Let's see how Lego-compatible aluminum beam deforms or breaks when high torque is applied.
The test bench is made using only plastic Lego parts (and string). Enjoy!
The beam dimensions are the same as Lego part 32278 Technic, Liftarm 1 x 15 Thick
The beam was bought from Dark Ice Designs:
darkicedesigns.com/collection...
"was it really aluminium?" expected you to pull out a lego spectrometer ngl
Or just tell us that it's actually titanium
An X-ray crystallography machine made entirely of Lego
@@sgbench the atoms themselves are just purple studs
lego spectroscopy
Next level: 3D printed titanium beam, and the rig built with billet aluminium parts.
Year 2054: "Can Lego break diamond?"
*new Lego ore has been added to Minecraft*
Year 2120 can lego break netherite
Just drop 7 tonnes of lego on it and it will shatter
yes, breaking diamond is really easy
Yea, diamond is really brittle also
This is like breaking a sledgehammer by hitting it with a watermelon.
A lot of watermelons
@@JourneyJournal1998 I would say at least one watermelon
@@LemonMan. technically true
If you had enough watermelons you could melt it with heat and pressure
with enough dust, light and heat can be formed
Thanks for zooming in, I don't think I would have noticed it was broken otherwise.
The bar is clearly broken... Zooms in 1000x... “Its broken”
ITS BWOKEN
XDDDD
5 pixels ≈ Diameter of 1 blood cell (*Hypothesis)
He didn't show us the other half of it though! I'm not fully convinced...
It did look kinda broken. Maybe if he zoomed in a little more I could've actually seen it
Plan D: "Double Crank" Aluminium Bar: *Sweating*
*Double sweating* *
at 1:38 the thing sounds like an a10 warthog
@@hashbrown_blitz8869 oh my youre right
@@hashbrown_blitz8869 NO, IT SOUNDS LIKE NO MORE TERROR IN THE MIDDLE EAST!!!
@@hashbrown_blitz8869 BRRRRRRRRRRRT
5:45 Thank you for zooming in so much, I would not have told otherwise.
Same
There is something so hilarious about the ideas, the filming, the execution, and the slow-motion replays depicting the violence of the failures! Not to mention that little analysis of the aluminum being genuine. Love this guy's mind! Brilliant stuff!
Alternate title: Weakpoints in your Lego construction and how to fix them
"How to develop a device capable of snapping metal in two using only plastic Danish toys"
@@AFriendlyTheo Metallurgy engineers hate him!
Totally agree I actually did do something once that was really hard on the Lego axles and was operated frequently in a project under a lot of force eventually what to take it apart and I couldn't get one part of it apart even I'm like what gives I did do that eventually probably that axle would fail but pain completely failed however the axle had been Twisted to the point so many times that instead of being a cross shape it was almost completely rounded it been Twisted so badly it looked like it was round almost that's how much it would Twisted to the point that it was hard to discern that originally it was cross-shaped yeah that's a long tour I don't know how many stages are gearing either or what the ratio was blood pressure yesterday how I also gears were doubled and tripled up if not more I think I actually ran across the axle the other day when I was doing some sorting even though I think of it.
@@AFriendlyTheo yes but also how to destroy non plastic third-party Lego Parts as well. Or third party non plastic Lego Park suitable for used as a torsion spring.lol
Step 1: The Aluminum Bar Test
Crank: * pops off * * puts on two tiny lego pieces * *_IMPROVED CONNECTION_*
Well it worked, didn't it?
@@IkaSternenlicht he’s got a point
Timestamp please
@@harshitkrishna1799 1:28
@@garleff3153 thanks
I loved the final “not broken” followed by the slow zoom into “broken”
As a welder the math hurts but the metal break is spot on.
Wow that zoom in the end went way further than I expected
Would not have been able to tell if broken without the zoom
Yes this atom is broken.
Hmm yes this severed rod in 2 pieces is indeed broken confirmed at 1000X zoom
It's such a fun joke!
@@henrywood9781 it makes np sense how its stronger then steel tho
Security cameras irl: **have worse quality than 144p** Security cameras in movies: 5:40
Zoom... Enhance!
Instead of 4K they have 4p
It looks real
F0cking 1000× Zoom!!!
@@egogogogoegarobloxchannel5700 it is
The pure anxiety of hearing the constant crackling of the lego pieces under tension like theyre about to grenade into another realm
in the span of about 4 minutes this guy has gone from small gear machine to full fledged torture device to break this beam and i'm here for it
I love how he almost microscopically zoomed in to show it’s broken, almost meme-tier to prove something like that
"You may not know it yet, but if we zoom in far enough, we can see the microscopic grain. This shows that it is broken."
