I 3D Printed Nerf Blasters in Solid Chocolate - Will they EXPLODE?

[@outofdarts]

You did it! Only you could have pulled this off. Thanks so much for including our design in this project!

[@FlavorLab]

It looks like your chocolate became untempered during the heating phase, the untempered chocolate is less structurally sound and melts at a lower temperature. The additives in the orange chocolate make it retain its temper at higher temps, which is why it looks shinier/stronger. Maybe you could play with additives to make a chocolate that doesn't lose it's crystalizatine structure during printing?

[@kiplinght]

We need a Claire Saffitz crossover episode

[@salmiakki5638]

He should temper his chocolate after printing it. Better yet, shock freeze it to make it an amorphous Crystal 😁

[@aronseptianto8142]

yay, confectionary material science

[@kamo7293]

surprised to see you in the comments. and giving solid tips for a better blaster is actually cool

[@eicha41624]

Printing all of it with melting chocolate would probably work better, I can't see a feasible way to keep the chocolate in temper while printing unless the mechanism is extremely complex.

[@sf-studio]

"Masonry tumbled from my sphincter." - I'll never say "shitting bricks" again.

[@ZiggityZeke]

Zack is too funny 🤣

[@TheGuyWhoComments]

Man is a linguist

[@Eric_Wolfe-Schulte]

@@TheGuyWhoCommentsa cunning one at that!

[@Argosh]

​@@Eric_Wolfe-SchulteI see what you did there.

[@AndrewRGross]

There's a lot of good lines in here. "Unless I want the Denver PD to paint a Jackson Pollock with my dogs" was the one that really got me.

[@indyalx]

Takeaway of the day: "For you, safety is imperativ. For me, stupidity is lucrative"

[@theleightonbrown]

This launched coffee out of my nose!

[@lenorelestrange]

Quote of a lifetime.

[@kviksy]

О! Amazing idea))))) I admire his creative mind!

[@MaxHackbarth]

🤌

[@jimmyneutron8702]

**** imperativE 🤓

[@Jelotan]

Your scripts are so dang good, "these protons ball contain real protons" is amazing

[@badasson8825]

… Contain real protons” - oh really? Couldn’t guess myself, thanks for the info

[@devnol]

A single molecule of water contains more hydrogen atoms than there are stars in our solar system.

[@webx135]

Right? Like half the reason I watch his videos is raw entertainment of his wordsmithing.

[@KerbalAddict]

I was gonna say this but had to make sure nobody beat me to it

[@monad_tcp]

i would be worried if they didn't , they would be anti-matter

[@AMMMMP]

"Crammed the mag deep into its brown blaster bussy" - You're a poet, Zack.

[@markmarketing7365]

I want to unhear this sentence

[@bladelaw]

"This isn't art! This is content!" - KZbin's mission statement.

[@s--b]

If anyone recognized Xtremegamez but didn’t know from where, they were the two brothers that made a clickbait video saying they’re quitting KZbin because they were dying then said they were cured by some quack doctor

[@NEEDbacon]

Honestly never heard of them, but good info

[@DatPokemonTrainer]

As soon as i saw them, that soundbyte of one of them going "I'M ETHAN BRADBERRY" flashed in my brain

[@woofy1988]

I thought they looked familiar. I remember Philip DeFranco talking about that

[@monad_tcp]

that's an entire new level of quackery

[@CarmeloEstablier]

I work with chocolate and I think the main issue is that the Cocoa Press doesn’t temper the chocolate, so it is soft (even for chocolate). As far as I’m aware, the composition of the chocolate bars are fairly high in fat (not necessarily cocoa butter), which will make the whole thing even softer. Doing this in winter would probably work better. Also, considering the current price of chocolate these days, might just as well print it with gold lol

[@gingerfication3375]

“Sir Issac neuton is an equal and opposite pain in my ass” 13:38

[@mattcurr9931]

only bettered by the "put down a Oompah Loompah labour strike" line 😆😆

[@thecatofnineswords]

Do not shoot the messenger! Mr Newton only discovered the laws of gravity, he did not invent them. We still need to find and identify that rude sod.

[@Sonictailc]

That should be on a fabric garment

[@423D]

I've never heard someone threaten to increase someone's surface area, and im terrified.

[@rogue3398]

"I will increase your surface area for you" is my new favorite threat. Thanks, Zack.

[@famitory]

cocoa press should look into making a liquid sugar version. hard crack caramelized sugar has a pretty high hardness and impresive compressive strength at the cost of being rather brittle under tension. add a tiny bit of butter to make it toffee and you've got a material with just enough tensile strength to design with using the same rules as a ceramic.

[@ericlotze7724]

This. (Sidenote SLS or SLM with Sugar is a thing too if i remember correctly)

[@deecat2018]

Are u talking about food or not?

