I like how the badguys are sitting around for an hour while Macguyver tracks down old rusty paintcans, metal files, metal saws, and prepares all these materials.
the thermite would actually melt the iron pipe, you'll need high temperature ceramics like tungsten (used on old incandescent bulbs), a flower pot also works for a little while.
Meh, the thermite torch is a flubbed detail. But you can still make a sort of thermal lance with thermite. Which would get the job done, destroying itself in the process. Maybe Mythbusters will do a comeback and hit this one up lol see how quick it burns itself out before the workpiece. I suspect an armored car is gonna outlast it. A panel van probably not.
I mean, yeah, I imagine people who do welding or work this sort of stuff for their jobs are attracted to the gimmick of Macgyver and when they see something they know about they want to correct the faults with the plan so others are informed. You sound like the lame uncle at a party who shoots down anyone talking about their passion at the family gathering because they think they're funny.
Magnesium only works as an igniter for thermite. Thermite itself is made up of a homogeneous mixture of aluminum and iron oxide powder. It's a highly exeothermic reaction and it takes quite a bit of heat to initiate. The magnesium's only purpose is to supply the heat needed to start the reaction. The Fe2O3 supplies oxygen to the burning aluminum and the mixture turns molten in the process. Had that been true thermite, the end of that pipe would have turned into molten globs on the ground.
Mac always reimbursed them for the stuff he broke right? 😁 Well at least he did that time he pulled apart the car of the elderly couple he got a ride with 😄 If you remember.... Guy Roberts:"Aha......a scrrrratch!" Mac:(after blowing on it)"thrrread!"
@@AndrewNewZealand That was possibly my favorite episode, I just loved that old couple, and the way Mac acted like he recognized the gentleman at the end.
The bad guys at 2:11 is Jackie Earle Haley. Rorschach in Watchmen, Freddy Krueger in te reboot of "A Nightmare on Elm Street" and Odin Quincannon in "Preacher."
Richard Dean Anderson said in some comic-con that that moment was the worst one he ever had in the show, because it has false science. And he had the hardest time while narrating it, since he couldn't keep a straight face :)
@@MK-ex4pb The only logical answer. Everything he did in the show was based on scientific facts, except they always omitted a key component to prevent the children who watched it to do it themselves.
I accomplished the same effect with a cardboard tube and a thermite mix. Cuts through large hardened steel locks and at least 1/4" thick steel "like butter". I have a video of it being demonstrated and will release something similar as an industrial tool in the near future. Link: UA-cam shortcut /watch?v=5-LxJsdh8wg
vid is no longer available,,,and you saying it shoot like a blow torch and wont burn through the cardboard tubing? you realize someone might have beat you to it ,i seen this hand held torch that is battery activated with thermite cartridges doing what you said ,now being sold
Yeah that was Jackie Earle Haley who was also Rorschach from Watchmen. And this episode and The Zoo Gang both came out in 1985. (Also, there is no 3:14 in this video. It ends at 3:13.)
Magnesium bike frames aren’t standard for making bicycles, but some expensive racing bikes did have frames made from magnesium because the metal was light...so ideal for racing. Magnesium bike frames also did exist in the 1980s so it’s feasible. Most bikes are made from aluminum though because, although heavier, aluminum is stronger, more resistant to corrosion, and vastly cheaper than magnesium.
What? He extinguished the self-sustaining redox-reaction by just dipping the tip into the sand? And why does the molten iron not clog the torch? I'm no expert, but as mechanical engineer I do know thermite.
The reaction is hot enough for some of the steel, magnesium, paint chips from the can,, and interstitial air to vaporize and/or expand thus creating a torch effect. If he added some roadflare to the rest of thermite, it would also improve this effect like a firework fountain.
The force of the ejection removes contents before they can form bottlenecks. If bottlenecks start to arise the pressure increases proportionally to open up that blockage
older race bikes are usually not made of magnesium tubing. Such frames are very rare and there are not many of them out there. Less than one frame out of ten millions were made of magnesium back in those days. I'm in bicycles for 25 years now and never saw an vintage magnesium race bike frame.
That means you've been cycling since 1993. This episode was produced in the mid 1980s. Isn't it a bit silly to apply 1990s cycling mentality to a mid 1980s tv show?
if you know the ratios then eye balling it should work,its not such a precise science that it wont light if your off by a several 10's of grams,but this is fake ,it wont shoot like a nice flame like that nor make such a sharp precise cut like he did,,it will just burn the rod up,even if it actually works it will only be for a few seconds
I'm not an expert on thermite, but I am an expert on bicycles. The bicycle shown is NOT made from magnesium. It's a lugged/brazed chromoly steel frame. From what I've read on the interwebs, you cannot make a thermite torch from chromoly steel filings.
thats not how thermite works at all. one, those are aluminum probably since its from a bikes frame but even steel would melt, two, the point of the rust is that you use aluminum powder to steal the oxygen from iron oxide, so it has an oxidizer, so it would not just burn at the nozzle. three, thermite results in heat, molten iron,and aluminum oxide, so what in the hell is causing a torch flame?four, the iron should flow back towards his hands at first.and five,that pipe would get rly hot rly fast
I thought it had to lose its source to stop. I remember my dad commenting on how he didn't think it would be put out like that. Oxygen still present? I don't know. I'm asking.
