MythBusters (2003–…): Season 15, Episode 2 - Chimney Cannon - full transcript
Can a chimney be turned into a cannon? Most-importantly, can the burglar in the chimney be turned into a cannon ball? Can a bullet lodged in a tree turn a chainsaw into a gun? If so, is it lethal"?
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Narrator: ON THIS HIGH-VELOCITY
EPISODE OF "MythBusters"...
-WHOA!
-Narrator: FIRST UP...
LOOK, THERE'S SMOKE
COMING OUT OF HIS PANTS.
Narrator:
A FABLED FORCEFUL EVICTION...
BURGLAR TRIES TO ROB A HOUSE.
AAH!
WHOA.
HE GETS STUCK IN THE CHIMNEY.
OH, I SEE HIM STRUGGLING.
ACTUALLY,
THAT'S ME STRUGGLING.
FAMILY COMES HOME.
THEY DON'T KNOW HE'S IN THERE,
AND THEN THEY IGNITE THE FIRE.
AND THEN, BOOM, CRIMINAL
BECOMES ROCKET MAN.
[ EXPLOSION ]
OH! [ LAUGHS ]
Narrator: THEN A MYTHICAL
MEETING OF CHAINSAW AND BULLET.
[ WHIRRING AND BEEPING ]
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS.
[ GUNSHOT ]
SOMEBODY SHOOTS A BULLET
INTO A TREE.
THERE SHE IS.
AND THEN YEARS LATER,
SOMEONE'S CUTTING INTO A TREE
WITH A CHAINSAW,
PULLS THE BULLET OUT,
AND IT KILLS HIM.
-[ MAKING WHIRRING SOUND ]
-[ LAUGHS ]
NOW!
[ BUZZING ]
Narrator:
WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG?
I MEAN, THIS IS
QUINTESSENTIAL "MythBusters."
YES!
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CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS
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Narrator: OUR FIRST MYTH IS
A CAUTIONARY TALE
FOR ANY STANDARD-SIZED SANTA
OR A CHUBBY CRIMINAL.
THE STORY GOES THAT DURING
A ROOFTOP BREAK-AND-ENTER,
A HAPLESS BURGLAR
GETS STUCK IN THE CHIMNEY.
THE UNWITTING HOMEOWNERS
LIGHT A PROPANE FIREPLACE
THAT'S BEEN LEAKING GAS,
AND, BOOM, THE WEDGED INTRUDER
IS LAUNCHED LIKE A SKYROCKET.
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[ SIZZLING ]
DUDE, THIS MYTH IS
GONNA BE AWESOME.
OH, YEAH.
WE'RE GOING TO NEED
A LOT OF THIS
TO TEST THIS MYTH
AND AN UNWILLING VOLUNTEER.
PROPANE, NO PROBLEM.
UNWILLING VOLUNTEER, UH...
GOING TO HAVE TO WORK ON THAT.
SO WHERE DO WE START?
-STOICHIOMETRY.
-RIGHT. OF COURSE.
IT'S THE TRICKY BALANCE
BETWEEN FUEL AND AIR
THAT GIVES US
THE BEST EXPLOSION.
-A LITTLE TOO MUCH FUEL...
-NO BOOM.
-A LITTLE TOO MUCH AIR...
-NO BOOM.
BUT YOU GET THAT GOLDILOCKS
MIXTURE JUST RIGHT...
-BIG BOOM!
-EXACTLY.
LET'S START THERE AND FIGURE
OUT WHAT IT TAKES
TO MAKE PROPANE GO BOOM.
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Jon:
ALLEGEDLY, THIS MYTH TAKES PLACE
SOMEWHERE OUT
IN THE COUNTRYSIDE,
SO THEY WERE PROBABLY
NOT GETTING NATURAL GAS
PROVIDED BY THE CITY.
INSTEAD, THEY'RE USING PROPANE.
IT'S THE EXPLOSIVE PROPERTIES OF
THAT GAS THAT WE'LL BE TESTING.
Narrator:
THEY'VE GOT THE PROPANE.
BUT TO FIRE A FELON SKY HIGH,
THE GUYS
NEED TO WORK OUT THE OPTIMAL
EXPLOSIVE CONDITIONS.
AND WITH SOME MORAL SUPPORT
FROM MYTH DOG, BO,
IT'S TIME TO FIND
THE PERFECT STOICHIOMETRIC
RATIO OF AIR AND FUEL.
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I FEEL LIKE I'M ROBBING A BANK.
OH! BEND IT THERE.
VOILà.
WE'RE ABOUT TO FILL
EACH ONE OF THOSE TUBES
WITH A VERY SPECIFIC MIXTURE
OF PROPANE AND AIR,
THEN WE'RE GOING TO CAP IT OFF,
WE'RE GOING TO IGNITE IT
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO SEE
HOW HIGH IT TAKES THAT STOPPER.
THEN WE'RE GOING TO MARK OFF
EXACTLY HOW MUCH EACH PERCENTAGE
CARRIED IT AND HOW HIGH.
Narrator: MORE PROPANE DOESN'T
NECESSARILY MEAN A BIGGER BANG.
SO THE FIRST TUBE IS 50%.
Narrator: SO THEY'LL KICK OFF BY
DOING 3 TESTS AT 50, 30
AND THEN 15%
PROPANE MIXED WITH AIR.
TO GET THE RATIOS RIGHT, THEY'VE
COME UP WITH A SPLASHY SOLUTION.
SCIENCE
CAN BE QUITE BEAUTIFUL.
ON MY COMMAND, BRIAN WILL
UNLEASH PROPANE UP THIS LINE
THAT LEADS TO OUR CYLINDER.
THAT PROPANE WILL DISPLACE
ALL THE WATER DOWN TO OUR MARK,
WHICH WILL FILL OUT
OF THIS WATER OUTLET TUBE
INTO THIS BUCKET.
THEN WE'LL HAVE THE EXACT
AMOUNT OF PROPANE
WE NEED FOR THE EXPERIMENT.
AND RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE
OF THAT TAPE.
-ALL RIGHT!
-THAT'S PROPANE!
LET'S GET AIR
IN THE REST OF THIS.
-READY?
-YEAH.
HERE WE GO.
THEN WE'LL PLUMB IN
COMPRESSED AIR,
GET THE REST OF
THE WATER LEVEL DOWN,
AND WE'LL HAVE
THE PERFECT MIX OF PROPANE
TO AIR FOR OUR EXPERIMENT.
AND WE'RE GOOD.
SHUT OFF BOTH VALVES.
WE HAVE OUR 50/50 MIX
THAT'S 50% PROPANE
AND 50% AIR READY TO GO.
THAT MIX OF PROPANE AND AIR
BACK THERE SEEMS KIND OF RICH.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S
GOING TO POP,
BUT THAT'S WHY WE'RE TESTING IT.
50% PROPANE TO 50% AIR.
TEST IN THREE, TWO, ONE.
[ CLICK ]
-TOO RICH.
-TOO RICH.
Narrator: JON WAS RIGHT.
THE MAGIC MIX WAS DEFINITELY
NOT HALF AND HALF.
BUT BEFORE THE GUYS DIAL IT IN,
THEY'RE READY TO RIP
WITH TALL TALE NUMBER TWO.
IT'S ANOTHER NOT-SO-URBAN MYTH
THAT YOU MIGHT CALL A SHOT
IN THE BARK.
IT ALL STARTS WITH A HUNTER
WHO MISSES HIS MARK.
[ GUNSHOT ]
THE STRAY BULLET STAYS LODGED
IN THE TREE TRUNK
UNTIL YEARS LATER,
THE LOGGERS ROLL IN.
CHAINSAW MEETS BURIED BULLET,
WHICH BURSTS OUT
AT LETHAL VELOCITY.
IT'S A LUMBERJACK'S
WORST NIGHTMARE.
TO TEST THIS MYTH, WE'RE GOING
TO NEED THREE THINGS.
FIRST OFF, A LOG...
OF COURSE, A BULLET...
AND OUR WEAPON OF CHOICE --
THE CHAINSAW.
BUT WHAT WE'RE INTERESTED
IN RIGHT NOW
IS THE SPEED THAT
THESE TEETH MOVE AROUND.
SO WE NEED TO LOOK AT HIGH SPEED
AND DETERMINE WHAT DISTANCE
IN WHAT AMOUNT OF TIME
THESE TEETH ARE MOVING.
Narrator: THE MYTH'S VERACITY
RESTS ON VELOCITY.
A TYPICAL HUNTING RIFLE HAS
A MUZZLE VELOCITY OF AROUND
2,500 FEET PER SECOND.
LET'S SEE HOW
THE CHAINSAW STACKS UP.
[ MAKING WHIRRING SOUNDS ]
NORMALLY, WHEN WE CHECK
HIGH SPEED,
WE PUT THE HIGH SPEED SCALE
BEHIND THE OBJECT
WE'RE CHECKING.
BUT IN THIS CASE,
WE WANT TO SEE HOW FAST
THIS TOOTH
IS MOVING ON THIS BAR.
SO THIS TIME,
WE PUT THE HIGH SPEED SCALE
DIRECTLY ON THE OBJECT.
Narrator: IF JON'S
GOING TO TURN LUMBERJACK,
HE NEEDS TO DIG DEEP
AND CHANNEL THE FLANNEL.
YOU'RE LOOKING GOOD THERE,
JON.
YOU LOOK LIKE YOU CAN
OPERATE A CHAINSAW NOW.
WE'LL SEE.
[ MOTOR STARTS ]
ALL RIGHT! CHAINSAW HIGH-SPEED
TEST IN THREE, TWO, ONE. GO!
Narrator: JUST ONE BRIEF BURST
AT MAXIMUM REVS.
AND IT'S OFF TO CHECK
THE HIGH SPEED.
-YOU READY FOR THIS?
-YEAH. LET'S GO.
Narrator: BY TRACKING THE TOOTH
THEY MARKED AGAINST THE SCALE,
THEY NAIL DOWN THE SPEED.
ABOUT 90 FEET PER SECOND.
90 FEET PER SECOND
MIGHT NOT SOUND LIKE
THAT MUCH
WHEN WE'RE TALKING BULLETS.
BUT IN OUR CASE, WE'RE TALKING
A CHAINSAW HITTING A BULLET.
[ BUZZING ]
WITH THAT WEIGHT OF THE CHAIN,
THE FLYWHEEL AND THE PISTON
ALL BEHIND IT,
THAT BULLET CAN EXIT,
WHOOSH, WITH MUCH GREATER
VELOCITY THAN THE CHAIN,
AND THAT GIVES THIS MYTH
A GOOD CHANCE.
Narrator: YEP,
90 FEET PER SECOND
DOESN'T COMPARE
WITH A REAL RIFLE,
BUT THE TRANSFER OF ENERGY
FROM THE MASS OF THE CHAINSAW
TO THE LIGHTWEIGHT BULLET
MEANS IT COULD POTENTIALLY
FLY MUCH FASTER.
FAST ENOUGH TO BE FATAL?
WELL, THERE'S ONLY
ONE WAY TO FIND OUT.
RIG UP A SYSTEM TO TRY
FROM A SAFE DISTANCE.
-[ IMITATES WHIRRING SOUND ]
-[ LAUGHS ]
WE'RE ABOUT TO DO
A PRELIMINARY TEST
WITH CHAINSAW VERSUS BULLET.
BUT TO DO THIS TEST PROPERLY,
WE NEED THIS CHAINSAW TO LAND
ON THAT BULLET EVERY SINGLE TIME
IN THE SAME SPOT.
WHAT WE NEED IS A RIG
THAT IS REMOTE-CONTROLLED
AND ROCK-SOLID.
SO AS THAT CHAIN
GOES THROUGH THAT LOG,
WE HAVE A NICE STEADY CUT
AND NO RISK TO OURSELVES.
AND THERE IS JUST
A CHAINSAW ON IT.
COOL.
IS THERE GOING TO BE,
LIKE, A STOP ON IT?
OH, YEAH.
WE'RE PUTTING A STOP,
SO WE'LL LOCK IT INTO, LIKE,
THIS BEING THE KILL ZONE.
LIKE...OKAY.
Narrator: AND BEFORE
YOU CAN YELL, "TIMBER,"
THEIR MECHANICAL LUMBERJACK
IS PRIMED FOR ACTION.
TO LET US THROTTLE OUR CHAINSAW
FROM A SAFE DISTANCE,
WE HAVE THIS RIG RIGHT HERE.
THIS SITS ON TOP OF THE TRIGGER
GUARD, HOLDS DOWN THE SAFETY.
AND THEN,
WITH THIS SPRING ATTACHED,
WE CAN PULL OUR THROTTLE CABLE
WHICH REVS OUR CHAINSAW.
Narrator:
BUT THE SAW NEEDS SOMETHING
TO SINK ITS TEETH INTO.
[ GROWLS ]
Narrator:
AND FOR A PROOF OF CONCEPT TEST,
IT'S OVER TO OUR RESIDENT
TEXAN CHAINSAW MASOCHIST.
THIS IS MY BULLET SANDWICH.
WHY?
YOU'VE GOT TO FEED YOUR CHAINSAW
SOMETHING, RIGHT?
WE NEED TO KNOW HOW THE BULLET
IS GOING TO EXIT THE RIG.
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ALL RIGHT.
BRING ME THE SANDWICH.
Narrator:
THE CHAINSAW IS ATTACHED.
-OKAY. THIS IS STABLE.
-VERY NICE.
Narrator:
THEY TEST THE ALIGNMENT...
THAT WORKS.
Narrator: AND THE HIGH SPEED
CAMERAS ARE READY TO ROLL.
[ MOTOR REVVING ]
YOU READY? ON MY GO?
CHAINSAW VERSUS BULLET
IN STYROFOAM
IN THREE, TWO, ONE.
HERE WE GO.
[ MOTOR REVVING ]
[ BLEEP ]
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ONE! GO!
Narrator:
JON AND BRIAN ARE TESTING
THE FATAL FORESTRY FABLE
OF A CHAINSAW
AND AN EMBEDDED BULLET.
[ MOTOR REVVING ]
TO FIND OUT IF THERE'S
ANYTHING TO THIS MYTH,
THE GUYS HAVE SET UP
A PROOF OF CONCEPT...
HERE WE GO.
...WITH A STAND-IN STYROFOAM LOG
AND A CLEAR PLASTIC
VIEWING PANEL.
THE THROTTLE JUST WORKS
BEAUTIFULLY.
WE'RE JUST REVVING IT.
[ IMITATES REVVING SOUND ]
[ BUZZING ]
[ BLEEP ]
[ BUZZING CONTINUES ]
WHAT?!
Narrator:
THEY QUEUE UP THE HIGH SPEED,
BUT THAT WAS LESS
THAN IMPRESSIVE.
OKAY. SO THE CHAINSAW
CATCHES THE BULLET.
BUT INSTEAD OF JUST
THROWING IT OUT, IT GOES BOOP,
BOOP, BOOP, BOOP
AND THEN TUMBLES TO THE GROUND.
Narrator: THE CHAINSAW MAKES
CLEAN CONTACT,
BUT THEN THE BULLET
HAS NO CLEAR EXIT PATH.
WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO KIND
OF RETHINK THIS, AREN'T WE?
-YEAH. LET'S GO DO THAT.
-OKAY.
Narrator:
IF THIS IS GOING TO WORK,
THE BULLET NEEDS
TO BE POSITIONED
RIGHT AT THE EDGE
OF THE STYROFOAM LOG.
