Can We Break An Obsidian Block With A Giant Hammer?

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[@howridiculous]

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[@Martiganz_]

Hi

[@Muscleman8562]

I just ate money in a vid 💪💵

[@sayGoodnight255]

Hi

[@rolywillis413]

Can a giant hammer break into a bank safe?

[@derrypurnamasari3921]

Didn't expect you to upload

[@anthonypistocchi60]

Please do a block of quartz at night!! It’s piezoelectric, so it arcs/sparks from electricity when crushed! Should look amazing!!

[@biohazard20161]

The quartz is an excellent idea. 💡💡💡

[@justinwhitlock5187]

we need to get this up to the top!

[@Cammi_Rosalie]

Yes! Awesome suggestion. Thumbed up to help get it noticed.

[@howridiculous]

Does it matter what type of quartz/what colour?

[@alexlubbers1589]

@@howridiculous I don't think so, I think most types of quartz will do fine for it.

[@explorer4555]

Time stamp guide: Ice block - 0:36 Silly string - 1:37 Wood stump - 2:47 Lego cube - 3:56 Basketball throw - 5:29 Car tire - 6:17 Wine barrel - 7:05 Acrylic cube - 8:14 Shaving cream - 9:51 Drone - 10:56 Axe - 11:36 Golf clubs - 12:10 Titanium cube - 13:12 44 gallon barrel w red water - 13:57 PVC, wood, metal pipe, baseball bat - 15:36 Obsidian cube - 17:15 Truck springs - 18:57

[@mrsigmamales]

Thanks

[@arturaazevedo9625]

thanks for making our lives easier❤️💪

[@mrsigmamales]

@@arturaazevedo9625 yeah who are you

[@alrodarnold]

Thank you so much

[@icewallowcome_daily9802]

THANK YOU!

[@speaksfrumhizrear9614]

Just a heads up, those springs have crossed coils and have potential to slip past eachother kind of like when you snap your fingers. I worked for a spring manufacturing company for 6 years making high tensile springs with 1/2"+ diameter wire, the loads when comprsessed are in the thousands of pounds of pressure. Pro tip: be very careful with where they end up. 🙂

[@ImAlwaysHere1]

Yep. I worked as a mechanic, and I would not have been outside that bunker at all. They don't call manual strut spring compressors "widow makers" for nothing.

[@jestermimegirl1556]

Omg that's one Giant Hammer you got! That's 3x the biggest!

[@h8GW]

Those springs looked permanently deformed, so it probably wouldn't have killed anyone if the coils uncrossed.....although I could see losing a finger or two.

[@thanhdinh100]

17:54 best recording from GoPro in this video. It’s like those obsidian pieces flying like meteoroid flying in the universe!

[@AdequateName.]

Yeah looks like you're flying through an asteroid belt

[@CoryMoll]

I too am slack-jawed that Gaunson’s “are we scraping the bottom of the barrel” got no reaction there was clear effort put into that delivery!

[@jacobjameswilker4370]

Yeah

[@connorjohnson4402]

Yes as well as them missing the fly that got obliterated along with the shaving cans by some exceedingly bad luck!!! And that they didn't notice it !!

[@ultimatek.o9356]

E

[@dalmizalan8311]

😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴

[@name-uh5ee]

14:31 That rainbow forming was beautiful

[@FiringLazor]

and they said nothing about it :/

[@penguinbeau805]

Yeah

[@F5_Mystics]

Glad I’m not the only one who saw it

[@alluminum6765]

there is another rainbow above the first rainbow it is hardly visible so its a double rainbow! right? *right?* *RIGHT?!*

[@Bruce6001]

Thanks

[@Loona_____]

12:57 epic looking slo-mo into Herron choking on a fly

[@jordanalexander615]

Different color plastic pellets could be pressed by this into interesting designs if you make a mold to help form them. The pressure will generate enough heat to get the job done. The Legos gave me that idea.

[@picklepaddy]

I'm a fan of the wine barrel. The surge out from the cracks followed by a second blast when it hits. I think you can also see the delay in the shockwave shaking the camera.

