Steampunk Water Valve Light Switch DIY

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5 жыл бұрын

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Here are materials and tools used in this video:
Gate / Water Valve:
Home Depot
5 Pack of Rotary Style On/Off Canopy Switches:
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Dremel 4000:
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Dremel 225-01 Flex Shaft Attachment:
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Dremel 4486 MultiPro Keyless Chuck:
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Dremel 710-08 All-Purpose Rotary Accessory Kit:
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#steampunk
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Пікірлер: 83

@andrewgrover Жыл бұрын

Nice build video. Very informative. Suggestion: please adjust your music sound so it isn't so much louder than your voice. I had to keep turning it down when the music was playing and back up in order to hear you speak.

@MrGoodCat Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

@oldarkie3880 2 жыл бұрын

I would put a 1/4" id tube in before putty. You will be needing to run a common thru it.

@BennySime 5 жыл бұрын

Another great video

@MrGoodCat 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you friend!

@morenoaldi393 5 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial

@MrGoodCat 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@user-nu3ku9rt5n 5 жыл бұрын

Nice T-shirt! От просмотра только приятные впечатления! Good work mr. Good Cat!

@MrGoodCat 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much my friend!

@thehandynomadthehandynomad843 5 жыл бұрын

Probably the best video I’ve seen on these switches! Nice!

@MrGoodCat 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@kr5289 4 жыл бұрын

wouldn't it be nice if people didn't play that music that blares out. to were you have to keep turning the sound up and down.

@MrMotorchild 4 жыл бұрын

If you think that's bad, listen to this shit kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rcWlhMWB2rW9Zqs.html

@rickd2327 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@MrGoodCat 4 жыл бұрын

👍

@mijodo2008 4 жыл бұрын

Clever idea, well built, especially the 'continuous' rotary switch, without which, the Inept Operator would continue to apply a damaging turning effort on the handwheel. I am assuming the Rotary Switch is the continuous on-off-on-off regardless of wheel rotation ,ie, clockwise/anticlockwise. Top job. Cheers from Michael. Australia.

@MrGoodCat 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Friend!

@garrythompson4132 4 жыл бұрын

My question would be, depending on where you located the switch, what if you needed to run wires through it (such as the neutral going to the bulb) with the harder epoxy harder in the way?

@a.b.705 4 жыл бұрын

Would love to see a DIMMER switch but like this :D

@MrGoodCat 4 жыл бұрын

Im going to make a dimmer switch like this, in near future. Thank you for watching!

@trigger8711 4 жыл бұрын

Man......change this music or at least drop down the volume......btw nice work on the valve!

@MrGoodCat 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

@billmiller7613 3 жыл бұрын

Great video! What kind of drill bit did you use? Thank you very much

@MrGoodCat 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! I used 3/4" titanium countersink bit.

@gustavoremedios9113 2 жыл бұрын

Hola. Como se llama la ficha que va adentro de la valvula , y donde la venden?

@alisarchina8875 3 жыл бұрын

Очень классный ролик молодец 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

@MrGoodCat 3 жыл бұрын

Спасибо большое! очень приятно что вам понравилось

@thegeordieweatherman8460 2 жыл бұрын

Is that just a live wire on the switch?

@salvagedsteelstudio 4 жыл бұрын

Hi, Thanks for the tutorial. A quick question: I opened one of the switches (removed the top black cap) just to see what was inside. After reattaching it back, it doesn't seem to work properly, when turning counter-clockwise (the cap comes off, eventually) - do you know if once removed, it's permanently damaged or is there was trick to fix this?

@MrGoodCat 4 жыл бұрын

Hi, thank you for watching my channel! to be honest with you, I never took the switch apart, and since those switches are very cheap, im assuming something got damaged. I wouldn't be messing with these switches too much, after all you are going to connect it to electrical circuit.

@davidstorm8879 4 жыл бұрын

get another one and leave it alone that way it will work ok

@DJMovit 7 ай бұрын

2 questions: 1) what was the drill bit you used to drill out the openings? Oops I see you answered a titanium bit. 2) Don't you need a wire to go straight through the switch to continue the circuit? Just thinking if you power the light from below the valve one leg of the power goes to that switch but the other leg needs to past by the switch completely. I'm looking for the next video to see how you used it. Thanks for posting this video.

@MrGoodCat 5 ай бұрын

You just need to leave some space inside the valve, so you can put another wire through . Put a 1/4'' stick or a pen inside, when epoxy hardens, take it out, now you have room for more wires. Thank you for watching

@michaellionart3675 4 жыл бұрын

Hi any chance of s close up inside the switch. I understand the putty stops the whole thing rotating so would be nice to see this. Thank You

@MrGoodCat 4 жыл бұрын

Im going to make a new video for dimmer switch, the build is very similar, and I'm going to try to show it close up. Thank you for watching!

@mv4302 4 жыл бұрын

Safety first right? I strongly suggest you invest a little money for a some kind of vise. It might spare your hands - especially when your using Dremell. #9 fingers

@sabitaron7889 4 жыл бұрын

Hi mr. GoodCat where do you get rotary switches usually, could you please give me a link for them. Thanks

@MrGoodCat 4 жыл бұрын

The link is in description of the video

@sabitaron7889 4 жыл бұрын

@@MrGoodCat Many thanks

@DonFassbender 3 жыл бұрын

Hope you left room for your other wire 😅Great tutorial, thanks!

