Love the intro!

My wife is a “crafty” woman too. I’m trying to convince her she needs a CNC plasma table. Great video as always!

"congratulations on your purchase of technology from the year 40,000" The Emperor Protects

Now you can make a mix-CD by cutting and pasting your favorite tracks together.

Codyslab intro, AvE-style subject, This Old Tony delivery.. And they said Infinity War was the most ambitious cross-over.

This device was invented to make use of the vast surplus of coily cords for telephone receivers. Since nobody has a phone on the kitchen wall anymore, all those the coily cords would've ended up in the ocean and choked dolphins or something. THANK YOU to the Greek people for saving the planet!

Holy #&%! I just checked the price and it's like $400 oO. By its look (and function) I expected it to be more like $40 - at max... BTW, nice video ;)

untill you used the "manual" exacto knife, I thought it looked like the ultrasonic cutter was just a regular knife. thanks for doing that, it calmed my skepticism and now I think maybe I might play with one of these!

So this is Cody's second channel that I keep hearing about. Glad he's taking on the ultrasonic cutter project. He uses enough duct tape and explosives to pull it off properly.

Thank you so much for buying something and playing with it a bit so I don't have to. I just use a craft knife whilst standing on a washing machine spinning with an anvil in it. Works a treat but hard on the smaller gaskets.

As a Japanese descent, I can confirm the accurate translation.

I'm greek and i can confirm that this is greek

Hi, I'm an ultrasonic tooling engineer at Dukane IAS. I don't know too much about cutting, since that is handled by a different engineer, but I do know a decent amount about designing a horn to weld plastic components together. If you have any questions about ultrasonic welding, I can try to answer to the best of my knowledge, and what isn't covered by an NDA. Additionally, I know that we sell hand probes and generators for welding but those can be pricey and I'm not sure on how to order them, there's an online store, but it doesn't offer a whole lot. There was a comment below by Jason Goodman that had a point about why you need to mount at the nodal point, and all of his reasons are right. The only addition I want to make is that the nodal point will still vibrate, but it will be expanding in and out rather than moving up and down, which is why the cutter needed some padding around the transducer. If you try to grip firmly to the nodal point of a tool with a vice, you'll end up cracking your tool, and if you do it with your hand, you'll get burned. One last thing, ultrasonic cutters are used in the food industry too. Here is a link to a video posted by our Japan office of them doing some cutting with a horn: ukposts.info/have/v-deo/o5xzfGd_f5Cpk6c.html It's a really neat process and leaves a terrific cut in the food, think things like snack cakes, candy bar centers, and cheese.

So here's why the mounting point is in the middle, physics-wise: it's all about resonance and damping vibration. The piezos make the moving part longer and shorter, but they do it so fast that one way or another, both ends are gonna move in opposite directions. If your mounting point is at the back end, the vibration gets transferred to the handle of the tool and your hand, and the energy gets absorbed. If you mount it at its center of mass, the CM doesn't move, so the handle doesn't vibrate and no energy gets lost. It's like a wine glass: if you hold it by the stem, it rings nicely, but if you hold one side of the rim and hit the other, you get nothing. Since it's all about resonance, the shape and size of your tool bit matters a lot. I think you'll get the best "ring" when the vibrating thingy is about half as long as the wavelength of sound in the material it's made of. So for 40 khz in steel (6 km/s), you want a resonator 7 cm long, which looks like just about what you've got. For your 60 khz ultrasonic cleaner, you need a *smaller* vibrating element.

USW-334 超音波小型カッター (Ultrasonic Wave Cutter) 毎秒40,000回の高速振動でクラクラカット！きれいな仕上がり！ (Vibrates 40,000 times a second for dizzying cuts! Produces beautiful works!)

I liked the AVE plug. That's how I found Tony.

Neat, I kinda want one for no particular reason

That looks great for cleaning up 3D prints, especially where picking at something with a knife could slip and mar a nearby detail.

It's actually very handy for model builders. You can cut various materials with it like Depron, Styrofoam, Lexan, Fiberglass and Carbon sheets, Gaskets and so on! These things are awesome if you build R/C Planes, Cars and Boats or have a model Railroad and have a few things that you want to trim or add details to. My fiance also used them to trim Resin jewellery or for crafting delicate sculptures. It's really useful Micro tool. Oh and for people who like to tinker with electronics, this thing is capable of cutting circuit boards nice and clean!

Your humor and friendly sarcasm is a breath of fresh air.

LMAO.... Love the Cody intro... Now back to watching the actual video.

Here's a thought.... I'll bet if you put dull xacto blades in it you could get them insanely sharp by turning it on and using the right ceramic stone(s). I'd give it a shot.

