Looks like an old Star Trek prop. “Cap’n, the dilithium crystals are lookin’ a wee bit peculiar today.” “My god Scotty you’re right; I hope this doesn’t mean we’ll have to go through yet another stupid time travel episode again!”
Lovely, they really do look very much like crystals, as a whole it feels sort of like Doctor Who alien tech, like it should project a hologram or something like that, love it!
Loving the expansion into 3d printing. It will be enlightening to see what other designs you create. For hollow things (though not for this particular shape) it is worth checking out "vase mode" (or "spiralize outside contour" as Cura calls it). Allows the printer to create a hollow shape automatically from a solid using one continuous bead of plastic. Very good for lighting effects as it keeps it quite clear.
@@bigclivedotcom It wouldn't work for this though as the shape can't form "islands" on the way up. It's really cool for shapes where it works though. They build quickly and are only one wall thick.
I never expected transparent PLA would look that grand! Lovely. Hard to imagine you making that part with SCAD. That is incredible. Thanks for the Subway commercial and of course for saying Solder properly! Still missing your BRB "One moment pleezze"
I remember the first thing I 3D printed and being struck by how the PLA smelled like caramelized sugar. Smells pretty nice! From the research I've read on the emissions of nanoparticles from 3D printers, PLA doesn't appear to send out any toxic substances. I've got some slow fade RGB LEDs and some clear PLA and PETG filament.... I may have to give this project a go! :D
Now seeing the final result. It looks fantastic! And with being USB it'd be the perfect little desk ornament for people working office jobs and stuff. haha. I may design a little base it can sit in, and print in black, just to elevate it a few cm. Maybe put a few little weights in the bottom and some little rubber or felt feet. :D
Yeah, PLA is really tame stuff, compared to a lot of other filaments and resins. Doesn't off-gas much, doesn't smell bad, it'll decompose a lot faster than other plastics... YMMV, of course, since filaments are almost always a blend of several plastics and pigments and are just labelled for the one they're mostly comprised of.
I did something like this a few years back. I took an octopus and a spiral vase model, subtracted the vase from the octopus to make a hole in it, and the vase hold) held a lipo and the leds. I used translucent petg and it turned out rather well ruclips.net/video/5VbkYZFv00I/видео.html
Lovely how it has a Cherenkov light flavour at times, then the sort of colours that would trouble Superman, then those that would help him, quite a combination in a lovely package. Thanks for sharing!
There isn't really anything toxic about PLA. It does smell rather pleasant. If I had to describe it it'd be something between the smell of fresh popcorn and yoghurt. That sweet, yoghurty smell is actually what the monomer, lactic acid, smells like. Our espresso machine at home uses lactic acid as a descaling agent and it smells quite similar to the PLA my 3D printer uses. It's a nice polymer because it does hydrolyse when it's exposed to water for a long time, so it is biodegradable. For the same reason it's also used for resorbable implants, although often as a mixture with another plastic called PGA in order to hasten this process.
In Toronto, Canada the public library has had 3D printers since at least 2015 [when I started printing]. The 2 hour allowable print time slots made designing things challenging. They have better machines than I would use/buy for home with staff to help.
same here, the amount of money ive saved since ive sworn off women is amazing...like the saying goes, "if they didn't have pussies, we'd throw rocks at them"
I just can't imagine the amount of money you must have saved over all these years. My first divorce alone cost me $60K cash. Biggest check I've ever written, obviously, but still worth it to this day.
omfg thank you so much clive. ive been looking for crystals for my fishtank and I always forget i have a 3d printer. its just one of those tools that you forget you have when you need it
Can you get glow-in-uv red or orange transparent pla? Cuz then if you put in UV LEDs the ‘crystals’ would glow red with a blue core, and complementary colours always look nice.
Love it, only one thing I would change on a personal level is to print the crystals were printed separately from the base and print the base in black PLA with more of a gap in between them so it breaks it up a bit more, making it appear a little more organic. Again only a personal preference. Looks fantastic anyway and might try adjusting the print as described and see how it turns out.
Fantastic project Clive. LEDs ordered, I have everything else. I have 3D Printers and usually use Fusion 360 for design, but happy with SCAD too. Thanks for all you do.
@@randynovick7972 The print worked out perfectly. The failure was me, I ordered clear LEDs instead of frosted originally, so I'm still waiting for the frosted ones to arrive.
@@spikekent Great! I ended up using clears just because I had them laying around. They look great, though they don't have the diffuse appearance of the frosteds, naturally.
I only recently came across clive's videos, he needs to stop, I have years to catch up and every single video is giving me too many ideas o_0 haha Obviously keep them coming. I am learning a lot! Practical info about every day stuff along with silly projects, the perfect channel.
Beautiful! Hmmmm. when I did not have a 3d printer now I would need to buy one ;-) And yes, PLA is made of corn for a start but comes in lots of vareities with extra supplements for stability and colors. I don't have a clear one at the moment... (but do have it in PETG so might copy this soon!)
