Recycled Plastic Turning !!
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- Опубликовано: 20 дек 2023
- I was kindly sent these Plastic blanks to try out from Atlas Games, they are made mostly from melted down High Density Polyethylene HDPE, this plastic is used in diverse consumer goods such as milk jugs, pails, soda bottle caps, snow sleds, and much more. . The blanks were a good size for Salt & Pepper pots and being from HDPE I thought they were ideal.. They turned pretty good using carbide tools, easier than some resins that I have turned and I thought they looked cool and definitely unique. I did have a couple of voids to contend with but the beauty of these blanks is you just pick up some of the shavings and melt them with a heat gun and fill the voids.
We can get a lot of stick for the waste we produce while turning resins and wood but these are made from waste, so that can only be a good thing and they look pretty cool too...
Follow the links to check out the blanks and the company that makes them.
shop.atlas-games.com/collecti...
atlas-games.com/about
My website , shop and social media links..
www.andyphillip.com
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You have to admire the audacity. In a world of turning where adding plastic to wood (epoxy) is often frowned upon, to go the whole way to totally plastic is a blazen challenge to traditionalists. Personally, I fully approve. Bravo.
Ditto!
lol I wasn’t sure where you were going with this 😂😂👍🏼
Wowweee me likey 😍👍🏼
Well I wasn’t expecting that.
I always enjoy watching the process, and no matter what the end result is it’s always incredible.
Thank you Andy for all the beautiful work you have done in 2023 and here’s to many more in ‘24. 🥂
Thank you very much!
Turning trash into treasure. Andy, you never cease to amaze. 👍 (If those beautiful mills were mine, I'd switch the labels and put peppercorns in the more black one.)
What a great idea to shape these plastic blanks into something so practical yet beautiful to look at too. Well done Andy and also Atlas games for sending them. I have no doubt we will see more plastic turning in the future. Thanks for all the 2023 videos Andy and all the best for 2024! 🥳
Looks incredible!!
Masterful work! A pleasure to watch.
Making these blanks is very low-tech, if anyone is curious. The plastic is all material that would otherwise go to landfill in our region. We melt it in an electric grill ($5 at a second-hand store), knead the hot plastic by hand (wearing silicone oven mitts) to mix and swirl the colors, and compress it in a steel pipe with a 12-ton hydraulic shop press while it cools. All the shavings/waste get swept up and melted into new blanks.
Thanks John .. I just sent an email and a link but it looks like you already found the video .. 👍
Saving the environment and making art, the best of both worlds. ☺️🌎❤️
Absolutely badass!!! Gives new meaning to salt and pepper grinders.
Very well done Andy. Always good to find plastics a new home! !! !!!
They are both absolutely gorgeous and such lovely markings .💙🖤🩵💙🖤🩵💙🖤🩵
Fantastic, what a good use of recycled resin , love the salt and pepper millls 😊
No idea what to expect while watching Andy. A very beautiful salt and pepper set.
Many thanks!
Andy is My favorite ‘end of a long day’ vid to watch and chill out. Not knowing in advance what the final product is going to be is like SO awesome. Thank you for sharing your creativity with us !
Quite clever & excellent use of recyclables. VERY well done, sir. 👏👏👏👏👏
Good looking pepper mill. Nicely done!
It took me a couple of minutes to figure out what you were making and I said. "Oh those will be beautiful." And I was right. They are unique and beautiful.
🧂Nice👌 …I had no idea what you were creating until you started to round off the top.
🎄Merry Christmas Andy, and thanks for all the great videos throughout the year
Absolutely brilliant idea. Those are WAY cooler than any salt and pepper grinders I have ever seen anywhere else.
Andy, such a fantastic idea for recycling waste - and good on you for turning it back into something useful. Always enjoy, thanks for sharing.
really pretty! it is nice to see recycled plastic put to good use. thank you
Thank you!
Lovely set of mills Andy. The plastics really add a lot of character to the set.
Take care my friend, Happy Christmas to all
Cheers
Harold
Thanks Harold and the same to you
I always try to guess what you’re making before the end of the video (unless it’s something obvious… like a bowl!)… this time I actually guessed correctly! Nicely done!!
What a cool idea! They are so pretty and practical!
Love LOVE to see folks using & reusing materials, wherever we can. They may be expensive (so is wood, right?) but that expense is worth it if it means there's even a little bit less going into landfills. Cheers!
That is different the colors blend together beautifully awesome job sir 👏.
absolutely fantastic and proof that recycling works, repurposed by a master into something stunning and practical. Merry Christmas Andy
Hi Andy, Well you can still blow my mind. I was thinking lamp. Never seen that one coming. Keep up the great work!!!
Thanks 👍
What fun. I was trying to work out where it was going and only realised when you got to the fixings stage. Clever idea and usual great execution. I enjoyed the antics of the wilful shavings - very different from wood.
They are cool looking! Something pretty with a long term use.
The salt shaker was nicely psychedelic as was the pepper shaker. I can imagine, when I was young, in the late 60s, saying "pass the salt and pepper, man".
Unusual and ecologically sound. 👏🏻
Энди вы удивительно талантливый столяр, фантастические цвета и причудливые узоры придают этому изделию выстовочную ценность, думаю со мной многие согласятся, 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Absolutely amazing
Awesome as always.
