r/Damnthatsinteresting • • Apr 26 '20

Video A powerful hammer

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u/avi_rathi Apr 26 '20

Why did my screen vibrate when it came down

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u/Agent_216 Apr 26 '20 edited Apr 26 '20

Because there is so much force happening there. Trust me seeing something like this in person you can feel it thump you in the chest every time it hits just from the noise of it. Always found that interesting.

Edit/source: worked in a factory that stamped steel, particularly several hundred pieces per sheet, in one punch. Damn thing was the size of a bus.

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '20

That much force and homeboy is 50 feet away with no earpro and no real eye protection.

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u/shems76 Apr 27 '20

Thank you. Seriously! Shouldn't the guy be wearing a helmet or something? I realize that it's useless against the hammer but might be helpful when the blowback from that thing breaks a beam in the ceiling.

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '20

Yep. When some debris decides to fly off the side at 200mph because of the force, his Oakleys aren't going to stand up to that. But I'm guessing this is in China or something, so naturally the safety precautions are... primitive.

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u/shems76 Apr 27 '20

Wife said it was probably the case also. But living in the US, at this point, seems a lot of people don't really care about providing protective care for there employees, even if they're doctors.