This is such a fascinating idea! I always bring my 150-ton hydraulic press camping, but I never know what to use it for.

@mal2ksc

2 жыл бұрын

Clearly, you use it for all the things that your 100-ton press proved incapable of doing the last time you went camping.

@trubass75

Жыл бұрын

You don't use to see how small you can make your tent? odd.

@rimmersbryggeri

Жыл бұрын

I use it to dry my socks.

@ohokay2013

Жыл бұрын

@@trubass75 definitely need it to fit the folded tent back into the bag

@spamanator666

Жыл бұрын

Making s'mores of course., no fire needed.

I got an idea for you… What if you took all your firewood and ran it through the chipper to get it shredded into little pieces, then compressed all those wood chips in a larger version of the smoothie maker? If it worked right, all the water would be extruded out through the smoothie tube, and the wood could get recompressed back into 1 solid piece. It’s worth a shot!

@criticaljacques2237

2 жыл бұрын

that's a great idea

@hetistijmen

2 жыл бұрын

That's just chipboard cubes without the glue, right? I wonder what it would be like as a material in general. Would also love to see pine or something else with lots of resin!

@ItsMeHunterBeeAyeBeeBee

2 жыл бұрын

@@hetistijmen that’s actually a fairly common form of fuel for wood stoves. They are called biomass briquettes or wood briquettes. You take either pure sawdust/wood chip or a mixture of sawdust/ ground cardboard and soak it in a big container of water for a day or two Until fully saturated, then put the mix into pvc mounds with drain holes at the bottom, and press out most liquid with a bottle jack until you are left with compressed bricks. They will be dry enough to burn in a week or two but require a lot of work compared to jut using firewood.

@mal2ksc

2 жыл бұрын

I think that's how they make fuel pellets for pellet stoves.

@bschwand

2 жыл бұрын

@@ItsMeHunterBeeAyeBeeBee you do not need to soak them with water. If the pressure is high enough, the lignin binds the cellulose just fine. That is how wood pellets are made, no extra water, just pressure.

This is one of your more useful scientific experiments. Other than that I liked the Finnish wrench hammer. We don't have that here.

@IceBergGeo

2 жыл бұрын

It's called a universal thumb smasher. (Look up AvE's videos. He calls it something a little more succinct, but I prefer to keep comments a little more kid friendly.)

@johndododoe1411

2 жыл бұрын

Looked like a classic BAH & CO wrench, invented by "& CO", sold by BAH.

@RadeonMasterRace97

2 жыл бұрын

@@IceBergGeo You’re a man of culture, I see. The famous Thumb-Detecting Nut *BEEP*er... what a great invention it is.

Hitting it with a big adjustable wrench was the highlight for me. You should do a spinoff channel where you just hit random things with a massive adjustable spanner.

seeing a crescent wrench hammer made me smile. also that crushed wood would make excellent fire starter kindling after sitting for a day so much new surface area.

@BlackDog69

2 жыл бұрын

It’s amazing people will use an adjustable hammer for anything.

@ordelian7795

2 жыл бұрын

Every tool is a hammer. Engineers literally have to design tools for that purpose. Cordless drills for example are always used to tap something in place if its a little off.

@erice9536

Жыл бұрын

Who amongst us hasn't used a crescent wrench as a hammer??

@brentgarbett5306

Жыл бұрын

My wife's head

If you have a fire going, a good practice is to keep wet wood near the fire to dry it on the outside so it won't be completely useless. Stupid amounts of pressure also seems to work, looks more fun too

Water comes out but, also the wood comes out.

@andyroberts4387

2 жыл бұрын

Captain Obvious.

@nugboy420

2 жыл бұрын

That was my favorite comment in a while lmao

@nugboy420

2 жыл бұрын

Even better that it is a quote lil

Maybe you could assemble something like a lemon juicer like bartenders use but with your press being the top of the squeeze. Just an idea. Thank you for another entertaining video!

@BobbySacamano

2 жыл бұрын

I am a bartender, and use those juicers, but even the force I create with my hand can be enough to push out some of the pulp and even fruit itself. This is along the right idea, though. It doesn't really explode out of the device so I suppose it can still be weighed more properly.

@look4lec

2 жыл бұрын

Burn it first

@GradyRho92

2 жыл бұрын

The press did good but he used to much pressure.

