Hydroforming Cube with a Pressure Washer

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How to use DIY Hydroforming to inflate steel cubes from flat to 3D. The first experiment attempts to mimic an expanding paper origami cube, but proved to be much trickier to achieve using sheet steel due to the large force required to unfold correctly. I may try this again, inspired by how the MythBusters managed to make an inflatable cube/balloon from sheets of lead.
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00:00 Sheet steel origami inflatable cube
1:38 How to weld a cube from sheet steel
2:26 Hydroforming a steel cube
4:46 Spherical Cube
#hydroforming #metalworking #cube

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  • @jorgliedtke38
    @jorgliedtke385 ай бұрын

    It's more of a stress test for the welds.

  • @unoriginalname4321

    @unoriginalname4321

    4 ай бұрын

    And the viewer

  • @JohnJones-oy3md
    @JohnJones-oy3md7 ай бұрын

    4:46 - Most. Painful. Beach ball. Ever.

  • @xploration1437

    @xploration1437

    7 ай бұрын

    Soccer

  • @PeterLawton

    @PeterLawton

    2 ай бұрын

    *dodgeball 🤣

  • @gcl2783
    @gcl27837 ай бұрын

    Wasn't planning on watching an awesome hydroforming video today, but here I am watching an awesome hydroforming video.

  • @Lockbar
    @Lockbar4 ай бұрын

    Thats a very uncomfortable pillow.

  • @alanshelby5980
    @alanshelby59803 ай бұрын

    Being from the old school of oxy acetylene welding You might try that instead of tig welding . 2 U-shape bent parts to make the cube with 60 % less seams

  • @humdinger7275
    @humdinger72754 ай бұрын

    Impressed with that hose and those fittings

  • @MajorDrinkins
    @MajorDrinkins4 ай бұрын

    Great stress test. You can really improve the skill by doing this kind of work. Great training.

  • @JonMurray
    @JonMurray5 ай бұрын

    That cube was extremely satisfying. Awesome video as always mate.

  • @ConnorHolland

    @ConnorHolland

    5 ай бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @jamespayne8781
    @jamespayne87813 ай бұрын

    One would suppose that mechanical stress begins to affect the welds as the angles change during inflation.

  • @GWAYGWAY1
    @GWAYGWAY14 ай бұрын

    I made two stroke expansion chambers like that, but the welds take a real pounding.😊

  • @Enjoymentboy
    @Enjoymentboy4 ай бұрын

    Interesting. Now do a tesseract.

  • @deucedeuce1572
    @deucedeuce15724 ай бұрын

    Even if I know it would never work... I would have loved to see those first one's unfold into cubes. I wonder if that's even possible. Like, is there any kind of weld that can withstand that level of deformation?

  • @ConnorHolland

    @ConnorHolland

    4 ай бұрын

    I do think it will work if I made it on a larger scale, as the steel will be more flexible. The unfolding cube design works when made from paper or metal foil, the Mythbusters even made a lead balloon the same way

  • @logancook8983
    @logancook89834 ай бұрын

    would should try annealing the metal at different points in the forming

  • @ovalwingnut
    @ovalwingnut4 ай бұрын

    I've been taught that you can't put a round peg in a square hole. Your video just blew the WATER out of that theory Hey wait! It sill doesn't?.... We kid because we love! Thank you for the video. The effect is memorizing. Cheers from So.CA.USA 2nd House On the Left

  • @jiggasvr6
    @jiggasvr67 ай бұрын

    Hi, can i ask what gauge plate are you using here , and what method are you using to weld the edges together? ...Thank you for the fascinating content...

  • @ConnorHolland

    @ConnorHolland

    7 ай бұрын

    I'm using 1mm thick mild steel, welded with TIG

  • @grahamjones1446
    @grahamjones14467 ай бұрын

    It's like a steel LIPO failure without flame's 😂

  • @pef1960
    @pef19604 ай бұрын

    Well, that was a bust...

  • @Siberian81
    @Siberian816 ай бұрын

    Symbiosis of square and ball. I wonder which shape can withstand vacuum pressure? 👍

  • @2k7u

    @2k7u

    5 ай бұрын

    ball also square + ball squall 😎

  • @firstsurugi5250
    @firstsurugi52504 ай бұрын

    Now paint it gold and put some question marks on it.

  • @KinneKitsune
    @KinneKitsune3 ай бұрын

    Love the lead balloon fold

  • @ConnorHolland

    @ConnorHolland

    3 ай бұрын

    That was my inspiration, a larger one should work, just like Adam & Jamie's one

  • @xploration1437
    @xploration14377 ай бұрын

    Please make more videos.

  • @SufiRepublic
    @SufiRepublicАй бұрын

    Nice video, could you please tell the pressure produced by the pump, and tge sheet metal thickness? We would be very thankful

  • @ConnorHolland

    @ConnorHolland

    Ай бұрын

    90 bar pressure washer and 1mm thick mild steel

  • @timberframe4646
    @timberframe46467 ай бұрын

    Nice!

  • @ClipComment
    @ClipComment5 ай бұрын

    Было бы интересно узнать как изменится прочность швов если сваривать лазером?

