I Melted Wood With Friction

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[@Petroleum_pipeline]

Mythic item: molten wood Effects: +300 splash burn damage (rare) +120 basic fire damage (common) Notes: use the skip turn spell to use additional basic fire damage Attacks: Splash of doom Fire spray Basic smoke attack Fire breath

[@LastGoatKnight]

Sounds like a Dark Souls/Cuphead Item😂

[@hello_person_wathing_beatSaber]

Bucket of Melted Wood

[@gammaboy4568]

Deal double damage to burning targets, burning targets explode for 300% damage with a 4m (+1 per stack) radius.

[@e33d90]

Wont be top comment for long

[@gamingwarlord9184]

I disagree, I feel like molten wood should be at mythical grade

[@TahaMedyaTV]

Wow new physics update is crazy!

[@DragonOfTheMortalKombat]

Nice feature set they added. Hopefully next DLC will also be free and seamless

[@white_145]

hope there are no game breaking bugs

[@HecJ]

the update came out over 20 years ago 😭😂

[@Nicomv-eu3pd]

@@HecJ they hadn't updated it for like over 200 years so i'd say it's pretty new

[@Typical.Anomaly]

Don't try maple*hickory Earlier it glitched and my peen was stuck to the fridge until I did a hard reset

[@jimmytaco6738]

Action lab is the only channel that wood do this

[@tukyrer]

good joke, I laughed.

[@jetmate888]

👏

[@joshuagibson2520]

It's lame, but indeed funny.

[@SynoPTL]

Hopefully no one will ever miss the joke...

[@NoValidHandle]

Trash

[@crazychainsaw007]

3:00 "infact wood welding has been around for almost *20 years*" idk why i got a giggle from how anticlimactic it was

[@kenblk0098]

for real ahah

[@andymouse]

Yeah !!

[@BodywiseMustard]

In fact*

[@cielbie8251]

That seems like a surprisingly short amount of time since electric drills have been around since 1900. Did people never try just drilling one piece of wood into a slightly too small hole before?

[@mikayla_collie]

@@BodywiseMustard thank you!

[@z0ru4_]

5:27 Bro doesn't miss an opportunity on flexing his vacuum chambre

[@Dvaci]

Love your curiosity about vacuum applications! The CDV 6 is designed for precision and versatility-perfect for any experiment you have in mind.

[@mattbeck9526]

So, since wood exudes volatiles when it's heated, then heating it under vacuum would actually cause the volatiles to escape even sooner because there is no pressure helping to hold it together. What if we tried it the other way around? What if we INCREASED the pressure and tried melting the wood? Could we melt wood in supercritical carbon dioxide? That would probably dissolve the volatiles and we would get recrystallized organic compounds when the pressure was released. What if we tried something inert, like high pressure argon? What would that do?

[@kingflynxi9420]

You might be on to something

[@unintentionallydramatic]

👀💦 You might be cooking with this.

[@BlinkOnWheels]

Sounds interesting

[@paprikalp7989]

The volatiles are a degradation product which means you would still get burnt wood with volatiles that would escape when you released pressure eventually

[@ColonelSandersLite]

@@paprikalp7989 This is exactly correct. In fact, heating wood in carbon dioxide is how we have been making charcoal for millennia. Edit - OH, this just made me realize something. A whole lot of americans are kind of obsessed with BBQ. We can have charcoal in both natural chunk style *and* briquette style. Those briquettes? They're probably actually melted together in the process of manufacture. That would explain why they don't fall apart if they get damp or something.

[@pirobot668beta]

My step-dad showed me how to set dowels using a drill. Pretty much what y'all were doing, but step-dad insisted it was 'resins' in the wood that melted together. All I knew was it was quick; the dowel spins in the hole, then suddenly 'grabs'.

[@Rapt0rham]

Lignin is essentially a resin, both in a botanical, and in a material science sense

[@The_RC_Guru]

That’s pretty much what I figured I’d see him doing here. I just started the vid now.

[@mechanuts7191]

Me too brother. Ive known this since I was a much younger man. Technically your dad was 100% right as the Lignin in the wood is colloquially rereferred to as "resin"

[@prestonburton8504]

my grandfather - who taught me on a farm when i was young probably knew this - they were still using American Chestnut - before the blight took them all out. I go back and the fencing he pegged still remains - 100y later (yes, i'm old lol)

[@prestonburton8504]

@@mechanuts7191 i had zero idea - i'm happy - i've learned new things today and that makes it? a very good day

[@Lampe2020]

3:40 They were awarded a prize that has a name. :)

[@jwalster9412]

Darwin award?

