Making Himalayan Salt Lamp with Hydraulic Press

Making Himalayan Salt Lamp with Hydraulic Press by crushing some Himalayan salt into rock with 150 tons of force and then trying it out with 25 000 lumen led flashlight
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[@Toxicity1987]

The fun part of Himalayan salt is that there are no known salt deposits in the Himalaya. The stuff is mined in India and Pakistan pretty far away from the mountain range.

[@davidlewis1787]

Thanks, I have always been baffled by salt mine up a mountain!

[@Bugsey35]

@@davidlewis1787 You have to remember that the rocks that make up the Himalayas was once the bottom of a shallow ocean that used to exist between India and Asia, but the salt isn't going to form on the parts that were lifted up but in the shallow areas on either side that allow the water to evaporate and erosion is minimal.

[@davidlewis1787]

@@Bugsey35 exactly, that’s why I always found it jarring whenever Himalayan salt is mentioned 🤣

[@steadfasttherenowned2460]

Pakistan is where the pink salt comes from and the Pakistani government wants to pass legislation for the salt to be trade marked as a product from Pakistan

[@Valspartame_Maelstrom]

and the lamps don’t provide any health benefits

[@arigumundsson3263]

Hello, I'm an Icelandic engineering student who has been watching your videos since you started. Recently the teacher asked the class how much force is needed to rotate a self locking nut-bolt pair by pressing down on it with different types of lubrication. A trick question, he thought, as according to the physics a self locking bolt will lock up and not rotate at all, no matter what lubrication you put on it. But those physics nerds never tried it with a hydraulic press. The lack of videos on the internet demonstrating this is startling and concerning, please help engineering students all over the world understand these complex concepts! Your viewer, Ari

[@arigumundsson3263]

If you do decide to make the video, I can supply you with non-copyrighted slides and educational material to ensure this video will be shown in universities and trade schools in perpetuity.

[@vndrlm157]

Your teacher is right. There's no amount of pressure that could make a bolt rotate because of vectors would be pointing down, while for a bolt to rotate you'll need to point the vectors for the side.

[@arigumundsson3263]

@@vndrlm157 Indeed, that's what the physics say. But they also say peculiar things happen at boundary conditions. Whether or not a rotation would occur, even to the slightest degree, at the point of breaking the nut or the bolt, a video would make a good demonstration of this principle. Especially since no videos of this phenomenon exist online.

[@IronX77]

Curious to see as well!

[@blackdeck9112]

I'm not shure what you mean but If you are asking about if it's possible to put a bolt on it's head, put a nut over the thread and exert enough downward force on said nut to make it spinn on the thread, then yes it's possible. All you need is a just very steep thread. That's basically how a humming top toy works. Also not shure what you mean by "self locking bolt" but if you are thinking about a regular bolt paired with one of these nylon insert nuts, or similar, then I don't see what difference does it make. All that does it add friction between the bolt and the nut which means you just need an even steeper thread to pull it off.

[@mistrants2745]

Try and spray the salt to make it ever so slightly moist. Then let it dry out once its pressed. That might just actually stick it together into a form of sandstone but with salt...

[@CarnivoreRonin]

I was thinking the exact same thing.

[@alaric_]

Dry things seem to stick very littly

[@klasandersson7522]

I did this a few years ago, and the difference between dry and slightly moist salt are spectacular!

[@DarkZodiacZZ]

That is a thing. If you cook fish in salt crust you want to add little bit of water in it so it feels slushy.

[@adamb89]

More than slightly, you want it to be slushy so that some of the salt dissolves into a supersaturated solution and binds the loose crystals together after it dries. And you don't need a hydraulic press for it either, just set a brick or something on the lid and tap it with a mallet every few minutes to force all the air bubbles out. Then remove the lid and let it sit for a couple weeks in a dry environment before pushing the salt brick out. Use a warm wet rag to "polish" the exterior by dissolving and wiping away the rough spots.

[@davidblalock9945]

I think that if you do this again, use a smaller mold, so you have less bulk. Also use a domed compression tool for the top, and a domed tool for the cavity, so you have equal material surrounded the light.

[@microcolonel]

Also, use a large, hot incandescent lamp on the inside.

