Liquefying nails is crazy

This is just a bunch of regular nails and I really want to try and liquefy them. Normally this would be pretty difficult, but I bought this little induction heater on eBay, which should be able to do it.
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[@theexchipmunk]

One tip. Don´t use graphite together with steel. Steel and carbon can alloy, so the molten steel will eat away at the graphite and destroy the mould, while at the same time the steel will alloy with the carbon and turn into cast iron. For the same reason you shouldn´t use diamond cutting and grinding tools with iron and steel, because its going to quickly destroy the tool as the diamond is basically ripped apart on a molecular level by the iron.

[@dino3046]

Nice explanation mate.

[@kylerivera3470]

Probably the most interesting thing about chemistry is that you need to be careful about what you use to hold the materials since the wrong container could have a reaction with the chemicals.

[@Lucas_sGarage]

So ... Ceramic it is

[@mobuildsstuff]

Never thought about it that way, but its kinda obvious in hindsight. Ty for sharing

[@pattheplanter]

You will also get more control of the final alloy by excluding oxygen. In steel manufacture you have a reducing atmosphere. In this case probably the easist way would be to do it in a nitrogen atmosphere from a bottle. Though steel nails aren't usually the nicest steel to start with.

[@Weskin_Time775]

Ah yes, “Very carefully” Applies to most of NileRed’s content

[@Raymond_Churchill]

@Don't Read My Profile Picture okay I didn't

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​@Don't Read My Profile Picture Don't read my search history!1!!1!1

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@@ClappedHamster Don't check my phone logs! (I swear officer I'm innocent)

[@HaydenWR]

@Don't Read My Profile Picture dont do your mom!

[@vx_nerve_agent]

@@HaydenWR don't end up like Kim Jong-nam

[@ac4740]

2:36 forbidden snickers

[@notrushe]

forbidden eraser

[@carrotjuicegangsta272]

Nile: I just have to VERY CAREFULLY pour all the nails in. Also Nile: *proceeds to spill half of the nails everywhere*

[@ARDG89]

we totally missed that

[@Trepanation21]

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[@swathijagadeesan7733]

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[@jimpickenscult1378]

Bro is becoming nile green

[@carrotjuicegangsta272]

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[@danwhite3224]

One thing I will add for anyone wanting to try this is avoid galvanized steel. Unless you're performing it outside or indoors with proper ventilation, zinc fumes can be very unhealthy to breathe in.

[@edwardsmith7131]

Yeah, smoke/vapors from the galvanized coating burning/evaporating off are Very Bad News™.

[@kdoubleg]

Metal fume fever sucks so much

[@uberogg]

and if nothing else zinc fumes stink to high heaven

[@kdoubleg]

@@uberogg a smell you dont want to smell but by the time you smell it its too late.

[@SoulDelSol]

I was thinking that too, that "smoke is a good sign" was probably him inhaling galvy/zinc fumes

[@Kumquat_Lord]

Metallurgy is fun. The color change in the metal can tell you about how hot it got which is useful when it comes to tempering it.

[@femboytatp]

The sparks can tell you about the carbon content.

[@arunodg5536]

@Don't Read My Profile Picture nobody asked

[@bambifan69420]

Metallurgy is fun, lol :]

[@jeeBisOkay]

@@DontReadMyProfilePicture.4 okay I won't

[@tyttuut]

@@arunodg5536 Don't interact, just report spam bots

[@Stettafire]

FYI, a lot of screws and nails and such are galvanised, that means as it burns it'll release toxic smoke. You don't want to breathe that stuff in. So if you gonna do this stuff, do it under a fume hood, wear a respirator, etc.

[@MethosTR]

NileRed just nailing it with all of this content. I don't regret hammering on that Subscribe button all those years ago. Hopefully he doesn't somehow get screwed over by real life, and continues to provide us with riveting content for a long time to come.

[@lua-nya]

Studs to that!

[@miksterias]

I was very ‘fasten’ated with this comment.

[@pocket_playergaming]

BAHAHAHAAAAA

[@dannydetonator]

You're a nut, giving Nigel suggestions with elaborate dad jokes..