“Come on Eileen” greatest tune known to man

I just searched the net for industrial ultrasonic cutter videos, it keeps coming back to this video. Tony, you've ruined the algorithm😂

So basically, this is a hot knife... *that isn't hot.*

I have but one question: what kind of otherworldly willpower did it take not to make a joke about grabbing a piece of felt just because you felt like it?

Man, you nailed the oscillating multi-tool on the head. I literally used it twice, once to plunge cut some slot in wood, and a second time to cut the cast of my wife's arm (no joke).

Great video, thank you for taking the time to upload. very informative and based on this I'm definitely saving up to get one of these for myself and my sons crafting. Thanks again, subbed :)

Ha, I like Cody's lab

Greek is my native language and i can verify that your translation was spot on Tony, a man o many , many ,many trades and knowledge !

You're humour never ceases to entertain me. Thank you 😊

Your comedy style and timing are great! You crack me up in every video. Keep up the good work. (The dial tone cracked me up!)

That intro got we, had to check the channel name twice. Then I saw the title and had to check the channel again. Nice Codys Lab and AvE reference.

When I am in my own workshop designing and building, but I keep watching "This Old Tony", and "AvE" Content, and my projects are on extended builds,

Very interesting I watched both videos all the way through. Thanks for you time and curiosity

Thanks for the well made video. Your humor is spot on. Patrick McMantus would be pleased the way you slip in the funnies.

That curly cord is from a telephone. Maybe this is for cutting into conversations.

This old Cody?

Thankyou for this video I am now buying this tool it will serve me well in my tasks.

How did I miss this. Really enjoyed this Vice if knowledge always helps.

That bolt is pretty big to be 8th grade. It must have had a hardened life.

I'll have you know that I've used my oscillating multi-tool five, maybe six times!

I kept seeing references to you on AvE's channel and finally checked you out. You had me cracking up man! I love your humor! I especially loved the call tone when you plugged in the cord. Subscribed!

Your channel is just what I’ve been missing in my life.

Nice Cody’s lab intro!

Hey Tony, I work as a injection moulder and I think you got the thing about the small number 2 wrong. Most likely bottle caps are produced with a injection tool with up to 50 individual cavities. All of them are numbered through, so if something goes wrong with one of the caps it's easier to find which one. Instead of sprues these cavaties have hotrunners to fill. Basicly a heated channel that leads direct to the surface of the part. Once you identify the cap that has a problem you can simply switch of the electrical power to the heating element and keep on producing with 49parts falling out of the tool, until a toolmaker has time to fix your problem. About what material is used, my best guess would be PE for those caps. All the caps we produce are PE. We manufacture 300-1000Liter IBC (intermediate bulk container) and heating oil tanks up to 4000Liter. The tanks are blowmoulded hdpe and the valves and fittings for the caps are too. This is necessary to make it possible to weld them on, since you can only weld alike plastics together. But there exist differently blended mixtures of HDPE. One for blow molding and and a special blend for injection moulding. The injection moulding blend is slightly more fluid in it's heated state and its easier to form filigree shapes with it.

Thank you for the dial tone... that's all I was thinking of while you were using it

14:40 what you *meant to say: “what do I look like, Big Clive or something?”

Love your content Tony! I work for an ultrasoincs company that makes plastic welders, (soft) metal welders, cutters and cleaners. Its so cool to see someone home brew an ultrasonic horn and get something that works well. The tune length of your horn is going to horn is play an important factor in how much vibration you get out on the business end of things. @Jason Goodman has got it right that the frequency of of the tool is going to dictate this length. The area were the tool is being held is the node where no vibration occurs. There should be an another node in the center of the horn where you no vibrations occur. If you run your finger there while the piezo is one you'll feel a dead spot. That should be a quarter wavelength. If you measure that distance from the holder to the dead zone it could be a good way to experimentally find the half wavelength you need on your homebrew horn. You can even keep growing the horns by half wavelengths to get longer tools if you need. A big factor in the output amplitude of these tools is the amount of gain in the horn/ system. The larger the mass ratio on the different sides of the horn's node, the more vibrations you will get at the business end. Your homemade horns seems to have a lot of gain, where as the straight necked horn you bought seems to have a 1:1 gain. If you put too much gain in the system you can over stress the material and crack the horn. That nice 40 kHz sound will make a terrible squeal. Fortunately I think that the little power supply would break before you got that far. A place where these cutters shine is in food cutting. The vibrations prevent the food particles from sticking to the horn and you are left with a nice cross section. Try cutting a Twizzler

I immediately subscribed to Cody's Lab, such a great channel, unfortunately had to unsubscribe from some other channels , you have to be picky right. Channels like oh, This Old Tony ;)

"Ironic effects". You sir, had me giggling. What a wonderful description

This has to be the best intro on youtube yet

I cannot stand those *AvE* glue sticks. They have too much chooch and you can never get them to focus.

