Crushing Large Brass Parts | Most Explody Metal?

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[@molkhal]

Hannah sneezed! This means she's really not a heroin addict.

[@metern]

They should add a piece of Plexiglas in front of all the cameras in the bunker so if anything doing a big explosion, the cameras stay safe 😁.

[@metern]

​@@molkhalWhat are you meaning?

[@peterkiss1204]

If you put those expensive cameras into the chamber in a steel box you may use a ~45° mirror right before the optics to make the opening on the steel case look 90° away from the source of explosion. That way the shrapnel can hit a cheap mirror but not the camera, while the setup maintains good visual quality. Object \ =========|| \ camera || \ =========||

[@Unsensitive]

Plus you can set up real close if you want.

[@jlucasound]

Genius!! 😃

[@jamesa7506]

And a diagram?! This is an awesome comment!

[@florabee9283]

Try to obtain a first-surface mirror, which is used in telescopes and for example in old polaroid cameras. The 45 degree mirror thing has been used for decades and there should be plenty of literature about it.

[@scythelord]

Yep this is the way. Best orientation is to have the camera looking down at the mirror. That way you have gravity ensuring everything will fall away from the camera rather than toward it.

[@HydraulicPressChannel]

Hey hey hey, summer vacation greetings from hospital 😂 I had minor road racing incident and decides to stop by just make sure that everything is relatively fine. I think I didnt break anything so goos time to publish video while waiting 😂 Be careful with items with two or more wheels 😂

[@MrBillchair]

Yes I know, 2 or 4 wheels is very dangerous! ...look out for me on my electric wheelchair Laurie!! 👨‍🦽

[@woody442]

1 Wheel is definetly the safest. Removing 3 tires from my car right now 👍

[@HydraulicPressChannel]

I have never had accident with uneven number of wheels, so one must be safer than 4

[@ib.i.b]

Get well soon and get back to the press and even more racing

[@HydraulicPressChannel]

I think I am good to go and more importantly the bike is ok 😂

[@eliotmccann2589]

"Explody" is my new favourite word.

[@PreservationEnthusiast]

The girl adds nothing original. Every time she just reacts to what he says. It's like a master with his disciple.

[@aexetanius]

@@PreservationEnthusiast It's important to note that English is not their first language. This can sometimes make it challenging to come up with original responses on the spot, especially in a casual conversation.

[@WarblesOnALot]

G'day, Go for the Pun, Mate...; "ExploDIE...!!!" Be The Wurrrd...(?). Such is life, Have a good one. Stay safe. ;-p Ciao !

[@WarblesOnALot]

​​@@PreservationEnthusiast G'day, Um, methunketh that her Function maybe merely To be decorative, young, attractive, submissive, flirtatious to the point of almost constantly Whickering..., Like a Filly in Heat..., Thus serving up regular constant Eye-Candy for the sort of Angry Young Men who are most attracted to these, "But how does it CRUSH..?!?" Genre of YT Uploads... Apparently the previous Attractive slim young Blonde, The one who sculpted Clay Figurines..., She was "Artistic & Creative" and apparently became bored with repeatedly Videoing endless variations on the identical Theme...; And so she moved on, and is now doing other things. Entirely, apparently. This new slim young Blonde is Remarkably Agreeable, in that she Never ever is seen to disagree With Herr CrushMeister...(!). It's probably covered under the, "Demure & Submissive..." Clause of their Articles of Association (?). It's certainly a predictable sort of a Formula - as "unscripted" though it may be, technically squeaking.... And...., all the fancy-pantsy high-tech. Squisherology might be very bright & shiny (shite & briny ?), indeed ; but I doubt if that entirely compensates for the departure from the Rustic Metalwork-Shop Vibe - and of the previous Blonde's Artistic Creativity, all pretty much at the same time...? Truly dedicated welded-on Subscribers May well stay interested ; But it will surprise me if Whole new mobs of enthusiasts will be flocking to the new-look Old Channel... But I may be wrong...(?). Such is life, Have a good one... Stay safe. ;-p Ciao!