[@michiganengineer8621]

I like the ideas of dampening the salt with water and layering white and pink salts. You might also try using cylinders about half the diameter of the one you used to make the lamp cavity. Just space them closer to the edge of the salt disk.

[@FirstLast-gw5mg]

The small grain size is one reason why you're getting poor translucency. It's like why snow is much more opaque than a solid ice crystal which is clear. Melting and letting the salt solidify in the shape you're trying to make will result in a clearer crystal that will work better as a lamp. Although I do like the idea of moistening the salt because that might help the small crystals fuse together into larger crystals as they dry and it might make it slightly less opaque. It'd be worth a try I think.

[@mikkohernborg5291]

You should try using slightly damp salt, so that when it is compressed it might fuse together better. Also, layering or alternating the pink and white salt might give a nice effect.

[@NatVirgo]

Water can’t compress

[@PMtoAM]

@@NatVirgo it can , not jnder these conditions but it can. For this it would be a binder and get pushed out

[@NatVirgo]

@@PMtoAM water can’t compress.

[@NatVirgo]

@@PMtoAM also nice, like your own comments

[@mikkohernborg5291]

@@NatVirgo To explain it fully to the ignorant - the water would not compress, no. It would be there to dissolve the surface molecules of the salt, so that when the *salt* is compressed, it sticks together more easily. Basic enough for you?

[@daveturkall4003]

Very interesting, always enjoy your videos but miss the “extra content” endings. Keep up the good work!

[@CarnivoreRonin]

Great video! I love the Amon Amarth shirt too.

[@bentonmitchell7891]

Came here to say the same thing!

[@Kualinar]

There is someone who wanted to clean an Himalayan salt lamp. To do that, he put it in the dishwasher, then, got REALLY upset because the lamp was no longer there at the end of the wash... And went back to the store to get a full refund, that was denied. That may be some of the most solid block made by compression that you ever made from particulates.

[@hateforall4012]

Wai wait wait…. All the other videos were not useful? Now I have to question everything in my life…. They were useful to me!!

[@HydraulicPressChannel]

Good point the videos have been quite useful for me also since I can avoid real work thanks to these :D But maybe the findings on the videos have been not very useful :D

[@Lycanthias]

​@@HydraulicPressChannel Can you repeat this but adding a bit of water to the salt? I think that the resulting crystallization in the pressed salt with water, can favor its translucency to achieve a more functional salt lamp. Although it may need some drying time.

[@taylordavis1543]

The problem is that no matter how much you press the salt you can't turn it into one crystal. It's always going to have a multi crystalline structure that refracts much more light than a typical salt lamp that may be only a few large crystals. Supercool video as always though!

[@entrepreneurlife649]

I'd like to see what happens if you wet the salt before compression. Maybe a layer of salt, then spray with a bit of water, then more salt, etc. Once it is done, you may have to dry it in a dehydrator. Hopefully the water will let the crystalline structure align with the neighboring salt chunks so the light has fewer walls to pass through.

[@piros100]

"hippy salt" :D this is now what I'm gonna call Himalayan salt from now on

[@abstract_jeff]

Excited to see round two with thinner walls. Loved this!

[@otakuribo]

Wow, I love when the press actually succeeds in turning stuff into rock

[@fasteddie4107]

“Hudraulic” press channel?! Great stuff. Always fun to watch.

[@yoshi-cs6ib]

Many languages pronounce the y like a ü.

[@prozacgod]

I've heard that if you compress concrete that's not super moist it'll harden instantly... That would be kind of interesting to see compress different types of water-based hardening things like plaster, clay or concrete or something like that and see if they harden instantly? Maybe?

[@minefreak2000]

I'd watch that

[@gahbah274]

That does sound cool! Although I suspect it would just shoot goo everywhere, and leave a mushy sediment behind. Concrete takes several weeks to get to full strength, something to do with a chemical reaction and water leaving the substrate. I have no idea what would happen!

[@johnhenry9297]

The process of concrete hardening is called hydration, which takes several weeks and produces heat. Without water, the cement has nothing to react with and won't harden.

