All University Professors should watch this guy to learn how to teach. I have ADHD and have learned so much so fast from his videos because he explains things so clearly.
I'd kill and die for my dad so don't get me wrong... but am I the only one who's like raging jealous sometimes of his son for having a dad as crazy smart/cool as he is?! Probably just me.
Great to see you here! Try it out but instead of using a vacuum try heating up the DCM and allowing the vapors to displace the air in the ampule. I’d imagine that as soon as you seal the ampule and allow for the DCM to condense you’d achieve similar results to drawing a vacuum considering that the highest vacuum you could pull would be the vapor pressure of the DCM. Love you videos and would love to see your take on this video an maybe shout Tech Ingredients out as he’s a smaller channel with a more niche audience! Best regards, Al
@@-a13x-75 I'd thought about doing this just with water years ago when I was on a torch more often. The issue with doing it with water is that steam is an *excellent* conductor of heat compared to air. Filling the glass with steam makes it far too hot to touch without tools. It's doable, but it becomes more complicated. I've no idea if it would be different with DCM.
When I took neon sign making classes in college, they taught us to score the tubing all the way around with a file, then place the file under the tube with the score right on the edge of the file and push down on the end of the tubing on the opposite side of the score from the file. This worked very well and didn't require that you get your thumbs right next to the cut. That being said, I still have a scar on my thumb from that class, so perhaps your method is superior. We were also using leaded soda lime glass not borosilicate glass. The other lesson I still remember from that class that's relevant here is that glass that's just below the temperature required for it to be soft is the exact same color as cool glass, so you have to be really careful not to grab a recently molten piece of glass and burn the heck out of yourself. This is a super cool project! I really hope I win the patreon lottery!
@@richardbarrow2977 - but it never does "break incorrectly". It snaps at the score (weak) point, which is precisely why you do it. Same as cutting a flat sheet of glass, you score and snap.
@@darkfur18 - there was nothing mentioned that the breaking of glass tubes caused the thumb injury. I will quote: _"This worked very well and didn't require that you get your thumbs right next to the cut."_ .
I laughed when it happened. He's so obvious it would have been more stealthy if he simply walked past normally :p that way it wouldn't even have registered with me
The spit is analogous to cutting panes of glass with scissors, underwater. The water ameliorates the vibrations that allows cracks to propagate. Water is also used in engraving glass for the same reason, with the bonus of keeping the glass cool. The next time that you need to cut a hole in glass, place it in water and use a hole saw with a CORDLESS drill (no mains cords) and the central pilot drill removed. Caution, will not work on "safety glass",
According to Scientific American: "Water causes the glass to crack more easily because when a water molecule enters the crack, a reaction occurs in which a silicon-oxygen bond at the crack and an oxygen-hydrogen bond in the water are cleaved, creating two hydroxyl groups attached to the silicon. As a result, the length of the crack grows by the size of one bond rupture. The water reaction reduces the energy necessary to break bonds, thus the crack grows faster."
@@jimmyb1451 Ah yes... all part of the glass/ceramics' world of 'crack energy propagation' and the materials engineer I worked with had the math for it as well.
Thanks for the info BoscoBob. Very good to know. I use diamond hole saws quit a bit, and I used to make stained glass lamps and windows and never knew these things.
Just like you, when I was a kid I was fascinated by those old Noma bubble lights. Later in life I was just as taken by watching how the old WurliTzer bubbler jukeboxes used the same tubes, only these were heated by actual immersion elements. Naturally I found this video delightful. I am always pleased to see someone who has never lost that sense of childlike wonder, but has rather developed a rigid discipline of practical physics and applied sciences around it. At the risk of sounding cheeseball, don't we all form a hard shell of borosilicate principles, so we can nurture that colorful wellspring of creativity within? I don't know if you ascribe much to old Abe Maslow's hierarchy of needs, but you're probably one of the very few self-actualized people I've ever seen, let alone met. Bubble on, MP!!!
You guys are such geeks. And I mean that in the most positive, complementary way possible. I love your channel and I love how you approach things. As a basement scientist, your videos always make me want to raise my game. Thanks.