Finally, my crystal is done 😺 I printed it over 6 months ago, today I soldered it together 😸 Thanks for the idea and the code to print from, it worked perfect 😺 Merry christmas!
This video popped up in my recommended and when I saw the thumbnail I was like “WHO GOT A PICTURE OF MY CRYSTAL?!” Then I realized it was the OG video. 😂 mine looks EXACTLY like that.
Well, in Asda, we have clothing by George - perhaps we could now have lighting by Clive ? Doesn't it just make you want to say why are LED light bulbs such a boring shape ?
I once had some color changing leds that had a flash sequence color change after the fading sequence color change. Three of them in a diffuser would produce the most vibrant blood reds, emerald greens, and deep purples I have ever seen .
Yes!! I was hoping for this! (comment before even getting into it a full minute) - just one note clive - I was trying to make a "color out of space crystal" years back, putting multiple RGB leds under a quartz point, each color on slightly different timing to make them flash just slightly out of sequence so it would be every color in the span of a few short moments. I unwisely chose 17, 18 and 19 hz for the different colors, and accidentally made a "puke ray" dazzler. Turning it on to test before gluing the crystal into the holder, I got immediate nausea and dizziness. Don't do that... or if you do, do it sitting down. For Science.
A few days ago you had those printed shapes on the bench - while discussing another item. 1 st thing i thought of when i saw the shapes was stuff LEDS in them, bet they would have a great look. And they did.
So glad to see you experimenting with 3D printing, it's something which I've been highly interested in for a few years, and have recently discovered the real value is being able to design and create your own stuff (whether that be decorative, or solving a problem with function prints). I can't recommend Fusion360 enough, it's free for hobby and small business use, so I definitely suggest trying it at least.
you started putting out 3d printing content on pretty much the same day I bought one, just by chance. Keep it up just for me, who cares about the rest of the viewers Thanks for mentioning openSCAD btw, its a life saver
@@TechGorilla1987 Although blender takes some time to learn the interface and shortcuts it is very powerful and fast. There is a ton of information out there on learning how to use it also. I started making 3d models on blender and I haven't had the need to use any other software. Plus it is linux, mac, and windows native so I can use it on all 3 of my computers.
@@Alobster1 I also use blender, and meshmixer but for different tasks. OpenSCAD is nice for things that require specific measurements, I can tell it I need a rectangle of a specific size with a hole at a specific place, just by writing out the specifications (in code) instead of modelling it. Blender is much better for sculpting more complex objects or animating Meshmixer is nice for modifying existing meshes, openscad is terrible at that
@@droodguy I do agree there are probably better programs to do specific things then blender. But blender is the jack of all trades and if you take the time to learn it everything becomes very easy to do. I have always wanted to try openscad, I might give it a shot
I don't usually go for novelty lighting, but this is nice Clive. I don't have a 3D printer, but I do make models out of Styrene sheet, which can be obtained in a clear variety. I feel an experiment coming on...
Do it with neopixels, and an ESP32 -- and maybe an OLED too! -- would make the perfect desk clock + notification alert box -- and maybe a gesture sensor for controlling media functions or other things!!!
Another project, where if made into a sphere like crystal, would make a good Christmas decoration. Something Clive could make and hang in the windows, with flat bottomed ones on window ledge/will.
That's pretty sweet! I have been planning, off and on, a similar project involving two different light diffusers for "troffer" lighting. I wanted to use the the milky-white plastic sheet and the small grid-type together with a slow-change RGB LED in each little square to create a 2' x 2' decorative light. It's something I'll probably never get around to, but still... I don't hate on 3D printing. I'm not the type to be jealous over someone else's talents - instead, I'd rather be impressed by the creativity and innovation of the human brain. I find it impressive, primarily because I do not have the talent required for design. I thought about getting a 3D printer but realized I was pretty much locking myself in to what others have designed, and I couldn't justify the expense in the hopes that someone else has designed exactly what I need in exactly the dimensions I require. Additionally, there's the inherent issues with filament storage (space and humidity) which would be a challenge for me.
The day I can't remove my battery is the last day I fiddle with cell phones. It is getting harder to find but only from the Apple dick licking cloners like Samsung et. al. I used to praise Samsung but with the battery option gone and the removal of ear jacks and worst of all the classic real buttons at the bottom being removed I haven't went back to them and never will again. Just buy a Chinese brand as they still allow you to at least remove the battery and still have analog ear phone jacks PLUS are a shit ton cheaper.
I had a hand me down Nexus 5 and changed the battery when it looked really swell. It was a very simple job and the only trick was to push the cover back down in the middle until it clicked (not much pressure required) so the vibrate feature would function. If your phone is still working it may just require a replacement battery which are available on eBay for stuff all. Unfortunately my Nexus 5 had a power button (?) issue and it kept shutting down so it had to be replaced. Was very sorry to not be able to keep using it.
