Portal 2 | DIY 1500 Megawatt Aperture Science Heavy Duty Super Colliding Super Button Miniature

[@MrVolt]

Get 20% off + free shipping @manscaped with code VOLT at mnscpd.com/MrVolt I KNOW the ad is long in this one, but I also don't want to drag out a video longer than it has to be. Also, I definitely ran out of time to paint accurate to the game model, but I believe you will do a better job! I'm also going to redesign this model to be slightly smaller (200mm square) to make printing easier.

[@DaftDroneYT]

no.

[@MrVolt]

@@LaughableCat Definitely!

[@higibok2]

@@LaughableCat cool idea

[@Blutankalpha]

@aperture science Portal stories mel, portal devestation, portal revolution

[@Blutankalpha]

@aperture science those are(just unofficial.) i reccomend trying them

[@araghon007]

Hear me out, put a wireless charging coil under the button and make it light up a cube as well

[@Micr0Ded]

this thing also can be a nice wireless phone charger

[@araghon007]

@@Micr0Ded That was my first idea, but then I remembered that thing about the weighted storage cubes

[@redengineer1753]

Cool

[@redengineer1753]

@@Micr0Ded Had same idea

[@mumblety]

great idea!

[@StormBurnX]

Your ability to take 3D prints and make them look like off-the-shelf injection-molded parts is... stunning. The button itself fooled me until you showed that part upside down, revealing the internal layer lines and such!

[@MrVolt]

Thanks so much! Haha, my camera hides the crimes though, I can't take all of the credit.

[@StormBurnX]

@@MrVolt the camera plus a good coat of paint!

[@cainanlove8432]

Yes finally! Finally someone makes one of the actual testing elements from portal 2!

[@MrVolt]

We all need more unofficial Portal merch :)

[@cainanlove8432]

@@MrVolt I agree.

[@Darkenbox]

yes !!!

[@Red_MOON187]

Now we need a mini aperture launch pad to yeet stuff with XD

[@jaskirat1999]

Put an nfc sticker in the cube and a reader in the button, then the system acts as a “secure” button. Would be cool to use as a pc on/off switch!

[@realtimestatic]

NFC would be cool in general to have different cubes do different things!

[@fridaykitty]

don't let Nintendo get any ideas, or else we'll get an amiibo button

[@DaRealBruner]

You should make a Portal themed computer case based on the in-game computer model in Portal. Including the red and orange shifting lighting on the back!

[@aitor.online]

AND include the ugly af keyboard with the orange highlighted keycaps 😂

[@MarcusHollinger]

Can't wait to become a real companion cube

[@higibok2]

Yup

[@higibok2]

Mee too

[@dollocaris_ingens_7747]

pros: - you live for basically ever - you don't need to eat - everybody loves you cons: - you can't see anything - you have weak or no hearing - you might get incinerated

[@theburgerbox9576]

Time to make a 1:1 scale Weighted Storage Cube!

[@higibok2]

Waitin 4 this video now

[@MrVolt]

Oh yeah!

[@MrVolt]

@@higibok2 Me too!

[@dylanbksp]

guess what

[@theburgerbox9576]

@@dylanbksp :D

[@runforitman]

This seems like a cool "emergency" stop button for something would be cool to use it to stop a 3d print if you see its failed

[@MrVolt]

Cool idea!

[@DM00SE]

Love it mate. It looks awesome. I love me some portal stuff. Best game and story ever made. Still waiting for the 3rd game and still waiting for a live action film lol.

[@higibok2]

Yeah me too

[@MrVolt]

Thanks! You and me both

[@AlonePirate02]

This is so cool. I wish i had knowledge to do this kind of things by myself and make my door open with that button

[@MrVolt]

It takes a time, but you can definitely learn to do this too! This was meant to be a low-cost and beginner friendly build, so it's a good starting point to learn wink wink

[@kip258]

Well, there's no going back. You have to make a life size button now. :D Aperture science never stops half way! After that you'll have to buy a salt mine in Michigan, get a group of astronauts, war heroes, and olympians, develop an Aperture Science Quantum Tunneling Device...