SO TO GIVE IT THE BEST CHANCE,
WE'VE REMOVED THIS PART,
SO THAT WHEN THE TOOTH GRABS,
HOPEFULLY IT WILL JUST...
[ CLICKS TEETH ] SHOOT IT OUT.
[ MOTOR REVVING ]
-SET?
-SET!
CHAINSAW VERSUS
BULLET TEST NUMBER TWO
WITH OPEN CHANNEL
IN THREE, TWO, ONE!
[ BUZZING ]
-YEAH!
-OH!
GOOD! HOLD!
WAS I GOING CRAZY,
OR DID I HEAR SOMETHING?
NO, IT ABSOLUTELY
HIT THE GLASS.
[ LAUGHS ] YES! OKAY.
SO WHAT JUST HAPPENED
WITH THIS TEST?
CHAINSAW COMES IN,
THE TOOTH ENGAGES THE BULLET.
BOOM, INTO THE WALL
RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY FACE.
AT THIS POINT,
WITH OUR SMALL SCALE TEST,
IT ACTUALLY TURNS OUT
OUR CHAINSAW CAN GRAB A BULLET
AND THROW IT OUT PRETTY HARD.
BUT NOW IT'S TIME TO RAMP IT UP
WITH REAL BULLETS
AND REAL TREES.
Narrator: BUT BEFORE THEY LET
LOOSE WITH LIVE AMMO,
IT'S BACK TO
THE PROPANE FIREPLACE FABLE,
TO FIND OUT IF IT'S FEASIBLE
TO TURN A CHIMNEY INTO A CANNON
AND A BURGLAR INTO A CANNONBALL.
50% PROPANE TO 50% AIR TEST
IN 3, 2, 1.
-TOO RICH.
-[ LAUGHS ] TOO RICH.
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN THERE'S NOT ENOUGH AIR
FOR IT TO IGNITE.
I'D SAY WE SHOULD MOVE ON
TO 30%,
AND THAT'S 30% PROPANE
AND 70% AIR.
ONCE AGAIN, THE PROPORTIONS ARE
MEASURED OUT TO THE MILLILITER.
STOICHIOMETRY TEST,
30% PROPANE, 70% AIR,
IN THREE, TWO, ONE!
[ CLICK ]
-IT'S A BIT RICH, YEAH?
-YEAH.
AND YET AGAIN, 70% AIR,
30% PROPANE,
NOT ENOUGH OXYGEN
TO LET IT BURN.
Narrator: BY NOW, THEY'RE FULLY
EXPECTING FIREWORKS.
50% PROPANE. 85% AIR.
ONE.
[ CLICK ]
Narrator:
BUT IT'S ANOTHER BUST.
I WAS READY TO CATCH
THAT STOPPER.
[ LAUGHS ]
Narrator:
SO TO RAISE THEIR CHANCES,
THEY LOWER THE PROPANE.
10% PROPANE IN 3, 2, 1.
BOOM!
OR NOT.
Narrator:
EVEN 10% WAS TOO RICH A MIX.
YOU GOT AIR.
Narrator: SO THE GUYS DIAL IT
DOWN EVER SO SLIGHTLY TO 7.
7% PROPANE, 93% AIR
IN 3, 2, 1.
-BOOM. YES!
-[ LAUGHS ]
[ BOOM ]
I'M GOING TO TAKE
ANOTHER SIGH OF RELIEF.
JUST... [ SIGHS ]
AND ONE MORE.
[ EXHALES DEEPLY ]
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-YES!
-[ LAUGHS ]
STILL GOING UP.
-OH, NO.
-WOW. IT'S STILL GOING.
-NO, IT'S STILL GOING.
-IT'S SLOWING DOWN, THOUGH.
-AND...
-THAT'S IT.
-THAT'S WHERE IT IS.
-BEAUTIFUL.
7%. PERFECT.
Narrator: OR IS IT? PERHAPS
5% PROPANE WORKS EVEN BETTER.
-READY?
-YEP.
[ WHOOSH ]
WHOA!
BEAUTIFUL.
AT JUST 5% PROPANE,
THAT PUSHED OUR STOPPER CLEAR
TO FILL UP THE LENGTH
OF OUR HIGH-SPEED SCALE.
THE FIRST CORK,
AT JUST 7% PROPANE,
WENT 19 FEET PER SECOND.
THE SECOND CORK
AT LESS PROPANE,
THAT'S 5%,
30 FEET PER SECOND.
THAT'S A LOT MORE ENERGY.
-BEAUTIFUL.
-THAT'S 3%.
Narrator:
AND JUST TO BE SURE THEY NAILED
THAT GOLDILOCKS GAS MIX...
3% PROPANE.
THAT'S RIGHT, LADIES
AND GENTLEMEN,
JUST 3% PROPANE TEST
IN 3, 2, 1.
[ BUTTON CLICKS, CRACKLE ]
-TOO LEAN.
-TOO LEAN.
AND NOW WE'VE GONE A LITTLE
TOO FAR IN THE OTHER DIRECTION.
AT 3% PROPANE,
THERE IS JUST NOT ENOUGH FUEL
FOR ANYTHING TO HAPPEN IN THERE.
SO WE HAVE OUR PERFECT
PROPANE-TO-AIR RATIO.
AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO TEST THAT
MIX IN A REAL RURAL CHIMNEY,
A COUNTRY-STYLE FIREBOX.
GOT TO MAKE SURE SHE'S AIRTIGHT.
WHY? BECAUSE PROPANE
IS HEAVIER THAN AIR,
SO IT MIGHT COLLECT
AT THE BOTTOM OF A FIREBOX
AND AFFECT HOW THE FUEL
AND AIR ACTUALLY MIX.
AND THERE IS OUR CHIMNEY.
READY? ENCLOSED EXPLOSION
IN THREE, TWO, ONE.
[ EXPLOSION ]
[ LAUGHS ] OH.
[ WHOOSH, CRACKLE ]
SO THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE
OF TRYING TO UNDERSTAND
THE STOICHIOMETRY OF THE FIRE
VERSUS EXPLOSION THING.
OUR IGNITER GOES OFF,
AND YOU ACTUALLY SEE KIND OF
A FLAME BURNING INSIDE.
WELL, THAT'S NOT AN EXPLOSION.
AS THAT FLAME USES UP
SOME OF THE OXYGEN,
RIGHT AT THE BOTTOM
IN THAT FIREBOX,
THAT MAGIC MOMENT HAPPENS.
AND BOOM, WE ACTUALLY
GET EXPLOSIVE STOICHIOMETRY.
SO WHERE ARE WE NOW?
WELL, WE JUST FIGURED OUT
THAT OUR GOLDILOCKS RATIO
WAS ABOUT 5% PROPANE
AND 95% AIR.
WE DISCOVERED A CHIMNEY
WITH A BLOCKED FLUE
WILL GIVE US A BEAUTIFUL,
ENERGETIC EXPLOSION.
THE NEXT STEP IS TO BUILD
OUR FULL-SCALE CHIMNEY
AND OUR FULL-SCALE FIREBOX.
SO THAT WHEN OUR BURGLAR
IS STUCK IN THERE,
WE CAN INTRODUCE OUR MIXTURE
AND HOPEFULLY IT WILL
JUST SEND HIM SKY-HIGH.
-YEAH. I THINK WE'RE DONE HERE.
-YEAH.
FULL-SCALE CHIMNEY,
HERE WE COME.
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Narrator:
TO SEE IF A MAN
REALLY COULD BE ACCIDENTALLY
LAUNCHED FROM A CHIMNEY...
THREE, TWO, ONE.
...THE GUYS HAVE BEEN TESTING
THE EXPLOSIVE POTENTIAL
OF PROPANE.
[ BOOMS ]
-WHOA!
-BEAUTIFUL.
SO FAR, WE'VE DONE A BUNCH
OF SMALL-SCALE TESTS
THAT LET US KNOW WHAT THE
PERFECT MIX OF PROPANE TO AIR
IS AROUND 5% PROPANE
AND 95% AIR.
SO NEXT STEP, WE'RE GOING TO
TAKE THAT INFORMATION
AND START BUILDING
OUR FULL-SCALE FIREBOX
AND OUR FULL-SCALE CHIMNEY.
Narrator:
THE TRICKIEST PART OF THE BUILD
IS ASSEMBLING A FULL-SCALE
CHIMNEY IN THE WORKSHOP.
THE ANSWER -- MAKE
THE SMOKESTACK IN SEGMENTS.
THIS IS A FLUE TILE,
AN EXTRUDED CLAY TILE
THAT'S JUST ABOUT LIGHTING
EVERY CHIMNEY OUT THERE.
WE'VE GOT TO GLUE
12 OF THESE TOGETHER
TO GET THE HEIGHT WE NEED.
SO JUST A LITTLE TIP.
I'M USING A POLYURETHANE-BASED
CONSTRUCTION ADHESIVE.
IT WORKS GREAT FOR THIS CLAY.
BUT THAT CLAY IS REAL POROUS,
SO A QUICK SPRITZ WITH WATER
HELPS ACTIVATE THAT ADHESIVE.
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ONE DOWN. THREE TO GO.
WHEN WE GET IN THE FIELD, WE'LL
REMOVE SOME SUPPORT STRAPS,
USE THE SAME FRAME, GLUE FOUR
OF THESE MODULES TOGETHER,
AND THAT'S HOW WE GET
OUR WHOLE CHIMNEY.
Narrator: IN THE MEANTIME,
JON'S GETTING
INTO SOME HEAVY METAL.
[ CRACKLING ]
THIS IS OUR FIREBOX.
WELL, IT'S OUR FOOTPRINT
OF THE FIREBOX FOR NOW.
EVERYTHING THAT'S
IN OUR CHIMNEY --
THE FLUE TILES,
ALL THE STRUCTURE,
ALL 12 FEET OF IT IS GOING TO BE
SITTING ON TOP OF THIS BOX,
SO IT NEEDS TO BE EXTRA STURDY.
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STARTING TO GET THE IDEA, RIGHT?
DOOR IS HERE, CHIMNEY THERE,
AND THEN, HOPEFULLY,
WE FILL IT WITH GAS AND BOOM.
Narrator:
IN FACT, THERE IS JUST
ONE PIECE OF THE PUZZLE MISSING,
A VOLUNTEER
TO PLUG THEIR CHIMNEY.
YEAH. THAT'S NOT BAD.
YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE GOING
TO DO THIS RIGHT,
WE'RE GOING TO NEED
A HUMAN ANALOG.
YEAH, BUSTER WOULD
HAVE BEEN PERFECT.
WHATEVER HAPPENED
TO THAT GUY?
[ EXPLOSION ]
Narrator: MORE TO THE POINT,
WHAT DIDN'T HAPPEN TO THAT GUY?
[ EXPLOSIONS ]
AFTER MANY A GLORIOUS
AND PAINFUL ADVENTURE...
[ WHOOSHING ]
WHOA!
...BUSTER MARK 1 WAS FINALLY
TAGGED, "DO NOT RESUSCITATE."
OH. YEAH. POOR GUY.
I WISH WE COULD GET
A NEW BUSTER.
IF ONLY THERE WAS A WAY.
[ DOG WHINING ]
LOOK!
BO, HIT IT!
[ ALARM SOUNDING ]
Narrator: MANUFACTURED IN
A TOP SECRET LOCATION,
MADE FROM COURAGE, GRIT,
AND STATE-OF-THE-ART MATERIALS,
MEET BUSTER:
THE NEXT GENERATION.
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Female automated voice:
ALL SYSTEMS READY.
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EAGLE TO TOWER.
BUSTER IS IN TRANSIT.
[ ENGINES WHIRRING ]
APPROACHING DROP ZONE.
PACKAGES AWAY.
WE HAVE A SITUATION.
PARACHUTE HAS MALFUNCTIONED.
[ ALARM SOUNDING ]
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LET'S SEE IF WE CAN
PUT HIM BACK TOGETHER.
Narrator: BEFORE BUSTER EVEN
BEGINS DAY 1, HE'S OFF TO REHAB.
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SO THE BOYS HAVE SOME FREE TIME
TO TAKE TO THE WOODS
AND REKINDLE THE MYTH OF
THE LETHAL CHAINSAW BULLET.
REMEMBER, OUR MYTH IS
ABOUT A HUNTING BULLET
BEING LODGED IN A TREE.
OUR WEAPON OF CHOICE --
THE WORLD WAR II
RUSSIAN MOSIN-NAGANT.
THE REASON IS, SO MANY WERE
PRODUCED DURING WORLD WAR II,
THAT THIS BECAME
A COMMON HUNTING RIFLE
AT THE END OF THE WAR.
Jon:
JUST REMEMBER, IN THE MYTH,
THE GUY FIRES IT
INTO A LIVE TREE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO SHOOT A BUNCH
OF BULLETS INTO THESE TREES,
TAKE THEM BACK TO THE SHOP
AND USE THEM FOR
ACTUAL CHAINSAW TESTS.
[ CLICK ]
FIRING IN THREE, TWO, ONE.
[ GUNSHOT ]
[ LAUGHS ]
THAT LOOKS LIKE AN EXIT WOUND
IF I'VE EVER SEEN ONE.
[ GUNSHOTS ]
WE NEED A BIGGER LOG.
Narrator:
AND THAT TURNS OUT TO BE
THE UNDERSTATEMENT OF THE DAY...
THINK SLOW THOUGHTS.
Narrator: ...BECAUSE EVEN WITH
TWO LOGS TAPED TOGETHER...
[ GUNSHOTS ]
IT'S IN ONE END
AND STRAIGHT OUT THE OTHER.
HOW MANY MythBusters DOES IT
TAKE TO SHOOT A BULLET IN A TREE
AND KEEP IT THERE?
APPARENTLY MORE THAN TWO 'CAUSE
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS.
[ CLICK, GUNSHOT ]
Narrator: AND IT'S NOT GETTING
ANY LESS RIDICULOUS...
[ WHIRRING ]
NOTHING.
[ GUNSHOT ]
Narrator:
BECAUSE TRY AS THEY MIGHT...
-I THINK IT TUMBLED AS IT WENT
BETWEEN THE TWO LOGS.
-YEAH.
[ GUNSHOT ]
Narrator:
THE SHELLS ARE NOT STICKING,
EVEN WITH SOLID PINE BOARDS
STRAPPED IN FRONT
TO HELP SLOW DOWN THE BULLET.
YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT BUILDING
A CHAINSAW-SWINGING ARM RIG
WAS GOING TO BE THE HARD PART.
IT ENDS UP, IT'S GETTING
A BULLET INTO A TREE.
-ALL RIGHT.
-LET'S LINE HER UP.
THAT BACK THERE IS ONE
OF THE BIGGEST LOGS
THAT WE HAVE,
WITH BOARDS STRAPPED ON IT.
THIS HAS TO WORK, RIGHT?
Narrator:
WELL, YOU'D HOPE SO.
THE MYTHICAL TREE MAY
HAVE BEEN MUCH BIGGER,
THE BULLETS SLOWED BY A RICOCHET
OR FIRED FROM
A GREATER DISTANCE.
SO THERE'S HOPE YET.
BIGGEST STUMP WITH BOARDS IN
FRONT OF IT IN THREE, TWO, ONE.
[ GUNSHOTS ]
WHAT YOU THINK, MAN?
I DON'T SEE AN EXIT WOUND,
BUT YOU KNOW HOW
THIS WHOLE THING GOES.
