How Many Pennies to Cast a Sword?

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    I melt down legal US currency down (pennies) and cast it into a sword with the help of Greg, the sword casting guy (swordcastingguy.com)
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  • @Jill_Sandwich
    @Jill_Sandwich Před 5 lety +1399

    The penny sword, Lincoln's weapon of choice.

    • @theclickening6668
      @theclickening6668 Před 4 lety +1

      Ha! Nice!

    • @atomicwinter31
      @atomicwinter31 Před 4 lety +29

      His top hat actually had a hidden circular blade under the rim, so that if thrown it would cut into anyone who is in the way.

    • @jrovy3807
      @jrovy3807 Před 4 lety +14

      @@atomicwinter31 SPEEDWAGON

    • @carlosfuentes9807
      @carlosfuentes9807 Před 4 lety +4

      @@jrovy3807 IS THAT A JOJO REFERENCE?!?!?! Lol

    • @jrovy3807
      @jrovy3807 Před 4 lety +9

      @@carlosfuentes9807 lmao Lincoln was a jojo reference

  • @saintcorvic1194
    @saintcorvic1194 Před 5 lety +2431

    The law be like...
    “It’s illegal to profit from it, but if you use it for fun it’s ok.”

    • @Playboyyrocky
      @Playboyyrocky Před 5 lety +138

      But by posting it on youtube he profiting by it?

    • @saintcorvic1194
      @saintcorvic1194 Před 5 lety +97

      Then it is contradicted in of itself because of the fact that it was used for entertainment. I wonder what the ruling on it is.

    • @ajgallego2409
      @ajgallego2409 Před 5 lety +13

      I heard ulamog eats pennies for breakfast... but emrakul can stomach nickels 0.0

    • @saintcorvic1194
      @saintcorvic1194 Před 5 lety +6

      AJ Gallego last time I checked she was stuck in a damn moon.

    • @rumpustime5460
      @rumpustime5460 Před 4 lety +88

      @@DylanSlater-tu7hy Your problem in court would be that the actual law doesn't include that provision. The law prohibits the raw material obtained from currency being physically exchanged for profit beyond the value of the original currency. The key there is physically. As long as he's not selling the actual copper for profit, profit from the video is in exchange for the creative, educational, and entertainment value of the content and is not prohibited by the currency law.

  • @luigihorror6455
    @luigihorror6455 Před 5 lety +1444

    Cashier: ok sir, that'll be $25
    HTME: *pulls out the sword and gives it to them*

    • @sexcy420
      @sexcy420 Před 4 lety +8

      LuigiHorror 64 lol

    • @theclickening6668
      @theclickening6668 Před 4 lety +12

      That would be funny if HTME successfully purchase something with that.

    • @ryanpiercy3390
      @ryanpiercy3390 Před 4 lety +43

      @@theclickening6668 .......meh I'd accept it as legal currency the copper alone is worth that much probably, plus if my boss gives me any crap about it i just threaten to throw "money" at him. Who, without hearing the details, would pay ANY attention to a threat of throwing money at someone?

    • @bubblesharrison2110
      @bubblesharrison2110 Před 4 lety +8

      You’re not allowed to use them for profit! 😂

    • @ryanpiercy3390
      @ryanpiercy3390 Před 4 lety +13

      @@bubblesharrison2110 Not allowed to sell the metal in the pennies for a profit. No one said you couldn't use it profitably, otherwise banks would be violating the law.

  • @adamka-1
    @adamka-1 Před 5 lety +1319

    "What did it cost ?"
    *"$5"*

  • @jakeariel3974
    @jakeariel3974 Před 5 lety +776

    Name: coin sword
    Damage: 38
    Durability: 759
    Description: need a lotta coin
    But it's worth it

    • @alphaz4741
      @alphaz4741 Před 5 lety +22

      *Penny Sword
      *ATK 200
      *From 'that' corner of the Internet, you know the one.

    • @FluffyEnbyneering
      @FluffyEnbyneering Před 5 lety +16

      Coin sword? Mor like Micro Transaction Sword. (Bad joke) (Enter the Gungeon has the Micro Transaction Gun DLC for real currency that shoots money in-game)

    • @kyokeekyo3234
      @kyokeekyo3234 Před 5 lety +12

      Every kill = 1 penny

    • @jakeariel3974
      @jakeariel3974 Před 5 lety +1

      @@FluffyEnbyneering *yes*

    • @jakeariel3974
      @jakeariel3974 Před 5 lety +5

      @@kyokeekyo3234 every kill=50 coin

  • @Dannyb1022
    @Dannyb1022 Před 5 lety +416

    My heart jumped when you hit the hot dog glove. Totally got me. Props on that.

    • @NataliesChatalie
      @NataliesChatalie Před 5 lety +23

      Right, i havent been got by a play like that in a long time, it was well shot.

    • @shimodafilms
      @shimodafilms Před 4 lety +2

      Me too.

