How to Make a Mini Sandblaster (and blast fossils out of rock)

[@_sn_]

If you're prepping more fossils, I'd recommend making glue from B72 resin pellets and acetone. It's reversible so if you make a mistake when setting the pieces together, you can separate them with a bit of acetone. It's also good for solidifying pieces before you prep them since you can make it really dilute and it'll flow inside the fossil.

[@Saohesc]

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[@lukebaines7785]

@@Saohesc ...

[@josetrusik6784]

Paraloid B72, the best consolidation glue for restauration.

[@frauleinhohenzollern]

Every time the parrot comes on screen you might as well be soeaking portugese, all my attention goes to watching the little guy dance and play. Hes so inquisitive, i love watching him.

[@stumbling]

4:12 NEW Crotch-activated technology (patent pending)

[@77Avadon77]

Dick sold separately 🤣😅

[@Drakey_Fenix]

oh god

[@mycolligjusvartid]

HumpswitchTM

[@Skinflaps_Meatslapper]

That gratuitously slowed down and zoomed in shot had me rolling

[@electronicsNmore]

That was a really great video! Cool fossils. I'll be making one soon. :-) Very professional video and the audio was excellent.

[@Nighthawkinlight]

Thanks! I used to make videos in this style a lot more often.

[@MikkoRantalainen]

@@Nighthawkinlight Could you tell more about the AV equipment you used? I can see you used some kind of lapel mic but what camera, lens and lights did you use for the ending around 9:15? That looks like a proper studio shot!

[@abdelrahmanamer3946]

Sandblaster sounds like an ancient insult

[@blackgriffinxx]

Sound like the person who pees or farts in the sand all day ....

[@skawesomeone]

oi you fokkin sandblaster

[@KernelLeak]

My first PC audio device was a sandblaster...

[@doktorzappergeck492]

It was only used on Tatooine.

[@warmham3490]

I cant stand those fucking sandblasters dude

[@archer7212]

I've used many large production sandblasters but have never even thought about a mini..... I'll definitely be using one in about 15 minutes :)

[@redcastlefan]

you're like the best DIY guy in the business but the problem is the algorithm doesnt care about the quality of your projects and videos promoting bad easy to make content instead

[@aidanwansbrough7495]

Nokia I know what you mean, it's a bit frustrating!

[@twizz420]

he has 1.4m subs idiot

[@marcd7332]

The algorithm recommended this to me

[@redcastlefan]

@@twizz420 look at how many subs 5 minute crafts has then tell me he isnt underappreciated

[@Thekaiserwill]

It was suggested by the algorithm to me??

[@AnakinSkyobiliviator]

>Is 5 minute >uses hot glue >not 5-minutes-craft and actually useful Help, I'm confused!

[@agentjwa]

all of r/DIWhy is asking the same

[@mrsillywalk]

You are not expressing yourself very well. It could be the translator you use is at fault!

[@user-ob3nn3th7y]

@@mrsillywalk Jackass, he's not using a translator.

[@NavinBetamax]

@@user-ob3nn3th7y Thank you for talking (typing) to Jackass..............no offence ment to mrsillywalk here !

[@Knatrick]

@@user-ob3nn3th7y I could tell.

[@jrfaab4964]

i have two things to say, the government needs your creativity and the second thing is that you are the bob ross of homemade technology.

[@jrmorrisjr1471]

It's good to see someone doing so well from way back when. Grats on 1.5M!

[@whuzzzup]

Skillshare should mandate all all advertisers to have a parrot. Only ads I always watch are yours.

[@Candyman-Elite-Thunder]

Thats is honestly pretty cool. Great video as always!

[@AppalachianBonsai]

Very cool. For the aquarium blasting cabinet: I've used pro-cabinets where acrylic or polycarb sheets (even projector transparencies) are taped on the inside of the window. They can easily be replaced with another once they're cloudy. Another media for light blasting is powdered walnut shell, which you should be able to get from Harbor Freight or online. Keep it up, man!! I love your channel!!

[@ziggycardon]

Cool video, might try to make one myself. I have a load of Devonian rocks rich in fossils that are a little bit to hard to prepare with pin & needle. But just a little correction, the tooth in 6:14 isn't a dinosaur tooth nor is it a Mosasaur tooth. I is actually a Plesiosaur tooth belonging to Zarafasaura oceanis which was a type of marine reptile from the Late Cretaceous (70 mya)

[@Freizeitflugsphaere]

I actually built such a thing a little bit bigger a little while ago. I am using it to clean my copper and aluminium casts. Like my last project a 2,5 kg casted copper cannon.