Great video. Great science. I remember having Christmas tree lamps like these in Kitwe, Zambia when I was four years old … around 1962. I’m certainly going to make a few for my bar … a real talking point.
for a living im a black smith and ornamental fabricator , some of my job is work that's been done by humans for several thousand years but at home I'm a tech tinkerrer and inventor your videos' offer so much practical education in such a consumable way thank you
Nothing exploded... still, one of, if not the best video ever! I wonder how many people on the planet want to "grow up" to be like you...? Excellent team, content, coach/Head Mad Scientist, and channel. Many happy, preplanned explosions to you, and an especially crazy new year, buckle up, Canada!
I'm constantly impressed by the information density in these presentations. I find myself having to pause every now and then to really take everything in, because there are so many little interesting comments interspersed with the main topic. I consider this to be a massive positive - anything that makes me actually pause the video to think about it is very engaging. Bravo, friends.
Thank you for this video. I look forward to making this with my daughter when she starts doing science projects as I do with all of your videos. You give a dad a lot of idea's to help engage, teach, and learn with my child to better us both together. Thank you again!
u guys might just be the greatest wealth of knowledge on youtube. you are one of the very few that is without bias and obviously accurate. really there should be no reason government employees elected or otherwise could not provide their data in simmilar fashion, unless they dont want it repeatable.
This is by far one of the best practical science channels on youtube. The clear, concise, and organized presentation makes it so easy to follow. Very impressive work and a big thanks!
This content is so great! Thanks for everything. I've just started to enjoy your older videos about drones. Amazing stuff! I wish you all the success in the world. You guys deserve it.
Very good tutorial , thank you . As I was watching this video on my tablet I was struck by how FAR we have come technically. If I think back to the magic of colour TV and here I am enjoying amazing technicolor clarity on a thin lightweight 7 inch device . What a giant step in such a brief time !
How fun! I was just explaining these lights in detail the other day. A friend saw them at the local hardware store and asked how they worked... so I broke out the DCM and a test tube and showed him!
I've been watching your videos for only a few days but because of the way you talk, I can listen you like someone I know for a long time. I would love to watch a Q&A
I love the mood between everybody in this video...great work on this front from all 3 of you great content too of course 🙂 Best Regards, Richard Mid Wales UK
Pretty neat 🤩 I love that I can watch any of your videos and learn something new or a different concept/application from what I could have known before.
I really like what you did with those bases and the clear tubes along with the LEDs. It really makes it feel like the bubble lights are coming back someday and not just for use of the holidays but also for normal decorative house decor and environment decor use as well
This was really cool! Nice change of pace. I enjoy ALL of your videos though. Answered many of the questions I've always wondered about as a child. This is much appreciated! I love understanding the "how's and why's" of how things work!
I still have my very first ornament...a bubble-light...that I got in 1974 when I was 6 years old...though the incandescent lamp has needed to be replaced every decade or so. It is my favorite ornament and it hangs on my tree every year :) And...yes...I still love looking at it!
Another trick for "splitting" glass: Scratch the glass and place it with the mark facing upwards on a small object (like a wire, a match, etc.) on a table. Hold one end on the table with a kitchen towel and push the lifted end towards the table (you can again use a kitchen towel to prevent hitting the table or hurting yourself). You'll hear a click sound when the glass is split. IMHO very safe alternative to holding the glass.
You never disappoint. Everything you show us is interesting and not always "mainstream". I also like that your family is a major contributor to the channel. Best wishes to you and yours for an outstanding 2022. Merry Christmas!
You guys never fail to make a 40 (+) minute video about a topic that doesn't really interest me, utterly fascinated. I can't wait to see what you guys have planned for that milking pail setup (~27 minute timestamp).
@@TechIngredients I'm still (no pun intended) going through your back catalog. I think that's coming up soon. I wish distilling was legal here, that banana spirit looked tasty. Thanks for sharing your knowledge through making these videos. They are educational in an incredibly practical way. Tons of homeschooling material when the kiddos get a little older. This channel is a gem.
I have been a fan of this channel for many years and subscribed much later than I should have. In that same vein, today is the first time I have written a comment. I felt compelled today in the spirit of good will and support. I absolutely love your demonstrations which have the perfect mix of humor and wit to keep things interesting. I wish and your team only the best in the coming year. Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah and Happy New Year!
Really cool you mentioned making the cut wet causing it to break better... I'm in healthcare and routinely have to break glass ampules of medication. I've always used an alcohol pad to grab the tip and snap it off because it breaks so much easier than just grabbing it with my thumb and finger and breaking dry. Super interesting that this is an actual phenomenon and not just some random thing I've noticed.