Those are gorgeous and so unique! I love one of a kind things! Merry Christmas!
Fantastic work as always Andy!!
Wishing you and your family a Very Merry Christmas!!!
Very funky result. But I had hoped to see how you made those recycled plastic blanks too!
Check out the video description.
Amazing piece, smart way to use waste.
Beautiful pieces
Nice one! Thank you Andy for sharing your skill. Happy Christmas 🎄
Amazing, Andy! Really fantastic work!!! 😃
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
And happy holidays!
Thanks! You too!
Brilliant! At your heart out Spider-Man…you never has a web with those wonderful colours!
Cool project Andy flawless as usual Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
Who else was more interested in the shavings than the actual final product lol
Happy Holidays to you and your loved ones!
Was a nice year to follow, many thanks! 👍💪✌
Now that's what I call really cool andy nice work
Very creative!! ❤❤❤
The colors remind of of the background of a graphic novel
Amazing as always😮
As I was watching you turn this, I thought how it would make a great peppermill. LOL This one became a salt mill.
Always a joy to watch!! Andy's amazing talent, creativity and genius never disappoints!
What a great idea! Loved it ❤ Haveca great Christmas 🎄
Awesome, Andy. 😊
Wow, this is so cool!
Просто потрясающе...как бы я хотел увидеть весь этот процесс вживую😁
Cool! I had no idea where you were going with that. Great job!
Nice mill set
It would be awesome to always use your resin waste for this 😮
What an ingenious idea! Would go really well in a 60s themed kitchen - psychedelic! Yet again you absolutely astound me.
Great looking,very cleaver
Thank you!
Really nice, Andy. I was wondering where you were going with these, but when you parted the blank, I had it figured out. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Bill
Oh ok that's something different I like it 🤙🏿
Brilliant!
beautiful, colorful & practical, very nice Andy!!!
HAPPY CHRISTMAS
to you & yours from Canada
Thanks ..Same to you!
Those are lovely, very good use of the blanks. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and your's! 🎅 🌲☃🥳
Merry Christmas 😘🥂🍾🎄
Love them Merry Christmas to you and your family
Awesome! Great job!
Thank you!
Excellent work and a great idea. Merry Christmas!!
Cricky Andy NOW that's something different, bloody outstanding, keep the dream alive son, Merry Christmas to you and your family. Aussie Aussie Aussie GDAY MATE from brisbane Australia
Thanks Ernie.. and the same to you mate 👍
ooo very nice!
Impressive use of alternative materials Andy,all the best for Christmas and New Year fella👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍😎😎😎😎😎👍
Beautiful Andy! What a great use for recycled materials. Merry Christmas! 🎄🎄
Merry Christmas 🎅
Those are cute I'd use them!!
Beautifully done, love them..❤❤❤
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and yours..
Thank you! You too!
They look psychedelic✌🏻 and/or groovy!
Thank you.
That’s brilliant! I couldn’t figure out what you were making at first ❤
Have a Merry Christmas and a great New Year
You too!
Nice!
Oh i want those
Cricky Andy coolest pepper mills on the planet, Merry Christmas, Aussie Aussie Aussie GDAY MATE from brisbane Australia
Thanks Ernie and the same to you
I thought maybe I missed something about how you got the two cylinders of plastic, until I read the description!
Well done mate they look really cool all the best for Xmas and the new year cheer's 👍🦘🇦🇺
Thanks, you too!
Ah! Very clever not to give away what it is until the very end.
I like the idea of Salt and Pepper Mills, it's pens I don't turn. ❤😊
Andy, great work as ever. Just so you know, the plastic pieces from Atlas Games are £20 each plus VAT plus £15 delivery, thus making it £33 per piece. I might save up for some in the new year but it makes it expensive for a pair of salt/pepper grinders. Love your work - always with a great finish too!
Have you considered contacting Brothers Make to see if they'd make some?
Awesome
Andy your talent shines on ,no matter what you use to create your art.great little video as always.but personally I just cannot get into this type of art.just saying only my opinion.😎😎😎👍👍👍
It’s a good use of a waste product imo. Better than ending up in landfill. Have a good Christmas Tom. 🙂
Hi Andy! Fine work as always 👍. Merry Christmas 🎄 and a happy new year🍾. Best wishes from Hans 🍻🇦🇹.
I would have made the one with the black in it the pepper and the other the salt, but they sure did turn out looking cool
Will you be adding shavings to a bin for future projects? I see a series of turned milk bottles, though you’d need the dremels to make the milk brand symbols? And a bit of metal for the handles? A fun little project you’ve made there. 😊
Cool set. Can you make a lava lamp to go with them. Like the mishmash of colors and use of leftover to make a nice set.
I wonder if this company has made this plastic into bricks? Perhaps it could be a new building material? Awesome job again Andy!
We have not, but others have -- look up Precious Plastic. HDPE works well for non-structural applications; my understanding is that its characteristics are not suitable for load-bearing beams and the like.
Check out the Brothers Make video on this. Not really practical at this point, the guys that tried it are branching out with other uses for the plastic.
Bellissimi 👏👏👏👏👏👌👍
Holy microplastic batman! 😅 ah, who am I kidding, its everywhere anyways
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
How was the sanding? These look good, very good, but your work usually does. Maybe you could save up all the shavings and send them back to these people so they can reuse them.😎
Boop!