[@MrVolt]

I definitely do! I need to find a place to put it. Shop floor and wall space is already running low haha

[@agrippa.the.cosmonaut-wiz]

I kinda want to make a smaller version and build an Aperture Science inspired PC!

[@MrVolt]

That would be amazing!

[@yahavshalem5692]

The first portal game has actual PCs, would you make those or something original? Just something to consider

[@agrippa.the.cosmonaut-wiz]

@@yahavshalem5692 I was thinking of a white PC with a miniature test chamber inside.

[@ShaneCasserly]

Liquid cooling tubes looking like their vac tubes would be amazing.

[@baileydevries4494]

@@ShaneCasserly or do orange, blue or white for mobility goo (or whatever its called in game)

[@xypod]

Literally exactly what I was just needing! Thank you so much! Can't wait to print it 😄

[@MrVolt]

Glad to be of service!

[@uhh12131]

I love how straight to the point you are, also giving away the files is very awesome on your part.

[@gamespender8605]

"Then I made my own model in Fusion 360" *proceeds to roll through the most difficult part of the whole project in 10 seconds* man, I am amazed by how well you can design the fittings and stuff. Having to consider printer limitations, fitment, components... I can't imagine a workflow to get it consistent

[@MrVolt]

Thanks! Yeah, that would have taken 30 mins alone to explain. It gets easier/more approachable the more modeling like this I do though. The first thing I ever modeled was a AA battery 7 years ago, so it takes time haha

[@homieboi5352]

This is probably the thing I've needed the most without ever knowing why I need it so much. Something about those buttons in the game is so satisfying to press, and having one in real life seems like the perfect desktop item. Great job man, your stuff always impresses me!

[@MrVolt]

Thank you! I can confirm it is just as satisfying to press in real life :P

[@BozLabs]

I have that exact 3D printed companion cube. Except in gray

[@MrVolt]

It's a great model! I didn't mention it, but mine is filled with steel BBs, I think about 400g. Takes a surprising amount of force to press all the switches with just the cube.

[@TwashMan]

You're amazing man Making cool stuff for anyone to enjoy for free is one of the most selfless things someone can do. It's people like you who inspire the same thing in others :]

[@MrVolt]

Thank you very much! It's more fun to share :)

[@inspectorbutters166]

I would love this as a door buzzer. Like 80% of the buttons in portal open doors, so it seems fitting

[@MrVolt]

Great idea!

[@eclipsion136]

I've always wanted my own Apurture Science Heavy Duty Super-Colliding Super Button™!

[@FlyinScottsman]

Incredible video as always. Hopefully one day, you'll be able to make fully functional Aperture Sciene panels.

[@GavinFromWeb]

I can now say for sure you are both my favorite portal channel, as well my favorite robotics channel.

[@Mike-mf3ed]

Im sure the door to your room looks like the test room doors that require the 1500 Megawatt Aperture Science Heavy Duty Super-Colliding Super Button or MASHDSCSB (mash-disc-sib, yes. I made that up). Now you have the button to match the door. Maybe you can use it to turn the lights on in your room…

[@aserta]

I printed and equipped one of these from the thingiverse model for a friend. When he gets home, he puts his keys on and it turns on the lights. It's weighted to work with his key ring exactly, nothing else. I used the mechanism from a cheapo mechanical kitchen scale (the tanita non electronic 1kg scales). Was a bit fiddly to make it work, but it was fun.

[@MrVolt]

That sounds awesome! Are there photos anywhere? I'd love to see it

[@Bit-fz9md]

You should make different tiles, and make it a DIY kit and sell it, so you could have a button the ant lines and then connect it to a door!

[@MrVolt]

I did prototype a glowing line segment that matches with this (there's a video on my instagram of the test), but it needs more work to work well. I'm considering making a modular tile kit that anyone can make, but it needs to be simpler to build.