[@cosmicjenny4508]

+Freizeitflugsphäre A cannon?? That’s awesome!

[@Freizeitflugsphaere]

@@cosmicjenny4508 yes, video is gonna be released at some point 😄

[@WoodenWeaponry]

Hey man, I see you a lot on KZbin.

[@instrumentenfreak]

geilo ... ist abonniert. Bin mal gespannt :-)

[@y33t23]

Grüß dich :D

[@aleyssu]

It's always cool to see all of these skilled hobbies that I've never heard about

[@jamsmusings]

Im sure someone has already mentioned this but just for accuracy sake, mosasaurs aren't dinosaurs. They essentially are giant marine lizards that lived during the same time. The only marine dinosaurs we know actually are birds!

[@LeeRaldar]

Dinosaur is a portmanteau word derived from the Greek words 'deinos' = terrible and 'sauros' = lizard' or terrible/terror-lizard, therefore dinosaur is semantically correct. A marine lizard with teeth that size would presumably be quite terrifying to encounter during a day out at the beach.

[@LeeRaldar]

@MichaelKingsfordGray That would be a matter of scale, for a small frog, cricket or bug then encountering a hungry tuatara would indeed trigger a terrifying flight or fight response.

[@obsidianshark5674]

Birds are not marine, the only living larine reptiles are seaturtles. And for something to be classified as a dinosaur it is best to look at the legs wich schould stand straight under the body, not to the side like with most reptiles.

[@jannesdecaluwe2727]

@MichaelKingsfordGray damn you're right my mistake

[@LeeRaldar]

@The Big Game Theory It is not a case of right or wrong, semantically dinosaur means 'terrible lizard' so from that perspective is correct. However the science of palaeontology has progressed considerably since the word was originally invented, so, from a taxonomical point of view it is indeed no longer accurate in its scope.

[@justingould2020]

Those trilobite fossils are amazing! I've only ever seen them as "flat" shapes.

[@charleshetrick3152]

Non food grade baking soda is much less expensive than edible baking soda.

[@Sqwaush]

How come nobody else has weighed in their opinion yet?

[@elijahk.82]

@@Sqwaush I mean, what is there to say? This person is completely correct. I suppose it could be useful to point out that the dust from the blasted rocks can be used to be very precise since it'll just be a tiny bit harsher than the baking soda

[@fabianortease1440]

agree. soda blasting is now the standard method for blasting old bottom paint from boats. less damage to fiberglass....

[@charleshetrick3152]

@@leeroyjenkins0 it’s a sterility and purity issue, you can get it in different grit sizes just like sand paper. Food grade has safe heavy metal traces and all the bugs are dead (bacteria, fungus, etc.).

[@mariexichen1136]

Grit size is very important for how abrasive your needs are. Arm and Hammer makes a whole assortment of baking soda blast media for varying applications.

[@TealCheetah]

This was really neat! Also yay birb footage!

[@sgibbons77]

Thank you so much for making this video! Not only cool content (which I can't wait to try making for myself!) but also for the endorsement of Skillshare. My wife and I have been debating starting on it for the past few weeks, but held off because we weren't sure if the content would be worth the money (we have an extremely limited budget). With the offer of 2 free months though I could no longer hold back - I just finished signing up. So thank you good sir!

[@Nighthawkinlight]

Hope you like them! I'm finding them really useful for their business related courses. They're known for great video and photography stuff too.

[@markfryer9880]

Investing in yourself and your wife is a smart thing to do.

[@kittenclaws5775]

Mosasaur wasn't a dinosaur, but a prehistoric marine reptile that lives in the same time! They're still hella cool.

[@ROTPS138]

Fantastic build! I've made a larger one very similarly, but love the size of the small one for the ability to get into nooks and crannies and smaller detail. Great job!

[@Leonardokite]

The tooth fossil was BRITTLE! It's a testament to how gentle the "sand" blaster was. Once again you study technology and apply it in an inexpensive, easy, fun and sometimes useful way! You are so right about how learning something new generally brings in other skills/knowledge. It is fueled by prior learning and provides the tools for more advanced learning. I'm an old man and I still love learning about many new things. Mental variety is the spice of knowledge!

[@ИванСнежков-з9й]

I don't like sand. It is coarse, rough and irritating... and gets everywhere.

