Giant Axe Vs. 10 Fire Extinguishers! 

Props to editor Jack for not trying to stroke his own ego.😂

That was probably Scott's best science talk yet Props to Jack for that

Just gotta give props to Jack for great editing, Rexy for always being in danger, Herron for having great hair, and Stanford for just being Stanford... I feel like I'm forgetting something. OH YEAH and massive props to KFC for keeping the boys fed!!!

Round of applause for editor Jack, done a great job

As a woodworker I can say that Scott's hair analogy for how wood grain works is on point. I've used the same comparison myself so props to the man for a really good "science with Gaunson"

wood does indeed gain most strength properties as it dries out

Yo I think Scott Gaunson's efforts these past 12 years have been big and he definitely deserves a round of applause 👏

There is no HR without Jack. Give that man a raise! He brings it EVERY video!

Amazing video as always! As referring to the strength of wood, as it becomes more and more dry, it gets harder and therefore, brittle . It's more prone to split or explode. Freshly cut hardwood or soft wood will have more elasticity so it resists force of impact a little better than dried wood.

Huge props to Jack, definitely the glue holding it all together.

I don't know if all Aussie's are fun incarnate like these three fellas, but I very much enjoy watching them and their fabulous videos. They all seem to be having a great time doing everything in their videos and their joy translates well to the audience that watches them. In my opinion they have a similar chemistry with each other that another famous trio have, namely Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond. I am truly glad I found this channel and have not hesitated to share it with all my friends and family. I look forward to enjoying their future videos, keep up the most excellent work!😃

The pavers being split is definitely a contender for best slowey ever on this channel. That was incredibly satisfying!

That paver shot is definitely in the running for Slowy of the Year, and its only March! Massive props to Editor Jack for getting that perfectly framed!

Good to see ya back boys! This has my vote for the best collection of slowies in a single video. A strong way to come back!

Would love to see 4 different colored fire extinguishers lined up on an angle, where Moses takes off only the valve ends. 🚀 Each guy pick a color, and see who's goes the furthest. BTW, big props to editor Jack! He should pick the 4th color extinguisher. 😂 Keep up the great work through 2023 guys!

Thx Jack. Thanks for EVERYTHING. YOU got us so far. YOU are making us a community. YOU are THE boy. Keep it up my man.

Absolutely phenomenal boyo's, absolutely sensational! And it wouldn't have been captured do spectacularly without Editor Jack! Great you see you all back!

I started watching these videos a few years ago… then took a break. Now I’m back and I’m impressed by how popular this channel is. Our thirst for throwing stuff onto other stuff seems unquenchable as a species 😂

Scott did actually explain wood fibres absolutely spot on. That's how I was taught by a carpenter on how to chisel out wood & how knowing about the fibres helps prevent you accidently splitting wood.

Glad to see that you have found your way back. Looking forward to this year's ridiculousness

Round of applause for Editor Jack 😀

I like how environmentally friendly this show has become

Y’all have been getting better and better at quality videos, props to Jack for that, too.,

Wood, at least in Sweden, is more flexible when it’s fresh and can kind of bend too but when it’s dry it can break easier when it bends, so I think it’s a little bit stronger when it’s freshly cut. Great video like allways, love it!! Props to Jack, amazing work!!

I'll give Scott a round of applause for taking Jack's clever burn in stride 👏

7:26 Get stuffed, Scott Gaunson. Editor Jack deserves ALL the attention he gets, and more! (And I do mean that with the utmost respect to you, Brett & Derek)

I think wood does get stronger as it gets dryer but only to an extent. If you’ve dealt with wet wood before you would know it starts to get almost squishy and eventually starts to rot but at the same time when wood gets too dry it becomes very brittle so the optimal moisture I would say would be almost completely dry with a little moisture left. Basically a log that is freshly cut from a tree that’s had a few hours to dry is what I would guess would be the strongest

You guys have no idea how much I needed senseless destruction in my day today. Please continue all the amazing things you do. God bless you and your team

Wood gets more brittle the dryer it gets. Also, cutting with the grain yields clean cuts, against the grain is both harder and yields obliterations. Well done Scott!

