Dry Ice Blasting Machine Concept | DIY

[@kenreynolds1000]

Sand blasters use high horsepower compressors for a lot of air pressure. It is a very energy intensive process. I also thought the dry ice blasters make the dry ice from compressed CO2 kind of at the nozzle.

[@ToxicMrSmith]

They don't. I've used industrial dry ice blasters and they do indeed use pellets.

[@RicCross]

Dry Ice blasters seem to be priced in the $3k and up range so upping the budget to create a more effective machine would have value. An auger feed from the chamber and determining a similar means to create the optimal size pellets will go a long way to producing a useful tool

[@ActionBOX]

Thanks Ric, we won’t be putting more time into this project and we’re really hoping it would work, but I do agree with all your suggestions. Cheers

[@loristime6607]

Cool, glad you tried it. 🙂

[@aronseptianto8142]

points for honesty i guess?

[@Hardwyre]

I have used similar models of those sand guns. I imagine part of your problem was the feed orifice was extremely small and was getting clogged. If you had a larger hole and possibly a rotating agitator disc over it to shuffle the ice, you should get much better throughput. Alternatively, mounting a small ice crusher on top of the gun to make pellets on the go.

[@ActionBOX]

These are awesome suggestions. Thanks for leaving this comment. Cheers

[@mellis966]

I used that Skill Share link so fast there was more smoke than a dry ice machine! Thanks a Ton!

[@ActionBOX]

Haha no worries! Glad you enjoyed the video 😄

[@JeremyCouitinho]

what was 15 dollars in this video ?

[@ActionBOX]

The blaster from Amazon. It was cheaper than building our own.

[@apostlos]

hmm - Need to try this with pellets and more air pressure.

[@ActionBOX]

Yeah I believe you are correct. We probably won’t be trying this again but at least anyone who wants to has a project to work off of 😅. Thanks for your comment. Cheers

[@DJLuTonik]

Can I use a sandblaster for dry ice blasting? (Performance Tool M549 Portable Abrasive Blaster Kit)

[@gabrielh5105]

Can you do something simpler for the next video please? Something like an 8 axis CNC+3D Printer + Plasma Cutter for under 100 dollars please

[@ActionBOX]

Hahaha sounds easy enough, we’ll get working on it 🤪 Thanks for watching! Hope you enjoyed the video.

[@ale6242]

i mean... technically it works...

[@MrMorepower71]

Id love to see a v2

[@howtoguro]

You guys should build one of those laser cleaners. It's in the spirit of this project, but is much more achievable while still being very "cool". :D

[@ActionBOX]

I like the idea. We have experience with lasers and I am familiar with the concept of the technology so we may give it a try. Thanks for the suggestion 😊

[@howtoguro]

@@ActionBOX I love your videos, your CNC is next level DIY. It's commercial quality. :D

[@Hardwyre]

@@ActionBOX I'm going to subscribe to you solely on the idea you may build a laser stripper. That would make so many of my projects easier. :)

[@ActionBOX]

@@Hardwyre for what it’s worth, we have started, and I had my first successful test yesterday wink 😉. Pretty cool science behind how to do it properly. Cheers, Dave.

[@dividingbyzerofpv6748]

Cheese grater

[@ActionBOX]

This is actually a great idea

[@feelvlog8458]

Why dont you can use dryice direct pressure directly

[@ActionBOX]

It’s not constant.

[@cautilli]

Use a ice cone shaver for the dry ice

[@ActionBOX]

That’s a good idea. Cheers

[@stevenhorgan8782]

another great vidio lads really like the concept of this .it would help me alot in taking sound deading from car floors 😁 just on the pellet side what about if ye crush the ice and then us a compact mold male and female put it in a vice to form the desired pillets 😁 our a plastic bag and hammer 😂 a idea for a future vidio for ye to try is vaccum forming machine thats semi auto that would be a fun project that most hobbiest could tackle 😁 keep up the great work ye do make my day when ye post new projects 😁

[@ActionBOX]

Thanks for the great comment and awesome idea Steven, we will definitely chat about it. Glad you liked the video, cheers

[@UraTrowelie]

I didn't hear you say anything about working with this in a well ventilated area. You don't want people dying in their garages.

[@ActionBOX]

Dry ice turns into CO2, and it does so very slowly. It would take a huge amount of stored dry ice to have a fast effect on the CO2 concentration in the garage (or more accurately, the partial pressure of CO2). Furthermore, your body’s primary stimuli when breathing is to detect high CO2 (not a lack of oxygen, fun fact 😃) so at dangerous levels of co2 in the room you would feel the same as you do when holding your breath for a long time, and you will have that amount of time to respond. Hence, I would not consider a 10lb block like the one we used to be dangerous for pulmonary gas exchange in any way when used in a conventional home garage. Thank you for your comment regardless, Cheers.

[@forrestmcbride1903]

It'd be cool to see if you could utilize the pressure buildup of the dry ice evaporating instead of an air compressor.

[@ActionBOX]

@@forrestmcbride1903 that’s a pretty good idea actually.I will think about how we could do this safely. Cheers

[@ElverdaderoReymon]

In short, it was a complete fail. Great waste of my time watching this build 😂

[@rodiona8781]

This is everything that won't work 😉

[@rameezsheikh7576]

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[@vini9598]

1

[@Devo1987]

$$$ 15 lol

[@ActionBOX]

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