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[fire roaring]
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- Here in The Forge, we have
seen smiths make hundreds
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of weapons throughout history.
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But now, we're asking them
to build some of the biggest,
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most complex,
and terrifying weapons
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ever seen on the battlefield.
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The ballista, a battering ram.
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[all shout]
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- You guys have
taken the castle.
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With $20,000 on the line,
four teams of expert builders,
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featuring all kinds
of skill sets,
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will enter into a completely
different arena,
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where they will be put to
the test to construct
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some of the most
difficult weapons
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ever seen on "Forged in Fire."
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- Oh my god, come on.
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This is driving me
absolutely insane.
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- Holy smoke!
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- Whoo!
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- This is
Instruments of Death.
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[rock music]
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♪ ♪
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- We are The Flying Monkeys.
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I'm Daniel Fagergren.
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I'm the chief ranger
at Zion National Park.
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And this is Kory Heaton.
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And he's a cabinet maker.
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And this is Brad Groesbeck.
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And he's a blacksmith
and farrier.
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We're all type A
personalities.
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But I think it's an advantage,
because we're
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going to get things done.
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- Bring it.
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♪ ♪
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- I'm Mark.
This is Freeland.
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This is Eli.
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We are The Thermites.
Ther--
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- Thermites,
Thermites, Thermites.
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- Oh God, we're going to
have to practice that one.
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- I am a glassblower.
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And I design
and build furniture.
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Eli is a contractor
and also a glassblower.
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And Freeland is the
fabrication lab manager.
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It's always been my dream
to be on "Forged in Fire."
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So if we were to
come out with a win,
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it would be up there
with my wedding.
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But I can't tell you
guys that it would be
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the happiest day of my life.
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My wife would kill me.
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♪ ♪
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- We are Sawdust and Sparks.
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I'm Jared.
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I'm an engineer by day
and a woodworker by night.
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And this is Rich.
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He's a farrier.
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And Brandon, he's a homesteader
and a jack-of-all-trades.
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$20,000 would be great.
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We can all use a
little bit more
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to grow our shop,
to do stuff with the family.
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We're in this to win it.
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♪ ♪
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- My name's Josh.
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This is Coleman.
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This is Trace.
And we are...
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all: Thru-Tang Clan.
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I think we're going to
win because these two are
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both multifaceted fabricators.
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I'm working on a mechanical
engineering degree.
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And furthering our skills is
what we're truly here for.
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- And Instagram followers.
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[laughing]
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- Bladesmiths,
blacksmiths, woodworkers,
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metalworkers, and engineers,
gentlemen, welcome
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to Instruments of Death.
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♪ ♪
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Normally in our forge,
we bring in bladesmiths
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to forge knives and swords.
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But this is
Instruments of Death.
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And in this competition,
we brought you guys in,
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teams of expert builders
consisting of engineers,
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carpenters,
metalworkers, and so on,
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because we'll be asking
you to build some
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of the biggest
and notorious weapons
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ever used on the battlefield.
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We're talking about
massive siege weapons that
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altered the course of history.
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Now, we're starting off with
four very talented teams.
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But only one team can leave
here with the first ever
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Instruments of Death
champion title
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and get that team
check for $20,000.
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Now, since this is
Instruments of Death,
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everything is bigger.
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And we decided that in order to
find out who's moving forward
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in the next round
that we're going
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to put your weapons through
a huge round of testing.
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Now, this first
round of testing
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is all about the gauntlet.
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This terrifying
test will examine
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every aspect of your weapon's
construction all at once.
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Now gentlemen,
to kick things off,
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we asked you to build
the war hammer
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from the "Forged in Fire"
vault before you got here.
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And we asked you guys
to build your weapons
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following these parameters.
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Your hammerhead must
feature a square face
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on one side, along with a
rear spike on the other.
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And for the handle,
it must have
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two langet covering
no less than half
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the shaft on either side.
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All right, Jared,
your team is up first.
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Please step forward.
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Tell us about your build.
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- The challenge had
some difficulties.
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We had some things
to work through.
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- And so we ended
up having an issue
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getting the hole centered.
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So we decided early on to
scrap that one and start over.
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It definitely
affected our morale.
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But the second one
came out really nice.
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And we were able to
make that one work.
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And we're really proud of it.
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- All right,
please present your work.
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Nice.
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Well, gentlemen,
your hammer looks menacing.
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But we've got to find out how
it performs in the gauntlet.
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Jake, take it away.
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- We're a little unsure
about how it will perform.
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We didn't want to do a ton
of testing at home just
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because we didn't want
to damage anything
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before we got here.
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And hopefully,
it'll perform well.
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- [grunts]
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♪ ♪
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- Yeah.
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♪ ♪
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- All right, guys,
I got to say nice job.
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A war hammer fan.
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And I had fun
swinging this one.
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You got a little bit of marking
here on the top of the shaft
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and on the head.
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That's not a big deal though.
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It's very minimal.
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Good balance.
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It was nice having this steel,
everything nice and smooth
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down here.
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So when you swing,
drawing it down.
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Overall, I like it.
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- Thank you.
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♪ ♪
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- Flying Monkeys,
please step forward.
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So guys, I got to ask,
why The Flying Monkeys?
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- So there's a mesa that
overlooks our community.
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And during the 1950s, the
government tested ejection
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seats off the end of the mesa.
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And they launched the
monkeys off there.
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And so we decided to
go with that name.
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- [laughs]
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- Oh, that's rich.
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All right, gentlemen,
how did the build go for you?
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- It was great.
This was a lot of fun.
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Brad made the Damascus.
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And then Kory worked
on the hickory handle.
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But we ran into a few
challenges on the hammerhead.
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I had to heat-treat it
twice, because the first time
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around when file tested it,
the spike was soft in spots.
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So I reheated it and
quenched it again.
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And it turned out
a lot harder.
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There you go,
"Forged in Fire."
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- All right, gentlemen,
please reveal your work.
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Ooh, that is a
beautiful hammer.
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But we've got to find
out if it's going
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to stand up to the gauntlet.
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You ready?
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- Let's do it.
- Go ahead, Jake.
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- If there's anything on
this hammer that could fail,
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it would probably be
the spike.
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I had to heat-treat it twice.
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And it could crack.
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And that does concern
me a little bit.
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- [grunts]
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- [whistles]
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- [grunts]
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- Nice work.
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- All right,
Flying Monkeys, good job.
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You survived.
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I like what you did here.
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Structurally
everything is fine.
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I like the extra effort
on doing the laminate steel.
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The Damascus on here
is a nice touch.
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Penetrated very well.
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The only bad thing I have
to say, when I'm hitting,
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it rubs right here
on your palms.
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So I get a bit of a
hot spot there.
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But overall, nice job.
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both: Thank you.
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- Thru-Tang Clan, you ready?
Your team's next.
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- We are.
- Please step forward.
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♪ ♪
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Now, gentlemen,
how'd it go for you?
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- It went really well.
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We made two of them.
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[laughs]
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- Our first try out at the
langets was a Damascus billet.
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And that didn't work out.
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- It's 4:45 in the morning.
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Like, "Oh, man,
we got to like scramble,
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like langet material, langet,
go, go, go, go."
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Thankfully have this
piece of forklift blade.
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So a little cutting, a little
grinding, and off we go.
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- We put it together
30 minutes before we left
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for the airport
to come here.
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So we had a lot of failures.
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But in the end,
it turned out good.
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- Very proud of
what we did though.
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both: Thru-Tang, Thru-Tang.
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- All right,
please present your hammer.
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Very nice, gentleman.
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J., go ahead.
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- Our biggest concern would
be breaking the handle.
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We do have a little
thinner langet.
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So hopefully it can
withstand everything.
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- Anything could happen.
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J. is so tough on the things.
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- [grunts]
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- Yeah.
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♪ ♪
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- Oh.
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♪ ♪
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- Awesome.
Good job, guys.
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- All right,
Thru-Tang Clan, nice job.
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Your hammerhead
swung beautifully.
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Your tip worked
beautifully on the steel
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as far as piercing
it and ripping it
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open further on the way out.
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The handle is well done.
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The only thing I don't
like is these langets.
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Normally these actually
have a structural function.
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Yours isn't connected to the
hammer physically at all.
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It's just wrapped over it.
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And these right
here aren't inset.
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They're actually springing
away because they're
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very thin steel.
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And every time I strike
or break something,
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that material is getting
trapped between these langets
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and the handle as well.
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So that is an issue.
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But overall nice job.
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I liked it.
- Thank you.
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- Thanks.
- Thanks.
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- All right, Thermites,
please step down.
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♪ ♪
266
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All right, gentlemen,
how'd the build go for you?
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- It went pretty well.
268
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- Yes!
269
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- We got the hammer
forged out.
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- I knew I spent a lot of time
carving that handle and making
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it feel comfortable.
272
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The langets are welded.
273
00:10:40,417 --> 00:10:43,083
I had a vision, too, for
that texture on the hammer.
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And it turned out
exactly the way I wanted.
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♪ ♪
276
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- I think that's about
as good as it gets.
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- All right, gentlemen,
let's see your work.
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♪ ♪
279
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That is a beautiful hammer.
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But can it function and
survive the gauntlet?
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You guys ready?
- Yes.
282
00:11:01,333 --> 00:11:02,333
- Yes.
- Yeah.
283
00:11:02,458 --> 00:11:04,208
- All right, J., go ahead.
284
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- I'm concerned with the tip.
285
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It's the only one
that has a curve.
286
00:11:07,958 --> 00:11:09,417
You don't want to
be the team that
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00:11:09,542 --> 00:11:11,000
did the one weird
thing and then that's
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the thing that sends you home.
289
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♪ ♪
290
00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:15,167
- [grunts]
291
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♪ ♪
292
00:11:24,208 --> 00:11:25,667
- Nice.
293
00:11:25,750 --> 00:11:27,333
- [grunts]
294
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♪ ♪
295
00:11:41,542 --> 00:11:46,750
♪ ♪
296
00:11:46,875 --> 00:11:48,042
- All right, guys, I got to
say I like swinging this one.
297
00:11:48,167 --> 00:11:49,333
It was nice.
298
00:11:49,417 --> 00:11:52,208
Your hammerhead, very
simple, but very functional.
299
00:11:52,292 --> 00:11:55,667
Langets, everything's
flush and tight the way
300
00:11:55,750 --> 00:11:57,083
you blend it into the head.
301
00:11:57,208 --> 00:11:58,292
Very nice job.
302
00:11:58,375 --> 00:11:59,250
- Thank you.
- Thanks.
303
00:11:59,375 --> 00:12:01,708
♪ ♪
304
00:12:01,833 --> 00:12:03,333
- I'm definitely
feeling nervous.
305
00:12:03,417 --> 00:12:06,333
At this point, it's out of
our hands and in the judges'.
306
00:12:06,417 --> 00:12:09,458
It's really going to come
down to the finer details.
307
00:12:09,542 --> 00:12:11,958
But we'll have to see.
308
00:12:12,042 --> 00:12:14,042
- Well, gentlemen, I got
to say, all 12 of you
309
00:12:14,167 --> 00:12:16,458
should be extremely
proud of your work.
310
00:12:16,583 --> 00:12:17,875
But in this
competition, we only
311
00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:19,958
have room for three teams
on the top of the hill
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00:12:20,083 --> 00:12:22,500
for the next round,
which means one team will
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be exiting this competition.
314
00:12:24,125 --> 00:12:25,500
Now, after deliberation,
the judges
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00:12:25,583 --> 00:12:27,167
did make a final decision.
316
00:12:27,292 --> 00:12:29,708
And the team leaving
this competition is...
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♪ ♪
318
00:12:34,708 --> 00:12:36,500
Thru-Tang Clan.
319
00:12:36,625 --> 00:12:39,125
Unfortunately, guys, your
weapon did not make the cut.
320
00:12:39,208 --> 00:12:41,167
And Dave Baker is
going to tell you why.
321
00:12:41,292 --> 00:12:42,917
- All right,
Thru-Tang Clan, you gave
322
00:12:43,042 --> 00:12:46,333
us an amazing war hammerhead.
323
00:12:46,417 --> 00:12:48,250
But those langets are killers.
324
00:12:48,375 --> 00:12:50,792
They're already starting
to peel off the top.
325
00:12:50,875 --> 00:12:52,833
That's going to be a
hand slicer coming up.
