Solid Aluminum Bat With A Waterjet Lathe

[@Shade-lt6cn]

I did a report for a class on the best wood for making bats. It involved a lot of math jargon about elasticity, but in the end, the most consistent way to hit a fast ball as far as possible was to either make contact with a really heavy bat, or swing a light bat very fast. Nowadays, using a heavy bat is almost certain to fail because of the high pitch speeds in the MLB, but it also explains why Babe Ruth could swing a super heavy bat (46 oz.) and hit so many homeruns in an era where the average fastball was probably going in the mid 80s. Enjoy the random factoid, and have a good one!

[@panaddict3448]

Or you just practice with a 10 lb bat and then compete with a ultralight

[@xxdeadoutxx761]

Aspirational Person your timing would be off

[@panaddict3448]

@@xxdeadoutxx761 yeah, but youd swing like a demon

[@xxdeadoutxx761]

Aspirational Person if your thinking luck that you mights as well just practice with a 3 or 4 lb. bat but just hit the gym and get big gains on you arms and back.

[@berryreading4809]

But if I gain anymore muscle my timing will be off. 🏋️‍♂️

[@elmadicine]

there actually is a place for heavy bats in baseball: practice swings. if you can swing an 8 lb bat you can swing a 1 lb bat even harder

[@chris2007a]

baseball players sometimes add weights to the bats during practice

[@drummerman1206]

And if you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball.

[@WeldinMike27]

@@drummerman1206 that's what I thought

[@matthewmoneta7906]

Exactly.

[@weld4200]

Arent metal bats hollow ?

[@electronicsNmore]

That was good. A lot of work, but a very nice finished product. The only thing you can do now, is to cut off the last 1/2" of the wide end, then drill out the inside of the bat to make it lighter, then weld the end back on.

[@fridaynightgamefilm]

No welding needed for the cap. Just a press fit.

[@electronicsNmore]

@@fridaynightgamefilm If it's perfectly machined, then yes.

[@fridaynightgamefilm]

@@electronicsNmore Adam Booth can hit the tightest tolerances (well under a thousandth of a inch). Check out his KZbin channel, Abom79.

[@meatsmell8639]

@@fridaynightgamefilm He is very good at what he does, but honestly the things he does, should be the standard for all machine operators and not something that should be praised as exceptional. (Again though, he is good at what he does and I've enjoyed his content for years now, but it's nothing more than what I would expect out of anyone in the same position.)

[@Seccrin]

That was what I was thinking

[@dan3a]

The wooden bat was for baseball, the aluminum bat is for *killing*

[@ferrumignis]

For killing your back and arms.

[@evi11eprechaun]

Get ya swattah here

[@Fish-bt4c]

@@ferrumignis along with people

[@avman2cl]

Both work well for that...

[@user-bh8id7of7n]

I worked with solid aluminum it does get heavy. Solid copper gets way way heavier though, picking up small piles of copper can get really heavy quick.

[@griegomas]

Solid STEEL bat guys.

[@hoguemr]

@ғuňţċѧsє ţuċҡғѧяԀ He's suggesting they should make a solid steel bat next

[@sethlittle507]

Yes they need one

[@joekidwell4773]

Disguise the steel bat as an aluminum one and lay it on a baseball field, watch people try to pick it up.

[@HDestroyer787]

You need a fork lift to get it in there

[@SUPERMAR10312]

Tungsten

[@MarinusMakesStuff]

This needs a Moe Cronin quote: "Ha ha, a rookie, eh? A Swatter, my friend, is a Diamond City tradition. See it used to be that this whole place was a stadium. And two teams would meet and play a game called baseball. One team would beat the other team to death with things called Baseball Bats, and the best bats were called Swatters. True fact. "

[@rebelpride8358]

Yes fallout 4

[@readysteadywhoa]

Shush Moe just give me my wood shipments already

[@nerdsorandom6252]

A literally just got back Into playing fallout 4 a few days ago this is hilarious

[@andrewc9790]

It would fun to sneak it into someone's bat pile at a softball game! "Batter up! Here ya go! Swing for the fences boy!"

[@mybackhurts7020]

Hand it to people at a batting range

[@bugraates3016]

Sorry for your back

[@gaacars]

Yes that would be so funny

[@mybackhurts7020]

Buğra Ateş Thanks😃

[@mr2octavio]

You're thinking they care, this is just for you to watch and make a buck out of it. Edit: sponsored by raycon

[@Zyrdalf]

frenchiveruti tis the way to survive on this lonely island called life.