@Sullen Secret *how would you know? you don't know what you're talking about, if you did then that raises another question why watch a 40yr old tv show to whine about science? go read a textbook*
@@VTuber_Central - The amount he gathered isn't enough to last long. It would have only been enough for a science demonstration. BTW, that was a decade old comment.
Anyone else here in 2019 after watching the current 3 seasons of the reboot (which is AMAZING btw) and has never seen the original because it aired like almost 30 years before they were born (don't know if my math is right)?
err.... wasn't thermyte also made with aluminum? he is just using magnesium and iron oxide... it will not work!!! moreover thermyte burns way faster! and without the direct strong flame shown in this! I still wonder about all the crazy idiots who tried to replicate!
Pffft... The correct mixture for Thermite is jet fuel and office furniture. Wait, that's actually Nano-Thermite. What I really don't understand is why they didn't just lock Rorschach in the truck in the first place. Freaking amateurs.
1:05-1:30 Thermite Torch made out of magnesium and rusted iron from the bicycle and a paint can, respectively. Emergency flare for ignition
genius I know, need to get my hands on a helium filled magnesium bike, I would ride hot.
washu physics lab?? lmao
@@evansharafuddin2551 haha yeah exactly, what a throwback
@@co563 no wayyyy this is hilarious
I like how the badguys are sitting around for an hour while Macguyver tracks down old rusty paintcans, metal files, metal saws, and prepares all these materials.
Gentlemen. There is a simple answer to all of this... He is MacGyver!
the thermite would actually melt the iron pipe, you'll need high temperature ceramics like tungsten (used on old incandescent bulbs), a flower pot also works for a little while.
Meh, the thermite torch is a flubbed detail.
But you can still make a sort of thermal lance with thermite. Which would get the job done, destroying itself in the process. Maybe Mythbusters will do a comeback and hit this one up lol see how quick it burns itself out before the workpiece.
I suspect an armored car is gonna outlast it. A panel van probably not.
I LOVE HOW EVERYONE IS A THERMITE EXPERT NOW! (except Thermite Man, who is an expert)
Now everyone is suddenly a thermite expert and a chemistry professor
For real Wikipedia would have made us all into MacGyvers if we weren't all so lazy and lame lol
And our love of hockey is hardly up to par either.
Lol 😂
I mean, yeah, I imagine people who do welding or work this sort of stuff for their jobs are attracted to the gimmick of Macgyver and when they see something they know about they want to correct the faults with the plan so others are informed.
You sound like the lame uncle at a party who shoots down anyone talking about their passion at the family gathering because they think they're funny.
@@PANCAKEMINEZZlol that's my brother.
This show was back in the 80's all we had was pull tabs then.
Magnesium only works as an igniter for thermite. Thermite itself is made up of a homogeneous mixture of aluminum and iron oxide powder. It's a highly exeothermic reaction and it takes quite a bit of heat to initiate. The magnesium's only purpose is to supply the heat needed to start the reaction. The Fe2O3 supplies oxygen to the burning aluminum and the mixture turns molten in the process. Had that been true thermite, the end of that pipe would have turned into molten globs on the ground.
so you need a second bicycle with an aluminum frame
Magnesium can substitute for aluminum although it is usually used as the starter fuse for demonstrations.
@cgrant26 *you sound sad and lonely and terrible to watch movies with, don't watch a 40yr old tv show go read a textbook*
Dude, all you need is a more reactive metal and the oxide of a less reactive metal
The owner of that bike was so pissed when he came back
Mac always reimbursed them for the stuff he broke right? 😁 Well at least he did that time he pulled apart the car of the elderly couple he got a ride with 😄
If you remember....
Guy Roberts:"Aha......a scrrrratch!"
Mac:(after blowing on it)"thrrread!"
@@AndrewNewZealand
That was possibly my favorite episode,
I just loved that old couple, and the way Mac acted like he recognized the gentleman at the end.
MacGyver did all that, just to save the guard. But he did it all for nothing, as the bad guys shot and killed the guard. 🙄
Loved this Show. I remember.
The bad guys at 2:11 is Jackie Earle Haley. Rorschach in Watchmen, Freddy Krueger in te reboot of "A Nightmare on Elm Street" and Odin Quincannon in "Preacher."
I watched this episode a couple of times -- didn't knew it was him.
