🤖 Install Mech Arena for FREE here on Mobile and PC ✅clik.cc/g1mEK and get a special starter pack to help kickstart your game! ⭐ Sorry it's been so long! Lot's of personal matters to take care of lately and some other sponsor shenanigans. What ideas do you have for the cube? (Dead body comments will be ignored :) and receive my disappointed face)

To be fair, it’s a WEIGHTED companion cube, so it being heavy is accurate

A cube clearly needs a nice large button to use it with. Also I know this would be extremely hard to do, but a lifesize turret cube that scoots around would be cool.

Every video he gets closer and closer to becoming Ratman.

Next thing you outta do is create a replica of the Portal computer case seen in the behind the scenes areas in both Portal and Portal 2, complete with lights in the back which switch between red and orange. That'd be awesome.

I’d love to see a life size button that reacts to the cube (and makes it turn yellow…) I also thought that the main thing I’d use it for would be furniture of some kind. I’d put my feet on it while watching TV lol

I know it's strange but since I was a child I knew if I could have one thing from portal IRL that wasn't the Portal Gun, it woyld be a cube. Seeing someone make a cube, one of the seemingly most mundane parts of the game real, is amazing and I am very happy rn

Slap a glass plate on top and it becomes the world's coolest coffee table! This is an awesome project!

Incredible work!! I forgot how absolutely massive the cubes are in game, Source really doesn't do sense of scale any justice, huh?

This is awesome, I especially love that you tried to reverse engineer the textures from in-game to make it as faithful as possible. Super cool video and recreation!

It would definitely be nice to see the 1500 Megawatt Aperture Science Heavy Duty Super-Colliding Super Button along with the cube, and possibly even the doors used in the test chambers (though I completely understand that making a giant door may be a little much)

I think it's unreal how accurate your cube is to the game model. If anybody would be making a Portal movie/series then you should be the guy to build the props for that!

Small little detail you could add. In Portal 2 if you bring a companion cube up close to the camera you can actually hear it singing. having it play that song somehow would be a neat detail

Much like the real Aperture, you got a perfect product, but you basically burnt way more money than intended in the process! xD Been super looking forward to this video. Super impressed with how it turned out in the end! 💜

I always doubted the companion coffin theory simply because the cube seemed to small to fit a body, but after watching this it seems perfectly reasonable

I think it would be cool if you could switch out the hearts for aperture logos.

If you beefed up the structure it is the right size for a stool. (I know, it’s already heavy). Congrats on completing another amazing build!

It's so CUTE!! I love the companion cube

As soon as I saw it finished and with the cable attached, "Computer case" is immediately what popped in my head. Great minds think alike. _-Though mine not nearly as great ha.-_

Another Aperture product you could try building would be a laser emitter along with a laser catcher. It could be the same size as your button or bigger/smaller. Have the laser emitter fire a red laser beam, and a laser catcher that will detect it (maybe with a sensor) acting like the one in game (makes a sound and spins the outer ring) if it's not too hard (it also has a yellow light when activated and a blue light when idle)

My favorite part about this is seeing new comments every minute and for every premier you're here thanking your fans and being a part of your community

You never fail to amaze me Mr. Volt, this is amazing

You are awesome, man. I'm from Argentina, I don't even understand English very well, but I understood all your steps and your plans. I'll try to make the cube myself with your files, but I think I'll do everything in PLA to make it cheaper haha

YES!! Been excited for this since you announced it. Im glad to see it turned out SO well. Super inspiring, keep building awesome stuff!

Amazing execution, truly professional in every way. The wall power opens up some possibilities. About the ideas, maybe put a speaker inside? And maybe some kind of proximity sensor that would trigger the lights and sounds, though that would be really difficult.

Can you make the HEV suit or the HEV charging station next? I know it might be crossing lines between both Science companies Black Mesa and Aperture Science but if you just don’t tell Magnusson then you will be fine. Doing the good work for the Valve communities, keep it up!

