"cOnGraTuLaTioNs yOu mAdE MDF" 🙄

Hmmm. That is actually a very good Idea. I already can imagine for example a plant seeding pots that dissolve in the ground. Maybe with a ferilizer already mixed into the pot itself so it feeds a newly seeded plant.

“I didn’t do any quantifiable tests of their strength, but I did hit one of them with a hammer a bunch of times” Why would I want any other test data at all?

Great video. Corrugated cardboard already has water soluble adhesive in it (usually corn starch or sodium silicate). If you save the water that you squeeze out , you can use it for your next batch. This will allow the use of less added adhesive.

Great video. You inspired me to design an eco-friendly packing solution for one of our products which is held in place with a plastic part. I will try to replace that now with a recycled paper solution. Nice work!

100 BC: Making paper out of wood. 2020 AD: Making wood out of paper

To make them waterproof after moulding you can coat them with a drying oil, like the ones used in oil painting. Linseed oil, hemp oil, soybean oil, tung oil, walnut, poppy, and more!

Shellac is one of the oldest waterproofing coatings in history used on wood. It's plant-based (Toxicodendron vernicifluum) and would be a nice post process for this material. Excellent video!

Back in the 1980’s my mother used a similar method for making various elements in her crafting practice. Of course, the 3D printer wasn’t involved but the pulp making and the molding process were definitely the same.

Make ammo for toy guns, like nerf, so that after an outdoor battle, any rounds left behind would eventually decompose. Perhaps you could infuse the pulp with nutrients/fertilizer for something like a seedling starter pot that can be directly planted in the ground.

9:10 *with this method you can recycle them into something other than an egg carton* [puts an egg in it]

When i worked in a paper making studio all of our raw material got presoaked, this helped us control the ratio of cellulose to water that we needed to pull sheets of various weights. Might require a bit more putzing to figure out what ratio is right for any given mold, so I'd suggest establishing an idea density for a finished piece and try and work backwards from there to calibrate that ratio. As for using a hydraulic press, i'd say only use it if you want to scale up. In the studio I worked in we used hydraulic presses only when we had at least 50-100 sheets pulled (and we were a small shop). If you're interested in exploring water proofing maybe look into wax. Again it will take some experimenting because most fibrous mediums being wax coated are flat. If this kind of production were to be scaled you'd also need to invest in a good dehumidifier. Lots of organic matter and water can get pretty funky smelling and controlling mold in the work space is a constant battle

Too cool! This is exactly the information I was looking for! You should be very proud of your ingenuity and progress! It's projects like these that shape what our relationship with materials will be in the future.

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"I tried to make useful things" "Topographical map of San Antonio" What are you, a sniper? XD Super cool tho. Gonna try it myself sometime.

Very cool idea, and professionally presented. I was blown away by how tough the resulting parts were, that hammer test may not have been scientific, but it was dang impressive.

This is the coolest my dude. I hope you go far with this endeavor and reap all the rewards along the way. By the time I figure out recycling plastic, for 3D printing, seems you'll have the template for recycling all my paper recycling need. This is the future culture we need to keep curating, and I'm glad you're a part of it.

Holy cow! I randomly watch this video and see a shout out to me! Well done my friend!

You could try to incorporate paraffin or even beeswax to make them water resistant.

The desk organizer really gives me the idea of designing packaging for shipping custom things like delicate 3D prints, or low volume production goods, etc.

Awesome to see someone finding a way to make DIY recycling more widely applicable.

Here's an idea: Put a seed in the middle of a cube. Let dry. Then the "seed cube" can be planted. Test the results.

I'm a material engineer and can say it's really interesting! Especially the fact it isn't too flammable. For water resistant maybe try wax or PLA layer.

I would use PETG molds, because for better or worse, nothing likes to stick to it. Then maybe mix in a ratio of Titebond III just before pouring it. When done properly, Titebond III can glue wooden surfaces stronger than the grain of the wood itself. It’s also great with paper.

This is simply amazing. Printed the terrain mold last night and am going to get started with the pulping hopefully this week!