[@faktodd]

Now, we want a tutorial on how to make a working door and a working connection between both. Imagine calling your friends to your home "hey people look at this" and you put a cube in the button and then it opens the door. Incredible.

[@PavlovShackW]

I'm crying because of how beautiful the portal stuff I've been viewing from this man tonight

[@jibbo7874]

Add a coaster on the top, and once you put a water bottle on it you can have it remind you to hydrate yourself after some time

[@SusDoctor]

Who new a tiny 1500 -mega-watt aperture science heavy duty super-colliding super button could be so cute

[@valshaped]

Honestly using it as an overkill coffee mug holder (potentially with MQTT to Home Assistant, using the Pico W?) would satisfy the HELL out of me

[@EukaryoticCS]

I was totally thinking it would be a wireless charger. That would be super cool!

[@moonmatthew]

welp, now make the padestal button, cube and ball exclusive buttons, and a dropper for all of those :D maybe even blank panels with indicator lights, and automatic panels with servos, or positionable ones, to make it connectable 3D functional pieces, id do it myself but i cant model or anything so yea

[@hyperventalated]

As a speedrunner, this would make an interesting split button lmao

[@realtimestatic]

NFC seems like a cool use to control different things like a smart home with different cubes controlling different things. You could even launch games with it

[@MrMrK1]

Imagine making this, connecting it to LED lights or something and putting a cube on it to turn on your lights. That would be cool only if I actually knew how to do something like this. Very cool product!

[@rkvkydqf]

Imagine Portal inspired smart home appliances. Or maybe it can turn on and off a PC.

[@CubeAtlantic]

i legit always wanted to test out Portal stuff as a kid glad to see it's realistic, & elaborate designed lol. 😂✅️

[@theninjascientist689]

This is awesome! I'm going to see if I can fit a wireless charging station into the underside of the button for a cool phone dock!

[@azuraai5136]

Mr. Volt, sir, I’ve been watching your videos for a while now, you never fail to impress me. You always manage to make great videos and cool robots/animatronics or whatever, anyhow, unless your working on something already, I’d love to see a life size ‘dog,’ from the half-life games

[@MrVolt]

Thanks! I would love to build part of DOG. His design is so cool

[@yousureboutdis1752]

Holy cats, dude. This is one of my favorite builds I’ve seen, and unlike those other builds, you share your entire process and encourage others to learn and experiment themselves! Once I get a stable job, I am definitely giving you some patreon love :)

[@MrVolt]

Thank you very much! I was pretty unsure of this vid, so this comment means a lot to me :)

[@thevinstigator2511]

Use the button and matching companion cube, when the button is not depressed by the cube your room lights are on, but when you place the cube on the button your room lights turn off and the button and cube will work as a nightlight.

[@ImagikaAli]

This is beautiful, I've looked at this for 5 hours now.

[@ethanblanch6517]

This would be an amazing wireless charger for phones, could make it so when it was charging, the button would go down and it would go yellow as a charging indicatior! Definitely adding this to a list of projects to make!

[@LaserCasserole]

This is awesome. I want one for my coffee mug.

[@minarosario]

I am good at painting parts but I lack (very bad ) the knowledge of anything related to wires ... "what's a pico? " This is a great awesome gift for all fans, or the fans who understands , I guess I have to study to get my own button💦

[@MrVolt]

It takes some time, but it's so worth it to learn basic electronics. You can make lots of fun stuff without having to write much code or use many electronic components. You can do it! If you join the discord, I'm happy to answer questions if you need help

[@minarosario]

@@MrVolt that just made me so happy im ready to learn, im very hungry for learning in new areas I dont know nothing a about!! :DD I will join for sure

[@mirk03_]

Really love your fun free stuff!