[@first_last01]

I hated that line

[@Felipeh999]

I like sand. Sand is squishy!

[@felixibanhesjunior1631]

Artyon: ...

[@PutDownPup]

@@Felipeh999 its not

[@WheeledHamster]

Иван Снежков Funny because this guy also looks like Rian Johnson.

[@smob0]

I have heard that super market checkout scanners have a piece of glass coated in something really hard, maybe sapphire or diamond, so that products don't scratch as they scan. I haven't been able to find somewhere to buy replacement parts for that glass but it's supposedly pretty cheap and it makes a really good window for a sandblaster box.

[@kylelaw7210]

Did you hear that from Dan Gelbart? If not go watch his videos and thank me later.

[@miatafan]

Just go break one in Walmart, pick up the pieces and run before they have time to react

[@firecopscott]

It might be a borosilicate glass, like Pyrex cookware. They're incredibly durable, cost-effective, and heat resistant, as well!

[@Hoaxer51]

Joe Fro, if you did that in the checkout area, they’d never notice!

[@occamsrayzor]

What a cool project! By the way, a Mosasaur was not a dinosaur, but the little guy on your table actually is 🙂

[@GianniLaschi]

That sand blaster could be useful for a lot of other small objects and applications, thank you, nice vid as always!!

[@Advoko]

Ben, great video, stayed glued to the monitor! Love fossils!!

[@flip502]

he found out that we are all watching for the parrot and kepping that in the ending so that he can count cash

[@senpais.1830]

Genius lol

[@ashutoshmourya4748]

this is bizzness😂

[@lewismassie]

Dinosaurs: Producing huge teeth all through their lives Also dinosaurs: throws broccoli on the floor and slips on glass

[@epsospremium6088]

Very useful tool for cleaning of walls and metal objects. Like how it cleans rust ! @8:40 cute bird :-)

[@snailsec]

This video really gives me “how its made” vibe, great video btw!

[@jonnupe1645]

Videos like this is why I've been watching this channel for so long

[@diGritz1]

"Many hours to carefully reveal" . I don't really think describing it as taking hours does it justice. Depending on it's size and the makeup of the matrix, (rock and dirt), surrounding the fossil, it can take years to clean. If it's something someone finds and wants to display at home then yea, hours. But honestly the longer you take the better the end results.

[@kempossibleprivateinvestig9998]

Not everything needs to be nice looking. I have created many of my own tools, when they work really well it really doesnt matter if your grinder made from a discarded quisenart looks funky! It was free and youve gained so much more from the learning experience. Own that funk and wear it with pride!

[@TechyBen]

I now want a Jurassic park where the dinosaurs are held together with Superglue!

[@doreenwatson-read]

That was fun to watch, I'm always finding reasons why I need an air compressor and now I've found another. Cute birdy 🐦

[@Deucetrinal]

Thumbs up for stressing the importance of respiratory protection!

[@HeirloomReviews]

very neat little tool! I've always loved sandblasters in auto motive work but glass etching is something i'm looking to get into as well as wood etching. another super fantastic video!

[@Nighthawkinlight]

I bet you could make really sharp lines etching glass this way if you used masking tape as a stencil. I haven't tried it yet.

[@gyrogearloose1345]

Good work Mr NightHawkInLight !!! Thank you, very much appreciated.

[@AnotherEmily]

I think you just changed my life I need to send this to the museum I work at as a fossil preparator- it's tiny and we can't afford an air abrasive unit but we have an air compressor for my other tools!!

[@1000000trs]

Hi Emily - I'm in the same situation - did you get yours working? I'm wondering how powerful the air compressor needs to be ?

[@dgf1783]

That’s amazing keep up the awesome projects

[@babygorilla4233]

Did not know sandblasting equipment could be improvised this easily. Thanks for the video I think I'll be making one of these to help with some tool restoration I'm doing.

[@lowlyworm9323]

This is such a high quality, informative, and calming video it’s like an episode of How It’s Made

[@buder5116]

that bird deserve its own video!!! :D

[@hidad5601]

This is a really cool idea. I like to maintain old tools but hate using chemicals to remove paint and rust. I purchased a cheap sandblaster but its really big and uses alot of medium for small jobs. Will defiantly look into making one :)

[@ooooneeee]

Here from the short. Awesome project.

[@kodyfrost]

Excellent work as always

[@chimpzahoy]

Thanks again for another useful project! this one is up there with the 5-minute cutting torch as most functional & easy projects ive seen

[@cyndikarp3368]

Simple idea that should work well for fossil cleaning. Maybe, a few other things too. Thanks for sharing.