[@Sam-mn2bd]

this comment will win slowy of the day

[@MistaWap]

7:39 for everyone

[@cable7152]

Same

[@michaelrogers3316]

Agreed - Barrel is a great shot! P.S. loving the hammer! 🔨

[@skrimper]

@@MistaWap nice, you actually used a timestamp correctly. 90% of the ones I see are 1-5 seconds too late or like 20 seconds too early. Hate it

[@SingularityCore]

When smashing aerosol cans you need to have like a blow torch setup close by so it will auto ignite the butane used to pressurise them! Even more fun for the slowies. Edit: seeing as more people keep commenting... And I've commented this already I would expect if the guys did it they would take all precautions to make sure they didn't burn more of Australia away! Also I don't go around burning stuff so those precautions aren't something I've ever thought about.

[@johnro6659]

I would say a 5 gal gas can with a few open flames for a nice fireball!

[@THESALMON8TR]

This is Australia AND it's summer and bushfires are pretty much THE WORST THING EVER!!!!!! I seriously hope the boys recognise that starting a catastrophic fire would probably kill the channel faster than the hammer destroyed everything else?????🤞🙏 Good suggestion but way too dangerous even for these guys!!!!!🤔👎

[@SingularityCore]

@@THESALMON8TR very understandable!!! I'm too used to the damp UK!

[@dan3458]

@@THESALMON8TR what video did you watch? There is nothing to catch fire for 100s of metres in all directions. It's just not really their thing for algorithm and monetisation reasons.

[@averypigg9329]

I was thinking the same thing! It would be awesome to see the big fireball in slow mo. Butane, propane, gasoline and diesel.

[@AJM112]

9:21 The GoPro has been scarred for life 😂😂😂😂

[@FieniX_]

14:14 - You actually can compress water. It was given the phrase “you can’t compress water” due to the impractical amount of compressive forces needed to actually compress water.

[@ryannbrown1]

Lads, I think it’s time to bring back the see-saw… with the hammer launching items off it!

[@wulliejambo]

44 likes so far. It's a sign from the universe that this needs to happen

[@dylanball9124]

@@wulliejambo 62 now

[@trentgay3437]

You sir are a genius 👏

[@SymbioteMullet]

Start with one of those airbags as well, just for funzies!

[@abduldenn6049]

YOU STOLE MY COMMENT I COMMENTED TWICE ON PREVIOUS VIDS

[@tominator6718]

For those of you who do HR's requests I compiled a list of all of the slow motion shots I saw & their timestamps. 0:51 ice slow motion shot 2:24 silly string slow motion shot 3:40 log slow motion shot 4:51 lego slow motion shot 6:08 basket ball slow motion shot 6:48 tire slow motion shot 7:37 wine barrel slow motion shot 9:31 acrylic slow motion shot 10:33 paint slow motion shot 12:53 golf club slow motion shot 14:56 water barrel slow motion shot 16:19 wood, PVC, pipe, and baseball bat slow motion shot 18:13 obsidian slow motion shot 21:03 springs slow motion shot PS. My favorite slow motion shot is the paint.

[@znachary]

It’s shaving cream, not paint

[@ntm4]

Not all heroes wear capes.

[@emilyolsen3916]

I can’t decide between 10:33 or 14:56

[@dragguboi2525]

Cool man

[@connorjohnson4402]

@@znachary Also a fly get destroyed along with the shaving cream which for some reason everyone seems to have missed!!

[@codyogden4611]

I love how at 4:15 you can watch the Lego piece fly, bounce and land on the hammer!

[@Razsor97]

I can't believe it's already (almost) been a whole year since this video was uploaded. It honestly feels like it hasn't been that long at all

[@bo16007]

Slowies Ice; 0:51 Silly string; 2:25 Wood stump; 3:40 Lego cube; 4:52 Basket ball; 6:09 Car tire; 6:48 Big barrel; 7:37 Acryllic block; 9:31 Shaving Cream; 10:33 No axe slowy Golf clubs; 12:54 No titanium cube slowy Steel barrel with red water; 14:57 PVC pipe, piece of wood, metal pipe, baseball bat; 16:19 Obsidian cube; 18:14 Truck springs; 21:04 Water explosions always do it for me, so the wood barrel with the green water was the slowy for me, but the Steel barrel with the red water is a good second for me Keep up the crushin boys ;P

[@rhonamorland3065]

Thanks for the times

[@mint1578]

Thank you. We need more people like him

[@agraycab1n253]

Thank you

[@JamesFaction]

Agree, wooden barrel just kept on giving, right from when the wood started splitting thru to the big green explosion of water at the end. Steel barrel and obsidian cube were great tho. I also liked watching the bouncing of the ball and tyre as they were being crushed. Also... Need to do that drone trick with a 360 cam!! That would be amazing

[@CodeMark]

I literally didn't want to watch the whole video. So I checked the comments, thanks so much!!!