    • @Texan.Insomniac
      @Texan.Insomniac Před 4 lety +6

      16:15

    • @lolcat1382
      @lolcat1382 Před 4 lety +1

      David Gerritzen is that a lincoln assassination joke

    • @spudmatix8770
      @spudmatix8770 Před 4 lety +1

      Lol Damn y did I read comments before watching the.vid all the way

  • @tristwoods1351
    @tristwoods1351 Před 5 lety +170

    "I smell pennies!!" -famous last words

    • @Mariocat99
      @Mariocat99 Před 4 lety +2

      *finally i can keep these pennies to myself self* stomp stomp *What the hell?*

    • @thesusboomerroblox6516
      @thesusboomerroblox6516 Před 3 lety

      @@Mariocat99 finally they can’t take the pennys any more *pulls out penny sword*

    • @raulerdei2
      @raulerdei2 Před 3 lety +2

      "I smelt pennies"

  • @flubsdubz6247
    @flubsdubz6247 Před 4 lety +126

    Aight lesson learned.. I must collect pennies, so incase of an apocalyptic event I could smelt it and make it into a sword.

    • @shockwave6213
      @shockwave6213 Před 3 lety +2

      I would cast bullets with them. Which, im already thinking about doing. Even the zinc ones would make ok plinking ammo.

    • @kpsiex
      @kpsiex Před rokem +1

      @@chillsy_star there is enough copper in a junkyard

  • @htaed.1717
    @htaed.1717 Před 5 lety +676

    Sword of wealth
    - +30% more coins from the monsters

  • @drfarrin
    @drfarrin Před 5 lety +839

    "What does MEL mean?"
    M - Meaty
    E - Elastic
    L - Lasagna

  • @milkbread9616
    @milkbread9616 Před 4 lety +120

    16:14 when you’re not expecting it, it’s genuinely horrifying for a second

  • @dbbgaming6429
    @dbbgaming6429 Před 4 lety +19

    *Defaces US currency to make a weapon*
    HTME: “I’ll let you know if I go to jail.”

  • @rileyjohnson8039
    @rileyjohnson8039 Před 5 lety +1420

    Wait, that’s illegal.
    Wait, THATS NOT ILLEGAL!?!?
    Edit: CPG Grey would be proud

    • @odachikazane3741
      @odachikazane3741 Před 5 lety +43

      Peggy_Penguin it’s illegal to melt down pennies and nickels for their metal content so it is illegal actually bec he’s melting it down to use the metal content so. Although I’m not sure as to the context but I think as long as you don’t try to profit off it then it might and I mean just might be legal unfortunately. Or what he said in the video XD

    • @Snoigel
      @Snoigel Před 5 lety +87

      As he discussed in the video, there are a few reasons what he is doing is not for profit.
      However, I would argue this IS illegal because he is producing an online video that will make him revenue. He did this solely for the money.

    • @nicholaspicazio1021
      @nicholaspicazio1021 Před 5 lety +3

      He would be arrested here in Brazil. It's considered a crime against nation's property.

    • @mattdickson2
      @mattdickson2 Před 5 lety +34

      y’all realize pennies are monetarily useless right?

    • @Atom_Alchemist
      @Atom_Alchemist Před 5 lety +18

      @@odachikazane3741 incorrect, it's illegal to deface any currency that would result with it being taken out of circulation...for example, drawing on a bill is not actually illegal so long as you do not try to change it's value, or abscure it's serial number. but the complete destruction of a coin would result with it being taken out of circulation.

  • @game_generation
    @game_generation Před 5 lety +274

    $5 Sword vs. $5,000 Sword (not clickbait)

  • @WheresIsNancy
    @WheresIsNancy Před 5 lety +74

    "Now i know what your thinking, im commiting federal crime"
    Wow wasent expecting that

  • @panpan9867
    @panpan9867 Před 5 lety +85

    Ah yes, the perfect thing I needed at 4:26am

  • @ZemzyOseris
    @ZemzyOseris Před 5 lety +443

    Your total is $5.47, how would you like to pay? Cash or Credit.
    Uh...

  • @Maxjoker98
    @Maxjoker98 Před 5 lety +397

    Next Video: How to make a prison shank from scratch. lol

    • @DASSAMWASHERELP
      @DASSAMWASHERELP Před 5 lety +14

      Maxjoker98
      We already have the Prisonshank Channel for that.

    • @TheGlob420
      @TheGlob420 Před 5 lety +1

      @@DASSAMWASHERELP lol theres a prison chank channel !?

    • @kelleymiller7738
      @kelleymiller7738 Před 5 lety +1

      Hmmmm? They'll need that prison shank. Just a little illegal to destroy currency isn't it?

    • @24wherath36
      @24wherath36 Před 5 lety

      @@kelleymiller7738 he just said it isn't only if he doesn't earn from whats left of the coins.

    • @wave1090
      @wave1090 Před 5 lety +2

      Just go watch The Modern Rogue for all you prison weapon needs

  • @mike-fr2vf
    @mike-fr2vf Před 5 lety +135

    “Penny Sword isn’t real, Penny Sword can’t hurt you”
    *Penny Sword* :

  • @ce5176
    @ce5176 Před 4 lety +33

    Imagine how his hands smells after holding those pennies

    • @antagonistgaming1340
      @antagonistgaming1340 Před 4 lety +9

      Fun Fact - You cannot smell solid metals, you can only smell what is on the metal's surface.
      On almost all coins you can smell oils from people's skin.
      This fact changed how i see metals as a whole.
      I say solid meals because metals have TOXIC fumes that you should definatly NOT smell.