[@dwrgdeh9996]

​​@@PreservationEnthusiastwhy anyone would need to comfort you old grump

[@koriw1701]

I would love to see you add thermal imaging. It will add a new layer of complexity and will also add value to your new business of destructive stress testing. Would nicely increase the price from your clients and value to the channel!

[@alpha_echo_diDi]

Anni is too cheap for a commercial grade thermal camera 😅

[@shanent5793]

​@@alpha_echo_diDididn't she get out of this business?

[@andrewcrosbie7099]

A thermal camera might provide a neat visual of the metals heating up as they’re compressed 🤔😃

[@horsetowater]

Good idea just the frame rate might be a bit slow

[@WoodworkerDon]

Hanna's Sneeze sounded the Most Explody. 🤧 Gesundheit 5,000,000.

[@nerdexproject]

😂👍

[@gabiold]

🤣😂😅

[@Josh-glow]

That's what the hearing protection is really for.

[@joshuaschutz3709]

German?

[@jolla9963]

You know what I like about your channel apart from the crushing, it is your down to earth personalities. There is nothing put 9n for the camera, and nothing removed in editing. The sneeze and recoil are tge perfect example of your wholesomeness as people. Thank you both just for being yourselves. Great channel......

[@mdude7778]

I really want to hear Lauri say "Nuclear Vessel".

[@capnkwick4286]

I had read (or saw) something about what is used when filming explosions and don't want the camera to be damaged - put the camera in an indestructible enclosure with it oriented towards a mirror at a 45% angle. That way, if something comes flying towards where the camera is located, it takes out the mirror instead of the camera.

[@MikkoRantalainen]

That's a good idea and easy to build. Make sure to use surface mirror for maximum image quality and remember to mirror the image in post.

[@bbgun061]

I was going to suggest the same thing!

[@Jonny_The_Organism]

Hannah is my weird sneeze recoil unidentical twin!... 😂

[@mivact]

Not only the best laugh, but the best sneeze too.

[@RustBunny]

The little bit you sang when you added the nut ("duh duh duh duh duhhhhhh that's bad idea") could be your theme song. The explody bunker makes for an interesting vocal booth.

[@EggBastion]

9:39

[@metern]

They should add a piece of Plexiglas in front of all the cameras in the bunker so if anything doing a big explosion, the cameras stay safe 😁.

[@Postghost]

So happy for the return of the extra content!

[@jl59]

Hanna needs her own channel!

[@suedeball635]

She’s naturally hot without even trying

[@YourSweatyUncle]

@@suedeball635 dream wife, he's a lucky man

[@Destros2ndone]

Brass: "Oh? You're Approaching Me? Again?" Press: "yes, this time with bunker and three times more powerfull"

[@pastaalalamborghini]

Yes the Press vs Bras, the battle to squeeze 😂

[@SaviorTheBurn]

You meant brass

[@pastaalalamborghini]

@@SaviorTheBurn I like to think he meant bras and this is part of a teenage boys proverbial battle to getting girls bras off

[@Destros2ndone]

@@SaviorTheBurn wups, yeah ^^'

[@ronnievenhorst9873]

It's nice that a clay figure is crushed again at the end. Just like a few years ago

[@kain0m]

I was like "wait what... Extra content is back?"

[@KaiTimmerherm]

I told Anni that I miss her extra content, possibly she told them about this upon her recent visit 🦄

[@RichCadwalader]

I was surprised to see that the work-hardened brass bruised the steel tool on the press. What type of steel is that tool made of?

[@mattbrill7909]

Love the danger sign on the right hand side of the press 😅 13:14

[@pastaalalamborghini]

Pretty sure that's an AvE sticker, the man of a million hilarious saying

[@scythelord]

@@pastaalalamborghini Yep absolutely is. If it's big dangerous equipment, it must have an AvE sticker on it.