[@arapahoetactical7749]

From a strictly mechanical point of view, I really liked the springs. You could see that as the springs were compressing it didn't slow the hammer one bit, but as soon as the coils stacked solid, there was a massive hesitation in the hammer for an instant. The best looking one, my vote goes to the metal drum.

[@kevyndouty772]

I love the reaction “I’M DUCKING IN!” “oh it got sausaged” or “sauced” couldn’t quite make it out

[@spencers.6687]

@@kevyndouty772 "oh, it got sorted." as in they really got sorted out. Or "put in their place" in American terms.

[@edyacester]

pretty sure that was just the playback rate of the slowie getting slowed down, you can see it speed up again to pretty much it's original speed right after

[@connorjohnson4402]

My favorite was the fly that got knackered with the shaving cans mainly because they didn't seem to notice it!!!

[@dai_.6k]

0:16 Ice Block 2:08 Silly String 3:11 Log 4:18 Lego 5:51 Basketball 6:28 Car Tire 7:21 Water Barrel 8:53 Glass Cube 9:58 Shaving Cream 11:16 Drone 11:43 Axe 12:28 Golf Clubs 13:38 Silver Cube 14:27 Water Barrel 16:04 Packs 17:48 Obsidian 21:01 Springs

[@dai_.6k]

3:33

[@ZakLeek]

For me the water-filled barrel was the Slowie of the Day; the water coming out of the slats as the whole barrel compressed was so cool! Thanks for the great video guys! 🧡💜

[@SM-yq9ig]

How did they not make a Bunghole joke?

[@freedomisntfree7106]

I agree

[@xsniperk8118]

Same!

[@loucachornyy9677]

same

[@Fin4_Vermoegensaufbau]

You are the Michael Buffer of KZbin comments 👍 greeeeat bro

[@TheDaveCave_]

The most genius part of all of this, is they can sell literally ANYTHING that’s safe to sell that they’ve destroyed. Like chunks of the acrylic block? Sold. Insane. Love it.

[@deaflizard9721]

My favorite is the Obsidian Block. The way it shattered, it looked so amazing with all these sparkles.

[@thetoxicquipster]

One thing I noticed about the water based reactions is they seemed almost explosive. Maybe that would explain why avalanches can be so devastating. Fascinating

[@andrewvelonis5940]

Consistent, certainly.

[@pinkish410]

Gaunsons face when no one laughed at his "bottom of the barrel" joke was PRICELESS

[@nick-sx5ob]

Wait when?

[@Lee-At-Green-Pheonix-Rc]

I laughed lol 😂

[@Tabby248]

I had a good laugh

[@currentlypooping]

hahaha yeah that was great!

[@currentlypooping]

@@nick-sx5ob 7:58

[@terrafirma5327]

Guys, did you know that the US considered making aircraft carriers out of ice, that was saturated with wood pulp? You guys could easily make a wood pulp (sawdust or paper) ice cube block and test what the military thought was stronger than steel at stopping high speed impacts. The material is called pykrete.

[@tanjirosenju5424]

That’s funny and a cool fact! I already knew it but still amazing fact!

[@lerza8327]

They should do that!

[@tanjirosenju5424]

@@lerza8327 think they should

[@howridiculous]

Yeh we've got Pykrete on our list of stuff to maybe do next year, stay tuned!

[@terrafirma5327]

@@howridiculous awesome! Looking forward to it.

[@teddykazandjiev]

14:34. The barrel explosion made a rainbow. That was pretty neat.

[@jlucasound]

Silly string is formed as it exits the nozzle. What you need is a big container of the material, with a plunger, forcing it out of an orifice. It will make a huge "yarn" ball in milliseconds.