This is cool! I have loved bubble lights for my whole life being a huge part of Christmas of my childhood, they always went on our tree each year. This could be a good solution to old bubble lights with burned out lamps, changing them to LED. Or with broken tubes, to create new ones as replacements. At the very end, the tubes you demonstrated with water added, are very similar to an old style of tube made by NOMA called the 'Shooting Star', which had a small amount of oil and had a similar lava lamp effect. Very good work! 👍
These videos are always so engaging. They strike a great balance of technical knowledge and theory without being overwhelming. It lways makes my day when a new video gets released. Thank you for all the time and effort hat goes into them.
15:47 Take a still image against a black piece of construction paper. And just drop the image in. Keep the hand moving toward the camera, that is still useful. 😉🥂
Thanks for all of your efforts! I love how you guys, somehow get a seemingly simple topic and turn it into a very interesting video! Always a treat when a new video is out. I wish you all a great christmas and new year!
Really cool effect. You could also use this with RGB LEDs and use them for custom PC case lighting. Have you considered using fuming solvents in a tube? It might be possible to get a smoke effect that you can then light with LEDs. Might even work with a piezo disc creating a fine mist and the air currents could then carry the mist up the tube.
Merry Christmas and thank you for the trip down memory lane to a bygone era. I loved seeing these type of lights every Christmas Eve at my Aunt's house. They were mesmerizing to a young boy, and still are today so many years later.
Wonderful video as always. The one thing that would improve it? A slow motion close-up of the dye-lifting mechanism you described at the end. I would love to see that in action :) Have a fantastic xmas all.
These are so neat! Personally I think they look best with the raw end un-capped. I can see a setup with multiple tubes of varying colors in a single base being especially cool. Also, I was rather surprised with how quiet your vacuum pump is.
Tech ingredients! I think this may be the first time I know something you don’t know. Sound travels much more quickly in water, so natural processes oftentimes will happen differently. Glass fractures happen much much more quickly in water and therefore they often take the shortest path under water. Try taking a pair of scissors to a 1 to 3mm thick pane of glass with it submerged under water. It’s amazing the control of the cut you have with it under the water. This is also why - apart from convenient bulk removal - I think wet-saws are so proficient at making cuts that are clean and without run-away fractures. Whether or not this aspect was deliberate or just a pleasant surprise is yet to be determined. To get more technical though. I believe it is the mechanical damping the glass gets while under water that keeps the fracture vectors from turning chaotic....or something like that.
Very pretty lights. I'm always fascinated how many diverse topics you cover and each in great level of detail, enabling interested viewers to get into it quite easy and a lot safer than experimenting without that knowledge. Always a pleasure to watch your great channel. I wish you and your family a nice and relaxing holiday season. 🎄
The man sneaking through the scene around 5:20 trying go be unnoticed, made himself stand out so much more than if he just came down the stairs and walked by.
We laughed about that, but needed that footage and we were stuck with using it. He had expected that the camera on the stairs would be the primary viewpoint.
I like the simple design of your lights, and I like these bubble tubes in general. Just a few ideas: I guess it would be more efficient when the tube is isolated from the metal base (maybe a silicone sleeve) and heating wire around the base, so you only heat the tube and not the room. A similar looking metal base on top and an acrylic tube over the whole thing could also look nice and make it sturdy. And happy holidays and merry Christmas to everyone!
Your concern about heating the room is pretty much unwarranted. It takes very little heat for bubbles to develop, and the resistors do the job perfectly. Adding a wire to heat the glass is just an unnecessary added step, that would ultimately further complicate the build process. I do believe they could use less than 12 watts tho... Even at 12 watts, you could pick up the base and it would barely be warm to the touch, not exactly warming the room...
@@Quickened1 Sure I don't know how much heat the base dissipates and how hot it gets, but 12 watt is quite a bit and can get untouchable warm if there isn't enough surface area to dissipate it. And a wire isn't a further step. The wire replaces the resistors. And its less work with less tools: Wrap the wire around, put a piece of silicone tubing over it. Done. You just need the right resistive wire in series with the LED. Needs a bit of calculation and testing. If something sounds stupid, I don't speak english 😁
@@-Tris- Your English is fine! There's plenty of surface area there to dissipate all of that 12 watts, especially since a large portion of that heat will be absorbed by the glass and liquid. I'm not saying your idea wouldn't work, but since the led needs a resistor anyway, this seems like the most efficient means. If you made the hole in the base larger, and used a silicone sleeve, it might be much more difficult to keep the glass tube perfectly perpendicular...