326
00:12:52,917 --> 00:12:55,167
And that's why we let you go.
327
00:12:55,292 --> 00:12:56,583
- Thank you.
328
00:12:56,708 --> 00:12:57,875
- Well, gentlemen,
unfortunately, your time
329
00:12:58,042 --> 00:12:59,833
in this competition has ended.
330
00:12:59,958 --> 00:13:01,875
But before you guys go, I want
to ask you to step forward
331
00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:03,833
so we can shake your hands.
332
00:13:03,917 --> 00:13:04,708
- Good fight, man.
333
00:13:04,875 --> 00:13:06,333
- Appreciate it.
334
00:13:06,375 --> 00:13:08,000
- We got booted for the
tiniest little detail.
335
00:13:08,083 --> 00:13:09,917
And for the rest of my life
I'm going to be like,
336
00:13:10,083 --> 00:13:12,042
"Laces out, Marino, laces out."
337
00:13:12,167 --> 00:13:16,000
I'm just like kicking
myself for like forever.
338
00:13:16,083 --> 00:13:23,042
♪ ♪
339
00:13:25,750 --> 00:13:27,625
- Gentlemen,
welcome to the build site.
340
00:13:27,708 --> 00:13:30,708
This shop here is loaded with
woodworking and metalworking
341
00:13:30,833 --> 00:13:32,958
tools, as well as everything
you'll need to build
342
00:13:33,042 --> 00:13:34,208
your instruments of death.
343
00:13:34,292 --> 00:13:36,083
Now, gentlemen,
I told you before,
344
00:13:36,208 --> 00:13:39,833
we had big things to
come in this competition.
345
00:13:39,875 --> 00:13:42,208
And as you can see here,
we weren't kidding.
346
00:13:42,375 --> 00:13:46,667
♪ ♪
347
00:13:46,708 --> 00:13:49,708
This is the largest,
in size and weight,
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weapon we've ever asked anybody
to build in our competition.
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00:13:53,375 --> 00:13:55,250
In this second round,
your task is
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to build an instrument of
destruction that can take
351
00:13:58,208 --> 00:13:59,333
down what's under this tarp.
352
00:13:59,458 --> 00:14:05,750
♪ ♪
353
00:14:05,875 --> 00:14:08,000
A castle door.
354
00:14:08,083 --> 00:14:09,208
- Yeah.
355
00:14:09,333 --> 00:14:10,083
[laughter]
356
00:14:10,208 --> 00:14:11,792
- Your job in the
next six hours
357
00:14:11,875 --> 00:14:14,042
is to build a battering ram.
358
00:14:14,208 --> 00:14:16,292
- All right.
359
00:14:16,375 --> 00:14:17,667
- The battering ram,
360
00:14:17,750 --> 00:14:19,750
the granddaddy
of all siege engines.
361
00:14:19,875 --> 00:14:21,500
Believed to be
used by the Assyrians
362
00:14:21,625 --> 00:14:23,083
some 3,000 years ago,
363
00:14:23,208 --> 00:14:25,458
the design of the battering
ram originally started out
364
00:14:25,542 --> 00:14:27,833
as a log carried by
soldiers with the goal
365
00:14:27,958 --> 00:14:31,583
of battering down doors,
gates, walls, you name it.
366
00:14:31,708 --> 00:14:34,542
As fortifications evolved,
so did the battering ram.
367
00:14:34,667 --> 00:14:37,667
The addition of steel casings
on the head of the ram,
368
00:14:37,750 --> 00:14:39,542
larger wheels to
make it more mobile,
369
00:14:39,667 --> 00:14:42,250
grooves to keep fallen objects
from hitting the soldiers,
370
00:14:42,250 --> 00:14:44,250
and even making them fireproof.
371
00:14:44,375 --> 00:14:46,792
Imagine being the
soldier at this castle.
372
00:14:46,875 --> 00:14:48,208
Suddenly there's a
knock on the door.
373
00:14:48,333 --> 00:14:50,250
You look off the wall,
there's a battering ram.
374
00:14:50,375 --> 00:14:52,750
Now, this is a machine
designed to create
375
00:14:52,875 --> 00:14:54,833
thousands of pounds
of force in one
376
00:14:54,958 --> 00:14:56,750
small spot against your gate.
377
00:14:56,875 --> 00:14:58,417
Ranging from only
a couple of feet
378
00:14:58,542 --> 00:15:01,500
long to over 100 feet,
the battering ram
379
00:15:01,583 --> 00:15:04,458
is one of the most diverse
siege engines in history,
380
00:15:04,542 --> 00:15:06,833
and our builders are going
to have a lot of designs
381
00:15:06,917 --> 00:15:09,833
to choose from when they
come up with their plan.
382
00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:11,958
- Now gentlemen, we've got
two stipulations for you.
383
00:15:12,083 --> 00:15:14,500
Your battering rams
must have wheels,
384
00:15:14,583 --> 00:15:17,583
and you have to have some
sort of forged element
385
00:15:17,708 --> 00:15:20,333
attached to the battering ram.
386
00:15:20,458 --> 00:15:23,667
- A castle door is not like
your interior bathroom door.
387
00:15:23,792 --> 00:15:25,583
I mean, it's built
to stop people
388
00:15:25,708 --> 00:15:26,958
from using a battering ram.
389
00:15:27,042 --> 00:15:28,750
It's going to be a challenge.
390
00:15:28,833 --> 00:15:31,833
- Now you will have six hours
to accomplish this task.
391
00:15:31,917 --> 00:15:33,458
At the three-hour mark,
the judges
392
00:15:33,542 --> 00:15:36,875
will be coming over to each
team to inspect your work.
393
00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:38,792
But there is a catch.
394
00:15:38,875 --> 00:15:41,667
At any given point, only
two members of your team
395
00:15:41,792 --> 00:15:44,208
can be in the workshop
working on your battering ram,
396
00:15:44,333 --> 00:15:47,917
but you can tag team out with
that spare guy as many or as
397
00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:49,208
few times as you'd like.
398
00:15:49,333 --> 00:15:51,250
Now, when the six
hours is complete,
399
00:15:51,375 --> 00:15:54,083
all three team members will
operate it and attempt to bash
400
00:15:54,208 --> 00:15:56,167
through the castle door.
401
00:15:56,250 --> 00:15:58,167
And this is all about speed.
402
00:15:58,292 --> 00:16:00,167
Because whichever
team takes the longest
403
00:16:00,250 --> 00:16:02,042
to get through the
door will be eliminated
404
00:16:02,167 --> 00:16:04,500
from the competition, and
you will not be joining us
405
00:16:04,625 --> 00:16:06,750
in the third and final round.
406
00:16:06,875 --> 00:16:08,417
- Six hours is
not a lot of time.
407
00:16:08,500 --> 00:16:10,292
In medieval times, when
they did battering rams,
408
00:16:10,375 --> 00:16:12,000
I don't think they
did them in six hours,
409
00:16:12,083 --> 00:16:15,375
but we have electricity,
which they didn't have.
410
00:16:15,500 --> 00:16:18,125
- I'll give you 10 minutes of
preparation and planning time
411
00:16:18,208 --> 00:16:19,792
to come up with a design.
412
00:16:19,875 --> 00:16:23,542
So good luck because
that time starts now.
413
00:16:23,625 --> 00:16:28,167
♪ ♪
414
00:16:28,250 --> 00:16:29,875
They've got six hours
to get this done.
415
00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:31,833
It's a tall order.
416
00:16:31,958 --> 00:16:34,500
- Sometimes the best
design is simple.
417
00:16:34,583 --> 00:16:37,667
Don't overthink it,
and then tweak it a little bit
418
00:16:37,750 --> 00:16:39,167
as it's being made.
419
00:16:39,250 --> 00:16:40,292
- Because, first of all,
we need a good pressure
420
00:16:40,375 --> 00:16:41,875
point at the end of the ram.
421
00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:44,208
- I think a barrel tip,
kind of like that.
422
00:16:44,333 --> 00:16:48,250
- Well, I'm thinking of just a
flat piece just bent at a 90.
423
00:16:48,333 --> 00:16:49,542
- Are you thinking,
like, a wedge?
424
00:16:49,708 --> 00:16:51,000
- Yes, a wedge.
425
00:16:51,125 --> 00:16:52,542
- Initially, I think
the design of this
426
00:16:52,708 --> 00:16:54,875
would be good for the
battering ram is an arrowhead.
427
00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:58,208
But Rich has this idea
of making it a wedge,
428
00:16:58,292 --> 00:17:00,000
kind of like an axe head.
429
00:17:00,083 --> 00:17:01,292
I think that's a great idea
because the whole weight
430
00:17:01,375 --> 00:17:04,042
of the log and
us pushing on it,
431
00:17:04,167 --> 00:17:06,667
all of that force is going to
go right into that wedge
432
00:17:06,792 --> 00:17:08,375
just like you're
swinging an ax
433
00:17:08,458 --> 00:17:10,500
and hopefully,
just fracture it open.
434
00:17:10,583 --> 00:17:13,000
- Having a teammate with
an engineering background
435
00:17:13,083 --> 00:17:15,042
is paramount for this
kind of competition.
436
00:17:15,167 --> 00:17:17,833
- I think having background
in "Dungeons and Dragons"
437
00:17:17,958 --> 00:17:19,208
is probably even better.
438
00:17:19,375 --> 00:17:20,750
[laughter]
439
00:17:20,875 --> 00:17:23,375
- We need some sort
of head on there.
440
00:17:23,500 --> 00:17:28,125
- We can cut the end of that
and just put the wedge on.
441
00:17:28,208 --> 00:17:30,833
- You don't think having
the actual wedge be a point?
442
00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:32,583
- You're just doing a pierce.
443
00:17:32,708 --> 00:17:37,000
If you do this, the chances of
breaking that door are better.
444
00:17:37,083 --> 00:17:38,000
- OK.
445
00:17:38,125 --> 00:17:40,125
- Think about splitting wood.
446
00:17:40,208 --> 00:17:41,833
- Freeland and I each
have different ideas
447
00:17:41,917 --> 00:17:44,667
of how we should design the
head of the battering ram.
448
00:17:44,792 --> 00:17:46,500
Freeland thinks a wedge.
449
00:17:46,542 --> 00:17:49,625
I think that point is going to
do more damage to that door.
450
00:17:49,708 --> 00:17:52,375
So we need to figure out
exactly what we think
451
00:17:52,500 --> 00:17:55,833
is going to be the most
damage-inflicting thing so
452
00:17:55,917 --> 00:17:56,750
that everybody's
on the same page
453
00:17:56,833 --> 00:17:57,708
whenever we start the build.
454
00:17:57,833 --> 00:18:01,583
♪ ♪
455
00:18:01,708 --> 00:18:04,833
- So we want to get this
up as high as we can
456
00:18:04,958 --> 00:18:06,833
so we can get as much force.
457
00:18:06,958 --> 00:18:09,000
- Our idea is to go simple.
458
00:18:09,125 --> 00:18:10,833
An A-frame-type structure.
459
00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:13,667
The ram attached
to focal points
460
00:18:13,792 --> 00:18:15,375
coming down and swinging.
461
00:18:15,500 --> 00:18:18,208
So height's going to be key
for this to work effectively.
462
00:18:18,333 --> 00:18:20,458
- There'll be lots of audibles
in this whole thing, I think.
463
00:18:20,542 --> 00:18:22,000
- Yeah.
464
00:18:22,125 --> 00:18:23,125
- It's going to be an
interesting dynamic to see
465
00:18:23,250 --> 00:18:24,917
how these guys work together.
466
00:18:25,042 --> 00:18:26,333
- It's going to be
controlled chaos
467
00:18:26,458 --> 00:18:29,750
or is it going to
go off the rails?
468
00:18:29,875 --> 00:18:34,167
- 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
469
00:18:34,250 --> 00:18:36,000
All right,
gentlemen, design time is up.
470
00:18:36,125 --> 00:18:37,958
The workshop is open.
471
00:18:38,042 --> 00:18:39,625
- Go, go, go!
472
00:18:39,708 --> 00:18:42,333
[laughter]
473
00:18:42,417 --> 00:18:44,250
This is going to
be interesting,
474
00:18:44,333 --> 00:18:47,917
first time we've ever had
large teams building together.