Hey big Clive, longtime fan here via AvE, anyway, my 15 year old u/v oven lamp died this morning and I’ve never seen anything like it, 3A560 stamped on it and definitely pre-led tech. If you’re interested in getting those meaty mitts on it I’m willing to send it your way, just need to know where the yellow brick road starts. Regardless, thanks for the many hours of entertainment
Clive, put "modules" on your OpenSCAD to-learn list. It's like subroutines and makes code smaller and more maintainable in the same way. Also "for" loops which behave in a similar way to regular code ones. You might also like the modules because they would allow you to do recursive fractal crystal type stuff.
PLA can be made from corn. But it doesn't really have types because once its distilled its pretty much 100% lactic acid and nearly any plant has that in it. Most the science that actually surrounds PLA is how to make form into long chains so it can be used as a thermoplastic.
I knew a girl like that in college. She was a super duper hot raven with long long legs and a perfect face and everybody wanted her (the girls too). She was fine with it though, it was everybody else who got sad and frustrated. She was always just, like, "No thanks."
Nice one! It's a good thing you made the print walls so thin and without infill, otherwise it would be more opaque and/or the infill would be visible. Which could be an interesting effect in its own right I suppose. I believe PLA is dairy-based? I think it stands for Poly-Lactic Acid in any case.
First thing (after a benchy) that I printed was parts to upgrade the printer (mount for the power supply, feet that hold tennis balls to reduce noise, etc).
In 1978 I did my own office software in Basic. I have done Dbase3+ and Quattro Pro. this was before there was a lot of proprietary software. Now, of course, one must try to chose from among hundreds of systems...
looks like its been taken from super-mans crystal cave. I would actally buy one of them they look fantastic. could be a little money maker if you wanted to go down that route
Clive, I trick I learned a long while ago ( I was an electronic technician in a telecoms factory - GPT- throughout the 80’s) which you might appreciate. When soldering: at the moment the solder flows and the fumes rise exhale gently and smoothly to blow them away rather than breath them directly in - eventually our soldering stations had extraction , but by then the habit was ingrained and remains. Of course it might stop you talking momentarily , affecting your commentary
Hey Clive! Just wanted to drop a quick note to let you know that I built this project and it's great! (used the slow color-changing clears I had laying around) Not too hard. Had a buddy print out the crystals using your file. Pretty quick and fun. A real pleasure. Using it as a little nightlight in my dining room. Many thanks! (Ooooo! What would change about this if I used 200 ohm resistors instead of 100 Ohm?) Many thanks again!
When my mum went on holiday to Skegness to my sisters caravan she bought me back a spiky plastic crystal thing, it cost £1 and takes 2xAA batteries. It has a RGB slow LED in it. Needless to say I got her to bring me back another 11 of them so I could put them in my 'disco floor' project in front of my fireplace running off a Multivolt adaptor set at 3V LOL. Your project here reminds me of them except the center is a ball with spiky arms sticking out of it and only the space for one LED shoved up its jacksie. On the love note, I am not ashamed to say I am in the same boat as you. I have gotten used to probably always going to be single so I hope (and I am sure you don't) feel left out, at least you know theres another out there not employed 'to breed' :) I love the company of watching your videos, they feel very personal, please dont find that creepy lol Im just not great at conversation ha ha :D
i'm in the middle of 3d printing a big adapter to hook a 120mm computer fan up to a "charcoal" cabin air filter common in toyotas (because it is 4 bucks vs 10 for a "charcoal" filter alone) and it only took several hours to design it in fusion360 to be printable without supports. all because i'm tired of the fumes from soldering going right in my face. 3d printing is just great for the hobbyists who have the time for it
I am someone who also programs in basic, primarily as through both school and college we used picAXE microcontrollers which use basic as their primary programming language. As for powerful Basic languages a big shout out has to go to BBC Basic, the king of Basic programming languages. You could add assembly code to the basic program if necessary and on teh Archimedes machines you could use ARM assembly language too. Plus the original ARM based machines were immensely powerful for the time, rated at 4 MIPS!, yes an Amiga could beat it in the graphics department but an Archimedes could still get close despite the lack of hardware acceleration. This lack of hardware graphics acceleration did supposedly make it easier to develop programs for. I will say the Sinclair QL is a bit of a weird computer to have, given that there was little support for it when it was finally released and got dumped when Amstrad brought the business.
I bought a QL ages back (1985 I think). Those "strange tape drives" were not so reliable, and to be honest once affordable IBM PC clones arrived the Sinclair was relegated to the loft. Really nice keyboard though, which for me was the major selling point (after the "dead flesh" Speccy keys!! :-) )
11:00 You're the first person I've ever heard of who used a Sinclair QL for a serious purpose. My first computer was a ZX Spectrum, so in the mid-Eighties the QL was a very desirable machine - which was largely a failure. It's interesting to come across someone who found them useful.
It later turned out that a competitor in the fairground lighting industry also used a QL for programming the animations. So Sinclair QLs are a significant part of fairground lighting history from that era. The language was so different to normal BASIC that I couldn't click with it until I got a book written by the person who wrote the language. Then it all made sense.
My first computer was a Timex 2048k. Still runs. :o) Thanks for the file, Clive. Will try this when I buy my 3D printer. What's yours btw? The result is excellent!
