Comments on: Reader Question: What Breaks S#!$ Better Than The BlendTec? http://toolmonger.com/2008/01/07/reader-question-what-breaks-s-better-than-the-blendtec/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:48:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Brad Justinen http://toolmonger.com/2008/01/07/reader-question-what-breaks-s-better-than-the-blendtec/#comment-230235 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 03:51:25 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/01/07/reader-question-what-breaks-s-better-than-the-blendtec/#comment-230235 4 Words 9 Millimeter Semiautomatic Pistol 4 Words

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]]> by: Knife Knut http://toolmonger.com/2008/01/07/reader-question-what-breaks-s-better-than-the-blendtec/#comment-211351 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 04:13:53 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/01/07/reader-question-what-breaks-s-better-than-the-blendtec/#comment-211351 am somewhat a traditionalist, but my choice would kick that Blender's Butt! It is a tech item after all: The challengers: Hand Forged Gransfors Bruks Tag Team with special guest Generic Rake Two-Lugged Beard Axe http://www.gransfors.com/htm_eng/produkter/replikor/p_tvaflikadskaggyxa.html and 36" Tove wrecking bar http://www.fine-tools.com/G307300.htm VS. The Champion: Blendtech Total Blender In round one the rake gets chewed up, and is taken away by repairmen for an emergency rehandling. In round two the blender tries to do the same to Two-Lugged, but it tags Tove while there is still a nubbbin of handle left to use. After Total scratches up his paint, Tove puts a choke on Total-Blender; while the ref tries to stop him, he tags the wounded Axe, who smashes in its control face and cuts it's cord! With Tove back behind the ropes, Bearded then removes Blender's outside housing skin, and then tags Tove. Tove deals the deathblow to Blender by ripping out its heart, the rotor! After the match, Bearded Axe and Tove Wrecking Bar retire to the workshop for a sharpening and an nice warm oil rubdown. Excerpts of the match can be seen at: http://www.willitblend.com/videos.aspx?video=rake Included are excerpts from other matches Total Blender has won. am somewhat a traditionalist, but my choice would kick that Blender’s Butt! It is a tech item after all:

The challengers: Hand Forged Gransfors Bruks Tag Team with special guest Generic Rake

Two-Lugged Beard Axe http://www.gransfors.com/htm_eng/produkter/replikor/p_tvaflikadskaggyxa.html
and
36″ Tove wrecking bar
http://www.fine-tools.com/G307300.htm

VS.

The Champion: Blendtech Total Blender

In round one the rake gets chewed up, and is taken away by repairmen for an emergency rehandling. In round two the blender tries to do the same to Two-Lugged, but it tags Tove while there is still a nubbbin of handle left to use. After Total scratches up his paint, Tove puts a choke on Total-Blender; while the ref tries to stop him, he tags the wounded Axe, who smashes in its control face and cuts it’s cord! With Tove back behind the ropes, Bearded then removes Blender’s outside housing skin, and then tags Tove. Tove deals the deathblow to Blender by ripping out its heart, the rotor! After the match, Bearded Axe and Tove Wrecking Bar retire to the workshop for a sharpening and an nice warm oil rubdown.

Excerpts of the match can be seen at:
http://www.willitblend.com/videos.aspx?video=rake
Included are excerpts from other matches Total Blender has won.

]]> by: Frank Townend http://toolmonger.com/2008/01/07/reader-question-what-breaks-s-better-than-the-blendtec/#comment-199491 Wed, 09 Jan 2008 23:28:35 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/01/07/reader-question-what-breaks-s-better-than-the-blendtec/#comment-199491 I guess if the Large Hadron Collider isn't available, or it has destroyed the earth, I am then placing my bets on the SolarDeathRay ( http://www.solardeathray.com/index.html ). If you take a look at the site you can see all sorts of destroyed things. Maybe the best part is any one of us most likely has the ability to make one. I guess if the Large Hadron Collider isn’t available, or it has destroyed the earth, I am then placing my bets on the SolarDeathRay ( http://www.solardeathray.com/index.html ). If you take a look at the site you can see all sorts of destroyed things. Maybe the best part is any one of us most likely has the ability to make one.