475
00:18:48,083 --> 00:18:49,333
They had 10 minutes to
come up with designs,
476
00:18:49,458 --> 00:18:51,250
and it seems to me that
everybody's designs
477
00:18:51,250 --> 00:18:53,167
are a little bit different.
478
00:18:53,208 --> 00:18:54,167
- Coming through.
479
00:18:54,250 --> 00:18:55,833
Can't see very well.
480
00:18:55,917 --> 00:18:58,417
- Now I don't know how often
or how much these guys have
481
00:18:58,542 --> 00:19:01,167
worked together, but if J.
and I were actually
482
00:19:01,250 --> 00:19:03,333
to work together in the same
shop-- well, we-- more
483
00:19:03,375 --> 00:19:06,917
than anything we'd probably
bump into each other.
484
00:19:07,042 --> 00:19:09,917
[saw whirring]
485
00:19:09,917 --> 00:19:11,375
- Eli's a go-getter.
486
00:19:11,458 --> 00:19:13,000
He works in construction;
he gets things done.
487
00:19:13,083 --> 00:19:15,375
Freeland is a planner,
like I am.
488
00:19:15,500 --> 00:19:17,708
I know that we're going to
need to build the wheels,
489
00:19:17,833 --> 00:19:20,583
and that's going to eat up
30 minutes of Eli's time.
490
00:19:20,667 --> 00:19:22,833
And, by then, hopefully,
we have a plan for how
491
00:19:22,917 --> 00:19:24,333
to attach them to the base.
492
00:19:24,458 --> 00:19:26,458
- This would be awesome
if I had a compass.
493
00:19:26,583 --> 00:19:28,208
- It comes to
anything woodworking,
494
00:19:28,333 --> 00:19:30,000
planning is pretty important.
495
00:19:30,125 --> 00:19:31,458
So we need to get
on the same page
496
00:19:31,542 --> 00:19:33,333
before we start
building things.
497
00:19:33,458 --> 00:19:34,500
♪ ♪
498
00:19:34,667 --> 00:19:36,333
- Kind of concerns me
that Ther-Mighties here--
499
00:19:36,500 --> 00:19:39,458
they're allowed to have
two people in the shop,
500
00:19:39,542 --> 00:19:41,417
and there's only been
one person in the shop
501
00:19:41,542 --> 00:19:42,833
from that team.
502
00:19:42,958 --> 00:19:44,500
- Well, you've got
your two partners
503
00:19:44,583 --> 00:19:47,750
down there sitting at a table
playing poker over here.
504
00:19:47,875 --> 00:19:49,250
- Oh, Lord.
505
00:19:49,333 --> 00:19:51,583
- We've got six hours to
build a battering ram.
506
00:19:51,708 --> 00:19:53,500
So Abraham Lincoln said
that if you give him
507
00:19:53,583 --> 00:19:55,250
three hours to
chop down a tree,
508
00:19:55,417 --> 00:19:57,667
he's going to spend the
first two sharpening the axe.
509
00:19:57,833 --> 00:20:00,667
You never just go in and just
start cutting and winging it.
510
00:20:00,708 --> 00:20:02,958
So I think that a little extra
planning in the beginning
511
00:20:03,042 --> 00:20:04,958
is going to go a
long way as we get
512
00:20:05,083 --> 00:20:07,042
further into this competition.
513
00:20:07,125 --> 00:20:08,708
♪ ♪
514
00:20:08,792 --> 00:20:10,167
- Good job, Jared.
515
00:20:10,250 --> 00:20:13,292
- On our team I'm an
engineer and the most
516
00:20:13,375 --> 00:20:15,208
experienced woodworker.
517
00:20:15,292 --> 00:20:17,500
Ow.
[laughter]
518
00:20:17,583 --> 00:20:19,000
Table.
519
00:20:19,125 --> 00:20:20,833
And so anything that
has to do with frames
520
00:20:20,917 --> 00:20:23,333
and structures and wood,
that's my wheelhouse.
521
00:20:23,417 --> 00:20:24,708
And so first thing
I'm going to do
522
00:20:24,833 --> 00:20:26,917
is get that frame
going together.
523
00:20:27,042 --> 00:20:28,417
Got that one.
524
00:20:28,542 --> 00:20:30,292
- We're working on
the bottom frame.
525
00:20:30,417 --> 00:20:31,792
Then, we're going to
put the corners in.
526
00:20:31,875 --> 00:20:33,417
Then, we're going to
work on the top frame.
527
00:20:33,542 --> 00:20:34,750
We're going to do
all the side bracing.
528
00:20:34,875 --> 00:20:36,625
And after the
bracing, we're going
529
00:20:36,708 --> 00:20:37,792
to start assembling the ram
and getting the ram installed.
530
00:20:37,875 --> 00:20:39,667
[drill whirring]
531
00:20:39,750 --> 00:20:41,500
- When we're building
this battering ram,
532
00:20:41,583 --> 00:20:43,833
we have to keep in mind the
motion of the battering ram.
533
00:20:43,875 --> 00:20:45,875
It's going to be moving
back and forth, like this,
534
00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:47,417
which when you
have a structure,
535
00:20:47,500 --> 00:20:50,333
it's going to want to twist.
536
00:20:50,417 --> 00:20:52,042
And so we have to
compensate for that
537
00:20:52,125 --> 00:20:53,500
by putting in diagonal braces.
538
00:20:53,583 --> 00:20:55,417
The triangles are
key because that
539
00:20:55,500 --> 00:20:59,083
helps to distribute that load
and keep those corners square.
540
00:20:59,167 --> 00:21:02,125
♪ ♪
541
00:21:02,208 --> 00:21:03,375
- This is by far the
biggest challenge
542
00:21:03,500 --> 00:21:05,333
we've asked anyone to do.
543
00:21:05,375 --> 00:21:07,208
I wouldn't be surprised
if any of our teams
544
00:21:07,375 --> 00:21:09,500
are going to run to
a bunch of issues.
545
00:21:09,667 --> 00:21:10,750
- Here we go.
546
00:21:10,875 --> 00:21:12,417
I've never built a
battering ram before.
547
00:21:12,542 --> 00:21:14,667
My team has never built
a battering ram before.
548
00:21:14,750 --> 00:21:16,583
But I've seen
enough movies and I
549
00:21:16,708 --> 00:21:19,875
have a general idea of what
a battering ram looks like
550
00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:21,500
and how they function.
551
00:21:21,542 --> 00:21:25,500
And so we decided to start
with our base and wheels
552
00:21:25,583 --> 00:21:28,458
to establish a
solid foundation.
553
00:21:28,542 --> 00:21:29,500
Wheel.
554
00:21:29,500 --> 00:21:31,375
I wouldn't put it on my Buick.
555
00:21:31,458 --> 00:21:33,792
It'll do the job though.
556
00:21:33,917 --> 00:21:36,208
- All right, gentlemen,
one hour has elapsed.
557
00:21:36,292 --> 00:21:38,667
You've got five hours left.
558
00:21:38,833 --> 00:21:40,625
So we've got both
Sawdust and Sparks
559
00:21:40,708 --> 00:21:43,333
and the Flying Monkeys bringing
all their frame work outside.
560
00:21:43,458 --> 00:21:45,833
So we've got two teams in
the assembly portion of
561
00:21:45,958 --> 00:21:47,708
this build.
562
00:21:47,833 --> 00:21:49,500
- Got the wheels done.
563
00:21:49,667 --> 00:21:51,833
- These other guys are
getting way ahead of us.
564
00:21:51,917 --> 00:21:53,500
- This is one of those
times when indecision
565
00:21:53,583 --> 00:21:55,417
is worse than a bad decision.
566
00:21:55,542 --> 00:21:57,042
- Freeland and I each have
kind of different ideas
567
00:21:57,125 --> 00:22:00,417
of how we should design the
head of the battering ram.
568
00:22:00,542 --> 00:22:02,458
- We're going to have to
do probably something else;
569
00:22:02,542 --> 00:22:04,833
it's costing us everything.
570
00:22:04,958 --> 00:22:06,750
♪ ♪
571
00:22:06,875 --> 00:22:10,333
- I'm also kind of still going
with the idea of the wedge.
572
00:22:10,458 --> 00:22:11,833
- Having had the
opportunity to make
573
00:22:11,958 --> 00:22:13,792
a couple of different
types of siege engines,
574
00:22:13,917 --> 00:22:15,917
I know that building
something on this larger
575
00:22:16,042 --> 00:22:18,792
scale with this time
frame is no easy task.
576
00:22:18,917 --> 00:22:21,458
But if they don't come up
with a solid plan quickly,
577
00:22:21,542 --> 00:22:22,625
the Ther-Mighties
might be going
578
00:22:22,750 --> 00:22:24,000
home sooner than they think.
579
00:22:24,125 --> 00:22:26,125
- What do you want to do, man?
580
00:22:26,250 --> 00:22:27,792
- I don't know.
581
00:22:27,875 --> 00:22:28,583
We got to do something.
582
00:22:32,458 --> 00:22:34,167
- We're just over an
hour into our Instruments
583
00:22:34,208 --> 00:22:37,208
of Death competition, and we've
got two teams in the assembly
584
00:22:37,292 --> 00:22:38,833
portion of this build.
585
00:22:38,917 --> 00:22:40,417
- And then we got the
Ther-Mighties that are still
586
00:22:40,500 --> 00:22:42,583
trying to figure things out.
587
00:22:42,667 --> 00:22:44,667
- These other guys are
getting way ahead of us.
588
00:22:44,833 --> 00:22:47,333
- You better get in there,
because I'm gonna snake
589
00:22:47,375 --> 00:22:49,333
you and get in there myself.
590
00:22:49,417 --> 00:22:52,125
- Sometimes the best
design is simple.
591
00:22:52,250 --> 00:22:53,500
- Mm-hmm.
592
00:22:53,583 --> 00:22:54,708
- Do you want to
help me get this?
593
00:22:54,833 --> 00:22:56,083
- They just got
to figure out what
594
00:22:56,208 --> 00:22:57,542
the task is, get it there.
595
00:22:57,667 --> 00:22:59,625
And don't overthink it.
596
00:22:59,708 --> 00:23:01,500
- We've already wasted
an hour.
597
00:23:01,625 --> 00:23:03,792
We just need to get
started on the frame
598
00:23:03,875 --> 00:23:08,000
and figure out some of the
smaller details as we go.
599
00:23:08,083 --> 00:23:09,333
- Very clever.
600
00:23:09,458 --> 00:23:10,958
Ther-Mighties
is doing lap joints.
601
00:23:11,042 --> 00:23:13,167
And that's what you want to
see because that's going
602
00:23:13,250 --> 00:23:14,667
to give you
structure that's not
603
00:23:14,792 --> 00:23:16,042
going to allow things to bend.
604
00:23:16,167 --> 00:23:17,417
- Like Lincoln Logs.
605
00:23:17,500 --> 00:23:18,583
- Exactly.
606
00:23:18,708 --> 00:23:20,417
The way you'd
build a log cabin.
607
00:23:20,583 --> 00:23:21,917
It's a solid design,
especially since these things
608
00:23:22,042 --> 00:23:23,500
are massive.
609
00:23:23,583 --> 00:23:25,375
You need a strong structure
so when they actually
610
00:23:25,458 --> 00:23:26,917
put the battering
ram onto that thing,
611
00:23:27,042 --> 00:23:30,000
this whole frame
just won't break in half.
612
00:23:30,042 --> 00:23:31,250
- Can you guys hurry up?
613
00:23:31,375 --> 00:23:33,625
Because I want to do
some choppy cutty.
614
00:23:33,708 --> 00:23:35,583
- Yep, we're going to
leave this all down.
615
00:23:35,708 --> 00:23:39,083
So I have experience
building strong structures.
616
00:23:39,167 --> 00:23:40,542
Time for the top frame.
617
00:23:40,625 --> 00:23:43,625
My wife and I have five kids,
and we have had to build
618
00:23:43,708 --> 00:23:45,250
two sets of bunk beds.
619
00:23:45,333 --> 00:23:46,500
And you've got to make
them strong enough
620
00:23:46,583 --> 00:23:47,917
to handle the abuse.
621
00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:49,708
- So right now it
seems like Sawdust
622
00:23:49,875 --> 00:23:52,458
and Sparks is furthest along
in their structure assembly.
623
00:23:52,542 --> 00:23:54,750
From what you guys can see,
what do you feel about it?
624
00:23:54,833 --> 00:23:56,750
- 1, 2, 3, up.