  • @evaunitgibbler407
    @evaunitgibbler407 Před 5 lety +911

    Did you do it?
    Yes.
    What did it cost?
    Penny

  • @alang9480
    @alang9480 Před 5 lety +560

    Now gain those pennies back and more by using the sword to rob a bank...

    • @torresfishingFL
      @torresfishingFL Před 5 lety +17

      Great idea!!! The person running the bank will definitely not pull out a gun to prevent him from robbing the bank

    • @jillvalentinefan77
      @jillvalentinefan77 Před 5 lety +12

      He needs to round up a posse with Lances so they can charge the security guards.

    • @mewstoise5505
      @mewstoise5505 Před 5 lety +8

      @@torresfishingFL the owner of a bank doesn't stop robbers that's the cops and security job

    • @jamesdeppeler793
      @jamesdeppeler793 Před 5 lety +9

      Actually...they definitely won't pull out a gun to stop the bank being robbed. Banks typically comply with robbers and give them what they want, and leave it to the cops to catch them.
      Their accounts are insured, and the amount a robber will make off with is far less than the amount they could have to pay for lawsuits and such if anyone gets hurt.
      They want the robber gone, simple. A dead or injured employee or customer is far worse than losing a few thousands, or even tens of thousands, that's insured anyway.
      Bank robbers almost always get caught before too long anyway. If they actually rob just one bank they could conceivably escape justice forever, but that rarely happens. Somewhere between the third and the tenth time, they almost always get busted, and the game is over.

    • @clemsonfan53089
      @clemsonfan53089 Před 5 lety +4

      Yea but then he's using the casted pennies to make a profit.

  • @destroyerdan6945
    @destroyerdan6945 Před 4 lety +9

    Remember a couple years ago when everyone was randomly recommended "can you melt obsidian and cast a sword"? Well, it seem this guy is back for more. It only took 2 years.

  • @NonComics
    @NonComics Před 5 lety +46

    Sword casting guy sounded like the guy from Mythbusters

    • @schnoig_
      @schnoig_ Před 5 lety

      Joseph Anderson holy shit you are right

    • @nmac1563
      @nmac1563 Před 4 lety

      "I'm Jamie Hyneman and this is Mythbusters."

  • @xxdjsolomanxx
    @xxdjsolomanxx Před 5 lety +527

    I legit screamed when he smacked the glove with hot dogs....

  • @ejnaygfantzcg
    @ejnaygfantzcg Před 5 lety +4222

    Thumbs down, my Ads were interrupted by some guys casting a sword.

    • @sinccc2211
      @sinccc2211 Před 5 lety +71

      addblock is the answer ! i havent seen ads on youtube for like 5 years now :D

    • @jailbreaker1214
      @jailbreaker1214 Před 5 lety +117

      If only adblock could skip sponsored shit, but then again i like free content.

    • @ozapenguin
      @ozapenguin Před 5 lety +57

      @@jailbreaker1214 just press the right arrow on your keyboard a few times to skip them or if you are on mobile double tap the right side of the screen

    • @aannoyingcaat
      @aannoyingcaat Před 5 lety +76

      I think you guys read his comment backwards. Try again.

    • @erictaylor5462
      @erictaylor5462 Před 5 lety +8

      If not ads, who pays?

  • @skippyjones180
    @skippyjones180 Před 5 lety +43

    Coin Sword:
    Damage: 12
    Weight: 1
    Value: 5

  • @TorquilBletchleySmythe
    @TorquilBletchleySmythe Před 4 lety +3

    Just a couple of tips from someone who did similar many years ago. Use a fibre brush on your grinder to do the initial polish and to draw the blade into a more inherent edge before sharpening. Use a hard cloth polishing wheel on your bench grinder to work it further. Believe me, it makes the temper more forgiving than brittle as temperature and resonance don't overwork the metal. Finally, your belt sander should be using the lower temp and finer blue honing belt not the red one. Keep up the great work, your sword is an enviable piece. Hope this helps.

  • @RavenDravenek
    @RavenDravenek Před 5 lety +192

    Next video: “Hey guys we’re gonna learn how to make a prison shank from scratch.”
    *Furiously begins scratching a comb against the floor*

  • @christopherthompson8609
    @christopherthompson8609 Před 5 lety +43

    You should have drilled two shallow recesses, one on each side of the handle, and glued pennies in there - one heads, one tails.

  • @-avalon-9440
    @-avalon-9440 Před 4 lety +4

    Me: *Reads the title*
    Me: “Less then it takes to buy a sword.”

  • @brazeblade1087
    @brazeblade1087 Před 4 lety +4

    When someone says “Penny for ya thoughts” but want no information

  • @macotello6809
    @macotello6809 Před 5 lety +439

    *"I S M E L L P E N N I E S"*

  • @mykhailohohol8708
    @mykhailohohol8708 Před 5 lety +127

    "I'm not sure it is a sword, more of a letter opener really.." you can name it Sting as well

  • @INDRA027_
    @INDRA027_ Před 4 lety +4

    “How many pennies does it take to make a sword?”
    My entire piggy bank....

  • @hit-by-bruh0_05
    @hit-by-bruh0_05 Před 4 lety +3

    *sells penny sword for profit*
    *Goes to jail*
    Me: "It's not breaking the law it's currency exchange"

  • @kentuckyexplosion
    @kentuckyexplosion Před 5 lety +272

    I wasn't really paying attention near the end cutting montage, and I actually freaked out for a second thinking that the finger was actually cut...