I genuinely think a gaming pc inside this would be insane!!! You could put fans where the hearts and even make those glow pink

I decided to watch a couple of your videos and WOW! Your projects are incredible! Definitely subscribing.

Incredible work man! Such a professional job everywhere. I love your mounting for the edge and corner accents. And the lighting is such a perfect even glow cos you got so much diffusion distance. Really cool 🙂

Simply amazing, I can tell you worked really hard on this and every one of the videos that you make always lights up my day and I love the work you do

This turned out surreal, amazing job on this, Mr Volt!

Ahh the computer case mod would be fantastic! Wish that was something Valve sold.

Thanks so much for the flashing warning! I can see the love and time you put in the cube. Love it!!

I love your projects! Keep continuing the good work ❤️

This is absolutely incredible. I hope you enjoy your cube

WOW! You spent a lot of time on this and it definitely turned out great! Good job!

That's some serious dedication to Portal right there! I'd love to see how you tackled the details and made it look so real.

You are an absolute joy to watch

I've been waiting for this!! This was so fun, it would be cool as a computer mod case but I really just like it as a model so my input can't really go. Loved the outcome, it's as nice as everything you do. Can't wait to see the next project 🎉

i have been waiting for this video for so long. looks amazing!

Making it speak and/or give advice (that could maybe fit portals humor) would perhaps be chobblesome

0:01 a core just chilling out lol 😂

The weighted companion cube will never threaten to stab you and in fact can’t speak.

This is incredible work! I look forward to each time you upload, mr Volt :) Might attempt to make a companion cube myself for decoration in my room, but likely out of cheaper materials haha. But it seems like a fun project to do with my mom who is just as crafty as me :)

This looks absolutely incredible! I hope that one day I will have the skill (and the time) to build one of these myself!

imagine inviting someone over that REALLY like portal, and putting a speaker inside it and playing muffled screams it would confuse them alot

I hope future archaeologists find your portal models and only enough bits and pieces of knowledge about the game to wonder if there was an actual facility

Now you'ill have company for hard times when you hurt your head on problems... I love it !

your work is incredible, thank you for making all these amazing builds! as for ideas, you could put some glass on it and make a nice table :)

There was a scrapped idea to have Cave Johnson's brain uploaded into a companion cube as a scene in portal 2, that would be plugged in sitting in old aperture. So at least 1 plugged in companion cube was intended to be canon, so I think this still counts

Love it, Aperture would be proud!

This would make a sick pc case. Also I second that other guy saying to make the apature science pc case (the ones from in game)

The wheatley crab in the Background 😂

Now you just need to create a full size 1500 megawatt super button to put it on 😂. The cube looks amazing by the way and I want my own, but it will never happen because I definitely do not have the equipment or the ability

woah thats epic well done

😍😍😍That WCC is everything I'd ever dreamed a WCC would be ♥ Fantastic work dude! It wouldn't be feasible for this weighted companion cube, but a WCC robot vacuum would be pretty sweet 😁

I would love to driver the LED's with a Pi, pop in some speakers and wifi controls, hang it from the ceiling, and turn it into one hell of a disco ... cube

I missed this one... but i'm starting to think Mr. Volt is trying to make his own test course. :)) Nice one! Looks about exactly as i'd expect an actual cube to look.

You should totally add in a speaker and a microphone so it can whisper crazy things in your ear, like how glados is evil, etc. Maybe it could even use a chatbot to have a conversation with you? The eerie robotic stuff it might say back would just be perfect!

Such a cool Cube

Love it! It looks totally awesome❤️

WE NEED A BIG BUTTON AND POSSIBLY A TEST CHAMBER DOOR! 😍😍😨

Awesome Mr volt !!

cool project!! as for ideas on what to do with the cube, throwing some speakers in there to make it softly hum the tune it does in game would be fun

It would be cool to instead of having full-on plates for the hearts to have a small hole on each side with magnets to swap out the heart and aperture logo

Ah yes, finally the video I've been waiting for since I started subscribing to the channel

Yoo.. this is amazing

Learning what not to do, is still learning :) I’ve been sort of obsessed with the companion cube since I learned of its existence, even before I had played the Portal games myself… I spend loads of time 3d modeling my own version, which is slightly different from the in-game version, the “bumpers” are a lot smaller so the overall shape comes closer to a “flatter faced” cube.. if that makes any sense… I made a 1cm squared pendant version that was 3d printed in a wax material and then casted (iirc) in sterling silver :) I’ve been wearing it for over a decade now :) Hopefully one day I’ll be able to make a bigger one, probably not full sized for practicality reasons, but still… Anyway… love the work you’re doing on the Portal projects!