@harryballsacky

Жыл бұрын

MASSAGE YOUR MELONS

The flaw here is the wood is sitting in the water that comes out so when you release the pressure a lot of the water gets sucked back in, it needs something like the second unit but with holes to allow the water to drain away from the wood.

@spchips

2 жыл бұрын

Need the aVe wrench hammer

@BobbySacamano

2 жыл бұрын

I believe he acknowledged that point

@Speeder84XL

2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking exactly the same - a lot of water comes out, but once the pressure is let off, the wood sucks it back up like a sponge. It could be solved quite easy by wipe off the water that comes out whiles the wood is still under pressure (and once the pressure is released, there is no water to suck back up). For the press tool, the holes should also be at the bottom and not the top (as he also said).

@terryyouth

2 жыл бұрын

i was thinking same, but the wood pulp might come out of there as you press it

@beeble2003

2 жыл бұрын

He says _exactly_ this in the video...

Haven't finished watching yet, but it would be neat to see how this actually burns after water extraction.

@Reth_Hard

Жыл бұрын

Yes and a taste test of the water would have been nice too... If it taste good he could start a business of freshly pressed wood juice!

@1988dgs

Жыл бұрын

@@Reth_Hard new advertising slogan for maple syrup 😂

@harryballsacky

Жыл бұрын

I BET IT BURNS LIKE WOOD

This is really cool! Always something interesting here.

Microwave your wood. Dries to desert levels quickly. If you dry in stages, much more effective. Heat until you see steam or bubbles, stop and let cool, repeat as many times as necessary until dried to need.

@hilltop4847

2 жыл бұрын

@Check my N4ked Video thumbs down for you

@brocksamson3282

2 жыл бұрын

that also works if your phone gets wet.

@HugoHugunin

2 жыл бұрын

@@brocksamson3282 let me know how all of those chips, wires and circuits do in a microwave. Post a video!

@MrRowntree27

2 жыл бұрын

@@HugoHugunin thatsthejoke.jpeg

@SuperBrainAK

2 жыл бұрын

I want to see that tried! just put pieces in one after another, one gets too hot take it out and put in another, keep going from piece to piece and starting over from the first piece for the second stage.

This was fascinating! Thank you for sharing it!!

Yeah! definitely try and come up with a tool that can hold the process upside down, so the water runs out of it! Very interesting concept.

Maybe you could make a tool like the one you used, except with the holes being lower near the bottom. You could also weld some steel mesh over the holes to keep the wood in so that only water would come out.

How about now?! Ya now it fits. ( proceeds to use 15” thumb wrench as a hammer)

Hello welcome back I've been waiting for a new video

This channel makes laugh. Love it!

Try smaller holes connected to a pump to draw the water out, I use my manual 12 ton hydraulic pipe bender to split logs & pallet blocks after a few medications. Great video & Keep up the great work !

@MikkoRantalainen

2 жыл бұрын

I parsed that first as "I use my 12 ton hydraulic [press] to crush my medication (read: pills)". 🤪

Great juicer, so-so stand-in kiln, fantastic kindling maker!

"Here we go, and let's hope that it doesn't explode" is like Lauri's whole thing

Cottonwood (certain species of the poplar genus Populus) is really rich in water when freshly cut and might make quite a show if crushed.

Big fan of this test, and I'd like to see you perfect it.

A lot of people don't know, when you get a hot bed of coals going, you can put fresh, wet wood on, it will burn fine. Been doing it for decades. Some people think wet wood won't burn, I guess the ones who have never heard of a forest fire.

@SephBane

2 жыл бұрын

It will build up more creosote and increase your risk for a flue or chimney fire.

@treeguyable

2 жыл бұрын

@@SephBane Probably so, I just burn outside, open fire pit. If I burned through a chimney, I woukd clean it on a regular basis.

@SephBane

2 жыл бұрын

@@treeguyable Ya, open pit is fine if you don't mind a little extra smoke.

A tool design would be like that bowl but with tiny holes for water to escape, also a lock with a door to open the bowl, also another mechanism that holds the bowl over the press so no loss of wood escapes

Awesome! Now I know that I can dry some firewood for my bath using hydraulic press staying around somewhere in my basement!

