I performed maintenance on a one meter diameter water-table at Pacific Science Center. We had need to replace a broken face-glass, so I got an education on re-filling these beauties. The number one trick to zero bubbles is to boil your distilled water for at least 15 minutes prior to using. Allow it to cool in a sealed jug or bottle to prevent the water from picking up any air. This will make sure there is no dissolve nitrogen or oxygen in the water. Once it is cooled off, mix it up per normal recipe, and fill the table as usual. Don't worry about a bubble or three, they will magically disappear! Lots of air can be dissolved into water, so by purging the water prior to filling and sealing the table, the water can absorb any stray bubbles from a less than perfect fill. The table also ends up under a slight vacuum as the bubbles vanish. Less chance of leaking when ambient air pressure is greater than the pressure inside the table.
@@Sypher474 I hope you aren't dead. If you superheat distilled water (microwave) and then disturb it, it can flash boil violently. Traditional method with a stove and a pot would be better. As long as it starts boiling you're good.
@@woosier1 I'm alive and well, thanks for the concern! I'm familiar with superheating/cooling so proceeded safely as possible, but very good to have this warning written out here either way.
GoRepairs This was a project that I developed for Maker Media. The article is already online, and it will appear in an upcoming print edition of Make as well.
Applied Science Oh yes, I have already seen that article. I'm just saying I've noticed some channels who have contributed to Make do the video themselves. I was just wondering on the process.
"The table came out great, and the video shows the construction steps really clearly. Nice work!" -- Bots? It's a cool idea and the steps were clear, but a little more time to round the cut and level the plate / make sure the offset wasn't a gap between the table and spinner would of made a huge difference.
Wouldn't you be better off putting the holes in the sides of the turntable just below the acrylic? That way you would get all of the air out easily. Then you could seal it with some silicone in conjunction with the plug.
It's cool, however I think that there is a potential that you'll come home from work one day to find a gallon of soapy blue stained water has badly stained your rug.
This project is WAY too specific. Is it absolutly necesary to use E6000? I bet any water-resist glue would suffice. Can't you phrase it in more variable terms? Like: Choose a plastic Lazy Susan with a high border. Make sure that the Support-beams of the table are attached in a wider radius than the radius of the Lazy Susan. Cut the hole in the table to the size of your Lazy Susan and Make sure to also modify the support of your table to fit the Susan so it will be flush with the tabletop once finished et cetera et cetera.... Despite this and the sometimes horrible execution of the steps it's still a nice project and outcome.
I performed maintenance on a one meter diameter water-table at Pacific Science Center.
We had need to replace a broken face-glass, so I got an education on re-filling these beauties.
The number one trick to zero bubbles is to boil your distilled water for at least 15 minutes prior to using.
Allow it to cool in a sealed jug or bottle to prevent the water from picking up any air.
This will make sure there is no dissolve nitrogen or oxygen in the water.
Once it is cooled off, mix it up per normal recipe, and fill the table as usual.
Don't worry about a bubble or three, they will magically disappear!
Lots of air can be dissolved into water, so by purging the water prior to filling and sealing the table, the water can absorb any stray bubbles from a less than perfect fill.
The table also ends up under a slight vacuum as the bubbles vanish.
Less chance of leaking when ambient air pressure is greater than the pressure inside the table.
Brilliant tip. I'm about to start a couple of projects and this will be a great help. Thanks for sharing.
Спасибо, помогло!
@@Sypher474 I hope you aren't dead. If you superheat distilled water (microwave) and then disturb it, it can flash boil violently. Traditional method with a stove and a pot would be better. As long as it starts boiling you're good.
@@woosier1 I'm alive and well, thanks for the concern! I'm familiar with superheating/cooling so proceeded safely as possible, but very good to have this warning written out here either way.
The table came out great, and the video shows the construction steps really clearly. Nice work!
Applied Science No it doesnt
Applied Science How come you didn't make the video Ben?
GoRepairs This was a project that I developed for Maker Media. The article is already online, and it will appear in an upcoming print edition of Make as well.
Applied Science Oh yes, I have already seen that article. I'm just saying I've noticed some channels who have contributed to Make do the video themselves. I was just wondering on the process.
1:18 apply a continuous consistent bead of adhesive.
Proceeds to demonstrate a very inconsistent bead of adhesive.
Could you find a smaller funnel?
richard smith used banana for scale
"The table came out great, and the video shows the construction steps really clearly. Nice work!" -- Bots?
It's a cool idea and the steps were clear, but a little more time to round the cut and level the plate / make sure the offset wasn't a gap between the table and spinner would of made a huge difference.
Holy crap that cut out hole in the table looked like shit.
FLOXI I I APB That's the first thing I noticed, right before I noticed the spinning disk of crap in the middle was wobbling.
Bottle Cap Such an amzing build, the creator must have been a genius.
FLOXI I I APB The gluing was pretty bad too. In fact, the whole project was extremely painful to watch.
FLOXI I I APB "perfect fit"
Bottle Cap Cheap turntable. that's why it's wobbling.
You can turn one of these Quadratic ikea stools into an weighted Companion Cube by simply painting it.
Its awesome!
"continuous, consistent bead"
I clicked on the makezine link. My question is, how thick is the sheet of acrylic? The diameter is there but not the thickness.
It's a real shame that the middle section wobbles so much in the table
background music?(which is it)
GOLD MICAH POWDER + DARK GREEN COLORED WATER
Wouldn't you be better off putting the holes in the sides of the turntable just below the acrylic? That way you would get all of the air out easily. Then you could seal it with some silicone in conjunction with the plug.
should of put glow in the dark fluid in there
The cutout in the table looks to big
could i know what rheoscopic is?
I always thought that they put mica powder in it to give that effect.
Jared Krinsky It is. You can use cosmetic mica powder. I made an instructable for it a while back. A $9 1oz jar will make an entire bathtub swirl.
Awesome! Thanks for the info. I'll definitely look it up.
Why not just put the lazy Susan on top of the table?
It's cool, however I think that there is a potential that you'll come home from work one day to find a gallon of soapy blue stained water has badly stained your rug.
cool vid
I love Ben and his RUclips channel, check him out at AppliedScience
Unpolished.
This project is WAY too specific.
Is it absolutly necesary to use E6000? I bet any water-resist glue would suffice.
Can't you phrase it in more variable terms? Like:
Choose a plastic Lazy Susan with a high border.
Make sure that the Support-beams of the table are attached in a wider radius than the radius of the Lazy Susan.
Cut the hole in the table to the size of your Lazy Susan and
Make sure to also modify the support of your table to fit the Susan so it will be flush with the tabletop once finished
et cetera
et cetera....
Despite this and the sometimes horrible execution of the steps it's still a nice project and outcome.
自制流变仪 Making Rheoscopic Fluid: Kalliroscope
You can use Stodoys plans. The best handbooks and very detailed instructions. You can learn much from them and make it yourself.
an amazing idea but the execution was rather.. shit