Very nice! Go ahead and do the 3d printed as it may inspire us to leap into the 3dprint world :) I did a wire frame Christmas tree with similar led's and used an 18650 cell holder with tp4056p charger with protector made into the base box platform. I can see this crystal having such the same :) Keep up the good video's , love to learn..
Really like that! Just a damn shame I buggered my 3D printer yesterday. When the parts arrive from China, I'll be making quite a few of these!! Cheers!
I grew up with Color BASIC with the Color Computer (Dragon) back in the '80s and took computer programming classes back in high school over 20 years ago. QBasic was easy since I had a childhood experience with Color BASIC, but Turbo Pascal and Borland C++ was harder since they were advanced classes. They were the only advanced classes I took. The pace sucked because it was too fast at times, but I still enjoyed it. I prefer C++ overall. In the 2000s, I dabbled in JavaScript when I was doing amature webmastering, but Geocities shutdown and my cable ISP dropped free webspace so I gave up on it. I continued writing some programs in C++ to process wav files, but I'd rather just operate the software to edit multimedia rather than writing my own software. They were just command line tools really. Not anything flashy.
7:05 I wonder if any of the Isle of Man shellfish also goes to Portugal, in which case there's a decent chance it will actually end up in Poland via the Biedronka store chain. I shall investigate the next time I do groceries (which should have been yesterday but I'm more lazy than hungry right now).
Looks like an old Star Trek prop.
“Cap’n, the dilithium crystals are lookin’ a wee bit peculiar today.”
“My god Scotty you’re right; I hope this doesn’t mean we’ll have to go through yet another stupid time travel episode again!”
"Aye captain, they can't take much more of this!"
"Cap'n, the dilithium crystals a-"
"Didn't you just say that sc.....oh great...."
Lol classic
It looks like the s cad is all there ending with 3 lines of code for the usb cable hole !!!
A wee bit peculiar ?????????????
I think they're just looking a bit off-colour......
BOOM BOOM !!
Nice! Thanks Clive! I respect your opinions on relationships and your honesty on the subject.
Rich.
Lovely, they really do look very much like crystals, as a whole it feels sort of like Doctor Who alien tech, like it should project a hologram or something like that, love it!
Loving the expansion into 3d printing. It will be enlightening to see what other designs you create.
For hollow things (though not for this particular shape) it is worth checking out "vase mode" (or "spiralize outside contour" as Cura calls it). Allows the printer to create a hollow shape automatically from a solid using one continuous bead of plastic. Very good for lighting effects as it keeps it quite clear.
In this case I did make it hollow by design, but added the LED mounts too.
@@bigclivedotcom It wouldn't work for this though as the shape can't form "islands" on the way up. It's really cool for shapes where it works though. They build quickly and are only one wall thick.
@@chaos.corner This object is extremely complex, so can you explain why the code in the description is extremely short?
@@chaos.corner This object is extremely complex, so can you explain why the code in the description is extremely short?
@@bigclivedotcom Please tell me the make and model of your 3D printer. I want to buy one so that I can make a crystal exactly like yours.
I never expected transparent PLA would look that grand! Lovely. Hard to imagine you making that part with SCAD. That is incredible. Thanks for the Subway commercial and of course for saying Solder properly! Still missing your BRB "One moment pleezze"
I like the simplicity of the design, no code or intricate electronics required and quick to build.
I know all about bridging LEDs by folding legs against each other. I built one of those 8x8x8 LED cubes between Christmas and New Year!
It's a strangely relaxing project
@@pineal23 My hurting back would like to disagree. But I did buy another kit still :-)
One of the few cases where layer lines actually add to the appearance of a print. Very nice.
Damn it Clive, just when I was thinking we could go on a date to Subway.
I remember the first thing I 3D printed and being struck by how the PLA smelled like caramelized sugar. Smells pretty nice!
From the research I've read on the emissions of nanoparticles from 3D printers, PLA doesn't appear to send out any toxic substances.
I've got some slow fade RGB LEDs and some clear PLA and PETG filament.... I may have to give this project a go! :D
Now seeing the final result. It looks fantastic! And with being USB it'd be the perfect little desk ornament for people working office jobs and stuff. haha.
I may design a little base it can sit in, and print in black, just to elevate it a few cm. Maybe put a few little weights in the bottom and some little rubber or felt feet. :D
Printing with PLA makes me want waffles with maple syrup. :D
Yeah, PLA is really tame stuff, compared to a lot of other filaments and resins. Doesn't off-gas much, doesn't smell bad, it'll decompose a lot faster than other plastics... YMMV, of course, since filaments are almost always a blend of several plastics and pigments and are just labelled for the one they're mostly comprised of.
I did something like this a few years back. I took an octopus and a spiral vase model, subtracted the vase from the octopus to make a hole in it, and the vase hold) held a lipo and the leds. I used translucent petg and it turned out rather well ruclips.net/video/5VbkYZFv00I/видео.html
@@MattSieker It's super cute! :D
Lovely how it has a Cherenkov light flavour at times, then the sort of colours that would trouble Superman, then those that would help him, quite a combination in a lovely package. Thanks for sharing!
