1969: BEHOLD The HYDRAULIC ROCK SPLITTER | Tomorrow’s World | Retro Tech | BBC Archive

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  • Опубликовано: 4 фев 2025

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  • @malcolmsargeant7818
    @malcolmsargeant7818 Год назад +16

    Nice to hear Raymond after 50 years, used to love Tommorrows World

  • @HaroldSeaman
    @HaroldSeaman Год назад +27

    Groundbreaking technology

  • @robjackson9943
    @robjackson9943 Год назад +6

    And a spitfire pilot....my hero

  • @Electronics-Rocks
    @Electronics-Rocks Год назад +20

    Raymond Baxter a legend of TV and radio.
    Tomorrow's world was a must see TV.
    I remember watching an episode about cigarette smoke damages lungs operating to remove the cancer while eating my tea. Well it was graphic enough to put me off smoking!!! 🤮

  • @ltipst2962
    @ltipst2962 Год назад +4

    amazing. I am truly gutted I was not born in this era spending time with gentleman and amazing ladies. Ah drat. Instead I will pass on this awesome small tidbit of knowledge of awesomeness to each poor sod I ever meet.

  • @ScottishOutlaw
    @ScottishOutlaw Год назад +12

    When one reports on technologies of the future to the nation, one must be dressed impeccably. - imagined BBC directive circa 1960

  • @jasonharding9490
    @jasonharding9490 Год назад +10

    Really interesting to see this from the 1960s. He says it's not dangerous because the flow is so small, but hydraulic failures can still release a reasonable amount of energy, even though hydraulic oil being a liquid is nominally non compressible, there will be some amount of stretch in the pressure hose that will contribute to this. Another risk is a hydraulic oil leak forming a jet, like from a pinhole, I have been a hydraulic systems engineer for 24 years and I have only ever seen one so they are quite rare but very dangerous, they will easily penetrate through leather gloves, any PPE of that sort and quite often in reported cases go through people's hands and unfortunately commonly used hydraulic mineral oil causes all sorts of problems if it gets into your deep tissues (hydraulic engineer yes, I'm definitely not a doctor). Handheld tools like those firefighters use, or bolt tensioning devices are often made to work at high pressures (as is the case with this rock splitter), so they are smaller and more easily handled but the high operating pressure makes it more likely to have one of these high pressure jet leaks.

  • @magnusmcgee993
    @magnusmcgee993 Год назад +2

    Raymond Baxter great presenter. Can't get over one change with time. Not the Black & White footage but NO safety harness!

  • @LanceReardon
    @LanceReardon Год назад +14

    THINGS RAYMOND BAXTER MIGHT SAY WHEN DOING LOVE-MAKING
    "I am now taking the pressure back off the tool and with a bit of luck I'll be able to withdraw it without collapsing the whole issue."
    "There we go. Come on out my beauty... I'll pull it out that way and now we'll be able to see how that miracle was achieved!"
    "But in fact, the tool itself is quite simple and it embodies a very well-known principle; that of using an enormous hydraulic force in a very short stroke to create these immense energies..."
    "In fact, that's not nearly as dangerous as it sounds because this is only a quarter inch bore and of course there's virtually no flow so even if this did pop off, uh... it wouldn't present you with a lethal hazard."
    "Now as you can see, I'm withdrawing the central wedge so the 'chisel' is returning to its minimum size..."
    "There he comes now! Look, running in three directions; there, there and vertically downwards..."
    "Now if I retract the central wedge, to reduce the size of the probe, I will then be able to withdraw it and by popping it into the other hole..."

    • @gmf121266
      @gmf121266 Год назад +3

      Absoulutely filthy....but hilarious.

  • @depniff
    @depniff Год назад +6

    A great presenter. You really feel he knows what he's talking about compared to some who just read the autocue and have no idea what it all means.

  • @tasercs
    @tasercs Год назад +2

    As long as you have a tie on and a handkerchief in your top pocket, there will be no need for any safety goggles etc. when 2 tonnes of the toughest concrete get flung into your face at 7000lbs /sq inch.
    Now you have to wear eye protection, gloves and a reflective jacket, just to tap a cable clip in.
    I think yesterday's world may have been more fun.

  • @mavcek
    @mavcek Год назад +5

    Looks impressive in 2023 actually!!

  • @JohnMartin-ux2rm
    @JohnMartin-ux2rm Год назад +4

    Unfortunatley someone like the excellent Raymond Baxter would never be seen on BBC today !!!