I’ve been so excited for this oh my gosh hell yeah

Love it! Great job!

Okay now, hear me out: This cube would look really cool in the working life-size Aperture Science Emergency Intelligence Incinerator :)

An RGB Portal Gun would be awesome to see, especially since no one has really made a quality replica Portal Gun for quite a long time (as far as I know without doing research). I don't know why, but RGB in a Portal Gun would look really cool and kinda funny to me.

We keep getting closer to making a *REAL* aperture science. Just probably without as many safety hazards

the minute he talked about using it as a computer case i turned my head STRAIGHT around cuz thats genius it’s all i want now

Awww you made a friend! Into the fire it gose! (I'm joking, it's a portal 1 refrence)

So happy to see this exists! Idea: make the cube into a bluetooth speaker. (don't do it if it is too hard, but it would be cool

Been waiting for this 👍

Should've made the Portal 1 Companion Cube. It doesn't have the lights and it's the iconic one anyway since it's the one you actually carry around in P1 (Which isn't retconned by P2s new designs since you see the original Companion Cube at the end of P2 in the final cutscene) (Actually though this is really cool)

Yo this turned out sooooo good I dont know how you dont already have 1mil

It looks so cool and amazing i love it! If you make a Portal Gun (ofc a model with sounds and lights only) you can be Cave Johnson :D It would be amazing to see a guy becomes Cave Johnson

been waiting for this one!!!

Now you need to make a Giant Button to open your door

This is very cool! I understand your frustration with random people asking to buy the stuff you made...

Realistically speaking, you could connect the cube via RFID sensors in the Heart mold to the button, to register it being pressed, OR have the LEDs connectable via Bluetooth (or some other wireless connection) and have the cubes light up room by room, puzzle by puzzle.

A Companion for Life!

homie if i could help you produce these, I would do anything and everything you needed. This shit is amazing and inspiring brotha best tech channel yet

If there was a portal 2 movie this man should make the props.

Every props of portal done. Movie close to be done.

You can place a small cube inside the Companion Cube that says "no, no bones inside". This will be a reference to the popular theory. Which says that inside these cubes are human remains. It originated due to the fact that it needs to be burned, and not just destroyed by passing through the anti-expropriation field with it, so if it passes through the anti-expropriation field, the remains of people will fall out. I think that would be a cool reference.

Can I use it in one of my videos? Your work is INCREDIBLE! 😍

Omg I want that as a computer Case!

Love the video!

You should make the cube speak when You walk close to it. I think that would be fine of funny.

thats so cool

Made with love

You should add the ambient companion cube music that plays in the game whenever you get close to one

You’re amazing.

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6:11 Here's a trick to ditch sanding. Make the parts one thickness of styrene smaller on all faces, then glue styrene bits that you have cut with your CNC. For glue, use the rubber glue that Loctite has (it's the black one). It's thin, very strong, and because it's for rubber, it's actually very stable long term (i discovered when i repaired my washing machine and needed a glue that could glue the gasket that held my water temp sensor (nothing else worked because of the heat of the water). It's been glued on for nearly 8 years now and that's through a near constant cycle of hot-cold, if that's not a resume for a good glue, especially since it's stainless + rubber, dunno what could be. For all the corners, i woudn't bother with making them flush, that's when acrylic or body putty comes in, and a light sanding done with a tool that's 3D printed to have the right angle for the faces you sand is perfect. You'll have a styrene face, clean painting face in very little time. That's how i do it. Can you tell i hate sanding? :)

Good button pusher!