Making a Coffee Table from Recycled Plastic | DIY HDPE Sheet Pressing
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Hey! We're Matt and Jonny of Brothers Make and we design and make projects out of recycled plastic. We hope that we can inspire some of you to give making a go! We have a workshop on the South coast of the UK, where we experiment and play around with new ideas for videos and products. We sell a range of different products, all made from 100% recycled plastic that we source from local schools and beach cleans. Some of the videos on our channel are about the products that we sell on our website. If you want to check it out, just head on over to www.brothersmake.com We also have the capacity for wholesale or custom orders. If you're interested in bringing your product idea to life using recycled plastic, then send us an email - we'd love to help! For any sponsorship related enquiries, please email [email protected] For anything else, drop us a line at [email protected] Powered by Triton Tools & PlasticPreneur 🛠🤙🏽
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A MASSIVE thank you to Squarespace for sponsoring our video. Head to https://squarespace.com/brothersmake to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code BROTHERSMAKE A few videos ago, we made a beam out of recycled plastic and ever since then we've been thinking about scaling it up to make a SHEET of HDPE! We built our mould using scrap aluminium and plywood, and heated all of our milk bottle tops in our panini press. Once all the plastic was hot, we transferred it over to the mould and used our hydraulic press to flatten the sheet. Voila! A sheet made from 100% recycled plastic, made using a DIY plastic sheet press. There are so many things that could have failed with this project, but we are SO happy that it didn't. The sheet looks like a beautiful map of the world and the hairpin legs really finish it off nicely. The cabinet scraper also worked a treat at flattening the sheet. When we get a chance to, we're definitely going to go back and swap out the reinforcement for some more of our DIY plastic beams to make this a fully recycled plastic top. The real question is... A - Nails DOWN a Chalkboard B - Nails ON a Chalkboard #BrothersMake #RecycledPlastic #DIYSheetPress #CoffeeTable #PreciousPlastic #HDPERecycling #HDPE #RecycledPlasticBottles #PlasticExtrusion #PlasticRecycling ♻️♻️♻️ Consider supporting us on PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/brothersmake Check out our WEBSITE and online SHOP: https://www.brothersmake.com/shop You can also buy our products on ETSY: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/BrothersMakeStore Follow us on INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/brothersmake Link to our MERCH store: https://teespring.com/en-GB/stores/brothersmake Check out our PLAYLIST with all of our HDPE videos: https://bit.ly/2SARcTo ♻️♻️♻️ FAQ: ➡️ We sell 100% plastic products on our website! https://www.brothersmake.com/shop ➡️ We don't buy any of our plastic. It all comes from collection and donations. We have a video all about it: https://bit.ly/2RsbhKA ➡️ Our workshop is powered 100% by renewable energy. We don’t use any energy from fossil fuels whatsoever. Check out the Super Green Tariff by Octopus Energy. ➡️ The gloves we use are called 'Silicone Oven Mitts' https://amzn.to/2ZxwUh9 ➡️ The black sheets we use to stop the plastic sticking to the press are called 'Teflon Baking Sheets' https://amzn.to/3r7zg4A ♻️♻️♻️ Music by Epidemic Sound
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