[@devins7457]

Those trilobite fossils are amazing!

[@randyvillegas8610]

I'm an industrial painted and we paint with a 1600compresor and a huge blast pod that run up to 4 blast hoses. We're under supplied air and blast with steelshot,black magic and green diomond.

[@boblablablaw6677]

1 Acrylic insert inside the fishtank at your top down viweing angle' and two side angles will be cheaper to replace regularly than an entire piece of glass. Simple clear gel will work to hold it in place and keep out much of the sand from the surface of the glass. Or even "rough" silicone the edge since that would also be easy to peal off to replace.

[@BarefootBeekeeper]

An extractor fan and dust collector would be a worthwhile addition.

[@ConceptualHvsky]

Thanks for the video! If you want to improve the issue with the glass panels turning opaque, you could look into adding an airbrush spray booth at the back. They're quite inexpensive and might give you enough air suction to reduce the amount of sand hitting the top glass panel and give you better visibility by also reducing the amount of dust flying around inside the booth.

[@SE45CX]

What did work for my application (get rust of automotive steering knuckle) was a wire brush on an angle grinder. I tried sandblasting too but wasn't effective at all. The wire brush on the angle grinder did work quite well. Without actually abbrazing the cast iron.

[@godrel6177]

This is a great idea, i can't wait to try it for myself!

[@Marco-nx5tj]

It's nice to see you making more videos

[@TheBigBigBlues]

I'm always happy when I see you post a new video :)

[@hito1988]

" project that can be finished in literally 5 min. " you have the magic to cut these 5 min into an video and need 10:30 . well done mate

[@carmium]

Get hold of a sheet of thin acrylic, styrene, or other(?) clear plastic, cut it to the size of the aquarium's glass panel(s) and tape it to the inside of any glass you want to protect. When it becomes too frosted from errant sand, you can easily replace it. It's also a real help to have a light inside your sandblasting box - you could rig up a low voltage one with a clear jar - as you won't be dealing with as much reflection, especially as the plastic starts to frost up. Minor point: it's one medium, a number of media.

[@ChupiesWorld]

Ben your channel was one of the first ones I subbed to years ago when I first made my account as a kid. This project is really helpful to me because I'm majoring in geology at my university, and a couple weeks ago I collected a bunch of samples that really need to be cleaned up. Great content as always, keep it up (: Edit: Finally reached that point in the video, we actually went out to the site to excavate a mosasaur jawbone!

[@PackOfAngryPandas]

You can just tape a piece of 1/8” glass to the top part of the fish tank so you can just cut it out and tape a new piece when it frosts over. Super cool design!!

[@doctorzoidberg1715]

I remember the king of random did this kind if thing, but I like this more, the feeling is more calm and such

[@Nighthawkinlight]

I'll have to go look, I don't remember that.

[@dr.froghopper6711]

Good to see you again!

[@mothman1654]

This kind of thing is exactly why I subscribed, keep up the awesome work man!

[@cheesefries7436]

I like your bird! He looks happy!

[@sawer]

We never know what to expect on this channel but it never dissapoints :D Good video, enjoyed it a lot!

[@xxEndermelonxx]

you writing hello broke my brain. i was reading it backwards and it took a second to realize you had written it backwards lol

[@The_SnowPixie]

olleh = olay? Ageless love the skin youre in.

[@richardwilliams1334]

Very interesting indeed. I shall try to make one of these sometime. Our hills and rock formations are full of limestone and of course fossil's. But the reason I want to make a fine sandstone blaster is to help carve fine details into our pumice rocks.

[@JimBryson1]

You can collect fossils from a quarry down in Toledo, OH--not too far from you. I remember crinoids, brachiopods, and the rare trilobite. That was close to 20 years ago, I think I heard they turned it into a county or state park. Excellent project--and new hobby!

[@captianmorgan7627]

Sylvania, OH is where the fossil park is. They also have a fossil festival once a year.

[@ScooterFXRS]

That's was a nifty li'l blaster you made. Thanks for the project.