Love your name🙃
According to my precise calculations,that beam is indeed broken
Well no shit, u think he was serious there
SPOILERS
"Can lego bend space and time?" *pulls out triple crank* Me: *Sweating*
first reply i guess
What’s with this dudes profile pick and name
@@monsterhunterveteran I don't get it? Seems all right
@@monsterhunterveteran whats wrong i used to hang out with him in hell all the time?
Fatherland? Where did Motherland Go?
I had my doubts regarding if you had truly broken it, thanks for the zoom it really cleared everything up
I feel like repeated stresses helped you there. Would have been nice to do it on a brand new aluminum part with the final design
About 5 years from now: "Can lego bend space-time?"
oh yeah it can, just not that much tho
*Y E S*
yes, definitely.
YES
Probably 50 years tbh
"so what are your plans this friday" *plan d: double crank*
Oop-
That's always plan d
Is that the next step in the evolution of "Soulja Boy - Crank That"?
@under a rock the climax of the movie involves Soulja Boy performing the fabled double crank at which point the earth spontaneously combusts
It looks like private time is going to be spiced up a notch. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Thanks for the closeup, i wasn't really sure it was broken, but you really whiffed any doubts i had.
No technic bricks and pins were seriously harmed during the making of this video.
finally, something that can separate two 2x1 plates stuck together.
Nope. Tested, did not work
teeth
@@nembutai That’s how you loose them
@@jacer445u5 teeth
@@stelfer teeth
I laughed like crazy at the huge zoom in: "broken"
I didn't
The camera must be really good.
Same
@@user-vl1nm7fb3i Then why say anything
@@jandajanda2242 Why not?
thank you for the zoom in I had no idea that it was broken
Rewatching this, I absolutely love the high zoom with an arrow indicating the part is broken. Yes, thank you, I wasn't certain that was the case.
“If it doesn’t work at first... just add more gears.” His final words working on the lego rocket
@User Green i REALLY did not expect a ksp reference on this video
@Sillybugs YT its not funny
guys remember to check yo staging
And if *lego* dont work, use more *lego* (engineer from tf2 reference)
@@boznsjbruhstudios6383 How so?
5 years from now: "Can LEGOs be used for high impact nuclear warfare?"
YEs
Absolutely, 100%, guaranteed free shipping and handling, no refunds, not a scam (maybe), get free money here *Y E S*
Large Lego Collider when.
*Y* *E* *S*
10 years from now: lego black hole and wormhole generator
I love that close zoom in with the macro lens and its like "-broken".
Great. Now that this vid is on KZhead, I expect airport security will start checking our bags for Lego motors. Great job.
I feel like what this really demonstrates is how strength can be derived from construction rather than pure material strength.
And that torque can be derived from leverage rather than pure motor power.
Yep! It’s fascinating! Though it also shows the opposite... how material choice can drastically reduce design complexity. Love it!
It’s called leverage.
@@lukefreeman828 exactly!
It also demonstrates that while yes, construction matters more. That good material makes it a thousand times easier.
So many little lego pieces donated their lives to science on this day...
That so sad.............their sacrifices will never be forgotten
@@kishinova2501 attention: Special force unit Omega 12 has entered the facility at gate A
Actually I don't think any peices broke
He probably has a budget for replacement parts because he destroys so many pieces.
R.I.P those innocent LEGOs being hurt 😢
So glad for the zoom in! I couldn't quite tell it was broken before.
How does one come up with such idea. Incredible. I am not even close to understanding engineering, but the level of knowledge you have is so obvious in this videos. Really incredible. Thanks for sharing
2020: breaks aluminum lego piece 2025: breaks structural steel I Beam
Jet fuel can't melt steel beams :-)
LEGO did 9/11
Remember kids, no matter the task, as long as you over enginner enough, you can do it
Germans with their tanks in WW2 be like:
@@cristianvandenbosse8989 Transmission: Nein. *Catches fire*
I appreciate this comment being an engineer myself. So much truth in it!
@@LouieGrind But you need to do it 50% faster and 50% cheaper :)
@@AdamantLightLP CAD programs in the 90's: *Enters the room*.
Thanks for the zoom in, i couldnt tell it was broken otherwise
This has been the perfect video to watch when unable to sleep, 5 hours before I have to be up for work
2020: "Can lego bend an aluminum beam?" 4927: "Can lego condense the sun into a black hole?"
