Making Air Float Aluminum Powder With a Ball Mill
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ก.ย. 2024
- I made super fine aluminum powder from foil, using my homemade ball mill!
Here's where I got my motor:www.walmart.co...
Here's were I got the metal marbles:www.amazon.com...
Guy's , give the kid a break!! At least he's not out smoking crack!! And I'm proud of him for doing something constructive!!
Yes! Thank you for saying that. I am Eli’s older brother. I am reading all of these comments a year after the video was posted, and I think some of these comments are so stupid. I mean, he was thirteen at the time. For real?!?
i used 1/4 inch urathane belt, not hard to make the but joint.
Same here! I say doing drugs is like sucking ones brains out with a sponge! I had long time friends who sadly got involved with drugs 😔 and died...,at least with fireworks..you just have to be careful and use caution common sense and use safety gear ( gloves, mask, etc. )....
Why would he?
Go to the junkyard and buy a bucket full of aluminum machining chips. Wash then dry in the sun. No need to completely de grease them, freely flowing is good enough. Then put them in a ball mill till you get a course powder. Then add a bit of charcoal, graphite or sterin grease and grind again to dust. You can pulverize other metals as well magnesium and titanium are both good fir pyro use, zinc is good for many chemistry uses. Magnesium and titanium don't need to be ground as finely as aluminum.
Awesome vid. You should definitely wear a mask or respirator. Alu powder is bad for the lungs and brain. I subed your channel
nice jammies bruh lol
P.s- Bro please wear a respirator
Good job, kid!
GREAT JOB DONE
Its used in making missile ,,99,9pure Aluminum, mesh finished
Wgat grinding media u use?
Very good job 👍
Nice. Was looking for an alternative method to prep some coarse Aluminum powder. Thought the blender method on another video was unsafe..
Very intelligent young man
Vacuum belts may work better than the rubber ones.
thanks man
What's in the damn cylinder
Aluminum dust made that way is extremely toxic. It is readily absorbed through the skin, causing a neuromuscular disease when old.
The lid is a pipe gripper btw
Is this kind that is used in foam light bricks or it is different
will glass marbles be suitable for this?
Yes, highly recommend. Lead balls are softer than aluminum and obviously... we do not want to use steel. Lol. Try and get very strong high quality marbles.
Better use stainless steel or messing
@@joshuamalo2868 how many do I put in?
@@jimmysrandomness steel can cause sparks and could set the aluminum on fire.
@@JayceMcCormick stainless steel (RVS)😉
What's the price per kg or 100g by this method
Roughly $15.00 per 100g is what this is sold for. And you can buy a pound of aluminum foil from Walmart for $4.00. Absolutely worth the small investment for something that runs by itself in the background. Just sell it on eBay.
@@jacobmcmahon1915 but 15$ is al powder from shop. My question is how much expensive is this method with ball mill. Is it cheaper than al powder on shops
@@Росен-в5б a ball mill cost 50 to 60 dollars. That's it, plus some marbles or lead shot. That's 80 dollars in and you're ready to go
Ok. So it's cheaper than buying powder. Because one time buy ball mill and next only spend money for aluminium foil.
@@jacobmcmahon1915 you could also buy course aluminum perils for cheap
Nice job. I would really like to know what that cap is that you're using to cap off your jar. I can't say I've ever seen one before
Expansion plug.
Cool thank you. Expansion plug, plumbing dept of the hardware store?
Usually can be found at plumbing and hardware stores. Glad I could help.
If you blowtorch the foil it ruins the final result by greatly increasing less reactive oxides.
Edit: your motor costs more than a dual drum mill from harbor freight
So should you burn it at all?
Shook
Well maybe but just not that much
Praetzel Projects alright thanks for replying I’ll probably do it a bit not to the point where it looks like it was melting and turning black
But Harbor Freight is like single use quality.
specialtymachining their mills are pretty nice
How to convert this powder to paste
A question: how many charcoal do have I to put in the mix proportionally to the aluminium? Thank you
from 3% to 5% charcoal
Can anybody tell me how do we call the stop inside the mixing tube?