And at 3:14 the main bad guy from the Zoo Gang 1985 movie is one of the bad guys in this Macgyver episode also
This is one of the best episodes
Richard Dean Anderson said in some comic-con that that moment was the worst one he ever had in the show, because it has false science. And he had the hardest time while narrating it, since he couldn't keep a straight face :)
No it's true, they just cut out a key ingredient so nobody tries it
@@MK-ex4pb The only logical answer. Everything he did in the show was based on scientific facts, except they always omitted a key component to prevent the children who watched it to do it themselves.
My favourite 'MacGyverism'
I accomplished the same effect with a cardboard tube and a thermite mix. Cuts through large hardened steel locks and at least 1/4" thick steel "like butter". I have a video of it being demonstrated and will release something similar as an industrial tool in the near future. Link: UA-cam shortcut /watch?v=5-LxJsdh8wg
vid is no longer available,,,and you saying it shoot like a blow torch and wont burn through the cardboard tubing? you realize someone might have beat you to it ,i seen this hand held torch that is battery activated with thermite cartridges doing what you said ,now being sold
The main bad guy from the Zoo Gang 1985 movie is in this macgyver Episode at 3:14
Yeah that was Jackie Earle Haley who was also Rorschach from Watchmen. And this episode and The Zoo Gang both came out in 1985. (Also, there is no 3:14 in this video. It ends at 3:13.)
Richard Dean Anderson said in an interview, when he did the voiceover he tried not to laugh because he new a bike wasn't made from magnetism
right they are not made from magnets
You mean Magnesium.
Magnesium bike frames aren’t standard for making bicycles, but some expensive racing bikes did have frames made from magnesium because the metal was light...so ideal for racing. Magnesium bike frames also did exist in the 1980s so it’s feasible. Most bikes are made from aluminum though because, although heavier, aluminum is stronger, more resistant to corrosion, and vastly cheaper than magnesium.
this is how the 3 wtc towers fell - thermite!
@@ARCSTREAMS ha ha to great! Love you guys
I like how the door is not damaged at all when it opens
i love how you whine about a 40yr old tv show thats not real, you want real go read a chemistry textbook
What? He extinguished the self-sustaining redox-reaction by just dipping the tip into the sand? And why does the molten iron not clog the torch? I'm no expert, but as mechanical engineer I do know thermite.
did he extinguish the oxygen source or is it oxidized/ has it's own oxygen source?
@@corporaloinkjink1915 He used rust, which is oxidized iron and provides the oxygen for the reaction with the much more reactive aluminum.
@@skyletwings5711 oh i see , thanks for replying
The reaction is hot enough for some of the steel, magnesium, paint chips from the can,, and interstitial air to vaporize and/or expand thus creating a torch effect. If he added some roadflare to the rest of thermite, it would also improve this effect like a firework fountain.
The force of the ejection removes contents before they can form bottlenecks. If bottlenecks start to arise the pressure increases proportionally to open up that blockage
MacGyver’s exclamation for what he does move around fix things trouble shooter.
older race bikes are usually not made of magnesium tubing. Such frames are very rare and there are not many of them out there. Less than one frame out of ten millions were made of magnesium back in those days. I'm in bicycles for 25 years now and never saw an vintage magnesium race bike frame.
yeah but you need aluminium not magnesium
nope. Magnesium with iron oxide makes even more powerfull thermite than one with aluminium. More rapid and dangerous too.
That means you've been cycling since 1993. This episode was produced in the mid 1980s. Isn't it a bit silly to apply 1990s cycling mentality to a mid 1980s tv show?
even if anything was on hand there is still problem how to properly mix all this without scale is not like you can do it by eye
if you know the ratios then eye balling it should work,its not such a precise science that it wont light if your off by a several 10's of grams,but this is fake ,it wont shoot like a nice flame like that nor make such a sharp precise cut like he did,,it will just burn the rod up,even if it actually works it will only be for a few seconds
Awesome show 👍👍👍
Spoiler, they shot the guy right after he came out.
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So sad Mac was trying to save him by using a torch instead of explosives to open the van. Good thing it is fiction.
I remember being sad for him. Then happy because mom brought us butter pecan icecream.
Where can i watch the show for free?
@@therealmr.incredible3179 movies7.to/series/macgyver-rljmo/llqyyn.
0:30 the dude behind knows whats up lmao
Nor can you put it out after the reaction has started.
Lmao i just love how he didn't get the recipe for thermite right, plus the way he turned off the torch xD
I think this is just after someone died and they promised to leave a couple ingredients out of the writing.
Meanwhile the guy cooks inside the van. Nice one
Looks more like a blowtorch than a thermite reaction.
Mcgyver is An A Team on his own..
Wish he was in the A team.. Dynamite...
2:08 Do not look directly into the operational end of the device
Mac est toujours aussi beau et ingénieux !