[@flamingkillermc2806]

At this point you guys should make a *Diamond Baseball Bat.*

[@WaterjetChannel]

i'll need a second mortgage on my house, and the waterjet... but anything for you and a view

[@jongeorg]

Or a granite one...

[@b-17flyingfortressdragon91]

@@jongeorg granite is to fragile

[@b-17flyingfortressdragon91]

It would break from the water pressure

[@mybackhurts7020]

Quarts

[@glitchworks5957]

You guys should try making solid aluminum hammers (both sledge and claw/framing) and "test" them against their steel counterparts.

[@berryreading4809]

Titanium is the preferred material, but expensive. Its really not a huge percentage better performance vs. Price

[@Xerohour85]

“Mike Tyson knows a thing or two about ears” Bahahaha!

[@WaterjetChannel]

well its true...

[@ALTruckerDad]

I died. Twice! LMFAO

[@TeeterTuckin]

brett linthicum Who pooped in your cereal this morning?

[@Xerohour85]

TeeterTuckin Mike Tyson, probably.

[@fishnet420]

Dude had a pudding snack pack come out my nose with that one

[@WorldofRockhounds]

I like your copper fingers better. I saw a store carrying a similar product but it didn't have the button pressing nub. So again...yours is the best design.

[@WaterjetChannel]

Thanks! we tried to think of everything.

[@rexleehe7633]

I saw one on a commercial that looks pretty close to theirs but it's made of brass

[@jackpardun2898]

@@rexleehe7633 yes the only way to one up them now is if the channel makes one out of solid gold

[@MrCODEmaster00]

@@jackpardun2898 Or silver. Look at Mack Weldon they make silver lined shirts and underwear (and socks I think?) because Silver is an antimicrobial .. thing/surface/mineral?

[@MrCODEmaster00]

What button pushing nub? I must not have looked close enough during their adds.

[@staticivi]

That’s a good looking bat. Could maybe sell them as “warm up bats”

[@shellum2506]

Send it to Mark Rober and have him build a mechanical swinging arm kinda like the rocket golf ball...

[@shellum2506]

@bobwatters yea man it's his intro and outro lol

[@gaacars]

Yess why not

[@austinwolfe7295]

The power required to get the bat speed up in a short distance would be astronomical. What about stopping that force. The outward centrifugal force exerted on the contraption from the swing would also be huge. That would end up being a large unit

[@jacobfreno2756]

He did this already.

[@tylerpetry5567]

Look up smarter every day. They have made the contraption you speak of...

[@allgood2176]

It actually looks cool Idea: make a plastic bat next

[@nathanblacketer3980]

Plastic bat makes the think of wiffleball (sp), but I'm wondering if they could modify this solid aluminum one into that type. It would shred some more weight off hopefully.

[@nathanblacketer3980]

Oh wait, the ball is the one with all the holes in it and the bat is solid, but hollow inside. Cancel that idea 😅

[@gaacars]

Yea why not

[@nimble_doughnut9757]

Imagine training with this bat for like a year and then when you play a game you use a regular wooden bat. Talk about some dingers then lol kinda like rock lee with his ankle weights 🤙

[@__________________________Fred]

I was wondering the same thing.

[@meatsmell8639]

@@__________________________Fred It would have entirely different timings for the swing though so you'd have to spend another year re-learning on a proper bat. If you really want to build up core strength for swings without also training improperly, go fell some trees the old fashioned way. It'll build the core strength aswell as your ability to focus force onto a small point, and at the same time would teach you not to be as affected by the shock reverberating down the handle after impact.

[@romandrovikov8427]

You're the only channel where I don't skip the advertisement section 🙂

[@romandrovikov8427]

Thanks for like. Your ads are really always fun and entertaining as all your videos. P.S. BTW I think that you forgot to lick-test Raycons 😁, thought maybe it was in some video and I forgot it...

[@austinbevis4266]

Dude raycons are trash. They’re rebranded earbuds from China that costs like $2

[@jorge8596]

So aluminium is too heavy? You need a solid magnesium bat

[@gafrers]

@@_Jigen Plasmacut it then 🤣🤣🤣

[@SUPERMAR10312]

Tungsten

[@kylebrumbalow1370]

They did pure sodium, which is far more reactive

[@potatoplayz7944]

@@gafrers *Harvard wants to know your location*

[@gafrers]

@@potatoplayz7944 Sorry, i already went to Hollywood Upstair Medical College

[@Hobypyrocom]

my father had home made wood lathe and he made me a hardwood baseball bat when i was young... it was something like 3-3.5kg and i was only 13y old and i was (and my friends also) able to swing it and play with it good enough...

