How to Make a Mini Sandblaster (and blast fossils out of rock)
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- In this video I show how to make a sandblaster and use it to dig fossils out of rock. Check out my sponsor, Skillshare! The first 500 people will get 2 months of Skillshare for FREE: skl.sh/nighthawkinlight
This project was quick and easy, and can be scaled up using larger tubing for a full size sandblaster. The small brass tubing used in the video was 3/32" (2.38mm) in diameter, which was about perfect for baking soda or sand as blasting media.
Images of professionally prepared trilobite fossils were provided courtesy of: www.fossilera.com/
A special thanks to my top supporters on Patreon! Syniurge, Matthew Leitzke, TheBackyardScientist, Enzo Breda Lee, John Johnson, & Thibaud Peverelli
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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.
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@@Saohesc ...
Paraloid B72, the best consolidation glue for restauration.
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.
>Is 5 minute
>uses hot glue
>not 5-minutes-craft and actually useful
Help, I'm confused!
all of r/DIWhy is asking the same
You are not expressing yourself very well. It could be the translator you use is at fault!
@@mrsillywalk Jackass, he's not using a translator.
@@user-ob3nn3th7y Thank you for talking (typing) to Jackass..............no offence ment to mrsillywalk here !
@@user-ob3nn3th7y I could tell.
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oh god
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That gratuitously slowed down and zoomed in shot had me rolling
Sandblaster sounds like an ancient insult
Sound like the person who pees or farts in the sand all day ....
oi you fokkin sandblaster
My first PC audio device was a sandblaster...
It was only used on Tatooine.
I cant stand those fucking sandblasters dude
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
Nokia I know what you mean, it's a bit frustrating!
he has 1.4m subs idiot
The algorithm recommended this to me
@@twizz420 look at how many subs 5 minute crafts has then tell me he isnt underappreciated
It was suggested by the algorithm to me??
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 :)
That was a really great video! Cool fossils. I'll be making one soon. :-) Very professional video and the audio was excellent.
Thanks! I used to make videos in this style a lot more often.
@@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!
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!
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.
@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.
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.
@MichaelKingsfordGray damn you're right my mistake
@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.
Skillshare should mandate all all advertisers to have a parrot. Only ads I always watch are yours.
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.
you are a clever man and a good soul. bravo to you
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)
Non food grade baking soda is much less expensive than edible baking soda.
How come nobody else has weighed in their opinion yet?
@@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
agree. soda blasting is now the standard method for blasting old bottom paint from boats. less damage to fiberglass....
@@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.).
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.
Mosasaur wasn't a dinosaur, but a prehistoric marine reptile that lives in the same time! They're still hella cool.
It's good to see someone doing so well from way back when. Grats on 1.5M!
Thats is honestly pretty cool. Great video as always!
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!
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.
+Freizeitflugsphäre A cannon?? That’s awesome!
@@cosmicjenny4508 yes, video is gonna be released at some point 😄
Hey man, I see you a lot on TH-cam.
geilo ... ist abonniert. Bin mal gespannt :-)
Grüß dich :D
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!!
he found out that we are all watching for the parrot and kepping that in the ending so that he can count cash
Genius lol
this is bizzness😂
It's always cool to see all of these skilled hobbies that I've never heard about
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!
This was really neat!
Also yay birb footage!
Ben, great video, stayed glued to the monitor! Love fossils!!
Dinosaurs: Producing huge teeth all through their lives
Also dinosaurs: throws broccoli on the floor and slips on glass
That sand blaster could be useful for a lot of other small objects and applications, thank you, nice vid as always!!
Those trilobite fossils are amazing! I've only ever seen them as "flat" shapes.
Thanks again for another useful project! this one is up there with the 5-minute cutting torch as most functional & easy projects ive seen
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!
"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.
This kind of thing is exactly why I subscribed, keep up the awesome work man!
That’s amazing keep up the awesome projects
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!
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.
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What a cool project! By the way, a Mosasaur was not a dinosaur, but the little guy on your table actually is 🙂
We never know what to expect on this channel but it never dissapoints :D
Good video, enjoyed it a lot!
