I now have the ability to fire a ridiculous amount of super sticky web fluid
now no I didn't develop this ability spontaneously while sitting in a cafeteria
and no I didn't tweak some super secret web fluid
formula when I should have been paying attention in chemistry class
but I did spend a ton of time in my basement building
a awesome web shooter device that utilizes a substance that we all already know and love
hot glue
over the last year and a half, I've actually made three different videos about shooting hot glue
and in the process of making those videos I learned that
not only can it be fired at a good distance
but that it actually has a super human sticking ability when you use a lot of it
that's why in this video, not only am I gonna demonstrate
this crazy amount of super sticky strength
but I'm also gonna show you how I built this thing to be worn by a Spider-Man doing Spider-Man stuff
welcome to Joel Creates
Spider-Man's web shooter does two basic things
swing and stick
now most of the web shooters that I found on youtube focused on the first; swing
and were basically a bunch of wrist mounted grappling hooks
really cool stuff, but I didn't try to make one of these
of the web shooters that focused on the sticky part, I didn't find many
and what I did find tended to be really cool as well but
not very strong, and lacking the ability to shoot at any real distance
for my sticky web shooter, I wanted it to be able to shoot at a decent distance
carry a lot of hot glue
and it needed to fit into a design that could be worn by someone moving like Spider-Man
the way that mine works is pretty simple
there are two tanks that go on your back
one tank holds pressurized co2, and the other is a heated tank that holds hot glue
coming out of the hot glue tank is a flexible heated line that runs down your arm and mounts
to an insulated glove that has a wrist mounted control system integrated into it
the tanks are held to your back by a hydration backpack that has
straps that help to evenly distribute the weight across the back and sides
the web shooter is powered by two lightweight and powerful lithium polymer batteries
this whole system weighs just 12 pounds!
the batteries alone weighed 12 pounds on the hot glue super soaker
and the web shooter holds 30 percent more super sticky hot glue
in order to test out the mobility of this system
I wore it to a karate studio for some combat testing
I basically forgot that it was there
it fits really well and moves in a really organic way
now I can only do so much, and I wanted to put the
system on someone who could really push it to the limit
and that's where my friend Hunter came in
because he can do stuff that's even more...Spider-Man-ish
see for yourself
Hunter did a great job pushing the system to its limits
I wish the whole process was as easy as just watching him fly through the air
...but it wasn't
for example; I almost started a fire...twice
and had to hunt down wiring gremlins to make sure that there wasn't a third fire
I had to redesign the tank junction after the connector got bent and started leaking
between faulty valves and leaky joints, I spent a lot of time on those connections
the controller system was a long design process, and the glove was a mess of wires
but none of these things gave me anywhere near as much trouble as
the glue
as I worked my way through the many different problems in the system
firing this thing was a lot like a box of chocolates
you never knew when it would just
suck
okay so in my last video I was able to stick an anvil and a toilet to the side of my car
using the hot glue super soaker
and I asked you what would you do with it
seriously Anakin what would you do with it?
I would reattach the severed limbs of the Tuscan raiders that I murdered on Tatooine
*Tuscan raider shout intensifies*
okay everyone else, if you wanted to test the strength of a web shooter
what would you do with it?
stick your answer in the comments below
now the first thing that I'd want to know is
can it hold the weight of a person
could it hold the weight of my sister, could it hold the weight of a bank robber...
all right here's your motivation
you've just pulled off the greatest heist in history
you knocked over the local 7-eleven
you've got a giant bag of presumably money
either that or Cheetos
you would have gotten away with it too if it weren't for that
rotten no-good lousy neighborhood Spider-Man
now due to some user error, the first attempt, it didn't go so well
the second time, now that was a different story
make sure you are in position and then schloop
it actually friggin worked
my sister and the wall ended up forming a very tight bond
maybe a little too tight
okay so holding a robber against a wall is pretty impressive
but can it do something truly superhuman?
can hot glue, fired from my web shooter, hold the weight of a car?
can it hold my car? let's find out!
I needed to somehow glue my car to the thing that lifts cars
and that's why I decided to use these high strength straps
using just one tank of glue and no web shooter reloads, I was able to attach all four straps
and even had extra left to spray just for good measure
now once the straps were glued on
my friend David and I centered the car in his lift, and then we tied the straps to the lifting arms
at this point, the only thing connecting the car to the lift is these straps
and the straps are only attached to the car with hot glue
now we weren't sure that it would work, so we took it slow
it actually lifted it a little bit
all right
that one's starting to peel off the door a little bit
still go? yep
keep going
keep going keep going
that's as far as it'll go but it's completely off the ground
that is awesome that's pretty- it's not even like making noise
that is just hot glue there's nothing under here holding it up
it was insane we couldn't believe it can you believe it? I don't know how...
we then lowered the car and re-tied the straps so that I could lift it as
high as possible
the glue seemed really solid, so I began a rigorous and scientific strength test
kicking... kicking it empirically...and a lot
towards the end, I may have gotten just a little bit cocky
wow at this point I'm pretty sure that this is the strongest web shooter in the world
and is it the perfect prototype? ...no.
the biggest change that I would make to make this thing really badass would be the transfer line
the one that I used gave me a lot of problems when it came to getting consistent distances
sometimes it would be strong and sometimes it would be weak, and I was only able to achieve
a maximum distance of over 20 feet instead of over 30 like my last build
the stainless line that I used was inexpensive but
I never actually knew the maximum operating temperature that it could handle
and it has such a small inner diameter which I know had to generate a fair amount of resistance
they actually make a high temperature super flexible line that's significantly more expensive
but for the next version that is what I would use and I'm 90% sure that it would fix all my distance
and consistency problems
there's no end to the ways that this could be improved and modified
or I could just abandon it and move on to the next project
what do you think I should do?
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in the links below. Thank you so much for watching, and always remember:
having all the gadgets, that doesn't make you a hero...
being able to punch through steel, or fly, or shoot lasers through a person,
that makes you a hero, I'll see you next time!