[@tsquitz]

@@deecat2018 it's melted sugar, pretty much. caramelization can make molten sugar very rigid if done properly

[@danielreed5199]

You know, No is always an option, "Should we try this?", "No!", Looking forwards to your 3D Printed Marzipan Toilet video.

[@ericlotze7724]

Could you do the Biodegradable Nerf Ammo with Seeds (native plants mean bonus points) idea but open source it? I saw it proposed as an idea somewhere, but I don’t have the resources to do it myself (at least yet) Your love of Nerf, Open Source -ness, and goofiness like this makes me think you can pull it off! Granted you probably have plenty of ideas in the que already lol. (Edit: Typo Fix)

[@bobbie9066]

Thank you so much for persevering and chocolate melding those pieces together - it's not cheating, that's just how you handle that material!

[@hippiedude2232]

"for me stupidity is lucrative" Honesty at its most bittersweet.

[@ChanceRoth]

Cheerfully chucking chewy chocalate chunks.

[@bakedbeings]

Chremendous!

[@TheTurtleyOne]

"Sir Isacc Newton is an equal and opposite pain in my ass!" My new favorite quote

[@d-os1.883]

10:30 that mag insert got me acting unstraight.

[@Yipper64]

I mean youre the one imagining yourself as the gun not the mag.

[@d-os1.883]

@@Yipper64 Yes, that would seem to be the implied case of my comment

[@drflux]

The gambit shoots Hot Dogs very well also! Glad you like it. Everyone at FluxLabs loves your content keep up the amazing work!

[@NEEDbacon]

Certified to fire two different food items

[@DesertRat2121]

You missed the opportunity to use cheese balls as the ammo

[@theboz1419]

Oh, let's make a solid cheese, cheese puff gun

[@miles-vy5wp]

This! This is why I come to your channel Zack! Bravo 👏

[@MrDivinePotato]

That script is a masterpiece, this was hilarious

[@gregorysmith9114]

Bold of you to make a Chocolate Blaster in Summer

[@Ticktok_of_Oz]

Right? Everything he finished a complete piece I was screaming, "put it in the freezer!"

[@GabrielSykes]

Something I could possibly see working for keeping your chocolate reloads molten is finding a pot where the walls are just a bit higher than the choco cartridge things, finding some kinda food safe, heat resistant lid that you can drill into, drill a bunch of holes just over the same diameter as the cartridges, boil some water in the pot, put your modified lid on, and drop the cartridges in the hole. No clue how well this would work but it's worth a shot.

[@ShugoAWay]

Wait was that a Lovesense model 15? wow your wife is a lucky lady

[@ishaanpatel2905]

That was the smoothest sponsor transition I have ever seen and I watch LTT

[@Pr0toPoTaT0]

Man, you can talk dude!!!!! 😆, thanks for nerding out with all of us homie!

[@alystair]

"Your body does not have the surface area to touch enough grass" Zack Roastmaster Freedman 🤣

[@jz6373]

I ran over a thousand shows at your local Comedy Works, and I genuinely think you are one of the funniest dudes in the front range. Qualified statement delivered, compliment resistance should be considered futile.

[@Rubbishcreations]

If you wanted to make chocolate darts you could probably make a mould for the chocolate

[@ngrrplz]

but then it wouldnt be 3d printed

[@dirtrider88]

this is a 3d printing channel though

[@Rubbishcreations]

The mould would be 3d printed

[@ninjarobotmonk3y]

another lovely video, demonstrating the heroic amount of effort you'll go to just to see what can happen when you poke at stuff Thank for taking the time to create, edit, and share.

[@TheMegahontake]

The amount of work and tenacity put in to make a chocolate blaster is equal parts insane and amazing

[@LexYeen]

Here's a challenge for you: Lever-action dart blaster - look, this is youtube, I'm not judging you, it's just that they're rather draconian - with a _side-mounted_ hopper magazine. Optionally, print your own glow in the dark darts for it and integrate a flash-on-fire LED system around the barrel to charge the glow. I've been thinking that an adaptation of either/both the Calico helical magazine and/or specifically the cylinder of the DShK action might work to get darts from the hopper to the firing position, and there's definitely extant lever-action designs for dart blasters out there.

[@BrandonBergeronreally]

The writing for this video is fantastic. Love the OOD colab. Well done.

[@hugo_vdb]

Cool stuff! I have an idea for you: make a custom 3d printed 3d printer where all the parts are gridfinity. That way the printer can be expanded and sit on a gridfinity. The printer also has gridfinity slots for filament holders and tools.

[@flyboy_nathan4112]

Could you just cast the small sabot darts using normal chocolate?