[@ABaumstumpf]

If you press out the water then the concrete might become "hard" and dry very fast, but it will not actually cure and have no strength. Concrete NEEDS water - it is a chemical reaction that makes it bind and get hard. (Also - adding more water does NOT give you more working time either, it just makes it more watery and reduces its strength in the end).

[@vincenttrigg4521]

The picture for the video makes it look like you made molten salt so I thought you were going to melt it or that the pressure would have made it super hot, I'm glad that didn't happen cause it would have been way more dangerous XD

[@jimharrington6540]

Hell yeah, nice Amon Amarth t-shirt!

[@joeyr7294]

Love the shirt! 🤘 thanks for posting yet another interesting video!

[@gomergomez1984]

The accent alone makes this a great channel.

[@Cosmicfury100]

Nice Amon Amarth shirt, bro!

[@GerinoMorn]

I'd think two concentric sphere tool design (a bowl and a ball + rim) could work pretty nice to get consistent thickness AND consistent compression AND consistent gradient of the compression, which /could/ work quite well with light sources

[@Neutercane]

At 7:04, instead of wiping the excess salt away with your hand, you might card it off level with a steel ruler or other straight edge to get a more uniform surface for even compression of the salt. I like the idea of dampening the salt too. Excellent content as usual!

[@one8088]

Shhhhhhh

[@charleslambiase5670]

besides The learning experience which myself as a mechanic learn from you,,you are funny dude I love it 🥰

[@gordonlawrence1448]

The hydraulic press channel always does things that are useful. It is always important to know how much play-doh goes squidge.

[@TB-jg2oq]

That is super cool. I’d love to see one made about a cm thick all around. Hopefully would stay together.

[@d34dR0d3n7]

I was wondering how well the finished product would hold up to being carved in order to shape it/make it thinner. Would ensure that it comes out of the mold, but could then send more light from the sides. Maybe mount those small lights at an angle instead of straight up as well?

[@thegargoylecumeth7932]

5:19 "Holy shit! We made it!" You can hear the excitement in his voice and I'm so here for it 🤣👍

[@FeydRR]

ok, your Amon Amarth t-shirt made me an even bigger fan!

[@graememckay9972]

got a salt lamp as a Xmas gift. Sat on a shelf and started soaking up any moisture in the air of our damp house (Scotland) it started melting and leaving salty water marks along the shelf and down the wall.

[@rickseiden1]

The regular salt looks like it would be great on big pretzels.

[@robinvanlier]

Love the Amon Amarth shirt!

[@RaginKavu]

That last lamp looks like a piece of cooling, hot metal. It would make a nice prop.

[@leeblack8888]

I respect the man who makes a 22000 lumen Himalayan salt lamp.

[@evilbrat5376]

Try using a larger center plug, maybe a 4 inch[101.60mm]. The wall would allow light to pass through then and maybe compress tighter with moist salt.

[@nefariousyawn]

Ditto! Also adding a slight draft angle to the plug might also help with removal.

[@gadgetdeez7069]

Next time you make one of these use a binder, an additive that makes the salt stick together. You can get some that are fast curing and you can likely cure it under pressure for a hard as rock result that doesnt come apart.

[@PaperMakersAdeludedbroad]

Nice shirt! Amon Amarth is a great group

[@kenstr321]

Yeah, I mean it kinda works. But aside of carving out a block of salt, you can actually melt it, and pour it into a mold... which works out a little bit better. But, cool beans!

[@singer3188]

Cool video and awesome shirt you are wearing! Was lucky enough to see Amon Amarth live at Mayhem festival in Indiana 2013 they kick ass

[@junkyardhemi]

Love your shirt🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@throttleblipsntwistedgrips1992]

Fun idea..... Needs a bigger insert for a better glow effect, I'd also hit the salt with a spray bottle full of water before and after to help dissolve the surface and hopefully allow it to stay together a little better. Or even spread it with clear coat or something afterwards.

[@Quickened1]

Aside from making the sides thinner, maybe let the mold stay under pressure overnight, to evaporate any moisture still in the salt. It might get much more dense...

[@KillianTwew]

You need enough pressure to melt the salt, and then let it cool slowly to get a nice solid crystal.