[@Vastafari34]

I'd be curious to see how thin you can press common household items like pop cans, coins, old cell phones, and other things like that. Usually the challenge is to crush big strong sturdy things (which is epic on its own), but shifting the goal to making less sturdy objects as thin as possible would be neat as well!

[@Torby4096]

Oh! Look for the life hacks video🤣

[@charleschapman2428]

Bless you for your sneeze Hanna.

[@KarlDavies-dn3eg]

I love that word, *explody* sounds just right.🎉😂

[@arb261268]

The sparks @ 8:52 when on the copper where really cool.

[@IIIAnchani]

9:36 until 9:52 yep, that's exactly what my parents said 9 months before I was born.

[@eschybach]

Brass is composed partly of lead to make it more maleable when used as a plumbing part. If you are looking for explody, you want as low of lead as you can find. Most modern brass plumbing will be low lead due to new laws, but old scrap metal brass will probably have higher lead by comparison and not explode nearly as readily.

[@shanent5793]

Lead makes makes the chips brittle and hence leaded brass is easier to machine, so how can it be more malleable?

[@eschybach]

@@shanent5793 All I can tell you, is older leaded brass sealed on the pipe threads much easier. Modern brass fittings like to crack and fracture. I've always been told the lead is added so that the threads can give a little when they are wrenched together, otherwise the threads are more likely to break or the fittings crack as I've experienced.

[@eschybach]

@Turnipstalk I didn't know that, thanks turnipstalk!

[@Frank-o2e1s]

Sell these items , I know I'd buy the aluminum one or the copper one . You can also take specialized orders, placing some items in other soft metals.

[@koriw1701]

Great idea!

[@Vastafari34]

I was thinking it would be amazing if you engineered a way to use the new press water into that crazy high pressure state of Water again. The old press ultimately wasn't powerful enough and the parts failed too if i remember correctly. A challenge certainly worth a revisit!

[@jacobbroe5279]

Merch Idea: you could get some design patterns made and print some coins. 😬🤷🏼‍♂️

[@rockcat5000]

Thanks!

[@HydraulicPressChannel]

Thanks!

[@jamesmoore869]

Thank you Laurie and Hannah for the wonderful content it's lovely.

[@Fix_It_Again_Tony]

8:42 Copper does work harden. For example you can take a soft copper tube and form it into a bend, but if you keep trying to reshape the bend the copper gets hard. You can heat it to glowing red with a torch to soften it (annealing). I can't explain why brass is more explosive. Perhaps it deforms more before it fractures so it can store more energy, or maybe it's the relationship of stress, strain and elongation? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work_hardening#Copper

[@leonv1553]

Hello again L and H. Thank you for doing such thoughtful and clear scientific videos. As you are planning to protect the camera, it seems time to try the following; take a brass cylinder and make tight fitting .5 cm thick brass covers for the ends. Braze the ends to the cylinder. Drill an 8 mm hole in the top. Make a steel plug to tightly fit in the 8mm hole. Now light your cutting oxy/acetylene torch and adjust it to a neutral flame. Rapidly tap the tip of said torch with your thick welding gloves, extinguishing the flame. Quickly stick the torch tip into the cylinder hole, give it about 5 seconds. Pull the tip out and plug the hole, close the torch valves and stow it away. Now, place the sealed cylinder in your press and crush it. It should make a nice pop. Good luck

[@ZXLMaster]

Thank you for taking care of mashing the green thing. Now I can sleep peacefully tonight. ❤

[@jody6183]

I wonder what heat hardened thin brass sheets would do.. Like the deck of cards setup...

[@RickLaBanca]

Deck of metal cards is a great idea !

[@Torby4096]

Oh, I was thinking about the brass explosion years ago and the line, "Please subscribe so we can afford to replace window." 😂

[@LaurieWilliams-lk8fc]

I remember that one. Video number 3. "Holy shit that was hard!" First time I watched that I laughed so hard that I had tears running down my face and could not breathe.