625
00:23:56,875 --> 00:23:58,667
- Looks like they're
building a tiny home.
626
00:23:58,708 --> 00:24:00,833
[laughs]
627
00:24:00,875 --> 00:24:04,625
But that box
design is a solid design.
628
00:24:04,708 --> 00:24:06,500
- All right, we're up.
629
00:24:06,625 --> 00:24:08,917
This structure is a little
bit heavier than the bunk bed,
630
00:24:09,042 --> 00:24:10,708
but I think we can
compensate for that.
631
00:24:10,708 --> 00:24:13,458
I think it's strong
enough, Brandon.
632
00:24:13,542 --> 00:24:14,833
- So used to when
these guys are working
633
00:24:14,917 --> 00:24:17,083
is hearing in the
forges blasting,
634
00:24:17,208 --> 00:24:18,708
the anvils ringing, and stuff.
635
00:24:18,833 --> 00:24:22,417
Not so much wood saws
and drivers going.
636
00:24:22,542 --> 00:24:23,833
- I think we need
to stay after hours
637
00:24:23,917 --> 00:24:25,667
and make one of these things.
- I think we should.
638
00:24:25,750 --> 00:24:28,917
"Beat the Judges:
Catapult Edition."
639
00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:30,708
[laughs]
640
00:24:35,875 --> 00:24:39,000
- A freak catapult accident.
641
00:24:39,042 --> 00:24:39,958
- It's mostly straight.
642
00:24:40,042 --> 00:24:42,542
- The Flying monkeys
are working on the base
643
00:24:42,667 --> 00:24:44,000
of their structure.
644
00:24:44,125 --> 00:24:45,500
- Is that one good?
645
00:24:45,583 --> 00:24:47,542
- Eh, you're not going
to like it, cabinet man.
646
00:24:47,625 --> 00:24:51,833
- [groans]
Thought that was good.
647
00:24:51,917 --> 00:24:53,667
I'm always against
the clock because I'm
648
00:24:53,792 --> 00:24:55,500
a self-employed cabinet guy.
649
00:24:55,583 --> 00:24:58,333
But we have a total of
six hours to do this.
650
00:24:58,500 --> 00:25:00,667
And there's no calling
clients and saying, "Hey,
651
00:25:00,792 --> 00:25:02,208
we're running behind."
652
00:25:02,375 --> 00:25:03,667
We're just out of
the competition
653
00:25:03,792 --> 00:25:05,333
if we don't get it done.
654
00:25:05,417 --> 00:25:09,250
So we're working fast
and working hard.
655
00:25:09,333 --> 00:25:11,833
♪ ♪
656
00:25:11,875 --> 00:25:12,833
- Mark.
657
00:25:12,875 --> 00:25:14,333
- Yeah.
658
00:25:14,458 --> 00:25:17,167
- The wheels were too thin, so
I have to make them thicker.
659
00:25:17,292 --> 00:25:18,667
- Yeah.
660
00:25:18,792 --> 00:25:20,750
- It's frustrating
to be two hours in,
661
00:25:20,875 --> 00:25:22,083
and we're working
on the wheels.
662
00:25:22,208 --> 00:25:23,250
- Man!
663
00:25:23,375 --> 00:25:24,292
- I know.
664
00:25:24,375 --> 00:25:25,667
Calm down.
- [laughs]
665
00:25:25,792 --> 00:25:27,167
- Last week was my
first time to be
666
00:25:27,250 --> 00:25:28,500
in the same room as a forge.
667
00:25:28,542 --> 00:25:29,750
I don't know enough
to be scared.
668
00:25:29,875 --> 00:25:31,708
I have no idea what's going on.
669
00:25:31,792 --> 00:25:34,667
- Give it the business, Eli.
670
00:25:34,750 --> 00:25:37,583
- Looks like Eli's getting
to work on that metal tip.
671
00:25:37,667 --> 00:25:39,375
- Freeland and I
came to the agreement
672
00:25:39,500 --> 00:25:41,875
that having that
tiny point of impact,
673
00:25:41,958 --> 00:25:44,292
it's going to break
down some doors.
674
00:25:44,417 --> 00:25:46,375
- I love seeing how
hard Eli's working.
675
00:25:46,458 --> 00:25:47,708
From the moment the
clock started, he was
676
00:25:47,875 --> 00:25:49,625
the first one in the workshop.
677
00:25:49,708 --> 00:25:51,333
He's not a blacksmith.
678
00:25:51,375 --> 00:25:53,958
He's now the one working on the
forging element of this build.
679
00:25:54,083 --> 00:25:57,292
- For all you blacksmiths
at home watching this,
680
00:25:57,375 --> 00:26:01,333
I just want y'all to know, this
is my third time doing this.
681
00:26:01,500 --> 00:26:03,458
- You look like a blacksmith.
682
00:26:03,583 --> 00:26:04,500
- Thanks, buddy.
683
00:26:04,625 --> 00:26:06,542
[laughter]
684
00:26:06,667 --> 00:26:08,667
- The guy has a
lot of grit in him.
685
00:26:08,750 --> 00:26:10,208
- Hopefully,
this is going to be what
686
00:26:10,292 --> 00:26:13,167
will ram through that door.
687
00:26:13,250 --> 00:26:14,917
- Good job, Rich.
688
00:26:15,042 --> 00:26:16,750
- Well, it sounds like we got
a farrier working on the shop
689
00:26:16,833 --> 00:26:18,333
here.
- Yep, sure do.
690
00:26:18,500 --> 00:26:20,583
- For the front of
our battering ram,
691
00:26:20,667 --> 00:26:23,542
we are going to make a
wedge because it will
692
00:26:23,667 --> 00:26:25,292
split the door much easier.
693
00:26:25,375 --> 00:26:28,708
And I feel like a spike could
easily get stuck in the door.
694
00:26:28,875 --> 00:26:29,875
- Nice technique, Rich.
695
00:26:30,042 --> 00:26:31,333
I love it.
696
00:26:31,458 --> 00:26:33,458
- Rich is a farrier by trade,
and so he is going to be
697
00:26:33,542 --> 00:26:34,875
doing all of our forging.
698
00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:36,583
He is the one making
that key part of the front
699
00:26:36,708 --> 00:26:38,208
of our battering ram.
700
00:26:38,333 --> 00:26:40,125
And it's great because he
knows how to do that well.
701
00:26:40,208 --> 00:26:41,750
He can put that together.
702
00:26:41,875 --> 00:26:44,542
And Brandon, he is probably
the best welder
703
00:26:44,625 --> 00:26:45,708
of the three of us.
704
00:26:45,792 --> 00:26:46,917
And he can weld
everything together
705
00:26:47,042 --> 00:26:49,167
so that it's solid and strong.
706
00:26:49,292 --> 00:26:51,750
- Welding!
707
00:26:51,833 --> 00:26:54,083
- The idea of having a
chisel on the end of this
708
00:26:54,167 --> 00:26:56,958
is not a bad idea because
now you've got pressure
709
00:26:57,042 --> 00:26:59,375
hitting a thin line,
but it's not something
710
00:26:59,542 --> 00:27:01,292
that's going to dig in.
711
00:27:01,417 --> 00:27:03,833
- That's so smart.
712
00:27:03,875 --> 00:27:05,667
It looks like all
four of Flying Monkeys
713
00:27:05,792 --> 00:27:07,500
wheels and axles are finished.
714
00:27:07,583 --> 00:27:09,167
- Let's jack this thing up.
715
00:27:09,250 --> 00:27:11,042
[drill whirring]
716
00:27:11,125 --> 00:27:13,333
- I'm seeing that
Sawdust and Sparks have
717
00:27:13,417 --> 00:27:15,500
their structure almost done.
718
00:27:15,542 --> 00:27:18,000
And so we need to
mount the wheels
719
00:27:18,083 --> 00:27:21,375
and get our frame built
as quickly as possible.
720
00:27:21,500 --> 00:27:22,375
- You're bleeding.
721
00:27:22,500 --> 00:27:24,125
- How am I'm bleeding?
722
00:27:24,208 --> 00:27:25,250
What the heck?
723
00:27:25,333 --> 00:27:26,333
- What'd you do, Corey?
724
00:27:26,417 --> 00:27:27,542
- I don't know.
725
00:27:27,625 --> 00:27:29,167
Brad told me I was bleeding.
726
00:27:29,250 --> 00:27:30,333
- Oh.
727
00:27:30,417 --> 00:27:31,458
Oh, it's on your face?
- Yeah.
728
00:27:31,542 --> 00:27:32,708
- Jeez.
- Sprung a leak.
729
00:27:32,792 --> 00:27:33,625
- I have no idea.
730
00:27:33,708 --> 00:27:35,125
- It's a flesh wound.
731
00:27:35,250 --> 00:27:36,833
- The one advantage
of having three people
732
00:27:36,958 --> 00:27:38,625
is, while one's
getting bandaged,
733
00:27:38,708 --> 00:27:40,125
the other two can keep working.
734
00:27:40,292 --> 00:27:41,167
- Yep.
735
00:27:41,333 --> 00:27:43,500
[drill whirring]
736
00:27:43,583 --> 00:27:45,500
- The Ther-Mighties
are the only ones that
737
00:27:45,542 --> 00:27:46,583
don't have a structure yet.
738
00:27:46,708 --> 00:27:48,292
All they have is
a base and wheels.
739
00:27:48,417 --> 00:27:49,333
- Yeah.
740
00:27:49,458 --> 00:27:50,583
- That's an issue.
741
00:27:50,708 --> 00:27:52,333
- Starting off a
little slow, but I
742
00:27:52,458 --> 00:27:56,208
think that we got a good plan,
and we're really moving now.
743
00:27:56,333 --> 00:27:58,875
- Gentlemen, you guys have
three hours remaining.
744
00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:00,833
You're halfway through.
745
00:28:00,958 --> 00:28:04,208
Ther-mighties, your guy's
inspection is up first.
746
00:28:04,333 --> 00:28:06,583
- And I'm feeling a
little bit nervous.
747
00:28:06,750 --> 00:28:08,750
We don't have a whole
lot set up right now,
748
00:28:08,875 --> 00:28:11,583
but hopefully, they see that
we're on the right track.
749
00:28:11,667 --> 00:28:12,542
- So how's it going?
750
00:28:12,625 --> 00:28:14,250
- Really good, right?
751
00:28:14,375 --> 00:28:16,000
- Well, look, I like the way
you framed the base together.
752
00:28:16,083 --> 00:28:17,250
- Yep.
753
00:28:17,375 --> 00:28:18,667
- But I'm kind of
wondering how you're going
754
00:28:18,750 --> 00:28:20,042
to build this upper carriage.
755
00:28:20,167 --> 00:28:22,167
- In wall construction,
there's something
756
00:28:22,208 --> 00:28:23,708
called the strongback.
757
00:28:23,708 --> 00:28:26,208
And you put four
verticals on there.
758
00:28:26,375 --> 00:28:27,750
And we're just stacking up.
759
00:28:27,875 --> 00:28:29,750
We can create the
post, put a lintel
760
00:28:29,875 --> 00:28:32,500
in to put the carrier beam up.
761
00:28:32,583 --> 00:28:35,542
- Think it's going to hold
the weight of this monster?
762
00:28:35,667 --> 00:28:37,750
- I think we're going to put
more weight onto it, actually.
763
00:28:37,833 --> 00:28:39,417
- Are you?
764
00:28:39,542 --> 00:28:40,792
- We might try and put some
cinder blocks attached to it.
765
00:28:40,875 --> 00:28:42,167
- Do the one-hit wonder?
- Yeah.
766
00:28:42,208 --> 00:28:43,208
That's the plan.
767
00:28:43,333 --> 00:28:44,292
- You're gonna beef that up?
768
00:28:44,375 --> 00:28:45,292
- Yeah.
769
00:28:45,375 --> 00:28:46,667
That's the plan.
770
00:28:46,708 --> 00:28:48,375
Well, with three
hours left, it sounds
771
00:28:48,458 --> 00:28:50,042
like you got a good plan.
772
00:28:50,125 --> 00:28:51,875
But it's only three hours,
you got some work to do, guys.
773
00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:53,625
So good luck with that.
774
00:28:53,750 --> 00:28:55,208
- He's going to be
talking about the judges'
775
00:28:55,292 --> 00:28:56,333
visit for a long time.