  • @GarryReyom
    @GarryReyom Před 5 lety +361

    “Riveting is kind of a lost art”
    *wears fedora*
    *makes sword*

    • @bennettt5380
      @bennettt5380 Před 5 lety +4

      Garry Reyom I don't get it

    • @zevspencer-shapiro7029
      @zevspencer-shapiro7029 Před 5 lety

      @@bennettt5380 oof

    • @dodongdan1848
      @dodongdan1848 Před 5 lety +7

      Rivets are easy to make compared to swords

    • @HekateMGO
      @HekateMGO Před 4 lety +5

      Riveting is a lost art? Allow me to introduce you to aircraft maintenance.

    • @Bradley2002Utube
      @Bradley2002Utube Před 4 lety

      @@HekateMGO what he means is people have started using screws and adhesives more commonly in recent history

  • @MuggsMcGinnis
    @MuggsMcGinnis Před 4 lety +3

    Work hardening isn't about packing the atoms closer together. The hardening is caused by fracturing the metal crystals so the metal has many small tightly interconnected crystals.

  • @rickschuman2926
    @rickschuman2926 Před 2 lety

    Informative as well as humorous. Well done.

  • @letaltoaster677
    @letaltoaster677 Před 5 lety +540

    That sword really was worth every penny

  • @WilliamSlater
    @WilliamSlater Před 5 lety +186

    Work hardening isn’t pushing the atoms closer together. Work hardening increases the grain dislocation density, which decrease the ability for plastic deformation. This is because the slip planes get blocked by the dislocations. Thus, the yield and tensile strength go up, ductility goes down, and toughness can decrease.

    • @stevenrwh
      @stevenrwh Před 5 lety +8

      Yes, I think he misspoke.

    • @KainYusanagi
      @KainYusanagi Před 5 lety +31

      Saying "the atoms got closer" is grade-school level understanding, which considering he seems to teach mostly grade-school students, makes sense why he'd say it like that. I mean, *technically* the atoms ARE getting closer, arranged in disarray, but yeah. @@stevenrwh

    • @FreyasArts
      @FreyasArts Před 5 lety +10

      I have no idea what you just said but it sounds smart, so I'm gonna believe you XD

    • @alexipestov7002
      @alexipestov7002 Před 5 lety +8

      To simplify what Wil said, basically imagine that a metal is made of crystals. Remember clevage planes? Yeah, those weaken the metal, so you want something that prevents them from sliding. Work hardening forces another crystal oriented in a different direction in the slip planes way, making it harder for the planes to move, causing the bult metal to become harder

    • @alexipestov7002
      @alexipestov7002 Před 5 lety +1

      To simplify what Wil said, basically imagine that a metal is made of crystals. Remember clevage planes? Yeah, those weaken the metal, so you want something that prevents them from sliding. Work hardening forces another crystal oriented in a different direction in the slip planes way, making it harder for the planes to move, causing the bult metal to become harder

  • @MoOnQuAkE-zhy
    @MoOnQuAkE-zhy Před 4 lety +3

    Some coin collectors died during this video

  • @RandarTheBarbarian
    @RandarTheBarbarian Před 4 lety +2

    2019: a neat way to make a sword
    2020: a very ironic way to fight back against the bourgeoisie and government

  • @tylerwinkley3229
    @tylerwinkley3229 Před 5 lety +168

    IDEA! Try seeing how many paper clips it takes to make a sword

    • @BenDover-xk7jz
      @BenDover-xk7jz Před 4 lety

      Yaaaasss

    • @mojocook5255
      @mojocook5255 Před 4 lety +1

      1

    • @clodsworth
      @clodsworth Před 4 lety

      @Kevin Anderson More concerned about how they'd go through with it, would need a biig temperature and forging a sword purely out of paperclips without doing some sort of damascus technique sounds like a living nightmare

    • @Unknowndragon17
      @Unknowndragon17 Před 4 lety

      @@zazi5305 uuuhhhhhh you do know steel is half iron right?

    • @Unknowndragon17
      @Unknowndragon17 Před 4 lety

      @@zazi5305 in fact steel averages around 97% iron.

  • @nikolausluhrs
    @nikolausluhrs Před 5 lety +2199

    next video: how to make a prison shank

    • @bobwaltz4651
      @bobwaltz4651 Před 5 lety +42

      Welp the next episode is: This HTME and were here in prison teaching you how to make paper knives. Crossbows and improvised prison weapons.

    • @sarcolo3829
      @sarcolo3829 Před 5 lety +17

      Wrong you use a shiv to shank someone

    • @crowsgocaw2357
      @crowsgocaw2357 Před 5 lety +1

      @Nikolaus Lihrs I wanted to post that

    • @sarcolo3829
      @sarcolo3829 Před 5 lety +1

      Yeet

    • @thomasmassey9575
      @thomasmassey9575 Před 5 lety +2

      its called shiv

  • @lilithastraeas4739
    @lilithastraeas4739 Před 4 lety +2

    Man with beard 1: Hey son! Let's work on Mel Chemistry!
    Man with beard 2: Yay!

