to produce that much
content so if you guys have any
suggestions about that please let us
know in the comments would you like to
see more vlogs like this where we walk
around the shop and show you what we're
working on because something like this
is very easy for us to produce as
opposed to an actual build and test
video which sometimes takes up to weeks
to film and edit and do all that kind of
stuff so if you guys don't mind seeing
more vlogs let us know and we can easily
do more stuff like this and we're also
thinking about doing instructional
videos are you guys interested in
learning how to make things we're
thinking about doing like a how to weld
how to solder maybe 3d printing basics
maybe even a video about how to build
anything using a grinder and a welder
which you can buy from a hardware store
for under 200 bucks for both and if you
interest in any of the sponsors that we
have there's some links in the
description below to both our 3d printer
sponsors lulzbot or alpha objects and
of course filaments.ca who have
been kindly providing us with free
filament in addition we always have
hobbyking because they've been giving us
tons of free parts i think they supplied
us with almost ten thousand dollars
worth of components now which is
absolutely fantastic and it's allowed us
to do a whole bunch of projects now and
we're going to be able to continue doing
projects with the stuff they've been
providing us with so please check out
those sponsors they help make things
happen on this channel and they love it
if you checked out their sites i think
that's it
yeah that wasn't very funny. Anyway I think
that's it for the vlog
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