There isn't really anything toxic about PLA. It does smell rather pleasant. If I had to describe it it'd be something between the smell of fresh popcorn and yoghurt. That sweet, yoghurty smell is actually what the monomer, lactic acid, smells like. Our espresso machine at home uses lactic acid as a descaling agent and it smells quite similar to the PLA my 3D printer uses. It's a nice polymer because it does hydrolyse when it's exposed to water for a long time, so it is biodegradable. For the same reason it's also used for resorbable implants, although often as a mixture with another plastic called PGA in order to hasten this process.
Super neat, had I access to a 3d printer it would be high on my list of projects that I'd tell myself I'd do then never actually start.
Your candour is a gift.
In Toronto, Canada the public library has had 3D printers since at least 2015 [when I started printing]. The 2 hour allowable print time slots made designing things challenging. They have better machines than I would use/buy for home with staff to help.
'I don't have a lover, I never have.' Same, man... same.
It would certainly free up a lot of time...
same here, the amount of money ive saved since ive sworn off women is amazing...like the saying goes, "if they didn't have pussies, we'd throw rocks at them"
@@TheZombieSaints I've certainly never heard that saying before. I get the feeling you move in slightly more bitter circles than I.
@@da5e lol no you took me too literally, its an Australian saying. My life is just way less stressful without a female in it than with :)
I just can't imagine the amount of money you must have saved over all these years. My first divorce alone cost me $60K cash. Biggest check I've ever written, obviously, but still worth it to this day.
omfg thank you so much clive. ive been looking for crystals for my fishtank and I always forget i have a 3d printer. its just one of those tools that you forget you have when you need it
I'm going to print this with glow in the dark pla, and install UV LEDs.
Nice, some Tiberium crystals ;)
@@QuiteJollyRoger Just don't get Tiberium poisoning~
Can you get glow-in-uv red or orange transparent pla? Cuz then if you put in UV LEDs the ‘crystals’ would glow red with a blue core, and complementary colours always look nice.
@@Lumibear. I've only ever seen green glow in the dark pla
@@Lumibear. Also, my preliminary tests indicate that none of the blue colour makes it through. Doesn't even really get hot spots.
Love it, only one thing I would change on a personal level is to print the crystals were printed separately from the base and print the base in black PLA with more of a gap in between them so it breaks it up a bit more, making it appear a little more organic. Again only a personal preference. Looks fantastic anyway and might try adjusting the print as described and see how it turns out.
One of my favorite project builds!
Nice job! Big Clive! 😉👍
Even though I don't do any of your projects, it's always good to see you do them. :)
Fantastic project Clive. LEDs ordered, I have everything else. I have 3D Printers and usually use Fusion 360 for design, but happy with SCAD too. Thanks for all you do.
How did yours work out?
@@randynovick7972 The print worked out perfectly. The failure was me, I ordered clear LEDs instead of frosted originally, so I'm still waiting for the frosted ones to arrive.
@@spikekent Great! I ended up using clears just because I had them laying around. They look great, though they don't have the diffuse appearance of the frosteds, naturally.
I only recently came across clive's videos, he needs to stop, I have years to catch up and every single video is giving me too many ideas o_0 haha
Obviously keep them coming. I am learning a lot! Practical info about every day stuff along with silly projects, the perfect channel.
Beautiful!
Hmmmm. when I did not have a 3d printer now I would need to buy one ;-)
And yes, PLA is made of corn for a start but comes in lots of vareities with extra supplements for stability and colors. I don't have a clear one at the moment... (but do have it in PETG so might copy this soon!)
"...only the tip of the LED fits in..."
but hopefully not just for a minute!
Just to see how it feels.
My usual recycled gag: I'm poor, can you print me a 3D printer?
You can. Meet the Reprap.
www.reprap.org/wiki/RepRap
Finally, my crystal is done 😺 I printed it over 6 months ago, today I soldered it together 😸
Thanks for the idea and the code to print from, it worked perfect 😺
Merry christmas!
Looks like a potential cosplay prop for anything from Stargate to Superman.
This video popped up in my recommended and when I saw the thumbnail I was like “WHO GOT A PICTURE OF MY CRYSTAL?!”
Then I realized it was the OG video. 😂 mine looks EXACTLY like that.
Great for a PC Gaming setup. Looks amazing
Well, in Asda, we have clothing by George - perhaps we could now have lighting by Clive ?
Doesn't it just make you want to say why are LED light bulbs such a boring shape ?
I once had some color changing leds that had a flash sequence color change after the fading sequence color change.
Three of them in a diffuser would produce the most vibrant blood reds, emerald greens, and deep purples I have ever seen .
Those can be found on eBay if you replace the word "slow" with "fast" in the search link in the description.
