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  • crokett
    The Full Monte
    • Jan 2003
    • 10627
    • Mebane, NC, USA.
    • Ryobi BT3000

    #1

    If It Were That Easy I'd Be Rich

    Diamond making on Mythbuster. They are testing making them in a microwave by smearing peanut butter on charcoal, making them in a pressure cooker and making them by pouring graphite into molten iron, the rapidly cooling the iron in water.

    I could have told them what the outcome is.
    David

    The chief cause of failure in this life is giving up what you want most for what you want at the moment.
  • LCHIEN
    Super Moderator
    • Dec 2002
    • 22033
    • Katy, TX, USA.
    • BT3000 vintage 1999

    #2
    sometimes those guys are hilarious, sometimes they're smart, and sometimes they're just plain stupid.
    Loring in Katy, TX USA
    If your only tool is a hammer, you tend to treat all problems as if they were nails.
    BT3 FAQ - https://www.sawdustzone.org/forum/di...sked-questions

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    • Mrs. Wallnut
      Bandsaw Box Momma
      • Apr 2005
      • 1566
      • Ellensburg, Washington, USA.

      #3
      Yeah but most of the time they end up blowing something up in the end even if the myth is busted or proven. Sometimes that is the best part.
      Mrs. Wallnut a.k.a (the head nut).

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      • herb fellows
        Veteran Member
        • Apr 2007
        • 1867
        • New York City
        • bt3100

        #4
        Is this where the phrase 'crunchy peanut butter' comes from?!
        You don't need a parachute to skydive, you only need a parachute to skydive twice.

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        • BigguyZ
          Veteran Member
          • Jul 2006
          • 1818
          • Minneapolis, MN
          • Craftsman, older type w/ cast iron top

          #5
          I love this show, but it has been wanning the last couple of years... Wonder how much more they have in them.

          But the 5000 lbs of high explosives was cool to see go bye-bye quickly....

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          • Alex Franke
            Veteran Member
            • Feb 2007
            • 2641
            • Chapel Hill, NC
            • Ryobi BT3100

            #6
            yeah, I also enjoyed seeing how you could make 25 cents worth of industrial grade diamonds with 5,000 lbs of high explosives.
            online at http://www.theFrankes.com
            while ( !( succeed = try() ) ) ;
            "Life is short, Art long, Occasion sudden and dangerous, Experience deceitful, and Judgment difficult." -Hippocrates

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            • poolhound
              Veteran Member
              • Mar 2006
              • 3196
              • Phoenix, AZ
              • BT3100

              #7
              Originally posted by LCHIEN
              sometimes those guys are hilarious, sometimes they're smart, and sometimes they're just plain stupid.
              So true but what fun and they get paid to do it - what a job
              Jon

              Phoenix AZ - It's a dry heat
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              We all make mistakes and I should know I've made enough of them
              techzibits.com

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              • Ed62
                The Full Monte
                • Oct 2006
                • 6021
                • NW Indiana
                • BT3K

                #8
                Originally posted by crokett

                I could have told them what the outcome is.
                Does that mean you tried it?

                Ed
                Do you know about kickback? Ray has a good writeup here... https://www.sawdustzone.org/articles...mare-explained

                For a kickback demonstration video http://www.metacafe.com/watch/910584...demonstration/

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