Making a block of dry ice is oddly satisfying

A few months ago I bought a dry ice maker, which was pretty much just a denim sock, strapped to a CO2 tank. I really wanted a nice block of it though, so I bought a different tool thing to make it. It looks a lot more complicated than a fancy sock, but it also doesn't seem too crazy. I quickly skimmed the instructions, and the only warning, was to keep the pressure really low, so I guess I'll just go ahead and try it out.
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Nile talks about lab safety (Chemistry is Dangerous): • Chemistry is dangerous.

[@thecrocman8849]

I like how he conducts his experiments really professionally and then at the end he chucks stuff across the room

[@joannah4587]

Me: he is going to take out a hammer to split the block in half

[@manuelx379]

Nile: "chemistry is dangerous"

[@JordiVanderwaal]

- Nigel, why is there white stuff in your

[@Loggerten]

Nile has such a strange dry sense of humor. I love it.

[@AsHS7]

Knowing Nile, I thought he was gonna cut it with a sword… and yet again, caught me by surprise!

[@BenEater]

0:29

[@cbtillery135]

NileRed is really starting to play into the whole mad scientist thing and personally I'm all for it.

[@lolbroklol]

When I studied chemistry, we had a dry ice maker which was just a wooden box that could be clamped closed, and had a valve inlet at the top. Made a nice smooth "cube" of dry ice for us.

[@archertor5319]

"I only need about half"

[@JordiVanderwaal]

This entire short is more chaotic than usual. I love it.

[@jay-virm]

I love how Nile knows exactly what we want to do with it

[@randaranatunga7259]

This is the only dude who can make a denim sock sound like it’s a crucial part in a machine that can manipulate time and space

[@lloydgush]

"Why is the lab budget so expensive?"

[@bigclivedotcom]

I've used one in the past that was literally just two thick disks of wood with a Velcro strap around them to give a vented puck shaped void between them. One disk had the CO2 inlet in the middle. Only works with liquid CO2 and guzzles its way through a tank fast.

[@louisquartersson4555]

John Wick: Takes a pistol out of nowhere

[@gandalf8216]

"Okay, pair up for this experiment everyone"

[@chemomania927]

This is only thing i haven't seen being thrashed in nile's lab- half a cylinder of solid CO2

[@mastergx1]

Reminds me of working at a paintball field. Every now and again when filling the tanks with co2 - a burst disc would rupture. When that happened - all you could do was put the tank on the ground and let it vent - took about 5 mins. When it was done the whole tank looked 3 times larger with the amount of dry ice that completely caked it.

[@mandubun]

“And im only gonna need half”