Maurice Boscorelli
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Christ my shin is hurting me just watching that,lol.
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ok, he's a tough sob but not a smart one. Here's why:
1) he's trying to break a ROUND piece of wood. The only thing that is stronger than that is a triangular or rectangular piece
2) The piece isn't held firmly in place...the two holding the piece allow it to flex or give with each impact
3) the piece isn't dry enough. With a moisture content of about 30%, all wood will flex instead of break....hence why they use kiln dried lumber in homes....doh
4) he's kicking it across the grain, which means, the fibers of the wood are running along its length. Anytime you see anyone breaking boards, they are kitting in the same direction of the grain.....
5) He should be using a loose grained wood like pine, looks like he's using a maple dowel...maple is one of the hardest and densest woods available. Hell, with a good edge you can actually cut pine with a piece of maple.
EPIC FAIL
1) he's trying to break a ROUND piece of wood. The only thing that is stronger than that is a triangular or rectangular piece
2) The piece isn't held firmly in place...the two holding the piece allow it to flex or give with each impact
3) the piece isn't dry enough. With a moisture content of about 30%, all wood will flex instead of break....hence why they use kiln dried lumber in homes....doh
4) he's kicking it across the grain, which means, the fibers of the wood are running along its length. Anytime you see anyone breaking boards, they are kitting in the same direction of the grain.....
5) He should be using a loose grained wood like pine, looks like he's using a maple dowel...maple is one of the hardest and densest woods available. Hell, with a good edge you can actually cut pine with a piece of maple.
EPIC FAIL
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Art Mann
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No surprise to see you excel at wood analysis, tboy.:biggrin2:
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Jesus Quintana
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t-boy is all about the wood.
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Boing
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I feel the pain :shout:
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Jesus Quintana
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Useless without screaming, blood and broken bones.
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I will hire you for my next job.
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ok a couple of things about the mel menor video:
1) during the testing, when they shot the ball at the bat in a vice, they sent the ball to the outermost edge of the bat thereby creating the most leverage to break it
2) I never said it couldn't be done, I just pointed out why the dude in the first video couldn't. I can honestly say, he's not in the same league at menor.
3) if you notice when menor broke the bat, it is a) short which allows a lot less give or flex to absorb the impact and b) held more firmly in place thereby allowing the transmission of more of his force to breaking the bat
4) when he broke the bat, he didn't shear off the fibres, they splintered along the grain, exactly as I said it's done with boards. What happens when wood dries is the lignin that bonds the fibers together tends to weaken. A very moist board or piece will have much more give than a drier board. That's why lumber used in cabinet making or building construction is usually dried to a moisture content of about 30%. I just read that a lot of wood naturally lowers to about 14% when used in construction. This makes it very rigid but fragile. Hence why on structural walls they put in blocks called girting to prevent the studs from flexing too much when under load...
Yeah, I know a bit about wood, hell, I'm a carpenter lol.......
1) during the testing, when they shot the ball at the bat in a vice, they sent the ball to the outermost edge of the bat thereby creating the most leverage to break it
2) I never said it couldn't be done, I just pointed out why the dude in the first video couldn't. I can honestly say, he's not in the same league at menor.
3) if you notice when menor broke the bat, it is a) short which allows a lot less give or flex to absorb the impact and b) held more firmly in place thereby allowing the transmission of more of his force to breaking the bat
4) when he broke the bat, he didn't shear off the fibres, they splintered along the grain, exactly as I said it's done with boards. What happens when wood dries is the lignin that bonds the fibers together tends to weaken. A very moist board or piece will have much more give than a drier board. That's why lumber used in cabinet making or building construction is usually dried to a moisture content of about 30%. I just read that a lot of wood naturally lowers to about 14% when used in construction. This makes it very rigid but fragile. Hence why on structural walls they put in blocks called girting to prevent the studs from flexing too much when under load...
Yeah, I know a bit about wood, hell, I'm a carpenter lol.......
yeah that was brutal, I thought it was bad when I was watching a UFC fight and the guy popped the other guy's forearm..........
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