[@Paxmax]

"It has warranty" 😂 I just wanna be the camera that catches the face of the employee dealing with that claim!! Lauri: "So what happen was 275 tons of pressure and boom suddenly the camera is allergic to brass..!"

[@michaellombard894]

What a "blast" your program is lol. Thanks for all these hundreds of tests that youve done!😅 And so many different materials and substances!

[@masterluke1986]

I kinda miss the loudness of the old press. The loudness of explosions and breaks were a big part of the thrill to me.

[@carlswenson5403]

the best way to spend coffee time on saturday morning

[@loki8284]

What about setting a mirror in front of the explody thing, and positioning the cameras above the "blast plane" and aimed down into the mirrors? You'd break a lot of mirrors unless there are durable sheets that are mirrored and you would protect the cameras.

[@Kragatar]

So far it seems like the bunker not only protects you from things exploding, but it prevents them from exploding in the first place.

[@SiaVids]

Pure Tin makes some very interesting noises when it is crushed, stretched or bent.

[@dtimboggs]

Thank you for bringing back the “extremely dangerous” clay creatures.

[@DaveC2729]

You might also have mentioned that by "there's a limit to that" you mean that making a metal harder doesn't necessarily mean it's stronger. It gets more brittle, too, which means that eventually it... does that, yeah.

[@LateralTwitlerLT]

8:52 So that's how hockey pucks are made in Finland. No wonder you guys shoot official pucks 3x times harder than everyone else 👀

[@joew426]

Loving the return of the extremely dangerous extra content ❤

[@terjeskaar910]

Would like to see if lightweight helium vs argon beaves different under pressure. Think about having 2 ballons in the cylinder you had to test watches. And pressure them at same time. Does helium compress more than argon that is heavyer/densier? And get well from you incident. Greetings from Norway.

[@pixiesnakes4293]

That was the cutest sneeze I've seen in my entire life! 10/10 instant like

[@racerxavier]

Brass is kinda terrifying.

[@Unsensitive]

But I love the ripples in the surface before is goes boom!

[@negroniusblaximus7420]

​@@Unsensitivewrinkples

[@Antonio-qm3bi]

"the harder you push the harder it gets" Hanna: 💀🤨 0:29

[@KarunaMurti]

Indeed. I don't know why I just laughed when Hanna said that.

[@ChrisSmith-rm6xl]

I love that you have a window for a tall person and a window for a short person.

[@markdonalds7735]

You might need to submerge the metal parts into liquid nitrogen first so some of their ductility might be reduced..

[@sampeterson1966]

"heres a tube with a thread inside and there is that and here is this. So alot of things going on." Lmao

[@FastBowtie388]

If you chew lifesavers they make flashes of light. Will a clear tube full of them so it? What about crystals they use it piezoelectric ignitors?

[@JamesRussell1969]

Hooray for the extra content! I love watching,it squish.

[@BarneySaysHi]

"I think it goes in and everything goes to sh*t after that." 😂

[@jameshamilton2373]

"Explody" is my new best word ever. Might I suggest crushing some cast iron plumbing pipes to see how explody they are? I know when you want to remove old plumbing pipe, you just whack it hard and it's actually quite brittle.

[@nedloh17]

13:25 you have a chip out of the tip of the press

[@1978garfield]

So glad to see you dealing the extremely dangerous clay monsters! You don't want the country over run by them, do you?

[@Nonbeliever7901]

Every time she speaks I have to rewind and listen again because her comments make me smile.

[@ChrisMaybury-mn2kk]

I love you both and want you to be safe!.. thank you for being you and bringing smiles... big smiles!

[@cadburybunny]

YES!!! The return of the dangerous guys at the end!!!

[@MotherBiscuitLover]

You mentioned that the brass is mostly copper & tin. From what I remember brass is copper & zinc, bronze is copper & tin. Just an observation, I'm not hating, I enjoy this channel very much.

[@JJFX-]

Listen again, he did say zinc.

