What kind of weapon are we talking about here?
The Thanos killing kind
Hey guys, it's finally time to make the handle for Stormbreaker
Now, I could use my own arm but I am kind of partial to it
Groot
groot
Groot
Groot
Ian can deal with that on monday
Groot
Scarlet Witch
Thor
Doctor Strange
Thanos
Iron man
Groot
Groot
You're too small
Groot
Groot
Groot
No that's Jarvis
Groot
Groot
So obviously making an actual wood handle might not work too well because
Stormbreaker is really heavy. So I'm actually going to be making a steel handle
And we found this nice thick piece of rusty steel pipe
which actually almost looks like wood
But just in case we're also going to be doing an acid etch on it
using something called gun blue
to make is a nice brow colour as well
So let's take a look at Stormbreaker and see how we're going to attach this
Alright so before we attach the two halves together we need to make sure they're actually the same weight
Cause as you know if it's not perfectly balanced
Well if there's too much weight you lost power on the swing
Let's see how heavy the hammer is
13.89 kg
Now the blade
Only 11.23 kg
To make the blade weigh the same as this we're going to have to add a bit more material
but luckily when I built it I kind of left part of it hollow
so we can actually put a few plates of steel inside to make it weigh the same
So let's see if we have some chunks of steel
perfect now we just have to weld these in place
It's heavier!
13.02 kg
13.05 kg
we need an extra 30 grams
13.05 kg
13.05 kg
There, it's perfectly balanced
As all things should be
this actually raises a really interesting question because my Stormbreaker is hollow and kind of
well it was uneven but now it should be perfectly balanced but if Stormbreaker was cast out of solid Uru
Where is it's center of gravity
Let's go back to Solidworks and see if the real Stormbreaker is actually perfectly balanced
And the neat thing with Solidworks is you can do something called mass properties
So if you actually look at this it's found the center of mass to actually be right here
which as you can see is not actually centered
so that means that the hammer portion of Stormbreaker does in fact weigh more than the blade
which means Stormbreaker isn't perfectly balanced
IT'S NOT TRUE! THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
How is Thor swinging it
So if the material is steel the whole thing weighs 49.24 kg
That's over 100Ib is it was made out of solid steel
but what if we actually made it out of Uru
what is the density of Uru even?
Let's assume it's atleast the density of tungsten which is one of the most dense materials that you can get on earth
If we were able to make Stormbreaker completely out of tungsten it would weigh 120kg
120kg
120kg x 2.2
it would weigh 264Ib
That's insane
And I get the feeling Uru which is like the core of a neutron start or something like that
is even denser than that so Stormbreaker truly is a weapon to kill Thanos
Anyway Groot it's time to attach you to Stormbreaker
Now hang on why am I even building Stormbreaker anyway
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Now let's finish this axe
Alright so this is pretty thick wall steel pipe but I think I want to reinforce just the part of the handle right at the base of Stormbreaker
So I'm actually going to try and jam this pipe inside of this pipe
perfect
To the welder
Kind of like a grim reeper axe at the moment
the next piece is the hammer which gets welded to this
holy crap
that's a little heavy
Alright to make this steel pipe look a bit more like Groot we're actually going to try and take some steel aircraft cable
And wrap it around the actual hammer portion like it is on the real Stormbreaker
So let's see how that works
It's so slippery
That's about all I want to do
so we're actually just using gun blue right now to change this steel aircraft cable into black steel aircraft cable
so it looks a bit more like Groot
Hacksmith's cereal bowl
Alright so we've got the handle for Stormbreaker made now
And we've started adding some steel cable around the head of the axe to make it look a bit more like Groot
And it looks pretty good but I think we can do a better job
So we're actually going to be adding a whole bunch more steel cable over the entire thing
And unfortunately that means it's going to get a lot more heavy
but I think it will look a bit more like Groot so let's start doing that
it's actually looking really good
I was a little worried. I was like, did I screw up Stormbreaker?
Don't you hate it when you're almost done a project and you do something that you're not sure if it's going to work
and then it doesn't work
and then everything you've done is for waste
it's going to be tricky to weld
whatever that's a future Hacksmith problem
Man I don't envy that guy
I need more wire!
What do you got for me Dave?
