Sandblasting a Wood Pipe - INCREDIBLE Grain Texture Detail (with Copperbeard Pipeworks)

** Catch the comparison at the end - 250 micron vs. 25 micron! 🎬

Recently we were lucky enough to be visited by Chris Plummer of Copperbeard Pipeworks. Chris hand carves wooden pipes and was looking for a tool to increase efficiency with his processes and also enhance the level of detail he's able to extract from the wood.

He called us up to see if he could give our blasters a test drive, to which we happily said yes! After some experimenting with various sizes and nozzle tips, he found what he was looking for, and we learned a lot about grains and cross grains in wood — and maybe, just maybe, picked up a new obsession...

Check out Copperbeard Pipeworks on Instagram for more beautiful woodwork:   / copperbeardpipeworks  

In this video: single wood pipe (hybrid shape), one half blasted with only 250 micron aluminum oxide, the other with 25 micron aluminum oxide.

Vaniman Master Problast 3: https://www.vaniman.com/product/maste...

Aluminum Oxide Blasting Media: https://www.vaniman.com/product-tag/a...

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