I'd love to see a part 2 on this, i want to see instant use wood pucks :P

Fun stuff! But as I expected, the problem is the wood get crushed long before most of the water comes out, haha (could still be interesting with a better tool though). I think the quickest way is to put the wood inside a microwave oven (that will boil out the water quickly without burning the wood) or build some larger microwave drier, haha (drying time would be reduced to like a few ours). Another (easier and safer) way, for drying large amounts of fire wood is probably to build some kind of drying oven or maybe just use a sauna (with some ventilation added to pull out the water vapor). That could still reduce the drying time from like 1-2 years (in open air) down to like a few days or weeks (depending on the temperature, amount that's going to be dried and how tightly packed it is).

Hi from the uk. You always make me laugh the hammer was just great😂. Brill test once again thanks

The way you showed the correct use of a shifter spanner it almost makes me think that you were a boiler maker in a past life.

Been watching since paper 7 times, this episode is awesome. I even played the game for a bit

They harvest the water from Birch trees to drink in Latvia, it's pretty cool stuff.

Apparently leaving freshly cut logs out in the rain for a bit is best, the rain washes the sap out and then the water dries quicker than the sap

Sometime I hope you will do a tour of the press and show the tools and arbor plates etc that you have. Also, maybe you’re already aware but there are large commercial briquette machines that use high pressure to turn wood waste into useful firewood. So the basic idea is not crazy, just your application is less efficient.

The wood is coming everywhere 🤣

Nice experiment 👌🏽

Now this is relevant content!!

I forgot i was subscribed to this channel. Thank you algorithm.

Will! You are supposed to use it to drive in the tent stakes! 😂⛺

Just the other day I was using the splitting maul when I thought, "What would happen if I used the other end?" Didn't go well. Still recovering.

Bash bash bash… now it fits 😂😂

One option that might actually work is to use a vacuum to draw the water out of the wood. A hydraulic press can act in reverse to pull 150T. If the container itself doesn't collapse, that should pull fluids out of the wood just like a vacuum chamber with a rotary pump of some kind.

All those woods got very excited.

Uff da! You put so much pressure on that wood I'm surprised it did not burst into flames

Water come out but the wood comes out...🤣🤣 I can't believe how much water came from the wood

I would love to see you try to dry the wood in a vacuum chamber. It should suck a lot of water out and leave it in a puddle underneath.

With pressure you can squeeze out only the "free" water in the cells but not the H2O that's incorporated in the cell walls - regardless of the force applied. For that you'd need either high temperature, a vacuum or a dry environment...

Cut shallow grooves in one end of tube, that end goes down on table, liquids will drain through grooves.

I think a bowl or box like the one you have but holes on the bottom edges like air holes for glass lanterns it would have to be strong though your removing material from the container that holds the object and the all the outward pressure from escaping.

Interesting experiment

"yeah... now it fits" *smacks with wrench*

Drill a drain small holes on the side of the base and the water will come out or just use a shop vacuum. Still breaking them that small they’ll burn much easier

I want to see more of this. I want to see you try and burn it after making it with a modified tool

4:48 the right tool for the job is the one that's closest to you.

WOW! I did not expect that at all! It was a veritable torrent of liquid!

Muito interessante este experimento, ver a porcentagem de água de uma madeira

@FRANK38140

2 жыл бұрын

E como cada tipo de madeira e suas fibras se comportam em relação a pressão

you can start half dry logs, if you mix them with tightly rolled newspaper and blow the flame with a hair dryer... careful not to make a mess blowing ashes... long time subscriber so I know you can get more juice out of the logs too!

Juu need to test same at the finnish black and white peat from turvesuo, and then test the moisure prosent !

A press can push out free water and the final amount that needs to be removed is called bound water. Sometimes you can splash a bit of water at yourself when cutting and using an axe on naturally saturated trees.

an oven is a great way to dry some logs, though i use my propane grill if i need logs for my smoker and I ran out, put them in the propane gril for 12 hours, they are hot and dry, usually under 10% and burn nice without popping

I think extracting water from logs is going to be hard no matter what you try. I think if you mulch the wood that you have and then try to press it, you'll get much better results.

im really looking forward to "Can you make Cannabis Rosin with Hydraulic Press" video, if ever legal in Finland.

