I made a Guitar out of PLASTIC TRASH | Recycling HDPE

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I melted down HDPE plastic and recycled it into a DIY Electric Guitar! HDPE. Plastic is a common type that can be melted at around 280 degrees Fahrenheit. After cleaning and sorting the plastic I shredded it in a blender before melting it inside a rubber mold. I used a guitar kit for parts and to make the mold. This was a really fun project and I am looking forward to figuring our ways to recycle more HDPE and other types of plastic like polypropylene. #HDPE #recycling
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Jessies video on recycling plastic bags
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HOEK FURNITURE (made from recycled HDPE)
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Peter Brown - SHOP TIME
• Turning Trash into Tre...
The Brothers Make
• Beginners' Guide to Me...
Precious Plastics - ONE ARMY
• Precious Plastic - at...
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@HomeMadeModern 3 года назад

Thanks to Brett from the SKULL AND SPADES channel for helping! check out his RU-vid! ru-vid.comvideos

@timwilliams347 3 года назад

Those looked like perfectly good buckets....

@HomeMadeModern 3 года назад

so much cleaning and paint peeling was involved but that is what jessie is great at.

@jfkusa123 3 года назад

Or the silicone and melamine and aluminum that had to be thrown away after making it

@BrothersMake 3 года назад

Been looking forward to this video coming out. Glad that our videos helped! Loved your colours in the end result. Also enjoyed the conversation at the end - there are definitely ways to do this on a more efficient scale which would reduce water and power usage. We’ve been experimenting recently and actually invested in some of the Precious Plastic type machines you spoke about. At small scale batch production levels you can start looking at the efficiency of every step to make it as energy saving as possible. Hope you play some more with this material, it’s great to see a fresh take on it 🤙🏽🤙🏽

@HomeMadeModern 3 года назад

thank you for all the great info!

@modustrial 3 года назад

Really interesting process! Definitely got me thinking about the possibilities...

@HomeMadeModern 3 года назад

makes giving 2021 collab

@IceTurf 3 года назад

I think you could have saved that water porting bottle... Just saying.

@defyslowmotion1 3 года назад

And the brand new buckets...

@zachwolfrom4522 3 года назад

The talk at the end was cool.

@whazee 3 года назад

I'd LOVE to see you making a solar oven. That would be super interesting! Your Hoek furniture is amazing as well! 😃👍 Really neat design.

@EthanCarterDesigns 3 года назад

I love when you experiment with new processes and materials! It came out awesome, especially as a proof of concept! I agree, it's definitely important to start taking the first steps even if those steps don't in themselves change the world. Great stuff Ben!

@AndyCPugh 3 года назад

Brothers Make are very cool guys.

@BrothersMake 3 года назад

🥰🥰

@ScrapwoodCity 3 года назад

Super interesting process!

@StopandStare. 3 года назад

It's project like these when family members hide all of the stuff so we don't end up melting all the stuff in the house

@velocelt 3 года назад

I really like that you put some serious thought into how this could be done with a better, lower environmental impact. I like how so much of what you're doing is predicated on how to make things simply and with low environmental impact. Finally, as Tim Sway has shown, you can make a guitar out of almost anything and the only people who care that it isn't wood will be the "Tone Wood Snobs."

@alisavogt2892 3 года назад

Great job! Love seeing the creativity that is used to reimagine our plastic trash. I did a final BFA project using plastic shopping bags, an iron and a sewing machine about 10 years ago!

@kamykyk 3 года назад

The whole video i was thinking - how the F is this eko when you used so much water / silicone for form / electricity etc - at least you confirmed my concerns at the end

@mikemorton954 3 года назад

I know what you mean. It's the learning curve to figure out can it be done? Then can it be done better? And should it be done at all? It's love to be able to better recycle plastic. My local council only takes a very limited selection so anything else goes to landfill or the incinerator. If I was to get a 3D printer, I'd definitely look into options for generating my own material.

@katsastus 3 года назад

I felt like the title should have been " I trash a lot of working stuff to make something out trash. It's not really 'recycling' if you waste more than you save/recycle in the process

@TallGuyDIY 3 года назад

no limits to creativity on this channel, awesome work ben!

@stiofan1 3 года назад

Fantastic proof of concept. Really interested in seeing where this goes in terms of more sustainable ways of heating the plastic.

@tylerhuttosmith 3 года назад

It looks like a bomb pop! I know you weren’t super excited about this one, but I think the look is cool.