Great video! For water proofing - try coating in beeswax or parrafin. May even be possible to infuse the wax into the paper.

When he showed the triangle mesh I saw acoustic panels.

❤Your video was one of the first that got Me Hooked about a year or two ago on paper pulp packaging 😂 so I basically developed my own style similar to how Hewlett-Packard make paper pulp packaging! Last year I tried sharing information about it on 3D printing forums and Facebook groups and paper packaging groups but absolutely nobody was interested I'm shocked because it's an amazingly easy process and literally costs just a few pence to make the moulds! A few days ago I started uploading some old basic short videos and will upload some more of my processing soon! Basically I just print a 8 mm thick mould without walls. Like a shell... I then print a cap for the mould with a vacuum attachment hole. I simply plunge the mould into paper pulp mixture with the vacuum running and then pull it out after 3 to 5 seconds, I then wiggle it about a bit (upsidedown) to remove all the water from inside the mould. I then remove the vacuum pipe and I use a short sharp blow 🌬 into it to demould the pulp! Then dry for just 12hours in the sun! The moulds are on average about 3 to 5 mm thick! Lol I always put flower petals into my moulds to make them look pretty😂 I've also experimented quite a lot using activated charcoal to remove any cardboard smells and storage smells. So far I have made a number of mould patterns that I use on a regular basis for posting sold items and storing food❤ I could literally talk about paper pulp packaging for days on end😂 I think one of the biggest issues people might have is from over blending the paper pulp mixture as I found it will easily block up the mould structure. I found a way around this by using screen printing mesh which is extremely cheap from China... then using a soldering iron to melt the Nylon mesh onto the 3D printed part, creating a perfectly smooth surface to make de moulding extremely easy My most useful items are food trays which can be waterproofed using paraffin wax ( this is a food safe wax that is used on a lot of food products like fruit). I've also made plant pot packaging for sending live plants in the post, packaging for small glass squares and egg trays for my extra large duck eggs!

I remember having a home paper making / recycling kit as a kid and that was fun, this steps that up to a whole new dimension!

I have extensive training in making pulp, and this is a really nice idea! In the industry the cutting of fibers is kept to a minimum to keep strength and properties in the pulp, so please skip the blender and shredder. Tear big chunks, let it soak and mix it with a paint stirrer or the like.

Gonna make my own paper plates now... out of my old paper plates...

Amazing! I am doing my own research on recycling paper and cardboard into spacial design as an archi and design student! Thank you, I will definitely use your advice

You did an excellent job in teaching this process. You were thorough and very descriptive. Your 3D press designs were excellent. Thank you

Wow, you found out how to make a light, strong material that is fire resistant, can be made at home, and is biodegradable. Pretty amazing for a material made of boxes.

great idea for custom postage packaging for mailing fragile objects! Thanks!!

I once built a ZN414 based AM radio. Lacking the means to enclose this, I decided to glue a cardboard box together, put the circuitry inside and potted the whole thing with cotton wool and candle wax. The only non-waterproof bit was the tuning capacitor. Volume control was achieved by turning the ferrite antenna away from the station. The IC was wired to the battery terminals. It was always on. Plugging in the earphone powered the amplifier. It was nearly waterproof. I suggest you melt some candle wax, heat your piece in an oven to a higher temperature than the wax and then dip it in. This way the piece cools in the molten wax and the vacuum draws some into all those pores. Give it a go. See if that strengthens the piece.

so cool! im getting into 3d printing very recently, and the idea of being able to make something more than just pla is pretty astonishing

Ok... I'll admit, this gave me an artboner... I got bored with my 3d-printer almost a year ago, now I have an urge to get it up and running! Thanks Aidan!

Made building blocks for children from your idea. Thank you.

This is how i make sculptures and cosplays! I blend the old cardboard, paper from shredders, paper towel rolls, tissues that have gotten wet etc. Add one part wood glue one part white glue and enough water to make it the consistency of clay and then you can sculpt. It takes about three days to fully dry depending on how thick it is and it shrinks a little but it is much cheaper than any other kind of sculpting material and it is much more environmentally friendly (and it is quite sturdy).

