Explosive Bat: crushing MLB records. Ft: Smarter Every Day

Stuff Made Here · 18.7M views · 2020-10-18 · 24:31

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Overview

Stuff Made Here builds a powder-actuated baseball bat designed to hit a ball past Babe Ruth's record distance, with Smarter Every Day contributing. It covers the engineering of the explosive-assisted swing.

On Hacker News

HN mostly mentions it as an example of an extreme maker project, not as a recommendation.

Discussed on HN; no positive recommendation is recorded in this export · HN mentions 2022–2023

Topics

3D printing, CNC & maker projects Mechanical & precision engineering Sports & athletics

What people said

swighton · 2023-08 · Reference
I made a baseball bat that uses explosives to add a bunch of energy to your swing and hit a baseball really far. It uses the explosive blanks normally used to shoot nails into concrete (e.g. ramset). It worked way better than I expected, didn't have a kick, and turned out to be just a really neat thing to look at while sipping a frosty beverage. I also made a video about it if you're interested: [VIDEO]
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wlesieutre · 2023-07 · Reference
He has other videos like a pumpkin carving robot, gunpowder-powered home run bat, and a self-aiming pool cue [LINK] [VIDEO] [LINK]
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evan_ · 2022-01 · Joke / meme
Fine. It’s easy if the batter has one of these: [VIDEO] And we assume that the motorcycle is already started and warmed up and the base path is paved etc. etc. Also the batter has a gun.
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