[@getrickrolledbitch5215]

This is way too(l) funny

[@Drjtherrien]

I always appreciate Nile Red's nonchalant way of describing what he's doing. He could have just as easily started this video with "I was walking through my neighborhood and came across an inductive furnace that someone had thrown out, so I decided to see if I could melt nails with it." and I don't think I would have batted an eye at it.

[@kaladinstormblessed5308]

I can't hear him without thinking of kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZPKnGuaaL5kh5Y anymore

[@neoordwell]

​@@kaladinstormblessed5308 stormlight archive moment

[@kurtisgibbs6698]

He sounds like Gavin from Kids in the Hall.

[@Jacktheknife115]

I also like that he doesn’t insult anyone’s intelligence by saying “please do not try this at home”. If you can’t figure out this is dangerous then that’s on you. He does his experiment and he ends the video. Informative AND hilarious.

[@Dev1nci]

Have have to phrase it correctly: ‘I was just walking through the neighbourhood and I saw this furnace so I thought I would just use it. So I just gathered some nails put it on. All I had to do was just put it on and wait.’ 😂😂

[@fmbmnvzjnvrjz3927]

“I started seeing some smoke, which I felt was a good sign,” is a pairing that only Nile can say lol

[@mrkiky]

Especially since those are galvanized nails and the smoke is very toxic and dangerous.

[@thewheatness]

stoners 🤝 nilered

[@ethanwinters9419]

@@thewheatness Don't be silly, he's a chemist. He'd do mеth.

[@professorwilhelm]

A tip if you ever want to melt/heat more Iron/Steel in the future. Once Iron (and Steel) get hot enough, they start shooting out UV rays in order to release the amount of energy they have. Looking at molten Iron can have the same effect as looking at the sun, albeit to a lesser degree. It is still a good idea to use eye protection that is tinted properly to deal with UV rays when metal working with Iron or Steel.

[@jackmclane1826]

Hey mighty professor wilhelm... how much UV radiation is here? I can tell you: It is pretty much zero. It needs to be at least twice as hot that UV becomes an issue. The pain is IR here. So if you call yourself "Professor" and say anything about this topic: At least you should have paid attention to physics classes.

[@Blasulz1234]

It looks exactly like sparklers, because iron is the sparkly ingredient in sparklers. the base is some mix of coal and potassium nitrate for a strong steady flame and flakes of iron that burn and shoot out from the flame make up a show

[@totallynotpaul6211]

I love how he says "very carefully" as if I was expecting him to start running around while holding molten steel

[@rooziej]

Wait, you weren't? 😹

[@n1thecaptain965]

Then you're clearly new to his channel. I could definitely see him doing that, in fact, I feel like he might have done it off camera when we weren't looking.

[@zahraalhussein1912]

This man is doing what I wish I could do but know that it wouldn’t end well for me.

[@Moonwalker2923]

Same. I would also be wayyy too tempted to just stick my fingers in the melted metal.

[@zahraalhussein1912]

@@Moonwalker2923 frrr 😭

[@harry.flashman]

both of you just watch the videos please

[@mikeoxmall69420]

@@Moonwalker2923 that lavussy🥵🔥

[@jeremiah6462]

Wow. Not with that attitude. All the guy did was put some nails into a foundry and melt them. Pretty easy to do, and I am sure both of you are more than capable.

[@idopoliti]

The result is quite beautiful

[@WRIT3R1]

“I started seeing some smoke, which I felt was a good sign.” -NileRed 2023

[@Porygonal64]

Fun fact: Induction Heaters is how we seal the "Sealed for your protection" seals you find on gallon jugs.

[@Kumquat_Lord]

That explains the reflective foil layer. I imagine it's there to melt the adhesive?

[@Porygonal64]

@@Kumquat_Lord Probably I dont know the science of it, I just work in a place that seals jugs 😭

[@NobbsAndVagene]

@@Porygonal64 My deepest condolences.

[@Porygonal64]

@@NobbsAndVagene excuse me?

