when it starts to heat up outside and
you need a quick way to cool off you can
hack yourself a mini air conditioner by
filling a container with ice cubes and
simply blowing on them the air blasting
back at your face will be cool and
refreshing but in this project we’re
gonna take the idea one step further by
turning a few household items into an
icy air blaster mic hack basically a
life hack that makes any social occasion
more awesome to start this project I
picked up one of these necklace fans
from a local Super Center these are the
kind that just hang around your neck and
blow air up into your face but on a hot
day the air is usually pretty warm so to
make an icy air blaster let’s start by
cutting the lanyard on both sides where
it meets the casing these won’t be of
any use to us and while we’re at it
let’s hit it with a few shots of spray
paint to turn the whole thing black
that’s just gonna make it look a whole
lot cooler now we’ll need to remove the
tops from a couple of drink cans and an
old-school can opener is my tool of
choice you can see it with some gentle
pressure and a bit of patience the tops
will come right off leaving us a nice
clean edge to work with I cut two inches
off one of the cans using a pair of
scissors and got this straight edge by
making the cut counterclockwise at this
point we’re ready to add a bit of epoxy
or hot glue around the circumference of
the intake hole in the fan now before
any glue drips down inside let’s go
ahead and press the top of the can into
place holding it there until the glue
hardens the mouth of the can is just big
enough that it doesn’t block the fan but
still mounts with an airtight seal to
the casing now the next thing we’re
gonna need is a template for punching
holes in the other can I made this one
and you can have it for free by
following the link in the description
it’s made especially for 16-ounce cans
and after you’ve cut out the rectangle
simply wrap it around the can and fasten
the two end tabs together with some tape
or a stick of glue stand the can upright
pushing the template to the bottom then
find something that’ll poke holes
through the aluminum like a pair of
scissors or a metal file when all the
holes are punched simply remove the
template and your perforated can should
look something like this
now when you’re ready for some cool air
just fill the can with ice cubes and
gently press the other piece over top
until it fits on nice and snug
all it takes is a flick of a switch and
you’re blasting out a steady stream of
ice cube conditioned air which will
hopefully by you
little relief on a hot summer’s day the
chilling happens when the fan sucks air
in through the intake ports up around
the ice cubes and directs it back of
your face now if you want to go one step
further try pushing a straw through one
of the holes at the bottom then glued
along one side of the can this way when
your ice cubes begin to melt you’ll have
a refreshing drink of ice water to cool
you down as well well now you know how
to turn leftover drink cans into mini
air conditioners and while their more
for a laugh than for anything practical
the air they blast out really is nice
and icy well that’s it for now if you
liked this project perhaps you’ll like
some of my others check them out at the
king of random calm hello random citizen
thanks for watching this video I hope
you didn’t take it too seriously I
mainly just made it for a laugh and
hopefully you got some kind of
entertainment value out of it although
if you do try making this it actually
will work now you might have noticed on
this video I used some arrows and some
squiggly lines and this is the piece to
pay for I used to draw it I was just
gonna throw it away but then my wife
said maybe you would like to have it so
if you want it leave me a comment just
letting me know I’ll do something like
sign it and send it off to you this week
by now you probably know I put out a new
video every 5 days so please subscribe
I’ve got some cool new projects coming
up I really want you to be around for
thanks as always for your support it’s
because of you that I can do this and
I’m looking forward to seeing around in
the future project videos I’ll talk to
you then
you need a quick way to cool off you can
hack yourself a mini air conditioner by
filling a container with ice cubes and
simply blowing on them the air blasting
back at your face will be cool and
refreshing but in this project we’re
gonna take the idea one step further by
turning a few household items into an
icy air blaster mic hack basically a
life hack that makes any social occasion
more awesome to start this project I
picked up one of these necklace fans
from a local Super Center these are the
kind that just hang around your neck and
blow air up into your face but on a hot
day the air is usually pretty warm so to
make an icy air blaster let’s start by
cutting the lanyard on both sides where
it meets the casing these won’t be of
any use to us and while we’re at it
let’s hit it with a few shots of spray
paint to turn the whole thing black
that’s just gonna make it look a whole
lot cooler now we’ll need to remove the
tops from a couple of drink cans and an
old-school can opener is my tool of
choice you can see it with some gentle
pressure and a bit of patience the tops
will come right off leaving us a nice
clean edge to work with I cut two inches
off one of the cans using a pair of
scissors and got this straight edge by
making the cut counterclockwise at this
point we’re ready to add a bit of epoxy
or hot glue around the circumference of
the intake hole in the fan now before
any glue drips down inside let’s go
ahead and press the top of the can into
place holding it there until the glue
hardens the mouth of the can is just big
enough that it doesn’t block the fan but
still mounts with an airtight seal to
the casing now the next thing we’re
gonna need is a template for punching
holes in the other can I made this one
and you can have it for free by
following the link in the description
it’s made especially for 16-ounce cans
and after you’ve cut out the rectangle
simply wrap it around the can and fasten
the two end tabs together with some tape
or a stick of glue stand the can upright
pushing the template to the bottom then
find something that’ll poke holes
through the aluminum like a pair of
scissors or a metal file when all the
holes are punched simply remove the
template and your perforated can should
look something like this
now when you’re ready for some cool air
just fill the can with ice cubes and
gently press the other piece over top
until it fits on nice and snug
all it takes is a flick of a switch and
you’re blasting out a steady stream of
ice cube conditioned air which will
hopefully by you
little relief on a hot summer’s day the
chilling happens when the fan sucks air
in through the intake ports up around
the ice cubes and directs it back of
your face now if you want to go one step
further try pushing a straw through one
of the holes at the bottom then glued
along one side of the can this way when
your ice cubes begin to melt you’ll have
a refreshing drink of ice water to cool
you down as well well now you know how
to turn leftover drink cans into mini
air conditioners and while their more
for a laugh than for anything practical
the air they blast out really is nice
and icy well that’s it for now if you
liked this project perhaps you’ll like
some of my others check them out at the
king of random calm hello random citizen
thanks for watching this video I hope
you didn’t take it too seriously I
mainly just made it for a laugh and
hopefully you got some kind of
entertainment value out of it although
if you do try making this it actually
will work now you might have noticed on
this video I used some arrows and some
squiggly lines and this is the piece to
pay for I used to draw it I was just
gonna throw it away but then my wife
said maybe you would like to have it so
if you want it leave me a comment just
letting me know I’ll do something like
sign it and send it off to you this week
by now you probably know I put out a new
video every 5 days so please subscribe
I’ve got some cool new projects coming
up I really want you to be around for
thanks as always for your support it’s
because of you that I can do this and
I’m looking forward to seeing around in
the future project videos I’ll talk to
you then
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