Yes!! I was hoping for this! (comment before even getting into it a full minute) - just one note clive - I was trying to make a "color out of space crystal" years back, putting multiple RGB leds under a quartz point, each color on slightly different timing to make them flash just slightly out of sequence so it would be every color in the span of a few short moments. I unwisely chose 17, 18 and 19 hz for the different colors, and accidentally made a "puke ray" dazzler. Turning it on to test before gluing the crystal into the holder, I got immediate nausea and dizziness. Don't do that... or if you do, do it sitting down. For Science.
A few days ago you had those printed shapes on the bench - while discussing another item.
1 st thing i thought of when i saw the shapes was stuff LEDS in them, bet they would have a great look. And they did.
I thought exactly the same!
Thanks clive for sharing your time with us that looked like a fun project
So glad to see you experimenting with 3D printing, it's something which I've been highly interested in for a few years, and have recently discovered the real value is being able to design and create your own stuff (whether that be decorative, or solving a problem with function prints). I can't recommend Fusion360 enough, it's free for hobby and small business use, so I definitely suggest trying it at least.
you started putting out 3d printing content on pretty much the same day I bought one, just by chance. Keep it up just for me, who cares about the rest of the viewers
Thanks for mentioning openSCAD btw, its a life saver
I think Meshmixer is good and free.
@@TechGorilla1987 Although blender takes some time to learn the interface and shortcuts it is very powerful and fast. There is a ton of information out there on learning how to use it also. I started making 3d models on blender and I haven't had the need to use any other software. Plus it is linux, mac, and windows native so I can use it on all 3 of my computers.
@@Alobster1 I also use blender, and meshmixer but for different tasks. OpenSCAD is nice for things that require specific measurements, I can tell it I need a rectangle of a specific size with a hole at a specific place, just by writing out the specifications (in code) instead of modelling it. Blender is much better for sculpting more complex objects or animating
Meshmixer is nice for modifying existing meshes, openscad is terrible at that
@@droodguy I do agree there are probably better programs to do specific things then blender. But blender is the jack of all trades and if you take the time to learn it everything becomes very easy to do. I have always wanted to try openscad, I might give it a shot
I don't usually go for novelty lighting, but this is nice Clive.
I don't have a 3D printer, but I do make models out of Styrene sheet, which can be obtained in a clear variety.
I feel an experiment coming on...
Beautiful! I love it!
If you put different colour LED’s in each “Crystal” it would look a bit like willy wonka’s everlasting gobstopper.
The printer texture looks great
It's actually a very realistic crystal-like texture.
Do it with neopixels, and an ESP32 -- and maybe an OLED too! -- would make the perfect desk clock + notification alert box -- and maybe a gesture sensor for controlling media functions or other things!!!
I liked this project, I liked it a lot.
The last shot fitted perfectly with the mood light I have behind my TV.
Did you read my mind? I was just last week thinking about building a crystal light for my daughter after the transparent PLA has arrived!
I build two today. My dog is quite fascinated by the cristals.
nice build, looks like another type of led to try, I have often felt the same way about life being made to fix things
That's very cool ! Please make a video as you said with just the crystal and some music. It would be very calming and relaxing to watch.
Glad to hear you had a Sinclair QL they were rather good actually
Appreciate the opening remark on folks who don't have (can't get) 3D printer ;-)
I have rendered the design you provided (just for fun). Man, it is cool! Thank you so much!
11:36 “There is no shortage of resistors.” How wise, Sir Clive.
Or remainers !
Finally made this. It’s beautiful!
Another project, where if made into a sphere like crystal, would make a good Christmas decoration. Something Clive could make and hang in the windows, with flat bottomed ones on window ledge/will.
That's pretty sweet! I have been planning, off and on, a similar project involving two different light diffusers for "troffer" lighting. I wanted to use the the milky-white plastic sheet and the small grid-type together with a slow-change RGB LED in each little square to create a 2' x 2' decorative light. It's something I'll probably never get around to, but still...
I don't hate on 3D printing. I'm not the type to be jealous over someone else's talents - instead, I'd rather be impressed by the creativity and innovation of the human brain. I find it impressive, primarily because I do not have the talent required for design. I thought about getting a 3D printer but realized I was pretty much locking myself in to what others have designed, and I couldn't justify the expense in the hopes that someone else has designed exactly what I need in exactly the dimensions I require. Additionally, there's the inherent issues with filament storage (space and humidity) which would be a challenge for me.
"That's why your phone doesn't have much charge after about a year"
My 7 year old Nexus 4 cries if I turn 3G data on.
So far I have only purchased mobile phones that have easily replaceable batteries. Bit hard to find these days, but IMHO worth of it.
@MrAbletospeak i've had my old J3 6V for, gee, almost 5 years, and it's still like i bought one.
just wait for 5g, google promises old fones will cook an egg in under a minute all for 60$ a month. that's a sore dick deal!
cant beat it
The day I can't remove my battery is the last day I fiddle with cell phones. It is getting harder to find but only from the Apple dick licking cloners like Samsung et. al. I used to praise Samsung but with the battery option gone and the removal of ear jacks and worst of all the classic real buttons at the bottom being removed I haven't went back to them and never will again. Just buy a Chinese brand as they still allow you to at least remove the battery and still have analog ear phone jacks PLUS are a shit ton cheaper.