THERE'S A HINT OF SOMETHING,
WHICH, TO ME, IMPLIES THAT
I THINK WE'RE JUST
SOLIDLY IN THERE.
SO I THINK WE LODGED IT.
Narrator:
AT LAST, AND WITH A GOOD CHUNK
OF THE BUDGET BLOWN ON AMMO,
THEY GOT WHAT THEY CAME FOR.
SO I THINK WE'RE DONE HERE.
WE'RE GOING TO PACK EVERYTHING
UP, TAKE IT BACK TO THE SHOP,
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO
BRING ON THE CHAINSAW.
¶¶
WHOO!
¶¶
HEY, JON. AM I BEAUTIFUL?
LIKE A VICTORIAN WOMAN.
Narrator:
BACK AT CHAINSAW CENTRAL,
THE GUYS HAVE CALLED IN
SOME EXPERT ASSISTANCE.
SO, GENTLEMEN,
WHAT I UNDERSTAND IS,
YOU'VE FIRED A BULLET
INTO THE LOG,
AND NOW YOU'RE TRYING
TO FIGURE OUT
WHERE IN THE LOG
IS THE BULLET.
[ GUNSHOT ]
Narrator:
THAT'S IT IN A NUTSHELL.
IN AND NO OUT.
Narrator: RYAN AND JON FINALLY
GOT A RIFLE BULLET
TO STICK IN A STUMP.
[ GUNSHOT ]
[ GUNSHOT ]
AND DR. BRADLEY PURDUE
HAS A PORTABLE X-RAY MACHINE
TO HELP FIND IT.
YOU GOT YOUR TRAJECTORY,
THE POINT OF ENTRY.
WE'LL WORK OFF OF THAT,
BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
TO GET TWO ANGLES ON IT
TO DETERMINE BOTH OUR HORIZONTAL
AND VERTICAL PLANES
TO DETERMINE THE DEPTH.
Narrator:
SO THE DOC GOES TO WORK.
WELL, HERE WE GO. READY?
AND...
[ BEEP ]
OKAY. THAT SHOULD DO IT.
Narrator: IT TURNS OUT,
IT'S AS QUICK AND EASY
AS FALLING OFF
A YOU-KNOW-WHAT.
WHAT WE'VE DETERMINED IS,
YOUR BULLET IS SITTING SOMEWHERE
RIGHT THERE
IN THAT LOG AT THIS DEPTH.
NOW WE JUST GOT TO DIG THROUGH
THESE LOGS AND FIND 'EM.
ALL RIGHT.
YOU GUYS ARE THE BRAINS.
Narrator:
THEY'RE ALSO THE BRAWN.
[ REVVING ]
TO GET WITHIN STRIKING DISTANCE
OF THE BURIED BULLET,
BRIAN FIRST CLEARS
A SIZABLE CHUNK OF TIMBER.
ALL RIGHT. IF THIS WORKED OUT,
OUR BULLET
IS SOMEWHERE RIGHT UNDER HERE.
AT THIS POINT, IT COMES DOWN TO
A LITTLE BIT OF GENTLE SURGERY.
GONNA SLICE IN UNTIL WE GET
TO THAT BULLET.
OUR X-RAY WORK PUT THE BULLET
SOMEWHERE IN THIS REGION.
SO I HAD TO TAKE SPECIAL, TINY,
LITTLE CHOPS UNTIL WE FOUND IT,
BUT THERE SHE IS.
WE'LL CUT THE REST OF THIS OFF,
GET THAT PLASTIC ON THERE,
GIVE US A NICE, CLEAR WINDOW
OF WHAT'S GOING ON
AND THEN TRY TO FIRE A BULLET
OUT OF A PIECE OF WOOD!
[ LAUGHS ] I'M EXCITED.
Narrator:
AND THAT'S THE CHALLENGE
AT THE CORE OF THIS TALL TALE --
THAT A CHAINSAW COULD DISLODGE
AN EMBEDDED BULLET
WITH ENOUGH VELOCITY
TO LIQUIDATE A LUMBERJACK.
WE'RE FINALLY GOING TO
TEST A CHAINSAW
AGAINST A REAL BULLET
IN A REAL TREE.
SO I'M GOING TO ADAPT THIS RIG,
GET OUR CHAINSAW
TO SWING PROPERLY,
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO FINALLY
PUT THIS MYTH TO THE TEST.
Narrator: BRIAN'S REPURPOSED
THAT ACRYLIC PLATE,
SO WHATEVER HAPPENS WILL GET
A WOODPECKER'S-EYE VIEW.
OKAY. THAT'S GREAT.
Narrator: BUT JUST POPPING
THE BULLET OUT WON'T BE ENOUGH.
IT HAS TO GO FAST.
LET'S TALK ABOUT
BULLET LETHALITY.
THE BULLET FROM OUR GUN TRAVELS
AROUND 2,500 FEET PER SECOND,
WITH THE LOWEST BAR WE CAN SET
BEING AN OLD MUSKET LOADER,
AROUND 400 FEET PER SECOND.
THAT'S THE BAR WE'RE GOING
TO SET AT THE BOTTOM.
IF WE DON'T ACHIEVE
400 FEET PER SECOND
FROM THAT BULLET OFF
THE CHAINSAW, IT'S NOT LETHAL.
[ BUZZING ]
OH, YEAH!
[ MOTOR REVVING ]
YEAH!
ALL RIGHT. HERE WE GO.
YOU READY?
-YEAH.
-OKAY.
CHAINSAW VERSUS BULLET
IN LOG
IN THREE, TWO, ONE.
[ REVVING AND BUZZING ]
[ REVVING STOPS ]
OOH!
I GOT...YEAH, I GOT YOU.
I GOT YOU.
OH, I FEEL SOMETHING, THOUGH.
-I THOUGHT I FELT SOMETHING.
-I DEFINITELY FELT IT HIT.
OH, OH, OH!
-WHERE IS IT, MAN?
-WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.
I FELT...I THOUGHT I FELT
SOMETHING, LIKE, CHOO!
I CAN TELL YOU, IT DISAPPEARED
FASTER THAN THE FOAM.
I DIDN'T SEE WHERE IT WENT.
-HEY! I FOUND THE BULLET, JON.
-[ LAUGHS ]
IT'S BETWEEN HERE
AND THE HIGH SPEED.
OH! HOW IS IT?
OH, IT DEFINITELY GOT
A PIECE OF IT.
LOOK AT THAT.
Narrator: THE BULLET'S
IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE,
BUT CAN THE SAME
BE SAID FOR THE MYTH?
OOH! [ LAUGHS ]
-OH.
-IT DIDN'T EVEN MAKE IT OUT.
IT CLIPPED THE BULLET,
FLIPPED IT BACKWARDS
AND THEN SHOT IT ALMOST OUT
AND THEN STOPPED.
[ BUZZING ]
THAT WAS AN INTERESTING RESULT.
WE WATCHED THE SAW BLADE
COME DOWN, ENGAGE THE BULLET,
SEND IT FLYING UNTIL...UHH!
IT JAMMED, STUCK IN ONE SPOT.
SO WE LOOKED
AT THE HIGH-SPEED FOOTAGE,
TRACED THE PATH
OF THE BULLET, DID THE MATH,
AND WE GOT 132 FEET PER SECOND,
WAY BELOW OUR LETHALITY
THRESHOLD.
[ BUZZING ]
SO CAN I SAY
THE "B" WORD NOW?
YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'VE GOT A LITTLE SURPRISE
SET UP, ACTUALLY.
-OH?
-YEAH.
[ WHISPERING INDISTINCTLY ]
OOH, THE AUDIENCE
IS GONNA LIKE THAT.
-YEAH, I THOUGHT SO.
-YEAH.
Narrator: BUT BEFORE CONCLUDING
THE CHAINSAW CONUNDRUM...
YOU READY, JON?
Narrator: ...A REBORN BUSTER
WILL REJOIN THE TEAM
FOR A DEADLY DATE
WITH A CHIMNEY CANNON.
THREE, TWO, ONE.
[ EXPLOSION ]
OH! [ LAUGHS ]
¶¶
¶¶
Narrator: TO FIND OUT IF
A PROPANE-POWERED FIREPLACE
CAN ACTUALLY SHOOT
A MAN FROM A CHIMNEY,
JON AND BRIAN NEED
THE RIGHT KIND OF HOUSE
IN THE RIGHT KIND
OF NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS IS OUR TEST SITE.
JUST IMAGINE WHEN
WE'RE DONE SETTING UP,
YOU KNOW, A WALL HERE,
A WALL HERE, YOU KNOW,
MAYBE SOME COMFORTS
FROM HOME, LIKE,
A COUCH, A CARPET,
MAYBE SOME PAINTINGS.
AND THEN FOR THOSE FREEZING
COLD CALIFORNIA WINTERS,
OUR FIREBOX
WITH THE CHIMNEY ON TOP
AND THE BURGLAR STUCK IN IT.
[ MAKING BOOPING SOUNDS ]
NOT A LOT OF HOUSES GET BUILT
BY LAYING THE CARPET FIRST.
Narrator:
AND VERY FEW BOAST
A FEATURE FIREPLACE
THAT DOES DOUBLE DUTY
AS AN EXPLOSIVE
INTRUDER EXTRUDER.
GET HER PERFECTLY LEVELED.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 12 FEET
OF CHIMNEY UP ON TOP.
YEAH, I KNOW.
Narrator: THEY RAISE THE WALLS
WITHOUT RAISING A SWEAT.
-IT'S NOT A BAD-LOOKING HOUSE.
-YEAH.
Narrator:
BUT THE SAME CAN'T BE SAID
FOR BRIAN'S EASY HOME ASSEMBLY
CHIMNEY IN A CRATE CONCEPT.
WHOA.
THE FORKS WON'T CLEAR NOW...
WON'T CLEAR?
...IF YOU GET IT
ALL THE WAY IN.
Narrator: WHAT WAS PERFECTLY
SOUND IN THEORY
IS PROVING A WHOLE LOT TRICKIER
IN PRACTICE.
AS WE GET HIGHER,
HIGHER AND EVEN HIGHER,
IT'S KIND OF GOING
TO GET DANGEROUS.
WE CAME UP WITH
AN ALTERNATIVE IDEA.
IF WE PUT THE REMAINDER
OF THE CHIMNEY
TOGETHER ON THE GROUND
INTO ONE LARGE PIECE
AND PUT IT UP, THAT'S ONE MOVE
AND MORE TO WORK WITH.
WHAT'S THIS "WE" BUSINESS,
BRIAN?
ALL RIGHT. OKAY.
YOUR FINGERS OUT?
FORWARD A LITTLE BIT.
THERE YOU GO.
-OOH, YEAH. PUSH.
-GOOD.
PUSH, PUSH, PUSH. YEAH.
YOU KNOW, I THINK THE HARDEST
PART ABOUT THIS MYTH
IS JUST GETTING
THIS CHIMNEY UP.
Narrator: THE SEGMENTS ARE
HEAVY AND FRAGILE,
SO IT'S VERY MUCH A CASE
OF STEADY AS SHE GOES.
WE'RE STILL ON THE PALLET,
BUT IT'S STARTING TO
ANGLE ONTO THE FRONT.
YEAH, THAT'S PERFECT.
HOLD IT. SLOW, SLOW, SLOW.
YOU HAVE A LOT OF MOVING PARTS
TO THIS.
YOU HAVE A ROUND CYLINDER
IN SECTIONS
GLUED TOGETHER
IN A SQUARE FRAME.
OH, THAT'S NICE.
THAT'S REAL NICE.
Narrator:
AT THIS POINT,
GETTING THIS ON TOP
OF THAT FIREBOX
IS TESTING OUR INGENUITY.
THIS THING ONLY WANTS
TO GO FORWARD
IN, LIKE, 2-INCH INCREMENTS.
WELL, YOU GOT 4 INCHES,
SO YOU'RE GOOD.
ALL RIGHT.
Narrator: THEIR PATIENCE
AND PERSEVERANCE PAY OFF.
AHH!
Narrator:
AND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT...
HOLY CRAP.
WE MADE A CHIMNEY.
Narrator: JON'S SOON IN HARNESS
TO STRIP BACK THE SCAFFOLD...
[ WHIRRING ]
...WHILE BRIAN GETS DOWN
TO THE NUTS AND BOLTS.
AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THIS MYTH
IS THAT LEAKY FIREPLACE.
NOW, REMEMBER, THEIRS WAS
A PROPANE RETROFIT.
IT'S ABOUT TIME FOR US
TO DO THE SAME.
I'VE GOT TO PUT
A COUPLE HOLES IN HERE
FOR THE PROPANE
AND THE IGNITER,
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE
THE SAME SETUP THEY DID.
[ WHIRRING ]
IGNITION. IGNITION. GAS.
Narrator:
IN A FINAL FLOURISH,
THE CERAMIC SMOKESTACK
GETS SPRIG-VENEERED.
YOU KNOW, I HAD NO IDEA
JON WAS A MASTER BRICK MASON.
Narrator: AND THEIR LIVING ROOM
LAUNCH PAD IS READY FOR ACTION.
[ WHIRRING ]
WE HAVE OUR CHIMNEY UP, AND
WE'RE READY FOR OUR FIRST TEST.
IT'S PURELY PROOF OF CONCEPT.
WHAT WE WANT TO KNOW ABOUT IS,
DO WE GET THE IGNITION WE NEED,
AND DO WE GET
THE COMBUSTION WE NEED?
AND YOU MAY NOTICE A LITTLE
EXTRA SUPPORT OVER HERE.
THAT'S JUST IN CASE SOMETHING
DOESN'T GO QUITE AS PLANNED.
Narrator:
AND THAT'S ALWAYS A POSSIBILITY.
WHATEVER FATE AWAITS
OUR JUMPING JACK FLASH...
OH, I SEE HIM STRUGGLING.
ACTUALLY,
THAT'S ME STRUGGLING.
Narrator: REST ASSURED,
IT WILL BE A GAS, GAS, GAS.
[ EXPLOSION ]
¶¶
[ BUZZING ]
Narrator: WITH THE MYTH
OF THE CHAINSAW BULLET
IN SPLINTERS...
WE WERE TRYING TO MAKE A GUN,
AND WE MADE, WHAT,
A CONVEYOR BELT?
A NOT...WE MADE A...YEAH!
Narrator:
BRIAN AND JON HAVE OPTED
TO SIGNIFICANTLY UPGRADE
THE HARDWARE.
AT THIS POINT,
WE'RE DONE WITH OUR SAW.
BUT IT'S TIME TO TURN
THAT DIAL UP TO 11.
Narrator: DENNIS CAHOON IS
A 30-YEAR LOGGING VETERAN
WHO STILL HAS ALL HIS FINGERS
AND A SUPER-CHARGED SHREDDER
HE CALLS A HOT SAW.
HEY, DENNIS.
I SEE YOU BROUGHT THE BEAST.
YEP.
HOW ABOUT A LITTLE
CHAINSAW THROWDOWN?
-LOVE TO.
-[ LAUGHS ] OKAY. LET'S DO IT.
Narrator: TO SEE WHAT MAKES
DENNIS' HOT SAW SO HOT,
THEY'VE SET UP A CHALLENGE --
ONE LOG A PIECE WITH BRIAN
ON THE TRUSTY, TINY 2-STROKE.
COME ON, YOU LITTLE [bleep].
WELL, I SUDDENLY GET THE FEELING
THAT WE'RE COMPETING
IN THE WRONG WEIGHT CLASS.
