How Strong Is Tungsten? Waterjet Cutting Test

2022 ж. 11 Нау.
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We wanted to find out which metal is the hardest for our 60,000 PSI waterjet to cut. We tried brass, aluminum, steel, titanium, and tungsten. This was an epic cutting test.
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  • We also clearly see that waterjet can easily cut through permanent marker ink. Glad to learn that

    @erhanhuz1548@erhanhuz15482 жыл бұрын
    • I guess it's not so permanent

      @TheMalignantMind@TheMalignantMind2 жыл бұрын
    • @@TheMalignantMind 😂😂

      @AllanDeal@AllanDeal2 жыл бұрын
    • I will try this next time I need to wash it off my hands thank you

      @GrowingDownUnder@GrowingDownUnder2 жыл бұрын
    • @@GrowingDownUnder let me be the first one to high five you if you have any success

      @erhanhuz1548@erhanhuz15482 жыл бұрын
    • @@erhanhuz1548 I see what you did there lol

      @GrowingDownUnder@GrowingDownUnder2 жыл бұрын
  • Get in touch with Adam Savage. He was having a hard time cutting an aluminum foil ball in half. He was giddy about seeing a cross section of it.

    @gaberocco1@gaberocco12 жыл бұрын
    • Coming soon 👀👀

      @WaterjetChannel@WaterjetChannel2 жыл бұрын
    • @@7-ten - I've found your manners.... in the bin. Do you want them back!?

      @reggiep75@reggiep752 жыл бұрын
    • @@hotaru25189 yes, but he got bored and made a new one out of a nearly full roll of industrial foil

      @yeetmcmeat@yeetmcmeat2 жыл бұрын
    • Pretty sure they did this years ago... right?

      @scowell@scowell2 жыл бұрын
    • @@WaterjetChannel I have a sample of PCD and one of CBN,would you try to cut it if I set it to you?

      @Kumquat_Lord@Kumquat_Lord2 жыл бұрын
  • 0:28 That close-up of Mitchell's face with the helicopter audio clip like he's having a 'nam flashback 🤣

    @konversion@konversion2 жыл бұрын
  • I love the Project Farm style spark tests. The commentary was spot on there.

    @Stigstigster@Stigstigster2 жыл бұрын
    • i mean is not stupid, it doesnt measures anything relevant, but i'm sure it's at least collecting data

      @fernandotrevinocastro1018@fernandotrevinocastro1018 Жыл бұрын
  • The height of the nozzle tip to the material or the stand-off makes a difference in the quality of the cut as well!!

    @wesleycooley1618@wesleycooley16182 жыл бұрын
  • I love how the water jet sparks with titanium. Awesome.

    @bobbymoss6160@bobbymoss61602 жыл бұрын
  • This is the video I didn't know I needed. Thank you.

    @hughman6431@hughman64312 жыл бұрын
  • It's not tungsten it's cemented tungsten carbide. So it's more like reinforced cobalt.

    @johntheux9238@johntheux92382 жыл бұрын
    • Yeah it's only 90% TUNGSTEN, pretty much cobalt

      @userzero6555@userzero65552 жыл бұрын
    • Big difference between tungsten carbide and pure tungsten. This certainly was not pure tungsten.

      @hanshansen3885@hanshansen388510 ай бұрын
  • Sparkling test, with proper testing voice, was awesome!

    @angrypotato_fz@angrypotato_fz2 жыл бұрын
  • I basically watch this channel for Mitchell's personality lol

    @drew5334@drew53342 жыл бұрын
  • What's with the Nate cardboard cutout in the background? 😆

    @LeAnimal65@LeAnimal652 жыл бұрын
    • I hope it means they are going to collab on something, I had suggested a unique knife pattern on Nates channel.

      @Christian-cz9bu@Christian-cz9bu2 жыл бұрын
    • They operate in close proximity to eachother. They may have worked together in the past

      @colbster12302@colbster123022 жыл бұрын
    • Cardboard cutout? No I just like to hang out and hold really still.

      @NFTI@NFTI2 жыл бұрын
    • @@NFTI do it! just for 2 or 3 quick panning shots with zero emphasis, it's a really inside joke but it would still be funny

      @colbster12302@colbster123022 жыл бұрын
    • @@NFTI Skillz!