I agree with making it more efficient by putting the heat into the tube and not the aluminium. Just taking the power of a 3W-5W LED and making a smaller aluminium construction, that transfers this heat directly to the tube.
Good job in explaining how the bubble lights work. As a kid I always enjoyed them at Christmas. It is interesting that you have taken it further with the use of LEDs. It might be interesting to use RGB LEDs and program the color display. Thanks for making the video.
This is amazing! It reminds me that I've always thought it was interesting that nobody has ever made their own DIY lava lamps before. Maybe due to patents or safety reasons. This might be a challenge your channel could tackle :)
Im so amazed by all the knowledge you have. I find that incredibly fascinating. May I ask what profession you pursued? I mean you are so experienced in every field of science, which just amazes me! Keep up the excellent work!
My wife and I recently went on a date night glass blowing class. The instructor had his lab set up with torches using DME portable oxygen concentrators used by folks needing oxygen therapy. The plus side was there was no danger from storing oxygen tanks. You can often find these for free or inexpensive from estate sales etc.
All University Professors should watch this guy to learn how to teach. I have ADHD and have learned so much so fast from his videos because he explains things so clearly.
I love how this channel has a real “Mr. Wizard” feel, but I enjoyed seeing the sort of behind the scenes dialog about the rotating mount.
Exactly what I was gonna say, shout out to my man THE Wizard
@@jeremiahbullfrog9288 those kids grew up to invent the internet lmao #worth
I came here to say this but I’d like to add “swole mr wizard” : don’t disrespect science like I disrespect these weights.
this is what Mr. Wizard should have been.
I'd kill and die for my dad so don't get me wrong... but am I the only one who's like raging jealous sometimes of his son for having a dad as crazy smart/cool as he is?! Probably just me.
I love how the presenter has totally adapted to his role. He's getting better every video. Thanks so much for everything yall do!
Even the "son of the main presenter" has adapted to his role.. 😀
It holds true: Practice makes Perfect
@@jeremiahbullfrog9288 Yes, that appearance when he tried to hide from the camera, was a bit distracting but rather amusing.
@@mumiemonstret he was hiding from the other camera on the stairs
Neat stuff. I might try this. I really like the water layer effect.
Great to see you here! Try it out but instead of using a vacuum try heating up the DCM and allowing the vapors to displace the air in the ampule. I’d imagine that as soon as you seal the ampule and allow for the DCM to condense you’d achieve similar results to drawing a vacuum considering that the highest vacuum you could pull would be the vapor pressure of the DCM. Love you videos and would love to see your take on this video an maybe shout Tech Ingredients out as he’s a smaller channel with a more niche audience! Best regards, Al
@@-a13x-75 I'd thought about doing this just with water years ago when I was on a torch more often. The issue with doing it with water is that steam is an *excellent* conductor of heat compared to air. Filling the glass with steam makes it far too hot to touch without tools. It's doable, but it becomes more complicated. I've no idea if it would be different with DCM.
When I took neon sign making classes in college, they taught us to score the tubing all the way around with a file, then place the file under the tube with the score right on the edge of the file and push down on the end of the tubing on the opposite side of the score from the file. This worked very well and didn't require that you get your thumbs right next to the cut. That being said, I still have a scar on my thumb from that class, so perhaps your method is superior. We were also using leaded soda lime glass not borosilicate glass. The other lesson I still remember from that class that's relevant here is that glass that's just below the temperature required for it to be soft is the exact same color as cool glass, so you have to be really careful not to grab a recently molten piece of glass and burn the heck out of yourself.
This is a super cool project! I really hope I win the patreon lottery!
I'd be worried about it launching glass at your face if the glass broke incorrectly
@@richardbarrow2977 - but it never does "break incorrectly". It snaps at the score (weak) point, which is precisely why you do it. Same as cutting a flat sheet of glass, you score and snap.
@@johncoops6897 it's not a perfect process errors can always happen
@@johncoops6897 he replies to the guy that had the glass break incorrectly
@@darkfur18 - there was nothing mentioned that the breaking of glass tubes caused the thumb injury. I will quote:
_"This worked very well and didn't require that you get your thumbs right next to the cut."_ .
The sneak in around 5:10.was awesome lol.
So stealthy I wouldn't have seen him, if you hadn't commented!
