Brand new rock drill from 1989 , Breaking rock with wedges and explosives Pionjär 120

[@andybilakshow260]

"89 was my last year underground gold mining. We had jacklegs. the unit was much smaller because the compressor wasn't incorporated. A side compressor producing 120psi via 1" hose was used. I wanted to purchase one several years after the mine shut down because the uses for these machines are everywhere. Technically, you could have drilled those 3 holes in less than 10 minutes with much less effort. It's a glorified jack hammar. I ran one of those in another mine in solid granite. By the way, water as a lubricant & coolant will make your carbide bits last longer & drill faster.

[@richardross7219]

Good job. My old man bought one of those in the early 1960s in the US. I spent many days operating it as a jackhammer, well point driver, and a rock drill. I was young and strong but, it beat me pretty bad each day. I used a 12# stone breaking sledge to score the line that I wanted to split before drillin the holes. My brother inherited it and in the 1980s was able to get a rebuilding kit so that it worked like new. I think that he still has it. Good Luck, Rick

[@douro20]

That was back when these machines were first introduced by Atlas Copco. However this wasn't the first machine of its kind- that would most likely be the Syntron gas hammer which was developed for the US Army back in the mid 1940s. There was also the Barco free-piston gasoline hammer introduced sometime in the 1920s which had a separate box which contained a buzz coil and battery connected with a cable resembling a large air hose. It was started by pushing a plunger on top which forced the piston down.

[@richardross7219]

@@douro20 I was an Army Combat Engineer in the 1970s. All we had was the big air compressor with a lot of tools for it(drills, chain saws, and tampers).

[@zcgunthihairus]

Thank you for the great content. Your channel is way under rated.

[@M.BJOERNSTROEM]

Thanks!

[@woodbutcher864]

Those reverse slow-motion shots were fascinating, to say the least!

[@SlickBubbles]

I would suggest using vibration absorbing gloves all the time, when using the Poinjar. I melted my favourite jacket on the exhaust of my snowblower just a few days ago. LOVED the shots of the blast, both forwards and in reverse. I really like when you explain what you're doing. Some people may appreciate if you explain why, also.

[@AlexKall]

Yep, those vibrations are no joke!

[@andrzej3511]

I like this machine!!! And what I like even more is that after 34 years of storage, there is no trace of rust on it and it is completely functional and ready for use. This is an excellent testimony to the Swedish army and its thrift.

[@rootbeer9922]

Binge watching all of your videos, keep it up, awesome work, explosives is something I never have messed with, informative to see!

[@misel9411]

Nice work with both the wedges and the dynamite. I also had to use both when digging water pipes to my house. And for drilling I used - what else than an ex-Swedish Army Pionjär 😉 All the best for your projects and cheers from Finland!

[@michaeltarasenkoop2389]

Can’t beleave that little dynamite could crack that rock into pieces

[@Xoliul]

Man I worked a little bit on one of these, trying to get one running on an old farm in Norway, I remember it being LOUD and uncomfortable, respect for actually using it!

[@chriscorrigan7420]

G'day mate. I was watching with great intent and all of a sudden there was this magnificent river in the foreground and I completely lost my concentration on your drill and started thinking about the trout fishing at your back door. That drill certainly makes it easy to split the rocks even with the wedges but you can't beat those big fire crackers. Good for rocks, stumps, fishing, I didn't say that. The play back's look awesome.

[@davidsnyder2000]

One very important thing I took away from watching this video was the dynamite. It was mentioned it can cause headaches if handled bare handed. But more importantly was the fact that headaches come from low blood pressure. My wife and son both get migraines so bad they will actually throw up from the pain. I will look into the correlation in more detail. Thank you for mentioning this.

[@horstszibulski19]

People with heart problems get nitroglycerin spray also, just to inhale it like an asthma spray, it lowers the blood pressure...

[@hibahprice6887]

I think it's worth going to the doctor, he will accurately determine the cause.

[@64TommyG]

@@horstszibulski19 How they found out the god effect on the heart was that miners and other who used a lot of dynamite had much less heart problems...

[@blauesKopftuch]

@@hibahprice6887 it's not worth going to the doctor due to headaches from handling dynamite, it's a well understood physiological mechanism. Headaches doe not come from low blood pressure, headaches come from irritation of the meninges. Nitroglycerin rapidly dilates your blood vessels, including the meninges. This rapid dilation irritates the meninges, that is the headache you feel. You can perfectly live with constant low blood pressure without getting headaches. It's the rapid change. As all of you know, dynamite is ~75% nitroglycerin and it will absorb through your skin.