@JohnMadeit 3 года назад

It was really good to hear what you had to say on the second half of the video

@stillstanding84 3 года назад

Really impressed with the blender 😳😳

@nickdrew1859 2 года назад

You had the idea of making a "solar oven" for this to reduce the electricity use. My idea is you make a box without a top and paint it with high heat paint you could use the grill paint you can buy in any big box store. Next you create a smaller box also no top inside of the first one made of aluminum. Box one creates and holds heat to heat up box 2. Then you build a up from box one and create slots from the side to put in lenses. Those lenses use the method tkor used to make their "death ray" they use convex acrylic like a magnifying glass. The problem you have to figure out is how to refract the light so it doesn't heat up one spot and how many lenses it would take to control the temperature.

@awideman5981 3 года назад

Thanks for the recommendations! We gotta do our part and upcycl more

@magnumstudio483 3 года назад

really cool

@TigerWild1 3 года назад

Wow!

@PneumaticAddict 3 года назад

I've been wanting to experiment with plastic lately. Thanks for the kick in the butt!

@joshcosta423 3 года назад

I like all the information after the project

@xusanchez6142 3 года назад

Great explanation at the end, I had the same doubts about the process. Definitely is better to try than to do nothing 👌🏾

@HomeMadeModern 3 года назад

Exactly! no answers here just lots of questions and ways to get better

@TracksWithDax 3 года назад

That's a nice guitar fruit bowl at the end, Ben xD

@thehotelmotelholidayinn 3 года назад

a cool experiment to get your viewers thinking! really liked that you shared a nuanced view of this project at the end

@Arachnidmadness 3 года назад

Great work and impeccable afterthoughts

@SpencleyDesignCo 3 года назад

Nice work ben!

@Anne-bf2fb Год назад

I wish they'd make recycled plastic guitars more

@pj0477 3 года назад

If you are considering molding at industrial scale, Its better to consider Injection Molding process. Especially if the batch size of your product is bigger.

@mkushin 3 года назад

Really cool, Ben. I like the format of explaining everything and talking about the process at the end too.

@HomeMadeModern 3 года назад

Glad you liked it!

@hali22996 3 года назад

Peter Brown ❤️❤️❤️

@raraavis7782 3 года назад

That's pretty dope - and thanks for providing some links, to go further down that rabbithole.

@spotoncam3640 3 года назад

I see a huge possibility of recycling plastic and other thrash in developed countries 🙏

@igorfedik5730 3 года назад

This should be a perfect material for kitchen and bathroom furniture.

@Anne-bf2fb Год назад

Sea glass green pert bottles and clear green and Sprite bottle tops

@amanthatthinks 5 дней назад

Not to mention the amount of micro plastic you created 😂 9:20

@bendurack2012 3 года назад

Nice video 👍 heat inefficiencies are only really a concern if creating big, thick parts like that. If you used existing industrial processes like IM it’s less of a concern as you’re just swapping the material from a virgin plastic to a recycled plastic. It’s a minefield to regulate and dial in settings though.

@doubledarefan 3 года назад

No need for weights inside the oven. After pulling the molten results from the oven, place a sheet of parchment on top, then place a wood (not steel) board on top and weight/clamp it down. Such a thick mass of plastic needs several hours to cool. Like overnight. Then, shrinkage and warpage will be at a minimum.

@oojagapivy 3 года назад

I'm intrigued by the solar oven possibilities with this process.

@meloD30 3 года назад

Okay, I've probably posted this before but is the hotel series still happening? I'm so HYPE for it. I love where making meets interior design.

@SchysCraftCo. 3 года назад

Very cool project. Amazing job. Keep up the great craftsmanship and hard work my friend. Keep making God bless

@caribfacesassi3544 Год назад

i want a blender like that 😂

@kcbaskerville7084 Год назад

Now make a chambered one with an interchangeable wooden tone block.

@aarontcdtrinity 3 года назад

Great work I have been looking into this for some time now

@jaderene 3 года назад

That guitar build was awesome!!!

@ARod1108 3 года назад

I’ve been waiting for this video ever since you guys talked about it on the podcast. I would love to see you run with this and create everything you talked about. Great video. When are we getting a new poem from Mike?

@Designotherwise 3 года назад

oh the microplastics :o

@zigodoo 2 года назад

Great

@thinkmo 3 года назад

Inspiring!

@nickdrew1859 2 года назад

Funny you mentioned brothers make here because it was one of their videos that sent me here

@AngelLuisTrinidad 3 года назад

That tune he was playing is from the movie "Deliverance" 1972.