The best and easy way to quick dry wood is to pile up the wet wood next to the furnace. The catch is that you need dry wood to fire up the furnace to dry the wet wood..

The same cylinder, drill small holes, 3/32 all around the bottom edge? Maybe chamfer the edge for a drilling surface, then when pressing, it drains the water out.

The science we didn't know we need, but we do.

Water is trapped in wood in two ways. The first is the vertical “straws” the tree uses to move water from the roots to the canopy. The second is water trapped in the individual cells of the wood. Obviously a tiny amount in each cell but there are so many in even a small piece of wood that it adds up. The straws drain quickly, sometimes water will drip from a tree when it’s cut. That water is not coming from the cells, it’s draining from the straws. The cells take a long time to dry and it would destroy the wood to rupture each cell. Desiccation in a kiln is really the only way to still have wood when you are finished. If a pulp like material is ok for your purpose the it’s possible to shred and squeeze it but it may still require heat and air to get the last bit of water out.

Use the press to create a vacuum chamber to draw the moisture out. Also, check if the fluid that comes out is flammable

@vincenttrigg4521

2 жыл бұрын

I think it would only become flammable if boiled down into more of a sap consistency as the higher water content tends to even prevent wood from burning. Dried sap usually tends to be flammable though

Thats a good hammer! It would be interesting to see how your press goes against a bock of Australian Iron Bark!

Attach the wood bowl to the press and set the wood to the bench with the piston. That way the water gets out and does not absorb itself back to the wood but it flows to the ground. So, same practice but the other way :)

That morning wood sure was happy to be squeezed.

The water always got to escape at the bottom side. The floor of the cylinder needs some perforations leading to a small canal and the pressure plate needs to be solid.

I lost it at "Okayyy, water comes out but...also the wood comes out" 😄

Thanks for sharing 👍😀

Experimenting is always fun.😃

Happy Super Month! 👩🏿‍🦰

Maybe with a tool that has small holes so the wood doesn't come out place underneath it, with a little bit of spacing from the base so the water can drain, this could work

The good ol adjustable hammer @4:46

I think if you used your press to fracture your green wood it may season faster. Worth a try if good dry timber is hard to come by where you are.

You need to press the wood in something like a cider press almost, but it would have to be real slow.

This guy is the best

Please try to make new wood from sawdust and see how well it burns / holds as a new solid

have you ever tried difference of dry and wet wood wich are stronger?

You need to have a contest to give your new tool a name. I would call it the "Squishinator 5000"

Wonder if keeping the wood at a constant pressure would allow more water to leak out, (albeit quite slowly)? Then again, you could press and then dry in an electric oven.

2:50 that is some crazy spongy wood. I bet the added surface area could actually help it dry faster.

@SilvaDreams

Жыл бұрын

It looks like birch but most trees are essentially big sponges and their insides move large volumes of water from the leaves to the roots.

You need to bring back the extruder 5000 for that one. One SMALL hole at the bottom to allow the water to get out.

Wanted to see something like same principle with cylinder but with something simple like aluminium cans.. cylinder the same diameter.. how many cans can be pressed in the same size of can...

maybe an idea for a "Beyond the press" make an autoclave for making charcoal, that would be ideal to dry wood (you just have to stop the process before the wood actually turns into charcoal)

If you press the wood enough to break up the fibers and greatly expand the surface area, then a vacuum chamber could probably get the rest of the water out much faster than otherwise just because there's more surface area to leak water from. So a hydraulic press could still be part of the solution.

Do you have a pressure pot or vacuum chamber? What would happen to wet wood under either of those conditions?

wood uh... got a little excited.

maybe some kind of compressed air assistance to blow it away as it comes out would help

"here we have freshly cut wood" my brain: never heard about the freshlikat tree

ok who let this guy in the shop

Use a vacuum chamber! Like a press, but bAcKwArDs. Should both pull the moisture out and vaporize it, but you need to use infrared to keep it warm or the water will freeze as much as it boils.

4:45 very professional 😂

I have a similar crescent hammer

I wonder how well a vacuum chamber would work in drying cut wood.

At least it's a quick way to make kindling.

US viewer here. I'd just like to say, we understand metric units and use them all the time. You don't have to translate into imperial units.