Fire Hydrant Cut In Half With 60,000 PSI Waterjet
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- Опубліковано 26 вер 2024
- What is the Longest cut you've ever done? Well, it would have to be this video of cutting a fire hydrant in half, enjoy.
My neighborhood is getting new fire hydrants, so we got permission to take one and cut it in half for science. It was by far our longest cut, but I was really happy with the results. I think we'll go get it sandblasted and powder coated and make some art with it.
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Waterjet Channel thanks man
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Do you guys ever accidentally cut youselves on the items u cut thru ?
lmfao bro wtf is this
@@TobesAnimation probably too weak
I work on hydrants 40+ hours a week and this gets recommended lol can’t get away from them!!!
Do you ever feel as though UA-cam app is listening to your mic?
What do you do?
David OBrien he works with fire hydrants
Dont let the pressure get to you
J Shaw godamn you just took
It there
Killed by the very thing it once trapped.
*Controlled
Wow I'm dumb. How did I not think of this irony.
Ironic
Garnet?
@@smithaustin2009
back together? ;D
You guys should totally hang a big ass needle clock behind the waterjet so we can see the minutes turning and get a clear idea of how much time is passing!
I believe its called an analog clock but I agree
@@bobwilson00 Yeah sometimes I lose my words in english :)
@@Polorigolo35 I think I like big ass needle clock better haha
They said 39 minutes for just half
DO THIS! DO THIS! DO THIS!
There’s no fire in that hydrant I’m disappointed
waste of water
@@simonstergaard It is a sealed system. The water is reused
77Infidel it is not a sealed water system
@@77Infidel Rwooosh
make a grill out of it, problem solved
I just retired after spending twenty five years in the industry and it surprising just how many people think that high pressure water jets are basically harmless. That’s a pretty solid piece of metal to cut through and the machine does it with ease, the quality of that cut is amazing. The company I worked for had machines that could cut through ship hulls, rebar, concrete and sections of road, never underestimate the power of water.
i mean considering how slowly it moves, it is basicly harmless just do to the fact that if you try to touch it, youll åpull away your finger before any significant damage is done, appart from maby some skin gets cut. compear that to a tablesaw, where simply touching it could get your finger pulled in and destroyed by the saw. sure, a pressure water jet can kill you easily, but you have to almost be trying for that to happend, since its automatic and moves slowly.
@@mr.battlecats5512 water under extremely high pressure certainly doesn’t move slowly.
@@peterbuckley3877 wrong axis my guy, your talking about the vertical movement, I'm talking about the horizontal movement.
@@mr.battlecats5512 vertical or horizontal is irrelevant, you put your hand under an ultra high pressure abrasive cutter like that and you won’t have a hand fir long. I’m talking first hand experience from over two decades in this very industry, I personally know of at least two case in Australia of deaths occurring this very way not to mention the injuries every year. If you want to stick your fingers in the way go ahead and be my guest.
@@mr.battlecats5512 water dont care what axis ur at nerd. i damn near lost my left hand due to the pressure washer handle getting stuck open at work. i detail, and use this thing daily. if you ever use one id suggest trying it on urself, maybe youd reconsider ur opinions there.
Ironic... he could save others with water... but not himself
Restore/repaint them for display! I wanna watch.
I want this too
@@WaterjetChannel you should just clean and clear coat them
Waterjet Channel or send the pieces to a restoration UA-camr???? But it would be a lot better if you guys did it
Yeah send them out to get sandblasted and then powdered coat..🏌️
Yes, but there is something to be said for original paint...although I would bet this hydrant was repainted a few times since the 60's.
Shouldn't it be called a water hydrant? Everyone knows that fire hydrants are used by the watermen to put out waters.
@@AFNacapella Gotta water those fires to keep them growing healthy.
Its called that way in germany. Water hydrant
Guy Perfect You can just call it a hydrant
There are other types of hydrants which are NOT used for fire suppression.
@@junoglrr9119 a lot of people say water hydrant here too in the states.