@MrGoodCat 3 жыл бұрын

Yes I did 😉 Thank you for watching!

@suerobertson3392 5 жыл бұрын

I like the switch but it’s not realistic enough I was wondering if you could make a water valve switch that when you open the valve The power turns on and when you close it it cuts the power similar to a switch found in a car door I think that would be cool

@MrGoodCat 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! to make something like this you would have to use a rotary dimmer switch. I already have a video on my channel where I made a simple dimmer switch, a lot of people asked me if its possible to put a dimmer inside, instead of a normal switch. I do plan on making a video where I will put a dimmer inside of a valve. Im going to release one more video, before making dimmer valve. LOL That should be exactly what you are asking for. Stay tuned

@GruniTheThird 4 жыл бұрын

Where did you get the valve from? I bought 2 of them and wasn't able to disassemble either. Seems to be tightened too hard.

@MrGoodCat 4 жыл бұрын

I got it from Home Depot. They are very hard to disassemble at first, try to use fire torch to loosen it up

@Gitnardoproductions 3 жыл бұрын

Do you have a vice to stick it in?

@MrGoodCat 3 жыл бұрын

No, unfortunately.

@jeslauber 3 жыл бұрын

@@MrGoodCat Try two smoothjaw Cresent wrenches. One on the packing nut (what you are trying to loosen) and the second wrench tight on the body of the valve to back it up. It may not be easy as they often use locktite or similar product when assembling the valve in the factory.

@MrGoodCat 3 жыл бұрын

I appreciate the advice and thank you for watching the video

@jraed 5 жыл бұрын

is it possible to use a light dimmer instead?

@MrGoodCat 5 жыл бұрын

Yes you can use light dimmer, as long as you can find one small enough to fit inside the valve

@pnemonic1 5 жыл бұрын

I have recently designed and developed a diy dimmer kit specifically for a 3/4 tee fitting.

@UnKnown-jp1bv 5 жыл бұрын

What is the BIT you used to hollow out the T?? The one on yiur drill? Size? Type?

@MrGoodCat 5 жыл бұрын

I used countersink drill bit, i have to double check but i believe it's 5/8"

@UnKnown-jp1bv 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the fast reply! Am working in one tonight just as u instructed and using a big drill bit is a bit tough to do this. I also had to shave down the switch (black plastic) some to get it to fit inside the T (top) loosely...you don’t have to do that?

@MrGoodCat 5 жыл бұрын

@@UnKnown-jp1bv you can use many different tools to get the insides out. I had to finish it up with dremel, and then light switch fits perfect. You just have to make sure that switch is not touching anything inside, and spinning freely. Good luck on your project! feel free to ask any questions

@UnKnown-jp1bv 5 жыл бұрын

So did you figure out if it was a 5/8 counter S but after all? I’m guessing a bi-metal bit as well?

@MrGoodCat 5 жыл бұрын

@@UnKnown-jp1bv its 3/4" titanium countersink bit. not 5/8.

@rccanuck4473 Жыл бұрын

Would be nice if they came apart that easily. I destroyed 3 before I could get one apart

@MrGoodCat Жыл бұрын

Heat it up

@dmoss8928 5 жыл бұрын

What size valve is that a 1 inch?

@MrGoodCat 5 жыл бұрын

that's 3/4" valve

@pnemonic1 5 жыл бұрын

Hello, I have recently designed a diy dimmer switch kit designed to fit into a 3/4 tee fitting. If you or the builders would like to incorporate this into your project please let me know and I will mail a free kit out for review. Thank you.

@MrGoodCat 5 жыл бұрын

I would like to check it out, I like new ideas. And i can always make a video review. Contact me by email and we can discuss any details mrgoodcatcraft@gmail.com

@TPinc143 4 жыл бұрын

What’s the epoxy for?

@MrGoodCat 4 жыл бұрын

To hold the switch in place

@TPinc143 4 жыл бұрын

Mr GoodCat My bad. That I understood. I was asking about the epoxy putty?

@MrGoodCat 4 жыл бұрын

@@TPinc143 What do you mean what's it for? Its for whatever you want, its used to perform repairs, in this case its holding the switch because its very hard and durable

@DeadByDesingOfficial 4 жыл бұрын

"Be careful not to hurt yourself". Buy a vice. Good job though

@MrGoodCat 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@donnagunn4124 Жыл бұрын

nice video but the music is too much

@r00t4rd3d 5 жыл бұрын

You didn't remove the threads on the stem so its going to move up and down and eventually break the switch.

@MrGoodCat 5 жыл бұрын

you don't have to remove the threads. FYI handle doesn't move up and down, the only thing that moves up and down is the gate that i removed at the beginning of the video

@ken10225 3 жыл бұрын

No need music damn ppl

@stoneblue1795 2 жыл бұрын

Loose the music. Great information, but I did not come for music.

@theronroberts5573 3 жыл бұрын

I can see why you wore glasses and gloves now. But when you glued the valve to the switch you lost me.

@MrGoodCat 3 жыл бұрын

Oh no!

@JCW418 5 жыл бұрын

You wasted a shitload of glue to join the two pieces together. Why did you need all that on that piece of cardboard just to spread around for a couple small dabs? And don't say so you could mix it together because it came from the same tube.

@MrGoodCat 5 жыл бұрын

I just like to waste it, so smartass like you can coment on it. And its not glue its epoxy