  • @makeral3286
    @makeral3286 Před 4 lety +4

    Them: **uses it for education**
    Me: hehe yes it poke slime for gel for fire stick
    Terreria reference btw

  • @omarcruz9447
    @omarcruz9447 Před 5 lety +351

    Abraham Lincoln's sword., (The Sword Of Honesty).

    • @hailzanzibar4881
      @hailzanzibar4881 Před 5 lety +3

      except abe wasn't that honest

    • @TonyisToking
      @TonyisToking Před 5 lety +5

      HAIL ZANZIBAR Obviously. No honest man is loved, especially not enough to have memorials erected on their name. Honesty hurts, it often isn’t good to tell the truth.

    • @hectorarredondo6929
      @hectorarredondo6929 Před 5 lety +13

      If he makes a sword putnof quarters its George Washington's sword of freedom

    • @LJ-ej3fv
      @LJ-ej3fv Před 5 lety +2

      ​@@TonyisToking I get why you think so, but really... that is such BS.

    • @scp-echo4769
      @scp-echo4769 Před 5 lety +2

      The handle is made of a nice tan wood from a cherry tree.

  • @mralabbad7
    @mralabbad7 Před 5 lety +41

    Your hotdogs scared the crap out of me
    Why did you do that😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @jaer71
      @jaer71 Před 5 lety

      Don't do it. 😱

    • @mralabbad7
      @mralabbad7 Před 5 lety

      @@TheUltimateMachineGod i thought the point was to make a sword out of pennies🙀

  • @BFDT-4
    @BFDT-4 Před 4 lety +1

    BEST sponsor adverts EVER in You Tube!

  • @Plexiate
    @Plexiate Před 5 lety +15

    MEL = “make everyone learn” Chemistry.

    • @xClownpiece
      @xClownpiece Před 5 lety

      Insert first comment on popular channel that I know

    • @Default012
      @Default012 Před 3 lety

      Wtf was plex doing here 😐

  • @psychosk8er
    @psychosk8er Před 5 lety +45

    Work hardening is not a result of compressing metal. It’s a result of breaking down the crystalline structure of the metal. Which is why it gets brittle. In the end you wind up with tons of tiny crystals interlocking instead of fewer large ones. Basically, you’re creating more surface area on each crystal, which creates more internal friction. Which creates more resistance to beding. At least that’s the way it was explained to me by a metallurgist.

    • @kasparroosalu
      @kasparroosalu Před 5 lety +6

      This is correct except one minor thing. You are reducing surface area of crystallites but increasing surface area per volume. This is called work hardening and many metals exhibit this phenomenon. Copper and its alloys are probably most known for it but titanium and many stainless steels all-so work harden, making them quite difficult to machine.

  • @Artificial.-_-.intelligence
    @Artificial.-_-.intelligence Před 5 lety +144

    16:15 you got me

    • @slartbarg
      @slartbarg Před 5 lety +11

      same, my butt puckered for like 100 milliseconds

    • @andromeda7319
      @andromeda7319 Před 5 lety +5

      You've been gnomed

    • @antaaaa8355
      @antaaaa8355 Před 5 lety +1

      My hotdogs

    • @floydmaseda
      @floydmaseda Před 5 lety +3

      @@slartbarg "My butt puckered" is my new favorite phrase

    • @insanimegamer
      @insanimegamer Před 5 lety +2

      IKR?? scared the crap out of me ;;

  • @menialfungus793
    @menialfungus793 Před 4 lety +3

    16:16 that scared the hell out of me that’s a good one 🤣

  • @The_3d_printing_geek
    @The_3d_printing_geek Před 24 dny

    Thanks for the class on May 4th. It was the best.

  • @okabee1505
    @okabee1505 Před 5 lety +186

    16:15 legitimately made me recoil

  • @man-mb4lj
    @man-mb4lj Před 5 lety +392

    16:14 i was actually legit scared

  • @blod9862
    @blod9862 Před 4 lety +3

    *gets a bunch of pennies from an atm*
    Time to go an a crusade

  • @Dartowl1
    @Dartowl1 Před 4 lety +3

    “Did you do it?”
    “Yes”
    “What did it cost?”
    “$7.89”

  • @mathiasandersen3762
    @mathiasandersen3762 Před 5 lety +245

    Mel better sponsor NileRed

    • @yatagarasu1495
      @yatagarasu1495 Před 5 lety +8

      @AT22 comeon man you getting free entertainment here, you can sit trough 1 min of advertisment. some people

    • @John-lx8iu
      @John-lx8iu Před 5 lety +10

      NileRed is awesome and definitely deserves some love and sponsorship from MEL... on the subject, I would definitely enjoy a NileRed/HTME collaboration... HINT HINT lol

    • @ljk8059
      @ljk8059 Před 5 lety +6

      @@John-lx8iu totally agree! How about a YT dream team? HTME, NileRed, Cody's Lab and (the now America-based) Alec Steele!

    • @John-lx8iu
      @John-lx8iu Před 5 lety +4

      @@ljk8059 That could be fun... HTME & Cody can source the materials and smelt some steel that Alec can forge and NileRed can make the Ferric Chloride (or similar) to etch the finished product...

    • @matthewbatchelor3547
      @matthewbatchelor3547 Před 5 lety +1

      《 LJK 》 you totally forgot Nerd Rage....

