in today’s video we’re taking a look at
how to make a DIY sand blaster that you
can use to etch glass mark steel or
engrave wood
hi guys I’m Nate I’m Cali today we’ve
got a pretty cool project so sand
blasters are a thing that take
high-pressure air and dropped sand into
the Airstream and so the sand gets
blasted out at high speeds and the sand
is really hard it’s usually made of
things like quartz and so those are very
good at edging pretty much anything you
can carve into steel you can carve into
glass you can carve into wood
unfortunately sometimes sandblasters can
be pretty pricey today we’re showing you
how to cut that down to about five or
six dollars and just a few tools and
from what you’ve explained to me sand
can be incredibly abrasive and sometimes
scratch areas that you don’t want
scratched so what are the other supplies
that we’re using well in addition to the
sand blaster itself we’re going to show
you how to do some DIY masking
techniques sometimes using materials as
simple as duct tape I’m also gonna warn
you that this project does require
owning an air compressor so we’ve got a
large air compressor with a big tank and
that’s what we’re gonna be using
but everything other than the compressor
itself is very cheap and easy to get the
idea is pretty simple a drink bottle
will be filled with sand which will feed
into a hole that we’re going to add into
our air gun the sand will be pushed out
by air at high speeds and carve into
whatever we’re pointing at to start off
the main thing that we’re going to need
is this air gun now I got this one at
Harbor Freight it costs five dollars and
it’s already a pretty good start we just
need to make one quick modification to
it and then we’ll be ready to start
using it do you guys know what soundest
semi-automatic meowing gun makes here
our air gun is actually attached to our
hose and so we can spray air out of it
nicely now we need to modify it so it
actually shoots sand instead of air and
of course once there’s sand in it never
ever point it at a person air is
negotiable
Callie’s making quick work of the drink
bottle we need this bottle empty and
then we’ll rinse it and dry it out our
bottle is now empty and dried out just
going to take an exact knife and I’m
now if we put the cap on we can see that
between the cap and this lip there is
enough space for the air gun nozzle to
fit and that’s exactly where we want to
drill a hole with this particular nozzle
there we go we could see it at the
bottle now fits on to the end but before
we put it on all the way we actually
need to do a little bit more
modification we need to make sure that
the same is going to feed into this just
the way we want what we need to do now
is take a file and cut a small
rectangular hole into the middle tube
and that’s what the sand is gonna feed
into our bottle will be attached upside
down with the cap on full of sand but
we’re not just going to cut a hole in
the top so the sand falls in we actually
don’t want that much sand going in what
we want to do is cut a hole in the
bottom of the tube so that the sand is
drawn in by the force of the air passing
by there we go we’ve now carved a hole
down into that metal tube and as you can
see it’s on the bottom all the sand will
feed down through the bottle and get
pulled in by the air rushing through the
tube now we’ve got our plastic bottle
and if you look at the bottom you can
see the hole that we carved into the
metal tube at this point we are just
about ready to fill this thing up with
sand and give it a little test we’re
gonna take a look at the two types of
sand that we’re gonna be trying out and
I got to say I’ve used both of these
before and they do both work so first we
just have playground sand this is about
the cheapest stuff you can get I think
it’s like three dollars and fifty cents
for a bag of it it’s I mean it’s just
what you think of when you think of sand
this is industrial quartz sand it’s all
pretty uniform in size which is pretty
nice and this is actually my favorite
stuff to use now like I said you can use
the playground sand but sometimes there
are larger little rocks and bits in it
so if you’re gonna use it I recommend
running it through a sieve or a strainer
and just save all of the finer grits and
everything that comes through the sieve
you should be just fine to use but the
reason that we want to do this is these
larger rocks won’t always fit through
the hole that we carved into the bottom
of the metal tube and they can get in
there and then jam it up and then your
whole thing will get stuck and it’s
pretty hard to clean out so you
definitely want to run it through a
sieve first if you’re gonna be using the
playground sand this sands it really
doesn’t matter because as I said it’s
pretty much all the same size there