      @LeAnimal65@LeAnimal652 жыл бұрын
  • 5:55 that scream 🤣🤣

    @GIITW.5OKC@GIITW.5OKC2 жыл бұрын
  • "NeXt Is MiLd SteEl... ThOsE ArE SpArKs." Hot dang, I'm glad you had an expert there, I wouldn't have known that xD

    @LordHonkInc@LordHonkInc2 жыл бұрын
  • Love your videos! Would you guys ever think about opening the PO Box again?!

    @hamboneneurosis995@hamboneneurosis9952 жыл бұрын
  • My whole life I had no idea titanium wasn't as hard as treated steel. I guess it's just used over it in military/avionic applications for the sake of better weight to hardness ratio?

    @Scott.E.H@Scott.E.H2 жыл бұрын
    • High strength, low weight. Very good properties for aviation or implants.

      @ftrollman@ftrollman2 жыл бұрын
    • You've heard of its use in the construction of airplanes because of its high melting point. When travelling at supersonic speeds the nose of the plane will reach temperatures that would melt steel. The light weight is a bonus. They actually had to sneak the titanium for the blackbird out of the soviet union covertly as Ukraine has most of the worlds supply, I believe.

      @dominicyelin@dominicyelin2 жыл бұрын
  • you guys make my day to this day

    @Martin_Chua23@Martin_Chua23 Жыл бұрын
  • Hi. What improvements can i make to my waterjet bed so that the small perts dont fall through

    @Sorgris@Sorgris2 жыл бұрын
  • Do big blocks of these metals next time.

    @Tyler-gq6pf@Tyler-gq6pf8 ай бұрын
  • Always liked the brilliance of titanium sparks

    @williamwinder3466@williamwinder34662 жыл бұрын
  • i love the full sized cutout of Nate from the internet in the background. bring him on for some content with you guys.

    @DemonGamR@DemonGamR2 жыл бұрын
    • 👀

      @NFTI@NFTI2 жыл бұрын
  • Bro u are so recognizable, I have not seen u in years then this video popped up and I was wondering why u look so familiar lol

    @abrahamvalencia5262@abrahamvalencia52622 жыл бұрын
  • I dont understand much of the metal or cutting things but i stick around to watch most of the videos just to take in the surreal close ups and weird filming techniques. Reminds me of Tim and Eric Awesome Show Good Job.

    @_Yep_Yep_@_Yep_Yep_ Жыл бұрын
  • @Waterjet Channel The hardness scale your mentioning, is not by chance "Mohs" hardness you are referring to?

    @benjaminbergmann2607@benjaminbergmann26072 жыл бұрын
  • Have you checked to see how fast you can get a ceramic bearing to spin?

    @UraTrowelie@UraTrowelie2 жыл бұрын
  • Subbed. Cool content.

    @coreinstincts2659@coreinstincts26592 жыл бұрын
  • everyone involved in this went to the moon before recording

    @BlueSeismic@BlueSeismic2 жыл бұрын
  • i love the energy of you two got that wholesomeness and questionable taste test

    @Nehunya@Nehunya Жыл бұрын
  • This is what I imagine happens in a machine shop when the boss has a doctors appointment for the afternoon.

    @Impractical_Engineer@Impractical_Engineer2 жыл бұрын
  • I haven't seen yous in a while but the thumbnail caught my eye

    @Shafeenbedt@Shafeenbedt2 жыл бұрын
  • Are you sure that rod is pure tungsten? Looks like it was some kind of turning tool. Those are usually made out of tungstencarbide and cobalt or something like that.

    @iizvullok@iizvullok2 жыл бұрын
  • Was that an Emo Phillips impression for the spark test?

    @DennisFromRLM@DennisFromRLM2 жыл бұрын
  • I dont know why, but that stare from mitchell with the helicopter noise made me laugh

    @earendilthemariner5546@earendilthemariner55462 жыл бұрын
  • Very nice.

    @RichBehiel@RichBehiel Жыл бұрын
  • The circles of metal aren't the same thickness. The titanium was considerably thinner than the others. Wouldn't that effect the cut?