This technique is perfect for making durable custom packaging for shipping smaller products, which could be very cost effective for small business owners

"I'm going to show you how you can use a vice, a blender and a 3D printer to turn this cardboard into any shape you can imagine" Forgive me for doubting you, oh great algorythm, but how the fuck did I get here?

I work in logistics for a 3d printing company, needless to say this was a huge idea promoting video, thanks for the awesome upload

Thank you so much for the detailed tutorial you are a saint! I am going to be starting a project working on recycling things are your video is going to be a life saver!

This is incredible!! Thanks so much for sharing, I've been trying to figure out how to do my own recycling. This opens up the world to so many possibilities, thank youuuu!!

You got me at "if you're still watching at this point"

Excellent lighting, good sound, good scripting and editing, clear, concise, and informative -- Well Done, Sir!

Excellent video! I appreciate how you present knowledge, process, learnings, and suggested next steps.

Egg whites are one of the original binders used in many types of paint. It may be a tool for making the boxes more water resistant

Safety Tip: Always wash the egg cartons, before reuse as salmonella lives on the egg's shell. Small amounts can be present that won't make you sick eating the inside of the egg and boiling eggs usually kills these smaller amounts. A quick wash with hot water or just a little soap will kill any lingering salmonella, especially important if you use that blender for foods again in the future.

Funny thing is I remember a process where they did something like this with wood chips etc. and then had fungi grow on the fibres afterwards they heattreated them and dried them out boom, biodegradable styrofoam replacement, heavy duty one at that. No glue involved, I wonder what would happen when we apply the fungi to your dense paper packaging? ukposts.info/have/v-deo/eXOgdWytjHpeyWw.html And one more where they try to replace plastics and rubber with mushrooms: ukposts.info/have/v-deo/op5-jH5si6eiqGw.html

This video is awesome. Thank you for sharing and explaining everything so clearly. Great details. I think it's great what you're going. Thanks again

I love this idea! Practical recycling at home, where I know what is actually happening to the material and can benefit from reusing directly. Maybe the finished product could be coated in wax to waterproof? That would be somewhat accessible, but maybe not ideal. Another possibility could be resin, though the material may soak up some? Really excited to see where this can go in the future.

Soo... it's kinda like a MDF board, but only less pressure, so it's LDF

Hi Aidan, my son asked me to watch this video and I have to say I was very impressed. It is very interesting what you have discovered with cardboard. My son also has a 3-D printer and wants to explore more information on your channel. Also the way you explained it was very easy to understand and follow. You sound very intelligent. Anyway I like what you produced and I really think there can be A lot more ideas put into. Thank you very much for your effort❣️ Greetings from Germany 🇩🇪🍀

Thank you for a clean clear to the point video, Great Job!

There is so much energy being used in preparation that it doesn't make sense to "recycle" in this scenario. The rice paste cooked for half an hour, the blender, the 3d printing, and other unaccounted processes

this is a great idea. those pieces ( 7:24 ) might be good shapes for sound proofing, which is usually made with foam that might not be eco friendly

This is really clever and I’m glad you mentioned the fact that you use rice pulp instead of glue!

Very clever! I can totally see several uses for this process.

I love this so much, moulding paper into dense, 3d forms

Hey, thanks for making the video! One application could be soundproofing material, for example for audiophile people who want to improve the acoustics of their listening room. Doesn't have to be waterproof, and if you print a cool topographic map, it could be artsy and functional.

"I haven't done any quantifiable test of the strength, but I did hit one with a hammer" golden! Great project I'm inspired.

Cool! Change the scale to a larger one! And now you already have Wall decorative panels and a wall shelf, a laundry basket or for storing things!

Egg cartons are made in exactly this way, I think.. 😁 Another technique I've seen people use in the past - pasting layers of wet paper (usually newspaper, but brown kraft paper makes stronger parts) onto a one-part mold, which I think is what they call "papier-maché".

We absolutely need an update to this lmao. This video is incredible.

Since everyone else thinks outside the box, I’m going to start thinking inside the box so I can be different.