Narrator:
THE RULES ARE SIMPLE.
THE FIRST MAN TO SLICE
THROUGH HIS STUMP IS THE WINNER.
[ MOTOR REVVING ]
YOU GUYS READY?
[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]
THREE, TWO, ONE! GO!
[ BUZZING ]
Jon:
DENNIS WENT ALL THE WAY THROUGH,
ALL THE WAY BACK UP
AND THEN WENT HOME,
MADE A CUP OF TEA,
READ THE NEWSPAPER,
TOOK A SHOWER,
CAME ALL THE WAY BACK.
AND I THINK BRIAN WAS ABOUT
3 INCHES INTO HIS LOG.
[ BUZZING ]
[ LAUGHS ]
TAKE THAT, MAN!
WELL, AT LEAST YOU CUT KNOT.
-THAT'S HARDER WOOD.
-[ LAUGHS ]
I THINK THAT SHOWS US WHAT
A DIFFERENCE IT IS, THOUGH.
Narrator:
AND THAT HUGE POWER DIFFERENCE
COULD BE ENOUGH
TO MAKE THE MYTH.
SO, DENNIS, CAN YOU GIVE ME
SOME SPECS ON YOUR SAW?
YEAH, IT'S A 250cc MOTORCYCLE
MOTOR MADE INTO A CHAINSAW.
IT REVS ABOUT 10,000 R.P.M.s.
CHAIN SPEED IS APPROACHING
200 MILES AN HOUR,
PROBABLY EIGHT TIMES
THE HORSEPOWER
OF YOUR REGULAR CHAINSAW.
[ LAUGHS ]
Jon:
THAT HOT SAW IS A BEAST.
SO WE ARE SPENDING COPIOUS
AMOUNTS OF TIME
SCREWING THINGS DOWN AND GLUING
AND NAILING AND STAPLING
AND STRAPPING IT IN
BECAUSE WE WANT TO PAY IT
THE UTMOST RESPECT
IN TERMS OF SAFETY,
AND WE DON'T WANT
ANYTHING TO GO WRONG.
Narrator:
IF THERE'S ANYTHING AT ALL
TO THIS MYTH OF THE LUMBERJACK
WHO FELLED HIMSELF,
THE MIGHTY HOT SAW IS ITS VERY
BEST CHANCE OF SUCCESS.
-NOW WE'RE LOGGING.
-READY?
READY.
[ MOTOR REVVING ]
¶¶
Narrator:
THEY INCH THE SPEEDING CHAIN
TOWARDS THE EMBEDDED BULLET.
¶¶
[ SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY ]
[ BUZZING ]
Narrator:
AND IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE,
IT'S SHOT FROM THE STUMP.
-HOLD!
-HOLDING!
-HOLD!
-YOU'RE CLEAR!
[ MOTOR REVVING ]
OH.
EVERYTHING HAPPENED
EXTREMELY QUICKLY.
[ BUZZING ]
WE REVVED THE CHAINSAW UP.
SMOKE BLEW IN MY FACE,
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN...
[ IMITATES REVVING SOUND ]
DONE.
[ REVVING ]
HOW DID WE DO?
IT HIT IT.
THE BULLET DISAPPEARED.
-IT'S SURE NOT IN HERE.
-NO.
Narrator: IT'S NOT LONG BEFORE
BRIAN'S EAGLE EYE SPOTS
THE MISSING MISSILE.
AH, GUYS! FOUND IT!
IT LOOKS A LITTLE DIFFERENT
THAN THE OTHER ONES.
IT PEELED
THE JACKET OFF OF IT.
Narrator:
THAT SOUNDS MORE THAN PROMISING.
-THERE IT GOES.
-OH!
-IT'S IN TRAJECTORY.
-GO STRAIGHT.
-IT SHOT IT.
-IT DID.
-PING!
-AND IT HIT RIGHT OFF THE SAW.
-OH!
-AND THEN IT WENT SIDEWAYS.
GUYS, I THINK WE SHOT
A BULLET WITH A CHAINSAW.
YEAH. I THINK SO, TOO.
[ LAUGHTER ]
Narrator: OR DID THEY?
IT WAS SO, SO PROMISING.
IT JUST DISAPPEARED
IN REAL TIME,
AND EVEN LOOKED GOOD
ON THE HIGH-SPEED.
IT WAS JUST GONE.
BUT THEN BRIAN AND
THE CAMERA CREW DID THE MATH,
AND THE BULLET PEAKS
AT 193 FEET PER SECOND.
NOW THAT'S TWICE AS FAST
AS A STANDARD CHAINSAW,
BUT IT'S STILL WAY BELOW
OUR LETHALITY BENCHMARK.
[ BUZZING ]
AT THIS POINT, WE'VE GIVEN
THIS MYTH ITS BEST SHOT,
AN EXTREME CHAINSAW,
AN EXTREME RIG, EVERYTHING
AS PRECISE AS POSSIBLE.
BUT THIS THING -- IT MIGHT
GIVE YOU A SHAVE, HURT YOUR EYE,
BUT NOT MUCH ELSE.
[ CLATTER ]
SO WHAT DO YOU THINK?
IT'S CONCLUSIVE.
WE HAD A CHAINSAW SO POWERFUL,
IT WAS BUILT AROUND
A MOTORCYCLE ENGINE
AND STILL ONLY GOT HALF
THE SPEED
OF AN OLD-TIMEY MUSKET BALL.
SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THAT
THIS MYTH IS TOTALLY, UH...
B-B-BUSTED!
BUSTED.
AND TO THE RELIEF OF ALL THE
LOGGERS WHO ARE STILL OUT THERE.
THAT, TOO.
Narrator:
SO THAT'S ONE MYTH DEFUSED
AND ANOTHER
ABOUT TO BE DETONATED.
COMING UP,
WILL BUSTER SURVIVE HIS COMEBACK
AS A CORK IN A CHIMNEY?
[ EXPLOSION ]
[ LAUGHTER ]
¶¶
¶¶
-OH, YOU READY, JON?
-YEAH.
HOW ABOUT I PUT THE GAS HERE,
A SAFE DISTANCE AWAY,
AND THEN YOU PLUMB IT OVER?
-SURE. THAT'S SAFE.
LET'S DO THAT.
Narrator: IN THEIR EFFORTS
TO PROVE YOU CAN BLOW
A BURGLAR FROM A CHIMNEY...
ONE!
[ CLICK ]
...JON AND BRIAN HAVE FOUND
THE MAGIC MIX
OF PROPANE TO AIR IS 5%.
[ WHOOSHING ]
¶¶
SO HERE'S HOW THIS WHOLE THING
IS GOING TO WORK.
I'M GOING TO FLIP THIS SWITCH,
IT'S GOING TO OPEN A VALVE
OVER THERE,
SENDING PROPANE TO THE FIREBOX.
AND THIS GAS WILL BE IGNITED
BY A TINY ELECTRIC CHARGE
THAT I HAVE STUFFED UP
IN THAT CHIMNEY.
IN ORDER TO KNOW HOW
MUCH PROPANE WE'RE USING,
WE'RE GOING TO MEASURE IT
THROUGH THIS FLOW METER.
AND WHEN WE GET 5% PROPANE
IN THAT CHIMNEY,
I'M GOING TO HIT THIS SWITCH.
AND BOOM.
PROOF OF CONCEPT
WITH UNSEALED CHIMNEY
IN THREE, TWO, ONE. GO!
[ WHOOSHING ]
-THAT WAS GOOD.
-WHOOSH!
¶¶
[ WHOOSHING ]
OBVIOUSLY, WE GOT
THE FUEL MIXTURE RIGHT
BECAUSE IT CAME
SHOOTING OUT THE TOP.
I'M REALLY LIKING HOW IT'S
LOOKING FOR THE FULL-SCALE.
TIME FOR A BURGLAR
TO BREAK IN.
[ LAUGHS ]
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OUR FIRST
TEST AND OUR FINAL TEST,
HOPEFULLY, IS THE FINAL TEST
WILL BE A CONTAINED EXPLOSION.
NOW, WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT
WHEN WE SAY
"CONTAINED EXPLOSION"?
WELL, IF YOU TAKE SOME
BLACK POWDER AND YOU POUR IT
IN AN OPEN SURFACE
AND YOU LIGHT IT, IT GOES...
[ IMITATES WHOOSH ]
BUT YOU TAKE THE SAME AMOUNT
OF BLACK POWDER
AND YOU WRAP IT
IN SOME TAPE NICE AND TIGHT,
THAT WHOOSH TURNS INTO A BANG!
[ EXPLOSION ]
AND SO, HOPEFULLY,
WHEN WE HAVE THAT CRIMINAL
STUCK IN THE TOP OF OUR CHIMNEY,
HE'LL FLY OUT OF THERE
LIKE HIS BUTT'S ON FIRE.
¶¶
Narrator: THERE'S JUST TIME
FOR A FEW HOMEY TOUCHES
BEFORE THIS MYTH
GETS PUT TO THE TORCH.
BOOM!
AW! BEAUTIFUL!
HOW DOES IT LOOK?
[ LAUGHS ] IT LOOKS LIKE
A HAPPY FAMILY TO ME.
-I THINK SO, MAN. I THINK SO.
-[ LAUGHS ]
Narrator: ADD ONE NOT-SO-HAPPY
BURGLAR BUSTER...
THIS IS THE MAN OF THIS MYTH.
IT'S TIME FOR OUR BURGLAR
TO GET STUCK IN OUR CHIMNEY.
Narrator: ...WHO'S ALREADY
HAVING SECOND THOUGHTS
ABOUT HIS FIRST DAY
BACK ON THE JOB.
GOT TO REMEMBER, JON.
THIS GUY TRIED REALLY
HARD TO GET IN.
WE GOT VALUABLE PAINTINGS
OF DOGS.
-HIS ASS IS IN.
-OKAY.
Narrator:
BUT THERE'S ONE SMALL SNAG.
OH, I SEE HIM STRUGGLING.
ACTUALLY,
THAT'S ME STRUGGLING.
Narrator: DESPITE APPEARANCES,
BUSTER'S NOT QUITE
A SNUG ENOUGH FIT.
SO WE WANT OUR BURGLAR TO HAVE
A GOOD FIT IN THE CHIMNEY
TO GET THE BEST CHANCE
OF AN EXPLOSION.
HE'S A LITTLE FIT RIGHT NOW,
SO WE NEED TO MAKE HIM
A LITTLE MORE ROTUND.
TO DO THAT, WE PUT A LITTLE
EXPANDING FOAM
AROUND HIS BELLY
IN A PLASTIC BAG.
Narrator: WITH OUR BEEFED UP
BURGLAR NOW FIRMLY WEDGED IN,
THEY'RE SET TO BUST OR CONFIRM
THIS MYTH ONCE AND FOR ALL.
AT THIS POINT, OUR BURGLAR'S
STUCK IN THE TOP OF OUR CHIMNEY.
THAT MAKES AN ENCLOSED VESSEL.
AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO POP
HIM OUT LIKE A CHAMPAGNE CORK.
¶¶
FIREPLACE LEAK WITH BURGLAR
STUCK IN THE CHIMNEY
IN THREE, TWO, ONE!
[ BOOM ]
[ LAUGHS ]
[ LAUGHS ]
[ BOOM ]
WELL, THERE YOU GO.
[ LAUGHS ]
OH!
[ BOOM ]
LOOK, THERE'S SMOKE
COMING OUT OF HIS PANTS.
[ LAUGHS ]
STRAIGHT OUT OF THE CARTOONS.
-OH! JON!
-YEAH?
OUR LIVING ROOM!
BO'S PICTURE!
OH, REALLY?
¶¶
[ LAUGHS ]
[ HISSES ]
OUR CRIMINAL KIND OF
JUST POPPED UP
AND LANDED RIGHT BACK
IN THE CHIMNEY.
BUT THE STOICHIOMETRY WAS RIGHT.
THE DOORS BOWED OPEN.
[ BOOM ]
BO BLEW OFF THE WALL.
OUR ROBBER SHOT UP
ABOUT A FOOT AND A HALF
BUT THEN LANDED
RIGHT BACK IN OUR CHIMNEY,
SO IT WASN'T A GREAT ESCAPE.
Narrator: WITH ALL THE ELEMENTS
PERFECTLY IN PLACE,
BUSTER STILL COULDN'T
RISE TO THE OCCASION.
BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING HOME
WITHOUT SOMETHING
TO SHOW FOR THEIR EFFORTS.
IN FINEST
"MythBusters" TRADITION,
THAT MEANS RAMPING IT WAY UP
TO GET A RESULT.
WE'RE ABOUT TO ADD MORE
OXYGEN INTO OUR CHIMNEY,
AND THAT MEANS A BIGGER BOOM.
Narrator: INSTEAD OF USING AIR,
WHICH IS MOSTLY NITROGEN,
THEY'RE PUMPING IN PURE OXYGEN.
BUT WILL THAT BE ENOUGH
TO FINALLY BLAST BUSTER
INTO THE BACKYARD?
-YOU READY?
-I'M READY.
OKAY.
WHAT WOULD IT TAKE?
IN THREE, TWO, ONE.
[ EXPLOSION ]
OH! [ LAUGHS ]
I FELT THAT ONE
IN THE CHEST.
[ EXPLOSION ]
Narrator:
THAT PROBABLY GOES FOR EVERYONE
IN A 1-MILE RADIUS.
[ EXPLOSIONS ]
¶¶
YOU THINK WE'LL STILL GET
THE DEPOSIT BACK ON THE HOUSE?
-NO.
-OOH.
[ EXPLOSION ]
Jon: AS YOU CAN SEE,
ALL THAT EXTRA OXYGEN
DEFINITELY GAVE US
MORE BANG FOR OUR BUCK.
HOLY MOLY. LOOK AT THIS.
[ GRUNTS ]
OH.
THIS IS
A REINFORCED STEEL FIREBOX,
AND IT TOTALLY JUST BOWED OUT
OUR LITTLE SUPPORT STRUTS.
[ EXPLOSION ]
LOOK AT THE BURGLAR.
[ LAUGHS ]
IT BLEW HIS PANTS OFF.
[ LAUGHS ]
OH, WOW.
I DON'T KNOW, THOUGH.
I THINK HE MOSTLY FELL.
-I DON'T THINK HE SHOT.
-YEAH.
HE'S NOT FAR FROM
WHERE HE BEGAN.
THAT MEANS THAT HIS BODY
AND THE FIREPLACE
WERE A GOOD ENOUGH SEAL
THAT WHEN IT WENT OFF,
IT JUST, BOOM, BLEW IT APART.
[ EXPLOSION ]
Narrator:
AND THERE YOU HAVE IT.
THE MYTHICAL PROPANE MIX
BARELY BUDGED BUSTER,
AND THE RAMPED-UP OXYGEN-RICH
MIX BROUGHT THE HOUSE DOWN.
BUT THERE WAS A DEFINITE FAILURE
TO LAUNCH.
-DEFINITELY BUSTED.
-YEAH.
HE DEFINITELY POPPED UP
A LITTLE BIT ON THAT CHIMNEY,
BUT HE DIDN'T SHOOT OUT.
YEAH, BUT HE DEFINITELY SHOT OUT
WHEN WE TURNED IT
OVER THE TOP.
[ LAUGHS ] YEAH, HE DID.
ALL RIGHT.
-LET'S GET OUT OF HERE.
-YEAH.