  • @bradleykmdean
    @bradleykmdean Před 5 lety +86

    The hotdog glove part was comedy gold lol

    • @danielborbolla4677
      @danielborbolla4677 Před 5 lety

      i agree but with the snowflakes from the internet it could backfire

    • @CaptainPIanet
      @CaptainPIanet Před 5 lety +1

      @@danielborbolla4677 Wtf are you even talking about

    • @chaos.corner
      @chaos.corner Před 5 lety

      @@danielborbolla4677 Shoulda used vegan hotdogs.

    • @williammonroe7488
      @williammonroe7488 Před 5 lety

      that legit scared me the first time I saw it.

  • @FriendlyDM2
    @FriendlyDM2 Před 5 lety

    Less talking, less ads, less music and MORE CASTING!

  • @CrescentX3
    @CrescentX3 Před 5 lety +55

    Mel stands for
    Man
    Eating
    Lizards
    Moms
    Earning
    Loot
    Making
    Experiments
    Lovely

  • @garret1930
    @garret1930 Před 5 lety +126

    The metal isn't getting denser when you work harden it, you are increasing the number of defects in the internal crystal structure, most of which will be dislocations. These defects are what make the metal stronger after work hardening. You are not increasing the density of the metal, you are increasing the dislocation density.

    • @Bebothebum
      @Bebothebum Před 5 lety +2

      😑

    • @TnT_F0X
      @TnT_F0X Před 5 lety +6

      Cody's Lab explained it better, he used 24k gold foil and a weight. :)
      Everything is better when you're looking at something shiny though.

    • @PBMS123
      @PBMS123 Před 5 lety +3

      God thank you, this made me unnecessarily mad when they said that.

    • @shadlone1012
      @shadlone1012 Před 5 lety +1

      Garret Jacobs shut up

    • @marcusberger4582
      @marcusberger4582 Před 5 lety +4

      You aren't increasing the density, you're actually increasing the density.

  • @alexoscom
    @alexoscom Před 5 lety +261

    $5 for a sword!? count me in.

    • @JackassCass457
      @JackassCass457 Před 5 lety +19

      5 dollars and some time in federal prison!

    • @blazerker1640
      @blazerker1640 Před 5 lety +11

      And hundreds of dollars for the tools

    • @anonmouse4357
      @anonmouse4357 Před 5 lety +10

      @@JackassCass457 only if you sell them.

    • @ZazairS7N
      @ZazairS7N Před 5 lety +7

      @@anonmouse4357 No its illegal to destroy federal currency on camera.

    • @zakprom7850
      @zakprom7850 Před 5 lety

      @@ZazairS7N except pennies

  • @xieotv2386
    @xieotv2386 Před 4 lety +1

    Gaz would be proud, your Mellon slashing skills are impressive.

  • @crislebron3975
    @crislebron3975 Před 4 lety +7

    Isn’t this the sword you start out with in Terraria?

    • @gabrielhenson5751
      @gabrielhenson5751 Před 3 lety

      You start with a copper short sword so probably yes

    • @infiniteinfinity18
      @infiniteinfinity18 Před 3 lety

      @@gabrielhenson5751 you start with a 5€ weapon fighting against floating demon beasts

  • @chapzer6686
    @chapzer6686 Před 5 lety +176

    Absolutely not a single soul on Earth...
    Forged in fire:
    So to test your blades hardness we're going to chop through this brick wall.

  • @jadenlopez4779
    @jadenlopez4779 Před 5 lety +110

    Mel stands for "Magical Experiences Learning"

    • @olleborner4604
      @olleborner4604 Před 5 lety

      @@KristijanKL It's a sketch. I don't see how he's in any way taking advantage of them.

    • @dkaloger5720
      @dkaloger5720 Před 5 lety

      My expensive lab

    • @olleborner4604
      @olleborner4604 Před 5 lety +1

      @@KristijanKL Oh, yeah I get that viewpoint but if I were to sponsor someone I would probably only expect to see the advertisment on the channel, not that Matt (or whatever his name is) to do it.
      In my opinion It's a whole other thing if Beyonce were to be sponsored as her character is her whole image, this not being the case for this CZcams channel I don't see a problem.

  • @zroseler
    @zroseler Před 4 lety +1

    bro im too high you scared me shitless with the hand at the end lmfaooo

  • @SunnyOst
    @SunnyOst Před 4 lety +3

    This was kind of painful after watching videos of coin collectors looking for collectable wheat pennies in boxes like this :/

  • @ledergenbern2499
    @ledergenbern2499 Před 5 lety +196

    _The Sword of Lincoln._

  • @crimsonhalo13
    @crimsonhalo13 Před 5 lety +3020

    Breaking the flow of the video with multiple ads is a bit excessive. Just sayin.'

    • @thetophat5332
      @thetophat5332 Před 5 lety +134

      gotta make money somehow, just sayin'

    • @clintonleonard5187
      @clintonleonard5187 Před 5 lety +272

      and illegal, as he is using the video of him destroying federal currency for profit.