[@joeminella5315]

A very interesting tool (kit). I think you got a good deal. Thanks for posting!

[@EL-zh8zs]

Came across your KZbin channel and glad I did. Enjoy the content and subscribed. Began watching all your videos from the first one. Thanks for the entertainment.

[@steveashworth6707]

I used one of them back in the 80's had a dirt bit to loosen the dirt and then used it as a jack hammer breaking rock for a footer!, we had the wedges to split rock. We also had a mix that looked like epoxy we poured it in the holes and it split the rock overnight!. Its a neat outfit, love to get another one!.

[@jaykay3080]

Great fun! I've subscribed and looking forward to more videos.

[@M.BJOERNSTROEM]

Thanks!

[@jayeff3196]

Another excellent video.....there's only one way this channel is going...looking forward to seeing the crusher in action and your plans for the 2023..... Happy New Year to you when it comes around.....🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@shadowlab9543]

what a cool drill, and brand new what a great find !!

[@garydawson5928]

excellent work 🙂🙃I especially enjoyed the reverse explosion in slow-mo 😄that drill could use a handle to stand on to get some additional vertical downward force 🥵cheers from Australia

[@M.BJOERNSTROEM]

Thanks! Yeah that was cool, i been thinking about making some kind of attachment to the excavator for holding the drill in the future! Cheers from Sweden!

[@michaeltarasenkoop2389]

Nice interesting show good video enjoyed it thanks keep them going !

[@Rezyster2770]

Love the slow motion rewind... drone footage 👌I subscribed

[@blauesKopftuch]

Getting a headache from handling dynamite without gloves is completely normal. As you know, dynamite is essentially nitroglycerin that enters your body through your skin. Nitroglycerin dilates your blood vessels, including the meninges. The irritation of the meninges is the headache you feel. In addition, due to the dilated blood vessels, there may be a significant drop in blood pressure, which can lead to dizziness or fainting. It is a normal reaction to the ingestion of nitroglycerin into your body and just like in the medical use case of nitroglycerin: the combination of Viagra and nitroglycerin in your body can kill you.

[@-r-495]

You‘re right - it is used for its pharmaceutical properties as patches too.

[@BVN-TEXAS]

The old days they called it “bang head” when you handled nitro too much and got that wonky feeling

[@AlexKall]

Nice find! Also surprised how effective the wedges were, seemed easier than I would have thought but that might be because it was not me hammering.

[@HANKTHEDANKEST]

Oh man, did it have that old-school industrial tool smell? Bit of varied greases combined with the paint and the wooden box = you can't bottle that, but if you could you'd be rich. *Nice.*

[@M.BJOERNSTROEM]

It sure did, had to give it a good clean to get rid of the grease!

[@zafaradeel2107]

👌👌👌Quality of Swedish tools are amazing.

[@petter5721]

Yes, very well built 👍🏻

[@weldersandblaster]

You are too much fun. Thanks for sharing.

[@M.BJOERNSTROEM]

Thanks for the compliment!

[@dominusterraecaleatoris]

Nice! My father had one of these and I didn´t know how it worked.

[@TheYeti308]

Worked in the Granite Industry , great fun , great memories .

[@JuhaErkkila]

Tre Kronor två takts olja!!! :D One good looking unit! Cheers from Finland!

[@M.BJOERNSTROEM]

Cheers from Sweden!

[@richardmccann4815]

Loved the triple blast! Subbed!

[@M.BJOERNSTROEM]

Thanks!

[@MichelGarneau707]

Freggin awesome eye candy watching this man vrs rock, great job, thank you !

[@arjanvogel6444]

Thanks for your vid 😇💟💟💟 Love and bless you guys. Wow looks beautiful when you blow them up, and a beautiful drilling machine.

[@BerlinUpper]

1kg dynamite 4€!? I wonder why a pack of crackers (ridiculous 20g black powder, 20 pieces) cost around 5€ here in Germany... Your videos are quite good and complex. Greetings from Berlin.

[@horstszibulski19]

I instantly thought the same! Would be a great new years eve and also a cheap one! 😂😂😂

[@64TommyG]

If people wanting to pay why take less? But not use them as fire crackers if you don't know exaktly what you are doing! You need too get tmem really high up whit pressured air or simular and a real safe ignition devise maybe triggered by altitude so there can't be any danger for the innocent!!! The army got some cool old ammonition they could use at such eventions...