I had a hand me down Nexus 5 and changed the battery when it looked really swell. It was a very simple job and the only trick was to push the cover back down in the middle until it clicked (not much pressure required) so the vibrate feature would function. If your phone is still working it may just require a replacement battery which are available on eBay for stuff all. Unfortunately my Nexus 5 had a power button (?) issue and it kept shutting down so it had to be replaced. Was very sorry to not be able to keep using it.
Hey big Clive, longtime fan here via AvE, anyway, my 15 year old u/v oven lamp died this morning and I’ve never seen anything like it, 3A560 stamped on it and definitely pre-led tech. If you’re interested in getting those meaty mitts on it I’m willing to send it your way, just need to know where the yellow brick road starts. Regardless, thanks for the many hours of entertainment
Clive, put "modules" on your OpenSCAD to-learn list. It's like subroutines and makes code smaller and more maintainable in the same way. Also "for" loops which behave in a similar way to regular code ones.
You might also like the modules because they would allow you to do recursive fractal crystal type stuff.
PLA can be made from corn. But it doesn't really have types because once its distilled its pretty much 100% lactic acid and nearly any plant has that in it. Most the science that actually surrounds PLA is how to make form into long chains so it can be used as a thermoplastic.
really excellent vid. as always clive!
just watch the marriage proposals flood in!
(cough)
best regards
I knew a girl like that in college. She was a super duper hot raven with long long legs and a perfect face and everybody wanted her (the girls too). She was fine with it though, it was everybody else who got sad and frustrated. She was always just, like, "No thanks."
Nice one! It's a good thing you made the print walls so thin and without infill, otherwise it would be more opaque and/or the infill would be visible. Which could be an interesting effect in its own right I suppose. I believe PLA is dairy-based? I think it stands for Poly-Lactic Acid in any case.
I think PLA is derived from corn production. It's a pretty good plastic for printing with.
I've started sticking these LEDs to everything. Including the previously warm white mood lights in the sauna.
I love your views on relationships. I totally feel the same way
When I first got a 3d printer I printed pickle rick. To each their own.
First thing (after a benchy) that I printed was parts to upgrade the printer (mount for the power supply, feet that hold tennis balls to reduce noise, etc).
FormLabs ad complete, now I can watch Clive
In 1978 I did my own office software in Basic. I have done Dbase3+ and Quattro Pro. this was before there was a lot of proprietary software. Now, of course, one must try to chose from among hundreds of systems...
Openscad script is nice because it creates physical 3D objects you can rotate and explore. (Then print in 3D.)
Thanks, Clive! Very interesting - love the design. I downloaded and installed OpenSCAD and I really like it.
looks like its been taken from super-mans crystal cave. I would actally buy one of them they look fantastic. could be a little money maker if you wanted to go down that route
Finally! Energy crystals... that actually have energy.
Very nice, the pound shop should sell those for us that do not have 3D printers. There might be a deal in it for you Big yin.
I like the crystal and the effect, I like it a lot. (Typo).
Very good result indeed! I wonder how the crystal would look like after a touch of sanding paper. It might give it an even more frosty look.
Nice ..... the ending reminded me of the fire log channel.
You made a grand soul gem, nice
This has inspired me to make something like Superman's fortress of solitude when I get the time
Don’t stop with the 3D printing videos. They are nice :-)
Clive, I trick I learned a long while ago ( I was an electronic technician in a telecoms factory - GPT- throughout the 80’s) which you might appreciate.
When soldering: at the moment the solder flows and the fumes rise exhale gently and smoothly to blow them away rather than breath them directly in - eventually our soldering stations had extraction , but by then the habit was ingrained and remains.
Of course it might stop you talking momentarily , affecting your commentary
I do that when I'm making PCBs. It seems to be a natural reaction.
Hey Clive! Just wanted to drop a quick note to let you know that I built this project and it's great! (used the slow color-changing clears I had laying around) Not too hard. Had a buddy print out the crystals using your file. Pretty quick and fun. A real pleasure. Using it as a little nightlight in my dining room. Many thanks! (Ooooo! What would change about this if I used 200 ohm resistors instead of 100 Ohm?) Many thanks again!
thats so hipnotic if you made a base to house the battery you could have a garden full of them i may have to make one :)
ive been wanting to make something just like this for quite some time, although much larger, modeled after ungoro crystals from warcraft
Looks great Clive very cool project BRAVO my dude !!!!!
Ordered my LEDs today.
I plan on making a solar-powered light-up house number marker (like the solar powered fairy lights you made in a recent video).