An idea for other Giant Axe is to tape/weld/glue the items in a pyramid shape to see a clean cut. Great video lads

Editor Jack deserves props for the amazing shots he’s taken, especially when he has to do a panoramic shot with the phantom

I absolutely love that every time I open one of your vids, and I see the action happening, I'm like, "Okay time for the clip reel and intro and it'll take another ten minutes to get to the juicy stuff." And then I remember it's How Ridiculous, and, no. You get right to the action. 17 seconds in and we're already chopping. Thanks guys. I love that yinz don't waste my time.

Props to Mr. Scott Gaunson for giving us brilliant scientific explanations for years, his efforts over the past twelve years have been big and he deserves a great round of applause

I feel myself rooting for Scott almost everytime

Science with Gaunson is always a decent side mission, top job lads.

Editor jack deserves a pay raise 100%

Would be interesting to put partially filled barrels of gasoline (or other flammables) with ignition sources with fire extinguishers and watch them battle it out in slow motion as fire attempts to start and the extinguisher... extinguishes.

Couple things... paver slow motion, probably the best you guys have ever captured! Also, love that you took the punishments out. Great video!

Jacks “waste of time” answer made me laugh too much at 6 in the morning 😂 also, I love how y’all keep saying “well that’s not in one piece anymore”.

problem with pyramids of pressurized vessels is the pressure will likely set off the bottom before the blade even gets close. If you had 2 racks, placed apart to let the axe fall through but would stabilize the items and prevent them from crashing into each other.. might get some interesting results.

Jack should get props for the shots he's taken not only with his camera but from the boys as well

Hardwood gets harder as it dries but more brittle. Would be interesting to see this experiment done with a freshly cut log, the cross grain cut might actually stop it because the moisture should give it more tensile strength.

00:15 Concrete Tiles 02:03 Soda Cans 03:45 Fire Extinguishers 05:01 MORE Fire Extinguishers 05:51 3 Tires 06:34 Spray Paint Cans 08:02 Kitchen Pots 09:48 Log 10:59 Logs

Wood definitely is more plyable when it's green. And the reason wood is easier to split when green is because it is about 40% water, the fibres are more spread out to accommodate the moisture. As it dries they tighten thus it becomes harder to force them apart. I'd imagine that even a green log would explode if you hit it across the grain. Maybe not into such smaller pieces like the dry one did. Knotted wood will do the same with a hydraulic splitter as your essentially splitting with and against the grain at once.

You may have just invented the ultimate block splitter when that block exploded. Green timber is way more stronger to split, with the water content filling up the pores and giving the fibres flexibility. Love it. Cheers 🍻

Awesome video as always fellas! I’d love to see you set up a few decks of playing cards, if not already suggested, and marvel at the results 😊

Brilliant video. I have to say I thought the pavers would be slowwie of the day, but that spray can explosion pushes it pretty close...

It's really great to see editor Jack utilize his skillset to showcase Scott's talents.

Hell yeah mates. Nice vid, but I think you should take the curvature of the blade into consideration when making your stacks of... stuff. Since it's not a straight blade, the objects closest to the two corners of the blade will have more time to maneuver out of place, or have an incomplete cut, as appossed to the center of the blade. A lot of your objects like the three tires, tin buckets, and stack of wooden stumps would've gotten completely cooked with a straight blade since the point of contact between all the objects and the blade would be more even. The only thing though is you would have to take into account of the height of your pivot point to calculate the correct angle of your straight blade in order for the blade to lay flush with the ground. Although the above may be true, a curved blade is still best for single object cutting, since all of the force right before impact will be directed at the center of the blade then dispersed for an easy cut. OOOHH, and about the dry wood being stronger thing Scott brought up... duh, I mean it's used to make whole structures heavier than that axe😂. But, when it comes to cutting, I wanna say that wet wood would be harder to cut since the wood is softer and more susceptable to changing shape rather than splitting or chipping. Like when round tables are being made, the piece of wood used for the sides are actually steamed then bent by a roller or something to make the curved shape. Just sayin' 😅

I'd be interested to see the "against the grain" cut with a much longer log---just to see how far the "explosion" travels up the log on either side.

wood gets harder as it dries, but that also means it is more brittle. think about smaller sticks. a dried out one is likely to just snap when bent, whereas a wet one will bend much more. by the same token, the lack of moisture makes the fibers more rigid and firm, meaning the wood is harder.