I believe fire fighters call it water hydrant and civilians call it fire.
Idk why UA-cam recommended this to me, but Im not complaining
How it’s early
Welcome to the weird and wonderful world of waterjets.
That’s how we all got here, welcome to the family
Just be warned, you may get licked.
Then subscribe! Pretty cool videos and stuff cut in two.
This is the kind of content I’m here for. I love cross-sections and diagrams that help me understand how things work.
While I'm waiting for the ads to finish playing, I'm going to guess 55 minutes to cut.
You're a true hero. and pretty good guess
@F.B.I Federal Bureau Of Investigation Around 90 minutes.
They said 87 minutes
Ads? how barbaric! I've been a Google Music subscriber for many years and it comes with UA-cam Premium as a perk... The price of Google music is the price of UA-cam Premium, so its like you get it completely free. Premium has so many other bells and whistles, its nothing like regular youtube...
@@MikeHarris1984 Same here. I didn't even realise I would get YT premium with my Google music subscription. I was well happy when I noticed! Unfortunately they are shutting down the Google Music service this year. Gutted about that. I looked into it however and we will be moving to UA-cam Music and it has been confirmed that any benefits we already have we will keep so we'll still have YT premium at least. I don't know what UA-cam Music is like though, any idea?
I’m Impressed how well each half balanced.
Mitchell has to pee on it to see if it's a real fire hydrant
That is very true, he is a dog confirmed
Hey now I’d never do that
shove it against a wall to make it look like a video game loading glitch
add half a firefighter next to it
my brain still cant get around the fact that water can cut through metal.
Just what i was going to comment
Well, it’s not just water. The waterjet has garnet in the water to act as an abrasive/cutting agent. High pressure water can cut things on its own, but it’s not as effective or as fast on its own.
Air can do the same
It's a grinding process. Plain water won't do it. Needs the garnet added in.
Heck just think about the earth and all of the different forms of erosion. Look at the Colorado river that cut through the Grand Canyon
OH WHAT, YOU'RE LIKE 5 MINUTES FROM MY HOUSE?!
THIS WHOLE TIME.
Give them a visit sometime lol
@@Sp00kq 😂😂...also..you guys can collaborate
youre gonna be under the water jet next
Mom said it's my turn on the half of the fire hydrant with two outlets
I bet you get at least 100 people sending fire hydrants lol
Got one in my backyard, but I'm keeping it in one piece lol
Wow, this video did very well! :-)
My son is a Hydro demolition engineer, he is now a manager for the company, he travels the world doing cutting and clearing works, including for the fuel industry in the U.S.. He has shown me some of the awesome things these water jets slice through, including reinforced sea walls. Apparently they wear armoured suits, this would not protect them from a hit. but it would contain the "Soup" created so there would be something to inter!
5:03 ah, yes, the moment every human that destroys something thinks, "Will it go back together...?" -and tries to reassemble.
Nah...
@@jonathanorlando1294
NaH > Na + H > NaH
“what do you mean I can’t take it? They’re everywhere.”
1:38 that background music got me😂😂
You guys are awesome!! 😎 I reckon you should do more spinning ones like do a bearing just by itself or try to undo A bolt or a nut!!
Water was all like... you don’t control me anymore, it’s time for me to have my revenge.
It's just mind blowing...just, boggles the mind that this is possible.
Next time watch us as we cut 17 feet into the ground to see the underground valve.
Hydro vac ?
Next Time watch us cut the Earth in half with a water jet.
It really is incredible how powerfull waterjets can be
“You thought you could contain me, that was your undoing” - Water
This is why I love UA-cam, it answers all my 'WHAT IFS'.
@2.59 the slats go all Jigsaw, "Want to play a game?"
I love this concept. It’s almost like betrayal. Water and the fire hydrant work together, yet water broke the full thing.