[@forgotn42]

I wonder how well an exercise ball filled with non-newtonian fluid would hold up against the hammer.

[@kelleren4840]

Might give it quite the work-out!!

[@crazybird199]

*Loud clapping*

[@kirstyfrench1913]

👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎🏻👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎

[@arandomguyontheinternet6662]

I like how they get straight to the point without telling you what they’re doing and how they’ll do it for 10 minutes straight

[@organichuman7398]

they dont even explain how they managed to get a 3 ton hammer, i love it

[@gabrielcarlobato3565]

Thank you for this amazing comment through Our Lord Jesus Christ in His Holy Name Amen.

[@georgeiminlincalvimontes8594]

But I want to know how they made the hammer

[@RandomPerson-hd6wr]

P

[@tobyxtxmxmxfxcx7581]

They had a block of ice I would melt

[@anthonyhairston9517]

I love how you can see the go-pro fly out at 9:43 during the slow-mo

[@calisawce6584]

These guys have come a long way. I remember back when they started.

[@oven2066]

No slowie will ever be more satisfying than atlas stone vs barrel. Although last week's hammer vs spraypaint was also cool.

[@caleblewis2700]

Someone 200 years from now is going to walk out into that field, and wonder how the heck there's a spread deposit of volcanic obsidian, big chillin out there lol. Green barrel, slowie OTD for me!

[@hollow3656]

"What killed the dinosaurs?" Rexy: "..." 0:54 "THE ICE AGE!"

[@riddhimgupta3784]

14:32 The Rainbow effect made it so beautiful

[@derekwatt4136]

I really want to know if this hammer would explode a stack of paper like a hydraulic press does

[@sergalsandwich9521]

don’t think so it might mangle it but it doesn’t have the high constant pressure required to crush it enough to explode

[@excitingeffeciency]

Nobody like it, it’s perfect

[@seekingthelovethatgodmeans7648]

Pretty sure it would tear up into little bits

[@bsktballman08]

Editor Jack seems very talented and smart-a good compliment to the HR crew.

[@colejarvis666]

😂 love how you snuck in the "wheel unfortunate" dude perfect style. Not sure if anyone else noticed or watches them. But all the slowies are wicked. Re watching all the hammer and axe videos. 👍🍻

[@johnstvartak947]

You guys are doing great🤩 Keep up all your hard work

[@pardox28]

Slowy of the day is the green dyed wine barrel. The green coming through the spaces between the slats was an amazing effect & then the explosion of green water was just beautiful. 2nd place would be the red water barrel. 3rd place, for me, was the ice block.

[@mrcelsius2928]

I like how they get straight into it, not waiting and explaining what’s happening

[@kelton_.]

So In today’s video we’re- BITCH I READ THE TITLE ! Lol

[@n7a1g14]

Yes this

[@jaypeepurlas2097]

This is agood example of “show, not tell”

[@Maxwelliouss]

i like how i didnt ask

[@mrcelsius2928]

@@Maxwelliouss I like how you use a joke commonly used by a 12 year old

[@abramanderson2168]

Can we see some ballistic dummies right next to the explosions? I’m sure we’re all wondering what would happen if a person was standing next to the exploding obsidian cube. Love the channel guys!

[@zaharu4375]

Great idea

[@defaultsplace1348]

Why not step it up and put a ballistic dummy under the hammer?

[@isaacbooth6154]

Haha that's what we were saying

[@gregnewton4258]

How about a human replica like they used on Mythbusters? That would be spectacular!! Also have you measured the force that the hammer applies with it makes contact with the ground? FOR SCIENCE!!!

[@vitalyam3730]

Strike an exposed surface of a non-Newtonian fluid. It is a mixture of starch and water. They say that if you sharply hit this liquid with your fist, then you can even break the brush. And if you slowly lower it as if into a liquid.

[@srice6231]

Someday geologists will find pieces of obsidian in that field and determine there used to be a volcano nearby.

[@VegetaLF7]

How ridiculous would that be?

[@silverspeedster3874]

Probably

[@enjoylifenh]

I really enjoyed the barrel! That was pretty cool the way all the barrel slats peeled out, like i said pretty cool! The whole physics of all that weight slamming precision onto what ever you awesome people put under it! Love it!