]]> by: Frank Townend http://toolmonger.com/2008/01/07/reader-question-what-breaks-s-better-than-the-blendtec/#comment-198488 Tue, 08 Jan 2008 17:14:39 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/01/07/reader-question-what-breaks-s-better-than-the-blendtec/#comment-198488 Interesting company SlowJoeCrow, thanks for the link. I wonder if the piano might better make an interesting pile of reusable wood, strings, etc. than a pile of splinters. As for the contest, I would rather take something apart and reuse it than destroy it; but hell this is about breaking s#!$. To that end I would put the $500 toward use of the Large Hadron Collider (the world's largest and highest-energy particle accelerator, capable of creating black holes) in Bern Switzerland. A device capable of triggering one of several theoretical disasters capable of destroying the Earth has got to be able to break s#!$. http://user.web.cern.ch/public/en/LHC/LHC-en.html Interesting company SlowJoeCrow, thanks for the link. I wonder if the piano might better make an interesting pile of reusable wood, strings, etc. than a pile of splinters.

As for the contest, I would rather take something apart and reuse it than destroy it; but hell this is about breaking s#!$.

To that end I would put the $500 toward use of the Large Hadron Collider (the world’s largest and highest-energy particle accelerator, capable of creating black holes) in Bern Switzerland.

A device capable of triggering one of several theoretical disasters capable of destroying the Earth has got to be able to break s#!$.

http://user.web.cern.ch/public/en/LHC/LHC-en.html

]]> by: Steve http://toolmonger.com/2008/01/07/reader-question-what-breaks-s-better-than-the-blendtec/#comment-198445 Tue, 08 Jan 2008 16:19:35 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/01/07/reader-question-what-breaks-s-better-than-the-blendtec/#comment-198445 While many here would consider using the mechanical approach, let me remind all that the chemical method can be quite effective. Thermite FTW! (Bonus, you'd have money left over to fix the damage the thermite did to your driveway/shop floor/buddy's house) While many here would consider using the mechanical approach, let me remind all that the chemical method can be quite effective.

Thermite FTW!

(Bonus, you’d have money left over to fix the damage the thermite did to your driveway/shop floor/buddy’s house)

]]> by: eric http://toolmonger.com/2008/01/07/reader-question-what-breaks-s-better-than-the-blendtec/#comment-198062 Tue, 08 Jan 2008 05:16:50 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/01/07/reader-question-what-breaks-s-better-than-the-blendtec/#comment-198062 A hefty toolbox and $500 of M100's would do just fine. A hefty toolbox and $500 of M100’s would do just fine.

]]> by: tmib_seattle http://toolmonger.com/2008/01/07/reader-question-what-breaks-s-better-than-the-blendtec/#comment-197773 Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:42:54 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/01/07/reader-question-what-breaks-s-better-than-the-blendtec/#comment-197773 Take the design of this item you listed previously: http://toolmonger.com/2007/12/26/dealmonger-portable-gas-powered-blender-100/ only scale it up... way up. Throw a v-6 on that sucker. Maybe even go diesel. Make sure the chamber is big enough (and strong enough) to shred anything you want to throw at it. Take the design of this item you listed previously:
http://toolmonger.com/2007/12/26/dealmonger-portable-gas-powered-blender-100/

only scale it up… way up.

Throw a v-6 on that sucker. Maybe even go diesel. Make sure the chamber is big enough (and strong enough) to shred anything you want to throw at it.

]]> by: Andy http://toolmonger.com/2008/01/07/reader-question-what-breaks-s-better-than-the-blendtec/#comment-197769 Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:41:14 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/01/07/reader-question-what-breaks-s-better-than-the-blendtec/#comment-197769 Definitely the F-14 shredder! http://www.military.com/NewsContent/0,13319,140944,00.html Oh, darn - $900,000 is a little over the budget here. But a 120,000 lb shredder would be amazing to watch, especially as it engulfs a 40,000 lb plane. But the other replies are probably on to something too - since the F-14 landing gear (apparently some titanium alloy) can't be shredded, it gets torched. So we're back to fire. That's cool too! Definitely the F-14 shredder!
http://www.military.com/NewsContent/0,13319,140944,00.html
Oh, darn - $900,000 is a little over the budget here. But a 120,000 lb shredder would be amazing to watch, especially as it engulfs a 40,000 lb plane.
But the other replies are probably on to something too - since the F-14 landing gear (apparently some titanium alloy) can’t be shredded, it gets torched. So we’re back to fire. That’s cool too!