[@woodfamily5229]

Fun fact: They don't open properly at least half the time 😅

[@drrocketman7794]

Wear shade 5 to shade 8 welding goggles, preferably rose colored, for best vision, to protect your vision from high intensity light and to protect your corneas from thermal and UV burns.

[@johnpienta4200]

This is a super important comment. UV burns to the cornea and retina are no bueno.

[@LordWaldema]

would there be UV radiation from molten steel here? I'd imagine it's mostly infrared

[@drrocketman7794]

@LordWaldemar yes. It's a full-spectrum black-body electromagnetic emissions source, but yes, you are correct: it's mostly IR. There is enough UV radiation to be a concern if you're melting metal frequently; for non-ferrous metals, I'd always wear good UV-rated sunglasses. For iron or steel, or larger brass melting, I'd wear welding goggles though. Even if I was just welding with a torch, or using a plasma arc cutter, you could still get "sun burn" just from the tiny flame.

[@drrocketman7794]

@@johnpienta4200 it feels like someone put sandpaper in your eyelids

[@mikeoxmall69420]

Or wear none to see the pretty pink and blue lights =D

[@jelenapoloutenko8714]

0:16 “very carefully transfer all the nails” sure bud

[@PhoenixLive_YT]

Damn, the You got the Melting temperature spot on!, we could even say that you "Nailed it" XD

[@nathill2562]

0:10 wow so careful

[@ViperXPizzel]

That was the joke

[@nathill2562]

@@ViperXPizzel I know

[@kvanctok9234]

1:58 discord light mode

[@hdc6]

1:07 ha ha funny light

[@cgi2173]

Thank our lucky stars you are doing all these, Nile. Bloody awesome. 😁

[@sevenam9609]

Ohhhh, knowing you I thought you were gonna liquify human nails i was like "why does he always do stuff like that?" 😂

[@yasminhendricksa4664]

Same

[@yasminhendricksa4664]

And I didn't even question it..I was like "let's see how cool it will turn out"

[@wowa6666]

When I saw KZbin notification on my phone, I wasn’t even surprised by the thought that Nile is going to liquify human nails. I was like “yeah, that’s him”

[@staticradio724]

Ngl, I thought that too. I was ready to just accept it 😂

[@KidPrarchord95]

Yeah, I thought so, too.

[@oliviaie]

his videos are always a nice addition to my day

[@alessandrafranca579]

@Don't Read My Profile Picture ok

[@skulldude101]

@Don't Read My Profile Picture ok

[@jupiter_okan]

@@DontReadMyProfilePicture.4 ok

[@Jytube231]

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[@evans3636]

I swear you can explain the most intuitive and obvious thing, and I'd still listen to you the entire way through.

[@memejeff]

Super cool Nigel. Keep up the great work

[@RIPTechno]

0:32 "but then i started seeing some smoke, which i felt was a good sign" famous last words

[@Colgateopticwhite12]

I thought he was gonna liquefy his own fingernails and become some homunculus specimen

[@robertviragh6527]

This is very cool, I love videos about building new things, reusing existing things, etc. Cool video!

[@angelokeaton6604]

I'm glad I randomly stumbled upon your channel.

[@AndyHappyGuy]

1:25 Great timing for Chinese New Year!

[@WitherStormBoy77]

Ya 😊

[@rampati8866]

Finally after so many months a new video of nilered

[@lefr33man]

*nailred

[@VortoMundus]

I don't think anyone else is pointing this out, so I'll mention: most nails you buy at the hardware store aren't pure steel. Alloys aside, a lot of them have different coatings, even the ones that appear to just be regular steel with a shiny finish. The black ones are typically oil-treated or may even have an enamel coat, and the matte-gray ones have been Hot-Dip Galvanized in molten zinc.

[@BreZaH]

Cool project! You really nailed it!

[@SuperAronGamerMNO]

1:51 - The brightness singes your eyeballs.

[@nuherbleath461]

This is the first time I’ve actually seen someone make steel on a small scale, as most of the time it’s just people melting things like aluminium or copper

[@timg2727]

He's not really "making" steel though. The nails are already made of steel and he's just melting them down.