[@SethiozProject]

sand and polish it after you press it, so it would look nice and smooth. Also try using powerful laser, might look really amazing. Make the "rock" about 3x higher (more like a tube) and then use powerful laser. Would like to see that effect. I have 2w blue laser that is insanely bright (yes it light stuff on fire).

[@tonyloechte9994]

Hippie salt 🧂 Love it.

[@Reverend_Taco]

Sweet shirt! I knew you liked presses, I didn’t know you liked the Swedish chainsaw!

[@Rickyc12s]

'hippy lamp thing' love it! haha

[@Version135]

LOL the upside down ram.. oh man that gave me a chuckle.

[@chrisleblanc5042]

Put the salt in the die with a bit of water.. make it like a muddy consistency and press it for longer.. heat, pressure and time are the 3 things you need

[@spuukynooth]

wooooo. goodmorning from the states 😄

[@AKTHAR838]

Which state

[@GOAT_GOATERSON]

Good afternoon from The Netherlands

[@GOAT_GOATERSON]

@@AKTHAR838 solid

[@JeppeJCP]

Good night from alternate parallel universe

[@AKTHAR838]

@@GOAT_GOATERSON what

[@rancidcrawfish]

Pretty Good 👌🏼

[@mnossy11]

Love it! Making stuff with the press is fun!

[@BenjySparky]

Love the channel and content! I'm here for the algorithm! Peace

[@majchicken8031]

Slightly damp is a good idea, but how about a time element? The longer crystals are held under pressure, wouldn't they tend to reform a stronger lattice structure?

[@markfergerson2145]

The lattice structure of any one grain is almost guaranteed to be out of line with that of any grain it touches. The more or less amorphous boundaries where they fuse will always be weaker than either lattice. Still, I think you're on to something. Leaving the salt under pressure longer should help make the boundaries larger by squeezing out more air. Eventually it will hit equilibrium but it shouldn't take long. It would be interesting to use an IR gun to see if there's a measurable temperature change after squeezing it. If so he should wait for it to come back to room temperature before releasing pressure to be more sure it's found a stable squished-lattice equilibrium.

[@Ein_Westfale_im_Rheinland]

Very good, nice lamp and the band on the shirt is very good too!!!🤘 Greatings from Germany

[@markfergerson2145]

I'm a little surprised how opaque the blocks were but not very. All the misaligned crystal lattices of the fused grains would be expected to diffuse and absorb the light rapidly. As I understand it the commercially available lamps re carved from blocks of naturally fused crystals but the original crystals that are fused together naturally are larger than the ones you used. You'd need to grow big pieces of rock salt from solution a cm or two across at least, I think, and then pressure-fuse them to get a better approximation to the natural ones. (I was hoping you'd lay the little flashlights in sideways... not sure that would help at all.)

[@campkohler9131]

I have a store-bought lamp and it doesn't take much for a piece to break off, requiring it to be glued back together. Of course when you make it out of small crystals you don't get that big single-crystal look, which is the whole idea of its appeal.

[@henrikstilling]

“Pretty God Damn Stoney” - another great T-shirt print.

[@gmeza1587]

That Amon Amarth shirt 🤘🤘

[@werebacktofamily]

What would be cool is to see multiple holes for multiple lights. I’m not sure if someone already said that in the comments but you could always have varying sizes of light holes and even make fun designs

[@butterybiscuit346]

Eyyy, rock on with the Amon Amarth!

[@Qwarzz]

No mistakes, just happy accidents

[@MKARAIDEN]

You should say Welcome to the Press Kitchen !

[@HandyMarcus]

Maybe do a first half run, add more salt, press again, add more salt, get a bigger lamp. As well as others suggestions of wetting the salt and/or melt salt first for clarity

[@d.jensen5153]

Sculpt the chunk with a scraper! That would get rid of any stains from the mold. It would also give you a more organic and artistic shape.

[@michaelmoorrees3585]

Of course being the Hydraulic Press Channel, they have to squish powder back into a solid. In real life, you find the salt in solid rocks, initially, and THEN grind it to a powder. That being said, you can buy Himalayan salt blocks at the Tractor Supply. That's a farm equipment, and animal feed store chain, in the US. Those salt blocks are for your livestock (horses & goats), and only $6. They already have a hole bored in them. That salt block and a lamp kit, from Home Depot (~$5), and you can make your own Himalayan salt lamp, for a fraction of the cost, than buying one from the "New Age" store.