@rman8028 3 года назад

Dealing Banjos.....

@warpman74 3 года назад

Haha, was looking for this comment. It's Dueling banjos.

@garagemonkeysan 3 года назад

So cool. Upcycle, reclaim, repurpose! #woodisexpensive Mahalo for sharing! : )

@jimwatson2110 3 года назад

Looks great Ben keep up the awesome work very inspiring

@michaelcrump7225 3 года назад

This has all the elements to go viral.. let’s wait and see if it happens! Cool project btw!

@ACoustaDC 3 года назад

Right on! great content as usual.

@TheWarrrenator 3 года назад

@9:39 But keep in mind that rather than degrading into the food web that plastic has been utilized into tool of art that will last probably just as indefinitely. Also keep in mind that plenty of guitars use aluminum necks so it would be great to see one smelted from pop and beer cans in the same way.

@alarcon99 3 года назад

i think another alternative for the solar oven would be a rocket stove. The channel GreenShortz DIY would be a great one to make a collaboration with; and he has used rocket stoves (made from construction waste products) to heat up an oven. And the source of fuel is also very minimal.

@arnoutdecock476 3 года назад

Love the products from Hoek. Btw, hoek is the dutch word for corner 🙂

@JHA854 3 года назад

Will it blend?

@StevenDavisPhoto 3 года назад

Love it. I think you should have mixed the colors together though first to make the color even.

@Taterstyles 3 года назад

You could probably make an oven using a fresnel lens.

@AMcho 3 года назад

What about parabolic mirrors? (for the oven, that is)

@carrolinenewtonisaac3234 3 года назад

Great idea

@rodrigoejcm2 3 года назад

I can only think about the oceans and all that microplastic, am I the only one?

@DamletIronsledge 3 года назад

Keep it up mate great job

@RupankarBhattacharjee 3 года назад

You are great!! Your videos inspire a lot 🎉🎉

@youknoweverything7643 2 года назад

No experience with guitars and you built this wow that's awsome and most of your sound like 85 percent or more of it is from the pick ups and amp material guitar is made out of body wise doesn't matter neck and frets and material that matters alot it has to play good no sharp edges smooth everything if not it will hinder the players playing which will hinder the sound of the guitar but all of your sound I mainly the electronics and amps thats it man and strings sound the best brand new the sound worse older they get they get flat string stretch that means it just stretches out of tune and if you pre stretch and put the strings on right it won't be much of a problem I would love to have that guitar and play it live at a gig. True 70s hippy vibe like jimi hendrix and wood stock hippy feel cuse it's made out of recycled plastic lol

@romianm 3 года назад

OMG. Can HOEK make shop tables, equipment, furniture? Always need to move things around in my garage shop. This would be perfect!!!

@a_l_p_e_r_34_ 3 года назад

R.İ.P. blender machine...

@hellothere1003 3 года назад

That s so coolll ♡

@Cianuro26 3 года назад

I know that you consider it not so eco friendly, but I would say that it is more impactful since you are producing only 1 guitar. If you produce more than 1 guitar, the energy consumption of water and the electricity for the blending part start to decrease. Also, reusing the mold and using a gas oven (and heating more than one guitar at the same time) would increase the "eco-friendliness". The bottom line here is that the main benefit is avoiding all that plastic to reach the landfills AND water bodies... so... yeah!

@metodemersic 3 года назад

Kudos for listing your inspiration/resources! Cool video, but I don't know if I liked a plastic guitar... Wood/epoxy combo, maybe. Hdpe, not so much.

@jribolla 3 года назад

I know you have used CNC machines in the past- what do you think about the possibility of CNC-one the HDPE blanks?

@HomeMadeModern 3 года назад

that would be a superior way to fabricate in my opinion

@euartista 3 года назад

Love the design and how portable and pratical the table is. But for 600 bucks for a 60" x 24" plastic with plywood veneer on top??? Holy moly! That is way way way too much. Take in consideration a Walmart portable table 6' long selling for 47 bucks. Granted it does not have the elegant design aspect but it does the job. This table has the design aspect and is somewhat the same size, but yet very expensive for what it is. When this is at target or IKEA for 99 bucks,. I'll buy it.

@HomeMadeModern 3 года назад

yes our margins are only about 30% we have to scale production to reduce the cost of the recycled plastic. currently we are comparable in price to west elm and CB2 which have no trouble finding millions of customers. we could go cheaper by not using recycled or FSC certified materials but we don't want to

@unperrier5998 4 месяца назад

Big talk about doing good for the planet. If he was serious about being efficient, he'd bring the plastic to his local recycling center. Unless you don't have any in the US? (wouldn't surprise me) They will recycle all white plastics but coloured ones are harder to recycle precisely because of the color.