[@nuherbleath461]

Casting- you get the idea

[@DBT1007]

He just turn a candle into a block of wax. Just that. The only thing that he make is.. this video

[@rambler138]

Making steel from scratch on a small scale is easier than you might think, and with very little technology. In an iron bloomery, iron ore is oxidized beforehand and reduced in the furnace, allowing the iron to congeal without needing to hit melting temperatures.

[@hoganlex1]

Lots more power required to melt to 1600c, and its worth a lot less.

[@screwsnutsandbolts]

Great videos ! 👍

[@JAndersonGhost0326]

Depending on how you cool it, you can end up with completely different properties in the metal. Steel that is cooled slowly becomes annealed, making it slightly softer and easier to bend, while quenching it in salt water quickly will make it harder and more brittle. If you ever see blacksmiths quench a sword into a bucket, that's what they're doing; hardening the metal so it holds an edge longer.

[@Heiryuu]

To add to that at least in knife making we tend to use a oil rather than water, since the water cools the metal too quickly and can cause stress and cracking in blades.

[@Spherey]

0:26 it's literally comic sans and "switch" is misspelt as "swtich" lmFAO

[@screenjunkie4638]

No hammer at the last second?! You know what, we’re not even disappointed, knowing that you’re alive and well and still doing what you do best and sharing it with us, is everything we can hope for.

[@T3sl4]

Hammer would've been delightful, that's a hunk of cast iron and it'll shatter into a thousand satisfying bits. If he can swing hard enough :)

[@snowflower7039]

HAHHAHA NICE TO KNOW THAT I WASNT THE ONLY ONE EXPECTING A HAMMAR

[@itkad]

That first part where you dropped the nails all messy made me think i was in the nilegreen channel 🤣

[@ADDabbling]

Love this. ❤️‍🔥 We’re going to have to try this. Your ‘carefully’ looks on par with mine. 😅

[@dfquartzidn6151]

Ngl, I was worried about you, seeing how close to the crucible your camera was and how many sparks were coming out but, as usual, I’m glad you ended up okay. Also, I love how your polished ingot looks at the end, lol. It looks like a metal eraser that I would love to fidget with.

[@spdewertton]

He was probably just far away and zoomed in. I would like to see the behind the scenes of that top-down view tho, I assume that's a ceiling camera.

[@ohnoes7032]

The color changing is always so awesome. There you can tell how hot the steel is, 200-240c is yellow, then comes little bit red, then violet at 280c and then blue at 290c. If you'd stop heating at that point, they would retain their color, but it's only surface-deep unfortunately. You can even do that in a household oven, as most get to 300c. The sparks you see, are possible to read the material composition from, but i'm not that skilled.

[@SuperTrunkspace]

typically with a spark test you're just looking for carbon content. The hot carbon in the spark will combust when it hits air, so you'll see sparks breaking apart in the air.

[@DamienDarkside]

@@SuperTrunkspace ^Which is why flint and steel works to create fire.

[@SuperTrunkspace]

@@DamienDarkside yes, exactly. Steel strikers are typically made of high carbon steel for this exact reason. More carbon=more sparks=better chance of starting a fire (also better chance of making a good knife usually) ;)

[@PaskalisHendriWijaya]

You nailed it, Nile...

[@RFC-3514]

2:31 - Yeah, before it could only be used to build furniture or hang paintings, but now... er...

[@laurelloaf]

When you legitimately can’t tell if it’s the real Nile or a parody channel, but love it either way.

[@Arcian]

I've always said that NileRed Shorts is like the halfway point between NileRed and NileGreen.

[@EmuMasterYT]

The mad scientist becomes even madder

[@quakxy_dukx]

Ngl I had to make sure I was watching nilered and not nilegreen

[@mikeoxmall69420]

@Don't Read My Profile Picture ok I won't

[@matthewt.goodness7196]

Do you have a link for that heater? Great video as usual!! 🤙

[@SpaceMissile]

really nailed it with this video.

[@aud1gen]

No way this thing has comic sans font on it 0:11

[@allysttms]

you are one of the reasons why i chose chemistry as my major

[@drew-ct8nc]

You nailed it!