Definitely in Ninja Training. 🥷
Sneaking 100
I laughed when it happened. He's so obvious it would have been more stealthy if he simply walked past normally :p that way it wouldn't even have registered with me
He would have gotten away with it if the other camera angle was in use, too.
The spit is analogous to cutting panes of glass with scissors, underwater. The water ameliorates the vibrations that allows cracks to propagate. Water is also used in engraving glass for the same reason, with the bonus of keeping the glass cool. The next time that you need to cut a hole in glass, place it in water and use a hole saw with a CORDLESS drill (no mains cords) and the central pilot drill removed. Caution, will not work on "safety glass",
Or you could just use a hole saw made for ceramic and glass. Still use water but a piece of soaked sponge cut to fit inside the bit is enough.
According to Scientific American:
"Water causes the glass to crack more easily because when a water molecule enters the crack, a reaction occurs in which a silicon-oxygen bond at the crack and an oxygen-hydrogen bond in the water are cleaved, creating two hydroxyl groups attached to the silicon. As a result, the length of the crack grows by the size of one bond rupture. The water reaction reduces the energy necessary to break bonds, thus the crack grows faster."
@@jimmyb1451 Action Lab made a very good video to this topic which covers exactly your reference.
@@jimmyb1451 Ah yes... all part of the glass/ceramics' world of 'crack energy propagation' and the materials engineer I worked with had the math for it as well.
Thanks for the info BoscoBob. Very good to know. I use diamond hole saws quit a bit, and I used to make stained glass lamps and windows and never knew these things.
So cool. I'll paraphrase someone who commented on another video you made. "This is what we imagined the internet would be when it was new." Thanks.
Just like you, when I was a kid I was fascinated by those old Noma bubble lights. Later in life I was just as taken by watching how the old WurliTzer bubbler jukeboxes used the same tubes, only these were heated by actual immersion elements. Naturally I found this video delightful. I am always pleased to see someone who has never lost that sense of childlike wonder, but has rather developed a rigid discipline of practical physics and applied sciences around it. At the risk of sounding cheeseball, don't we all form a hard shell of borosilicate principles, so we can nurture that colorful wellspring of creativity within? I don't know if you ascribe much to old Abe Maslow's hierarchy of needs, but you're probably one of the very few self-actualized people I've ever seen, let alone met. Bubble on, MP!!!
Bubble lights! You are always experimenting, building, and enginenerding the awesomest projects on RUclips, thank you.
Finally! Screw saying "happy holidays" in fear of offending other, just wish others what you celebrate.
You guys are such geeks. And I mean that in the most positive, complementary way possible. I love your channel and I love how you approach things. As a basement scientist, your videos always make me want to raise my game. Thanks.
Thanks!
You had me at bubble lights! I absolutely love them! My favorite Christmas ornament too!! Very fond memories of childhood 😊👌
You remind me of my chemistry teacher in 98. He was the best teacher I ever had. The man could get your attention and hold it the whole class.
Great video. Great science. I remember having Christmas tree lamps like these in Kitwe, Zambia when I was four years old … around 1962. I’m certainly going to make a few for my bar … a real talking point.
for a living im a black smith and ornamental fabricator , some of my job is work that's been done by humans for several thousand years but at home I'm a tech tinkerrer and inventor your videos' offer so much practical education in such a consumable way thank you
Love this channel so much. The variety and detail of topics discussed are unmatched on any other channel.
Your wisdom, knowledge and intelligence never fails to amaze me,you are the teacher we all wish we had.
Nothing exploded... still, one of, if not the best video ever! I wonder how many people on the planet want to "grow up" to be like you...? Excellent team, content, coach/Head Mad Scientist, and channel. Many happy, preplanned explosions to you, and an especially crazy new year, buckle up, Canada!
I'm constantly impressed by the information density in these presentations. I find myself having to pause every now and then to really take everything in, because there are so many little interesting comments interspersed with the main topic. I consider this to be a massive positive - anything that makes me actually pause the video to think about it is very engaging. Bravo, friends.
Thanks.
Thank you for this video. I look forward to making this with my daughter when she starts doing science projects as I do with all of your videos. You give a dad a lot of idea's to help engage, teach, and learn with my child to better us both together. Thank you again!
I'd like to thank the people in the comments for being helpful, humble, and additive to the value of these videos.
u guys might just be the greatest wealth of knowledge on youtube. you are one of the very few that is without bias and obviously accurate. really there should be no reason government employees elected or otherwise could not provide their data in simmilar fashion, unless they dont want it repeatable.