MacGyver S01E07 - "Last Stand"
Lol, some thermite reaction. He just snuffs it out on the ground after he finishes, like it was a cigarette.
2:38 thats one nice tack weld.
I'm not an expert on thermite, but I am an expert on bicycles. The bicycle shown is NOT made from magnesium. It's a lugged/brazed chromoly steel frame. From what I've read on the interwebs, you cannot make a thermite torch from chromoly steel filings.
Who was the silent whistling bad guy?
thats not how thermite works at all. one, those are aluminum probably since its from a bikes frame but even steel would melt, two, the point of the rust is that you use aluminum powder to steal the oxygen from iron oxide, so it has an oxidizer, so it would not just burn at the nozzle. three, thermite results in heat, molten iron,and aluminum oxide, so what in the hell is causing a torch flame?four, the iron should flow back towards his hands at first.and five,that pipe would get rly hot rly fast
Termite touch good episode
Kay Lenz, ( the blonde woman ) was married to David 💋💋💋 Cassidy once. God she was so lucky.
@AlexanderBathory17 Magnesium can be used as well as Aluminium.
Isn't that Kelly from the Bad News Bears and the New Nightmare on Elm Street?
Yea it is
Dude?? What. This episode called?
looks like a nice macgyvered oxy-acetylene torch...
Fe2O3 + 2 Al -> 2 Fe + Al2O3
Isn't that a young Rorschach from Watchmen in that scene? Jackie Earl Haley is his real name....can anyone confirm?
Walter White used this MacGyverism
@ILIKESFLAN Just refresh! sometimes you have to refresh a couple of times.
0:01 showing 60 seconds doesnt make any sense. It should be one minute.😊
Well that look fun to make
60 seconds, MacGru... I mean, MacGyver
WTF, wasn't there a part after this where they shoot the guard after he got out?
Yes
self oxidizing. this means that taking away air wouldnt put it out. lol.
I thought it had to lose its source to stop. I remember my dad commenting on how he didn't think it would be put out like that. Oxygen still present? I don't know. I'm asking.
There's no way it would have blown like a torch (aside from everything else that's wrong with this scene).
It's fun if your little
@Egon Freeman yes it is entertainment, they even make an effort for it to be scientifically sound, be close to reality, i just love macgyver
@Sullen Secret *how would you know? you don't know what you're talking about, if you did then that raises another question why watch a 40yr old tv show to whine about science? go read a textbook*
@@VTuber_Central - The amount he gathered isn't enough to last long. It would have only been enough for a science demonstration. BTW, that was a decade old comment.
Who kept the money?
Where is Walter White?
A racing bike is made out of magnesium?? 🤣
He seriously Macgyvered a thermite torch?
What exactly causes it to spray out of the tube in that manner?
Same way firecrackers explode, flammable metal powder's reaction.
An acetylene torch disguised as a thermite torch
Paint chips on the rusted cans have some vaporizable fumes that expand. Even just the heated air or vaporized metal will push some out!
The bad guy from the zoo gang 1985 is in this episode
anyone else notice the guys beer was a pull top?
That's a lot of rust from paint cans.
500 grams in a few minutes and magnesium too!
11 september its mac
@AL52Dragon yep, that's what I was thinking
I am macguyver.
MacGyver is a CHEMIST *_*
MACGYVER
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rusty dont make fire
Actually they where phased out in the 70's
He said magnesium.. that's entirely not correct. Aluminum is used for thermite. Source: 6 years of Chemistry and more years of pyrotechnics
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that was jet fuel he was using
this is ousam I have all the movies
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Thei goto maeggeffer
cool but thermite would melt the tube like shit
omg. i have that exact same timer.
Guys stop questioning everying...
wihtout the ads..thered be no free macgyver!
Seems legit lol.
Why do you think it isn't? The answer is very logical.
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or maybe they could have used their guns to poke holes into the lock, finally breaking it , just a thought
0:15 With what? Your teeth?
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00:01
鋁熱法。
Anyone else here in 2019 after watching the current 3 seasons of the reboot (which is AMAZING btw) and has never seen the original because it aired like almost 30 years before they were born (don't know if my math is right)?
err.... wasn't thermyte also made with aluminum? he is just using magnesium and iron oxide... it will not work!!! moreover thermyte burns way faster! and without the direct strong flame shown in this! I still wonder about all the crazy idiots who tried to replicate!
loool epic
fuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ^o^
look more like a blowtorch flame for me.
oh wait. Nobody cares.
How much would he have to file??? What a bunch of hog-wash.
Paging mythbusters...
9/11
Pffft... The correct mixture for Thermite is jet fuel and office furniture. Wait, that's actually Nano-Thermite. What I really don't understand is why they didn't just lock Rorschach in the truck in the first place. Freaking amateurs.
No thermite was found at wtc. Shut the fuck up
Torment. Torch good episode Prb 7155