776
00:28:56,417 --> 00:28:57,500
That's like meeting his heroes.
777
00:28:57,583 --> 00:29:00,000
- [laughs]
Yeah.
778
00:29:00,125 --> 00:29:01,833
If they want to come back over
here and do another visit,
779
00:29:01,875 --> 00:29:05,167
you know, they can
knock themselves out.
780
00:29:05,292 --> 00:29:08,375
- Sawdust and Sparks,
you guys are up next.
781
00:29:08,542 --> 00:29:10,583
- Dang.
782
00:29:10,667 --> 00:29:12,083
You look like you're
framing a house.
783
00:29:12,208 --> 00:29:13,833
- Oh, we want
this to be strong.
784
00:29:13,917 --> 00:29:15,833
- I mean, you've got it
braced up really well.
785
00:29:15,958 --> 00:29:17,333
- Yeah, and you've
got a lot of room
786
00:29:17,333 --> 00:29:19,333
to hang and swing that
beam, which is going
787
00:29:19,458 --> 00:29:21,042
to give you a lot of power.
788
00:29:21,125 --> 00:29:22,917
The question is, how are you
going to move this thing?
789
00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:24,292
- Well, we're going to put
some wheels on it for sure.
790
00:29:24,375 --> 00:29:25,917
- Well, they're 10-inch
wheels, but we're going
791
00:29:26,042 --> 00:29:27,417
to go three on each side.
792
00:29:27,542 --> 00:29:28,875
- OK.
793
00:29:28,958 --> 00:29:30,083
- You got a ton of work
and not a lot of time.
794
00:29:30,167 --> 00:29:31,125
Good luck, guys.
795
00:29:31,208 --> 00:29:33,125
- All right, thank you.
- Thanks, guys.
796
00:29:33,208 --> 00:29:34,958
- After talking to the judges
we're pretty confident,
797
00:29:35,042 --> 00:29:37,667
but we need to stay
focused because there's
798
00:29:37,792 --> 00:29:40,875
$20,000 at stake.
799
00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:42,708
- All right, Flying Monkeys,
guys, it's time
800
00:29:42,792 --> 00:29:44,250
for your inspection.
801
00:29:44,333 --> 00:29:45,667
- Hey, guys how you
think it's going?
802
00:29:45,750 --> 00:29:46,667
- Good, good.
803
00:29:46,750 --> 00:29:47,833
- Doing well.
804
00:29:47,958 --> 00:29:49,000
- You don't have
a lot of height.
805
00:29:49,125 --> 00:29:50,167
- Not yet.
806
00:29:50,292 --> 00:29:52,167
Kory's working on
these A-frames.
807
00:29:52,250 --> 00:29:53,167
- Uh-huh.
808
00:29:53,333 --> 00:29:55,125
- So these A-frames
are going to be
809
00:29:55,208 --> 00:29:57,083
held together by a beam going
all the way down the center.
810
00:29:57,208 --> 00:30:00,042
That's where we're going to
hang the ram itself from.
811
00:30:00,125 --> 00:30:01,792
And then we're going
to have cross pieces
812
00:30:01,917 --> 00:30:02,875
that tie them together
and hold it
813
00:30:03,042 --> 00:30:04,375
all structurally sound.
814
00:30:04,542 --> 00:30:06,042
- You're familiar with
what used to happen
815
00:30:06,167 --> 00:30:08,292
to medieval churches, right?
816
00:30:08,375 --> 00:30:09,250
- What's that?
817
00:30:09,375 --> 00:30:10,625
They collapsed?
818
00:30:10,708 --> 00:30:11,875
- Where the roof
pushed the walls out.
819
00:30:12,042 --> 00:30:13,500
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
820
00:30:13,667 --> 00:30:15,292
- Well, you guys really need
to think about how you're going
821
00:30:15,375 --> 00:30:17,667
to support this beast
and really just put
822
00:30:17,833 --> 00:30:19,542
your heads down and move fast.
- Yeah.
823
00:30:19,625 --> 00:30:20,500
- 'Cause you're running
out of time,
824
00:30:20,667 --> 00:30:21,750
and you've got a lot
of work left.
825
00:30:21,875 --> 00:30:23,042
- Yep.
826
00:30:23,125 --> 00:30:24,083
- Yeah, we sure do.
- Thanks, guys.
827
00:30:24,208 --> 00:30:24,958
- Thank you.
828
00:30:25,042 --> 00:30:26,167
- Good luck.
- Thanks.
829
00:30:26,333 --> 00:30:29,375
♪ ♪
830
00:30:29,542 --> 00:30:30,500
- We gotta go over.
831
00:30:30,583 --> 00:30:32,833
- Up, over, on.
832
00:30:32,917 --> 00:30:34,333
- The other teams
look like they
833
00:30:34,417 --> 00:30:37,583
have got a little bit
more done than us,
834
00:30:37,708 --> 00:30:38,833
but I think that
we have a plan.
835
00:30:39,000 --> 00:30:40,042
And I think that
things are going
836
00:30:40,208 --> 00:30:41,500
to start coming
along a little bit
837
00:30:41,583 --> 00:30:42,958
faster, a little bit smoother.
838
00:30:43,042 --> 00:30:44,375
- Looking great, guys.
839
00:30:44,500 --> 00:30:46,917
It seems that the
overplanning is really
840
00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:48,583
paying off for Ther-Mighties.
841
00:30:48,750 --> 00:30:50,000
- 1, 2.
842
00:30:50,083 --> 00:30:51,708
- It might be one
of those situations
843
00:30:51,792 --> 00:30:55,333
where they plan things out
enough to make up for the time
844
00:30:55,500 --> 00:30:57,000
that it took to make the plan.
845
00:30:57,125 --> 00:30:58,500
- You're amazing, Free.
846
00:30:58,583 --> 00:31:00,833
- You are too.
847
00:31:00,917 --> 00:31:02,833
- Hey, I know I was
stressed out earlier,
848
00:31:02,958 --> 00:31:04,583
but we're doing all right.
849
00:31:04,708 --> 00:31:07,667
Feel really good about this.
- It's all part of the games.
850
00:31:07,708 --> 00:31:08,917
♪ ♪
851
00:31:09,042 --> 00:31:10,333
- The hardest part
of this challenge
852
00:31:10,458 --> 00:31:11,833
is knowing that I can't
go in there and help.
853
00:31:11,917 --> 00:31:14,792
But I can cheerlead.
854
00:31:14,875 --> 00:31:18,917
L-E-T-S G-O,
let's go, let's go.
855
00:31:19,042 --> 00:31:22,708
L-E-T-S G-O, let's go!
856
00:31:22,833 --> 00:31:24,458
- Rah, rah, ree.
857
00:31:24,542 --> 00:31:27,500
- Kick 'em in the knee.
858
00:31:27,542 --> 00:31:30,250
♪ ♪
859
00:31:30,375 --> 00:31:32,542
- Everyone,
you guys are in the final hour
860
00:31:32,708 --> 00:31:34,000
of this competition.
861
00:31:34,042 --> 00:31:36,542
- [bleep]. I think we need
to get our eyebolts in
862
00:31:36,708 --> 00:31:38,042
and get the chains.
863
00:31:38,125 --> 00:31:39,167
- We need a ladder.
864
00:31:39,250 --> 00:31:40,625
- I hear "get the chains."
865
00:31:40,708 --> 00:31:42,167
- Yeah.
866
00:31:42,292 --> 00:31:45,167
I think we're going to see
a beam in the air very soon.
867
00:31:45,250 --> 00:31:48,833
- It is a critical
moment in this build.
868
00:31:48,875 --> 00:31:51,083
When these guys take the
supports off the beam
869
00:31:51,208 --> 00:31:54,375
and put all that weight on the
structure, if it doesn't hold,
870
00:31:54,542 --> 00:31:56,667
the whole thing could come
tumbling to the ground.
871
00:31:56,792 --> 00:31:58,417
All the work all for naught.
872
00:31:58,500 --> 00:32:00,333
- And this is a build
with the amount of time
873
00:32:00,458 --> 00:32:02,667
left where there's
no coming back.
874
00:32:02,750 --> 00:32:04,083
- Come on.
875
00:32:04,208 --> 00:32:06,208
- We might see our
first fatality on this.
876
00:32:06,292 --> 00:32:07,750
- Ha.
877
00:32:07,833 --> 00:32:10,167
- Time is running out, and I'm
getting really worried here.
878
00:32:10,292 --> 00:32:12,667
Once we put this log up
here, there's no going back.
879
00:32:12,750 --> 00:32:14,750
So this could make or break it.
880
00:32:14,833 --> 00:32:16,167
All right, this is it, man.
881
00:32:16,167 --> 00:32:17,750
- Whew.
882
00:32:17,875 --> 00:32:18,833
- OK.
883
00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:20,042
- Moment of truth.
884
00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:25,500
- Well, guys,
we're in the final hour
885
00:32:25,542 --> 00:32:26,750
here at the first ever
886
00:32:26,875 --> 00:32:28,167
Instruments of Death
competition.
887
00:32:28,375 --> 00:32:30,125
Right now we've got three
teams up here at the build site
888
00:32:30,250 --> 00:32:31,958
building their battering rams,
a critical moment in
889
00:32:32,042 --> 00:32:33,625
this build.
890
00:32:33,708 --> 00:32:35,250
- All right, this is it, man.
891
00:32:35,333 --> 00:32:37,583
- When these guys take
the supports off the beam
892
00:32:37,708 --> 00:32:41,000
and put all that weight on the
structure, if it doesn't hold,
893
00:32:41,167 --> 00:32:43,500
the whole thing could come
tumbling to the ground.
894
00:32:43,667 --> 00:32:45,042
All the work all for naught.
895
00:32:45,208 --> 00:32:46,667
- Ha.
- Whew.
896
00:32:46,750 --> 00:32:47,708
- OK.
897
00:32:47,875 --> 00:32:49,333
[tense music]
898
00:32:49,458 --> 00:32:50,375
- Yeah!
899
00:32:50,458 --> 00:32:51,667
- It works!
900
00:32:51,792 --> 00:32:52,875
Look!
- Yeah.
901
00:32:53,042 --> 00:32:54,167
- Huh?
902
00:32:54,208 --> 00:32:55,750
- Wow.
903
00:32:55,875 --> 00:32:56,875
- Nice.
904
00:32:56,958 --> 00:32:57,917
- We got swinging.
905
00:32:58,000 --> 00:32:59,042
- That is impressive.
906
00:32:59,125 --> 00:33:00,750
- We got our first beam hung.
907
00:33:00,875 --> 00:33:01,708
- OK, no more testing.
908
00:33:01,875 --> 00:33:03,167
We're good.
909
00:33:03,333 --> 00:33:04,958
♪ ♪
910
00:33:04,958 --> 00:33:06,458
- Oh, yeah, Daniel.
911
00:33:06,542 --> 00:33:08,792
- Flying Monkeys has me
a bit confused right now.
912
00:33:08,875 --> 00:33:10,000
- Yeah, exactly.
913
00:33:10,125 --> 00:33:12,083
Put this entire piece together,
right?
914
00:33:12,167 --> 00:33:14,000
Hang this, and then
worry about the tip.
915
00:33:14,167 --> 00:33:17,083
Because honestly, just having
a flat tip on this thing
916
00:33:17,167 --> 00:33:18,500
is going to do some damage.
917
00:33:18,625 --> 00:33:20,333
- But they do have to
have a forged element.
918
00:33:20,458 --> 00:33:23,750
- The most important element
of the battering ram
919
00:33:23,875 --> 00:33:25,458
is the tip.
920
00:33:25,542 --> 00:33:29,417
- I'm building the cap for the
front of the battering ram.
921
00:33:29,542 --> 00:33:31,083
I'm going to mount
the bit that I
922
00:33:31,208 --> 00:33:33,833
forged earlier in the
front of this plate
923
00:33:33,875 --> 00:33:35,208
so it's protruding out.
924
00:33:35,292 --> 00:33:38,417
The beam will house
half of the shaft,
925
00:33:38,542 --> 00:33:40,667
and then the rest of the
shaft will be protruding
926
00:33:40,833 --> 00:33:42,125
in front of the cap.
927
00:33:42,208 --> 00:33:43,750
We're going to pierce
right through it.
928
00:33:43,875 --> 00:33:45,542
- Can you guys imagine
being in a castle
929
00:33:45,625 --> 00:33:48,667
the first time somebody
ever used a battering ram?