[@ObitoUchiha-oq4db]

😂😂 fr

[@user-mz7hb1dq5x]

very entertaining video. absolute madlad!

[@massoudkaykha5885]

Always the best, and still the simplest, scientific experiments!

[@DrBernon]

It is amazing how you make anything sound exciting!

[@Inertia888]

he says, we started with just some nails, and now we have... (a lump of steel !) 🤣 hahaa. I love it.

[@Max-vd1sq]

Love the cute lil toss at the end

[@JU2_]

Nail producers investing a lot of energy turning metal into nails just for Nile to to turn it back into a block

[@Steelpoly3dJ316]

I remember from a time I was taking a class on blacksmithing that, if you're trying to heat up steel for forging, then the sparks are a bad sign. It means you burned away all of the carbon or something. But that was for forging, not melting.

[@sovietcomrade7733]

Iron will spark when it's close to melting. That's also why there are spark when welding

[@SuperTrunkspace]

yup, that's a big problem in steelmaking. A lot of times the procedure is to add sacrificial aluminum to the melt, which will preferentially combine with the oxygen and form alumina that you can remove easily. It's referred to as "killing" the steel, because it goes from being very sparky and active to very.... dead.

[@Nukestarmaster]

I don't think that's a problem in this case, considering it's being heated in a graphite crucible, if anything it's absorbing too much carbon.

[@mightnare3237]

Who had the idea to write instructions on the machine in COMIC SANS 😭

[@Rakshasa1986]

You should start a band called Nile Inch Nails.

[@TheBlaert]

Induction heaters are great. We use one in work to heat machine tool holders. Basically the end that the cutting tool goes into is slightly narrower than the shank of the tool being put in and the induction heater heats this end to expand it (in 2.5 secs) Put the tool in and it shrinks to grip the tool when it cools. Necessary for the 30k rpm they run at

[@Teld]

That's called shrink fit, it's a pretty cool process. I designed a few induction shrink fit applications.

[@Alkyl_deathride_]

𝐍𝐢𝐥𝐞 - "What I have now, is a nice block of steel, which I thought was pretty cool." *Also 𝐍𝐢𝐥𝐞: "...but it was also kind of ugly."

[@nikel-]

Didn't know something can be both cool and ugly. Now I am motivated

[@rajkanishu]

thanks for literally commenting what he said without adding anything with the open dialogue format go back to reddit now

[@Alkyl_deathride_]

@@rajkanishu 🤣🤣

[@josephkasler7972]

You can definitely say that Niles nailed it on this video

[@freetousebyjtc]

I misread the tiltle and thought it meant human nails, and I was curious how Nile Red was able to acquire that many human nails to melt in the thumbnail lol

[@crabsaresilly8317]

You leave on 2 table lamps with 2 different kind of bulbs. You wait to see which type of bulb burns out first after a while and how long it takes for each one. Would you consider this example to be a scientific experiment ? ., ;,😊

[@okithdesilva129]

Awesome! Melting metals and casting is so interesting and exciting!

[@devamjani9423]

Now the only thing that's missing on your channel's the classic thermite reaction! Would like to see you make a video on that :D

[@maxtyree2844]

Looks like you nailed it!

[@ajoseph87]

You nailed it.

[@ShadowscarNO1]

After soo many months you are uploading a video . I thought something happened to you

[@Siriwarbreakerskz]

Why was I waiting for him to try and smash the steel nugget with a hammer?🤣🤣

[@nebreztnem]

haha same

[@cheeseburgermonkey7104]

Same

[@Multi-ball]

Wow you *Nailed* that part when it melted so satisfying

[@JoTheVeteran]

Blue steel tempering looks awesome!

[@carddamom188]

Ah, good ol' Nile is making the road towards blacksmithing... This side of the fence is soooo much greaner and fun and we have cookies too!!

[@filonin2]

Yeah, then we could churn some butter and weave some baskets.

[@alainbourgault1937]

1:53 Molten metal emits infrared that can be harmful for the eyes long term. If you plan on doing a lot of smelting, you should wear eyewear that has the proper IR filtering

[@soulife8383]

Nailed it 👍🏽

[@scynt]

Are you making new videos? I was hooked after the glove episodes and watched all your other videos. Looking forward to another aerogel one.

