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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[manuelx]

Nile: "chemistry is dangerous"
Me: "i don't think it's the chemistry"

[archertor]

"I only need about half"

expect a totally *conventional* way in which nigel separates it...

[JordiVanderwaal]

- Nigel, why is there white stuff in your -denim- sock?
- Don't worry it's just an experiment

[thecrocman]

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

[joannah]

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

Nile: *takes out a chainsaw*

[Loggerten]

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

[AsHS]

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

[skinwalker]

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

[lloydgush]

"Why is the lab budget so expensive?"
Nile: "No reason, just science."

[randaranatunga]

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

[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.

[gandalf]

"Okay, pair up for this experiment everyone"
>ends up with NileRed
>sweats profusely

[chemomania]

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

[jay-virm]

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

[holycowsicle]

Nile’s comedic timing is always great with the end-gags.

[bucky]

I'll forever be impressed at the heights this man has been able to take a chemistry channel on Youtube. Chemistry has always been impressive and fun.. but it's really hard to convince other people of that.

[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.

[some_random_merc]

NileRed: *slams the sock on the table*
Also NileRed: “I really wanted a block”

[Mixcoatl]

"different tool thing"

this man truly is a scientist.

[JordiVanderwaal]

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