Its 2021
@@roboticeggs I'm very scared of what he just said
@@roboticeggs The video was published in 2020
Yes
*strained wrrrrrr*
Next level: tungsten
Steel can be harder than tungsten. Tungsten carbide on the other hand.... oh my god D:
@NikolaM2YT Its also really heavy
@NikolaM2YT I do, but my first thought was the weight
@@qoodles4032 Dense, it’s confusing, I know.
@@DAS_k1ishEe right, tungsten is 8-8.5 mohs, steel can be harder than that, but tungsten carbide, that’s like a diamond with tungsten in it, so, like 9.5 mohs.
Glad he zoomed in to show that it was broken, almost couldn't tell without it
*"To Show You The Power Of Lego, I Cut The Aluminium In Half!"*
in 30 years: Can we break the strong force and atomic bond between two atoms with Lego?
I'm gonna say yes.
the Manhattan Project was done with LEGO, that is how they split the atom.
Well, technically if you write on them with a pencil, you're shearing the weak bonds holding the layers of graphite together
@@belacickekl7579 Stfu nerd ima yeet u into the star older than space and time itself!!!
@@the_mastergamer3140 nerd
“Even the finest metal, when plunged into lego will eventually break” - Sun Tzu
"son, dying is gay" Sun Tzu said that
At this point someone can just say "hvrfugrugduhuheugdugygfrygeghhbduhdxhdzegvwg" Sun Tzu and get 80 likes
“What the hell I never said any of this crap” - Sun Tzu
@@Your_averageRocketNe except you apparently
my foot
that zoom in at the end to point put that the beam was broken did it for me
5:48 OMG thank you for the confirmation, i had no idea. Thank you so much!!!!😀
A small part of my soul shrivels every time I see a piece of Lego pushed past its stress limit.
I'm honestly surprised by how much punishment some pieces can actually take.
@@Arcterion Yes daddy.
@@ShinAkuma 🤨📸
@@ShinAkuma 🤨📸
@@ShinAkuma 🤨📸
[zooms in to nanometer size] "yep, broken"
I most impressed that those little pins retaining the ends of the beam didn’t fail.
Appreciate that zoom at the end, I couldn’t tell if it broke
"I have made a lego piece... out of metal!" BEC: "Oh cool another object which will tremble before my mighty plastic"
Lmao
Can't wait for when he tries out an uranium lego piece!
"I made a Lego piece........ out of more Lego pieces..... That are made out normal Lego pieces............. But it has..... a metal core." BEC: oh cool lets find a way to break the metal core
@@dustin10weering20 A Lego nuke. I don’t need to say anting else, do I?
Steel beam: _minding it's own business_ LEGOs: *This guy's lookin at me funny*
He is going to find a way to melt it with legos.
@JoeDurty104 then he will find a way to melt aluminum beams with lego.
LMAO
shoulda said "and i took that personally"
Lovely crunching sounds!
It was pretty fun to see the contraptions upgrade every time they failed
There is just something about hearing hundreds of legos under insane stress that is satisfying to me.
It's cathartic, I relate to the LEGOs
it's like vengeance for the insane stress they put your foot tissues through when stepped on. HA! Who's so strong now??
there is just something about seeing hundreds of legos failing over and over again that is so satifying to me
@Nathan Compton WHAT DID HE SAAAAY?
There is? All I feel is anxiety.
2001: Jet fuel can't melt steel beams 2020: Lego can bend aluminium beams
We are evolving
Break*
I KNEW there was gonna be a comment like this lol
*we are returning to monke*
This is exactly the embodiment of never giving up until you break the terminator 😂
I really wanted to see that beam snap. Worth the watch! :D
5:40 was a phenomenal little bit of visual comedy. Well done
Aluminum rod just oofed lol Man I love this guys content
he done this on his other video
I love that really zoomed in shot of the beam just to show that it was broken
Couldn't tell from afar
Verdict: Probably broken
me too it made me laugh
yes
@@MattSuguisAsFondAsEverrr Yes indeed
I loved the way you proved us that its broken, zooming it. Otherwise we couldnt have known it!
I have never seen more perfect content from anyone else on this platform. this is Oscar worthy.
In about 20 years, he's gonna make a 100% fully functioning lego car.
The Lego channel already did that
@@MrHumgruffin And how much of it was not lego?
@@Pixelcraftian it was all lego.
in about 20 years, he's gonna make a 100% fully functioning lego Hydraulic Press.