might be some larger grains but for the
most part you can see it all just goes
right through the sieve I’m just gonna
take some of this quartz sand and fill
our bottle about halfway
so right now it’s just shooting out air
the sand isn’t gonna get to the gun but
if I turn this upside down it now can
start feeding the sand into the gun when
it’s under high pressure you can’t
really see it very well I mean obviously
you can see it’s um I’m turning it
upside down because if it gets too low
of pressure then all of the sand gets
sprayed out kind of wasteful on the sand
so usually I’m spraying I’ll just like
to turn it over before I stop so I don’t
just have a lot of wasted Sam this sand
is really sharp and really hard and it’s
gonna be moving very quickly and
bouncing back toward me off of whatever
it is I’m sandblasting so I need to have
a lot of personal protection equipment
I’m not just gonna use glasses but I’m
actually gonna use this whole face mask
and then while I’m using sand in this
I’m also going to be using a respirator
because of the sand can break and create
dust and I don’t want to be breathing
any of that in we’re not using a
sandblasting cabinet here it’s just out
in the open so I’m going to have a
respirator as well as the face mask and
I’m gonna be wearing thick leather
you can see how much that sand has
really marked up the glass this is
permanent this isn’t something that’s
gonna wash off the sand actually chipped
away tiny tiny bits of the glass leaving
the surface rough like this something
you can absolutely feel as well as see
this just feels kind of like a rough
sandpaper or a ceramic at this point
it’s unlikely that most people are gonna
want to put a free hand random design
onto a cup so now we’re gonna take a
look at how we can make a mask for this
and it’s pretty simple it just involves
duct tape we’ve now taken the duct tape
and we’ve masked off pretty much the
whole cup which is just what we want
because now we can cut the design that
we like out of this part here and only
that part will get engraved how you make
your mask is up to you we’re just using
some papers and duct tape and exacto
knives if you have access to a vinyl
cutter you might be able to make some
using a sandblaster on wood can create a
really cool-looking effect that you’ve
probably seen before without even really
knowing what it was when you mask off
your letters or design and then
sandblast the rest it really brings out
the grain of the wood because the softer
parts of the wood get eaten away faster
and the harder parts in the grain stay
behind there are a few things we need to
change however the wood while softer is
also much bouncier and it has a harder
time being eaten away the same way that
the glass and the metal do so we need to
turn up the pressure on our sandblaster
by quite a bit however when we do that
it has a tendency to eat right through
the duct tape so we can’t use that as a
mass instead of the duct tape we’re
gonna be using something much thicker
this is shower pan liner it’s designed
for going underneath your shower in a
bathroom to prevent any humidity or
leaked water from getting into the wood
it’s a pretty thick rubber and it comes
in these big old sheets you buy it by
the foot this whole sheet one foot of it
was I think about three dollars and
fifty cents somewhere around there and
this is enough to do a lot with to
attach this we’re gonna prep the wood
surface by sanding it nice and smooth
and then I’m gonna use just some spray
adhesive on the back of our cutout
design on the rubber and attach that to
the wood when you’re sandblasting wood
you are going to need a much higher
pressure for the glass and steel we had
it between 20 and 40 psi we want a lot
more than that for the wood now it’s at
between 80 and 100 psi
that’s amazing to make it a little bit
easier to carve into we did use base
wood that’s something you can just pick
up pretty much any hobby store
it’s not too expensive and it does an
easier job of carving all the way around
and then some other things but this pine
2×4 actually worked out pretty nicely
too I really like how it brought the
grain out and it’s interesting you
didn’t just leave like stripes in it
it’s actually sort of a a tiered
stair-step effect what level of
difficulty would you say this project is
I mean if you have an air compressor not
at all this is pretty cool and the fact
that you can engrave and etch glass
steel and wood is really neat
hey guys you’ve probably noticed that
since we introduced Cali and our Captain
America shield video every new video has
had secret codes and graphic glitches
and other secret elements hidden into it
keep track of what you see in the
timestamps of when you see it we’ve got
some big prizes to give away and finding the codes might make you our next winner
