Building and Testing a Lego Press

A short version of the previous long development video + new tests at the end.
The target is to generate the maximum possible pressing force with Lego. The progress is measured using a disassembled person scale (max 180 kg).
Enjoy!

p.s. Some of the gear ratios in the video are incorrect. Instead of 36:1 there should be 25:1. And 54:1 should be 45:1. Somehow I forgot that a middle sized bevel gear has 20 teeth, not 24.

List of parts for the strongest 70 kg build:
2x Power Functions M-Motor (8883)
2x Power Functions Battery Box (8881)
2x Power Functions Control Switch (8869)
2x Brick 8 x 8 (4201)
3x Brick 4 x 12 (4202)
28x Technic, Brick 1 x 16 with Holes (3703)
42x Technic, Brick 1 x 12 with Holes (6112)
4x Technic, Brick 1 x 8 with Holes (3702)
4x Technic, Brick 1 x 4 with Holes (3701)
16x Technic, Brick 1 x 2 with Hole (3700)
26x Tile 2 x 4 (87079)
8x Tile 1 x 8 (4162)
1x Plate 4 x 8 (3035)
6x Plate 4 x 6 (3032)
2x Plate 2 x 16 (4282)
4x Plate 2 x 12 (2445)
2x Plate 2 x 4 (3020)
1x Technic, Plate 2 x 4 with 3 Holes (3709b)
6x Plate 1 x 12 (60479)
20x Plate 1 x 10 (4477)
16x Plate 1 x 8 (3460)
16x Plate 1 x 6 (3666)
20x Plate 1 x 2 (3023)
4x Technic, Axle 16 (50451)
16x Technic, Axle 12 (3708)
4x Technic, Axle 8 (3707)
1x Technic, Axle 6 (3706)
8x Technic, Gear Rack 1 x 4 (3743)
24x Technic, Gear 24 Tooth (3648)
36x Technic, Gear 8 Tooth (3647)
20x Technic Bush (3713)
28x Technic, Pin 3L with Friction Ridges Lengthwise (6558)
12x Technic, Pin with Friction Ridges Lengthwise WITH Center Slots (2780)
paper :)

[billypetterson]

-Make press stronger
-Almost breaks under its own force
-Add reinforcement
-Test again
-Repeat

[tokutickler]

2016: Crushing legos in a metal press
2018: Crushing metal in a lego press

[josephikrakowski]

Literally makes a machine so strong he repeatedly needs to make more structural support for it

[pivotalpigeon]

I have 0 clue what's going on 95% of the time, but I still enjoy it.

[tcwarrior]

I will trust every bridge that this guy builds

[mreggbird]

Legoland must have the scariest torture machines...

[thethebadboy]

"C'mon bro, just put your hand in it, it's only Lego, haha"
"True"
Two seconds later: *-I cAnt FeEL mY hAnd-*

[sucp]

The most extreme shit I did with Legos was to mix the figurine pieces together and create new characters

[SophiaF]

Imaging if this guy had Lego pieces made of pure steel. He'd crush the entire planet

[edwardblom]

PUT A FRUIT IN THE DAMN THING

Can’t say I’m not disappointed.

[tullz]

This is the equivalent of being a Redstone engineer irl

[DebajyotiDashTECNOSCIENCE]

The fact that these toy grade plastic and motors can reach 50kg of force was in itself a big surprise for me. This channel is addictive... love it.

[LostSonOfPluto]

I swear this guy is single handedly driving up the price of red technic beams on bricklink

[coffeecreamer]

Doctor: how did you break your hand?
Me: LEGO hydraulic press

[kebab_boi]

2016: ASMR
2017: hot knife experiments
2018: making knives from different materials
2019: this thing

[MechaGod]

"Yeah I'll put my fingers in, it's only Lego, right?"

[nekomaid]

can we get this guy some metal lego pieces

[Kwaq]

"How have you lost your hand?"
"Lego"

[XanTheDragon]

"Can't get up to 100kg"

jesus dude do you not realize that you hit 70kg with plastic toy bricks? jfc

[chenmiya]

Imagine commiting a crime and instead of jail the police just pulls this out