    • @buggzy9383
      @buggzy9383 Před 5 lety +118

      @@clintonleonard5187 It is not illegal to destroy federal currency it is only illegal to alter it to make it look more than it is worth

    • @volgsivorsky8796
      @volgsivorsky8796 Před 5 lety +41

      laughing and typing this on my youtube premium

    • @sobieskireborn7361
      @sobieskireborn7361 Před 5 lety +32

      @@clintonleonard5187 He's not making money off the metal, listen from 2:45

  • @FilthyPeasant6
    @FilthyPeasant6 Před 5 lety +34

    Technically, since you get profit from these videos, you can be incarcerated, but this is also for entertainment porpuses so i cant complain.

    • @rumpustime5460
      @rumpustime5460 Před 5 lety +2

      Nope only if he sells the copper for profit.

    • @LuckySketches
      @LuckySketches Před 4 lety +2

      I think it's just profiting from the metal. Like he could sell the sword for profit because it's the effort that went into making it, not just the copper, that gives it its value.

    • @rumpustime5460
      @rumpustime5460 Před 4 lety +2

      @@LuckySketches He couldn't sell the sword because then that person could sell the copper for raw copper value. Making the sword for yourself is fine, and profiting from the creative, educational, and entertainment value of the video of it is fine, that copper just can't physically change hands for profit.

    • @LuckySketches
      @LuckySketches Před 4 lety

      @@rumpustime5460
      If he sold the sword and the next person sold it for copper that's not his fault.

    • @rumpustime5460
      @rumpustime5460 Před 4 lety +1

      ​@@LuckySketches Well yeah it is because he smelted copper from pennies and then allowed material from currency to enter circulation at a higher value than the currency it came from.

  • @goblinslayer1115
    @goblinslayer1115 Před 4 lety

    That looks INCREDIBILIS!!!!

  • @jjs9672
    @jjs9672 Před 5 lety +504

    How much did Mel Chemistry pay you to get 3 ads, tf

    • @dishdafish7199
      @dishdafish7199 Před 5 lety +2

      Like 20k probably

    • @theCodyReeder
      @theCodyReeder Před 5 lety +104

      Based off what they offer me; about 1000$ per ad break so 3 or 4k probably. Then again i'm not nearly so advertiser friendly.

    • @jjs9672
      @jjs9672 Před 5 lety +35

      @@theCodyReeder Damn, thanks for the transparancy. Love your work

    • @PlasmaChannel
      @PlasmaChannel Před 5 lety +3

      @@theCodyReeder What new adventures do you have planned for this year? (videos)

    • @htme
      @htme  Před 5 lety +2

      What’s MEL mean to you?

  • @rightwingsafetysquad9872
    @rightwingsafetysquad9872 Před 5 lety +282

    This is not illegal. He addressed it in the video, but there are a lot of comments anyway so I'll expand. It is illegal to destroy Federal Reserve issued bank notes. But the Federal Reserve does not issue coins, it only issues paper notes, coins are issued by the Mint which is directly administered by the Treasury Department. Destroy all the coins you want, Uncle Sam doesn't really give a damn. However, if you profit from the destruction of coins, that has been interpreted by the FBI as counterfeiting (I'm not sure how the court ruled) so he cannot sell this sword for more than the $5 of pennies he used.

    • @bullardryan
      @bullardryan Před 5 lety +33

      The fact is that the law isn't clear, and the law that you mention (cite?) isn't relevant, so while it may be true, I'm ignoring it. There is a general rule prohibiting exporting, melting, and treating one-cent coins. 31 CFR 82.1. Clearly the portion of the rule against export doesn't apply. There are exceptions to this general rule under 31 CFR 82.2. There is an argument to be made that this use doesn't qualify for an exception to the rule against melting or treating one-cent coins under 31 CFR 82.2(b) or (c)(2). Under this theory, it wouldn't qualify under sub (b) because sub (b) refers to the "treatment" of coins, which, according to the Treasury's supplementary guidance, refers to things like a science teacher experimenting with a single coin or a child putting a penny into a penny press. 72 FR 18880-02, 2007. Unless melting down $5+ worth of pennies is considered "treatment," he can't claim an exception under sub (b). That leaves exceptions under sub (c), which exempt melting from the general prohibition if it meets 3 requirements. One of those requirements, under (c)(2), is that the melting of the coins is "merely incidental" to whatever activity the individual is doing. Clearly, the entire point of this activity is to melt down coins, and therefore this activity would not exempt him from the general prohibition on melting one-cent coins. This is legal information and not legal advice. You can check the cites and read the relevant law for yourself. At the end of the day, you're right that no one really cares and I highly doubt he would ever get prosecuted for this. At the same time, try to check your law a little more thoroughly before you (probably unintentionally) spread false information. In any case, this is a pretty interesting legal question that, like most interesting legal questions, doesn't actually matter in real life and exists mostly as a hypothetical. Hope this comment was interesting and helpful~

    • @acethepanther2153
      @acethepanther2153 Před 5 lety +3

      Hu whell shit im just going to delete my coment now

    • @ollierichards2370
      @ollierichards2370 Před 5 lety +16

      this video is monetized so he is profiting

    • @user-sl6ou3qb9l
      @user-sl6ou3qb9l Před 5 lety

      How would they even find out

    • @rightwingsafetysquad9872
      @rightwingsafetysquad9872 Před 5 lety +12

      @@user-sl6ou3qb9l Posting a video of you doing it on the internet.