how to make a DIY sand blaster that you
can use to etch glass mark steel or
engrave wood
hi guys I’m Nate I’m Cali today we’ve
got a pretty cool project so sand
blasters are a thing that take
high-pressure air and dropped sand into
the Airstream and so the sand gets
blasted out at high speeds and the sand
is really hard it’s usually made of
things like quartz and so those are very
good at edging pretty much anything you
can carve into steel you can carve into
glass you can carve into wood
unfortunately sometimes sandblasters can
be pretty pricey today we’re showing you
how to cut that down to about five or
six dollars and just a few tools and
from what you’ve explained to me sand
can be incredibly abrasive and sometimes
scratch areas that you don’t want
scratched so what are the other supplies
that we’re using well in addition to the
sand blaster itself we’re going to show
you how to do some DIY masking
techniques sometimes using materials as
simple as duct tape I’m also gonna warn
you that this project does require
owning an air compressor so we’ve got a
large air compressor with a big tank and
that’s what we’re gonna be using
but everything other than the compressor
itself is very cheap and easy to get the
idea is pretty simple a drink bottle
will be filled with sand which will feed
into a hole that we’re going to add into
our air gun the sand will be pushed out
by air at high speeds and carve into
whatever we’re pointing at to start off
the main thing that we’re going to need
is this air gun now I got this one at
Harbor Freight it costs five dollars and
it’s already a pretty good start we just
need to make one quick modification to
it and then we’ll be ready to start
using it do you guys know what soundest
semi-automatic meowing gun makes here
our air gun is actually attached to our
hose and so we can spray air out of it
nicely now we need to modify it so it
actually shoots sand instead of air and
of course once there’s sand in it never
ever point it at a person air is
negotiable
Callie’s making quick work of the drink
bottle we need this bottle empty and
then we’ll rinse it and dry it out our
bottle is now empty and dried out just
going to take an exact knife and I’m
now if we put the cap on we can see that
between the cap and this lip there is
enough space for the air gun nozzle to
fit and that’s exactly where we want to
drill a hole with this particular nozzle
there we go we could see it at the
bottle now fits on to the end but before
we put it on all the way we actually
need to do a little bit more
modification we need to make sure that
the same is going to feed into this just
the way we want what we need to do now
is take a file and cut a small
rectangular hole into the middle tube
and that’s what the sand is gonna feed
into our bottle will be attached upside
down with the cap on full of sand but
we’re not just going to cut a hole in
the top so the sand falls in we actually
don’t want that much sand going in what
we want to do is cut a hole in the
bottom of the tube so that the sand is
drawn in by the force of the air passing
by there we go we’ve now carved a hole
down into that metal tube and as you can
see it’s on the bottom all the sand will
feed down through the bottle and get
pulled in by the air rushing through the
tube now we’ve got our plastic bottle
and if you look at the bottom you can
see the hole that we carved into the
metal tube at this point we are just
about ready to fill this thing up with
sand and give it a little test we’re
gonna take a look at the two types of
sand that we’re gonna be trying out and
I got to say I’ve used both of these
before and they do both work so first we
just have playground sand this is about
the cheapest stuff you can get I think
it’s like three dollars and fifty cents
for a bag of it it’s I mean it’s just
what you think of when you think of sand
this is industrial quartz sand it’s all
pretty uniform in size which is pretty
nice and this is actually my favorite
stuff to use now like I said you can use
the playground sand but sometimes there
are larger little rocks and bits in it
so if you’re gonna use it I recommend
running it through a sieve or a strainer
and just save all of the finer grits and
everything that comes through the sieve
you should be just fine to use but the
reason that we want to do this is these
larger rocks won’t always fit through
the hole that we carved into the bottom
of the metal tube and they can get in
there and then jam it up and then your
whole thing will get stuck and it’s
pretty hard to clean out so you
definitely want to run it through a
sieve first if you’re gonna be using the
playground sand this sands it really
doesn’t matter because as I said it’s
pretty much all the same size there
might be some larger grains but for the
most part you can see it all just goes