  • @fidelcatsro6948
    @fidelcatsro6948 4 месяца назад

    Brembo must have utilized this ingenuity to make premium disc brake callipers😂

  • @sarahlouise7163
    @sarahlouise7163 Год назад +3

    tv back then seemed much less dumbed down than today's offerings

  • @princeindrajitlawlaha7027
    @princeindrajitlawlaha7027 Год назад +2

    Nice machine ! 💝 💯 👏 🎉 🎃 🙏 🚀 👍 🤖 🎅 ✝ 🎄 🌝 !

  • @jasonayres
    @jasonayres Год назад +1

    So, in regards to an earlier video, of a bloke who walked around parks and lake sides with a metal detector, I naively commented about him looking "overdressed" with a jacket and tie, and I was reminded that lots of blokes, in the day, in different trades, wore a jacket and tie.
    Alright, fair enough...but, you have to admit, *this* time, the gentleman in the above video, *does* look a bit overdressed for the job, doesn't he?
    Uncle Herb, a concreter (-and hence, demolisher of old concrete things-) used to smash paths, fences- all manner of concrete obstacles- with a steel bar.. about 6ft. long.
    My goodness, they were built of "sterner stuff", those old blokes.

    • @ell311
      @ell311 Год назад +1

      The job is TV presenter, not concrete smasher

    • @ell311
      @ell311 Год назад +1

      I did at least expect a scruffy bloke in overalls to run in when he started struggling with it though 😂

    • @jasonayres
      @jasonayres Год назад

      @@ell311 At least put on some gloves 😄
      "No ordinary powder will get those stains out."

    • @emgee44
      @emgee44 Год назад +1

      I’ve got B&W pictures of my dad, on a beach in Cornwall I think, in a long sleeve shirt (sleeves rolled up) and tie, slacks and shoes. Them were the days and them were the fashions.

  • @simmadpaul2880
    @simmadpaul2880 Год назад

    Hard hat, goggles, gloves! Hi viz jacket. Where are they Ray?

    • @garryleeks4848
      @garryleeks4848 Год назад

      Didn’t need them then

    • @succulent951
      @succulent951 Год назад

      boots with steel toe caps would've been a good idea though!

  • @brandywell44
    @brandywell44 Год назад +1

    Great tv show was this and the Presenters were respected. It did go downhill after the seventies sadly. Will we ever see the like again? I doubt it under current regimes.

  • @niceone688
    @niceone688 Год назад +2

    No ppe

  • @reecedillon5140
    @reecedillon5140 Год назад +2

    My mum has one in her bedroom

  • @thewkovacs316
    @thewkovacs316 Год назад

    as the hydraulic jack had been around for decades, what is so special about this?

  • @fidelcatsro6948
    @fidelcatsro6948 Год назад +4

    wow 50yrs ago we had ufo hydraulic technology! 🐱👍🏿

  • @Beehashe
    @Beehashe Год назад +8

    Chip off the old block!

  • @Happyal-qt3xs
    @Happyal-qt3xs Год назад +3

    In a suit?? XD

  • @philiplimerick2794
    @philiplimerick2794 Год назад +1

    While dismantling a 100 year old concrete buffer stop at Putney Bridge railway station. the modern equivalent tool was unable to break the concrete. It broke the tool. A lot of scratched heads trying to figure out what made it so strong. I never found out the answer....

    • @fidelcatsro6948
      @fidelcatsro6948 Год назад +2

      when did it happen?

    • @philiplimerick2794
      @philiplimerick2794 Год назад +1

      @@fidelcatsro6948 About 2018/19

    • @fidelcatsro6948
      @fidelcatsro6948 Год назад +1

      @@philiplimerick2794 Wow quality of materials mustve been good back then

    • @philiplimerick2794
      @philiplimerick2794 Год назад +4

      @@fidelcatsro6948 I was driving the train taking away waste. Several holes were drilled and a hydraulic splitter was used, it did not work. Then a breaker attachment on a digger was used. The guys doing the work were getting a bit stressed. Eventually when enough holes were drilled the concrete did break. But also the huge bolts holding the hydraulic buffer stop were about 750mm long. Everything was so over engineered.

    • @fidelcatsro6948
      @fidelcatsro6948 Год назад +2

      @@philiplimerick2794 things get cheaped out ,quality goes down as we age...the relentless pursuit of making things cost effective and maximizing profits
      🐱👍🏿

  • @ifax1245
    @ifax1245 Год назад +6

    Or just give the job to Fred Dibnah...

    • @fidelcatsro6948
      @fidelcatsro6948 4 месяца назад

      @@ifax1245its cheaper and he gets the job done! 😜👍🏿

  • @MrShotlighter
    @MrShotlighter Год назад +1

    Just hydraulic plug & feathers, which work fine with a hammer as power. Why bother?

  • @markiliff
    @markiliff Год назад +4

    Live TV was so much more exciting! But pounds, inches… all gobbledegook now