That is incredible.
Did you know, Wolverine's my favorite superhero.
In fact, Wolverine claws was my very first Make It Real project back in 2009.
Who would have thought such a simple project would lead to all of this!?
Anyways, those Wolverine claws projects were a lot of fun,
but they always missed that one little thing.
His ability to self heal.
I could have really used that this summer when I broke my hand.
But, I do have titanium in my hand now, which makes me
one step closer to being Wolverine.
Let's take a look at the claws that I've made over the years.
The very first ones that I made back in 2009,
when I was working for a machine shop were waterjet cut,
and then CNC machined into these crazy
12 inch long Wolverine claws, which we've used for tons of different projects.
We've even run electricity through them.
You can see they're actually all arced up.
We made them spark. All kinds of fun stuff.
And then last summer, I had a lot of fun with these bone claws that we made.
Now they are metal, not bone.
But to be honest, I'm quite surprised I didn't break my hand testing these.
The one thing that's been missing from all these Wolverine claw projects
though, is the ability to self heal.
Is there a way to use technology to replicate his self healing ability?
Hey, Hey, there.
Deadpool here.
Uh, don't you just love this, seeing them work together?
I do.
I love how creative he gets.
Uh, just love seeing him on camera when he can get out here.
It's good.
Um, I think what he's working on is Hugh Jackman related, uh, not a big
fan of that, but, uh, that's okay.
I'm just happy to see that he's working with his hands again.
Ain't that?
We're going to, we're going to go back to watch it.
We're going.
Now we can bend stainless back into shape, but it gets weaker every time.
So we're going to need something better than stainless steel,
some sort of smart alloy, perhaps?
So I'm here with Mike from Smarter Alloys.
Mike, what constitutes a smart material?
Smart materials are any material that reacts to external stimuli,
such as temperature change, or magnetism.
Here at Smarter Alloys we deal with shape-memory alloys.
Those are materials which you can bend in a form.
And when you apply heat, they return to their original shape.
The most common of those materials is called nitinol.
What are some actual commercial applications of nitinol?
Well nitinol was first developed in the 1960s
and it was first adopted by the medical device industry.
It was a great application of material and it found its
way into things like stents and guidewires.
Today we use it for things like
orthodontic arch wires for people getting braces.
Also we use it for bone staples, for people that have a broken bone and
need the healing power of nitinol to pull the bone together.
So it can remodel the bone and heal.
So are we talking the actual, just warmth of the human body, basically?
Yeah.
Yep.
That's awesome.
We also do a endodontic files.
So this is a little drill.
That, if you get a root canal, this actually goes into the crown
of your tooth all the way down to the root, into the apex of the root.
So as you know, on our YouTube channel, we have a series called Make it Real.
Is it possible to make a pair of Wolverine claws that after sustaining
damage and being bent could heal themselves?
So you want to make claws that deform and then heal themselves
and go back to the original shape?
Exactly.
That sounds awesome.
Let's go do it.
Alright.
Alright. So this is nitinol.
So this is an ingot of the base material.
Right.
So that's the way it comes from the foundry.
They melt the material into an ingot.
What we're going to do is we're going to take that ingot,
or we're going to mash it down.
And roll it into sheet form.
So we're ending up with this, and this what we're going to cut your claws from.
Okay.
So what we're gonna do is we're gonna throw this on our EDM,
and we're going to cut it out, using electronic discharge machining
and get your shape.
Awesome.
So now that we have your piece cut, next step is to program the shape into it.
We're going to use the furnace for that.
But because it came from a curved sheet.
If we just put it in the furnace, it's going to go back to the shape that it
was already set to it, the curved shape.
So we have to clamp it between two parts.
It's going to grab this piece of steel here, open up our furnace,
put the piece in.
Simple as that.
Alright. So that's nice and hot.
We'll let it bake in there for a few minutes and then we'll take it out.
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So we just took this first prototype claw out of the oven.
It was in there for about 4 hours.
And what we did is we programmed the shape into it
and we also programmed the temperature into it.
So now it should be able to be deformed and malleable at room temperature.
So give it a try.
See if you can bend it.
So why don't you hit that with heat gun and when it reaches about 40
degrees Celsius, you'll see it move.
Alright.
Perfectly flat.
That is cool.
Why don't you take that back to the shop, James and we'll
get started on the other five.
Sounds good.
Nice to meet you.
Nice meeting you.
So we brought the claw back to the shop and now it's time to test it.
Now this type of nitinol has about 10% deformation before it loses its
ability to return to its original state.
They actually hooked us up with a Solidworks model,
demonstrating 10% deformation.
But the real question is, does that work in real life?
Let's find out.
That's pretty bent.
So now we just have to apply heat
to have this return to its original state.
And to do that, I'll be using our Hacksmith Mini-Saber.
Let's see what happens.
That is so cool.
Look at that.
This Bill Nye mother****** is educating the next generation of STEM?
I love that.
Alright. Let's try more complicated bend.
What do you think, is it going to return?
Like magic.
That is so cool.
It's perfectly straight again.
Let's try something even more extreme.
It's pretty bent up.
Let's see if it works.
That is incredible.
We've got the rest of the claws in from Smarter Alloys and they look great.
Before we put them together.
We're going to have to shine them up a bit because
Wolverine's claws aren't a dark gray like this.
So let's try polishing these.
Alright.
There's one shinier claw.
Now I just have to do five more.
You can come back later.
So I've got three polished up, which means it's time to connect them
together so I can actually wear them like Wolverine's claws,
because just holding them between your fingers doesn't really work that well.
So, what we need to do is we need to cut some bars to go through these holes,
and then we need to cut some plates.
So we can display the claws, just like Wolverine.
We've got all the pieces, now it's time to assemble.
Ta-daaaaaa
Bend those out a little bit, and we're good to go.
Alright these claws look fantastic.
Now it's time to test them out.
Unfortunately, I'm only going to be able to use my right hand because my
left hand still hasn't quite healed and I can't close my pinky all the way.
But I think I'll still be able to do a lot of damage with just one hand.
Don't need these ones.
Oh boy, testing gets me goin!
**** me up big boy.
My claws! Well. good thing they're self healing.
Alright, these are freaking awesome.
Wolverines, self healing, claws.
Huge thank you to Smarter Alloys for helping us make these claws.
We've got some other projects planned with them in the future.
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