This is such a high quality, informative, and calming video it’s like an episode of How It’s Made
Good work Mr NightHawkInLight !!! Thank you, very much appreciated.
Excellent work as always
Very useful tool for cleaning of walls and metal objects. Like how it cleans rust !
@8:40 cute bird :-)
I now want a Jurassic park where the dinosaurs are held together with Superglue!
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.
Loving this video, thank you so much for the upload!
I love your videos. This is a very cool project. Many years ago, I found a petrified log in a field, on my dad's farm in Alberta, Canada. It's pretty cool what you can find, when walking someplace. Cheers!
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!
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.
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 :)
That was very cool. Thanks for sharing!
This is a great idea, i can't wait to try it for myself!
Videos like this is why I've been watching this channel for so long
Excellent video sir, I'm going to give this a try. Also, beautiful birdy!
Cooooooooool! I've always wanted to sandblast stuff but it always seemed like such a huge setup and investment. Thanks!
It's nice to see you making more videos
This is just what I have been looking for. Thank you
Awesome video, thank you for the upload
I'm always happy when I see you post a new video :)
Terrific build! Thanks!
Entertaining and educational as always. Great stuff.
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.
Did you hear that from Dan Gelbart? If not go watch his videos and thank me later.
Just go break one in Walmart, pick up the pieces and run before they have time to react
It might be a borosilicate glass, like Pyrex cookware. They're incredibly durable, cost-effective, and heat resistant, as well!
Joe Fro, if you did that in the checkout area, they’d never notice!
Nice job easy fit up ,,,, not sure when I would use it but it's great" in a jamb" info for the memory bank. Thanks for sharing
I really enjoy your content. keep up the good work :) this is not only entertainment, but you also learn something. I will be here for when you hit 2M subs :D
Great content! I also look for fossils wherever they can be found, this will be great for future projects!
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.
That's was a nifty li'l blaster you made. Thanks for the project.
This is awesome I am totally making one.
Great video and awesome tool you made. I will be making me one.
Those trilobite fossils are amazing!
Great video, thanks for sharing your idea!
Cool, well presented
Simple idea that should work well for fossil cleaning. Maybe, a few other things too. Thanks for sharing.
That is so cool, I absolutely have to try this!
This video really gives me “how its made” vibe, great video btw!
Good stuff! Love the beautiful bird too. A parrot used to have me way back. They are fun.
Sweet Project!
No way. I just started fossil hunting recently. Just smacking some rocks at the beach more or less, but what a coincidence!
The thought that fossil hunting may have been the spark in discovering fire...
I love the video, thank you for sharing and inspiring!
Good to see you again!
Cool project! Thinking about using this for some small art projects for a new texture. Just discovered your channel. Pretty cool stuff!
I just made your air cannon and it is soooooooo cool thanks for the design!😁
That was fun to watch, I'm always finding reasons why I need an air compressor and now I've found another. Cute birdy 🐦
Great Video! I'll have to build one myself (with some modifications I have in mind.) Where I live I've been told fossils are plentiful so I'll have to go out and find some and give it a shot.
Wow! This is exactly what I needed for my investment casting. The alumina was destroying the super tiny details in the work. Thank you sir!
Another great video! ...And a cute birb.
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.
I genuinely thought he was going to write “ *HELP* “on the glass
Me too
Thank you for this. Brilliant.
I love the project, thank you for showing it . Good to know about using glue to preserve the fossil during removal. I'm glad I saw that before I tried this.
It's so satisfying!
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.
gorgeous caique!
Great video! its definately giving me some great ideas 💗
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.
The bird always keeps me around to the end of the video, LOL.
Thanks for another great video, I always look forward to them :-)
I like your bird! He looks happy!
I always love your Videos!.. Thanks Bro
I love your birdie! :D Thanks for the video, very interesting! My son, 8, would love to find some fossils.
I really like your videos, it's very entertaining and it's also very fun. I like how you edit your videos, but I wish you make videos more often.
PS: sorry for any mistakes in grammar, I'm still learning
GREAT video!!
Gotta represent the Yoop! Nice mug!
Wow this is great!
I like the UP mug at the end