Just a question: When ball milling, if the mill doesn't run for a certain period straight what happens to the materiel inside( aluminum foil.) (Like running it for a few hours then turning it off)
nothing
@@rwosu thank you.
@Whoop!
from 17 grams of foil to 23 grams of Al powder..... how ???
did you add more foil ???
you should not be using lead balls( glass marbles are a better option) for this process-it will contaminate and add impurities into your mixture -a better way to test this is to simply put it in a spoon and set it ablaze with a torch and fling it in to the air (away from you in a safe non -flammable area ) . I would also not go over around 8 hours of milling before opening your container also -just my two cents worth anyway
@@blackimaje
yea i know that
Thanks 😁
Charcoal
@@blackimaje even if those are hardened Lead-Antimony balls which are more resistant and contaminate less also heard bad stories about people using marble as media
@@blackimaje how many should I use?
One thing I would like to know..how does one really know if the final results is if you have " flake aluminum " like Dark German? Besides one needs special respirator safety device because flake AL is extremely finely divided and it floats in the air DANGEROUS TO THE EYES AND LUNGS!
Yes people don't realize the dangers of a lot of chemicals in the elements that's how asbestos gives you lung cancer is it's a sharp piece of stone that cuts and sticks in your lung. I would think the way to do it would be do it wet and then evaporate the fluid. However water and aluminum create hydrogen gas and very explosive
How much the ratio of charcoal should be added by weight ratio aluminum and carbon?
3-5%
3% for charcoal, 1% for either sterin grease or graphite.
Please wear a mask and sealed eye protection when handling the processed (air float) aluminum. If you get that stuff in your eye your probably going to need medical attention for it. Better safe than sorry. Good job on the design.
the result is aluminum and plastic powder , failed
use iron tank for ball mill , not plastic tank
.hello: a question, if this formula mix with water to make a solid paste would be correct?
Not sure exactly what you mean, but aluminum powder mixed with water will form a paste, because it won't dissolve.
TheScientificMethod.
Thank you. Sorry for the afternoon of my reply. I am looking for this formula to harden as a dough and adhere to cardboard as glue. That it is not only dust, but also paste as solid glue. Type sticky putty.
Tks.
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Can you say: Detonation Explosion (Fuel Air Bomb)?
What media you are using?
Is marble or glass balls will work here?
They will work but not as fast. Glass media doesn't spark, so It is safer.
Elijah Dynys neither do ball bearings under normal conditions. The strange thing is I've heard the warnings against using ball bearings for years, but no one has been able to tell me of an actual story or event to support the warning. Yes theoretically its possible they can spark and ignite the powder, but its also more likely the motor will burn out and catch fire first.
@@nunyabisnass1141 plus there is very little oxygen in the jar in the first place so it’s unlikely that it would burn a lot even if it would start burning
@@nunyabisnass1141 Yup. I used chromium steel balls for years. Never had the slightest incident with them.
How The heck you guys Make the aluminium into fine dust, as My aluminium just folds up and cakes onto other strips 🤔
I get the same result
Try torching it first will make it brittle so I've heard but haven't tried because I'd rather just buy aluminum
What , 17 grams is good for what , two good booms ? C’mon man , to much time !!!! You can order that shit a lot CHEAPER and have ALOT more FUN for your money !!!!
I know not much bang for the buck! I have, however been working on it, and I can now make about 80 grams per batch.
West Virginia Hellbilly the benefit to this is you don't have to risk getting yourself on some pesky watch list, and its a completely independent process.
if making flash powder to go boom its a 70/30 mix with pot. perch. being the 70% so with an m80 only requiring 3.5 grams thats quite a few booms
Motor $80 5 yrs ago and thanks to inflation aka the federal reserve and power hungry elitists it is now $208!
Hello if you bye the aluminium powder is better
Bruh. Nuff said.
That defeats the purpose of being self sufficient though.
But I cant buy it
Why just dont buy it lol.
It's more expensive