[@coloradocornbread6996]

"The edge was too jagged to repair with my whiskey bottle" I'm DEAD 😂

[@juliadandy6019]

AMAZING!! So many great moments! That seemed like a nightmare, Zack, well done in powering through

[@cmawhz]

I'm excited for the future chocolate blends like Chocolate Plus, or Tough Chocolate, or High Speed Chocolate, or Wood Chocolate, or Carbon Fiber Chocolate...

[@NEEDbacon]

Oh god, what about meat chocolate?

[@cmawhz]

@@NEEDbacon I have tried chocolate covered bacon before, it slaps! There's probably a way to mix in some meat fibers from dried meats like beef jerky to give the chocolate some structural strength and keep it tasty.

[@NEEDbacon]

@@cmawhz TBH when you put it like that it's somehow less cursed then the Meat Filament I was referring to

[@maga2024ever]

Do you want to know how much I love this channel? I don't skip your sponsor ads. That's the sacrifice I'm willing to make to make sure you keep doing what you're doing. Whatever that is. 😅

[@TheFoxalot]

Not sure how you don’t have over 1M subs yet. Ty for all you do.

[@solofdragons6446]

TF2 MENTIONED WTF IS A FUNCTIONING ANTI-CHEAT another fire video from Voidstar Lab. The Gambit looks like Pyro's flare gun.

[@lukaspalmos2307]

The Gambit being a flare gun wouldn’t be awesome

[@TheYahmez]

I absolutely LOVE the writing, Choc-full of excellent memes, delightful video 👍🔔

[@cleverlynamed1]

These videos are awesome. Love the script and the engineering. Great work. 😁

[@daltoncarrigan2986]

Your content has been amazing man. Thank you for hilarious innovations and commentary.

[@grandgab]

Thank you Zack for answering a question a didn't know I wanted an answer for. :D

[@newmonengineering]

You could 3d print a motor in chocolate. You of course would need a magnet and a coil, but Im fairly certain you could get a chocolate motor working. You will probably need a shaft on a ball beaing as well, but you would need all of those things 3d printing a motor anyway. Maybe you could even put a chocolate fan on the shaft to blow air while is spins. Just a silly but possible project. I imagine you could get some cool video of it flying apart or melting from heat while its spinning as well.

[@acesarge2]

You spent so much time thinking if you could you never stopped to think if you should. I need you to tell me how much jazz cabbage you consumed that made this seem like a good idea.

[@xmlthegreat]

I will never tire of your writing. Insane!

[@Cmanorange]

16:14 4th dimensional bullet :0

[@TheAdeybob]

the usual crazy genius. Never disappoints.

[@graywulf19]

I've never been more regretful that I majored in history.

[@Jangmo88]

the choco dart made my day

[@Ima_Tron]

I'm glad I never made fun of Zack over the water heater thing. Ours just blew out (again) the day before. Thankfully, the people who replaced it 6 years ago installed the leak catcher like they were supposed to and it didnt flood the entire garage -this time-.

[@notmyname327]

12:57 "The chocolate might be solid, but my victory was hollow" *chef's kiss*

[@minkwandering3561]

Your doing sick shit. Can't wait to see where you go❤

[@MallocArray]

I know you are a 3d printing channel, but looks like a great way to get a Carvera sponsorship and CNC out of a solid block of chocolate.

[@GJToken]

I'm wondering if a small cooler with a block or two of Dry Ice inside, with a flexible tube attached to the "drain" hole with the other end zip tied to the "hot end" of the CocoPress would quick cool the chocolate without risking a fan blowing the molten chocolate out of speck

[@petershalaka3493]

all caps incoming just so you know i am not f****ing around: I WANT THAT PINK CAMO TAC VEST! WHERE TO BUY‽

[@iamaworthlesscripple]

low key impressed that you correctly pronouncing carbine!!!

[@crazybird199]

16:35 TF2 mentioned?!?!?!

[@lukaspalmos2307]

CrazyBird, why are you always in my recommendations now

[@ReepsWasteOfTime]

17:26 you can get CO2 grenades rather than green gas but green gas is easily the best. Black and red gas are technically better but green gas just works and doesn’t smell as bad as propane and it even has built in lubricant to keep stuff firing well

[@goldsocks9999]

I'm more impressed by you braving this sysiphean task, i definitely would've given up the first time something broke.

[@KitJennings-xv9kz]

YESS NEW ZACK UPLOAD

[@wolffang489]

Could be interesting to incorporate other candies for some of the parts that chocolate cannot handle. Marshmallow darts, sugar or isomalt pressed in high temperature 3D printed molds for contact surfaces and higher stress parts... Can sugar be directly 3D printed? The working temp for stretching is within printer ranges.

[@DozenDeuce]

You, sir, deserve a 3d printed, chocolate sculpture in your honor

[@DrownedLamp]

There is no ethical consumption under....hey what are ur doing with that? Noo put it down! Hmm actually that looks tasty... can I has a piece?