[@OttoKreml]

Some sort of swiss thing

[@Lampe2020]

@@jwalster9412 No, I'm afraid they didn't qualify for that one, as they didn't remove themselves from the gene pool XD

[@buttson707]

i find it hard to believe it was only discovered 20 yrs ago and by accident

[@Relkond]

The name only has 4 consecutive consonants... totally pronounceable. Just don't ask me.

[@TorQueMoD]

Every time I see a headline for one of your videos, my immediate reaction is "This has got to be some kind of trick". Then I avoid it for a few days until I can come to terms with the fact you're about to change my reality, and then I watch it. You haven't let me down yet!

[@westonding8953]

Next, can we weld wood and make a sculpture with it?

[@alihms]

I suppose it is not impoosible - with a vacuum room. Enter the room with a space-like suit and do the wood welding in there. You need some kind of mechanism to create high temperatures and apply some pressure to join the woods together. Seriously, in the future, this can be a normal procedure. Craftmen creating new furniture and restoring old and broken ones.

[@westonding8953]

@@alihmsmight be something people will try to do

[@dripwastaken7884]

Probably more practical to use a chamber filled with a gas like argon and then blast hot gas at the wood, less complicated than makinh a whole room for that!

[@autinjones7194]

how about pattern welded wood Damascus.

[@Jeff-ss6qt]

​@@dripwastaken7884Either that or blast it with argon while welding in order to displace the oxygen.

[@israelgabriel1989]

Shworga-Shwerga-shwrrr....they were awarded a prize 😂💀

[@sunilscorpy4594]

😂😂😂

[@oddities-whatnot]

Yes, I heard him say it, you don’t need to post it in a comment.

[@HNStrike]

It's called reacting it's one of the points of comments. ​@@oddities-whatnot

[@kevinperron5767]

Shawarma

[@Ghost_of_Robespierre]

​@@oddities-whatnotur mom lol

[@blueunicornhere]

I learned this accidentally with a drill press. I didnt know i deserved an award!

[@blueunicornhere]

Incidentally my initial thought was "dang it I ruined it"

[@KohaAlbert]

I've known about it throughout my lifetime - assumed it to be common knowledge. Edit: I've sure have never thought of it as "molten wood"

[@zagreus5773]

The scientists in Switzerland didn't win the award just for getting lucky, but more so the detailed description of what is happening. It is not exceedingly rare that observations are made by non-scientists first, but they don't realize the significance or they lack the tools and knowledge to study and properly describe it. Then later scientists stumble over the same observation and then study and describe it properly. It's always interesting when that happens though, I wonder how many important observations have already been made but never published and described.

[@tristanwegner]

The main difference between just messing around and science is proper documentation

[@thisdude9363]

​@@zagreus5773A lot of accumulated human knowledge was just observations without scientific study and description. Example, in the 1800s, preserving fruits for winter using layers of sugar and chopped raisins in a sealed jar was common. Nowadays, science knows that chopped raisins release antioxidants, which help in preventing the degradation of the preserved fruit. Back then, they just knew it helped.

[@vaulter2k18]

Theres a nail gun that shoots wooden nails. It’s called Lignoloc which permanently bonds the wood together.

[@XYZB0RG]

vampirebegone

[@TimeTravelingFetus]

Lignoloc deez nuts

[@Flesh_Wizard]

2X damage to vampires

[@dylandreisbach1986]

Don’t they use an adhesive on the wood nails?

[@niklask.5593]

@@dylandreisbach1986 Nope it work the same like in the video, by lignum welding from friction of shooting the nails in. A Co-Worker used the system on his house. Awesome developement

[@flavio.portela]

- Pinocchio, why is your hand attached to your pelvis? - Ho, Ho... you see, I was just marturb.. trying to find wood's melting point!

[@kelpstorm]

LMAFO ok that made me laugh

[@GaySeggs420]

Noooo

[@gabusdeux]

His wooden Willy grows

[@philrei2797]

Bro 💀

[@RubiksRonaldo]

**nose grows**

[@FoxWolfWorld]

“Did your house burn down?” “No, but it did melt”

[@ahsankhan-zg6gr]

I can’t believe how much your on screen presence and structure has improved - your old videos vs now is night and day - hats off to you as the action lab has been my go to channel for over 5 years Much love

[@doctortwilight]

So THAT'S how you build those Ikea bookshelves... Edit: Thanks for explaining my joke.