@@TheHurriedRabbit This, I look forward to. Tho, is it really gonna be 'hydraulic'
Scientists trying to discover the strongest material when we've had it this whole time
LEGOS!
And it’s available to children!
*A child has split the earth I repeat a child has split the earth* - this guy if he won a million pounds while a kid
the strongest material is graphene, and the hardest material is lonsdaleite. if he had used diamond or lonsdaleite, once it torqued it would shatter. if he used graphene, i doubt he’d make a millimeter bend. sorry to be that guy, just wanted to say.
@@jswertujj thanks for info (Get ready for reddit kids)
i love seeing lego pieces put through medieval torture techniques!
Gotta love how aluminum’s flexibility gave steel a run for its monwy
Holy crap everytime I’m impressed with the engineering he pulls out an even more impressive machine
When it zoomed in and just said... “broken-“ Nah I couldn’t tell Lmao
The last zoom part killed me XDDD
"Zoom and enhance!"
i want the next beam-breaking video's closeup to show individual groups of atoms separated to show that is truly indeed broken
while the beam is chunkier it has A LOT of large holes in it.
It's basically the Lego equivalent of an I-beam
Meanwhile in the dark web: *” Can lego shred a human?”*
Ever stepped on one? It most definitely can.
It's public knowledge that Lego can shred human feet...
I've done it with babies and yep.Lego can completely shred a baby.
Yes
@@Wetcorps I read that as ever stepped on a human lol.
my therapist: double crank isn't real, it can't hurt you double crank:
In fairness, it probably won't hurt you unless... you wouldn't happen to be made of aluminium, would you?
I have never seen a man this determined to break metal with legos
Him in a year: how small can we make my functioning Lego computer
The camera really said “e n h a n c e” at the end there.
"I'm an Engineer. That means I solve problems."
We only make more problems for people to solve
@@beautifulbeaner Doesn't sound so attractive as a job description, but it's certainly accurate.
"...not problems like "what is beauty?" because that would fall within the purview of your conundrums of philosophy. I solve practical problems."
@@marekkelin1181 If you you kill a man with lego motors
And also make problems
Thanks for the close up would have never spotted the damage
This has been in my recommendations for years
That zoom at the end "broken" lmao🤣🤣🤣
I wish he added the applause like he did with the steel axel. although it was still pretty funny
😂😂😂
This guy will not take “no” for an answer.
no
No
No
No
No
Thanks I couldn’t tell it was broken till u zoomed in and labelled it 👍
This just shows that safety measures are always needed when working with equipments
5:41 the extreme zoom in before telling us it’s broken cracked me up
just to confirm that in truth, the bar was cracked.
i think the bar was broken tbh
_zooms in more than needed to_ *broken* me: _laughs hysterically_
Same :D
I was prepared for molecular zoom
Was that a multi camera phone doing the zooming? The quality drastically changed several times
*B r o k e n*
*D E A D*
thank god he did the close up at the end, i would have never known if it was broken.
I don't have the attention span to enjoy pro sports, but I can't get enough of design and engineering videos.
"So how do you do it?" ... "I- i just slap on some more gears until it works."
The reason why first construction wasnt worked is uneven distribution of force, especially with single crank.
some engineering lessons would come in handy
Mechanical advantage is a wonderful thing
Wow this is my engineering class in a nutshell
This could be turned into a horror movie trap if made larger and for an arm
Saw music: *intensifies*
yo you good
@@lorenridge4281 I'm chillin' as always
I thought the same thing but not an horror movie but an real life torture machine for my enemies just imagine the sound of bones breaking while lego turns
Femur breaker but with instructions on how to build it with children's toys
this guy sacrifices our childhood building bricks so we dont have to. He deserves a pat on the head.
At least it’s technic so it’s less sad
While the holes in the beam definitely played part in the integrity, that is still hella impressive
Luckily they didn't know about Lego in medieval times. They would have used it to build the cruelest torture devices.
Just make them walk over legos
@@Rikhardi NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
@@Rikhardi original
@@Rikhardi did you get the milk yet?
@@frenchfried6179 daang, that’s sad
‘With a big enough lever, you could move the world.’ -Someone from a book i read sometime
Probably physics' book
Archimedes I think
It was archimedes
with a big enough lever, you can snap a lever and decapitate yourself
@@mrosskne Also true.
The zoom-in at the end was hilarious
when the lego structure looks like a execution method
5:43 Thank god it says “broken” i never would’ve figured out that it was
Ikr, it would’ve been impossible.
Ikr, it would’ve been impossible.