[@jono6379]

Can the robot swing a hammer? You should try putting something like the brass under tension and hit it with the robot and see what happens

[@greensheen8759]

They're not designed for shock loading like that

[@KernelLeak]

Forget the hammer, get a cannon... :P

[@redsquirrelftw]

Could maybe setup a hammer that is spring loaded then it's released remotely.

[@negroniusblaximus7420]

​@@redsquirrelftw or just make a weighted hammer head on a pendulum msde out of a lifting bar so you can adjust the weight and the height probably will need to weld the hammer heafs on

[@mareks2503]

I get a little explody when I run out of beer

[@1bigapple2]

To protect your camera, put it behind a thick steel barrier and film the explosion through a mirror set at 45 degrees. Mirrors will take the hit, but they are expendable.

[@robertsmith4681]

It would be interesting to repeat this sort of experiment in stages, like crush it 2mm, let it cool, crush it 2mm more and so on rather than simply go for the failure point. See what effects work hardening really has on the material.

[@AndrewWellsPlus]

I was thinking the same thing. Especially since the press was going quite fast in this, even slowing it down might give a different result.

[@robertsmith4681]

@@AndrewWellsPlus Even copper work harden and do weird things if you let it cool between working so it doesn't have a chance to anneal itself....

[@cleon_teunissen]

When work hardening is cumulative then subdividing in stages won't make much difference. To undo workhardening a proces called 'annealing' must be applied. Annealing reverses the changes of hardening. Most metals and alloys require heat treatment to achieve annealing. I expect the same goes for brass. There are metals however, that have annealing happening at ambient temperature. For instance, the metal Lead is an example of such a material. With lead work hardening doesn't accumulate. That is one of the reasons that sheets of lead are used for waterproofing roofs. With most metals, when you bend a sheet a couple of times the metal is work hardened. The metal becomes brittle, and after bendng a couple of times the sheet metal will start to crack. Lead however, can be worked and reworked, without the lead becoming brittle.

[@Left_to_Drift]

i know the dutch are known for their brutal honesty but if all finnish people have his "this might go to shit but ehhh" attitude then the finns just straight up have the best culture

[@PPYTAO]

Hannas sneeze is so powerful I don't think the press could contain it!

[@Robert_Byland]

It would be cool to see FLIR camera footage of the item heating during deformation. 🔥

[@DUKE_of_RAMBLE]

12:13 That'd exactly what I suggested back when you told us you had acquired a robot arm!! 😏 Coincidentally, I was going to remind you at the end of the vid... Glad you finally came to the same conclusion! lol Given how big that all is, might only need to give it a thick plexi shield, not a whole enclosure... A whole enclosure to encompass EVERYTHING on there would restrict arm movement I think. Unless you can get a wireless-view system? Then you could remove its big screen, thereby only needing a much smaller protective box.

[@DUKE_of_RAMBLE]

Follow up suggestion... For adding a highspeed camera inside, if you want to film but NOT risk it while even inside a box, you could always cut a hole in the ceiling, then use a mirror angled at 45° _inside_ the bunker, filming everything that way. Mythbusters did that back in the day. Also, SloMo Guys do that sometimes as well. _(granted, their Phantom is a substantially more expensive camera than the Chronos... not implying the Chronos is by any means "disposable" lol)_

[@jlucasound]

You should change the expression on "Bill" the Ballistic Gel Stick. When you get a "lame" result, change out "Bill" to fit the occasion. Like this 🙄or 😒or 🤨or 😴. When you get one that is "Most Explody", you can put this face 😶‍🌫or 😳on "Bill". One of my favorite channels!! 🤗😁😍🤩❤

[@jlucasound]

"There is that and here is this". I totally Understand!! 👍❤🤓 How to use "the word". "So, how was the dinner party?" "It was Most Explody!" 🍻🥂🍾🍿

[@zachaliles]

The way she looked at you when you said "the harrrder you push, the harrrder it gets".