I TOLD YOU, CRIME DOESN'T PAY.
¶¶
¶¶
Narrator: ON THIS HIGH-VELOCITY
EPISODE OF "MythBusters"...
-WHOA!
-Narrator: FIRST UP...
LOOK, THERE'S SMOKE
COMING OUT OF HIS PANTS.
Narrator:
A FABLED FORCEFUL EVICTION...
BURGLAR TRIES TO ROB A HOUSE.
AAH!
WHOA.
HE GETS STUCK IN THE CHIMNEY.
OH, I SEE HIM STRUGGLING.
ACTUALLY,
THAT'S ME STRUGGLING.
FAMILY COMES HOME.
THEY DON'T KNOW HE'S IN THERE,
AND THEN THEY IGNITE THE FIRE.
AND THEN, BOOM, CRIMINAL
BECOMES ROCKET MAN.
[ EXPLOSION ]
OH! [ LAUGHS ]
Narrator: THEN A MYTHICAL
MEETING OF CHAINSAW AND BULLET.
[ WHIRRING AND BEEPING ]
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS.
[ GUNSHOT ]
SOMEBODY SHOOTS A BULLET
INTO A TREE.
THERE SHE IS.
AND THEN YEARS LATER,
SOMEONE'S CUTTING INTO A TREE
WITH A CHAINSAW,
PULLS THE BULLET OUT,
AND IT KILLS HIM.
-[ MAKING WHIRRING SOUND ]
-[ LAUGHS ]
NOW!
[ BUZZING ]
Narrator:
WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG?
I MEAN, THIS IS
QUINTESSENTIAL "MythBusters."
YES!
¶¶
¶¶
CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS
¶¶
Narrator: OUR FIRST MYTH IS
A CAUTIONARY TALE
FOR ANY STANDARD-SIZED SANTA
OR A CHUBBY CRIMINAL.
THE STORY GOES THAT DURING
A ROOFTOP BREAK-AND-ENTER,
A HAPLESS BURGLAR
GETS STUCK IN THE CHIMNEY.
THE UNWITTING HOMEOWNERS
LIGHT A PROPANE FIREPLACE
THAT'S BEEN LEAKING GAS,
AND, BOOM, THE WEDGED INTRUDER
IS LAUNCHED LIKE A SKYROCKET.
¶¶
[ SIZZLING ]
DUDE, THIS MYTH IS
GONNA BE AWESOME.
OH, YEAH.
WE'RE GOING TO NEED
A LOT OF THIS
TO TEST THIS MYTH
AND AN UNWILLING VOLUNTEER.
PROPANE, NO PROBLEM.
UNWILLING VOLUNTEER, UH...
GOING TO HAVE TO WORK ON THAT.
SO WHERE DO WE START?
-STOICHIOMETRY.
-RIGHT. OF COURSE.
IT'S THE TRICKY BALANCE
BETWEEN FUEL AND AIR
THAT GIVES US
THE BEST EXPLOSION.
-A LITTLE TOO MUCH FUEL...
-NO BOOM.
-A LITTLE TOO MUCH AIR...
-NO BOOM.
BUT YOU GET THAT GOLDILOCKS
MIXTURE JUST RIGHT...
-BIG BOOM!
-EXACTLY.
LET'S START THERE AND FIGURE
OUT WHAT IT TAKES
TO MAKE PROPANE GO BOOM.
¶¶
Jon:
ALLEGEDLY, THIS MYTH TAKES PLACE
SOMEWHERE OUT
IN THE COUNTRYSIDE,
SO THEY WERE PROBABLY
NOT GETTING NATURAL GAS
PROVIDED BY THE CITY.
INSTEAD, THEY'RE USING PROPANE.
IT'S THE EXPLOSIVE PROPERTIES OF
THAT GAS THAT WE'LL BE TESTING.
Narrator:
THEY'VE GOT THE PROPANE.
BUT TO FIRE A FELON SKY HIGH,
THE GUYS
NEED TO WORK OUT THE OPTIMAL
EXPLOSIVE CONDITIONS.
AND WITH SOME MORAL SUPPORT
FROM MYTH DOG, BO,
IT'S TIME TO FIND
THE PERFECT STOICHIOMETRIC
RATIO OF AIR AND FUEL.
¶¶
I FEEL LIKE I'M ROBBING A BANK.
OH! BEND IT THERE.
VOILà.
WE'RE ABOUT TO FILL
EACH ONE OF THOSE TUBES
WITH A VERY SPECIFIC MIXTURE
OF PROPANE AND AIR,
THEN WE'RE GOING TO CAP IT OFF,
WE'RE GOING TO IGNITE IT
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO SEE
HOW HIGH IT TAKES THAT STOPPER.
THEN WE'RE GOING TO MARK OFF
EXACTLY HOW MUCH EACH PERCENTAGE
CARRIED IT AND HOW HIGH.
Narrator: MORE PROPANE DOESN'T
NECESSARILY MEAN A BIGGER BANG.
SO THE FIRST TUBE IS 50%.
Narrator: SO THEY'LL KICK OFF BY
DOING 3 TESTS AT 50, 30
AND THEN 15%
PROPANE MIXED WITH AIR.
TO GET THE RATIOS RIGHT, THEY'VE
COME UP WITH A SPLASHY SOLUTION.
SCIENCE
CAN BE QUITE BEAUTIFUL.
ON MY COMMAND, BRIAN WILL
UNLEASH PROPANE UP THIS LINE
THAT LEADS TO OUR CYLINDER.
THAT PROPANE WILL DISPLACE
ALL THE WATER DOWN TO OUR MARK,
WHICH WILL FILL OUT
OF THIS WATER OUTLET TUBE
INTO THIS BUCKET.
THEN WE'LL HAVE THE EXACT
AMOUNT OF PROPANE
WE NEED FOR THE EXPERIMENT.
AND RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE
OF THAT TAPE.
-ALL RIGHT!
-THAT'S PROPANE!
LET'S GET AIR
IN THE REST OF THIS.
-READY?
-YEAH.
HERE WE GO.
THEN WE'LL PLUMB IN
COMPRESSED AIR,
GET THE REST OF
THE WATER LEVEL DOWN,
AND WE'LL HAVE
THE PERFECT MIX OF PROPANE
TO AIR FOR OUR EXPERIMENT.
AND WE'RE GOOD.
SHUT OFF BOTH VALVES.
WE HAVE OUR 50/50 MIX
THAT'S 50% PROPANE
AND 50% AIR READY TO GO.
THAT MIX OF PROPANE AND AIR
BACK THERE SEEMS KIND OF RICH.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S
GOING TO POP,
BUT THAT'S WHY WE'RE TESTING IT.
50% PROPANE TO 50% AIR.
TEST IN THREE, TWO, ONE.
[ CLICK ]
-TOO RICH.
-TOO RICH.
Narrator: JON WAS RIGHT.
THE MAGIC MIX WAS DEFINITELY
NOT HALF AND HALF.
BUT BEFORE THE GUYS DIAL IT IN,
THEY'RE READY TO RIP
WITH TALL TALE NUMBER TWO.
IT'S ANOTHER NOT-SO-URBAN MYTH
THAT YOU MIGHT CALL A SHOT
IN THE BARK.
IT ALL STARTS WITH A HUNTER
WHO MISSES HIS MARK.
[ GUNSHOT ]
THE STRAY BULLET STAYS LODGED
IN THE TREE TRUNK
UNTIL YEARS LATER,
THE LOGGERS ROLL IN.
CHAINSAW MEETS BURIED BULLET,
WHICH BURSTS OUT
AT LETHAL VELOCITY.
IT'S A LUMBERJACK'S
WORST NIGHTMARE.
TO TEST THIS MYTH, WE'RE GOING
TO NEED THREE THINGS.
FIRST OFF, A LOG...
OF COURSE, A BULLET...
AND OUR WEAPON OF CHOICE --
THE CHAINSAW.
BUT WHAT WE'RE INTERESTED
IN RIGHT NOW
IS THE SPEED THAT
THESE TEETH MOVE AROUND.
SO WE NEED TO LOOK AT HIGH SPEED
AND DETERMINE WHAT DISTANCE
IN WHAT AMOUNT OF TIME
THESE TEETH ARE MOVING.
Narrator: THE MYTH'S VERACITY
RESTS ON VELOCITY.
A TYPICAL HUNTING RIFLE HAS
A MUZZLE VELOCITY OF AROUND
2,500 FEET PER SECOND.
LET'S SEE HOW
THE CHAINSAW STACKS UP.
[ MAKING WHIRRING SOUNDS ]
NORMALLY, WHEN WE CHECK
HIGH SPEED,
WE PUT THE HIGH SPEED SCALE
BEHIND THE OBJECT
WE'RE CHECKING.
BUT IN THIS CASE,
WE WANT TO SEE HOW FAST
THIS TOOTH
IS MOVING ON THIS BAR.
SO THIS TIME,
WE PUT THE HIGH SPEED SCALE
DIRECTLY ON THE OBJECT.
Narrator: IF JON'S
GOING TO TURN LUMBERJACK,
HE NEEDS TO DIG DEEP
AND CHANNEL THE FLANNEL.
YOU'RE LOOKING GOOD THERE,
JON.
YOU LOOK LIKE YOU CAN
OPERATE A CHAINSAW NOW.
WE'LL SEE.
[ MOTOR STARTS ]
ALL RIGHT! CHAINSAW HIGH-SPEED
TEST IN THREE, TWO, ONE. GO!
Narrator: JUST ONE BRIEF BURST
AT MAXIMUM REVS.
AND IT'S OFF TO CHECK
THE HIGH SPEED.
-YOU READY FOR THIS?
-YEAH. LET'S GO.
Narrator: BY TRACKING THE TOOTH
THEY MARKED AGAINST THE SCALE,
THEY NAIL DOWN THE SPEED.
ABOUT 90 FEET PER SECOND.
90 FEET PER SECOND
MIGHT NOT SOUND LIKE
THAT MUCH
WHEN WE'RE TALKING BULLETS.
BUT IN OUR CASE, WE'RE TALKING
A CHAINSAW HITTING A BULLET.
[ BUZZING ]
WITH THAT WEIGHT OF THE CHAIN,
THE FLYWHEEL AND THE PISTON
ALL BEHIND IT,
THAT BULLET CAN EXIT,
WHOOSH, WITH MUCH GREATER
VELOCITY THAN THE CHAIN,
AND THAT GIVES THIS MYTH
A GOOD CHANCE.
Narrator: YEP,
90 FEET PER SECOND
DOESN'T COMPARE
WITH A REAL RIFLE,
BUT THE TRANSFER OF ENERGY
FROM THE MASS OF THE CHAINSAW
TO THE LIGHTWEIGHT BULLET
MEANS IT COULD POTENTIALLY
FLY MUCH FASTER.
FAST ENOUGH TO BE FATAL?
WELL, THERE'S ONLY
ONE WAY TO FIND OUT.
RIG UP A SYSTEM TO TRY
FROM A SAFE DISTANCE.
-[ IMITATES WHIRRING SOUND ]
-[ LAUGHS ]
WE'RE ABOUT TO DO
A PRELIMINARY TEST
WITH CHAINSAW VERSUS BULLET.
BUT TO DO THIS TEST PROPERLY,
WE NEED THIS CHAINSAW TO LAND
ON THAT BULLET EVERY SINGLE TIME
IN THE SAME SPOT.
WHAT WE NEED IS A RIG
THAT IS REMOTE-CONTROLLED
AND ROCK-SOLID.
SO AS THAT CHAIN
GOES THROUGH THAT LOG,
WE HAVE A NICE STEADY CUT
AND NO RISK TO OURSELVES.
AND THERE IS JUST
A CHAINSAW ON IT.
COOL.
IS THERE GOING TO BE,
LIKE, A STOP ON IT?
OH, YEAH.
WE'RE PUTTING A STOP,
SO WE'LL LOCK IT INTO, LIKE,
THIS BEING THE KILL ZONE.
LIKE...OKAY.
Narrator: AND BEFORE
YOU CAN YELL, "TIMBER,"
THEIR MECHANICAL LUMBERJACK
IS PRIMED FOR ACTION.
TO LET US THROTTLE OUR CHAINSAW
FROM A SAFE DISTANCE,
WE HAVE THIS RIG RIGHT HERE.
THIS SITS ON TOP OF THE TRIGGER
GUARD, HOLDS DOWN THE SAFETY.
AND THEN,
WITH THIS SPRING ATTACHED,
WE CAN PULL OUR THROTTLE CABLE
WHICH REVS OUR CHAINSAW.
Narrator:
BUT THE SAW NEEDS SOMETHING
TO SINK ITS TEETH INTO.
[ GROWLS ]
Narrator:
AND FOR A PROOF OF CONCEPT TEST,
IT'S OVER TO OUR RESIDENT
TEXAN CHAINSAW MASOCHIST.
THIS IS MY BULLET SANDWICH.
WHY?
YOU'VE GOT TO FEED YOUR CHAINSAW
SOMETHING, RIGHT?
WE NEED TO KNOW HOW THE BULLET
IS GOING TO EXIT THE RIG.
¶¶
ALL RIGHT.
BRING ME THE SANDWICH.
Narrator:
THE CHAINSAW IS ATTACHED.
-OKAY. THIS IS STABLE.
-VERY NICE.
Narrator:
THEY TEST THE ALIGNMENT...
THAT WORKS.
Narrator: AND THE HIGH SPEED
CAMERAS ARE READY TO ROLL.
[ MOTOR REVVING ]
YOU READY? ON MY GO?
CHAINSAW VERSUS BULLET
IN STYROFOAM
IN THREE, TWO, ONE.
HERE WE GO.
[ MOTOR REVVING ]
[ BLEEP ]
¶¶
ONE! GO!
Narrator:
JON AND BRIAN ARE TESTING
THE FATAL FORESTRY FABLE
OF A CHAINSAW
AND AN EMBEDDED BULLET.
[ MOTOR REVVING ]
TO FIND OUT IF THERE'S
ANYTHING TO THIS MYTH,
THE GUYS HAVE SET UP
A PROOF OF CONCEPT...
HERE WE GO.
...WITH A STAND-IN STYROFOAM LOG
AND A CLEAR PLASTIC
VIEWING PANEL.
THE THROTTLE JUST WORKS
BEAUTIFULLY.
WE'RE JUST REVVING IT.
[ IMITATES REVVING SOUND ]
[ BUZZING ]
[ BLEEP ]
[ BUZZING CONTINUES ]
WHAT?!
Narrator:
THEY QUEUE UP THE HIGH SPEED,
BUT THAT WAS LESS
THAN IMPRESSIVE.
OKAY. SO THE CHAINSAW
CATCHES THE BULLET.
BUT INSTEAD OF JUST
THROWING IT OUT, IT GOES BOOP,
BOOP, BOOP, BOOP
AND THEN TUMBLES TO THE GROUND.
Narrator: THE CHAINSAW MAKES
CLEAN CONTACT,
BUT THEN THE BULLET
HAS NO CLEAR EXIT PATH.
WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO KIND
OF RETHINK THIS, AREN'T WE?
-YEAH. LET'S GO DO THAT.
-OKAY.
Narrator:
IF THIS IS GOING TO WORK,
THE BULLET NEEDS
TO BE POSITIONED
RIGHT AT THE EDGE
OF THE STYROFOAM LOG.
SO TO GIVE IT THE BEST CHANCE,
WE'VE REMOVED THIS PART,
SO THAT WHEN THE TOOTH GRABS,
HOPEFULLY IT WILL JUST...