Total props to Rexy for taking another one on the chin for our entertainment.

As a lumberjack, I can tell you wood is much easier to split when it’s dry, wet logs take a lot more force to break as they absorb the impact more

Yes. Wood will get harder as it drys out, especially with woods like jarrah and iron bark. However hard woods (as opposed to soft woods, like pines etc. it has nothing to do with the actual hardness of the wood itself) will become quite brittle as they dry, particularly close to the roots, eg, the stump, or near a branch where the grain becomes very wavy and curly. This is why it exploded, because the grain is not uniform in direction and has no support from the “rest” of the log, sometimes curling almost 90 degrees, so that you would be splitting between grains at that point. If you were to obtain a pine or non hollow gum (spotted gum) log about 1.5 metres or longer and 500mm thick, that axe shouldn’t be able to cut it, so long as it’s not green (so been drying for at least five years) and not from near the base of the tree or containing burl or branch defects. In other words, a prime piece of timber probably worth in excess of $3000 😂.

Loved this video, in my opinion, one of the best you've ever done! Giant axe, rexy getting launched, satisfying slow mo, exploding fire extinguishers, destroyed go pro, good humor; THIS VIDEO HAD IT ALL!!!

I am more and more amazed with each video that my man Rexy is still alive and (mostly) well at the end!

Great job Jack as always!

Bois let me tell you with the content you're pushig out today let me tell ya every detail matters. You're one of the biggest channels on the site and I've been watching you grow as I grew as a person. Now I'm a boat mechanic, slash painter and fiberglass worker, and yo, let me just say you could pay me $21 an hour to cross continents and help you guys make your shit look real good, real quick. That axe be cutting like diamonds but still looking like iron 💀🥺 love you guys would kill to be a part of the team 🥰

You guys are my five year olds favorite. It's nice to see a channel I don't have to worry about her watching. We watch you guys everyday before school. Hats off to ya.

Never gonna get tired of seeing things smashed, chopped in half, blown up, whatever. Keep it coming!

you guys should get a rounded part where the axe hits and load stuff in so theres less movement. Something designed for the shape of the axe to hit that's indented inwards. So when it lands, it looks like this with no space D)

You guys are a bunch of freaking nutters yet entertaining as well. Thanks for the sharing!

I really enjoy these videos. They always put a smile on my face.

I love how the fire extinguisher hose curls up for impact. Very nice

Great editing, super slow mo is insane! Love your videos!

Great to see uploads back! Thanks for always giving us something enjoyable to watch.

Applause for editor Jack! 👏👏

Woah! 😮 You could get the extinguishers emptied at a company producing/maintaining them, exchange the powder for coloured chalk and pressurised again. Maybe even slightly above working pressure. Would probably make awesome slowies. Also you're not distributing fire retardant everywhere! 🎉😂

Pops into your recommendations. Explodes stumpies, spray cans and file cabinets with a giant axe. Doesn't elaborate further. Leaves ... you with a smile. =) Always love to see ya guys, 44club is a vibe!

Your experiments are worthy of credit 👍

Life is better when HR is dropping weekly viddies. How good!

Kind of sad to see the episodes be so short after you guys returned. I need more HR! 😂

You know, after hearing you talk about the soda mist you breathed in, I’m worried about all the paint fumes you must’ve inhaled over the years.

That was most likely the best Science with Gaunsen explanation he's ever done. Some are silly, some are on point, but this was fabulous. It's a great example.