[@Dee_Just_Dee]

Yeah, the barrel was a high point of the video. Sure, water is incompressible, which could lead you to think that it'd stop the hammer... but the sides of the barrel give out way before it gets to a fight of water vs hammer. So it's like stomping on a full and unopened soda can, scaled up, ohhh, about 500×.

[@zaydmerhab6167]

They dropped Nigel in two and it looked like 2 times better

[@josephbottari1236]

I liked the barrel

[@connorjohnson4402]

Yea me too but i think the fly getting destroyed inadvertently in the shaving cam slowmo takes it for me especially since no one has seemed to have noticed it either!!

[@theminingassassin16]

The acrylic block sacrificed its own life to save the Go-Pro. True hero.

[@margarita21kay]

The acrylic looked truly gorgeous 😍😍😍

[@TheGriswald101]

A bucket full of glowsticks at night would look spectacular, especially with a mix of different colours.

[@bigsteve6729]

It's ok Jarrod good ideas aren't for everyone, bet you're good at drawing or something

[@hhprincess647]

but dangerous af

[@hhprincess647]

@ragin Caucasian if the glowsticks have diamond armor on them so they can't break and the juice won't fly everywhere, then it's fine

[@stes_]

@@hhprincess647 diamond armor lmao

[@poofal1283]

@ragin Caucasian do you realize whats in those things?

[@ThomasSawyers]

Love the new format, its great seeing you guys get right into it

[@zacbanks6735]

Let’s see how many subs I can get from this comment Current 56

[@billybillybillybillybillybilly]

@@zacbanks6735 nobody likes these comments

[@NoneYobiz.]

@@billybillybillybillybillybilly "rubs eyes sleepily"

[@speedracer9132]

This is exactly what I’ve been wanting to say since I say y’all change it up. Keeps me watching longer, I don’t need to skip around to the good parts

[@CydiaMasterHack]

Never gonna forget the video where they couldnt scream, best video ever

[@tomatomoussin9134]

I think the squashing of the paint can’s is the best Ha Ha ❤

[@ozzieansari5799]

Gaunson had a good idea about putting a GoPro on the hammer head, but it needed to be set further back so the camera (and the shot) weren't interrupted by the debris.

[@steeevealbright]

rainbow at 14:32

[@futurewarlord99]

Obsidian: You can't defeat me Minecraft TNT: I know, but he can * Giant hammer *

[@therustynut1081]

You should do a night time hammer video. Use glow in the dark powder and set up a few black lights to make the powder glow brighter

[@AdamisthegoatDBN]

8:59 just had me rolling on the floor

[@JeremyDavidsonTheMuslimRevert]

Does this ever make anyone think.."I wish Mythbusters had a phantom" 😅 These HR vids just keep getting better!

[@johnmatheson3937]

I feel like a really cool slow-mo would be 100lbs of the world's finest glitter smashed by the giant hammer.

[@mccaffreyneil]

yes

[@Cammi_Rosalie]

The aftermath: That field would be sparkly for years. Glitter never goes away. I wore a t-shirt with the word "Angel" on the front, and wings on the back, made out of silver glitter. The type that flakes off easily.. That was two weeks ago. I STILL find glitter here & there.. Just from one shirt. Imagine 100 pounds of it! (just a tad over 45.3 kg)

[@ninja666gaming]

mark rober moment

[@amelieocallaghan3002]

I loved the obsidian block slowy :), because of the way all the little pieces sparkled.

[@R3nZed]

Steve would be proud... Good job guys!

[@justinvawter5551]

What about a tub of oobleck? I'd be curious to see the results!

[@ls1125]

Oh come on...watch any other video where they drop something heavy into it. It just splats out every time.

[@thechad4485]

Or even better, a wooden barrel filled with oobleck!

[@michelleberry_mikef8552]

@@thechad4485 I second this!!

[@sacredumbreon5332]

@@michelleberry_mikef8552 I second your second-ing!

[@bobcat_mike7619]

I love how they get straight into the content without 10 minutes of filler

[@npc2.010]

I click this video bcs that obsidian and it took seventeen fucking minutes and u say they get straight to what so us what we want to see?