[@chriskennedy7534]

A whole new meaning to "getting your leg over" Beach Boys, Good Vibrations

[@albertomenendezsuarez9297]

Excelente trabajo, y muy impresionantes las imágenes de las explosiones, sobre todo las repeticiones en cámara lenta. Me resulta sorprendente que al usar el taladro no uses algún tipo de refrigeración, ya que toda esa fricción tiene que generar mucho calor. Un saludo.

[@rquest3059]

There isn't anything more satisfying than watching rocks explode.

[@Cowb0y24]

Brings back memories, we use this brand in the Canadian Military as well.

[@garymucher4082]

That looks like fun... Thumbs Up!

[@gamingit1]

Its actually impressive that dinamite in sweden is that cheap. In croatia that one stick would cost about 100-150 euros. Plus you cant buy it without certificate for handling with dinamite. Im sure that you have one beacuse you cant buy dinamite without cerification

[@petter5721]

Thanks to Alfred Nobel, Inventor of dynamite 😊

[@callapygian]

We used to be able to buy blasting caps and dynamite in the US with no license at the local hardware store. Now they make such a big effing deal out of it... And thats why people cant afford homes in the USA anymore.

[@vimeel4420]

The rock is so beautiful!

[@Омур.с]

Вот разрушитель природы,эти камни миллионы лет лежали никого не трогая.🙂

[@gliderider7077]

Your poor Frenchie was not loving that! 😂

[@M.BJOERNSTROEM]

She sure did not

[@fordaiffa6022]

very nice stuff would love to have one of these so I can break it apart to see how they operate

[@SaulGerardiniSaul]

Actualmente venden esa maquina con todos esos accesorios y cuanto es el precio por favor???

[@will_doherty]

Good video - thanks for sharing your work. You really should wear a dust mask whilst drilling rocks - inhaling the rock dust will eventually cause you health problems otherwise.

[@RichardFoley3]

That drill looks like it would be perfect mounted on the end of somthing mechanical! Where on earth does a person casually come across dynamite? I always thought you needed to have all sorts of expensive licences etc Loving the videos, could you do one outlining your land/workshop please

[@SPUDHOME]

Casually come across. Is the key phrase. You don’t, at least in the usa. It is a high explosive, without training, and license. You don’t get to play with it. It is not a toy. He must have had training, military? He knows how to use it. He respects it. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@arkansas1336]

Awesome! Lol....those wedge and feathers are demolition size. ' KZbinr 'Demolition Dave' has several blasting videos posted. The last time I used that particular explosive was in 1981. It's more highly regulated in the USA now.

[@M.BJOERNSTROEM]

Thanks! Never used a wedge before, worked fine though. I actually learned the leg thing 17:56 after watching @demolitiondavedrillandblast videos!. 1981 was a few years ago..

[@arkansas1336]

@@M.BJOERNSTROEM...Yep, I was 34 in 1981...lol

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Fancy seeing you here!

[@PieterBreda]

Blowing stuff up. It can't get cooler.

[@richardmccann4815]

You might try a blast mat over some wet earth, with more wet earth on top. The shrapnel could lodge in trees, or cut your tires.

[@zedvee2668]

Yup pretty much.

[@bert26a]

I remember using one of these on a utility crew installing rock sets for a power pole on Canadian Shield.

[@GPC179]

I was a brilliant engineer for these Swedish compressors. They are fond memories for me😭

[@idkkdi8620]

Berätta mer

[@petter5721]

Var du konstruktör?

[@MrJob91]

Those people in 1989 knew how to do things djeez

[@keithglaysher9201]

The Dynamite is much more fun than the drill but isn't it amazing how much force is generated with the wedges I would like to do the math on that.

[@knobsdialsandbuttons]

Excellent video ! 👍

[@Eremon1]

Beautiful place.

[@AW-Services]

Nice drill. I wonder if it was intended for rescue and winching anchor points

[@dtiydr]

It was used for whatever needed.

[@louisarmstrong8863]

I laughed it was hilarious when you had no handle in your sledgehammer🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 thought this bloke must be Irish🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@M.BJOERNSTROEM]

Gotta work with what you have!

[@dirtfarmer7472]

The dynamite is more fun & exit

[@dirtfarmer7472]

Existing

[@outnorthprospecting]

Snyggt jobbat, jag är också ute efter något liknande så jag kan spräcka sten på guldfältena i Finland, tack för du delade med dig, kommer följa din kanal🤠💪

[@madaz56]

Must have been a military version? We use Pionjar rock drills from the 80s for fencing in New Zealand but they were yellow

[@rosco4659]

Amazing how good of a condition it is in.

[@markpinther9296]

Once a guy uses feathers and wedges to split a rock, life is never quite the same! hahaha

[@chipusas1161]

what a cool find.

