Awesome Destruction

How Ridiculous has been having all kinds of fun chopping things in half with their 2-ton axe. This time they turned their attention to see what the giant tool might do when dropped on stacks of the same item. Among this week’s victims are a tower of concrete blocks, a pallet full of fire extinguishers, and cans of spray paint

The YT Object channel is filled with crisp and satisfying macro footage. This clip features close-up footage of various objects melting as they come into contact with a searing hot knife. And for more gummy bear carnage, check out what happens when one takes a nap on a hot wire brush.

Hydraulic Press Channel has smashed many items until they exploded . Fortunately, the humans conducting these experiments have stood behind a blast shield for protection. But what if you stood right next to the press without any safety gear? We now know the painful answer with the help of a ballistic gel head.

At a speed of 30 MPH, a skateboard wheel spins at about 5000 RPM. The guys at the Waterjet Channel wanted to see how quickly they could get a wheel to spin under the pressure of their 60,000 PSI waterjet. After realizing that ordinary plastic wheels wouldn’t hold up, they milled their own out of aluminum.

MetaBallStudios is known for its infographic-style comparison videos. This time they took a slightly different approach, showing off the relative heights of different cliffs by driving a simulated car off of each one and watching how long it took to fall all the way to the bottom.

This insane iOS and Android game puts you in control of gigantic ocean vessels that you float down a ramp and send flying into structures with the goal of crash landing into buildings and cities. It kind of reminds us of the addictive Burnout crash modes.

Is a pricey kitchen knife stronger than a cheap one? The Hydraulic Press Channel conducted the ultimate knife-on-knife battle, pressing blades against each other to see which cuts deeper. Which knife will reign supreme? We love how he says, “don’t try this at home,” as if we all have a 150-ton hydraulic press lying around.

Taking a break from chopping things in half with their giant axe, the guys from How Ridiculous dusted off another one of their machines of destruction for a follow-up video. This time, they used their spinning fly swatter of death to smack the life out of everything from Jello to eggs to the non-Newtonian fluid known as Oobleck.

After attempting to chop a car in half with their 2-ton axe, the guys from How Ridiculous are back with another round of wanton destruction. This time, they used the massive tool to chop everything from a full beer keg to an enormous rubber band ball. Place your bets now on which items will get fully sliced in two.

The Brick Technology channel is always making interesting machines from LEGO Technic parts. In this video, they show off more than two dozen satisfying LEGO mechanisms and then let them self-destruct by overpowering each one. The demolition starts at the 6:23 mark, followed by slow-motion footage.

For this highly-destructive video, How Ridiculous busted out the big guns… er, axe. Watch as they use a 2-ton axe to chop everything from a big screen TV to bowling balls to a prototype “Tesla.” If it looks familiar, that’s because they removed the head from their big-ass hammer and swapped it with that killer axe.

The Backyard Scientist should change his name to “The Dangerous Scientist.” This time, he made his own rockets, then devised a way to attach kitchen knives to them and launched them into various objects. Before you say anything about the wonky aerodynamics, the rockets had to be attached to a steel guide cable.

As we’ve learned over and over again, crushing things with a hydraulic press can be quite satisfying. In this clip, the master of the machine shop, Lauri subjects tungsten, titanium, aluminum, magnesium, and copper cubes to the force of his press. Will freezing them in liquid nitrogen first cause them to explode?

The guys from How Ridiculous have yet to run out of ways to destroy things, as proven by their latest bit of industrial machinery. What they built was a motorized rig with two gigantic metal fly swatters attached to it. Once it got up to speed, they dropped various objects into its path to see what kind of damage it could do.

The most powerful pool breaks rarely exceed 30 mph. At least, that’s the case with human players. But The Slow Mo Guys tend to do things with a bit more impact. So they got their hands on a special canon that’s exactly the right size to launch a pool ball. Once they dialed in their aim, they recorded the carnage at 80,000 FPS.

The Hydraulic Press Channel has figured out that you can get metal objects to explode even more dramatically by pre-scoring them. In this clip, they start by crushing a series of progressively larger ball bearings, then try the same with one they put cut marks into. The slow-motion footage is really impressive.

Made from a flexible rubberized material backed with a strong adhesive, Flex Tape is an incredibly durable repair tool. The guys from How Ridiculous put the sturdy and sticky stuff to the test by covering a platform with it, then dropping various objects onto it from a 150-foot-tall tower. But can it survive a wrecking ball?

Over the years, the Hydraulic Press Channel has performed numerous destructive experiments under the crushing force of their 150-ton press. This video compiles ten times things went differently than anticipated, including dangerous explosions, broken windows, and even watermelon rain.

If you stick a plastic soda bottle under the force of a 150-ton hydraulic press, it will fail rapidly. But what happens if you reinforce the outside of the bottle with things like hose clamps, rubber bands, or zip ties? The Hydraulic Press Channel has the answer in their latest excuse for destruction in the name of physics.

It’s pretty easy to toss something into a spinning fan and watch it get smashed. But how feasible is it to send an object flying through multiple fan blades and have it emerge from the other end? Leave it to the guys from How Ridiculous to find out.

This wouldn’t be the first time we’ve seen Stretch Armstrong destroyed in horrible ways. But The Slow Mo Guys added their spin to the genre by capturing the carnage in slow motion. Like others, they filled the gooey kid’s toy with enough water to make it explode. Their high-speed footage also revealed Stretch’s true Achilles’ heel.

Duct tape is an incredibly strong and versatile mending tool. But can it help objects stand up to the force of the mighty 150-ton hydraulic press? HPC wrapped some everyday items in thick layers of the sticky silver stuff to see if it improves its ability to survive the press?

The guys from the Leftover Currency channel sent the Hydraulic Press Channel a bunch of nearly worthless cash for them to subject to the intense destructive force of their 150-ton press. Like other stacks of paper, the bills fail quite spectacularly, while the coins just get smooshed.