Not tuned in in a while. Gotta say loving the new laid back vibe to the channel

Well, yes…huge round of applause for Scott. However, I must also give a standing ovation to Rexie bec every video I say to myself (okay, out loud…I say it out loud): “REXIE!,” as he faces the unimaginable. Of course, I love all of you humans equally…including Editor Jack.

"Tell em about the shoe's!" Lives rent free in my head. We love you Scott 👏

Another awesome editing job Editor Jack, amazing work as always. The videos you edit are amazing. Oh, before I forget… well done Scott, good job as always.

have you guys ever considered using a trebuchet to launch a giant dart at a massive board? giant axe throwing could be a major idea.

Use a strap to hold the cans together to get a better chop with more distruction. Or make a frame that sits on both sides of ax so big items can be chopped and not fall over. And wood gets dry it becomes more brittle. Green logs are stronger.

As timber dries the fibres have far more plastic potential energy, instead of elastic potential energy. Which means as it dries the bonds between the fibres are more brittle. That’s why it’s easier to split dry wood than fresh cut stumps. And also why snapping sticks you’ve just cut off a tree is far more difficult than older sticks that have dried out, because moisture makes the fibres far more elastic. When the moisture content is higher its ability to stretch and retract is significantly better. But with all the concentrated force that axe will producing I’m still not sure if it could hold up.

GO editor Jack! The paint slowies are amazing. I have one from way back as a wallpaper on my laptop. That lumber looks rotten. Try fresh wet lumber and also try to slice the "block".

That slowmo with the spray paint cans was class.

Any plans to make something like a giant pincer or "crab claw" type device to chop horizontally? It could be a big spring loaded device that snaps shut quickly. Would be awesome to see the fire extinguishers get split and launched vertically.

Great job Jackie boy, loving your channel!

Nice guesses Gaunson. Just enjoy watching every video you guys put out. So entertaining

You will probably get more of the items cut through if there are two long pieces of metal a couple inches apart to lay the items across. Then the axe can go completely through.

Wasn’t sure about Gaunson’s “cross grain” explanation when it started, but it was actually very good. 😂 Don’t think I could explain it better myself.

1. Concrete slabs VS axe 0:13 (slowmo 0:33 ) 2. 120 soda cans VS axe 2:02 (slowmo 2:37 ) 3. 10 fire extinguishers VS axe 3:45 (slowmo 4:30 ) 4. 4 fire extinguishers VS axe 5:00 (slowmo 5:25 ) 5. 3 car tires VS axe 5:50 (no slowmo :( ) 6. 45 spray paint cans VS axe 6:33 (slowmo 7:04 ) 7. 6 metal pots VS axe 8:01 (no slowmo :( ) 8. 1 tree stump (with the grain) VS axe 9:03 (no slowmo :( ) 9. 1 tree stump (against the grain) VS axe 9:47 (slowmo 10:14 ) 10. 21 tree stumps (with the grain) VS axe 10:57 (slowmo 11:27 )

Round of applause for Jack, and the boys!

To answer the question about wood strength: Yes, when wood is dried, it becomes STRONGER. However, overly dried wood can become very brittle, especially when you're working across the grain, which is why that dried log seemed to explode.

They do call it splitting wood for a reason. Applause for editor jack 👏🏻👏🏻😂

Once again top job. Never disappointed watching your content. Keep up the good work/fun/play. P.S. Props to Editor Jack :)

That confused look on their faces when the cross-grainer exploded into kindling had me laughing to tears.

Maybe it's been asked and answered, but why no drone footage directly above ground zero? Would have been cool to see the dispersion patterns!

In answer to Scott’s amazing question: Firewood gets stronger as it dries, yet it is also easier to split then too. Excellent work today y’all!

Awesome job guys thanks for making my day👍

Lets all appreciate how much effort he puts into his videos

While jarrah is very strong, it is also extremely brittle. Under force such as this it’s not too surprising that it exploded. Would be interesting to see the same thing with a straight-grained hardwood.

I remember back in 2018 I watched this channel, and this shit was crazy, and it still is, which is amazing, so, they have gained a new sub. 😃