  • @wolfgangweiler3729
    @wolfgangweiler37294 ай бұрын

    Ohne lange Ärmel viel Spaß beim Sonnenbrand, ohne UV Schutz!

  • @3Mwalker
    @3Mwalker4 ай бұрын

    Brilliant

  • @lexvelema5576
    @lexvelema55767 ай бұрын

    Any tips on how to connect the hose? I welded the nozzle but the tube melted so i had to cut it of

  • @ConnorHolland

    @ConnorHolland

    7 ай бұрын

    I think I welded one tack at a time at low amps with TIG, with a wet cloth around the hose, and cooling it down after every tack

  • @lexvelema5576

    @lexvelema5576

    7 ай бұрын

    @@ConnorHolland thanks hopefully it also works with 2 mm steel

  • @ConnorHolland

    @ConnorHolland

    7 ай бұрын

    @@lexvelema5576 Yes I think 2mm will work fine

  • @rubberducki0406
    @rubberducki04064 ай бұрын

    What is the purpose of this?

  • @2k7u
    @2k7u5 ай бұрын

    metal cube pillow is my favorite

  • @seabassmastermatt80
    @seabassmastermatt807 ай бұрын

    Shame about experiment No1 man. The pop was potentially epic!! Exp No2 a ball with corners it is then.

  • @ConnorHolland

    @ConnorHolland

    7 ай бұрын

    It was close to working, just need to make some changes and try it again

  • @IliadDreyfus-js9oe
    @IliadDreyfus-js9oeАй бұрын

    Those aren't welds, you didn't use filler metal

  • @UNIVEGAMETALLICA
    @UNIVEGAMETALLICA4 ай бұрын

    Too much boom means too much air. This only properly works if you remove all the air. Air compresses and water doesnt.

  • @jonathanshaw8868
    @jonathanshaw88684 ай бұрын

    Now do it with compressed air

  • @ANLWhip1
    @ANLWhip14 ай бұрын

    Now test it with a vacuum

  • @mcseforsale
    @mcseforsale4 ай бұрын

    Final exam at TIG welding school!

  • @stomis2346
    @stomis23464 ай бұрын

    Put filler rod in your welds and it wouldnt fail like that...

  • @makaylabuckman7911
    @makaylabuckman79116 ай бұрын

    Was it fun playing with that and spinning it?😊 I mean did I have a good balance...

  • @ConnorHolland

    @ConnorHolland

    6 ай бұрын

    Yes it has a satisfying perfect balance while spinning

  • @terryatpi
    @terryatpi4 ай бұрын

    It’s how dirt bike exhaust are made ?

  • @Pikulev_Evgeniy
    @Pikulev_Evgeniy4 ай бұрын

    Есть какая то практическая польза от этих опытов?

  • @ChrisWMF
    @ChrisWMF6 ай бұрын

    Try a dodecahedron

  • @DanielLCarrier
    @DanielLCarrier4 ай бұрын

    Now do a tetrahedron.

  • @ConnorHolland

    @ConnorHolland

    4 ай бұрын

    Tetrahedron: kzread.info/dash/bejne/iqhrrbCbcsbYodI.html

  • @robotnikkkk001
    @robotnikkkk0014 ай бұрын

    ....OK,THIS *WAS* ARGON WELDING INDEED OR KIND OF THAT SO I GUESS THIS WAS THE BEST OF WHAT WAS POSSIBLE ............STILL KIND OF SAD THAT PLAN A DIDNT WORK THIS TIME

  • @granofon
    @granofon7 ай бұрын

    Металл 2.5 мм аозможно надуть?

  • @ConnorHolland

    @ConnorHolland

    7 ай бұрын

    Yes 2.5mm will work

  • @contessa.adella
    @contessa.adella4 ай бұрын

    Why?

  • @ConnorHolland

    @ConnorHolland

    4 ай бұрын

    Because I wanted to know what would happen

  • @thomasmica2856
    @thomasmica28565 ай бұрын

    Сфера вписанная в куб

  • @djwindkind
    @djwindkind7 ай бұрын

    Noice!

  • @6B8RX
    @6B8RX6 ай бұрын

    It's a Borg cube after bean burrito night!

  • @josemanon6295
    @josemanon62954 ай бұрын

    Funny

  • @SoylentGamer
    @SoylentGamer3 ай бұрын

    These videos scare me, injection wounds are really horrible.

  • @copescale9599
    @copescale95994 ай бұрын

    looks like a Samsung battery

  • @CRAZOR6
    @CRAZOR64 ай бұрын

    Not a cube.

  • @ZappyOh
    @ZappyOh7 ай бұрын

    Why?

  • @ConnorHolland

    @ConnorHolland

    7 ай бұрын

    To see what would happen, is that not why you are here also?

  • @xploration1437

    @xploration1437

    7 ай бұрын

    Somebody hates learning…

  • @user-dv1rg7oq5r

    @user-dv1rg7oq5r

    7 ай бұрын

    Под каким давлением вода подаётся ?

  • @haroldsmith45302

    @haroldsmith45302

    5 ай бұрын

    These are ferrigami art objects. Good work.

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