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This basic guide will get you started hacking your own bubble machines quickly and easily. Not much electrical experience needed!
We also published a full zine with even more info and designs about hacking bubble machines for fun, celebrations, and science! Get it for free at: dinalab.net/bubblepunk
(We have included several pages from our zine in this Stay tuned for even more Bubblepunk how-to's , videos, experiments, stickers, and workshops! (And everything Bubblepunk is 100% OPEN SOURCE!
Newest files are also here https://github.com/Digital-Naturalism-Laboratories/BubblePunk )
Designed and tested in the rainforest on the Panama Canal.
Supplies
The basics are quite simple and everything can be made for under $50.
Bubble Blaster ($6-$10)
- Needs to be the new kind that have peristaltic pumps and a "bubble nipple" (more on that in the next step and in the zine)
- (You can find them easily online, but i don't feel like posting direct links to big billionaire corporations)
USB Battery Pack
- The batteries that have a dedicated on-off switch are the best, because some have an auto-shuttoff when not being powered.
- Small battery packs are usually more than enough! The blasters consume about 700mA so a small 5,000 mAh battery can last about 7 hours!
Old USB cable
- We are going to chop off its end, so make sure it's not your favorite USB cable
- Any cable with a normal end (Type A) that you can plug into your battery pack will work!
Old Bottle
- This will be the storage tank for your bubble juice!
- Any watertight bottle with a lid we can drill some holes on will work
- Long and thin are easier to make wearable!
- Long and flat (like dish soap bottles) are fantastic!
- They run at about 500mL/hour
Bubble Solution
- There's several recipes shared in the bubblepunk zine! (excerpt included here in the pics)
- My favorite recipe just needs: Water + Dish Soap + Water based lube (Propylene glycol)
Bubble Module Holsters
- I've shared all the 3D files i designed in Fusion360 here:
- https://www.printables.com/model/458773-bubble-blaster-holsters
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