[@Nefville]

It was cool to see you guys tearing up the racetrack. Maybe an idea for Beyond the press? I didn't realize you two rode bikes or raced them but that was cool.

[@brianm6337]

Should try brass dipped in liquid nitrogen..

[@BASE5NYC]

Surprised you don't have a Lexan panel in front of your equipment. Especially the main camera. Seems like a simple solution to any shrapnel hitting it.

[@Jeremazing13]

I'm glad you're trying this again with the bigger press I am so excited

[@MrBillchair]

At last! "Extra content!" Those "Ninja Turtles" are extremely dangerous 😅 ...You sure showed him! Squish!! Lol 😆

[@GP-ur6if]

Since the explody brass didn't really test Laurie's buillet proof window, he was disappointed, haha

[@bobsmith6079]

Who knew the antonym for ductile was explody. Hanna's voice would be perfect for a cartoon character so you should fly her to Hollywood and have them make a show around her. She'd be better than anyone voicing the Simpsons.

[@MikkoRantalainen]

Also consider hanging a sandbag or other heavy item from the bottom of the camera tripod to reduce the risk of tripod tipping over after a piece of metal hits it. Many tripods have a small hook for this kind of purpose.

[@BubaLabinski223]

God bless you, Hannah for your sneezing

[@peter5.056]

You have dealed with that turtle, and turned him into deep dish pizza pan.

[@zachreyhelmberger894]

A conservation of energy test would be fun to see! Work = force x distance So the heat energy of the material should be nearly the same as the energy applied by the press. So if you know the specific heat and temperature of the material, you can calculate how much energy went into it.

[@WetDoggo]

To protect the camera, just add a polycarbonate housing in front... Maybe also upgrade to a telephoto lens and move back the camera... This would also benefit in capturing the explody pattern for a bigger distance towards the camera

[@itdtv2510]

I said "Bless you" to the screen when Hanna sneezes!

[@JJFX-]

A thick piece of polycarbonate in front of the camera would be plenty then maybe some sort of enclosure to protect the sides and top from things flying around around. The PC should hold up but probably a good idea to make it removable so you can swap in a new piece if it gets damaged in front of the lense.

[@kennethhough3251]

I like your shirt and your floating dock. Looks like a nice relaxing place😊

[@HydraulicPressChannel]

The lake is super nice, totally worth to live bit further away for that

[@WoodworkerDon]

@@HydraulicPressChannel The Don Boat awaits.🚣‍♂

[@markfergerson2145]

I noticed that you managed to deform the steel tool on the last piece of brass. That’s some pretty good work hardening! Paper is exploy too. Have you ever put a single sheet of paper in a press? Would a stack of thin brass sheets explode like a stack of paper does?

[@intelboydj1]

0:20 *BLAM!* the brass cylinder broke.

[@JamesWarren-ri1wk]

I think a large screen attached to a Camara inside will be much cheaper than bulletproof glass. Sulfer content can help with fractility...at least it does for iron. You should try cast iron... And finally, you have such beautiful scrap. Get a foundry for melting metal from vevor. You can cast interesting things for the show and for repairs. Paired with a 3d printer for sand casting...Finland is indestructible.

[@jessed8621]

You should get a thermal camera! It would be really cool to see the metal heat up as it gets squished

[@tehedx]

Love to see how the grey foam block is impressed by bouncing its eyes

[@h276wah7]

Your supermoto skills should feature more on beyond the press, such a nice bike 😉😎

[@leopiipponen7693]

With a thermal camera, you could get interesting videos of how the temperatures change when the power increases :)

[@DanielChristiansen]

can you extrude aluminium (and other metals :)) with your new press?

[@HydraulicPressChannel]

I have to look how to build tooling for that but should be possible

[@SeanBZA]

Definitely possible, just need to machine up a die and use some sacrificial cylinders to hold the source metal. Do not forget that you need to have some bees wax as extrusion lubricant to prevent galling.

[@thomascher4916]

the force flattens as the molecules heat up and form a lattice until the lattice breaks.