[@tidmouthmilk12]

There was a guy called Pscyhobob that did a Portal button drinks coaster years ago. His design was all one piece though and had the button in a permanently pressed down state. (Plus he sold them on Shapeways which is such an expensive service, imho) Super cool to see one that actually works! I might attempt this myself if I get my friend to print up the parts for me. (Dunno if I'll bother with the electronics though. I was never too good in that department 😅)

[@MrVolt]

The electronics are so worth it! I thought I'd get bored after a while, but it's so satisfying to press it over and over. Feel free to ask me questions in the Discord if you need some electronics assistance. This is designed to be low-cost and beginner friendly :)

[@Thesnakerox]

It would be really cool if you could add some sort of spring or damper to make the button slowly press down and spring back, just like in the games! I wonder how that would even work though... Also I love how when you showed a clip of a snake while mentioning Python, that snake actually happened to be a Boa Constrictor LOL

[@MrVolt]

Whoops, I just grabbed stock snake footage haha. Id thought about the spring damping system, but decided that made more sense for the full size version since this was supposed to be a simpler/lower cost version

[@PurpleLover101]

I'm gonna make it so it sets a 6 minute timer to beep for me to drink my tea when I put it on it.

[@MrVolt]

Great idea!

[@Infinite_Archive]

You gotta make a pedestal button. I'd love to have a portal button hooked up to my computer's power button, that'd be so sick.

[@MrBreakdownn]

you should make a mini door and connect them with button so that the door will open when cube is set

[@zerotwo6903]

this man is making the whole facility

[@nope4879]

These videos are not longest, but that doesn't matter, they are great

[@MrVolt]

Thank you! I try to keep things short.

[@Nerdykid95]

That would make a good wireless phone charger!

[@MrVolt]

It would! Several people have suggested. I think it'll be worth the time to create a charging variant.

[@alegendaryrock8774]

When it came to 3D printing what'd you do for the feet? Did you use an SLS or MSLA or standard FDM machine? the detail on those are incredible seem to be free floating with no artifacting from supports?

[@MrVolt]

They were printed via SLA. All of the features in the model are designed with FDM in mind though, so no elements are thinner than 0.8mm. the design. I did print multiple FDM feet, but it's a nightmare to sand small parts :)

[@benw7616]

BEST PROJECT YET! I want one that will shout out a random portal quote!

[@MrVolt]

Thanks! Well, the files are all there waiting for you :)

[@Red_Steampunker]

I only want to see 2 other things, the standing button. Which can have a timer and plays a sound until it’s done. And an actual working portal security camera. With that we can start testing, once we get some willing subjects. OH GOD HOW COULD I FORGET, the radio. That plays one song and only one, and doesn’t definitely play secret codes.

[@MrVolt]

All on the list! The Radio should be out in the next couple of weeks :)

[@Red_Steampunker]

@@MrVolt I cant wait to see how you do it, everything you’ve done is great. Always inspires me to something of my own. (Not as complex lol) Also Thang’s content is great.

[@DaftDroneYT]

That was epic! Keep up the good work 😊

[@MrVolt]

Thanks Yeeet!

[@carsick6817]

Wow it looks awesome, it is really neat what some people are able to do with a 3d printer and some electronic parts.

[@MrVolt]

Thank you! Yeah, it's wild how easy it is to build and share nowadays

[@Red_MOON187]

Turn it into a phone or controller charging dock. Works when you place it on the button like a cube.

[@NerdWithABeard]

Would you ever consider having a sort of freelance store for your products? Basically people commissioning you for simple builds you can sell and you can take your time working on them, as well as limit how many are able to be ordered per month or something, and maybe even find other people to help construct them. It's a long shot, but would help those that don't have a way of 3D printing the parts and assembling it.

[@MrVolt]

I've thought about it and even spoken to Valve about it, but the margins aren't there in low volumes. I would have to charge a very high price since most hardware takes so much time to make in small batches. Also, running that kind of business would take away a lot of time from video, which I want to focus on more, so free files it is for now!

[@NerdWithABeard]

@@MrVolt True. Can't wait till I'll be able to make one, tho. Also, can't wait to see the life-sized one you mentioned on the poll. Think you're gonna have it open a door or anything?

[@aaronrdaniels]

When mr beast reaches out to make a portal related video, I called it.

[@MrVolt]

Fingers crossed!

