If you've never experienced the deeply satisfying sight of candy getting squished in a hydraulic press, now is your chance. This video has opened me up to the world of candy compressing experiments, and I have been in procrastination-heaven watching them. — Read the rest
A couple of years ago we brought you this cool four-minute video of artist, actor, dancer, and choreographer Smac McCreanor's interpretive dances that were inspired by hydraulic presses crushing things. Well, I'm happy to report that Smac—or "Hydraulic Press Girl"—has continued to create these clever and mesmerizing videos. — Read the rest
Australian actor/comedian/dancer Smac McCreanor created this fantastically ridiculous series of interpretive dances inspired by videos from the Hydraulic Press Channel and Crushing ASMR channel. In an absurdly weird decade, this is the apex of performance art.
The fine folks at the Hydraulic Press YouTube channel put stacks of different kinds of paper (printer paper, post-it notes, book, playing cards) in the press to find out what would happen. When it comes to squeezing, paper is an example of "slowly, then all at once."
While I have a deep respect for non-newtonian fluid's ability to improve protective gear and wear motorcycle armor made of it, the hydraulic press is a nearly unstoppable force.
After a long week of demoralizing Trump hijinks, what you need is the satisfying release of a hydraulic press video. Here's one crushing 1500 pounds of paper. — Read the rest
Somehow, the guy who runs YouTube's Hydraulic Press Channel got hold of some adamantium, the fictional metal alloy fund in Wolverine's skeleton and claws.
The legendary hydraulic press is now heated to a thousand degrees to provide additional crushing pleasure. Here, in an unusually pointed metaphor, a Nokia candybar phone bursts into flame as it is compressed.
If you like The Slow Mo Guys and The Hydraulic Press Channel, you might enjoy this mashup of a deck of cards getting smooshed at 28,500 fps and 90,000 pounds of force.
Hydraulic Press Channel shows why carbon fiber and variants like carbon nanotubes have so many uses: depending on the configuration, they can hold up against the hydraulic press.
I'm still addicted to the Hydraulic Press Channel on YouTube (previously, previously), but am careful only to force you to endure the very best crushings. Here, a roll of duct tape.
An operator of a powerful hydraulic press has achieved some fame of late crushing various mundane objects (such as Barbie), but the press almost met its match in the form of an English-Finnish dictionary: "Book exploded very well."
On YouTube, a gentleman with an unplaceable but heavy European accent crushes things with his hydraulic press. Above, he crushes Barbie. ("Beautiful… but for how long?")
Alcoa's 50,000-Ton forging press in Cleveland is "one of the great machines of American industry." Built in 1955, the "Fifty" broke down three years ago, and Alcoa considered scrapping it. But it's back in operation. Tim Heffernan has the story in The Atlantic. — Read the rest