Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. The ...

How to Make Powerful Hydraulic Press In this video I show you how to make powerful hydraulic press. You need wood, 4 syringes ...

There are lots of ways to unwind. You can go on a walk, call a friend or read a book. But sometimes it rains, friends are busy or your book is boring. What then? I have a suggestion: watch random, ...

GREENERD PRESS & MACHINE CO. recently developed an automated, 30-ton gantry-style hydraulic press for an application requiring precise positioning of pins. A linear ...

So reads the YouTube description of this hot new viral sensation. Weekly footage depicting heavy-duty machinery crushing objects as innocuous as an Easter basket and finicky as hockey pucks have ...

Just as there’s more than one way to skin the proverbial cat, there’s also more than one way to enjoy some nice, satisfying hydraulic crushing. One of those ways is with a thermal camera, which gives ...

I never could have imagined I would spend so much of my professional career thinking about a hydraulic press. And I definitely couldn’t have guessed I’d dedicate so much of my personal time to one ...

Having a hydraulic press on your hands can give you itchy fingers. Soon enough you'll start wondering how any object your eyes might rest upon would fare under the many tons of pressure this press can ...

How strong is carbon fiber? Strong enough to stand up to the power of the hydraulic press, at the very least. A new video from the wonderful Hydraulic Press Channel pits carbon fiber in several ...

A close-up of a hydraulic press about to crush a striped wooden block resting on a small pallet, surrounded by colorful ...

Unstoppable force, meet immovable object. In a rather epic showdown between two very serious contenders, the hydraulic press finally met its match. The identity of this mighty foe? A neodymium magnet.

Is it wrong to deeply relate to a video of Stretch Armstrong being crushed underneath a hydraulic press? Probably Definitely. But that sure won't stop this writer from watching it over and over again.