[@TheRantingCabbie]

And if you wanted a weighted cube that changes color, maybe add a magnetic field generator just under the button that gets switched on when a cube is placed on it. And the cube can have a pickup coil for the magnetic field that changes the cube's color.

[@CrocoDylianVT]

Now make a consumer version of a military grade turret that fires the whole bullet, that's 65% more bullet per bullet

[@TechnoMoxington]

It would make a cool ass coaster for your drink

[@indyjons321]

This guy is the real Chad for making his files free.

[@outdateduser7036]

now you gotta make a hundred or so more and make this your new mechanical keyboard project

[@davante6249]

this button looks awesome i wish i had a 3d printer to make one

[@MrVolt]

Thanks! You may have a makerspace or library in your area with one. They're more common than you might think.

[@higibok2]

Pretty cool button

[@iliketrains2160]

You never fail to make some awesome creations!

[@oakianus]

Put it in a small testchamber! That would look cool!

[@sergodobro2569]

That button looks very cool!

[@corgidogman]

portal themed dnd miniatures n tile sets oh my god oh my god

[@GCB-2008]

If I made my own I'd make it play still alive.

[@Darkenbox]

next video : I bought a salt mine and built aperture science

[@wonkywillysayshi]

Replace a light switch for an entire aperture themed room

[@MrVolt]

I'd love to build out a "test chamber" like that

[@CryoiX]

Thats awesome and you could maybe put a wireless charger in there and code it so that when then phones charging it lights up but when the phones not charging so done or gone the lights turn off

[@killer1gamer1]

i dont know what i would do with it but i really want it now

[@17Beastmode17]

This would make an excellent knock button for vr

[@MayhemBill]

turning this into a wireless charger would be cool idea for this, overkill sure, but something kinda cool, if I ever make it I'll share it somewhere.

[@hatessnow9054]

"You can have them for $0.00" I love you.....*sniff*. You're a beautiful beautiful man.

[@tmoqaos]

id make an button controled sliding door, maby even in portal style

[@HeisenTheory]

very cool button.

[@Winter_Draco]

this would be really cool as a wireless phone charger

[@S0NIC130]

Now make a functioning Vital Apparatus Vent and make it go all over your house so that you can stick a cube in there and have it activate the button

[@batgaminstuf1758]

a really cool enter button

[@SubtitleCartoon]

Kor:정말 놀라운 버튼이군요!이제 크게 만드는 일만 남은것 같습니다. Eng:What an amazing button!Now it seems that all that remains is to make it bigger.

[@cashewedalmonds]

bro all this portal one and two stuff is crazy cool. like how does he do it

[@JaggedBird]

Make them like 10 percent transparent and it's perfect visually in terms of novelty. It's perfect as is though, just thought the slight light through it would be cool

[@palpytine]

Seems like a clear candidate for an ESP32 and Tasmota

[@clynch2657]

you should use it the classic way and just have it lock your doors when its not pressed teehee

[@Novur]

Looks like I found my new garage door button 🤩

[@MrVolt]

Do it!

[@Aidansstuff_]

Love the quality of effort in these videos! :)

[@sunsheythesun9401]

This dude gonna build aperture science laboratory

[@angryhob0z]

Awesome build and video dude!!! Fantastic editing as well, I dare say you going full time is paying off 😊 Keep up the great work! ... Now just to get that 3D printer so I can enjoy your awesome work outside of the video as well! 😀

[@MrVolt]

Thanks Angryhob0z! It helps to be supported :) You gotta get one, it's really game-changing for creativity when you put in the effort.

[@MMillion]

Hook it up to a little arm that smacks the cube off!

[@ecogreen123]

for all your hard work the least you disserve is 100k subs.

[@MrVolt]

I appreciate that!

[@syndere6755]

Yet another reason I should get a 3d printer. My mind goes to playing Rhythm Doctor with it, because it's a big button to push for a one button rhythm game.

[@PrismaPog_17]

At this point you can actually make a little minature test chamber that can actually be solved