[@waynesullivant]

Lately I made a alchahol gun. It Consisted of a 2 1/2 foot section of 2 1/2 inch PVC pipe with a cap and a reducer system to half-inch PVC to a half inch ball valve to a 3 foot section of half inch PVC acting as a barrel. I used darts just like the King of Random for his blowgun project. Then, after seeing some of your videos I bought a stick lighter and attached the Piezo igniter through the combustion chamber and hot glued it into place. The result was that the nail darts stuck at least a third of an inch into plywood. That was only with about 2 skwirts of alchahol. ( I had to screw the end cap on because it blew off repeatedly if I didn't) Just an idea for you. ( You're my favourite youtuber. )

[@rockspoon6528]

0:17 - HELP? HE NEEDS HELP? IS THIS A CALL FOR AID? WE MUST- 0:19 - Oh, nevermind.

[@jrmorrisjr1471]

FINALL... n/m

[@aserta]

If you crush the nozzle in a shape similar to a figure eight (without connecting the walls to one another) you can get a really neat pattern. Especially for cutting dirt.

[@aaronsletten7351]

Should put more videos out of cleaning fossils. Very cool

[@erikiacopelli451]

IM SO BUILDING ONE!!! I think sandblasters are really cool. But I always thought the only ones there was, Was them big huge ones that are thousands of dollars and you have to use that huge sandblasting head cover that goes over your head and chest and arms then you go into the chamber and pick up the big ass sandblaster gun n go to work. But something like this super small and contained in that tank is PERFECT AND JUST WAT I WANTED AND NEEDED!! SO DUDE THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR MAKING THIS VIDEO AS IT IS WHAT IS MAKING ME BUILD ONE!!! THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!

[@biliyonnet]

i didn't listen the talker guy when i was seen that beautiful parrot. how beautiful colors they're omg.

[@anthonyjohnson5311]

English please. ffs

[@biliyonnet]

@@anthonyjohnson5311 what do you mean?

[@TheEmerald]

almost missed this video because i thought tkor redid one of their ideas but then i realized that this was a much more interesting take with actual applications

[@fossilman123]

This is just what I have been looking for. Thank you

[@rbmwiv]

Great video and awesome tool you made. I will be making me one.

[@MCsCreations]

Pretty nice, dude!!! 😃

[@No-One-of-Consequence]

I caught myself muttering "That's amazing..." when you showed off the tooth. I'm going to build one of these and use it to restore old Scouting artefacts.

[@whynotdean8966]

No way. I just started fossil hunting recently. Just smacking some rocks at the beach more or less, but what a coincidence!

[@jrmorrisjr1471]

The thought that fossil hunting may have been the spark in discovering fire...

[@T3hN3wB]

That was very cool. Thanks for sharing!

[@TheAxecutioner]

That tooth turned out surprisingly beautiful. Really cool video NHL, thank you.

[@pandekuri]

Great content! I also look for fossils wherever they can be found, this will be great for future projects!

[@BloodAsp]

Another great video! ...And a cute birb.

[@bonesstones6584]

Excellent video sir, I'm going to give this a try. Also, beautiful birdy!

[@Name-js5uq]

You know, what you said about learning along the way is what I've been telling everybody for years and years and that is simply anytime I do a new project I learn a little bit along the way without even trying and it is the most funnest way to learn because you don't even have to try to learn, you just learn it along the way of having fun and that's what I've been telling everybody for a long time. I always say you wouldn't believe how many things you learn while trying to do one new project, and then I go on to tell them all the things I've learned while trying to make this or that, so anyway I wanted to let you know that I know exactly what you are talking about because I have been saying that exact same thing for years and thank you very much for all your really really really great videos I love them all.

[@Jackshaft]

Gotta represent the Yoop! Nice mug!

[@trevor6990]

I like the UP mug at the end

[@manfredicortonesi8919]

i love how he didn t even swear when he broke the tooth

[@ferdousazamkhan9840]

Indeed it's a cute little sand blaster but the best takeaway from here is that fine sandblasting using baking powder. Thank you

[@the_golden_ingot]

Sweet Project!

[@dannyl2598]

That's a great idea. I like that you can improvise with whatever you can get your hands on. I use a air brush eraser as a mini sand blaster for cleaning up carburetors. I ordered a jar of the eraser powder, which is very fine aluminum oxide from an art supply. I'm still going to make your version though as it will accommodate a wider range of grits and it's cheap and easy to renew when you ware it out. PS I just subscribed.

[@jeefpop3233]

I just made your air cannon and it is soooooooo cool thanks for the design!😁

[@ataphelicopter5734]

I genuinely thought he was going to write “ *HELP* “on the glass

[@epauletshark3793]

Me too

[@LindaTCornwall]

Loving this video, thank you so much for the upload!