]]> by: PeterP http://toolmonger.com/2008/01/07/reader-question-what-breaks-s-better-than-the-blendtec/#comment-197689 Mon, 07 Jan 2008 19:54:22 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/01/07/reader-question-what-breaks-s-better-than-the-blendtec/#comment-197689 I have always liked the solar death ray: http://www.solardeathray.com/ It does have the minor problem of needing a sunny day, but it is almost certainly the most efficient way to go, from an energy use perspective. Also "Solar Death Ray" sounds cooler than BlendTec. I have always liked the solar death ray:
http://www.solardeathray.com/

It does have the minor problem of needing a sunny day, but it is almost certainly the most efficient way to go, from an energy use perspective.

Also “Solar Death Ray” sounds cooler than BlendTec.

]]> by: CyberKender http://toolmonger.com/2008/01/07/reader-question-what-breaks-s-better-than-the-blendtec/#comment-197672 Mon, 07 Jan 2008 19:35:54 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/01/07/reader-question-what-breaks-s-better-than-the-blendtec/#comment-197672 As cool as the SSI shredder is, it isn't violent enough. A large wood chipper, the sort that sprays the bits out a pipe, would be more satisfying. Perhaps with a target panel set up to see if any of the bits will stick. As cool as the SSI shredder is, it isn’t violent enough. A large wood chipper, the sort that sprays the bits out a pipe, would be more satisfying. Perhaps with a target panel set up to see if any of the bits will stick.

]]> by: Daniel Rutter http://toolmonger.com/2008/01/07/reader-question-what-breaks-s-better-than-the-blendtec/#comment-197661 Mon, 07 Jan 2008 19:26:51 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/01/07/reader-question-what-breaks-s-better-than-the-blendtec/#comment-197661 I'm going to have to go with fire, too. You can make a lot of thermite for $500. I’m going to have to go with fire, too.

You can make a lot of thermite for $500.

]]> by: SlowJoeCrow http://toolmonger.com/2008/01/07/reader-question-what-breaks-s-better-than-the-blendtec/#comment-197588 Mon, 07 Jan 2008 18:11:03 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/01/07/reader-question-what-breaks-s-better-than-the-blendtec/#comment-197588 My standard recommendation for destroying stuff is an SSI industrial shredder http://ssiworld.com/index-en.htm , although AFAIK they haven't tried to shred a BlendTec yet. Plus SSI is a local company, in Wilsonville OR, one town over from Kershaw My standard recommendation for destroying stuff is an SSI industrial shredder http://ssiworld.com/index-en.htm , although AFAIK they haven’t tried to shred a BlendTec yet. Plus SSI is a local company, in Wilsonville OR, one town over from Kershaw

]]> by: Tom http://toolmonger.com/2008/01/07/reader-question-what-breaks-s-better-than-the-blendtec/#comment-197576 Mon, 07 Jan 2008 18:02:56 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/01/07/reader-question-what-breaks-s-better-than-the-blendtec/#comment-197576 I was thinking to myself about what would have the "cool" factor and then it came to me: flame thrower. Then I looked at the first post and was sad because an oxyacetylene vortex sounds way cooler. I was thinking to myself about what would have the “cool” factor and then it came to me: flame thrower.

Then I looked at the first post and was sad because an oxyacetylene vortex sounds way cooler.

]]> by: Nate Bezanson http://toolmonger.com/2008/01/07/reader-question-what-breaks-s-better-than-the-blendtec/#comment-197566 Mon, 07 Jan 2008 17:47:14 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/01/07/reader-question-what-breaks-s-better-than-the-blendtec/#comment-197566 Two words: Oxyacetylene vortex. The other $300, I'd spend on renting a thermal infrared camera to document the hijinks that ensue. Two words: Oxyacetylene vortex.

The other $300, I’d spend on renting a thermal infrared camera to document the hijinks that ensue.

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