930
00:33:48,792 --> 00:33:52,583
It's a cop knock on steroids.
931
00:33:52,708 --> 00:33:54,167
- Brad, good job.
932
00:33:54,375 --> 00:33:57,458
- I'm very confident it's
going to break down the door.
933
00:33:57,542 --> 00:34:00,667
- Gentlemen, you're within
the final 30 minutes.
934
00:34:00,833 --> 00:34:02,917
- Oh, my god, come on.
935
00:34:03,042 --> 00:34:04,583
- Now that we have
the verticals up
936
00:34:04,667 --> 00:34:08,042
and we've got the
headers on the verticals,
937
00:34:08,125 --> 00:34:10,417
we're ready to hang
this beast.
938
00:34:10,500 --> 00:34:12,125
To suspend the
battering ram,
939
00:34:12,208 --> 00:34:14,500
we are going to just wrap
the chains around it
940
00:34:14,625 --> 00:34:17,000
and screw them in straight to
the post instead of worrying
941
00:34:17,042 --> 00:34:18,292
about using eye hooks.
942
00:34:18,375 --> 00:34:19,792
This is going to save
us a lot of time,
943
00:34:19,917 --> 00:34:21,333
and it's just as strong.
944
00:34:21,417 --> 00:34:22,625
- Looking good.
945
00:34:22,750 --> 00:34:24,917
- Oh, yeah, look at the
tension on that chain.
946
00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:27,500
- Holy smokes.
947
00:34:27,542 --> 00:34:28,625
- Oh, there we go.
948
00:34:28,708 --> 00:34:30,000
There goes one sawhorse.
949
00:34:30,042 --> 00:34:31,000
- Moment of truth.
950
00:34:31,042 --> 00:34:32,958
[grunts]
951
00:34:33,083 --> 00:34:35,167
♪ ♪
952
00:34:35,375 --> 00:34:37,917
- Hey, look at that;
she dangles.
953
00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:39,333
- Nice job.
954
00:34:39,458 --> 00:34:41,458
Now quit screwing around
and grab the chain saw!
955
00:34:41,583 --> 00:34:42,542
- Go!
956
00:34:42,667 --> 00:34:44,250
[laughter]
957
00:34:44,333 --> 00:34:47,042
[chain saw whirring]
958
00:34:47,125 --> 00:34:50,958
There we go; we got a wedge.
959
00:34:51,083 --> 00:34:52,333
- You know,
Sawdust and Sparks,
960
00:34:52,417 --> 00:34:54,208
this is what I expected to see.
961
00:34:54,292 --> 00:34:56,125
They've got a high
enough structure,
962
00:34:56,208 --> 00:34:58,333
and they're making a
chisel point for the front.
963
00:34:58,417 --> 00:34:59,167
Brilliant.
964
00:34:59,250 --> 00:35:00,792
- Which way was up?
965
00:35:00,875 --> 00:35:01,875
- Try the other way.
966
00:35:02,042 --> 00:35:02,917
- Not that way.
967
00:35:03,042 --> 00:35:04,333
- Yeah, try the other way.
968
00:35:04,458 --> 00:35:06,083
- Our structure's solid.
969
00:35:06,167 --> 00:35:08,167
Our log has a great
tip on the end.
970
00:35:08,292 --> 00:35:10,792
We're pretty confident we're
going to destroy this door.
971
00:35:10,875 --> 00:35:13,375
We are super excited
to get into this testing,
972
00:35:13,458 --> 00:35:15,000
but we have some time left.
973
00:35:15,042 --> 00:35:17,083
So we're going to do
some cool styling on it
974
00:35:17,208 --> 00:35:18,875
to give it some character.
975
00:35:18,958 --> 00:35:20,625
- They made a giant arrow.
976
00:35:20,708 --> 00:35:21,667
- Oh, yeah, why not?
977
00:35:21,708 --> 00:35:22,792
- They're showing off.
978
00:35:22,875 --> 00:35:24,083
- They're really
having fun now.
979
00:35:24,208 --> 00:35:26,667
- You guys are ridiculous.
980
00:35:26,750 --> 00:35:28,792
15 minutes left.
981
00:35:28,958 --> 00:35:31,167
- Flying monkeys is really
reaching for the sky here.
982
00:35:31,250 --> 00:35:33,208
- Oh, my goodness,
that's going to be tall.
983
00:35:33,375 --> 00:35:35,667
- Do we want the
rope or a chain?
984
00:35:35,750 --> 00:35:37,292
- I would probably do rope.
985
00:35:37,292 --> 00:35:39,167
- When you look at
the two on the end,
986
00:35:39,333 --> 00:35:41,042
you see all these cross braces.
987
00:35:41,125 --> 00:35:45,333
There's a reason bridges look
like that and not like that.
988
00:35:45,417 --> 00:35:47,125
I understand where
they're going.
989
00:35:47,208 --> 00:35:49,833
They're just missing a lot
of the parts they need.
990
00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:51,667
- Good thing I was a Boy Scout.
991
00:35:51,708 --> 00:35:53,083
That tightens on itself.
992
00:35:53,208 --> 00:35:54,542
- Yeah, it's good.
993
00:35:54,625 --> 00:35:57,375
- OK, Brad, well,
let's hope it holds.
994
00:35:57,458 --> 00:36:00,000
- Height's going to be key
for this to work effectively.
995
00:36:00,042 --> 00:36:02,667
We want it to punch the door
about 38 inches off the ground
996
00:36:02,750 --> 00:36:05,667
so it's hitting the
same spot every time.
997
00:36:05,792 --> 00:36:07,000
- A little bit higher.
998
00:36:07,167 --> 00:36:08,542
- Flying Monkeys has
a lot more height,
999
00:36:08,667 --> 00:36:11,292
but I'm not quite sure
about their structure.
1000
00:36:11,417 --> 00:36:13,083
- All right, nice and easy.
1001
00:36:13,208 --> 00:36:15,375
♪ ♪
1002
00:36:15,458 --> 00:36:17,125
- Whoo-hoo, it's hanging, man.
1003
00:36:17,250 --> 00:36:18,875
- Whoo.
- It's hanging!
1004
00:36:18,958 --> 00:36:20,292
- That's a great sign.
1005
00:36:20,375 --> 00:36:21,958
- There's a lot of
times where we've had
1006
00:36:22,083 --> 00:36:24,917
five-hour rounds for people
to make just a small sword.
1007
00:36:25,042 --> 00:36:26,792
These guys have
built a freaking
1008
00:36:26,917 --> 00:36:29,042
battering ram in six hours.
1009
00:36:29,042 --> 00:36:30,167
- Color me impressed.
1010
00:36:30,250 --> 00:36:31,667
- You got a rocket right here.
1011
00:36:31,708 --> 00:36:35,000
You've got the nail, and
you've got a number two pencil.
1012
00:36:35,083 --> 00:36:38,333
- Eli, work on getting a
cinder block or two attached.
1013
00:36:38,500 --> 00:36:40,000
Now that everything
is together,
1014
00:36:40,042 --> 00:36:42,667
now that it's swinging, I am
sizing up the competition,
1015
00:36:42,708 --> 00:36:44,667
and they're all way
bigger than we are.
1016
00:36:44,792 --> 00:36:48,750
So we want as much weight as
we can to knock down the door.
1017
00:36:48,875 --> 00:36:50,333
So we're going to
attach some cinder
1018
00:36:50,500 --> 00:36:52,583
blocks to it
to just give it more power
1019
00:36:52,708 --> 00:36:54,042
as it's going through.
1020
00:36:54,125 --> 00:36:55,708
- Look at these
maniacs over here.
1021
00:36:55,792 --> 00:36:57,667
- You know, we didn't
intend for these guys
1022
00:36:57,750 --> 00:37:00,333
to use the cinder blocks as
a part of the construction,
1023
00:37:00,417 --> 00:37:03,333
but I did technically say
you have full access to all
1024
00:37:03,375 --> 00:37:05,708
the supplies and
all the tools that
1025
00:37:05,875 --> 00:37:07,167
are in the open-air workshop.
1026
00:37:07,333 --> 00:37:09,833
- I say strap the
oxygen tank onto it,
1027
00:37:09,917 --> 00:37:14,500
whack the nozzle off of it,
and use it as a rocket.
1028
00:37:14,667 --> 00:37:16,958
- The battering ram
has one purpose,
1029
00:37:17,083 --> 00:37:18,875
and that's to destroy things.
1030
00:37:18,958 --> 00:37:21,167
And I feel like we
should name it J. Neilson
1031
00:37:21,333 --> 00:37:23,500
because J.'s really good
at destroying things too.
1032
00:37:23,667 --> 00:37:25,375
I'd like for this thing
to be a one-hit wonder.
1033
00:37:25,542 --> 00:37:27,958
- Hey, J., can we name our
battering ram after you?
1034
00:37:30,583 --> 00:37:31,333
- Sure.
1035
00:37:31,458 --> 00:37:32,917
- J. gave us the go ahead.
1036
00:37:33,083 --> 00:37:34,375
- [laughs]
1037
00:37:34,458 --> 00:37:36,500
- It's hard falling
apart inside.
1038
00:37:36,583 --> 00:37:37,917
- [laughs]
1039
00:37:38,042 --> 00:37:42,500
♪ ♪
1040
00:37:42,667 --> 00:37:47,167
5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
1041
00:37:47,250 --> 00:37:49,167
Building team,
put down your tools.
1042
00:37:49,250 --> 00:37:50,750
This round is over.
1043
00:37:50,833 --> 00:37:51,833
- All right.
1044
00:37:51,875 --> 00:37:52,750
- Excellent work.
1045
00:37:52,833 --> 00:37:54,667
- Oh, yeah!
1046
00:37:54,833 --> 00:37:56,042
[cheers and applause]
1047
00:37:56,208 --> 00:37:58,208
- Whoo!
1048
00:37:58,292 --> 00:38:00,375
- Oh, that was great.
1049
00:38:00,458 --> 00:38:02,125
- We started off
a little rocky,
1050
00:38:02,208 --> 00:38:05,000
but the battering
ram turned out great.
1051
00:38:05,125 --> 00:38:07,708
But I'm a little nervous
because we named our battering
1052
00:38:07,833 --> 00:38:09,083
ram the J. Neilson.
1053
00:38:09,208 --> 00:38:10,417
J. Neilson hits hard.
1054
00:38:10,542 --> 00:38:13,875
We're hoping the battering
ram hits just as hard.
1055
00:38:14,000 --> 00:38:18,833
♪ ♪
1056
00:38:18,917 --> 00:38:21,000
- Sawdust and Sparks,
Ther-Mighties, Flying Monkeys,
1057
00:38:21,042 --> 00:38:23,000
gentlemen,
congratulations to all
1058
00:38:23,083 --> 00:38:25,000
three of your teams
for an intense
1059
00:38:25,042 --> 00:38:26,333
six hours of build time.
1060
00:38:26,500 --> 00:38:29,167
Now we've got three seemingly
functional battering
1061
00:38:29,250 --> 00:38:32,750
rams ready to breach
the castle door.
1062
00:38:32,875 --> 00:38:35,708
Now, guys, remember,
this is all about speed.
1063
00:38:35,792 --> 00:38:38,000
Do not stop fighting
until I tell you
1064
00:38:38,125 --> 00:38:40,583
you have successfully
gotten through the castle.
1065
00:38:40,708 --> 00:38:43,500
Whichever two teams
get through the door
1066
00:38:43,542 --> 00:38:45,875
fastest will advance to
the third and final round
1067
00:38:46,042 --> 00:38:47,458
of this competition.
1068
00:38:47,583 --> 00:38:48,958
You guys ready to get to it?
1069
00:38:49,042 --> 00:38:50,333
[together]
Yeah.
1070
00:38:50,500 --> 00:38:52,000
- Sawdust and Sparks,
you guys are up first.
1071
00:38:52,083 --> 00:38:53,500
Take your position.
1072
00:38:53,583 --> 00:38:54,500
- We're feeling really good.
1073
00:38:54,625 --> 00:38:56,417
We have a solid structure.
1074
00:38:56,417 --> 00:38:57,708
We've got a good design.
1075
00:38:57,833 --> 00:38:59,208
We're going right
through this door.
1076
00:38:59,375 --> 00:39:01,083
But my biggest
concern in the testing
1077
00:39:01,167 --> 00:39:03,250
is just whether we can do it
faster than the other teams.