Ikr, It would’ve been impossible
Ikr, it would've been impossible
Ikr, it would’ve been impossible
I get anxiery every time the scaffolding flexes around
anxiery
I have to keep my jaw clenched so I don't bite my tongue off! It's pretty nerve-wracking
@@Boris-ob9fi anxiery
@@fishussugon3215 anxiery
@@kittencatnip407 anxiery
That gear grind really grinds my gears
10 years from now: "Can Lego EXPLODE an entire planet?"
LOL Although supplement I would like to see like I do eventually some sort of electronics kit not monsters or anything but actual resistors capacitors and everything built into Lego bricks maybe something similar but different than the 9 volt system connectors so that you wouldn't get short circuits which would be a problem with the 9 volt system if you crossed over just right way. If anyone out there is wondering if it's possible to use the 9 system end non-modified form to produce series wiring or perhaps just use a polarity switch is a straight-up switch it only using one novel wire back to whatever the answer is yes. If one were to take four or five 9 volt electric plates one on the bottom and one or two one in each end and in the middle at 90 degrees of course attach another one on top you successfully cause a short circuit I discovered that by accident I was trying to Alpha way to couple basically a t fitting for the LEGO 9 volt system and Mike what just happened this power cut out and realize I'd cause a short circuit. Also series wiring is possible with a 9 volt system including able to connect two 9 volt battery boxes together to get 18 volts out although you shouldn't go above that at all and I would not recommend doing it for long periods of time but intermittent if you got extra motor stuff yes. Tremendous speed and torque reason number one not to go over 18 volts the course potential damage second if you're using the gear Motors the ones that originally came out with the barcode truck AKA the set using the Code Pilot those Motors were designed specifically for some sort of electronic controller like that which were also the ones that were released in the first version of lion storms as well there is a bi directional surge protection device transorb? Essentially very some work what a back-to-back zener diode would be. That one is a bipolar version. And that component the trip or clamping voltage is roughly 18 volts don't know exact specs unfortunately. The reason for that being there is to clamp any inductive searches from the motor same reason why you would have a Freewheel or a clamping diode across relays in electronics because of course if you're running the something inductive say a brushed motor you're going to have inductive kickback when do magnetic field collapses once or twice I've actually been Zapped off that even at low voltage systems not thinking about it I mean yeah like four bolts but big ol solenoid! I think that happened one time when I was working on repairing a pipe organ was if I'm not mistaken. Same thing with working on a system that used electric Bells it was less than 18 volts are no possibly 12 or 6? But still going to walk up off of it it was working intermittently and turns out the connection I have to touch was the problem looks and when the circuit open that's what when it got me and yes that was DC. You'd be surprised at how low voltage you can actually feel it you can actually feel less than 24 volts under the proper conditions anyone that's done more arity such as Lionel trains or the old schools slot car tracks would know if you accidentally got your hand across the track when it was active it almost feels like you've got a cramp sort of in your hand if you were to happen to have the palm of your hand across it hence muscle contraction and that's low voltage I know that more people are more sensitive than others but I've had that happen when working on doorbell wiring as well and that was under 18 volts or so I know it was less than 24 for sure this was Belle not trying so even less. I could just barely feel it but it was there bad wiring and that's why I was troubleshooting it because A Fault in the system they had heard some copper pipe with him obviously well found a problem that way by accident was trying to track the wiring down feeling for it you couldn't even see in their turns out they wound up pun intended or signal wiring yep when you're doing calling look out for low voltage electrical they didn't see the doorbell wiring even though most of it is visible there I came in afterwards they said they'd pulled the fuse for the doorbell transformer and yeah that fuse holder was in incandescent socket and yes it was actually a pool train and I knew the person that had lived there before them the story was that the pole chain was actually being used because people have been pranking by ringing doorbells in the middle of the night at certain times of the year and other times so if that started they pulled the pole train the trainer off and I think he has the pull chain had been extended up the stairway from the basement with a string but the weird thing is there was something else that was on that doorbell circuit add a web to receptacle that was a single receptacle how to found out is they had blown of doorbell fuse when I plug something in so what I want to doing is just putting on a box cover that had a pilot light and also is an area where a night-light would be a good idea so two birds with one stone or two pigs with one bird whichever your liking if you're an Angry Birds fan.
@@aaronbrandenburg2441 ok
@@aaronbrandenburg2441 jeez
@@aaronbrandenburg2441 yeah im not gonna read that but that comment about exploding a planet was a joke. Good job on wasting a few minutes of your life pal. Or maybe hours!