    @Noidstradamus@Noidstradamus2 жыл бұрын
    • no he was just testing each of the metals to see how far down they would cut so if you look at the depth of the cut it'll tell you how strong the metal is to The cutting test okay okay by the way that pea sized thing up rolling around in your head is your brain, USE IT! 💯

      @nunyafockler5650@nunyafockler5650 Жыл бұрын
    • @@nunyafockler5650 Right.......there's a lot to digest here. Firstly, you're insinuating that I'm stupid at the end of a BARELY comprehensible sentence. You're grammar is shit and your punctuation is worse. You also missed the fact that I ASKED a question. I didn't make a statement that needed to be corrected. I was wondering if the difference in thicknesses between the bits of metal could throw off the accuracy. This is where my "pea brain" kicks in. Is it possible that when the material you are cutting is thicker, the material being cut has a stronger "bracing" effect. For example: would a bullet travel deeper through a tree that was 1 foot in diameter than it would a tree that was 3 feet in diameter? There is more material in front of the bullet (the cutting tool) that is working against its progress through the tree. Could a thicker piece of the same metal yield a different cutting result due to there being more material working against the water jet? If yes, than the test results would not be accurate. As not all of the pieces of metal were the same thickness. I think it's a relevant question. What do you think keyboard warrior?

      @Noidstradamus@Noidstradamus Жыл бұрын
  • Love the videos guys!!!! Keep em coming!!!! Maybe multiple videos a week!!?? 4K would be awesome as well!!! Cheers!!!

    @infantryrecon101st@infantryrecon101st2 жыл бұрын
  • good timing

    @markwackerman5593@markwackerman55932 жыл бұрын
  • 1:22 This is gonna become a meme one day. I swear it will.

    @narixm2965@narixm29652 жыл бұрын
  • the spark test makes me wonder how different magnesium and titanium sparks are, I know titanium is a super bright white but I believe magnesium is used in flash bangs and fireworks so I'm unsure.

    @yeetmcmeat@yeetmcmeat2 жыл бұрын
    • Almost the same, they are white and bright too, maybe a little brughter

      @cyfralcoot65@cyfralcoot652 жыл бұрын
  • It’s 2am but I need to know this

    @puppy2595@puppy25952 жыл бұрын
  • As the hydraulic press channel would say: "toongstone"

    @powderedwater4742@powderedwater4742 Жыл бұрын
  • Wow. Tungsten told your waterjet to go take a hike.

    @eric1138@eric11382 жыл бұрын
  • And that's why titanium is used to color fireworks, those clean white sparks.

    @Cobb@Cobb2 жыл бұрын
  • I have a pretty nice size chunk of quartz I think and I've wanted to get it cut into a cube

    @buckblackwell5564@buckblackwell55642 жыл бұрын
  • Love the videos keep up the great work

    @jordanbecker5200@jordanbecker52002 жыл бұрын
  • I cracked up on the spark test

    @ryanmacs2486@ryanmacs24862 жыл бұрын
  • Last channel where I would expect to hear about multiple sclerosis

    @Azguella@Azguella2 жыл бұрын
  • Its crazy to think that water can cut thru metal.

    @Aaron6791ae@Aaron6791ae10 ай бұрын
  • Wow that skate board wheel!

    @lorriecarrel9962@lorriecarrel99622 жыл бұрын
  • I sent this basicly an abrasion test noting to do with shear resistance type cut.

    @lyonscultivars@lyonscultivars Жыл бұрын
  • If Bobcat Goldthwait owned a waterjet

    @beansnrice321@beansnrice3212 жыл бұрын
  • The helicopter flashbacks edit sent me 😂

    @YounesLayachi@YounesLayachi2 жыл бұрын
  • This is science done right.

    @dattebenforcer@dattebenforcer2 жыл бұрын
  • We wanna test how hard these things are Because we do

    @ShwappaJ@ShwappaJ2 жыл бұрын
  • "Or just set it to a slower speed" "Oh" xD

    @godzillagodzilla4405@godzillagodzilla44052 жыл бұрын
  • I waer a blackened tungsten ring, and did some maintenance on some equipment today, i noticed a scratch on it after. but it rubbed off, so the ring was not scratched, something else scratched off on my ring. thats why i can wear it without worry of damaging it :-)

    @MC-Racing@MC-Racing2 жыл бұрын
  • What was the debit in Liter per second?