@griffinmpable Год назад

The lighter white plastic on the bass side of the body just continuously looks like it's been blurred out in editing lol

@HomeMadeModern Год назад

it does! but that is just how it looks

@victorortiz193 2 года назад

What's the total weight?

@Ajhpanpan 3 года назад

All i can think of is what a powerful blender. 😂😂😂

@anneowen2416 Год назад

You can make charity auction guitars or guitar giveaways now

@JohnMadeit 3 года назад

I was gonna tell you to check out brothers make but sounds like you already have. They are my go to channel for HDPE.

@HomeMadeModern 3 года назад

yes they have great content!

@Nannarii 3 года назад

So, who else thought they clicked a burls art video? :D

@doubledarefan 3 года назад

Collab potential!

@rman8028 3 года назад

Information on the blender? I have about 100 lbs of HDPE that needs to be reduced in volume desperately!

@boryscholewinski4370 3 года назад

Aquafresh guitar

@spotoncam3640 3 года назад

Interesting DIY task for satisfaction of having built something cool 🙏 In India, we can't afford all these tools and moreover have smaller homes (especially living in apartments) and cheap labour - all this makes DIY less popular 🙏

@HAL-dm1eh 3 года назад

First!

@SofiaGonzalez-jv8yg 3 года назад

So the material of the guitar does not affect the sound?

@heyitsthatdude17 3 года назад

No, not on an electric guitar. All the components related to sound are a part of the hardware. It's an acoustic guitar where the material matters.

@Macfanize 3 года назад

@@heyitsthatdude17 It still matters on electric guitars, just not nearly as much as on acoustic ones

@xx6489 3 года назад

Let's hope solar energy keeps coming down in price because 30 modern solar panels is enough electricity for most homes even in really shity weather.

@Kevin-lw1kq 3 года назад

Cool project and all, but it looks like you're sanding that thing outside and allowing the plastic dust to just blow away. This is not something you should encourage. In other words, DON'T TREAT PLASTIC LIKE WOOD if you care about the environment :)

@HomeMadeModern 3 года назад

you are right and this logic should also call for not using any micro plastic skin care products, spray paint, synthetic decking, OSB or particle board. I would support smart regulation on any of these

@rndmfella1874 3 года назад

How to cause as much damage to the environment as possible, while making a guitar ? o_O

@HomeMadeModern 3 года назад

keep that same energy for any epoxy project

@leobrynn4171 3 года назад

Лайк за труды, но лопата лучше звучать будет, чем этот кусок пластмассового мусора.

@_MSD75_ 3 года назад

I have an English accent if that will charm you into marrying me.

@patroklos5196 3 года назад

Well we are already waste usefull resources, this is a fact.

@HomeMadeModern 3 года назад

yes it is a fact and also an area to improve

@FernandoChaves 3 года назад

Fun video. Excellent exercise in extreme waste, even as a prototype or proof of concept. A preliminary proposal alone would have eliminated the reasonable possibility to proceed. But then, there would be no video. Definitely a fun video. Another example demonstrating that most such efforts run with an energy deficit, expanded carbon footprint, and lack of sustainability. Of course, government subsidies often resolve those issues for projects that proceed in the face of reality. Apply for a grant, seek subsidies, and it could lead to a billion dollar venture. Especially true if you include buzz words such as sustainable, environment, optics, organic, etc. for the pseudointellectual psycho-politically motivated creatures that feed on such things.

@boots7859 3 года назад

OK, so if he goes to all that effort, and then ends up making a concrete mold that can be reused almost infinately, and uses solar power to supply power, its still wasteful? Not that I disagree with you in the main, however if someone wanted to spend their time doing this, seems like one could. If there were a market for plastic guitars that a manf. couldn't undercut.

@DrLoveQc 3 года назад

Wow so destroying a brand new looking bucket and water tank is recycling? And lets forget the fact that it needs a tons of silicone, aluminum and a wood guitar to sacrifice. Its not that hard is to find real plastic trash from recycle bins of friends and neighbors.

@boots7859 3 года назад

Don't be a douche, this was a test case to see exactly what he stated, whether or not it is viable.

@DrLoveQc 3 года назад

Lol douche? Boots you "SOCKS" hehe doesnt matter if its a test or not there is plenty of real plastic trash available insted of destroying new plastic items.