[@sumochop360]

You guys should cork the wood bat to see how much it helps

[@NinjaSym]

It's crazy to think I have been watching this channel for at least a year and a half or so and I recently have been learning how to operate a waterjet.

[@cbrftwo]

You guys should start another channel, "beyond the jet"! Totally my idea, not stolen from anyone.

[@jakehejkal]

Looks like a good anti-zombie bat. You should do a test against watermelons and the like.

[@Civil523]

I had the same idea more mass wore enersha

[@sumitlahiri209]

Missing the brief construction montage. Love your Videos. My Saturday morning starts after watching your video guys.

[@tyleranderson7835]

Just received my copper finger in the mail after less than a week! You guys never mentioned it also works on touch screens! Untapped advertising right there. Keep doing awesome stuff guys!

[@WaterjetChannel]

They sometimes work on some touch screens, so its too tricky to advertise.

[@aaronallred5499]

I noticed on the water jet when it pierces, water sprays everywhere until it breaks through. To keep that from happening, we cut some circles with a small hole in the middle to stick on the focus tube. It’ll defray the water downward. Just a thought 🙂

[@nwmancuso]

Should have brought in This Old Tony for this one.

[@tik-tac-toe7864]

These type of videos are GREAT!!! Good job guys...👍👍👍

[@kevjohn96]

I remember while playing for my high school's baseball team our coaches made us warm-up by swinging a 20-or-so-pound lead bat while waiting in the on-deck circle. Needless to say, when we got up to the plate and handled the regular aluminum bats, it was like we were holding thin sticks. lol Those coaches worked us like dogs! lmao

[@pterodox123]

I really like the camera work in the beginning!

[@Patrick.Weightman]

3:35 He actually looked seriously annoyed with this lmao

[@lollercannon]

Love what you do guys, so much hard work goes into these vids.

[@turbo2ltr]

Did you guys run the exact same profile to round it as the the one used to cut the 8 sides? I would think you'd want to take a little more stock off for the rounding profile..

[@nine-dogs]

This was a pleasure to watch. I'm forwarding the link to my baseball friends. Well done!

[@Nexfero]

awesome video guys! keep up the good work. I've always wondered what it would look like to swing a solid aluminium bat

[@FordRanchero289]

Please bring it to a batting range and have random people test it lol. Also, a delrin bat would be dope!

[@djcbanks]

I laughed my *ss off when he said “and Mike Tyson knows a thing or two about ears”. OMG I couldn’t stop laughing.

[@floppyraccoon2850]

This is basically a water lathe

[@hendo2662]

The real MVP is the drill. That thing must've been GLOWING hot

[@ajwilson605]

Nah! It was "water cooled", but the garnet probably didn't do it much good......

[@wiluku306]

how far can that waterjet reach/do damage when you aim it at the horizon?

[@matthewarchibald5118]

They did that once you can’t shoot it completely horizontal

[@Abe_bb]

Not very far. The water has so much kinetic energy, it quickly atomizes in the air, rapidly dispersing it’s energy and slowing down. Edit: it’s like a pressure washer. It can cut rock and many other materials up close, but from a couple meters away it becomes a big misting machine.

[@gaacars]

Its the vid i requested. Also i was expecting you to test the 2 lmao i laughed great vid guys

[@thornmountain8129]

You should both get on the water jet table to see who gets cut in half first. LOL

[@brentlegg4895]

You killed me at "Mike Tyson knows a thing or two about ears" lol

[@kamuivoid6419]

I love how he threw that mike Tyson diss in there 😆😂

[@blu_smoke7638]

make stadium bat day size home defense versions of octo-bat, you guys are the best and please take my money make more stuff!!!

[@bobbeekrause179]

If you try this bat project again in the future, try making the precut profile an 1/8" or so larger. That way there's a little more material for the water jet to bite into when you're doing the final pass set at its final profile dimensions while the lathe is spinning. Also, it seems like the speed of the lathe deflects too much water each time the jet hits another facet in the precut profile. Increasing the precut profile might help a little overall, but I think what would help even more is a mix of reducing the RPM of the lathe, alongside slowing down the duration of the final pass. That should yield a more consistent & uniform product. Though you sill might have to do a light sanding at the end, it should be less intensive than what did here.