[@tujuprojects]

Is there a risk of accidental detonation from static electricity? How do you prevent it?

[@M.BJOERNSTROEM]

I would classify modern detonators as very safe. They also have built-in electrostatic protection.

[@gordonagent7037]

Matthias, you certainly have a wide work scope but playing with dynamite, well that’s super cool, better than blowing up gas cylinders like I used to.

[@Rokonroller]

Good job!

[@M.BJOERNSTROEM]

Thanks!

[@malcolm2587]

I like how the exhaust is designed to blow the dust away at least that's what I think I'm seeing

[@homerjaysimpson1890]

a brave dog you have! Not affraid of loud machines 🙂

[@jamespayne8781]

Quite a find. Does it have some kind of built in air compressor to blow the chips out of the hole?

[@M.BJOERNSTROEM]

Yes it has. Works good.

[@loczek1990]

Great Video! Keeep it gooin!

[@waynekinzey5304]

what fortunate and let the drill do the work

[@MikeBaxterABC]

I had 100 Acres maybe 15 min north of town here .. a LOT of barefaced granite. I planned to buy a engine driven rock drill like this! .. for fencing purposes.

[@ahdgfsdgsdgsdfg]

Seemed like a nice stone.

[@glennfryer1539]

Wow perfectly preserved.. amazing.. what mix does it use ?

[@M.BJOERNSTROEM]

5-8% mixture

[@mykalmcb]

Good thing you didn't discover dynamite when you were 13 or your parents would have constantly gotten you out of trouble.

[@Graeme408]

Perhaps the addition of a vacuum where the drill bit enters the rock might capture the silica dust. I understand silica is rather harmful in your lungs.

[@M.BJOERNSTROEM]

Rigs usually have something like that. I have a mask, just forgot to bring it

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Yes, very nasty stuff.

[@rogerscottcathey]

Gee, that was my favorite fish drying rock. Gone now. Thanks a lot! Lol

[@AndyFromBeaverton]

I used to have picnics there with my dad before he passed. He's gone and now so is the picnic rock. :(

[@rogerscottcathey]

@@AndyFromBeaverton : kids these days. So destructive. No concept of the sanctity of rocks beside streams. Not even a second thought, "should I do this?"

[@richardmccann4815]

If you could have undercut a trench under the lower rock, and placed the explosives in between the two rocks, what might have happened?.you would have to contain the blast

[@HP_rep_mek]

Intressanta grejer, följer kanalen nu👍

[@dalepeterson5609]

Fantastic!!! 😃 As Andrew Camarata is in the U.S.A., you must be in __?__. Sweden maybe?

[@patrikfalk5684]

Gör en vikt du kan hänga på handtaget när du fått den att gå på. Så blir det betydligt trevligare att borra. Vikt på exakta vikterna kan man variera lite utefter behov och bekvämlighet Mvh Patrik

[@M.BJOERNSTROEM]

Bra ide, ska testa det på sommaren!

[@64TommyG]

@@M.BJOERNSTROEM Grävskopeideen är nog bättre åtminstone om man tänker på vibrationskadorna som man kan få om man jobbar för mycket med liknande maskiner... Tack för innehållet som påminde mig om militären och en hel del som man INTE ska göra med explosiva medel trevligaste prickskyttet var nog att träffa tändsatsen på granater och bomber, tror att vi slutade efter min träff på en 500 Kg tung bomb Kanske var det meningen, varför annars sätta den ende i plutonen som aldrig missat som första skytt men å andra sidan verkade befälen ganska nervösa och vi var snabbt borta därifrån! Men en fullträff med gamla K-pisten på 1000 meter är ganska tursamt men den var i perfekt skick med helt ny pipa!

[@64TommyG]

Kom bara att tänka på tvåkomponents polyuretan som används inom mycket härdar så gott som genast och skulle vara bra att täta med så ingen kraft går förlorad! Vad någon annan skrev om gödselmedel var något nytt och intressant även om jag givetvis kände till att det kan bli ett potent sprängmedel mixat med diesel som de flesta vet om men jag tänker inte börja räkna upp alla andra vardagsprodukter att blanda till explosiva saker av det finns nog av de som har skrivit om sådant!

[@rockadon1977]

Demolition Dave Drilling and Blasting would be wondering where you got the Brand new antique drill from. I have just come across your channel and have started watching. Thanks

[@M.BJOERNSTROEM]

Thanks for watching! The drill had been sitting in a storage for the civil defence and was no longer needed.

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

@@M.BJOERNSTROEM Hi! I have 4 of these drills, one that I bought for a job where we had to carry everything in and 3 more because they were nearly new and very cheap.