    @SEVideoQuant@SEVideoQuant5 ай бұрын
  • Is that a Nate (from TKOR) lifesize poster in the background?

    @infinitepower6780@infinitepower67802 жыл бұрын
  • That spark test was like a scene straight out of rick n morty

    @Amoritaz@Amoritaz2 жыл бұрын
  • As a man who has MS, that multiple sclerosis thing, I laughed out loud and woke my wife. It was very humorous, if you meant it or not. Made my day. MS also mild steel.... re watch it.... LOL. Thanks, now I have to go sleep on the couch in the living room.

    @ttoddh1@ttoddh1 Жыл бұрын
  • Why no spark-tasting?

    @AlexMiedemaFRL@AlexMiedemaFRL2 жыл бұрын
  • Powerful

    @shijisagish429@shijisagish429 Жыл бұрын
  • That scale of hardness made me snicker

    @scott2100@scott21002 жыл бұрын
  • 1:26 Him: how hard are we Me: 🤣🤣🤣

    @Clarix_Shorts@Clarix_Shorts Жыл бұрын
  • Is that a turbo powering the waterjet?

    @pepezafrog7732@pepezafrog77322 жыл бұрын
  • SO COOL

    @tilly625@tilly625 Жыл бұрын
  • I want that Tungsten rod. For ... reasons...

    @MattH-wg7ou@MattH-wg7ou2 жыл бұрын
  • "all we do is cut circles here" roasted lmao

    @Wulthrin@Wulthrin2 жыл бұрын
  • Try Depleted Uranium and Polonium-210

    @F.B.I-C.I.A@F.B.I-C.I.A3 ай бұрын
  • We are witnessing their slow descent into Insanity one episode at a time

    @colchronic@colchronic2 жыл бұрын
  • Siiiiiiick! Love the new stuff guys! 👌

    @lllooooooppp@lllooooooppp2 жыл бұрын
  • DO you use abrasive or water without abrasive?

    @Nw-zh1uq@Nw-zh1uqАй бұрын
  • You all are wild. I do not know why, but I cannot turn it off.

    @formulized94@formulized942 жыл бұрын
  • Hello, Moh's scale? Hi I'm looking for Al, Uminium.

    @thomasrussell4674@thomasrussell467410 ай бұрын
  • “ Polycrystalline diamonds… “ .woah.” 😂

    @crashh9270@crashh92702 жыл бұрын
  • I wanna work with these guys.

    @theemissary1313@theemissary13132 жыл бұрын
  • when the camera pans to the guy in the red he always looks like he's staring right into the abyss

    @ppbutnotbig6236@ppbutnotbig62362 жыл бұрын
  • When these guys were talking about their hardness. Like how hard are you. Half hard. LOL

    @Eric-yo4qk@Eric-yo4qk Жыл бұрын
  • Do Lead, I know it will cut it But i'm wondering if it will deform it same with gold

    @samuel.g5928@samuel.g59285 ай бұрын
  • 00:41 haha Nate in the back

    @johntim5293@johntim52932 жыл бұрын
  • Can you do Tantalum?

    @PauIieWalnuts@PauIieWalnuts Жыл бұрын
  • craziest thing I have cut on a flow waterjet is silicone carbide armor tiles. 3/16" thick, cutting speed of 20 minutes per inch.

    @adamfournier6735@adamfournier67352 жыл бұрын
  • Why does the the titanium spark?

    @John-Doe-Yo@John-Doe-Yo2 жыл бұрын
  • Wow that titanium sure sparks alots

    @MrGridStrom@MrGridStrom2 жыл бұрын
  • I called Molybdenum Molly-beee-denim way before you guys were born, so I win? Great video!