This is by far one of the best practical science channels on youtube. The clear, concise, and organized presentation makes it so easy to follow. Very impressive work and a big thanks!
i am a professional lampworker. work with boro everyday . love your channel. good instructions and explanations as usual Mr. Wizard
This content is so great! Thanks for everything. I've just started to enjoy your older videos about drones. Amazing stuff! I wish you all the success in the world. You guys deserve it.
So much respect for people who know so much and still allow themselves to say, "I don't know why this works..."
This is easily one of the most underrated channels out there. Thanks for all the fantastic presentations.
Thanks.
Great guide for a cool Christmas project! I really enjoyed the variation with the water and dye interfacing together
Very good tutorial , thank you . As I was watching this video on my tablet I was struck by how FAR we have come technically. If I think back to the magic of colour TV and here I am enjoying amazing technicolor clarity on a thin lightweight 7 inch device . What a giant step in such a brief time !
Thank you for breaking this down to a simple explanation. That is such a big help. I love this project and want to try this. I love your channel.
How fun! I was just explaining these lights in detail the other day. A friend saw them at the local hardware store and asked how they worked... so I broke out the DCM and a test tube and showed him!
I've been watching your videos for only a few days but because of the way you talk, I can listen you like someone I know for a long time. I would love to watch a Q&A
Pops and his grown kids hanging out in the shed make interesting stuff. That is awesome to see.
Fantastic video.
Allways is beautyfull to see a father being helped by his sons.
Thank you and Marry Christmas.
I love the mood between everybody in this video...great work on this front from all 3 of you great content too of course 🙂 Best Regards, Richard Mid Wales UK
Pretty neat 🤩 I love that I can watch any of your videos and learn something new or a different concept/application from what I could have known before.
I really like what you did with those bases and the clear tubes along with the LEDs. It really makes it feel like the bubble lights are coming back someday and not just for use of the holidays but also for normal decorative house decor and environment decor use as well
Thanks!
I hope so.
i like the slight behind the scenes insight :) for brainstorming around the catching of the bearing
This was really cool! Nice change of pace. I enjoy ALL of your videos though.
Answered many of the questions I've always wondered about as a child. This is much appreciated!
I love understanding the "how's and why's" of how things work!
I dig the guy coming down the stairs to about center of the shot, then ducking down and moving on :D I saw you mr.invisible!
I still have my very first ornament...a bubble-light...that I got in 1974 when I was 6 years old...though the incandescent lamp has needed to be replaced every decade or so.
It is my favorite ornament and it hangs on my tree every year :)
And...yes...I still love looking at it!
Another trick for "splitting" glass: Scratch the glass and place it with the mark facing upwards on a small object (like a wire, a match, etc.) on a table. Hold one end on the table with a kitchen towel and push the lifted end towards the table (you can again use a kitchen towel to prevent hitting the table or hurting yourself). You'll hear a click sound when the glass is split. IMHO very safe alternative to holding the glass.
Great idea. Thank you.
You never disappoint. Everything you show us is interesting and not always "mainstream". I also like that your family is a major contributor to the channel. Best wishes to you and yours for an outstanding 2022. Merry Christmas!
You guys never fail to make a 40 (+) minute video about a topic that doesn't really interest me, utterly fascinated. I can't wait to see what you guys have planned for that milking pail setup (~27 minute timestamp).
Thanks.
Did you watch our videos on that reflux still and making rum?
@@TechIngredients I'm still (no pun intended) going through your back catalog. I think that's coming up soon. I wish distilling was legal here, that banana spirit looked tasty.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge through making these videos. They are educational in an incredibly practical way. Tons of homeschooling material when the kiddos get a little older. This channel is a gem.
My little bloke will love this. Excellent!
I bet this would look amazing to see this in super slow motion up close .Thank you for this great video.
I have been a fan of this channel for many years and subscribed much later than I should have. In that same vein, today is the first time I have written a comment. I felt compelled today in the spirit of good will and support. I absolutely love your demonstrations which have the perfect mix of humor and wit to keep things interesting. I wish and your team only the best in the coming year. Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah and Happy New Year!
Thanks, you too!
Had my final university delivery today, and could it be better? YES! Tech Ingredients release a new video!