[@tracestaker6237]

Love the home made Lathe 👍🏼 awesome videos by the way! Hello From Eagle Mtn :)

[@harrisonstaley7742]

At 1:05, when piercing, why does the cutting head rotate slightly? Seems like there's something interesting happening there.

[@jamesandonian7829]

Use a big lathe to bore out most of the center but keep the handle solid for strength. Like drill a 2" hole down the center halfway down the bat from the thick end. Cut down the weight by let's say 3-4lbs, since its at the far end of the bat it will really help a lot.

[@brandonbildeau1834]

That David Cutter track was banging!

[@joshuadraper1534]

Why does the hand grip section look so small of a dia.

[@daxpie2297]

Oi ! you're running that drill to fast, cut out a 3:1 or a 4:1 gear set and give it a try then.

[@EddieBurke]

Smoothening time

[@thebasaf]

Even better would be to rotate the bat in the opposite direction of the water jet.

[@blackmarketyardsale]

André Ferraz exactly what they explain they are doing at the beginning of the video.

[@thebasaf]

Ok, might have missed that.

[@stevencox443]

Get a larhe ...

[@davebirch2543]

That poor drill motor. Hahaha. Proof of concept is definitely there and the finished product looked pretty awesome too. I'd love to see it running with a decent electric motor capable of the revs and torque to get a decent cut without so much clean up time.

[@jaypearce4588]

I like it that you're doing the commercial personally

[@SkyelarHead]

The physics of why the ball went the same distance is the fact that your body can output a certain amount of momentum. Momentum is mass * velocity so with the small bat you have a small mass which has a higher velocity while swinging. With the large bat you have a high mass and a smaller velocity. Both of these momentums will be about the same which means the energy transfered to the ball will be about the same causing it to go the same distance.

[@Aaron.Reichert]

Imagine what a professional strongman could do with that bat. Who's that giant hulk of a guy who went on Demolition Ranch?

[@Aaron.Reichert]

Robert Oberst.

[@chrismacioci2574]

Robert Oberst. Totally agree they should do this.

[@hggjhvgnmgj9780]

Man this is something I would like to buy.

[@JohnSmith-ii3cu]

Lol, the guy on the mower has no concerns about actually being hit. 🤣

[@jtelliso]

Would slowing the spin of the bat to an absolute crawl do more? Seems it is just missing the edges as it goes by too fast, but if the bat is spinning very slow and the water jet is moving slow that would give it a better chance to blast the metal?

[@Robert-28]

Best show to watch if you drunk af

[@pjpbossin9457]

I really needed a counter sink on then screw holes,

[@superdigital.]

Always countersink before you tap!

[@nrwillette]

Your advert plugs are as entertaining as the video itself lol awesome job guys! Also, It looked like the bat changed direction when the water jet kicked on. The drill might not have enough power to overcome the pressure. Maybe a hammer drill can?

[@arthurmorgan8966]

4:06 I see what you did there 😂

[@Fibonochos]

So with laths you bring the part down to the diameter you want by removing material a layer at a time and not just shoving the cutter to the final depth. would that work here?

[@TheBrewjo]

Hears a crazy idea... make it a dead-blow bat! Cut the end off, bore out the barrel, fill with some kind of BB's, thread the barrel and make a new end to fit. OR, playing with physics- Cut the end off, bore out the barrel leaving a rod of aluminium, cut threads onto the end of the rod and barrel, cut a blank piece of stock to ride inside the barrel, preload it with a spring in the end, make a new end to fit. In theory, when you swing the mass will be closer to you and once the acceleration overcomes the spring, it should load the end of the bat with the mass.

[@starjared12345]

You guys should test it the right way. By one of the best major league baseball player.

[@kstricl]

Looks like Abom79 will be sticking with tool steel and carbide bits for his lathe. Great video though.

[@johnnykirk1501]

Are ceramic bearings not be able to take the load? They wouldnt rust as much so could clean instead of replace

[@Intro2Love]

hate to say it but a tee ball mount would make your test easier😎👌

[@WaterjetChannel]

yeah, i'm not embarassed to say i'm terrible at baseball

[@Matt_G_Productions]

Are those the new products in the beginning bucket that allows you to open doors/type on atm pins etc etc without having to touch them?

[@WaterjetChannel]

yes

[@Uzwel]

That's an expensive prank to do on the field haha

[@SomethingWiley]

That first few seconds made me chuckle, lol. Hey did you guys ever do that experiment in biology class where you press a wooden toothpick to your hand region and then put another toothpick and it starts right next to the first but you gradually increase the distance between until you start to feel the two points? It shows how nerve systems work.