[@Algaean]

Yeah but this is way more fun ;)

[@Ogrematic]

Amon Amarth. I have seen them live. They were wicked awesome. They played with Slayer. Cool shirt.

[@joek.6145]

Some chemistry labs will mix a material with potassium bromide salt and press it in a small die with a much smaller hydraulic press, and if the salt is dry enough and fine enough, the pellet is completely clear. These are prepared to perform IR spectroscopy on the material mixed with the salt.

[@SMFN_Else]

The way he says "Holy sheet" will never fail to entertain me

[@nuclearfucion]

Cool shirt, Amon Amarth 🤘🤘

[@jaimejimenez8858]

I like your new Himalayan Salt Rock Maker 3000 😆

[@Leehensman]

7:21 I thought my dog was yelping, even got out of bed to check if he's OK.🙈😂

[@jaimedelgado7529]

HPC now has salt lamps in their merch store

[@eirireve]

That's going to shatter as soon as you bump it on something.

[@HydraulicPressChannel]

I think it's not going to shatter completely easily but the surface sure wears off. The nature made salt stones are much harder.

[@WoodworkerDon]

@@HydraulicPressChannel Natural ones are harder because they have formed underground over millions, even hundreds of millions, of years. So a little bit longer than you can have to make and post your video. 😁

[@yourdrummer2034]

Hippy lamp thing?! Far out, Man!✌

[@09FLTRMM77]

MM77 Approved 👍🏼👍🏼

[@slobaru7094]

ive always liked this guy but that shirt seals the deal. awesome guy.

[@MyLittlePwnyta]

you know what, these remind me of the salt licks you see around barns and farm animals. if the lamp-making business doesn't work out, you could have a business making animal salt-licks!

[@schrodingerscat1863]

These lamps work because they are large crystals of salt rather than taking lots of tiny crystals and compressing them together to make a solid.

[@johndododoe1411]

Maybe melt the salt at 800+ °C and cast it into the desired shape, to avoid creating grains.

[@Sgrunterundt]

That would be a job for the Beyond the Press channel.

[@haileymccurry3756]

In addition to wetting the salt, perhaps you could fire it while under pressure and really get a thrill!

[@liberatetheforks]

Love the shirt! GET DOWN AND ROW!! \m/

[@u.e.u.e.]

I'm missing "Today's Extra Content". 😳

[@nBasedAce]

4:17 Yeah, push it! Push it real good! Ohh, push it! P-push it real good!

[@zapfanzapfan]

Try taking regular salt and add food dye and compare to the real rock salt. The added fluid might make it more solid when compressed too. Maybe a new business, "genuine Finnish Himalaya rock salt" 🙂

[@Produkt_R]

Hahaha Hippy Salt, nice

[@BobbySacamano]

Nice shirt

[@bluef1sh926]

That's how salt licking thingies for animals are made!

[@gabrielhacecosas]

In this video, we're going to do the hippy stuff, you know. 🤣🤣 I love this channel

[@userunfriendly9304]

it would be interesting to see a tool that is a cylinder going into a cone so that there is a massive amount of pressure at the end of the cone

[@ezekielmalasmas670]

Super awesome bro ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@ralphrestubog5519]

That's a nice shirt \m/

[@NickDrinksWater]

its weird how some metals turn into lava with enough pressure

[@pewpewwithtodd8077]

That was really cool!

[@xandergross8474]

"The rockmaker ten millions" you forgot to mention 🤣

[@Jdrunnin]

You had the giant flashlight and I was like OK that is pretty bright, then you took it off and I was like OK no it is not bright, LOL

[@Nikioko]

In IR spectroscopy, you press potassium bromide pellets for analysis.

[@Kwestor92]

I think you should add some water and leave it under pressure for some time. Maeby moist crystals will combain with more clarity.

[@Futt.Buckerson]

Man, you'll never need to align or maintain the Chakras in that press ever again!