[@leon4401]

😐

[@UnleashedDBD]

@@leon4401 it was pretty funny, tiktok just killed your humor

[@leon4401]

@@UnleashedDBD i don’t use tiktok

[@leon4401]

@@UnleashedDBD in fact i hate tiktok

[@mearetom]

@@UnleashedDBD I seem to not get the joke? Are ikea bookshelves smooth or something?

[@clashdarkogbrawler8385]

THAT VIDEO WAS 6 YEARS AGO? man it feels like yesterday

[@Solotocius]

I thought that video was from 2 years ago lol

[@clashdarkogbrawler8385]

@@Solotocius I'm telling you these past 4 years just flew by

[@hello_person_wathing_beatSaber]

@@Solotociusyeah

[@PraviLukijanJC]

​@@clashdarkogbrawler8385I know.

[@mylifemyway7004]

​@@hello_person_wathing_beatSaberwhat are you talking about? It's 1 hour ago your comment aswell

[@aoifedeborha2420]

Honestly when he mentioned oxygen, we all knew it was going in the vacuum chamber 😂

[@Dvaci]

We're thrilled to see your enthusiasm for vacuum technology! The CDV 6 is versatile for all sorts of experiments. Got questions? We’re here to help!

[@HarrisonMartinson]

yeah. could have used argon, but I figured he would use a vacuum chamber just because he does so often

[@inthejcurve7968]

Penicillin…accidental discovery Wood Welding…accidental discovery Seems like science and accidents go well together.

[@ClintsReptiles]

That was an awesome video! You do such a great job of not only explaining, but demonstrating the concepts. Amazing!

[@kingflynxi9420]

Lol crossover episode

[@martinmespiespinosa7218]

0:11 That was one of the first experiments I'be ever seen, thanks to Beakman.

[@blampfno]

"I'm going to heat my wood with a laser while it's under vacuum and see if I can permanently deform it..." I feel ya, brother.

[@joshuagibson2520]

@@blampfno he gon burn his pecker off!

[@wedmunds]

Bro would go lengths to straighten his wood 😭

[@SuperCityscan]

The sacrifices we make for science

[@Lystr0saur]

I love how the vacuum chamber is the solution and punchline to literally every video in one way or another lol

[@Dvaci]

It’s exciting to see your interest in vacuum technology! Our CDV 6 chamber is designed for diverse experiments and testing. If you have questions about vacuum applications or the technology, don’t hesitate to ask. We love discussing this! -Julien, DVACI Team

[@cybergintoki]

5:46 “Im gonna heat my wood with the laser”

[@zelda_smile]

to try and permanently deform it

[@DavidRavenMoon]

We do bend wood with heat all the time in woodworking and building musical instruments like guitars. I’ve bent 1/8” poplar on a steel pipe heated with a torch. You rock the wood back and forth over the pipe until suddenly it becomes elastic and bends. It’s a freaky feeling! When it cools it retains the shape.

[@famitory]

never realized steambending worked without the steam!

[@Mwilke3789]

My dad does this with cello ribs.

[@ccandrew111]

Must have been wild for that technician. “Oh shit, i forgot the plastic insert and now i’ll get fired.” Afterwards: “here, have this prize”

[@slevinchannel7589]

Im crazy and i can prove it: I use teh reportbutton of plattfo to hopefuly have a more healthy plattform one day. Crazy idea. Crazy. Everbody knows Inaction is King and has no negative assosiaction. but hey, what can ii say, it just feels good to get a 20k N-zi-KZbinr removed, i speak from experience. But the craziest thing about all this is the rrarity of it working. Oh, it absolutely can work, dont get me wrong, but its rare - but i legit came to believe that's for a lack of strength-in-numbers. Hence why i now spam this comment your reading Your thoughts?

[@nekomimicatears]

​@@slevinchannel7589 my thoughts are that this is unrelated.

[@RedblocktheII]

I understand the cause but your really sound like a redditor. One that has terrible typing skills, on that​@@slevinchannel7589

[@jacobrutzke691]

​@slevinchannel7589 here's a question can you make a reply that doesn't have a spelling mistake.