1078
00:39:03,375 --> 00:39:05,083
♪ ♪
1079
00:39:05,208 --> 00:39:06,083
This is going to be fun.
1080
00:39:06,167 --> 00:39:11,208
♪ ♪
1081
00:39:11,292 --> 00:39:12,708
- Oh.
[laughs]
1082
00:39:12,792 --> 00:39:14,833
Holy smokes.
1083
00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:17,083
♪ ♪
1084
00:39:17,167 --> 00:39:19,000
[all grunting]
1085
00:39:19,125 --> 00:39:20,000
- Whoo-hoo!
1086
00:39:20,167 --> 00:39:21,333
- All right, all right.
1087
00:39:21,542 --> 00:39:23,208
- You guys have
breached the castle.
1088
00:39:23,292 --> 00:39:25,458
Very well done.
- All right, all right.
1089
00:39:25,583 --> 00:39:27,708
- We got the city!
1090
00:39:27,792 --> 00:39:29,708
♪ ♪
1091
00:39:29,875 --> 00:39:31,958
- Holy cow.
1092
00:39:32,042 --> 00:39:33,417
♪ ♪
1093
00:39:33,500 --> 00:39:34,833
- The wedge was smart.
1094
00:39:34,917 --> 00:39:38,417
The top 2-by
got knocked clean off.
1095
00:39:38,542 --> 00:39:40,542
- Oh yeah, the 4-by split.
1096
00:39:40,708 --> 00:39:41,667
- Snapped it right in half.
- Oh, nice.
1097
00:39:41,708 --> 00:39:44,208
- Cracked that 4-by
right in two.
1098
00:39:44,292 --> 00:39:45,333
- Well--
- That's the deal.
1099
00:39:45,375 --> 00:39:46,500
- I like it.
1100
00:39:46,625 --> 00:39:49,125
- It will breach.
- It will breach.
1101
00:39:49,250 --> 00:39:50,833
- Yes.
1102
00:39:50,917 --> 00:39:52,250
- All right, guys,
Sawdust and Sprinkles--
1103
00:39:52,375 --> 00:39:55,667
[laughter]
1104
00:39:55,750 --> 00:39:58,083
--all right, Sawdust
and Sparks, you guys
1105
00:39:58,167 --> 00:40:00,000
built a wicked machine here.
1106
00:40:00,167 --> 00:40:01,667
It's stout.
1107
00:40:01,708 --> 00:40:03,375
You used heavy timbers
so the frame was heavy.
1108
00:40:03,458 --> 00:40:04,958
That frame didn't move
at all while you were
1109
00:40:05,083 --> 00:40:07,625
swinging the battering ram.
1110
00:40:07,708 --> 00:40:11,167
The wedge you put on the front
end of that, by the third hit,
1111
00:40:11,208 --> 00:40:13,875
you were breaking
through that door.
1112
00:40:14,000 --> 00:40:17,667
The fifth hit, you shattered
that 4x4 on the back of there
1113
00:40:17,792 --> 00:40:19,417
and knocked that gate down.
1114
00:40:19,542 --> 00:40:22,500
And it only took
you 13 seconds.
1115
00:40:22,542 --> 00:40:24,083
That's a good job.
- All right.
1116
00:40:24,208 --> 00:40:25,583
- Yeah.
1117
00:40:25,667 --> 00:40:27,625
- Sawdust and Sparks,
very, very well done.
1118
00:40:27,708 --> 00:40:30,167
That makes a hard
act to follow.
1119
00:40:30,333 --> 00:40:31,875
Ther-Mighties,
you guys are up next.
1120
00:40:32,042 --> 00:40:33,875
How are you feeling?
1121
00:40:34,042 --> 00:40:35,000
[laughter]
1122
00:40:35,125 --> 00:40:36,167
All right, come on up.
1123
00:40:36,333 --> 00:40:38,000
♪ ♪
1124
00:40:38,083 --> 00:40:40,292
- A little nervous, just
about the spike on the head
1125
00:40:40,375 --> 00:40:42,125
of our battering ram.
1126
00:40:42,208 --> 00:40:44,333
It's obviously got a different
profile than the last guys,
1127
00:40:44,500 --> 00:40:46,000
and theirs worked really well.
1128
00:40:46,125 --> 00:40:47,875
I'm hoping that we just don't
pierce a hole in the door
1129
00:40:48,042 --> 00:40:50,667
and get stuck and have to
finagle and jiggle it out.
1130
00:40:50,750 --> 00:40:52,792
♪ ♪
1131
00:40:57,042 --> 00:40:59,000
[tense music]
1132
00:40:59,125 --> 00:41:00,083
- Oh, no.
1133
00:41:00,167 --> 00:41:07,042
♪ ♪
1134
00:41:11,000 --> 00:41:13,333
You have successfully
breached the wall.
1135
00:41:13,417 --> 00:41:14,417
Well done, Ther-Mighties.
1136
00:41:14,542 --> 00:41:16,833
- Whoo!
1137
00:41:16,917 --> 00:41:21,833
♪ ♪
1138
00:41:21,917 --> 00:41:23,458
- I mean, I don't think
they even broke that board.
1139
00:41:23,625 --> 00:41:26,042
They just-- they bounced
it out of the brackets.
1140
00:41:26,167 --> 00:41:27,000
- It worked out.
1141
00:41:27,125 --> 00:41:28,417
- Cool.
1142
00:41:28,500 --> 00:41:30,750
- Everything's
still in one piece.
1143
00:41:30,833 --> 00:41:32,542
- All right,
Ther-Mighties, nice design
1144
00:41:32,625 --> 00:41:34,167
on your battering ram here.
1145
00:41:34,333 --> 00:41:37,333
That first hit, the spike
went all the way through.
1146
00:41:37,375 --> 00:41:38,625
I thought you were
going to have a problem
1147
00:41:38,708 --> 00:41:40,167
getting it out of there.
1148
00:41:40,208 --> 00:41:42,083
Second hit, you blew a
chunk out of the door.
1149
00:41:42,167 --> 00:41:45,292
You hit that door so hard,
it jumped out of the brackets
1150
00:41:45,417 --> 00:41:46,333
and fell over.
1151
00:41:46,458 --> 00:41:48,250
But you breached the door.
1152
00:41:48,375 --> 00:41:49,667
Great job.
1153
00:41:49,750 --> 00:41:52,542
And your time,
gentlemen, 13 seconds.
1154
00:41:52,667 --> 00:41:55,542
- Yeah.
[applause]
1155
00:41:55,667 --> 00:41:57,833
- I can't believe we
both got 13 seconds.
1156
00:41:57,958 --> 00:42:00,042
It's hard to say who has
the advantage between us
1157
00:42:00,125 --> 00:42:01,958
and Sawdust and Sparks.
1158
00:42:02,042 --> 00:42:04,333
But hopefully, the Flying
Monkeys don't do as well.
1159
00:42:04,375 --> 00:42:05,833
We just have to find out.
1160
00:42:05,917 --> 00:42:07,625
- Flying Monkeys,
you guys are up next.
1161
00:42:07,708 --> 00:42:09,083
How are you feeling?
- Great.
1162
00:42:09,167 --> 00:42:10,333
- Great.
1163
00:42:10,417 --> 00:42:12,667
- All right,
gentlemen, mount up.
1164
00:42:12,750 --> 00:42:15,083
- Flying Monkeys
are the last team to go.
1165
00:42:15,250 --> 00:42:18,167
And having just witnessed
the other two teams go
1166
00:42:18,292 --> 00:42:20,583
through the door
in 13 seconds,
1167
00:42:20,667 --> 00:42:22,875
it's making us nervous
if I'm telling the truth
1168
00:42:23,000 --> 00:42:27,000
So we want to get through under
13 seconds that's our goal.
1169
00:42:27,083 --> 00:42:28,000
That's our goal.
- Yep.
1170
00:42:28,083 --> 00:42:30,042
♪ ♪
1171
00:42:30,208 --> 00:42:31,042
- Nice.
1172
00:42:31,167 --> 00:42:32,000
- Oh, my.
1173
00:42:32,125 --> 00:42:37,208
♪ ♪
1174
00:42:37,208 --> 00:42:38,208
- Yeah!
1175
00:42:38,208 --> 00:42:41,042
- Whoo!
1176
00:42:41,167 --> 00:42:42,333
- Wow.
- What?
1177
00:42:42,417 --> 00:42:44,083
both: Whoo!
- Storm the city.
1178
00:42:44,208 --> 00:42:46,000
- Yeah!
1179
00:42:46,083 --> 00:42:48,167
- Whoo!
1180
00:42:48,292 --> 00:42:49,708
- Good job, guys.
1181
00:42:49,792 --> 00:42:51,833
- I hope that castle had
breacher's insurance.
1182
00:42:51,958 --> 00:42:52,875
- [laughs]
1183
00:42:52,958 --> 00:42:54,958
♪ ♪
1184
00:42:55,042 --> 00:42:56,833
- Height is might.
1185
00:42:56,958 --> 00:42:57,875
- Wow.
1186
00:42:58,000 --> 00:42:59,417
- You know what
helped is this--
1187
00:42:59,500 --> 00:43:00,542
it's the extra two feet.
1188
00:43:00,667 --> 00:43:02,458
- Mm-hmm, yeah.
1189
00:43:02,542 --> 00:43:04,292
- [laughs]
1190
00:43:04,375 --> 00:43:06,583
I knew this was
going to be fun.
1191
00:43:06,583 --> 00:43:08,750
- All right, Flying Monkeys,
you did a great job.
1192
00:43:08,875 --> 00:43:11,708
We were all second-guessing
your construction idea
1193
00:43:11,792 --> 00:43:15,667
and technique, but by building
it as tall as you did,
1194
00:43:15,833 --> 00:43:18,542
you had two extra feet
of rope hanging there.
1195
00:43:18,625 --> 00:43:21,417
And with all three of you
pulling that back,
1196
00:43:21,500 --> 00:43:23,292
you got so much momentum
in that ram,
1197
00:43:23,375 --> 00:43:25,792
it just blew
that gate through.
1198
00:43:25,875 --> 00:43:27,042
You did a great job.
1199
00:43:27,125 --> 00:43:29,250
Not only that,
it only took six seconds.
1200
00:43:29,375 --> 00:43:30,375
- Yes!
1201
00:43:30,542 --> 00:43:31,833
- Great!
- Whoo-hoo!
1202
00:43:31,958 --> 00:43:33,875
- Yeah!
1203
00:43:34,000 --> 00:43:36,625
- Building teams, gentlemen,
congratulations to all of you.
1204
00:43:36,708 --> 00:43:38,667
We had three separate
designs of battering
1205
00:43:38,792 --> 00:43:42,167
rams and three successful
breaches of the castle wall.
1206
00:43:42,208 --> 00:43:45,667
Now, Flying Monkeys, you
guys got through in only six
1207
00:43:45,792 --> 00:43:48,167
seconds, which means
you earned yourselves
1208
00:43:48,250 --> 00:43:51,083
a spot in the third and final
round of this Instruments
1209
00:43:51,167 --> 00:43:52,708
of Death competition.
1210
00:43:52,792 --> 00:43:56,083
But Sawdust and Sparks,
Ther-Mighties, gentlemen,
1211
00:43:56,208 --> 00:43:59,583
with both your teams coming
in at exactly 13 seconds,
1212
00:43:59,667 --> 00:44:02,333
we have a tie, which makes
for a difficult decision
1213
00:44:02,375 --> 00:44:04,208
for the judges because
they've got to go over
1214
00:44:04,333 --> 00:44:07,542
every aspect of your builds and
decide which one of your teams
1215
00:44:07,708 --> 00:44:10,708
have earned your spot into
the third and final round.
1216
00:44:10,792 --> 00:44:11,958
So if you'd please
give us a moment
1217
00:44:12,042 --> 00:44:13,333
and step off the
testing grounds.
1218
00:44:13,458 --> 00:44:16,333
♪ ♪
1219
00:44:16,417 --> 00:44:18,792
- I thought 13 seconds was
going to be a good number,
1220
00:44:18,875 --> 00:44:20,500
but now we're tied.
1221
00:44:20,583 --> 00:44:22,500
And we're a little
bit nervous on this.
