i froze myself in carbonite...

if you saw a short film the bounty you know that james got himself frozen in carbonite we were going to thaw him out afterwards but ian thought he could use the break he looks pretty happy doesn't he it's like he never left let me show you how we did this what if we freeze james in carbonite you know like han solo in the empire strikes back i mean surely we have the technology to do it by now that movie came out ages ago it's basically ancient so i guess the first step is to go out and find some carbonite not quite work oh carbonite exactly what i'm looking for [Music] okay okay in case you haven't guessed yet we're not actually going to freeze them in pink foam this isn't really a make a real episode did you notice there was no make a real intro i guess you could say this is just a prop or an extreme cosplay sounds easy right probably not the first step of the process is to capture james in three dimensions and we're gonna do that in two different ways the first way photogrammetry using something as simple as a dslr the way to do photogrammetry is to take multiple images of your subject in a 360 pattern then load it up into a software that uses a specialized photogrammetry algorithm to recreate the 3d model the second method for recreating james in 3d is going to be using something like a 3d camera such as the z camera back here the z camera uses two cameras to capture two separate offset images then lay them on top of each other to create a depth map we got two methods of scanning let's see which one works best [Music] i've just imported all the photos i took of james the next step is to let the software do its magic for the photogrammetry we're going to be using an open source software called mushroom as we were doing the depth scan i realized that we were losing a lot of detail so i decided to just use photogrammetry so the photogram tree looks good i'm going to take this model clean it up send it to dave and he's going to program the paths into the robot [Music] to cut out this foam we're going to be using a kr20 from kuka robotics as well as a liquid cooled spindle from push core this spindle just has a wood routing bit in it that it spins at 20 000 rpm to be able to cut out the foam the first thing we need to do is tell the robot where this tool is on the end of the arm easiest way to do that is just get a point out in space and have the robot touch the tool to that point at four different angles if it knows all the positions that it used to put the tip in the same spot it could figure out exactly where it is on the end of the air next we need to take the calibrated tool and touch off on the foam so that the robot knows exactly where the foam is and where it needs to be running the program all right that should do it let's go [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] it took about six hours but it's all done there's a few problems where the different layers of foam were glued together and the glue didn't hold all that well it'd be better if we had a solid piece of foam to cut through but we'll just have to glue some of those fingers back on next we're going to have to give it a coating to make it look like carbonite all right so i've cleaned up the foam as best i can now we're going to coat the entire thing in a rubber polymer to give it a nice consistent finish that looks like carbonite let's get started this is probably going to get messy oh look at that [Music] i think i'm happy with how this looks so once this dries we just have to make a nice frame for it and bam we've gotta be frozen and carbonite this minimalist wallet features rfid shielding 10 card capacity a cache strap and a quick access lever the smith wallet available now at hacksmith.store hey i'm henry i'm a co-op here at hacksmith industries and today i've been tasked with making the case for our carbonite we're going to start off by making a frame out of wood and then in classic hacksmith industries fashion we're gonna be covering in metal finally we're gonna add some details to the electronic panels to make it as film accurate as possible let's get into it i'm hoping the thing fits because the wood does bow and stuff so we might need to like make sure it gets in there you know so first i'm going to make some pilot holes and then i'm going to screw the frame together [Music] i didn't do this right we gotta do that again i this is supposed to go on the inside all right why are we capturing it cut the film all right frame's done just got to make sure it fits james and then we're moving on to the sheet metal [Music] i bet it won't [Music] all right looks like it'll fit let's get onto the sheet metal all right these look great on to bending okay we're going to use this box break to bend our sheet metal so the problem with these edge bends so when you start bending runs up against the other side of the frame so we need to do is take this out of the break go to a table and just bang it the old fashioned way with a hammer so what i've done is i've attached a little bar stock up top attached to this thick metal table and i'm going to use thick mild steel just basically as a plate to push it down to get that 90 degree bend it's pretty macgyvered but that's what we do here [Applause] it looks pretty good we gotta do that four more times all right before i go any further i want to do a test fit it might not look like much right now but we've got to trust the process i'm going to get to welding these guys together soon and everything should be flush so i'm actually not feeling terrible about this i think the gaps are a little big but i think they'll come out when we ratchet them all together and of course do a little more hammering [Music] [Applause] [Music] thanks chris for talking it together i've learned a lot now it's time for me to fill the gaps myself it's gonna start smoking a lot because there's wood underneath [Music] all right now that we got the welds done i got to grind all these mistakes away and there are a bunch of them [Music] [Applause] [Music] all right now that we've ground down the seams we're going to use an orbital sander to get the right surface finish [Music] [Music] now that the metal is done i got to make some panels to fill in these cutouts i found some great reference material on a star wars prop building forum where i learned the side panels are actually made from volvo dashboards turned inside out star wars fans have been making their own carbonite frames using this exact same method since 1980. the problem is even if i went down to a scrap yard and found a volvo 343 i would need to find eight of them and these side panels are such a hot commodity that they'd already likely be ripped out with that in mind i found some 3d models of the panels and we're going to print them out right here so obviously i'm not going to keep the prints this color so we're going to hit them with a few coats of metallic spray paint i want to incorporate some electronics into this control panel to give our sci-fi tech some life i'm going to use an arduino to control the leds in the seven segment displays to view the full schematic diagram click the maker.io link in the description below [Music] each one of these wires is connected to a port on the arduino with which i can code the seven segment display on the front [Music] with the control panel finished it's time to mount it all to the frame [Music] perfect [Music] we've built a lot of stuff over the years from captain america's electromagnetic shield to the world's first retractable proto lightsaber i even built aquaman's trident okay this one was a little weird fact of the matter is building all these crazy projects leaves me no time to build pcs and we need a lot of pcs around here so why not let microcenter do it for you it's one of the best places to shop for all your technology needs a tech haven with 25 locations across the united states they even offer an online custom pc builder tool to spec out the best pc for your needs that fits your budget not only that the tool also ensures compatibility between selected components finally if building just isn't your thing you can have one of the pros that micro center build it for you if you check out microsound using my link below you'll get a coupon for a free pair of bluetooth headphones sorry it was just lost in his eyes anyway uh we got to give james a little coat of paint to give him that real carbonite look let's get into it so i mixed this acrylic with water and we're gonna use it as a wash that's just gonna weather the top of the carbonite [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] with the paint finished it's time to put it all together [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] that was a fun build big thank you to dave's armory for lending us the kuka robot to make this happen make sure to check out his channel and subscribe if you'd like to see more robot arm videos don't forget to enter our contest for the limited edition only 10 ever made haskar all you have to do is fill out a survey to be eligible to win follow the link in the description below to enter now if you want to see more behind the scenes content of our hack laureen series along with a ton of other fun stuff make sure to check out hacksmith vlogs where we do weekly videos on our daily hacksmith madness thank you for watching and subscribing and i'll see you on the next one [Music]

Channel: Hacksmith Industries

Views: 1,879,630

Keywords: thehacksmith, hacksmith, star wars, carbonite, han solo, make it real, disney, who shot first, empire strikes back, boba fett, cosplay, engineering, kuka robot, solo, freezing yourself, bounty hunter, mandalorian, cryogenics, extreme cosplay

Id: lqrzBdmwlDQ

Length: 15min 24sec (924 seconds)

Published: Thu Aug 19 2021