[@arklaw8306]

A recent scientific discovery? Neat.

[@logan_wolf]

*snaps picture*

[@altersami9660]

I still don't get what's "new" here? Look up "recycling chopstick" and you'll see they've been using this for years.

[@NinjaBray]

I'm not German (or Swiss, or Austrian), nor do I speak German, but I believe that's pronounced Shvei-go-fer. 3:45

[@spaceflightfox8494]

It's more like shveig-hoe-fer, but you were close

[@rusticcloud3325]

Some German speaking commenters explained this in another comment thread, it's more like shveig-ho-fer. The "ei" is German and pronounced like in "Einstein" or "Eisenhower". The e in "fer" is a schwa.

[@beans726]

My friend melted his pencil once using a bunsen burner in science class and none of us had any idea how

[@GideonG-z2y]

Hopefully my morning wood won't melt when I use friction

[@joe_croupier]

yooo ha ha ha !!

[@youravghuman5231]

Fun fact: morning wood will produce liquid if you do it long enough.

[@Sol-from-the-solar-system]

2nd fun fact: it’s also a different chemical

[@ganjalfcreamcorn8438]

i lasered my morning wood to try to keep it bent. i have no wood left to experiment with.

[@michaelmoorrees3585]

@@ganjalfcreamcorn8438 - Ouch !

[@mon0lin]

molten wood is gonna bring a whole new level to morning wood jokes

[@Kyle-ys8ot]

Molten wood is what u get when u pay for it 😂😂

[@satzukaze]

it's piping hot

[@darkbladnewsofficial3580]

"We got welding wood before GTA 6"

[@Newt2799]

And before GTA 5 and 4!

[@thename2138]

i got a job before gta 6

[@theredknight3736]

@Newt2799what about vice city?

[@ImSumGuy]

​@@theredknight3736we got welding wood before the words grand, theft, and auto were used for a video game title

[@theredknight3736]

@@ImSumGuy but what about vice city?

[@sydr94]

It is so strange that I was thinking “is everything meltable? Even rocks melt. But wood doesn’t” 2 days ago.

[@beefydiefries]

I watch: Nilered: to learn Nileblue: to see warcrimes The Action Lab: to see chemistry that nobody has ever done

[@shamylahmed3062]

So are you saying that if I use too much force my wood will melt? 👀

[@ZleFox]

if its hard enough

[@pixelmaster98]

@@ZleFox instructions unclear, soft wood ripped off in high speed drill

[@garrettmillsap]

No, it will just stick to your hand

[@jcwarlock]

No your hand will stick to it

[@Typical.Anomaly]

@@pixelmaster98 Seen the Whang! video about a dude that tied his peen to a ceiling fan?

[@xenferhon]

I guess the wood cant log on anymore

[@SomeKidFromBritain]

oi

[@RasmusBerggren-uo6uu]

Mate

[@SomeKidFromBritain]

U

[@abduljada6152]

I’m sure it’s hilarious. I’m a little envious of those of you who are able to appreciate it. 😁

[@martinmespiespinosa7218]

Badum tss 🥁

[@johnpeiredaquavoii2213]

We got wood welding before GTA6🤣😭💀

[@EGRJ]

If it was 20 years ago, before San Andreas too, actually.

[@jamesleatherwood5125]

We get everything before gta 6 it seems.

[@aniksamiurrahman6365]

Facts!

[@nanu2174]

Netflix: Are you still watching? Someone's Daughter: 2:00

[@justsomecheezyguy]

Brother💀

[@l.p4251]

What is this joke about?

[@l.p4251]

Let me guess, a dirty joke?

[@maciekGTR]

​@@l.p4251obviously it's a joke about someone's daughter forgetting to turn off netflix before melting a piece of wood into another piece of wood with a power drill

[@TheNerfGuys-lg1if]

No but fr

[@MikeBindschadler]

Cool effect that I didn't know about! I see several comments asserting that this is how the various fiberboards are made (HDF and MDF), but a quick google search suggests that these products use a synthetic resin as a bonding agent and are not just fused melted wood. Steam bending wood does have a very long history, but, as far as I know, can't be used to fuse two pieces of wood together, only to mildly change the shape of a single piece of wood of limited thickness.