Really cool you mentioned making the cut wet causing it to break better... I'm in healthcare and routinely have to break glass ampules of medication. I've always used an alcohol pad to grab the tip and snap it off because it breaks so much easier than just grabbing it with my thumb and finger and breaking dry. Super interesting that this is an actual phenomenon and not just some random thing I've noticed.
I love the way you explain things. Thank you!
This is cool! I have loved bubble lights for my whole life being a huge part of Christmas of my childhood, they always went on our tree each year. This could be a good solution to old bubble lights with burned out lamps, changing them to LED. Or with broken tubes, to create new ones as replacements. At the very end, the tubes you demonstrated with water added, are very similar to an old style of tube made by NOMA called the 'Shooting Star', which had a small amount of oil and had a similar lava lamp effect. Very good work! 👍
These videos are always so engaging. They strike a great balance of technical knowledge and theory without being overwhelming. It lways makes my day when a new video gets released. Thank you for all the time and effort hat goes into them.
Thanks.
You were channeling Bob Ross for a minute there. "You can do it however you want to do it." Nice project, thanks for your channel
Love your videos. Merry Christmas to you and your family.
Thanks!
The b roll editing is really improving. Awesome work... Thanks so much.
15:47 Take a still image against a black piece of construction paper. And just drop the image in. Keep the hand moving toward the camera, that is still useful. 😉🥂
I'm glad you have someone to help. Welcome buddy. Enjoy the best experience of your life!
Always edifying, instructive, educational, and ALWAYS entertaining. Thank you.
Thanks for all of your efforts! I love how you guys, somehow get a seemingly simple topic and turn it into a very interesting video!
Always a treat when a new video is out.
I wish you all a great christmas and new year!
A laser pointing upwards through the tube might look interesting
You might laugh, but this is the guy that helps organise Raves ! Helter Skelter here we come !!!!
Your retinas will thank you for the spontaneous laser surgery
And dangerous 😂
Beat me to it. Eye safety would be something to take into consideration.
Put them on the top of an engine and as it heats and runs it can bubble. Fun stuff!
Bubble Mower!!! Or lawn tractor. Cool decorations!
I like the ice cream cone ends to the tubes. They look like candles. Merry Christmas to all of you
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Good job Paul! You're a helluva'n assistant!
Really cool effect. You could also use this with RGB LEDs and use them for custom PC case lighting. Have you considered using fuming solvents in a tube? It might be possible to get a smoke effect that you can then light with LEDs. Might even work with a piezo disc creating a fine mist and the air currents could then carry the mist up the tube.
So proud to see the production quality of the channel now 😁❤️
Merry Christmas and thank you for the trip down memory lane to a bygone era. I loved seeing these type of lights every Christmas Eve at my Aunt's house. They were mesmerizing to a young boy, and still are today so many years later.
I love that you actually sell Thermal Epoxy and Performance paste!
Well done, thank you for sharing the skills needed to make Christmas bubble lights!
This is amazing. And great quality instruction. Thank you for doing these videos.
When I was a kid I used to love messing around with Pyrex tubing and a propane torch. High energy arts and crafts FTW!
I'm excited to see what kind of work you put into these, they look amazing!
It is like watching Mr. Wizard for adults. Really like that you explain everything.
Thanks.
Thank you for making such a nice video for the holidays! You have a a great gift for passing on knowledge and inspiring people.
I really like the input from the other guys in the shop.
Oh Wow! I have Never seen the bubble lights!!
Those are Sooo cool!! AX
As always, a great presentation. Took me back to my childhood.
Thanks for the years content - Merry Xmas and a happy new year.
Wonderful video as always. The one thing that would improve it? A slow motion close-up of the dye-lifting mechanism you described at the end. I would love to see that in action :) Have a fantastic xmas all.
Very Impressive, I also loved to watch the old bubble lights on the tree years ago.
These are so neat! Personally I think they look best with the raw end un-capped. I can see a setup with multiple tubes of varying colors in a single base being especially cool. Also, I was rather surprised with how quiet your vacuum pump is.
Tech ingredients! I think this may be the first time I know something you don’t know. Sound travels much more quickly in water, so natural processes oftentimes will happen differently. Glass fractures happen much much more quickly in water and therefore they often take the shortest path under water. Try taking a pair of scissors to a 1 to 3mm thick pane of glass with it submerged under water. It’s amazing the control of the cut you have with it under the water. This is also why - apart from convenient bulk removal - I think wet-saws are so proficient at making cuts that are clean and without run-away fractures. Whether or not this aspect was deliberate or just a pleasant surprise is yet to be determined.