When my mum went on holiday to Skegness to my sisters caravan she bought me back a spiky plastic crystal thing, it cost £1 and takes 2xAA batteries. It has a RGB slow LED in it. Needless to say I got her to bring me back another 11 of them so I could put them in my 'disco floor' project in front of my fireplace running off a Multivolt adaptor set at 3V LOL. Your project here reminds me of them except the center is a ball with spiky arms sticking out of it and only the space for one LED shoved up its jacksie. On the love note, I am not ashamed to say I am in the same boat as you. I have gotten used to probably always going to be single so I hope (and I am sure you don't) feel left out, at least you know theres another out there not employed 'to breed' :) I love the company of watching your videos, they feel very personal, please dont find that creepy lol Im just not great at conversation ha ha :D
Copied the script into OpenSCAD, it works :)
i'm in the middle of 3d printing a big adapter to hook a 120mm computer fan up to a "charcoal" cabin air filter common in toyotas (because it is 4 bucks vs 10 for a "charcoal" filter alone) and it only took several hours to design it in fusion360 to be printable without supports. all because i'm tired of the fumes from soldering going right in my face. 3d printing is just great for the hobbyists who have the time for it
I am someone who also programs in basic, primarily as through both school and college we used picAXE microcontrollers which use basic as their primary programming language.
As for powerful Basic languages a big shout out has to go to BBC Basic, the king of Basic programming languages. You could add assembly code to the basic program if necessary and on teh Archimedes machines you could use ARM assembly language too. Plus the original ARM based machines were immensely powerful for the time, rated at 4 MIPS!, yes an Amiga could beat it in the graphics department but an Archimedes could still get close despite the lack of hardware acceleration.
This lack of hardware graphics acceleration did supposedly make it easier to develop programs for.
I will say the Sinclair QL is a bit of a weird computer to have, given that there was little support for it when it was finally released and got dumped when Amstrad brought the business.
I bought a QL ages back (1985 I think). Those "strange tape drives" were not so reliable, and to be honest once affordable IBM PC clones arrived the Sinclair was relegated to the loft. Really nice keyboard though, which for me was the major selling point (after the "dead flesh" Speccy keys!! :-) )
Please make a video with some meditation music Clive that would be amazing!
Did not know about these leds. Thanks!
11:00 You're the first person I've ever heard of who used a Sinclair QL for a serious purpose. My first computer was a ZX Spectrum, so in the mid-Eighties the QL was a very desirable machine - which was largely a failure. It's interesting to come across someone who found them useful.
It later turned out that a competitor in the fairground lighting industry also used a QL for programming the animations. So Sinclair QLs are a significant part of fairground lighting history from that era.
The language was so different to normal BASIC that I couldn't click with it until I got a book written by the person who wrote the language. Then it all made sense.
My first was a zx81 with a 16k ram extension
Spent hours typing in code from magazines... And 90% had a syntax error (face palm)
Add me as well :-) in the 1980's I use da QL to build a photoplotter for making printed circuit masks.
i loved my zx spectrum
My first computer was a Timex 2048k. Still runs. :o)
Thanks for the file, Clive. Will try this when I buy my 3D printer. What's yours btw? The result is excellent!
Oh my gosh, now you're talkin my language! I'm definitely a big fan of the McDonald's apple turnovers!
Very nice! Go ahead and do the 3d printed as it may inspire us to leap into the 3dprint world :) I did a wire frame Christmas tree with similar led's and
used an 18650 cell holder with tp4056p charger with protector made into the base box platform. I can see this crystal having such the same :) Keep up the good video's , love to learn..
Please keep doing 3D printed projects.
PLA is the safest filament type for fumes and if swallowed (excluding sharp edges).
That is realy beautiful, Clive.
PLA smells tasty, love it.
Really like that! Just a damn shame I buggered my 3D printer yesterday. When the parts arrive from China, I'll be making quite a few of these!! Cheers!
What broke?
@@bigclivedotcom the mounting screws for the hot end. Steel into aluminium is never a good idea. Too easy to strip threads...
Half the fun of 3D printing is the tinkering that keeps it going
I grew up with Color BASIC with the Color Computer (Dragon) back in the '80s and took computer programming classes back in high school over 20 years ago. QBasic was easy since I had a childhood experience with Color BASIC, but Turbo Pascal and Borland C++ was harder since they were advanced classes. They were the only advanced classes I took. The pace sucked because it was too fast at times, but I still enjoyed it. I prefer C++ overall. In the 2000s, I dabbled in JavaScript when I was doing amature webmastering, but Geocities shutdown and my cable ISP dropped free webspace so I gave up on it. I continued writing some programs in C++ to process wav files, but I'd rather just operate the software to edit multimedia rather than writing my own software. They were just command line tools really. Not anything flashy.
7:05 I wonder if any of the Isle of Man shellfish also goes to Portugal, in which case there's a decent chance it will actually end up in Poland via the Biedronka store chain. I shall investigate the next time I do groceries (which should have been yesterday but I'm more lazy than hungry right now).
VEry nice project indeed. Good use of the 3d printer there for a change.
That is a very cool lamp!
Just finished one. Fantastic!!!
A video with the crystal morphing colours with music would be nice, as long as the music is NOT bagpipes. 😂👍👍👍
depending on who plays what and how (solo vs whole band with other instruments) bagpipe music isnt all that horrible...
@@urugulu1656 I agree its not that bad. from about 100 metres back. Or if its a decent military band 👍👍