[@DilanPandemic]

You guys should collaborate with Mighty Goat and have him do and IRL baseball video with that bat

[@Jazzythebarbarian86]

I think either a carbide lathe tool or grinding stone would've worked a little more in your favor when finishing it up

[@recklessyouth1]

Instead of welding the plate on the traps the bearing you should bolt it on. Then you can change the bearings easier. As for the bat. You didn't account for the kerf or the deflection. You need to leave .02 to .03 on each profile cut. Also spin the part faster or slow your travel speed.

[@starhawke380]

Drill out the end to get rid of some weight and then cork the end... Thats what the MLB does!

[@Hurtydwarf]

A lot of what I see of aluminum bats is the top is hollowed out a few inches down and has a plastic cap over it. It usually ends up with maybe a 1/4" sidewall. Guessing your waterjet probably cant get vertical enough to give that bat some weight loss though.

[@thomasherzog86]

awesome! now make one out of aluminum! wait...

[@WaterjetChannel]

again!?

[@gaacars]

Waterjet Channel yes!! Lmao 😂

[@iroll]

Might need to do the octobat with a slightly larger profile, and then take a bigger bite with the waterjet when smoothing it out... the glancing blow probably loses a lot of power.

[@coledyer8571]

You’re my favourite you tubers

[@WaterjetChannel]

you need to get out more

[@raffal1989]

I know that, you will probably never attempt this again but if you would do the rough cuts a little further from the center, effectively getting oversized bat, then the "turning" pass on the final size, the waterjet would actually have some material to knock off, as it was now, only area of contact between the blank and the waterjet were the corners, maybe slower cut would help too ? Just a thought. Great fun you are having with that thing BTW.

[@WaterjetChannel]

I think we might have one more attempt in us

[@joeymeyer9331]

I almost cried when I saw his hands apart while swinging🥵

[@LXR_Rider]

Would it not have gotten a better final cut if you had moved the cut line 1mm further into the material?

[@USMChwm]

Use a lathe to core out the center to reduce weight, then fill with cork! Please?

[@fridaynightgamefilm]

Yeah... send it to Abom79 and have him true it up on a real lathe, then bore out the center to get the wall thickness down to spec.

[@sixteenstone007]

These guys are far from being machinsts

[@Srfingfreak]

Hey bois - next time you try to lathe-sand something like that, you gotta move the sandpaper more. It loads up with crap real fast and you're spending 80% of your time rubbing aluminum dust on your aluminum part. Wet sanding would also have been more effective.

[@michaelmorrison4201]

You still have this bat? I'd be interested to see what you guys could do to reduce the weight, like drill out the end and cork it as much as possible.

[@Meg_Lovegood]

You should hollow it out the fat end and put a cap on top, like how they make bats and what nots.

[@ben_the_bop]

Babatunde: I NEED DE WOTA

[@ohhpaul7364]

Try rotating the bat in the opposite direction of the stream and also cutting the base shape out in an octagon over a square, maybe 4 sides, then 8 sides, then 16 sides then rotating cut in opposite direction of stream. I dunno. Thanks for the videos.

[@braydencooper7482]

Cut it in half horizontally, bore through the center of the big half, thread both sides, make a cap. Boom. Light baseball bat

[@38911bytefree]

Tyson joke was savage .... cant stop laughing

[@Redbeard_1]

So how is a waterjet table different than a plasma table or which is better? I think the handle is a little too thin might be why it’s hard to hold

[@JackofAllTrades1]

Anybody else think from the thumbnail that this was some chocolate dessert? 😂

[@danebelling9526]

That is definitely the home intruder bat

[@dylanandtannertryyoutube7466]

You guys need to see if Mark Rober can do something cool with the heavy aluminum bat!

[@PandaGaming-2552]

Cut the center out to make the aluminum bat less heavy

[@jakeking974]

I vote for corking a bat, so make something like this or the strongest (and probably game-illegal) bat possible and core out the center and fill it with something that absorbs shock, but also doesn't permanently damaged much, hence why cork is normally used, plus it has a very low density that lowers the weight of the bat from what it would normally be if solid.

[@rayhowe4354]

Cut the end of and drill it out to reduce the waght and weld end back on.🇬🇧

[@masterdiscovery7263]

How much did it cost to make that bat? $8000!?

[@FuneralProcession]

Could you drill the bulk out and seal the hole?