Cody would be proud :,D also thanks for following up from that first attempt!

"In addition to the usual Single Men in my area"... 1:35 I had to listen to that part like 5 times in a row to find out about your subbtle joke there. Nice one Tony, as all your videos are. Keep on turning !

Thank-you for the dial tone made my night

Now see if you can make an ultrasonic cleaner out of that cutter, just to complete the loop.

For plastic that’s been solvent or even sonically welded, some time in the freezer followed by a series of sharp taps along the seam will usually separate the welds.

This video convinced me to buy one, loved it used it for weeks, then my dog had a stroke.

I really appreciate your sense of humor.

Thank you, thank you, thank you for opening the handheld unit! I didn't know how expensive those were, but REALLY needed to see inside it.

You have no idea how bad I want to see you hook up a telephone receiver to that cord !

Very entertaining, good content and well presented, thanks from Orlando Florida

I am a homebuilder. I do plumbing, framing, concrete work, drywall etc. etc. are use my oscillating tool 2 to 3 times a month for different jobs. It is an extremely versatile tool capable of reaching tight spaces where you would not think of using a saw saw/reciprocating saw. I remember when I first saw the tool I was extremely skeptical, now I wouldn’t leave home without it.

Nice tribute to CodyDon.

Damn you ToT! I was wearing headphones, and that ceramic bit had me doing the same thing as your son! 🤣

Between the intro and the north remembers bit, you gained a subscriber

Another thing I did not know existed but I cannot live without. Thanks... I guess.

Some of the best content on UKposts. I laughed out loud a lot on this one. I'd like to see how it does with laminated carbon fiber and particularly Kevlar hybrids. Kevlar is murder to cut but adds a lot of toughness for the things I'd want to build with it. I can send some sacrificial pieces for your testing. 😁

13:58 I literally cried when he put the phone sound over it :'D

Really love the casual humor, without it this would just be 20 minutes of a fancy knife. Turns out it was actually a stand up show. :D Highly entertaining thank you.

These things are super versatile! You can turn this ultra sonic cutter into an oscillating multitool by simply plugging the cord into a phone and letting the dial tone do the work. I even use mine as an air chisel by rigging it up to the headphone jack on my boombox and cranking up the bass.

You know someone paid too much for something when they have qualms about opening it up!

I am disappointed... You didn't even plug a telephone handset onto it.

This is my first time watching your videos and I loved it, you're really funny

I love your style. Can't be copied. Best man.

I see u took inspiration from AvE with that title

OMG I was waiting THE WHOLE VIDEO for that phone cord joke.

Man, I do a lot of modelling and craft stuff and I can tell you that I would love this thing. Just not enough to spend $300-$450 on one. If somebody could make a good working model for around $50, I'm sure that they would be *very* popular with the crafting crowd. To be honest, I can see no reason at all that this thing costs so much.

Omg the intro killed me, I was just watching Cody's butter incident video again before rewatching some of yours.

Thermal camera on workpiece would be interesting? And with your homebrew cutter, twiddle the drive frequency to find a frequency that results in a maximum (or a minimum, what do I know?) in supply current.

Used Big Clive’s vice of knowledge I see.

14:40 I can NOT even EXPRESS how much I love this

Thank you for sharing your review!

It seems to me that this tool is perfect for cleaning up 3D prints (e.g. PLA, ABS, TPU), because less force is needed and is therefore ideal for cleaning difficult places of a 3D print.

OMG...You are SO FUNNY Tony!!! I SO enjoy your videos, man! Thanks.

I'm sure someone else has made this comment, but an easy way to see if a plastic is polypropylene is to bend it at as sharp an angle as possible -- PP turns white at the bend, HDPE (for example) does not! Great video!

Man I love your sense of humor.

Most excellent Tony! (like thats a big surprise) ATB, Robin

Love your videos Tony! I would love for you to make a basic machining video, mostly how to mesure complicated cuts and whatnot, how to find the center of parts. just basic stuff us newbies struggle with

It is certainly the most hilarious review of an ultrasonic cutter I've seen. (So far)

you got my sub dude i love this content

Great video. LMAO on the dial-tone bit! Too Cool Tony

Do they do a fork too? I could save time eating my lunch and have more time for recreational activities. Thanks TOT, Dean in Oxfordshire UK.

thanks for the vid man, you put a smile on myu face and thats all that matters

i love the idea of connecting cutter with station via RJ11

love your channel

Oh jesus. I started the video and immediately forgot I was wan't watching a codyslab video so I settled into my start of video routine (i guess) and glanced and and saw the metal not changing and though "oh sweet he re did it." Then the "son of a" part broke my reality. That was weird and hilarious.

Love that telephone tone when u plug it in

You're full of information about materials. 👍