Me at 4:55 - "that's insane"
Them at 5:00 - "that's insane"
Great minds think alike I guess
Dumb minds think the same too
I like these guys, no chit chat or ads right at the beginning of the video. They just get right to the chase and start cutting, good on y’all
I bet that first disc that you called a "seal" with the hole and the square rod going through is only there to keep that rod mostly straight when turning it, maybe? It goes down a bit, like you said, so that water doesn't freeze inside the hydrant. I'm just guessing. I could look it up, but I rather like hypothesizing.
its for holding the rod when the walve is open and holding tension when closed.
Idk why but these videos just mesmerize me
Mail all fire hydrants in a self addressed stamp envelope to the water jet channel shop
_"Include special discount code: OWWW!!! MY FEENGUZ!!!"_
Jordan Bjork Postage due...
People in my neighborhood always use these as sprinklers in the summer and then a fire department guy comes and shuts it off
“From top to bottom”
*runs finger from bottom to top*
I saw that 🤣
I mean think abt how cool this is bruh. Ur cutting a solid metal fire hydrant in half with just water.
I'd imagine you'd have all that dog pee on it.. now it's in your water tank thingy.
Its called a dry barrel hydrant, when you shut the valve drains open up at the base under ground and drain the water out of the hydrant so it doesn't freeze. very cool engineering
Imagine putting your hand under it and then when somebody asks how you lost your hand you just have to say “water”
everybody gangsta till the water get sharp
Can I clean my theet with it? Want it installed on my sink
I didn't know you guys were like, 5 minutes away from me lol
Weird question that I'm pretty sure you've answered in the past. Sometimes we can see the water evaporate on the side of the object (usually rock or metal, sometimes other stuff too). Is that due to just the timelapse and the water evaporating on its own or does the waterjet cause enough friction to heat up some items?
It is heating it up enough to evaporate the water.
I would think the water provided its own cooling though so I'm going with the time lapse angle.
I'd say not evaporation, more like mist. It's hitting the object with such force it spreads out everywhere into a mist and gets to a point where it's so spread out you can't see it. It then ends up in the pool of water.
I've had my Fire Hydrant in the family for generations, but now there's a big divide and we're trying to claim custody over it. Splitting it in half would solve all our problems! Thanks for the answer!
The valve is that long also so if it breaks from someone hitting with a car the water stays off,
GTA not realist lol
it's really a good and simple idea
lol...
Then why all the movies depicting geysers.
Because movies never hire plumbers for info
That depends on where you are geographically. If you live in a climate that doesn't freeze they have wet hydrants. Where there is water in the hydrant at mainline pressure. If you live in a climate with actual winters,they are dry hydrants with the long valve stem that goes down below the frost line.
The reason you get geysers in the movies,1 they are usually in California,2 they look cool.
They would be kinda cool mounted on a wall and used as a coat and hat rack
Title: Cut fire hydrant in half with water jet.
Me: Wha.... isn’t that the point of a fire hydra-
This is how you conduct an annual hydrant inspection.
Me watching water cut a hydrant made for high pressure water
*ironic*
I think you should sandblast the inside and make it shinny , or even the outside and paint it again so it looks new
Why am I watching this? Watching, and enjoying?
When you turn the top portion of hydrant, it does not twist bottom section underground. it only forces it straight down against water pressure to let water through.
I love how you ripped a fire hydrant right out of the floor from some random neighborhood to bring us this video! Awesome, new subb!
Someone had to do it
@@WaterjetChannel I can just imagine the leak the city workers had to deal with.
I remember working on putting in a water main, back in in 08'. I used a monkey wrench to un-screw the side cap... Yeah, the state safety inspector was not a happy camper when he saw me do that. He said the next time he saw that, my company would be buying a brand new fire hydrant. To be fair, I was completely new, but that was a quick lesson learned.
There's something you'd never want to do with a hacksaw.
I like how you guys are creating momentous for yourselves while also making great content
Never asked to see the inside of a fire hydrant but now I know
Fun fact- water department crews regularly bitch about firemen and how fast they turn on the water when accessing the fire hydrants. If you turn the valves too quickly, you can cause water hammer.
And then the underground pipes can burst, causing major flooding damage.