[ CLICKS TEETH ] SHOOT IT OUT.
[ MOTOR REVVING ]
-SET?
-SET!
CHAINSAW VERSUS
BULLET TEST NUMBER TWO
WITH OPEN CHANNEL
IN THREE, TWO, ONE!
[ BUZZING ]
-YEAH!
-OH!
GOOD! HOLD!
WAS I GOING CRAZY,
OR DID I HEAR SOMETHING?
NO, IT ABSOLUTELY
HIT THE GLASS.
[ LAUGHS ] YES! OKAY.
SO WHAT JUST HAPPENED
WITH THIS TEST?
CHAINSAW COMES IN,
THE TOOTH ENGAGES THE BULLET.
BOOM, INTO THE WALL
RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY FACE.
AT THIS POINT,
WITH OUR SMALL SCALE TEST,
IT ACTUALLY TURNS OUT
OUR CHAINSAW CAN GRAB A BULLET
AND THROW IT OUT PRETTY HARD.
BUT NOW IT'S TIME TO RAMP IT UP
WITH REAL BULLETS
AND REAL TREES.
Narrator: BUT BEFORE THEY LET
LOOSE WITH LIVE AMMO,
IT'S BACK TO
THE PROPANE FIREPLACE FABLE,
TO FIND OUT IF IT'S FEASIBLE
TO TURN A CHIMNEY INTO A CANNON
AND A BURGLAR INTO A CANNONBALL.
50% PROPANE TO 50% AIR TEST
IN 3, 2, 1.
-TOO RICH.
-[ LAUGHS ] TOO RICH.
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN THERE'S NOT ENOUGH AIR
FOR IT TO IGNITE.
I'D SAY WE SHOULD MOVE ON
TO 30%,
AND THAT'S 30% PROPANE
AND 70% AIR.
ONCE AGAIN, THE PROPORTIONS ARE
MEASURED OUT TO THE MILLILITER.
STOICHIOMETRY TEST,
30% PROPANE, 70% AIR,
IN THREE, TWO, ONE!
[ CLICK ]
-IT'S A BIT RICH, YEAH?
-YEAH.
AND YET AGAIN, 70% AIR,
30% PROPANE,
NOT ENOUGH OXYGEN
TO LET IT BURN.
Narrator: BY NOW, THEY'RE FULLY
EXPECTING FIREWORKS.
50% PROPANE. 85% AIR.
ONE.
[ CLICK ]
Narrator:
BUT IT'S ANOTHER BUST.
I WAS READY TO CATCH
THAT STOPPER.
[ LAUGHS ]
Narrator:
SO TO RAISE THEIR CHANCES,
THEY LOWER THE PROPANE.
10% PROPANE IN 3, 2, 1.
BOOM!
OR NOT.
Narrator:
EVEN 10% WAS TOO RICH A MIX.
YOU GOT AIR.
Narrator: SO THE GUYS DIAL IT
DOWN EVER SO SLIGHTLY TO 7.
7% PROPANE, 93% AIR
IN 3, 2, 1.
-BOOM. YES!
-[ LAUGHS ]
[ BOOM ]
I'M GOING TO TAKE
ANOTHER SIGH OF RELIEF.
JUST... [ SIGHS ]
AND ONE MORE.
[ EXHALES DEEPLY ]
¶¶
-YES!
-[ LAUGHS ]
STILL GOING UP.
-OH, NO.
-WOW. IT'S STILL GOING.
-NO, IT'S STILL GOING.
-IT'S SLOWING DOWN, THOUGH.
-AND...
-THAT'S IT.
-THAT'S WHERE IT IS.
-BEAUTIFUL.
7%. PERFECT.
Narrator: OR IS IT? PERHAPS
5% PROPANE WORKS EVEN BETTER.
-READY?
-YEP.
[ WHOOSH ]
WHOA!
BEAUTIFUL.
AT JUST 5% PROPANE,
THAT PUSHED OUR STOPPER CLEAR
TO FILL UP THE LENGTH
OF OUR HIGH-SPEED SCALE.
THE FIRST CORK,
AT JUST 7% PROPANE,
WENT 19 FEET PER SECOND.
THE SECOND CORK
AT LESS PROPANE,
THAT'S 5%,
30 FEET PER SECOND.
THAT'S A LOT MORE ENERGY.
-BEAUTIFUL.
-THAT'S 3%.
Narrator:
AND JUST TO BE SURE THEY NAILED
THAT GOLDILOCKS GAS MIX...
3% PROPANE.
THAT'S RIGHT, LADIES
AND GENTLEMEN,
JUST 3% PROPANE TEST
IN 3, 2, 1.
[ BUTTON CLICKS, CRACKLE ]
-TOO LEAN.
-TOO LEAN.
AND NOW WE'VE GONE A LITTLE
TOO FAR IN THE OTHER DIRECTION.
AT 3% PROPANE,
THERE IS JUST NOT ENOUGH FUEL
FOR ANYTHING TO HAPPEN IN THERE.
SO WE HAVE OUR PERFECT
PROPANE-TO-AIR RATIO.
AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO TEST THAT
MIX IN A REAL RURAL CHIMNEY,
A COUNTRY-STYLE FIREBOX.
GOT TO MAKE SURE SHE'S AIRTIGHT.
WHY? BECAUSE PROPANE
IS HEAVIER THAN AIR,
SO IT MIGHT COLLECT
AT THE BOTTOM OF A FIREBOX
AND AFFECT HOW THE FUEL
AND AIR ACTUALLY MIX.
AND THERE IS OUR CHIMNEY.
READY? ENCLOSED EXPLOSION
IN THREE, TWO, ONE.
[ EXPLOSION ]
[ LAUGHS ] OH.
[ WHOOSH, CRACKLE ]
SO THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE
OF TRYING TO UNDERSTAND
THE STOICHIOMETRY OF THE FIRE
VERSUS EXPLOSION THING.
OUR IGNITER GOES OFF,
AND YOU ACTUALLY SEE KIND OF
A FLAME BURNING INSIDE.
WELL, THAT'S NOT AN EXPLOSION.
AS THAT FLAME USES UP
SOME OF THE OXYGEN,
RIGHT AT THE BOTTOM
IN THAT FIREBOX,
THAT MAGIC MOMENT HAPPENS.
AND BOOM, WE ACTUALLY
GET EXPLOSIVE STOICHIOMETRY.
SO WHERE ARE WE NOW?
WELL, WE JUST FIGURED OUT
THAT OUR GOLDILOCKS RATIO
WAS ABOUT 5% PROPANE
AND 95% AIR.
WE DISCOVERED A CHIMNEY
WITH A BLOCKED FLUE
WILL GIVE US A BEAUTIFUL,
ENERGETIC EXPLOSION.
THE NEXT STEP IS TO BUILD
OUR FULL-SCALE CHIMNEY
AND OUR FULL-SCALE FIREBOX.
SO THAT WHEN OUR BURGLAR
IS STUCK IN THERE,
WE CAN INTRODUCE OUR MIXTURE
AND HOPEFULLY IT WILL
JUST SEND HIM SKY-HIGH.
-YEAH. I THINK WE'RE DONE HERE.
-YEAH.
FULL-SCALE CHIMNEY,
HERE WE COME.
¶¶
Narrator:
TO SEE IF A MAN
REALLY COULD BE ACCIDENTALLY
LAUNCHED FROM A CHIMNEY...
THREE, TWO, ONE.
...THE GUYS HAVE BEEN TESTING
THE EXPLOSIVE POTENTIAL
OF PROPANE.
[ BOOMS ]
-WHOA!
-BEAUTIFUL.
SO FAR, WE'VE DONE A BUNCH
OF SMALL-SCALE TESTS
THAT LET US KNOW WHAT THE
PERFECT MIX OF PROPANE TO AIR
IS AROUND 5% PROPANE
AND 95% AIR.
SO NEXT STEP, WE'RE GOING TO
TAKE THAT INFORMATION
AND START BUILDING
OUR FULL-SCALE FIREBOX
AND OUR FULL-SCALE CHIMNEY.
Narrator:
THE TRICKIEST PART OF THE BUILD
IS ASSEMBLING A FULL-SCALE
CHIMNEY IN THE WORKSHOP.
THE ANSWER -- MAKE
THE SMOKESTACK IN SEGMENTS.
THIS IS A FLUE TILE,
AN EXTRUDED CLAY TILE
THAT'S JUST ABOUT LIGHTING
EVERY CHIMNEY OUT THERE.
WE'VE GOT TO GLUE
12 OF THESE TOGETHER
TO GET THE HEIGHT WE NEED.
SO JUST A LITTLE TIP.
I'M USING A POLYURETHANE-BASED
CONSTRUCTION ADHESIVE.
IT WORKS GREAT FOR THIS CLAY.
BUT THAT CLAY IS REAL POROUS,
SO A QUICK SPRITZ WITH WATER
HELPS ACTIVATE THAT ADHESIVE.
¶¶
ONE DOWN. THREE TO GO.
WHEN WE GET IN THE FIELD, WE'LL
REMOVE SOME SUPPORT STRAPS,
USE THE SAME FRAME, GLUE FOUR
OF THESE MODULES TOGETHER,
AND THAT'S HOW WE GET
OUR WHOLE CHIMNEY.
Narrator: IN THE MEANTIME,
JON'S GETTING
INTO SOME HEAVY METAL.
[ CRACKLING ]
THIS IS OUR FIREBOX.
WELL, IT'S OUR FOOTPRINT
OF THE FIREBOX FOR NOW.
EVERYTHING THAT'S
IN OUR CHIMNEY --
THE FLUE TILES,
ALL THE STRUCTURE,
ALL 12 FEET OF IT IS GOING TO BE
SITTING ON TOP OF THIS BOX,
SO IT NEEDS TO BE EXTRA STURDY.
¶¶
STARTING TO GET THE IDEA, RIGHT?
DOOR IS HERE, CHIMNEY THERE,
AND THEN, HOPEFULLY,
WE FILL IT WITH GAS AND BOOM.
Narrator:
IN FACT, THERE IS JUST
ONE PIECE OF THE PUZZLE MISSING,
A VOLUNTEER
TO PLUG THEIR CHIMNEY.
YEAH. THAT'S NOT BAD.
YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE GOING
TO DO THIS RIGHT,
WE'RE GOING TO NEED
A HUMAN ANALOG.
YEAH, BUSTER WOULD
HAVE BEEN PERFECT.
WHATEVER HAPPENED
TO THAT GUY?
[ EXPLOSION ]
Narrator: MORE TO THE POINT,
WHAT DIDN'T HAPPEN TO THAT GUY?
[ EXPLOSIONS ]
AFTER MANY A GLORIOUS
AND PAINFUL ADVENTURE...
[ WHOOSHING ]
WHOA!
...BUSTER MARK 1 WAS FINALLY
TAGGED, "DO NOT RESUSCITATE."
OH. YEAH. POOR GUY.
I WISH WE COULD GET
A NEW BUSTER.
IF ONLY THERE WAS A WAY.
[ DOG WHINING ]
LOOK!
BO, HIT IT!
[ ALARM SOUNDING ]
Narrator: MANUFACTURED IN
A TOP SECRET LOCATION,
MADE FROM COURAGE, GRIT,
AND STATE-OF-THE-ART MATERIALS,
MEET BUSTER:
THE NEXT GENERATION.
¶¶
Female automated voice:
ALL SYSTEMS READY.
¶¶
EAGLE TO TOWER.
BUSTER IS IN TRANSIT.
[ ENGINES WHIRRING ]
APPROACHING DROP ZONE.
PACKAGES AWAY.
WE HAVE A SITUATION.
PARACHUTE HAS MALFUNCTIONED.
[ ALARM SOUNDING ]
¶¶
LET'S SEE IF WE CAN
PUT HIM BACK TOGETHER.
Narrator: BEFORE BUSTER EVEN
BEGINS DAY 1, HE'S OFF TO REHAB.
¶¶
SO THE BOYS HAVE SOME FREE TIME
TO TAKE TO THE WOODS
AND REKINDLE THE MYTH OF
THE LETHAL CHAINSAW BULLET.
REMEMBER, OUR MYTH IS
ABOUT A HUNTING BULLET
BEING LODGED IN A TREE.
OUR WEAPON OF CHOICE --
THE WORLD WAR II
RUSSIAN MOSIN-NAGANT.
THE REASON IS, SO MANY WERE
PRODUCED DURING WORLD WAR II,
THAT THIS BECAME
A COMMON HUNTING RIFLE
AT THE END OF THE WAR.
Jon:
JUST REMEMBER, IN THE MYTH,
THE GUY FIRES IT
INTO A LIVE TREE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO SHOOT A BUNCH
OF BULLETS INTO THESE TREES,
TAKE THEM BACK TO THE SHOP
AND USE THEM FOR
ACTUAL CHAINSAW TESTS.
[ CLICK ]
FIRING IN THREE, TWO, ONE.
[ GUNSHOT ]
[ LAUGHS ]
THAT LOOKS LIKE AN EXIT WOUND
IF I'VE EVER SEEN ONE.
[ GUNSHOTS ]
WE NEED A BIGGER LOG.
Narrator:
AND THAT TURNS OUT TO BE
THE UNDERSTATEMENT OF THE DAY...
THINK SLOW THOUGHTS.
Narrator: ...BECAUSE EVEN WITH
TWO LOGS TAPED TOGETHER...
[ GUNSHOTS ]
IT'S IN ONE END
AND STRAIGHT OUT THE OTHER.
HOW MANY MythBusters DOES IT
TAKE TO SHOOT A BULLET IN A TREE
AND KEEP IT THERE?
APPARENTLY MORE THAN TWO 'CAUSE
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS.
[ CLICK, GUNSHOT ]
Narrator: AND IT'S NOT GETTING
ANY LESS RIDICULOUS...
[ WHIRRING ]
NOTHING.
[ GUNSHOT ]
Narrator:
BECAUSE TRY AS THEY MIGHT...
-I THINK IT TUMBLED AS IT WENT
BETWEEN THE TWO LOGS.
-YEAH.
[ GUNSHOT ]
Narrator:
THE SHELLS ARE NOT STICKING,
EVEN WITH SOLID PINE BOARDS
STRAPPED IN FRONT
TO HELP SLOW DOWN THE BULLET.
YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT BUILDING
A CHAINSAW-SWINGING ARM RIG
WAS GOING TO BE THE HARD PART.
IT ENDS UP, IT'S GETTING
A BULLET INTO A TREE.
-ALL RIGHT.
-LET'S LINE HER UP.
THAT BACK THERE IS ONE
OF THE BIGGEST LOGS
THAT WE HAVE,
WITH BOARDS STRAPPED ON IT.
THIS HAS TO WORK, RIGHT?
Narrator:
WELL, YOU'D HOPE SO.
THE MYTHICAL TREE MAY
HAVE BEEN MUCH BIGGER,
THE BULLETS SLOWED BY A RICOCHET
OR FIRED FROM
A GREATER DISTANCE.
SO THERE'S HOPE YET.
BIGGEST STUMP WITH BOARDS IN
FRONT OF IT IN THREE, TWO, ONE.
[ GUNSHOTS ]
WHAT YOU THINK, MAN?
I DON'T SEE AN EXIT WOUND,
BUT YOU KNOW HOW
THIS WHOLE THING GOES.