right through the sieve I’m just gonna
take some of this quartz sand and fill
our bottle about halfway
so right now it’s just shooting out air
the sand isn’t gonna get to the gun but
if I turn this upside down it now can
start feeding the sand into the gun when
it’s under high pressure you can’t
really see it very well I mean obviously
you can see it’s um I’m turning it
upside down because if it gets too low
of pressure then all of the sand gets
sprayed out kind of wasteful on the sand
so usually I’m spraying I’ll just like
to turn it over before I stop so I don’t
just have a lot of wasted Sam this sand
is really sharp and really hard and it’s
gonna be moving very quickly and
bouncing back toward me off of whatever
it is I’m sandblasting so I need to have
a lot of personal protection equipment
I’m not just gonna use glasses but I’m
actually gonna use this whole face mask
and then while I’m using sand in this
I’m also going to be using a respirator
because of the sand can break and create
dust and I don’t want to be breathing
any of that in we’re not using a
sandblasting cabinet here it’s just out
in the open so I’m going to have a
respirator as well as the face mask and
I’m gonna be wearing thick leather
you can see how much that sand has
really marked up the glass this is
permanent this isn’t something that’s
gonna wash off the sand actually chipped
away tiny tiny bits of the glass leaving
the surface rough like this something
you can absolutely feel as well as see
this just feels kind of like a rough
sandpaper or a ceramic at this point
it’s unlikely that most people are gonna
want to put a free hand random design
onto a cup so now we’re gonna take a
look at how we can make a mask for this
and it’s pretty simple it just involves
duct tape we’ve now taken the duct tape
and we’ve masked off pretty much the
whole cup which is just what we want
because now we can cut the design that
we like out of this part here and only
that part will get engraved how you make
your mask is up to you we’re just using
some papers and duct tape and exacto
knives if you have access to a vinyl
cutter you might be able to make some
using a sandblaster on wood can create a
really cool-looking effect that you’ve
probably seen before without even really
knowing what it was when you mask off
your letters or design and then
sandblast the rest it really brings out
the grain of the wood because the softer
parts of the wood get eaten away faster
and the harder parts in the grain stay
behind there are a few things we need to
change however the wood while softer is
also much bouncier and it has a harder
time being eaten away the same way that
the glass and the metal do so we need to
turn up the pressure on our sandblaster
by quite a bit however when we do that
it has a tendency to eat right through
the duct tape so we can’t use that as a
mass instead of the duct tape we’re
gonna be using something much thicker
this is shower pan liner it’s designed
for going underneath your shower in a
bathroom to prevent any humidity or
leaked water from getting into the wood
it’s a pretty thick rubber and it comes
in these big old sheets you buy it by
the foot this whole sheet one foot of it
was I think about three dollars and
fifty cents somewhere around there and
this is enough to do a lot with to
attach this we’re gonna prep the wood
surface by sanding it nice and smooth
and then I’m gonna use just some spray
adhesive on the back of our cutout
design on the rubber and attach that to
the wood when you’re sandblasting wood
you are going to need a much higher
pressure for the glass and steel we had
it between 20 and 40 psi we want a lot
more than that for the wood now it’s at
between 80 and 100 psi
that’s amazing to make it a little bit
easier to carve into we did use base
wood that’s something you can just pick
up pretty much any hobby store
it’s not too expensive and it does an
easier job of carving all the way around
and then some other things but this pine
2×4 actually worked out pretty nicely
too I really like how it brought the
grain out and it’s interesting you
didn’t just leave like stripes in it
it’s actually sort of a a tiered
stair-step effect what level of
difficulty would you say this project is
I mean if you have an air compressor not
at all this is pretty cool and the fact
that you can engrave and etch glass
steel and wood is really neat
hey guys you’ve probably noticed that
since we introduced Cali and our Captain
America shield video every new video has
had secret codes and graphic glitches
and other secret elements hidden into it
keep track of what you see in the
timestamps of when you see it we’ve got
some big prizes to give away and finding the codes might make you our next winner
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