[@purespider911]

bro was feeling devious

[@joe_croupier]

genius minds

[@NoFlexZoner]

Yeah bro devious licks finna genius minds the skibidi sigma when she melt on my wood til i lignin 💯🔥

[@MacroAggressor]

xD

[@air8536]

6:35 the wood do be deviating tho

[@NoFlexZoner]

@@purespider911 bro was so skibidi resin it was giving genius minds with them devious licks on that gyatt cause he a rizzler

[@WooperZzz]

What I imagine the school science technician is doing when I come for paper towels but the door has a "busy" note

[@J.likes.football]

Had to say it twice nice

[@Pigbot5K]

4:29 One Piece

[@suyashnagarkar]

THE ONE PIECE

[@tomaszproblem7408]

Can we gry mutch higher?

[@Professional_Noob_1st]

🤓

[@gogo_crunchy8926]

YOOO

[@moycorbin4750]

IS REAL

[@westonding8953]

Actually, next can we melt and weld paper? That would be very useful for book restorations!

[@KohaAlbert]

6:35 there's archaic finnic dugout boats/canoes which are produced like that, by stretching (providing greater surface area). The noun "vene"(boat) actually is associated with verb "venyä"(to stretch). More info about that in specific might be easier to find via name "haabjas” - an estonian single log dugout boat made from aspen (haab/haappa - name of the tree from which it's produced).

[@Coolyoghurt22]

I guess this is my new pizza topping because I cant have cheese

[@jdargui1537]

There's lactose free cheese out there. I do wonder what would melted sawdust and lignin would taste like tho, specially lignin since it contains vanillin so it must have a vanilla hint to it's taste

[@catakuri6678]

3:40 i love how he just gave up

[@jorgehaswag7294]

Fun fact, as an architecture student we were taught that adhesives are one of the biggest barriers to reusing wood from older buildings because it’s pretty much impossible to remove and have a normal life of lumber again. I wonder how this could be adapted to construction to encourage more reuse as well as of course reducing adhesives which are generally one of the most toxic construction materials anyways

[@Micha42]

As far as I know, wood pellets made of saw dust are also produced under high pressure by lignin melting without any glue or other additives.

[@918_xDx]

if thats "wood welding" then its been going on for more than just 20 years LoL

[@hiredgoon4269]

He said "discovered", and I think he meant "identified the physics of what is happening".

[@SecuR0M]

And yet no woodworker knew enough math or chemistry to formally describe the molecular action occuring...

[@Alsry1]

Yeah quantum mechanics has been happening since the big bang, your point?

[@fewbronzegames]

4:57 don't say that you'll hurt it's feelings

[@suyashnagarkar]

real

[@joe_croupier]

I melted some wood with friction last night, it wasn't cost effective but it was pretty cool

[@jamesbetts5027]

Instead of a vacuum chamber and laser to bend the timber you can use an old technic of steam bending at which you remove the oxygen from around the timber and apply heat at the same time from the steam. There is a formula for the amount of time a peace of timber needs to be in the steam chamber depending on it's thickness.

[@Dvaci]

That's a fantastic point about traditional steam bending! It's a technique that beautifully combines the elements of heat and moisture control. At DVACI, while we focus on vacuum technology, it's always exciting to learn about various methods like steam bending that achieve similar outcomes through different processes. Thanks for sharing that insight!

[@JustBengge]

This kind of bending wood is a part of our tagin community. In this, we bend bamboo by heating it in the fire and then we apply force to the bamboo and repeat it until we get our desired shape. If we don't heat the bamboo before applying the force, it just breaks but when we apply heat and force, the bamboo gets bent and it retains it's shape. This is even done to some kind of woods which i'm not really aware of, as this practice is being lost and I don't fully know the process as well and just told the jest of it. This practice has been our tradition, and it is fascinating to learn the actual science behind it.

[@RealityButWorse]

Fun fact: this process is called friction welding. It is used in large scale manufacturing industries by rubbing two plates of metal together with machinery, causing it to weld together.

Imagine being awarded a prize for making a mistake

[@TarisSinclair]

More discoveries in the history of science are results of mistakes than one would realize. :)

[@Petroleum_pipeline]

My mom would have gotten an award

[@MutedHD]

you never fail to put your vacuum chamber into your videos lol I was thinking you could just blast the wood with nitrogen at a controlled rate but I realized I was watching the action lab

[@Dvaci]

Thanks for your interest! If you’re curious about how the CDV 6 enhances experiments, feel free to reach out. We’re passionate about sharing our knowledge!

