And did you think the Egyptians cut stones with a cutting disc?
frank1934 on
Skip to 1:05
Swippityphoop on
Isn’t this like 10 years old. Yeah I watched the whole thing but still
iulius on
He had to get all those spikes in there first! I can’t even.
SEA2COLA on
Do we know *why* he was doing it this way?
Zickityzickrubin on
And then what?
KMerrells on
This guy read Asterix
Accomplished_Pack556 on
Now imagine all those prehistoric people looking at that rock thinking how cool it would be to split that rock but, alas, were lacking the tools and intelligence.
Professional-Air2123 on
My back and shoulders hurt in sympathy.
storyteller323 on
Obviously the dude learned how to do this from aliens /s
cody4king on
This is the most satisfying sound I’ve heard all day
DLC78387 on
What’s so impressive? It’s what wives do everyday until we crack wide open….. and split.
LawyerOfBirds on
I’ve done this with large rocks, albeit *far* smaller than this monster. I can only imagine how much sledgehammering was done before that last minute of video. Christ.
Anxious_Huckleberry9 on
That can is crushed.
KansDky on
I always think about how i would be wore out just trying to do that…. But that was only 72 seconds of his day and he probably had another 7 hours 58 minutes left if not moreÂ
wcollins260 on
Agitated-Two-6699 on
More like a boulder
RamirezNick on
I’m more impressed by the 100% accuracy with that hammer. If you’ve ever tried doing something similar to this, accuracy like that takes YEARS to perfect!
khalamar on
You start with one heavy as shit rock. After a lot of effort, you find yourself with two heavy as shit rocks.
thescrape on
Now what?
Strayed8492 on
Ah this video again
shikiroin on
“man splits rock using only rock splitting materials”
sayma_1842 on
That is a heavy ass hammer, he doesn’t miss once. That’s the most impressive part to me
be-koz on
And no eye protection. Pieces tend to fly off the ends of those metal spikes as they get flattened by repeated pounding, not to mention stone chips from a wayward blow.
rockmetz on
what blows my mind is at some point in history (maybe even today) someone has enough expereince to tell from the sound of the rock how many more swinmg you would need.
Imagine just how good ytou would get if you were some poor slave that just smashed rocks 16 hours a day from when you were 5 years old.
Thats how they built the ancient mega sites. Generations of blood, sweat and skill.
jippyjayjay on
Third generation rock splitter on that very rock. My dad’s dad knew the guy who started the very first split.
Evening_Rock5850 on
I had a couple of large rocks in my yard I wanted to get rid of and a buddy turned me on to this method.
It felt like absolute witchcraft. Obviously mine weren’t nearly this big but they were still bigger than a couple of people could reasonably handle. But using 3 or 4 of those feathers and wedges and a hammer and I had them broken up into chunks I could carry by myself with shockingly little effort.
Physics is really really freaking cool.
AbjectBird1431 on
Why though? #leaverocksalone
Xeroxenfree on
And a drill
Suplex_1042 on
It wasn’t with just pins and a sledge, but ok
ApricotNervous5408 on
…after drilling holes or make of a groove
ShadowCaster0476 on
The title makes it sounds like it’s a revolutionary step.
They’ve literally been doing this for thousands of years.
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he didn’t need that red container anymore anyway
How do you tell which part will fall on you?
And did you think the Egyptians cut stones with a cutting disc?
Skip to 1:05
Isn’t this like 10 years old. Yeah I watched the whole thing but still
He had to get all those spikes in there first! I can’t even.
Do we know *why* he was doing it this way?
And then what?
This guy read Asterix
Now imagine all those prehistoric people looking at that rock thinking how cool it would be to split that rock but, alas, were lacking the tools and intelligence.
My back and shoulders hurt in sympathy.
Obviously the dude learned how to do this from aliens /s
This is the most satisfying sound I’ve heard all day
What’s so impressive? It’s what wives do everyday until we crack wide open….. and split.
I’ve done this with large rocks, albeit *far* smaller than this monster. I can only imagine how much sledgehammering was done before that last minute of video. Christ.
That can is crushed.
I always think about how i would be wore out just trying to do that…. But that was only 72 seconds of his day and he probably had another 7 hours 58 minutes left if not moreÂ
More like a boulder
I’m more impressed by the 100% accuracy with that hammer. If you’ve ever tried doing something similar to this, accuracy like that takes YEARS to perfect!
You start with one heavy as shit rock. After a lot of effort, you find yourself with two heavy as shit rocks.
Now what?
Ah this video again
“man splits rock using only rock splitting materials”
That is a heavy ass hammer, he doesn’t miss once. That’s the most impressive part to me
And no eye protection. Pieces tend to fly off the ends of those metal spikes as they get flattened by repeated pounding, not to mention stone chips from a wayward blow.
what blows my mind is at some point in history (maybe even today) someone has enough expereince to tell from the sound of the rock how many more swinmg you would need.
Imagine just how good ytou would get if you were some poor slave that just smashed rocks 16 hours a day from when you were 5 years old.
Thats how they built the ancient mega sites. Generations of blood, sweat and skill.
Third generation rock splitter on that very rock. My dad’s dad knew the guy who started the very first split.
I had a couple of large rocks in my yard I wanted to get rid of and a buddy turned me on to this method.
It felt like absolute witchcraft. Obviously mine weren’t nearly this big but they were still bigger than a couple of people could reasonably handle. But using 3 or 4 of those feathers and wedges and a hammer and I had them broken up into chunks I could carry by myself with shockingly little effort.
Physics is really really freaking cool.
Why though? #leaverocksalone
And a drill
It wasn’t with just pins and a sledge, but ok
…after drilling holes or make of a groove
The title makes it sounds like it’s a revolutionary step.
They’ve literally been doing this for thousands of years.