This needs to be rinsed off first, this is still covered in the acid
Oh ya acid
Now play some B-roll of someone having an LSD trip
More wire
Why don't I use zipties for all my welding
We'll probably learn later on in this video that they just melt and screw everything up
probably weld from this end
and then I can tighten the vines off the end as I go
So this is going to be a bit of a handle, almost completely hide this part
I think I'm almost done there, maybe a bit more of the thin stuff
Going to be tricky to weld though so I'm going to use some really small wire
to kind of replace the zip ties as a permanent thing and then we'll also do a bit of welding
You don't know pain until you've gotten one of these wires right in behind your finger nail
that was a lot harder than I thought it would be
So much oil
Alright so we've got most of the steel cable added to Stormbreaker and it's looking pretty awesome, but
It's getting harder and harder to hold, it really digs into your hand so we're actually going to take some more steel cable
and we're going to wrap it around the handle like this
So we have a nice spot to grab that doesn't kill your hand
cause this thing is heavy
I think it was around
I think it was at least 90Ib, maybe 100Ib before we added the steel cable
and I wouldn't be surprised if we added another 10-15Ib
So I'm not even sure how much this weighs yet but it's getting pretty hefty
A heft and a half, as Riley would say
Anyways, let's start drilling holes
Safety glasses first people!
Even Elena has safety glasses... that she's not wearing!
we might have to do it again
I almost want to do it along the whole thing
In the comics it does have stuff like this but it's just like here and here
I'd say we add more pieces to it
we need more steel cable than this because I want it to go at least another inch
which really wouldn't be that much more cable
but in the mean time let's take it off
SHE'S GONNA BLOW!
Alright so we want to add more cables, like this stuff
going to cover this entire end here
And welcome back to building Stormbreaker's handle
So we've kind of ran into some creative differences here on the Hacksmith team
And we're trying to figure out how we can make the handle look the best it can be
So currently we've go the wire wrapped here at the top of the handle and that looks really cool
And I want to do something similar over here but then the question was how do we finish over here and make it look good
And we're really not too sure
So, we only have 50ft left of this which means we need to go buy even more
That's 50ft worth of cable
So we need another 200+ feet to do all that if we wanted to
And I think that's what we're going to do, because this actually does look pretty cool
And it's pretty good to hold, doesn't really hurt your hands
And it looks fairly even throughout
Alright I require assistance
Jordie?
I don't understand why they're twisting
It's in!
And I don't think it's coming out
It was too loose
So they did it again
Alright so this is the third time we've wrapped and unwrapped the handle
But now I think we've figured out how to get it really tight
by using two people
See there's no way Eitri could have made this handle
Because he didn't even have hands and we need four hands right now to do it
I got the heavy end
nonsense it's perfectly balanced
Ok got some welding gloves, grab a mask
Cool
wow that was a lot of sparks
Fit as many in as possible?
that was my thought
I think that will look pretty cool
It's interesting how you get used to molten metal splashing off your skin and it burning
Like you'd think that's something you wouldn't get used to
it's like it hurt but you're like I'm going to keep welding
I need more wire!
Now the tricky ones
Can you help me rotate it?
Alright so after a lot of frustration we're in the final stretch, which means
we just have to wrap from here to here, and then finish off the end nicely
So we've drilled another hole, we're going to stick the wire in the hole
And we're going to use some nails in the hole
to stop it from moving
Can someone stabilize Stormbreaker?
This is what they pay me for
I'm a weight scale
You're dead weight
You pull, I'll hit with hammer
Grinder!
Those get really hot!
Using hammers to make hammers
Which came first? The hammer or the hammer?
When I first designed Stormbreaker in my head I did not think about the handle at all beyond ya we'll use some steel cable
And now it's proving to be one of the most time consuming parts
We've made a lot of cool stuff but I feel this is the first like
almost like
Artisan
Pretty freakin work of art
So are we trying to braise along the edge?
It's actually melting
Alright want to pick it up and flip it over?
Can I?
It's not too bad
It's heavy
It's about to get heavier
That counter weight though
So this is a chunk of tungsten
Tungsten weighs
It's heavier than led
This tiny little chunk weighs about 20-25Ib
So we put it in the hilt of this
To make it actually balanced so you can actually grab it from here
but without it
Can't do it
so much braising so little time
We are going to see how much it weighs
See if we destroy the scale
My back is hurting
104.4Ib
Just over 100Ib
That's not too bad, that is reasonable
training to fight Thanos may not take as long as I thought
Alright so it's finally done, this has been hundreds and hundreds of hours in the making
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because before we do the test video with Stormbreaker I think I'm going to have to bulk up a bit
because I'm no Chris Hemsworth
He needs the axe
Oh ya that's way better
Alright seriously though I hope you guys have enjoyed this project
It's been a ton of work but I'm super happy with how Stormbreaker turned out
we have a few more little detail pieces that we're going to do
I have to hit the gym and get a bit stronger before we do the test video
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thanks for watching
I'm stuck
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