[@jonathananderson1728]

usually people who are casting steel use tinted goggles to help reduce the eye pain

[@abhinav.mp4]

your profile pic bro 🗿

[@drdca8263]

@@abhinav.mp4 yeah, it’s gross, isn’t it. They should change it.

[@jonathananderson1728]

@@drdca8263 sound like you just want the sause

[@spdewertton]

@@drdca8263 I don't see the issue. Clearly the girl is just hungry and wants a meat sub. Or a hotdog.

[@drdca8263]

@@jonathananderson1728 no, even if I was seeking pornography, I don’t think the one your avatar is from would appeal to me (the character doesn’t appear to be, sufficiently sober-minded(?)? I’m not sure how to describe the problem. Like, enthusiasm and pleasure is all-well-and-good, but she doesn’t look like she is thinking straight, which is disturbing.), and I have essentially quit pornography (though the damage it has done to my mind remains).

[@migs192]

Finally someone used Celcius 0:50

[@vladimirputin2685]

Who the hell uses celcius

[@M22-locust01]

​@@vladimirputin2685everyone but Americans.

[@makroobject]

a different and interesting content, thank you

[@iamdopalicious]

Yeah you have nailed it!

[@prateekkarn9277]

0:39 the nails changing color. Is that titanium or zinc causing that?

[@gandalfgrey91]

Most people when they see smoke: “This is a bad sign” Nigel when he sees smoke: “This is a good sign”

[@singlewave875]

Who tf is nigel 💀💀

[@ImChadTM]

You nailed it

[@marethyu_77gamer93]

Nailed it.

[@pyro1596]

Hey Nilered. Can you post the link for this in the description or comments? It'd be very useful to have something like this for a lot of my projects

[@kawasaki_voyagur1700]

1:43 why don’t you just pull out that glowing neon yellow/orange thing with your fingers instead of using that metal grabbing thing?

[@divinesuster]

🗿

[@purple6705]

iron man 🗿

[@Wall_nut77]

💀

[@gamering2354]

you didnt have to cut me off💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

[@windowsxpmemesandstufflol]

Not all of our hands can crush uranium to its critical density

[@eisenfell2818]

You Nailed it.

[@SodiumInteresting]

That's a nice induction furnace. I bought a vacuum furnace recently with a tantalum element

[@Cametek.CamelliaOfficial]

I was happy that he didn't steal my nails from my hands yet. Phew.

[@have_a_cup_of_water_08]

If he did he would be an scp, maybe portal hand over to where you live

[@CitadelofHeightsandDepths]

why is camellia here

[@flumx_xeri.]

camellia in the wild

[@Wmann]

Thank goodness :0

[@terryenby2304]

The only Shorts maker I know who can turn a full length video project in to a short!!

[@bermchasin]

except that its kinda a lie. It isn't legit a short cause its more than 1 min.

[@SethBennion]

Could the smoke have been zinc, since nails are often galvanized, so the zinc would start vaporizing?

[@hotknux]

This was great

[@aayanansari700]

Hey Nile, I'm a student. Please consider making a video on determining acidic strength of organic compounds. For example, comparing CH3NO2, CH3CHO, CH3F, CH3CN. Would be a great help for me.

[@anantsrivastava9763]

Jee?

[@anshswaroop6849]

Class 12th ?

[@aayanansari700]

@@anantsrivastava9763 Haa bhai🥲

[@anantsrivastava9763]

@@aayanansari700 Nile red thodi na iss par video banaega😂😂

[@aayanansari700]

@@anshswaroop6849 11th

[@erickveraurra3497]

2:05 what is the black dust in the ingot?

[@goth_beach]

Carbon

[@atlev]

"While not melting, turn off this swtich" written in comic sans. Lovely.

[@tylerbryan2176]

I learn more stuff on your channel then I do in school that you Nilered :)

[@swinegods]

I'm honestly much more impressed that we are able to make nails from steel than the other way around