To get more technical though. I believe it is the mechanical damping the glass gets while under water that keeps the fracture vectors from turning chaotic....or something like that.
Nice to see more of the crew :)
Wow I'd like to have one to sit on my desk. Awesome video
Very pretty lights. I'm always fascinated how many diverse topics you cover and each in great level of detail, enabling interested viewers to get into it quite easy and a lot safer than experimenting without that knowledge. Always a pleasure to watch your great channel. I wish you and your family a nice and relaxing holiday season. 🎄
Thanks!
Christmas with extra steps 😀 seems like a fun project! Thanks for sharing knowledge as always! Oh and happy holidays everyone 😊
Really cool, always loved the boiling lights.
The man sneaking through the scene around 5:20 trying go be unnoticed, made himself stand out so much more than if he just came down the stairs and walked by.
We laughed about that, but needed that footage and we were stuck with using it. He had expected that the camera on the stairs would be the primary viewpoint.
lol around 8:55 u got me all anticipating the sound then suddenly perfectly timed.. a commercial.. lol : p
HAAAA! @ 1:13...(the bobble swipe!)..perfect, dry comedy!!
This is really nice. I loved these things as a kid and always got the burned out ones to hold in my hand haha
As usual... Bigger is better 🤣
I like the simple design of your lights, and I like these bubble tubes in general. Just a few ideas: I guess it would be more efficient when the tube is isolated from the metal base (maybe a silicone sleeve) and heating wire around the base, so you only heat the tube and not the room.
A similar looking metal base on top and an acrylic tube over the whole thing could also look nice and make it sturdy.
And happy holidays and merry Christmas to everyone!
Your concern about heating the room is pretty much unwarranted. It takes very little heat for bubbles to develop, and the resistors do the job perfectly. Adding a wire to heat the glass is just an unnecessary added step, that would ultimately further complicate the build process. I do believe they could use less than 12 watts tho... Even at 12 watts, you could pick up the base and it would barely be warm to the touch, not exactly warming the room...
@@Quickened1 Sure I don't know how much heat the base dissipates and how hot it gets, but 12 watt is quite a bit and can get untouchable warm if there isn't enough surface area to dissipate it.
And a wire isn't a further step. The wire replaces the resistors. And its less work with less tools: Wrap the wire around, put a piece of silicone tubing over it. Done.
You just need the right resistive wire in series with the LED. Needs a bit of calculation and testing.
If something sounds stupid, I don't speak english 😁
@@-Tris- Your English is fine! There's plenty of surface area there to dissipate all of that 12 watts, especially since a large portion of that heat will be absorbed by the glass and liquid. I'm not saying your idea wouldn't work, but since the led needs a resistor anyway, this seems like the most efficient means. If you made the hole in the base larger, and used a silicone sleeve, it might be much more difficult to keep the glass tube perfectly perpendicular...
@@Quickened1 You're right. I guess with German electricity prices I don't want to waste a single watt.😅
I agree with making it more efficient by putting the heat into the tube and not the aluminium. Just taking the power of a 3W-5W LED and making a smaller aluminium construction, that transfers this heat directly to the tube.
Good job in explaining how the bubble lights work. As a kid I always enjoyed them at Christmas. It is interesting that you have taken it further with the use of LEDs. It might be interesting to use RGB LEDs and program the color display. Thanks for making the video.
This channel is so cool. These were my favorite christmas lights when I was a kid.
i just love how much stuff you can make at home! i never expected to be able to do almost any chemistry at home :)
This is amazing!
It reminds me that I've always thought it was interesting that nobody has ever made their own DIY lava lamps before. Maybe due to patents or safety reasons. This might be a challenge your channel could tackle :)
That is one heck of a torch. Nice grab!
Im so amazed by all the knowledge you have. I find that incredibly fascinating. May I ask what profession you pursued? I mean you are so experienced in every field of science, which just amazes me! Keep up the excellent work!
Really nice effect. Thank you for your work.
When you had your sun glasses on when you were flatting the end of the glass reminded me of Weekend at Bernie's 1989
My wife and I recently went on a date night glass blowing class. The instructor had his lab set up with torches using DME portable oxygen concentrators used by folks needing oxygen therapy. The plus side was there was no danger from storing oxygen tanks. You can often find these for free or inexpensive from estate sales etc.
Merry christmas to both Main presenter and co-presenter!!!🎄🎄