[@ZackFreedman]

This is literal consumption under capitalism

[@MrSomethingred]

The engineering on the shell discarding chocolate flachette is insane.

[@bjrn-oskarrnning2740]

Perhaps it's time to mod the chocolate extruder for continuous feeding? That'd be a cool project!

[@WantedVisual]

Zack: There is no way to pre-melt these cartridges. Also Zack: Anyway, I poured liquified candy melts straight into the cartridge and it worked beautifully. Still Zack: WHY MUST I BABYSIT THIS CHOCOLATE UNTIL IT MELTS?

[@thannyo702]

I was sent so far back with that chocolate rain reference !

[@TTBuilds]

hard rollers wont throw a hard projectile but sponge rollers would

[@niceatpingpong]

You should see if Amaury Guichon can help you out. He's the dude that makes all those crazy creations out of chocolate. That would be a sick collab. I'm also wondering if there's a way to ferment the chocolate so gasses build up enough to propel a dart.

[@UnixTMDev]

"I'll increase your surface area for you." DAMN!!!!!!

[@malixcrash4126]

"We fire the Whole bullet! That's 65% more bullet, per bullet!" ~ Cave Johnson

[@michaelcolley5776]

ok amazing, but now do a silicone mold casted nerf blaster, properly tempered and stuff, made from a chocolate that has more structural integrity, like a fancy dark chocolate. Could even bump up the wall thickness on things to add some more structurally integrity, and do some more traditional blasters.

[@Gallagher068]

Next Time on Voidstar Labs: Zack Freedman fully embraces his god given right of the 2A and teams up with Print Shoot Repeat to make a printed chocolate gun

[@unc_matteth]

you're my favorite candy 3d printing youtuber. lfg zach! #1!

[@williamjones8956]

I wish he wouldve made a cast for the chocolate bullets. Might have turned out pretty cool

[@TheSlyMouse]

Holy Coco bawls that was hilarious, you went above and beyond. I look forward to seeing this on hackaday just for the comments

[@HerbaMachina]

Can you try 3D printing chocolate in a fridge or freezer, perhaps a cooled print box would help with printing.

[@802Garage]

I feel like some chocolate dowels might have helped piece everything together. Of course, that might have become the worst part.

[@2993LP]

I have wondered if you could reinforce chocolate with sugar rod rebar, much like glass reinforced nylon. That, or prestressed taffy.

[@ANDREAS-uq9ck]

Just tell me it shoots Marshmellows ! It HAS TO shoot Marshmellows ! 😅

[@p-196]

you can fire hard solid amo with this wheel system. you just need soft Rubber Wheels. My old Hotwheels track did it with the Cars.

[@mudawott]

My sister, an engineering nerd and nerf lover, was horrified by this. (For me stupidiry is lucrative is a banger line btw)

[@RCisMe64]

I can’t get over that Zack has the exact same toolbox I have, and mine will never ever be as organized as his

[@dave20874]

Respect. I could have never seen this through.

[@mkiii]

20:30 id love to see that crime scene report "deep wound cavity, covered with chocolate"

[@azazelmorningstar134]

Here is the thing this idea is so cool it makes me wonder In what brainstorming rabbit hole did you find it

[@richcouzzi]

"and that was a *skit* you double-dog-Dingus! How could I surprise Brook with a giant chocolate bar that took a week to print in the living room?" got me really good-a proper belly laugh. Thanks Zack, love your channel and humor!

[@Adamtherealboss]

You’re a sick individual and I’m here for it

[@CharlieBaes]

You need an industrial fridge or freezer to work the chocolate within 🤣

[@s13rr4buf3]

The maker chips look super cool!

[@kevina.7234]

There's more r&d and creativity in this one video than Nerf has put into their 3 last "newest bestest ammo ever".

[@duck-in-space-engineers]

"I will increase your surface area for you" I could not breathe for a solid minute.

[@dotgif397]

"I will increase your surface area for you" is going in my top 5 greatest threats list

[@EthyrielY]

Food safe filament question for you: What nozzle / bed are you printing with? i.e. is it anything special, or is it just whack-in the food safe PETG and go. I’m working on a project that needs FDA levels of food safety and it’s been hard to get a straight answer on how to make a 3D-printed thing food safe. (Other than brass nozzles bad due to lead, and most printers not being food safe by default.) Thanks in advance for your time! A super fun video, and weirdly informative for my niche use case.

[@ZackFreedman]

I used a brand-new brass Revo nozzle, though stainless steel is the way to go. The plate is from Wham Bam. You also want to sanitize the Bowden tube, drive gear, and filament runout sensor, too. Honestly, there aren't a lot of resources for food-safe printing. It's always going to be risky, which is why only I use the printed food stuff on the channel.