[@harezy]

Epic subbed. Guess this your job as well as fun time 👍👍👍👍

[@M.BJOERNSTROEM]

Thanks!

[@forestgimblett2364]

I started building road around 1986,have never used electric caps. Non E much safer .works the same just no electricity to worry about radios static,ect.

[@cryptomnesiac]

Hose flies are the worst, luckily I've never been bitten. Looks like they are as plentiful there as they are in the Northeast of the US and Canada. I've been living in the Pacific Northwest for the past few years and haven't seen any. The mosquito population is also very low here. Maybe pointless info, but that's how it goes!

[@user-MRG1130]

The Egyptians, don’t have nothing on your rock skills!! LoL, jk, I’m a commercial electrician, we have a similar drill, only ours has attachments so it can double as a tamper. It’s definitely a workout to use, especially when it keeps getting stuck in the rock.

[@peterparsons7141]

We’ve got deer flies In Ontario, same or very similar to those you have. These insects are a plague, they are the absolute worst things for going in the woods from mid to late summer. We call them horse flies or Deer flies, and they are abundant in areas where deer congregate. Horse/deer flies will ruin any working or any outing, and many roadways are unusable by foot in summer. I think they are attracted to the extra carbon dioxide created by your breath when you work outside in summer.

[@KD0CAC]

Any links for getting for getting a new complete kit ? ;)

[@ЕржанУсембаев-ю7щ]

Перфоратором БОШ получится лучше и уши болеть не будут . Кувалда wilton подойдёт больше. Для таких камней достаточно одного клина Имею большой опыт . Из Алматы .Казахстан .

[@Juha5455]

How much do you think that kind of pionjärs are worth?

[@M.BJOERNSTROEM]

Seen used ones go from 600 to 1200

[@Juha5455]

@@M.BJOERNSTROEM Ok, thanks for information.

[@arthursmor9629]

@@M.BJOERNSTROEM I wiil buy for a 100 )))

[@ludvigjakobsson9347]

Nice, where did you buy the wedges? How long time did it take to drill one hole?

[@natemcnutt2047]

Hey wicked video, I bought a pionjar and was wondering what is the deepest you Drilled with it?

[@M.BJOERNSTROEM]

Hi! Around 60cm (1.96ft) in the manual it states; capacity 6meters (19.68ft).

[@natemcnutt2047]

@@M.BJOERNSTROEM I Drilled a 5 ft hole yesterday and left a foot of cuttings in the hole even after reaming it out a few times. Handy rigs though.

[@jamesadams893]

MB are you a certified explosives person

[@M.BJOERNSTROEM]

I sure am!

[@malcolm2587]

The drill has a hammer on it

[@CharaghRock-w3w]

What is the cost of a drill machine?

[@tupapipapi]

Me gustaría tener uno de esos rotomartillo nuevo y completa .

[@davidsnyder2000]

Liked and subscribed 👍

[@lawsonbyam2449]

Greetings where did you buy the drill bit and what size is it?

[@tupapipapi]

Muy buena herramienta . Y muy práctica al no usar cable o manguera.

[@jascodaddy]

Just came across your channel. Excellent work! Could an excavator or a dozer have pushed those rocks out of the way instead of blasting?

[@M.BJOERNSTROEM]

Thanks! Yes it could have done that, but it's easier to just blast them to smaller pieces

[@jascodaddy]

@@M.BJOERNSTROEM Much more fun too !

[@tombayless9759]

@@M.BJOERNSTROEM glad you blasted the rocks .... quite entertaining.....well done....been subscribed for a while........when will you put out more on the rock crusher working.......were the permits expensive for the blasting.....Tom in South Georgia USA

[@xecoq]

I'd expected dynamite to be more expensive lol. Makes even more sense that you cant just buy it if its that cheap. Wait you get headaches from touching it but you shoved a stick of it down the well you drink from? idk about that logic haha

[@GeorgeSwift-w4b]

Mr Bjoernstroem Sir. What are you doing to me? Come on! you Know I can't turn you off once I start watching your vids, me and the wife won't be going out tonight , divorce court here I come , as ever another brilliant video thank you, And to all you guy's that have watched this video and not yet subscribed to his channel shame on you, do it , it costs you nothing but helps and encourages guy's like him a great deal to carry on publishing these video's that keep all you viewers certainly me, a great deal of entertainment throughout the year . Thanks again and a happy New Year to you and your Family. And to all you Guy's out there Happy New Year. Lets hope this year with a little help from New Viewers you can hit that magic 100k Subscribers.