[@IndieYT]

@@npc2.010 they got time stamps, lazy boy

[@SupremeGG_]

@@npc2.010 r/woooooosh

[@mr.megalodonmegalodon758]

@@IndieYT thats why they have time stamps, because it takes so long

[@games8ful]

@@IndieYT not for me they dont no time stamps for this video appear for me

[@jexxadsyn2193]

My favorite slowy was actually that of the titanium cube giving the big middle finger to the hammer...

[@CAJE_TheBadgers]

First video on this channel i’ve seen, another new favourite Aussie.

[@sazeraq2055]

The go pro getting knocked over by the obsidian at 17:54 was my favorite.

[@iuriwaki]

9:03 Minecraft Ender Dragon Dying

[@erite_zx4499]

I was about to comment the same thing

[@matthewrichards833]

​@@erite_zx4499you probably weren't you are just looking for likes

[@diamondblade3490]

You know what I wanna see? A channel breaking down the science behind why the things HR does to materials make them break the way they do, or why they don't break.

[@mutanttepig4759]

I was thinking about you guys putting a metal wedge in the wood so that it'd actually split when the hammer came down and obliterated the log.

[@BuzzyBri]

Make a giant sword that is basically the same thing but with a slit in the "cutting board" so it can slice the item all the way through!

[@equilibrochu]

My favorite was Titanium. It's non-compliance / stubbornness was quite impressive. I agree with the other person that said : try Quartz !

[@Naz-qw4ck]

6:34 This made my day

[@davechin5639]

Even though i have been a subscriber for ages, this popped up today. Was just thinking -it would be awesome to use the Phantom to track the velocity to see which material put up the best fight. Also it was funny to hear "FOUR IRON....Four Iron....four iron"

[@starwars4lifebabyyy290]

I feel like a bucket of glitter would look so cool getting smashed

[@FrostedClarinet]

Agreed. It’d fuck with the camera so bad 😂

[@freddyfardbear3194]

Ikr lol

[@circuitgamer7759]

Oh no, the cleanup...

[@christianmelgaard5718]

With spotlights on it

[@skrimper]

@@circuitgamer7759 not sure if you're joking but you wouldn't clean it up, you would just use all natural biodegradable glitter

[@sangeetabarod150yrsago3]

17:25 whomever came to see only obsidian 🔥❤️

[@REMINECRIAN]

"it's in Minecraft 😂" love you guys

[@fleendarthemagnificent7372]

A suggestion please? Wood splits and crushes easily with the grain, especially dry wood that is straight-grain. Please try a block of green wood that is the knottiest tree in Aus land. In America, it's usually American Elm or Ironwood.

[@ReeseHosgood]

6:34 I liked the Dude Perfect Overtime reference here.

[@imaroadcone6207]

Diamond pick axe: “look at what they need to mimic a fraction of our power”

[@brianbowman3179]

Giant hammer + a pyramid of shaving cream cans = Instant blizzard. Just truly amazing.

[@Daniel-yi7gu]

After seeing this you have to do a bunch of Glow sticks at night that would be epic

[@cheapdumblazy]

Do a large block of dry ice! Imagine it sublimating instantly under that hammer!

[@BartonChittenden]

Yeah, that could be epic -- compression generates heat, plus there's instant surface area, I don't think that it would all sublimate, but I think you'd get enough to look awesome.

[@cusefan5510]

@@BartonChittenden gonna ask on behalf of the other simpletons like myself. What does sublimating mean?

[@IvanBias24]

@@BartonChittenden I dont know what this sophisticated lad is saying but its brilliant

[@StevenLightning]

@@cusefan5510 Going from solid to gas form :)

[@connorjohnson4402]

its just going to get smashed into pieces the transferred heat from the blow isn't going to have a huge effect compared to it being smashed and the increased surface area but would still look cool!

[@pritulaag]

You should bring a handheld thermometer to check the temp of the item being crushed to see how hot it ACTUALLY is

[@NicholasGW]

"Wheel -- Un -- Fortunate" might be my favorite Gaunson joke of all time.

[@stormalexa8817]

I love how often these guys made Dude Perfect references 😂

[@princeofhyrule2205]

The springs were very interesting. U can clearly see they work exactly as intended as they compress perfectly until fully compressed. If they had stopped the hammer’s momentum at that point, then the springs would have pushed the hammer back at maximum force. However, the springs did not stop the hammer. Thus, the springs permanently deformed and did not push the hammer back.