Awesome! I want to try casting some kind of mold in pottery plaster so that it might draw the moisture out. That way you can also create a lot of molds to use at the same time. The only drawbacks might be that the cardboard adheres to the pottery plaster, or that the plaster is too weak to withstand the pressure needed.

3D Printing is just incredible. Individuals nowadays have so much more options to DIY amazing stuff compared to 20-30 years ago

This would be good to use for making the insides of custom cases for things like camera, drones, gu,s, etc. This can be used instead of foam.

Thank you all for 1 million views! I seriously never imagined that this video would get so much attention :)

Very cool. Well done video. Straight to the point with clear instructions and visuals.

Man, let me tell you, I love your results, it will help me a lot to develop a whole bunch of creative ideas and ways of processing and staying sustainable

I just remembered a studio called Dear Human made a collection of recycled paper tiles to be used as a wall covering. I just checked out their website and they've done more projects with paper.

You're a thinker, keep at it man. The world needs more people like you.

I've been wanting to try this with cement. Maybe I'll start here first. Thanks for making this video!

This is a great resource for 3D savvy small business owners. You could create custom, eco-friendly packaging for any kind of product!

This is how a lot of old carnival props were made back in Italy up through the 70s or 80s. They hand pressed the giant sculptures. I would love to do this for props in Mardi Gras today.

The process of enabling people to "do it yourself" at home can even win him a place in a sciences or innovative exhibition/competition

That’s a beautiful blender! Great video! Thank you so much for the information!!

Such a great idea, I've been designing 3D printed molds for casting concrete items for a few years now but this opens a new door for me with so many new possibilities. Thanks so much for sharing!!

If you want to make it easier to take out of the mold, you can add a draft angle to the mold, just like injection molding.

I hadn't researched it but video brought up idea as to how recyclable the 3d prints themselves are.

This is awesome. Really thank you for sharing this. I'm inspired.

I can see this being used in DnD to make 3D scenery and dungeon tiles simular to dwarven forge

the triangle mesh and sign wave mesh could work great as a studio foam alternative ! someone needs to try that !

Such a beautiful soul you are. Thanks for sharing this info. 💚

This is awesome. I worked in logistics for a while and this would be incredible for making cardboard pallet blocks (the legs of the pallets) as this material seems fairly sturdy

Hey! The mechanic process to remove the water and set up it into the format you want remembers me the way my grandpa used to make ham: Instead of pressing it with fixed length (like you did with the clamps), he used rocks and gravity. So, as long as the content (in your case, paper, in his case meat) is being pressed, the water is removed, but the pressure is still being applied. It's a simple test, maybe it worth the try

This is absolutely fantastic! I’m thoroughly impressed: not only is this technique incredibly useful and obviously effective, but seeing your process and technique development is fascinating... entirely impressive, awe-inspiring - inspiring as a whole! Watch out for this guy, people... this is my first time coming across his content, but mark my words: he’s going places. I foresee massive things coming from that motivation and mind in the future... this is the kind of human who’s capable of ground-breaking ideas, discoveries, and inventions, with worldwide impact. 🤷🏻‍♀️Like I said, I guess... I’m impressed.

That is pretty cool and extremely versatile. Thanks a lot for sharing!

Well done - Thanks! Lots of applications for this.

What if you used acetone instead of water and added styrofoam as the binder to recycle syrofoam. You would have to use an undisolvable type of plastic or metal as the mold but it would help and reuse styrofoam and it would be more resistant to water

This is awesome! I expected the resulting molds to be very weak and only usable for decoration--and they look to be many times stronger than the original cardboard they were made from! Very impressive

This is brilliant! I will be using this method with my students this semester, thanks for the inspiration

Appreciate your work and analysis 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Love it! I’ve been doing both paper making and 3D printing for years, and this never occurred to me. Great for custom packaging. Wholesome, messy fun. :)

This is paper recycling version 2.0. I'm definitely going to try this at home, there are countless things you could do with this. Thanks for sharing.

Reminds me of "newspaper wood" material, made out of newspapers and magazines and by keeping the layerness it maintain a bit of wood characteristics

I can't wait to see all the remixes for this. I have a ton of boxes laying around already.