[@MutedHD]

@@Dvaci wha

[@dutchboes]

6:24 That might also just be because you heated the wood unevenly and left one side with less material causing it to bend but i'm not really sure about that since it looked like you hit it with the laser closer to the top

[@ミュート01]

I like how he struggles to pronounce the word and just gives up in the end lmao

[@valkius4777]

0:41 Thats why smokeless fires work at all! Thought it was fun to mention

[@grinandferret]

Wow! I hope that the worker who accidentally discovered that you could weld wood without the need for plastic was given a raise or promotion! After all, he found a more environmentally friendly, cheaper method that also saved time! (Also, since it eliminated the fumes created by melting plastic, it was safer!) That sort of discovery is priceless!

[@jwhite5008]

It might be oversold a bit... while woodwelding has its uses, it is not going to replace adhesives any time soon, and neither are the adhesives as problematic as they may seem. Melting plastic adhesive *properly* should release very little fumes. Generally this process is more expensive and labor-intensive in comparison to adhesives but it depends on circumstances. As for environment - the impact is not completely negligible at scale but not large either. Building more robust objects that are not expected to be replaced as often is much more important that producing them in a more environmentally-friendly way. It may be possible to do both.

[@pseudotasuki]

This is essentially friction stir welding. You don't actually melt the material, which is good because that would make joints weaker.

[@preciousplasticph]

Dear Acton Lab. You absolutely can melt wood, or ratger heat it to where the lignin will glue it to form something new. Prime example. Wood pellets are glued together by friction and pressure that makes heat that makes a pellet.

[@SuperStingray]

Crazy that they only figured this out 20 years ago. Feels like something that would be an ancient crafting or masonry technique.

[@yashthegamer4250]

Is it okay to eat uranium?

[@MysticLGD]

Yes

[@TDXC------]

Yeah

[@GG-GG-GG-GG0]

Absolutely

[@Coolyoghurt22]

Totally I have it every day. Made me into a skeleton though.

[@shamylahmed3062]

There's no law forbidding it so yeah

[@JohnSmith-cq7lk]

6:57 check out whats on his watch. The calculator? What a neeeeeerrd!

[@suyashnagarkar]

you never saw a watch like that before?

[@A1_DASH]

just because he's smarter than you doesn't mean that he's a nerd

[@pulicraft_]

you're just jealous

[@boxloser]

0:31 does that shirt has a certain symbol, or is it just me

[@mr.keksregen]

It kinda looks like a German sign

[@maxaxcel2650]

Yeah, that one Austrian painter comes to mind idk why….

[@gregoryjones9926]

It's you buddy

[@HarrisonMartinson]

I can see what you you mean, but I'll have to say no. the resemblance isn't very strong here and the pattern on his shirt is well established on its own

[@christophermonti5403]

my battery percentage is 31

[@568dodo]

The second part about permanently bending wood under high temperature exists for more than a thousand years now. The primary use of this technique was in ship construction which is also used to this day. Only difference is that it uses steam to achieve high enough temperature without burning the wood.

[@jemtaovt1122]

I remember asking this question a few years ago on reddit and was called an idiot for even thinking about. Well, thanks Action Lab for disproving everyone that called me an idiot for being curious!

[@bitculator]

1:06 Ethereum sneaks into the footage!

[@zeehighness9310]

Who wood have known 😅

[@reecetobin2551]

...leave

[@reecetobin2551]

JOKESS, I also love dad jokes 😂

[@linusboden7050]

Does hard wood melt if i use friction aswell? Asking for a friend ..

[@sunderark]

He ... showed that in the video?

[@AnimeSunglasses]

I understood what you were doing when you said 'glass transition temperature' and my jaw dropped...

[@movme]

Okay, this works for fastening one end of a round wood dowel into a round hole in the wood. That only gets half the job done. How about the other end of the dowel? You can't spin it to heat it to the bonding point. How about a square or rectangular tenon in a mortise? You can't spin either end. You can't really vibrate it the way the Swiss did, either. Maybe some ultrasonic energy applied to rectilinear joints in a focused manner would work? Or focused laser energy? There's more experimentation waiting to be done to broaden this technique for more versatile applicability.

[@mr.anderson3015]

0:47 "the ligma in the wood" is crazy

[@joshuagibson2520]

My wood gets stuck sometimes. More than 4hrs the doc said to call him.