5:48
I didn't know how fire hydrants work. Interesting...
That water jet is just scary powerful.
Wow, this must be the most powerful water jet ever.
This is actually on the weaker end of the spectrum
Never ceases to amaze me how powerful some water+abrasive can be.
That's crazy..water cutting through that steel...wow
2:32 hey that's a js440/550 jet pump shim.... Stand-ups for life!
First day of a possibly viral recommended video on YT, nice.
Nice Vid guys
You guys should open up a little museum of this stuff
I actually learned how a fire hydrant worked from this. How about that!
I work on them for a living so it’s cool people get to see inside one lol
Me just VIBING to the music
Very cool I expected it to have a brass valve
The last place I had my Fire Hydrant Waterjet cut charged me $800! So this is a good deal. I asked for at least a smile when I paid for it and all I got was a grumble. The guy did have a cast on his foot... Unrelated I'm sure. I would take you up on this deal if A. I had a Fire Hydrant and B. I received a friendly smile after I paid!
Friendly smile is included, but if you want a wink its extra
@@WaterjetChannel Tempting! I'll think it over
I bet the first metal seal is actually just a plate to prevent the hydraulic ram of all the high pressure water blowing the top off the hydrant when it is first opened. The second seal is probably what actually keeps the water from leaking out.
You’ve become the very thing you were sworn to protect us from. Leaking water...
Blast it and paint it that's a pretty cool display item
Cutting music by David CUTTER!? Yaaaasssssss
this is the kind of video you're like: why would you even do that
but its so entertaining
Fire hydrant: *cut in half by water*
me: "that must be a strong dog"
That’s honestly crazy how u cut a hole fire hydrant with water WATER!!!
I just shipped you guys around 20 fire hydrants.. I'll need those cut in half and shipped back within a week.
*HOW THE TABLES HAVE TURNED!*
Lot of that metal looks salvageable if reworked. Should make some Firefighting themed rings or glass breakers, etc. with it.
I’m curious to see if the designs have changed since the 60s
At my job we have run our waterjet for over 18 hours straight. I can't believe your longest cut is only 50 minutes!
Thats just for one item for youtube. We've had longer cuts on steel plates, but those are boring.
Pfft 18 hours. We had a cut go for 18 months straight
@@WaterjetChannel You should live stream the multi-hour cuts that you do for work, haha.
i operated a magnet crane in a scrap yard , i used to pick these hydrants up and drop it on a thick slab of steel and since they are cast iron they break apart . to get to the brass inside
Man i do miss working on a water jet one of the coolest jobs I have
Its literally just a giant hose spigot, which makes sense because thats what its for. If you did a cross section of a regular spigot from a house you would see the same kind of mechanism.
Plasma Cutter- ❌
Water Doof Doof- ✅
That looks great to see in section, it reminds me of the Yamaha motorcycle brochures for the DT175MX (UK version) which showed cross sectioned frames, engines, etc, with the sectioned edges being painted bright red, which I, as a kid, always thought looked cool.
Maybe paint the sectioned edges bright red and sell the two halves to hipsters for ridiculous amounts for them to show off as industrial art in their loft apartments!
Those would definitely sell...
Just a total random idea but it might be fun to try is to maybe try and "clean" some towels and such with the water jet. Instead of just normal water pressure to rinse them the water jet should deep clean them nicely and get out all the stained spots.
If you sandblast those and give them a nice paint job, they would make really good wall art.
I restore and sell old hydrants just like the one you cut in half. People really like the older ones with more character, they go for $800 to $1000 each.
Your supposed to use a special wrench to take caps off or open it
Gonna ruin the brass!!! Need a hydrant key
So this is what Paul Giamatti is doing recently.
2 perfectly good chairs in the frame, sits on table
You must be in Utah from that fire hydrant. The plate that you cut by it’s self holds the rod from falling down in the hydrant. The second plate holds back the water. The cap that fell off is just to keep dust and bugs out. If you want a full one hit me up.
I’ve replaced one of these here in Savannah ga