[@nathanblackman1063]

Hooke's law right?

[@desmond-hawkins]

@@nathanblackman1063 Hooke's law just says that the amount of force needed to compress or extend a spring some distance scales linearly with the distance. It's not about springs getting smashed by hammers, although if you want to derive your own law about this maybe it could be named after you.

[@confusedfrodo]

@@desmond-hawkins 'Hooke's law just says that the amount of force needed to compress or extend a spring some distance scales linearly with the distance' - up to the limit of proportionality where the force and extension are no longer directly proportional, which is why the springs are permanently deformed by the hammer, otherwise they would just bounce back into place.

[@mrbfros454]

What blew my mind is the shake/vibration you can see in the hammer after the bounce after impact. I have to wonder how close the hammer was to being shook to pieces!

[@Eyes0penNoFear]

I loved watching the movement of that spring as it flew through the air.

[@Brick_Science]

Could you send me the LEGO roadkill please 😂 I want to hang it in my studio!

[@egizikid]

Lol

[@jagger2001]

I'm honestly surprised they didn't put it on the store lol

[@TheFractusman]

The Lego USA was brilliant

[@emily.cates.]

The rainbow that the 44 gallon barrel made was so pretty!

[@triggeredmonkey3439]

You should do a giant throwing snap firework. Maybe a hundred pounds or so.

[@ninja666gaming]

my favorite slowies where definitely the wine barrel because of the water going through the slats and the subsequent explosion of green, the obsidian because of the sparkle and when the shards flew over the camera, and the water drum because of the explosion of red water.

[@ninjatatt]

When I was a kid I had an air powered rocket where you had to stomp on an air pad to fire the rocket... would love to see a bigger version of this powered by a wack from the big hammer

[@JoeJoe-ij7oj]

They should

[@SoldierOftheSouth299]

Sounds amazing

[@andrewrobinson4019]

Cause you can't compress water

[@ninjatatt]

@@andrewrobinson4019 correct, you certainly can't

[@Tiotic_Destiny]

You should ask Elon Musk for the rocket I bet he would do it

[@TheKhopesh]

15:15 Can we just take a moment to appreciate the fact that the barrel didn't break under that extreme hydraulic pressure?

[@L.M.2000]

the jokes towards dudeperfect are so funny! i love both the channels haha

[@mktj1]

Seeing Editor Jack crack up during the Nord segment was the best!

[@boos12334]

I think it would be cool if they added a ballistics dummy near the impact point, especially for drops like the obsidian, would be interesting to see what would happen to a person in that situation

[@grandadmiralthrawn92]

I'm guessing you watched Mythbusters back in the day?

[@MechaShadowV2]

They'd be dead, that is what would happen to a person.

[@Nogi7sune]

yeah lol with how sharp obsidian can be

[@timsworkoutjourney5257]

Ohhhh yeah that would be awesome

[@10sDPR]

Glad to hear I'm not the only one who had that intrusive thought.

[@loyalastheyget]

next time you should go fish tank lol the colours on slow mo would be amazing. clownfish and everything!

[@R.M.MacFru]

Top 3 slowies of the day for me: Drum with red water Ice cube (Poor Rexy going through an ice age) Wine barrel

[@FurrBeard]

My vote's for the 44 gal. barrel - that water plume was awesome! As for other things to smash - acrylic is _brittle;_ try a cube of polycarbonate, nylon, Tritan or some other similar "tough" plastic. How about a three way challenge where you start with the same materials and have to create a structure to resist the hammer. ;)

[@mrstudiodaddy]

HR --- I would love to see a 🔥HOT 🔥steel cube under this huge hammer. Maybe even do an episode at night time for the best slow-mo effect! AND if you do do it night maybe smash steel wool on fire as well. It would be so EPIC!!

[@tomatomoussin9134]

If you want a perfect 180 gallon drum to spray evenly it must match the slanting of the hammer when it hit’s in other words tilt the floor a couple degrees so that the hammer close perfectly the drum opening and must be well centered so that the smack down is distributed evenly, ❤👍🏽

[@saltysergeant4284]

Or they could put a larger plate on top of the barrel, too. Like a piece of plywood, or a titanium circle.