  • @taral8496
    @taral8496 Před 5 lety

    The end when you were slicing the mountain dew made you look like that one large guy who had a samurai sword, slicing watermelons and sodas

  • @WhyDoThat
    @WhyDoThat Před 4 lety +2

    That looks like a fine goblin slaying sword. Would work good in tight caves.

  • @robertwebster2030
    @robertwebster2030 Před 5 lety +124

    It slices, it dices, it even works under water!

  • @enochdemille2396
    @enochdemille2396 Před 5 lety +155

    Mr. Krabs had a heart attack after watching this

  • @kyokeekyo3234
    @kyokeekyo3234 Před 5 lety +9

    Did you do it?
    Yes..
    What did it cost?
    About the same of a big Mac..

  • @dr.feelgood2358
    @dr.feelgood2358 Před 4 lety

    unstripped copper wire is free usually. appliance cords, old house wiring, leftovers from job sites. once you build a wire stripping machine (easy) you can crank out tons of copper for casting

  • @sagepierson4196
    @sagepierson4196 Před 5 lety +35

    That scene when pennies melt, though. Satisfaction.

  • @bloodsmithgamer5071
    @bloodsmithgamer5071 Před 5 lety +36

    16:14
    OHMYGOD WTF ARE YOU
    "No! My hot dogs!"
    WHY

  • @Rivanni1
    @Rivanni1 Před 2 lety

    Many educational lessons \ mel. 😀

  • @Kortexual
    @Kortexual Před 4 lety +1

    Nice! I didn't know you could craft knives instead of unboxing them! That looks like a pretty rare Marble Fade | Gladius

  • @beans4269
    @beans4269 Před 5 lety +200

    *I smell pennies*

    • @droach3151
      @droach3151 Před 5 lety +6

      *AAAAAAAAAAAH*

    • @petergriffin8906
      @petergriffin8906 Před 5 lety +3

      Ah, beat me to it

    • @micahthaoriginal6316
      @micahthaoriginal6316 Před 5 lety

      Lmao

    • @ogmuffinz753
      @ogmuffinz753 Před 5 lety

      Im your 100th like :)

    • @thetayterminator1436
      @thetayterminator1436 Před 5 lety

      A lot of murders who committed brutal gory murders when confessing and telling their stories, when they describe what it was like to be around all of that blood they say it smelled like pennies or a jar of pennies or pocket change

  • @hakalabakala1356
    @hakalabakala1356 Před 5 lety +104

    The sword is now worth more than the pennies you used

    • @ppchan9516
      @ppchan9516 Před 5 lety +1

      the copper is too

    • @thatoneguy3390
      @thatoneguy3390 Před 5 lety +3

      But you can't sell it because it's illegal

    • @revolusionotaca
      @revolusionotaca Před 5 lety +1

      too bad it's illegal to profit from it

    • @kylekohlstedt
      @kylekohlstedt Před 5 lety +1

      @@revolusionotaca so, does that mean he could theoretically sell it for the amount of pennies he used to make it?

    • @erikburzinski8248
      @erikburzinski8248 Před 5 lety +7

      How whould the government ever know if you profited from it?

  • @josephjackson1956
    @josephjackson1956 Před 4 lety +4

    16:14 scared the heck out of me.

  • @JR-he6fn
    @JR-he6fn Před 4 lety +2

    This reminds me of when I was little, I found coins and I sorted them to put them in a piggy bank. Then after washing my hands I ate some flamin hot chips. Like anyone would do after, I licked my fingers and for some odd reason it tasted like a big mac burger. It was the oddest thing ever

  • @dark-pocket4959
    @dark-pocket4959 Před 5 lety +62

    Mel=Mostly Easy Learning

  • @jaredbullock5366
    @jaredbullock5366 Před 5 lety +14

    Mel chemistry stays for;
    Making
    Elemental
    Language
    Clear,
    Halcyon,
    Entertaining,
    Mysteriously intuitive,
    Simple,
    Tremendously revolutionary,
    Yo

  • @party1015
    @party1015 Před 4 lety +2

    He forgot Lincoln's face on the sword.

  • @marsborealis3843
    @marsborealis3843 Před 4 lety +1

    It's 2am and I fell asleep watching this, but I woke up at 8:55 because I thought someone was whispering "that's so pretty" in my ear

  • @gavinli1368
    @gavinli1368 Před 5 lety +23

    Andy George
    Race: Human
    Lvl 3 Artificer
    Specialty: HTME style crafting
    Lvl 1 Fighter
    Fighting Style: Two-Weapon Fighting

  • @blargkliggle1121
    @blargkliggle1121 Před 5 lety +35

    I don't know or really care what it stands for, I'm just glad youtube has a way to quickly skip ahead.

  • @SRosenberg203
    @SRosenberg203 Před 4 lety

    One summer I worked for Cutco selling their kitchen knives & other stuff, and I remember from the training that they told us to demonstrate how great the shears were by asking for a "shiny new penny" which we could then cut into a cool spiral shape with the shears. However it had to be a "shiny new penny", because any penny older than 1982 would be too hard to cut through, since I guess copper is much stronger than zinc.

  • @OneEyedJack1970
    @OneEyedJack1970 Před 3 lety

    I'm reminded of the old Ginsu commercials.
    "In Japan, the foot can split wood."
    Dude breaks a board.
    "But you can't cut a watermelon with it." Dude kicks through a watermelon.