    @donaldhoot7741@donaldhoot7741 Жыл бұрын
    • Hmm, do I win or am I just old? LOL

      @donaldhoot7741@donaldhoot7741 Жыл бұрын
  • Titanium is quite reactive. Thats why most of it is in the white paint - titanium oxide - titanium white. Thats why it flashes so much

    @murderyoutubeworkersandceos@murderyoutubeworkersandceos2 жыл бұрын
  • So is there a singular sclerosis?

    @righty-o3585@righty-o35852 жыл бұрын
  • I love Moly B. Denim

    @Bloated_Tony_Danza@Bloated_Tony_Danza2 жыл бұрын
  • I hardness tested tungsten and got 5.5 on mohs (same as cobalt and molybdenum and hafnium same hardness as obsidian)

    @maxinerosaler762@maxinerosaler7626 ай бұрын
  • Nice Tommy boy reference btw

    @jakedempsey9772@jakedempsey97722 жыл бұрын
  • 6:08 You guys accidently made Termite there. May be.

    @KozelPraiseGOELRO@KozelPraiseGOELRO9 ай бұрын
  • So what causes sparks for certain metals when they are put to a grinding belt?

    @bryanjehlen2933@bryanjehlen29332 жыл бұрын
    • Background: Most metals oxidize with the oxygen in air. Think iron rusting, copper turning green, bronze turning dark, etc. The rate of oxidation is determined by the temperature and surface area exposed to air, with higher temp and more surface increasing the rate. Also, oxidation reactions themselves produce heat. When a particle is super small, it has a very large ratio between it's surface area and volume. Even though the surface area is pretty low in absolute terms, the volume and thus amount of metal is even lower, so the oxidation rapidly heats it up. Heating up only increases the rate of oxidation more, and you get a runaway reaction that results in the metal particles getting white-hot and glowing like anything hot does, and ends once the metal is entirely oxidized and begins to cool down. The metals that do not spark are the ones that oxidize slowly enough, or produce little enough heat while oxidizing, that they lose heat faster to the air than the oxidation adds heat, and thus don't get a runaway reaction. Basically, iron and titanium are both very reactive with oxygen, while brass and the others are not. Edit: Aluminum is actually even more reactive, but it's oxide is very good at preventing the unreacted aluminum under the surface from reacting, so it doesn't really spark either. Aluminum is thought of as quite corrosion resistant, but it actually gets it's corrosion resistance from the super thin layer of aluminum oxide (aka corundum or sapphire) that forms nearly instantly on any surface exposed to air.

      @markjacobson4248@markjacobson42482 жыл бұрын
    • @@markjacobson4248 Thank you very much!!! This was very easy to understand and I appreciate the amount of detail you put into your comment.

      @bryanjehlen2933@bryanjehlen29332 жыл бұрын
  • Get on with it !!!!!

    @Belano1911@Belano19112 жыл бұрын
  • The people who think the aluminum planes couldn’t cut through steal beams of the twins towers should watch this

    @08maurizi@08maurizi21 күн бұрын
  • Tungsten is pretty hard, but chromium and boron are much harder, being the third and second hardest elements, respectively, after carbon in the form of diamonds. Tungsten is also not the densest material. That honor goes to osmium. Tungsten’s standout trait is that it has the highest melting point of any metal. However, it should be noted that carbon, while not a metal, does have a higher melting point.

    @GusCraft460@GusCraft460 Жыл бұрын
  • The Egyptians must’ve used this but found out a way to do it at an epic proportion, with some powerful energy source? They could’ve been a lot more tech advanced than we think

    @donthaveaname1086@donthaveaname1086 Жыл бұрын
  • Bobcat Goldthwait???

    @2004suryc@2004suryc2 жыл бұрын
  • holy windowlicking Batman!!!

    @drbelli@drbelli10 ай бұрын
  • Not sure if you've done it already but ur carbide tip are very brittle and they shatter when you drop em, put one in a hardening oven and see what happens!!

    @wesleycooley1618@wesleycooley16182 жыл бұрын
  • Now you guys are gonna have to get a chunk of molly be denim to cut spirals in

    @ForfeMac@ForfeMac2 жыл бұрын
  • Dem sparks. 5:30 F***ing hell titanium. 5:54

    @gundam2jimmy@gundam2jimmy2 жыл бұрын
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