THERE'S A HINT OF SOMETHING,
WHICH, TO ME, IMPLIES THAT
I THINK WE'RE JUST
SOLIDLY IN THERE.
SO I THINK WE LODGED IT.
Narrator:
AT LAST, AND WITH A GOOD CHUNK
OF THE BUDGET BLOWN ON AMMO,
THEY GOT WHAT THEY CAME FOR.
SO I THINK WE'RE DONE HERE.
WE'RE GOING TO PACK EVERYTHING
UP, TAKE IT BACK TO THE SHOP,
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO
BRING ON THE CHAINSAW.
¶¶
WHOO!
¶¶
HEY, JON. AM I BEAUTIFUL?
LIKE A VICTORIAN WOMAN.
Narrator:
BACK AT CHAINSAW CENTRAL,
THE GUYS HAVE CALLED IN
SOME EXPERT ASSISTANCE.
SO, GENTLEMEN,
WHAT I UNDERSTAND IS,
YOU'VE FIRED A BULLET
INTO THE LOG,
AND NOW YOU'RE TRYING
TO FIGURE OUT
WHERE IN THE LOG
IS THE BULLET.
[ GUNSHOT ]
Narrator:
THAT'S IT IN A NUTSHELL.
IN AND NO OUT.
Narrator: RYAN AND JON FINALLY
GOT A RIFLE BULLET
TO STICK IN A STUMP.
[ GUNSHOT ]
[ GUNSHOT ]
AND DR. BRADLEY PURDUE
HAS A PORTABLE X-RAY MACHINE
TO HELP FIND IT.
YOU GOT YOUR TRAJECTORY,
THE POINT OF ENTRY.
WE'LL WORK OFF OF THAT,
BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
TO GET TWO ANGLES ON IT
TO DETERMINE BOTH OUR HORIZONTAL
AND VERTICAL PLANES
TO DETERMINE THE DEPTH.
Narrator:
SO THE DOC GOES TO WORK.
WELL, HERE WE GO. READY?
AND...
[ BEEP ]
OKAY. THAT SHOULD DO IT.
Narrator: IT TURNS OUT,
IT'S AS QUICK AND EASY
AS FALLING OFF
A YOU-KNOW-WHAT.
WHAT WE'VE DETERMINED IS,
YOUR BULLET IS SITTING SOMEWHERE
RIGHT THERE
IN THAT LOG AT THIS DEPTH.
NOW WE JUST GOT TO DIG THROUGH
THESE LOGS AND FIND 'EM.
ALL RIGHT.
YOU GUYS ARE THE BRAINS.
Narrator:
THEY'RE ALSO THE BRAWN.
[ REVVING ]
TO GET WITHIN STRIKING DISTANCE
OF THE BURIED BULLET,
BRIAN FIRST CLEARS
A SIZABLE CHUNK OF TIMBER.
ALL RIGHT. IF THIS WORKED OUT,
OUR BULLET
IS SOMEWHERE RIGHT UNDER HERE.
AT THIS POINT, IT COMES DOWN TO
A LITTLE BIT OF GENTLE SURGERY.
GONNA SLICE IN UNTIL WE GET
TO THAT BULLET.
OUR X-RAY WORK PUT THE BULLET
SOMEWHERE IN THIS REGION.
SO I HAD TO TAKE SPECIAL, TINY,
LITTLE CHOPS UNTIL WE FOUND IT,
BUT THERE SHE IS.
WE'LL CUT THE REST OF THIS OFF,
GET THAT PLASTIC ON THERE,
GIVE US A NICE, CLEAR WINDOW
OF WHAT'S GOING ON
AND THEN TRY TO FIRE A BULLET
OUT OF A PIECE OF WOOD!
[ LAUGHS ] I'M EXCITED.
Narrator:
AND THAT'S THE CHALLENGE
AT THE CORE OF THIS TALL TALE --
THAT A CHAINSAW COULD DISLODGE
AN EMBEDDED BULLET
WITH ENOUGH VELOCITY
TO LIQUIDATE A LUMBERJACK.
WE'RE FINALLY GOING TO
TEST A CHAINSAW
AGAINST A REAL BULLET
IN A REAL TREE.
SO I'M GOING TO ADAPT THIS RIG,
GET OUR CHAINSAW
TO SWING PROPERLY,
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO FINALLY
PUT THIS MYTH TO THE TEST.
Narrator: BRIAN'S REPURPOSED
THAT ACRYLIC PLATE,
SO WHATEVER HAPPENS WILL GET
A WOODPECKER'S-EYE VIEW.
OKAY. THAT'S GREAT.
Narrator: BUT JUST POPPING
THE BULLET OUT WON'T BE ENOUGH.
IT HAS TO GO FAST.
LET'S TALK ABOUT
BULLET LETHALITY.
THE BULLET FROM OUR GUN TRAVELS
AROUND 2,500 FEET PER SECOND,
WITH THE LOWEST BAR WE CAN SET
BEING AN OLD MUSKET LOADER,
AROUND 400 FEET PER SECOND.
THAT'S THE BAR WE'RE GOING
TO SET AT THE BOTTOM.
IF WE DON'T ACHIEVE
400 FEET PER SECOND
FROM THAT BULLET OFF
THE CHAINSAW, IT'S NOT LETHAL.
[ BUZZING ]
OH, YEAH!
[ MOTOR REVVING ]
YEAH!
ALL RIGHT. HERE WE GO.
YOU READY?
-YEAH.
-OKAY.
CHAINSAW VERSUS BULLET
IN LOG
IN THREE, TWO, ONE.
[ REVVING AND BUZZING ]
[ REVVING STOPS ]
OOH!
I GOT...YEAH, I GOT YOU.
I GOT YOU.
OH, I FEEL SOMETHING, THOUGH.
-I THOUGHT I FELT SOMETHING.
-I DEFINITELY FELT IT HIT.
OH, OH, OH!
-WHERE IS IT, MAN?
-WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.
I FELT...I THOUGHT I FELT
SOMETHING, LIKE, CHOO!
I CAN TELL YOU, IT DISAPPEARED
FASTER THAN THE FOAM.
I DIDN'T SEE WHERE IT WENT.
-HEY! I FOUND THE BULLET, JON.
-[ LAUGHS ]
IT'S BETWEEN HERE
AND THE HIGH SPEED.
OH! HOW IS IT?
OH, IT DEFINITELY GOT
A PIECE OF IT.
LOOK AT THAT.
Narrator: THE BULLET'S
IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE,
BUT CAN THE SAME
BE SAID FOR THE MYTH?
OOH! [ LAUGHS ]
-OH.
-IT DIDN'T EVEN MAKE IT OUT.
IT CLIPPED THE BULLET,
FLIPPED IT BACKWARDS
AND THEN SHOT IT ALMOST OUT
AND THEN STOPPED.
[ BUZZING ]
THAT WAS AN INTERESTING RESULT.
WE WATCHED THE SAW BLADE
COME DOWN, ENGAGE THE BULLET,
SEND IT FLYING UNTIL...UHH!
IT JAMMED, STUCK IN ONE SPOT.
SO WE LOOKED
AT THE HIGH-SPEED FOOTAGE,
TRACED THE PATH
OF THE BULLET, DID THE MATH,
AND WE GOT 132 FEET PER SECOND,
WAY BELOW OUR LETHALITY
THRESHOLD.
[ BUZZING ]
SO CAN I SAY
THE "B" WORD NOW?
YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'VE GOT A LITTLE SURPRISE
SET UP, ACTUALLY.
-OH?
-YEAH.
[ WHISPERING INDISTINCTLY ]
OOH, THE AUDIENCE
IS GONNA LIKE THAT.
-YEAH, I THOUGHT SO.
-YEAH.
Narrator: BUT BEFORE CONCLUDING
THE CHAINSAW CONUNDRUM...
YOU READY, JON?
Narrator: ...A REBORN BUSTER
WILL REJOIN THE TEAM
FOR A DEADLY DATE
WITH A CHIMNEY CANNON.
THREE, TWO, ONE.
[ EXPLOSION ]
OH! [ LAUGHS ]
¶¶
¶¶
Narrator: TO FIND OUT IF
A PROPANE-POWERED FIREPLACE
CAN ACTUALLY SHOOT
A MAN FROM A CHIMNEY,
JON AND BRIAN NEED
THE RIGHT KIND OF HOUSE
IN THE RIGHT KIND
OF NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS IS OUR TEST SITE.
JUST IMAGINE WHEN
WE'RE DONE SETTING UP,
YOU KNOW, A WALL HERE,
A WALL HERE, YOU KNOW,
MAYBE SOME COMFORTS
FROM HOME, LIKE,
A COUCH, A CARPET,
MAYBE SOME PAINTINGS.
AND THEN FOR THOSE FREEZING
COLD CALIFORNIA WINTERS,
OUR FIREBOX
WITH THE CHIMNEY ON TOP
AND THE BURGLAR STUCK IN IT.
[ MAKING BOOPING SOUNDS ]
NOT A LOT OF HOUSES GET BUILT
BY LAYING THE CARPET FIRST.
Narrator:
AND VERY FEW BOAST
A FEATURE FIREPLACE
THAT DOES DOUBLE DUTY
AS AN EXPLOSIVE
INTRUDER EXTRUDER.
GET HER PERFECTLY LEVELED.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 12 FEET
OF CHIMNEY UP ON TOP.
YEAH, I KNOW.
Narrator: THEY RAISE THE WALLS
WITHOUT RAISING A SWEAT.
-IT'S NOT A BAD-LOOKING HOUSE.
-YEAH.
Narrator:
BUT THE SAME CAN'T BE SAID
FOR BRIAN'S EASY HOME ASSEMBLY
CHIMNEY IN A CRATE CONCEPT.
WHOA.
THE FORKS WON'T CLEAR NOW...
WON'T CLEAR?
...IF YOU GET IT
ALL THE WAY IN.
Narrator: WHAT WAS PERFECTLY
SOUND IN THEORY
IS PROVING A WHOLE LOT TRICKIER
IN PRACTICE.
AS WE GET HIGHER,
HIGHER AND EVEN HIGHER,
IT'S KIND OF GOING
TO GET DANGEROUS.
WE CAME UP WITH
AN ALTERNATIVE IDEA.
IF WE PUT THE REMAINDER
OF THE CHIMNEY
TOGETHER ON THE GROUND
INTO ONE LARGE PIECE
AND PUT IT UP, THAT'S ONE MOVE
AND MORE TO WORK WITH.
WHAT'S THIS "WE" BUSINESS,
BRIAN?
ALL RIGHT. OKAY.
YOUR FINGERS OUT?
FORWARD A LITTLE BIT.
THERE YOU GO.
-OOH, YEAH. PUSH.
-GOOD.
PUSH, PUSH, PUSH. YEAH.
YOU KNOW, I THINK THE HARDEST
PART ABOUT THIS MYTH
IS JUST GETTING
THIS CHIMNEY UP.
Narrator: THE SEGMENTS ARE
HEAVY AND FRAGILE,
SO IT'S VERY MUCH A CASE
OF STEADY AS SHE GOES.
WE'RE STILL ON THE PALLET,
BUT IT'S STARTING TO
ANGLE ONTO THE FRONT.
YEAH, THAT'S PERFECT.
HOLD IT. SLOW, SLOW, SLOW.
YOU HAVE A LOT OF MOVING PARTS
TO THIS.
YOU HAVE A ROUND CYLINDER
IN SECTIONS
GLUED TOGETHER
IN A SQUARE FRAME.
OH, THAT'S NICE.
THAT'S REAL NICE.
Narrator:
AT THIS POINT,
GETTING THIS ON TOP
OF THAT FIREBOX
IS TESTING OUR INGENUITY.
THIS THING ONLY WANTS
TO GO FORWARD
IN, LIKE, 2-INCH INCREMENTS.
WELL, YOU GOT 4 INCHES,
SO YOU'RE GOOD.
ALL RIGHT.
Narrator: THEIR PATIENCE
AND PERSEVERANCE PAY OFF.
AHH!
Narrator:
AND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT...
HOLY CRAP.
WE MADE A CHIMNEY.
Narrator: JON'S SOON IN HARNESS
TO STRIP BACK THE SCAFFOLD...
[ WHIRRING ]
...WHILE BRIAN GETS DOWN
TO THE NUTS AND BOLTS.
AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THIS MYTH
IS THAT LEAKY FIREPLACE.
NOW, REMEMBER, THEIRS WAS
A PROPANE RETROFIT.
IT'S ABOUT TIME FOR US
TO DO THE SAME.
I'VE GOT TO PUT
A COUPLE HOLES IN HERE
FOR THE PROPANE
AND THE IGNITER,
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE
THE SAME SETUP THEY DID.
[ WHIRRING ]
IGNITION. IGNITION. GAS.
Narrator:
IN A FINAL FLOURISH,
THE CERAMIC SMOKESTACK
GETS SPRIG-VENEERED.
YOU KNOW, I HAD NO IDEA
JON WAS A MASTER BRICK MASON.
Narrator: AND THEIR LIVING ROOM
LAUNCH PAD IS READY FOR ACTION.
[ WHIRRING ]
WE HAVE OUR CHIMNEY UP, AND
WE'RE READY FOR OUR FIRST TEST.
IT'S PURELY PROOF OF CONCEPT.
WHAT WE WANT TO KNOW ABOUT IS,
DO WE GET THE IGNITION WE NEED,
AND DO WE GET
THE COMBUSTION WE NEED?
AND YOU MAY NOTICE A LITTLE
EXTRA SUPPORT OVER HERE.
THAT'S JUST IN CASE SOMETHING
DOESN'T GO QUITE AS PLANNED.
Narrator:
AND THAT'S ALWAYS A POSSIBILITY.
WHATEVER FATE AWAITS
OUR JUMPING JACK FLASH...
OH, I SEE HIM STRUGGLING.
ACTUALLY,
THAT'S ME STRUGGLING.
Narrator: REST ASSURED,
IT WILL BE A GAS, GAS, GAS.
[ EXPLOSION ]
¶¶
[ BUZZING ]
Narrator: WITH THE MYTH
OF THE CHAINSAW BULLET
IN SPLINTERS...
WE WERE TRYING TO MAKE A GUN,
AND WE MADE, WHAT,
A CONVEYOR BELT?
A NOT...WE MADE A...YEAH!
Narrator:
BRIAN AND JON HAVE OPTED
TO SIGNIFICANTLY UPGRADE
THE HARDWARE.
AT THIS POINT,
WE'RE DONE WITH OUR SAW.
BUT IT'S TIME TO TURN
THAT DIAL UP TO 11.
Narrator: DENNIS CAHOON IS
A 30-YEAR LOGGING VETERAN
WHO STILL HAS ALL HIS FINGERS
AND A SUPER-CHARGED SHREDDER
HE CALLS A HOT SAW.
HEY, DENNIS.
I SEE YOU BROUGHT THE BEAST.
YEP.
HOW ABOUT A LITTLE
CHAINSAW THROWDOWN?
-LOVE TO.
-[ LAUGHS ] OKAY. LET'S DO IT.
Narrator: TO SEE WHAT MAKES
DENNIS' HOT SAW SO HOT,
THEY'VE SET UP A CHALLENGE --
ONE LOG A PIECE WITH BRIAN
ON THE TRUSTY, TINY 2-STROKE.
COME ON, YOU LITTLE [bleep].
WELL, I SUDDENLY GET THE FEELING
THAT WE'RE COMPETING
IN THE WRONG WEIGHT CLASS.