[@m.w.4508]

Bro looks like he's holding in the most diabolical fart of all time whenever he talks.

[@tsbrownie]

They've been shaping wood with steam in sealed chambers for a long time. They clamp the wood to a form, then raise its temperature above "melting" with dry steam and no air/oxygen. Then after a time they let it cool and it's permanently formed. I think it started in the 1800s.

[@niloytesla]

This is one of my most favorite channel on YT

[@kweezanart]

i love how he always looks confused

[@0neIntangible]

Pre-historic man apparently made fire by rapidly rubbing (reciprocating), two pieces of wood together.

[@LincolnDWard]

friction + pressure or limited oxygen = melting friction + lots of oxygen = fire

[@Jehty_]

Apparently? Is that something you are not 100% certain about? Or something you just recently learned?

[@dekurvajo]

He wanted to weld wood, but whatever. Never received a prize

[@SToXC_.]

​@@Jehty_Apparently because no one was there to see it or filmed with a camera.

[@freewave04]

3:52 hehe - join

[@jaredkennedy6576]

I thought this was pretty well known for a long time? Wood pellets are sawdust bonded via heat and pressure from forcing the material through a conical die. They come out thw other end with a smooth outer layer that keeps the pellet intact.

[@urphakeandgey6308]

It blows my mind that this has only gone on record within 20 years. I wouldn't be surprised if someone accidentally figured this out in the past, but it's crazy that only 20 years ago, we finally rediscovered it.

[@verack1616]

4:04 Lignin what? 🤨

[@thepigxd6704]

4:30 ONE PIECE 🗣

[@rileyinscoe3558]

I read this directly as he said it

[@Medlek]

​@@rileyinscoe3558lmao same what are the chances 😂

[@johanalejandrocazadordepin7225]

same

[@ArlxGamlng]

KZbin made it so that some timestamp comments pop up whenever you make it to that timestamp.

[@shmeepo2428]

4:10 Whats lignin?

[@Carlos-Perez]

Ligneese balls

[@robatkins6432]

video ends @7:05

[@davorvirkes381]

I tried for some time now to popularize friction drilling of wood, which is quite similar to your using a peg in a hand drill. You should try it. I made a large wardrobe from oak, and by accident tried drilling at very high speed to produce smoke, for fun. And it turned out to be the best way of drilling oak. Exit hole is incredibly neat, and its edge is sharp. Much better than with professional drill bits. From the church organ makers I learned that oak is aggressive on the screws, so they singe the holes to make them inert... not needed with friction drilling. So how you do it... Use any dull drill bit and start drilling. Once your hole is just deep enough that the bit won't dance off, increase speed to max, but only a slight pressure, up to the point when smoke appears. Then apply some more pressure, and be amazed how smoothly the bit sinks into the hole. Note: it doesn't work as good with sharp drill bits.

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[@SauredoFevold]

Can I also do it??? My life is facing lots of challenges lately

[@jhsevs]

Wood is nature’s plastic. Which is why I don’t understand why burning wood is ok, but burning any plastic at all is apparently bad.

[@SaacheePatil]

Wood can melt but this channel cannot survive without a vacuum chamber in every video.

[@aidenpike2480]

Finally, another forbidden drink

[@Dreadnought-563]

🤣

[@michaelmullaney6388]

I always wondered if taking wood into space or into a vacuum and applying extreme heat would cause it to melt

[@Dvaci]

That's an intriguing thought! In a vacuum, such as space, without atmospheric pressure, wood wouldn't melt but would sublimate or decompose directly from a solid to a gas when heated, bypassing the liquid phase. At DVACI, we explore fascinating vacuum applications, though melting wood isn't one of them! Thanks for sparking an interesting discussion!

[@Subreon]

this is neat to pieces. can it be used for every wood related fastening process? dressers, shelves, walls, etc. if so, then every country should immediately pass laws banning harmful adhesives since just using the wood itself is an option now, and even shows stronger bonding results than the harmful stuff.

[@matthewmathis62]

I think you can melt any material with High Frequency Vibrations. Look up the "Hutchinson Effect".

[@edeniaAJ]

A brilliant innovation, and a welcome addition to my compendium playlist!

[@davidcookmfs6950]

To get higher pressure, try a drill press. I don't know if that would really help, but based on the logic you are presenting, it should.

[@tallpaul9475]

Melting wood together, reminds me of something I saw about wooden nails to fasten boards to a deck.