Narrator:
THE RULES ARE SIMPLE.
THE FIRST MAN TO SLICE
THROUGH HIS STUMP IS THE WINNER.
[ MOTOR REVVING ]
YOU GUYS READY?
[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]
THREE, TWO, ONE! GO!
[ BUZZING ]
Jon:
DENNIS WENT ALL THE WAY THROUGH,
ALL THE WAY BACK UP
AND THEN WENT HOME,
MADE A CUP OF TEA,
READ THE NEWSPAPER,
TOOK A SHOWER,
CAME ALL THE WAY BACK.
AND I THINK BRIAN WAS ABOUT
3 INCHES INTO HIS LOG.
[ BUZZING ]
[ LAUGHS ]
TAKE THAT, MAN!
WELL, AT LEAST YOU CUT KNOT.
-THAT'S HARDER WOOD.
-[ LAUGHS ]
I THINK THAT SHOWS US WHAT
A DIFFERENCE IT IS, THOUGH.
Narrator:
AND THAT HUGE POWER DIFFERENCE
COULD BE ENOUGH
TO MAKE THE MYTH.
SO, DENNIS, CAN YOU GIVE ME
SOME SPECS ON YOUR SAW?
YEAH, IT'S A 250cc MOTORCYCLE
MOTOR MADE INTO A CHAINSAW.
IT REVS ABOUT 10,000 R.P.M.s.
CHAIN SPEED IS APPROACHING
200 MILES AN HOUR,
PROBABLY EIGHT TIMES
THE HORSEPOWER
OF YOUR REGULAR CHAINSAW.
[ LAUGHS ]
Jon:
THAT HOT SAW IS A BEAST.
SO WE ARE SPENDING COPIOUS
AMOUNTS OF TIME
SCREWING THINGS DOWN AND GLUING
AND NAILING AND STAPLING
AND STRAPPING IT IN
BECAUSE WE WANT TO PAY IT
THE UTMOST RESPECT
IN TERMS OF SAFETY,
AND WE DON'T WANT
ANYTHING TO GO WRONG.
Narrator:
IF THERE'S ANYTHING AT ALL
TO THIS MYTH OF THE LUMBERJACK
WHO FELLED HIMSELF,
THE MIGHTY HOT SAW IS ITS VERY
BEST CHANCE OF SUCCESS.
-NOW WE'RE LOGGING.
-READY?
READY.
[ MOTOR REVVING ]
¶¶
Narrator:
THEY INCH THE SPEEDING CHAIN
TOWARDS THE EMBEDDED BULLET.
¶¶
[ SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY ]
[ BUZZING ]
Narrator:
AND IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE,
IT'S SHOT FROM THE STUMP.
-HOLD!
-HOLDING!
-HOLD!
-YOU'RE CLEAR!
[ MOTOR REVVING ]
OH.
EVERYTHING HAPPENED
EXTREMELY QUICKLY.
[ BUZZING ]
WE REVVED THE CHAINSAW UP.
SMOKE BLEW IN MY FACE,
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN...
[ IMITATES REVVING SOUND ]
DONE.
[ REVVING ]
HOW DID WE DO?
IT HIT IT.
THE BULLET DISAPPEARED.
-IT'S SURE NOT IN HERE.
-NO.
Narrator: IT'S NOT LONG BEFORE
BRIAN'S EAGLE EYE SPOTS
THE MISSING MISSILE.
AH, GUYS! FOUND IT!
IT LOOKS A LITTLE DIFFERENT
THAN THE OTHER ONES.
IT PEELED
THE JACKET OFF OF IT.
Narrator:
THAT SOUNDS MORE THAN PROMISING.
-THERE IT GOES.
-OH!
-IT'S IN TRAJECTORY.
-GO STRAIGHT.
-IT SHOT IT.
-IT DID.
-PING!
-AND IT HIT RIGHT OFF THE SAW.
-OH!
-AND THEN IT WENT SIDEWAYS.
GUYS, I THINK WE SHOT
A BULLET WITH A CHAINSAW.
YEAH. I THINK SO, TOO.
[ LAUGHTER ]
Narrator: OR DID THEY?
IT WAS SO, SO PROMISING.
IT JUST DISAPPEARED
IN REAL TIME,
AND EVEN LOOKED GOOD
ON THE HIGH-SPEED.
IT WAS JUST GONE.
BUT THEN BRIAN AND
THE CAMERA CREW DID THE MATH,
AND THE BULLET PEAKS
AT 193 FEET PER SECOND.
NOW THAT'S TWICE AS FAST
AS A STANDARD CHAINSAW,
BUT IT'S STILL WAY BELOW
OUR LETHALITY BENCHMARK.
[ BUZZING ]
AT THIS POINT, WE'VE GIVEN
THIS MYTH ITS BEST SHOT,
AN EXTREME CHAINSAW,
AN EXTREME RIG, EVERYTHING
AS PRECISE AS POSSIBLE.
BUT THIS THING -- IT MIGHT
GIVE YOU A SHAVE, HURT YOUR EYE,
BUT NOT MUCH ELSE.
[ CLATTER ]
SO WHAT DO YOU THINK?
IT'S CONCLUSIVE.
WE HAD A CHAINSAW SO POWERFUL,
IT WAS BUILT AROUND
A MOTORCYCLE ENGINE
AND STILL ONLY GOT HALF
THE SPEED
OF AN OLD-TIMEY MUSKET BALL.
SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THAT
THIS MYTH IS TOTALLY, UH...
B-B-BUSTED!
BUSTED.
AND TO THE RELIEF OF ALL THE
LOGGERS WHO ARE STILL OUT THERE.
THAT, TOO.
Narrator:
SO THAT'S ONE MYTH DEFUSED
AND ANOTHER
ABOUT TO BE DETONATED.
COMING UP,
WILL BUSTER SURVIVE HIS COMEBACK
AS A CORK IN A CHIMNEY?
[ EXPLOSION ]
[ LAUGHTER ]
¶¶
¶¶
-OH, YOU READY, JON?
-YEAH.
HOW ABOUT I PUT THE GAS HERE,
A SAFE DISTANCE AWAY,
AND THEN YOU PLUMB IT OVER?
-SURE. THAT'S SAFE.
LET'S DO THAT.
Narrator: IN THEIR EFFORTS
TO PROVE YOU CAN BLOW
A BURGLAR FROM A CHIMNEY...
ONE!
[ CLICK ]
...JON AND BRIAN HAVE FOUND
THE MAGIC MIX
OF PROPANE TO AIR IS 5%.
[ WHOOSHING ]
¶¶
SO HERE'S HOW THIS WHOLE THING
IS GOING TO WORK.
I'M GOING TO FLIP THIS SWITCH,
IT'S GOING TO OPEN A VALVE
OVER THERE,
SENDING PROPANE TO THE FIREBOX.
AND THIS GAS WILL BE IGNITED
BY A TINY ELECTRIC CHARGE
THAT I HAVE STUFFED UP
IN THAT CHIMNEY.
IN ORDER TO KNOW HOW
MUCH PROPANE WE'RE USING,
WE'RE GOING TO MEASURE IT
THROUGH THIS FLOW METER.
AND WHEN WE GET 5% PROPANE
IN THAT CHIMNEY,
I'M GOING TO HIT THIS SWITCH.
AND BOOM.
PROOF OF CONCEPT
WITH UNSEALED CHIMNEY
IN THREE, TWO, ONE. GO!
[ WHOOSHING ]
-THAT WAS GOOD.
-WHOOSH!
¶¶
[ WHOOSHING ]
OBVIOUSLY, WE GOT
THE FUEL MIXTURE RIGHT
BECAUSE IT CAME
SHOOTING OUT THE TOP.
I'M REALLY LIKING HOW IT'S
LOOKING FOR THE FULL-SCALE.
TIME FOR A BURGLAR
TO BREAK IN.
[ LAUGHS ]
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OUR FIRST
TEST AND OUR FINAL TEST,
HOPEFULLY, IS THE FINAL TEST
WILL BE A CONTAINED EXPLOSION.
NOW, WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT
WHEN WE SAY
"CONTAINED EXPLOSION"?
WELL, IF YOU TAKE SOME
BLACK POWDER AND YOU POUR IT
IN AN OPEN SURFACE
AND YOU LIGHT IT, IT GOES...
[ IMITATES WHOOSH ]
BUT YOU TAKE THE SAME AMOUNT
OF BLACK POWDER
AND YOU WRAP IT
IN SOME TAPE NICE AND TIGHT,
THAT WHOOSH TURNS INTO A BANG!
[ EXPLOSION ]
AND SO, HOPEFULLY,
WHEN WE HAVE THAT CRIMINAL
STUCK IN THE TOP OF OUR CHIMNEY,
HE'LL FLY OUT OF THERE
LIKE HIS BUTT'S ON FIRE.
¶¶
Narrator: THERE'S JUST TIME
FOR A FEW HOMEY TOUCHES
BEFORE THIS MYTH
GETS PUT TO THE TORCH.
BOOM!
AW! BEAUTIFUL!
HOW DOES IT LOOK?
[ LAUGHS ] IT LOOKS LIKE
A HAPPY FAMILY TO ME.
-I THINK SO, MAN. I THINK SO.
-[ LAUGHS ]
Narrator: ADD ONE NOT-SO-HAPPY
BURGLAR BUSTER...
THIS IS THE MAN OF THIS MYTH.
IT'S TIME FOR OUR BURGLAR
TO GET STUCK IN OUR CHIMNEY.
Narrator: ...WHO'S ALREADY
HAVING SECOND THOUGHTS
ABOUT HIS FIRST DAY
BACK ON THE JOB.
GOT TO REMEMBER, JON.
THIS GUY TRIED REALLY
HARD TO GET IN.
WE GOT VALUABLE PAINTINGS
OF DOGS.
-HIS ASS IS IN.
-OKAY.
Narrator:
BUT THERE'S ONE SMALL SNAG.
OH, I SEE HIM STRUGGLING.
ACTUALLY,
THAT'S ME STRUGGLING.
Narrator: DESPITE APPEARANCES,
BUSTER'S NOT QUITE
A SNUG ENOUGH FIT.
SO WE WANT OUR BURGLAR TO HAVE
A GOOD FIT IN THE CHIMNEY
TO GET THE BEST CHANCE
OF AN EXPLOSION.
HE'S A LITTLE FIT RIGHT NOW,
SO WE NEED TO MAKE HIM
A LITTLE MORE ROTUND.
TO DO THAT, WE PUT A LITTLE
EXPANDING FOAM
AROUND HIS BELLY
IN A PLASTIC BAG.
Narrator: WITH OUR BEEFED UP
BURGLAR NOW FIRMLY WEDGED IN,
THEY'RE SET TO BUST OR CONFIRM
THIS MYTH ONCE AND FOR ALL.
AT THIS POINT, OUR BURGLAR'S
STUCK IN THE TOP OF OUR CHIMNEY.
THAT MAKES AN ENCLOSED VESSEL.
AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO POP
HIM OUT LIKE A CHAMPAGNE CORK.
¶¶
FIREPLACE LEAK WITH BURGLAR
STUCK IN THE CHIMNEY
IN THREE, TWO, ONE!
[ BOOM ]
[ LAUGHS ]
[ LAUGHS ]
[ BOOM ]
WELL, THERE YOU GO.
[ LAUGHS ]
OH!
[ BOOM ]
LOOK, THERE'S SMOKE
COMING OUT OF HIS PANTS.
[ LAUGHS ]
STRAIGHT OUT OF THE CARTOONS.
-OH! JON!
-YEAH?
OUR LIVING ROOM!
BO'S PICTURE!
OH, REALLY?
¶¶
[ LAUGHS ]
[ HISSES ]
OUR CRIMINAL KIND OF
JUST POPPED UP
AND LANDED RIGHT BACK
IN THE CHIMNEY.
BUT THE STOICHIOMETRY WAS RIGHT.
THE DOORS BOWED OPEN.
[ BOOM ]
BO BLEW OFF THE WALL.
OUR ROBBER SHOT UP
ABOUT A FOOT AND A HALF
BUT THEN LANDED
RIGHT BACK IN OUR CHIMNEY,
SO IT WASN'T A GREAT ESCAPE.
Narrator: WITH ALL THE ELEMENTS
PERFECTLY IN PLACE,
BUSTER STILL COULDN'T
RISE TO THE OCCASION.
BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING HOME
WITHOUT SOMETHING
TO SHOW FOR THEIR EFFORTS.
IN FINEST
"MythBusters" TRADITION,
THAT MEANS RAMPING IT WAY UP
TO GET A RESULT.
WE'RE ABOUT TO ADD MORE
OXYGEN INTO OUR CHIMNEY,
AND THAT MEANS A BIGGER BOOM.
Narrator: INSTEAD OF USING AIR,
WHICH IS MOSTLY NITROGEN,
THEY'RE PUMPING IN PURE OXYGEN.
BUT WILL THAT BE ENOUGH
TO FINALLY BLAST BUSTER
INTO THE BACKYARD?
-YOU READY?
-I'M READY.
OKAY.
WHAT WOULD IT TAKE?
IN THREE, TWO, ONE.
[ EXPLOSION ]
OH! [ LAUGHS ]
I FELT THAT ONE
IN THE CHEST.
[ EXPLOSION ]
Narrator:
THAT PROBABLY GOES FOR EVERYONE
IN A 1-MILE RADIUS.
[ EXPLOSIONS ]
¶¶
YOU THINK WE'LL STILL GET
THE DEPOSIT BACK ON THE HOUSE?
-NO.
-OOH.
[ EXPLOSION ]
Jon: AS YOU CAN SEE,
ALL THAT EXTRA OXYGEN
DEFINITELY GAVE US
MORE BANG FOR OUR BUCK.
HOLY MOLY. LOOK AT THIS.
[ GRUNTS ]
OH.
THIS IS
A REINFORCED STEEL FIREBOX,
AND IT TOTALLY JUST BOWED OUT
OUR LITTLE SUPPORT STRUTS.
[ EXPLOSION ]
LOOK AT THE BURGLAR.
[ LAUGHS ]
IT BLEW HIS PANTS OFF.
[ LAUGHS ]
OH, WOW.
I DON'T KNOW, THOUGH.
I THINK HE MOSTLY FELL.
-I DON'T THINK HE SHOT.
-YEAH.
HE'S NOT FAR FROM
WHERE HE BEGAN.
THAT MEANS THAT HIS BODY
AND THE FIREPLACE
WERE A GOOD ENOUGH SEAL
THAT WHEN IT WENT OFF,
IT JUST, BOOM, BLEW IT APART.
[ EXPLOSION ]
Narrator:
AND THERE YOU HAVE IT.
THE MYTHICAL PROPANE MIX
BARELY BUDGED BUSTER,
AND THE RAMPED-UP OXYGEN-RICH
MIX BROUGHT THE HOUSE DOWN.
BUT THERE WAS A DEFINITE FAILURE
TO LAUNCH.
-DEFINITELY BUSTED.
-YEAH.
HE DEFINITELY POPPED UP
A LITTLE BIT ON THAT CHIMNEY,
BUT HE DIDN'T SHOOT OUT.
YEAH, BUT HE DEFINITELY SHOT OUT
WHEN WE TURNED IT
OVER THE TOP.
[ LAUGHS ] YEAH, HE DID.
ALL RIGHT.
-LET'S GET OUT OF HERE.
-YEAH.
I TOLD YOU, CRIME DOESN'T PAY.
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