1222
00:44:22,583 --> 00:44:24,292
But I think our
design is probably
1223
00:44:24,417 --> 00:44:28,583
the most robust one up there,
so it's up to the judges now.
1224
00:44:28,708 --> 00:44:30,958
- Well, that was awesome.
1225
00:44:31,042 --> 00:44:33,583
But only one of these teams can
make it into the next round,
1226
00:44:33,708 --> 00:44:34,667
so you have a decision to make.
1227
00:44:34,750 --> 00:44:36,333
Doug, what are you thinking?
1228
00:44:36,458 --> 00:44:39,417
- Both of these battering
rams have a nice solid frame,
1229
00:44:39,542 --> 00:44:43,750
but I love the wedge that you
have on Sawdust and Sparks.
1230
00:44:43,833 --> 00:44:45,250
The Ther-Mighties have a spike.
1231
00:44:45,250 --> 00:44:47,542
It did get stuck.
1232
00:44:47,667 --> 00:44:49,000
- Oh, no.
1233
00:44:49,083 --> 00:44:51,458
- They got it out,
but it still got stuck.
1234
00:44:51,542 --> 00:44:53,083
So as a design of
a battering ram
1235
00:44:53,167 --> 00:44:55,583
that gets your weapon
stuck on your opponent,
1236
00:44:55,708 --> 00:44:57,542
not a good idea.
1237
00:44:57,708 --> 00:44:59,167
- I got to kind of
agree with Doug.
1238
00:44:59,333 --> 00:45:02,833
Sawdust and Sparks, they've
got a really great design.
1239
00:45:02,875 --> 00:45:06,625
The wedge, the wider base,
the extra wheels,
1240
00:45:06,708 --> 00:45:09,625
it moves actually fairly
well for its size.
1241
00:45:09,708 --> 00:45:11,125
I think it's just
a better setup.
1242
00:45:11,250 --> 00:45:13,000
- Then we get over
here to Ther-Mighties,
1243
00:45:13,083 --> 00:45:15,667
it's a little bit on the
lighter side, so they thought
1244
00:45:15,792 --> 00:45:17,042
they had to weight it out.
1245
00:45:17,125 --> 00:45:18,500
So they added
more blocks to it,
1246
00:45:18,625 --> 00:45:20,333
they added more ballast to it.
1247
00:45:20,333 --> 00:45:23,000
Tells me that they were
questioning their own design.
1248
00:45:23,042 --> 00:45:24,167
- Doug, have you
made your decision?
1249
00:45:24,250 --> 00:45:25,708
- Yes, I have.
- J., how about you?
1250
00:45:25,792 --> 00:45:26,917
- Oh, yeah.
- Dave?
1251
00:45:27,000 --> 00:45:28,125
- Yeah, definitely.
1252
00:45:28,208 --> 00:45:29,583
- All right, guys,
we'll call them in.
1253
00:45:29,667 --> 00:45:31,500
♪ ♪
1254
00:45:31,625 --> 00:45:33,708
All right, teams, first
of all, you should all
1255
00:45:33,792 --> 00:45:36,000
be extremely proud of
yourselves for completing
1256
00:45:36,125 --> 00:45:38,167
the largest,
heaviest weapon we've
1257
00:45:38,250 --> 00:45:41,667
ever asked anybody to build
in any of our competitions.
1258
00:45:41,708 --> 00:45:43,000
You crushed it.
1259
00:45:43,125 --> 00:45:45,958
Now, Sawdust and Sparks,
Ther-Mighties,
1260
00:45:46,042 --> 00:45:48,958
it was so close,
but we only have room
1261
00:45:49,083 --> 00:45:52,042
in the next round of this
competition for one more team.
1262
00:45:52,167 --> 00:45:53,250
♪ ♪
1263
00:45:53,333 --> 00:45:55,625
And the judges did make
a final decision.
1264
00:45:55,750 --> 00:45:58,333
And the team leaving
this competition is...
1265
00:46:02,333 --> 00:46:03,083
[tense music]
1266
00:46:03,167 --> 00:46:04,417
Ther-Mighties.
1267
00:46:04,500 --> 00:46:07,000
Unfortunately, your batting
ram just didn't cut it,
1268
00:46:07,125 --> 00:46:09,583
and Doug's going
to tell you why.
1269
00:46:09,667 --> 00:46:13,167
- Ther-Mighties, the decision
to forge your tip into a spike
1270
00:46:13,208 --> 00:46:15,333
instead of a
wedge-shaped tip caused
1271
00:46:15,458 --> 00:46:17,125
it to get stuck and lose time.
1272
00:46:17,208 --> 00:46:19,208
And that's the reason why
you're not moving forward.
1273
00:46:19,292 --> 00:46:21,000
♪ ♪
1274
00:46:21,083 --> 00:46:22,500
- Now, guys,
it was a hard decision
1275
00:46:22,625 --> 00:46:23,875
and it's definitely
a tough break.
1276
00:46:23,958 --> 00:46:25,625
You should be proud
of yourselves,
1277
00:46:25,708 --> 00:46:27,333
but unfortunately, your time
in this competition has ended.
1278
00:46:27,375 --> 00:46:29,083
But, guys, before you
head down the hill,
1279
00:46:29,208 --> 00:46:30,792
I'd like to ask you to come
forward and shake our hands.
1280
00:46:30,875 --> 00:46:32,500
- Oh, I'm extremely
proud of what we
1281
00:46:32,583 --> 00:46:33,583
were able to do in six hours.
1282
00:46:33,708 --> 00:46:35,500
That was-- that was impressive.
1283
00:46:35,583 --> 00:46:37,333
I was a little bit
disappointed
1284
00:46:37,458 --> 00:46:39,042
the J. Neilson didn't perform.
1285
00:46:39,208 --> 00:46:41,375
- Next time,
let's name it after Doug.
1286
00:46:41,458 --> 00:46:44,167
- [laughs]
1287
00:46:44,208 --> 00:46:48,375
♪ ♪
1288
00:46:48,375 --> 00:46:49,833
- And then there were two.
1289
00:46:49,875 --> 00:46:51,792
Flying Monkeys, Sawdust
and Sparks, gentlemen,
1290
00:46:51,875 --> 00:46:53,917
congratulations on
making it through two
1291
00:46:54,000 --> 00:46:55,458
grueling rounds
of this Instruments
1292
00:46:55,542 --> 00:46:57,250
of Death competition.
1293
00:46:57,333 --> 00:46:59,458
Now it's down to your two teams
to battle it out and find out
1294
00:46:59,542 --> 00:47:02,125
which team will be taking
home the first ever
1295
00:47:02,208 --> 00:47:06,083
Instruments of Death
champion title and $20,000.
1296
00:47:06,208 --> 00:47:08,000
Gentlemen, how are you feeling?
- Good.
1297
00:47:08,083 --> 00:47:09,208
- Good.
1298
00:47:09,333 --> 00:47:10,833
- All right, guys,
in this final round
1299
00:47:10,917 --> 00:47:12,333
you're going to be
building a weapon that
1300
00:47:12,417 --> 00:47:13,833
was first designed and
built by the Romans
1301
00:47:13,875 --> 00:47:15,208
thousands of years ago.
1302
00:47:15,375 --> 00:47:18,500
And its intent was
to launch these.
1303
00:47:18,542 --> 00:47:20,667
♪ ♪
1304
00:47:20,792 --> 00:47:21,792
- Oh.
- Yeah.
1305
00:47:21,875 --> 00:47:24,000
- Oh, yeah.
- Oh, yeah.
1306
00:47:24,125 --> 00:47:26,000
- Gentlemen, these bolts
are loaded and launched
1307
00:47:26,083 --> 00:47:28,500
by an enormous,
torsion-powered, crossbow-like
1308
00:47:28,583 --> 00:47:30,333
weapon called the ballista.
1309
00:47:30,458 --> 00:47:31,875
- Oh, awesome.
- Awesome.
1310
00:47:32,042 --> 00:47:33,667
- The use of the ballista
on the battlefield
1311
00:47:33,833 --> 00:47:35,083
was a total game changer.
1312
00:47:35,208 --> 00:47:36,833
Originally made of
wood and iron plates,
1313
00:47:36,958 --> 00:47:39,667
this weapon was
designed to hurl bolts,
1314
00:47:39,792 --> 00:47:42,958
spears, even stones
with an amount of force
1315
00:47:43,042 --> 00:47:44,333
never before seen.
1316
00:47:44,417 --> 00:47:46,208
Combine that force
with its accuracy,
1317
00:47:46,333 --> 00:47:48,792
this weapon was notorious
for hitting enemies
1318
00:47:48,875 --> 00:47:50,625
over hundreds of feet away.
1319
00:47:50,750 --> 00:47:52,250
Its compact size
and light weight
1320
00:47:52,333 --> 00:47:54,083
made the ballista
highly mobile,
1321
00:47:54,208 --> 00:47:55,833
making it one of the
most popular siege
1322
00:47:55,958 --> 00:47:57,333
engines on the battlefield.
1323
00:47:57,458 --> 00:47:59,958
Our builders are going to
have to come up with a plan
1324
00:48:00,083 --> 00:48:01,625
to build a ballista
that generates
1325
00:48:01,708 --> 00:48:05,250
enough power to pierce
targets but, most importantly,
1326
00:48:05,333 --> 00:48:06,708
do so accurately.
1327
00:48:06,875 --> 00:48:09,333
- I've never built anything
remotely close to this before.
1328
00:48:09,417 --> 00:48:13,125
The concerns are in the
details for me and the team.
1329
00:48:13,208 --> 00:48:15,375
It's going to be challenging.
1330
00:48:15,500 --> 00:48:17,375
- Now gentleman,
all three of your teammates
1331
00:48:17,500 --> 00:48:20,083
can work on the ballista
at the same time this round.
1332
00:48:20,167 --> 00:48:23,125
When it comes to testing, this
is all about functionality
1333
00:48:23,208 --> 00:48:25,167
and how well
your ballistas perform.
1334
00:48:25,250 --> 00:48:28,000
You will have 15 hours over
the course of three days
1335
00:48:28,042 --> 00:48:29,333
to complete your ballistas.
1336
00:48:29,375 --> 00:48:30,875
Now, on the beginning
of day two,
1337
00:48:31,000 --> 00:48:32,750
I'm going to be adding
a parameter that
1338
00:48:32,833 --> 00:48:35,250
will be a requirement in order
to have your ballistas tested.
1339
00:48:35,333 --> 00:48:37,500
Is everybody ready?
[together] Yeah.
1340
00:48:37,542 --> 00:48:38,833
- I'm excited.
1341
00:48:38,958 --> 00:48:40,000
We get to build something
that will launch
1342
00:48:40,125 --> 00:48:41,583
something across the field.
1343
00:48:41,667 --> 00:48:43,167
This is going to be fun.
- This is gonna be awesome.
1344
00:48:43,208 --> 00:48:44,167
Game on.
1345
00:48:44,292 --> 00:48:45,500
- Round three, here we come.
1346
00:48:45,625 --> 00:48:46,792
- All right.
1347
00:48:46,875 --> 00:48:48,042
- All right, guys,
we will be giving you
1348
00:48:48,125 --> 00:48:49,708
10 minutes of design
and preparation time.
1349
00:48:49,833 --> 00:48:52,125
And after that,
your 15 hours will begin.
1350
00:48:52,208 --> 00:48:55,500
Good luck, your design
time starts now.
1351
00:48:55,625 --> 00:48:58,250
♪ ♪
1352
00:48:58,375 --> 00:48:59,250
- Ballista.
1353
00:48:59,375 --> 00:49:00,417
- OK.
1354
00:49:00,542 --> 00:49:02,875
- I built one of these,
a much smaller version,
1355
00:49:02,958 --> 00:49:05,292
as a school project
with my son.
1356
00:49:05,375 --> 00:49:06,708
So I've seen kind of the
mechanism a little bit.
1357
00:49:06,833 --> 00:49:08,333
I know the concept.
1358
00:49:08,417 --> 00:49:10,333
I understand what needs to
happen, but on this scale,
1359
00:49:10,500 --> 00:49:11,667
it's a lot more complex.
1360
00:49:11,875 --> 00:49:15,333
So the basics are we've got the
frame, the torsion box here.
1361
00:49:15,458 --> 00:49:17,667
And then we need to
have a way to put
1362
00:49:17,750 --> 00:49:19,083
tension on those...
- OK.
1363
00:49:19,250 --> 00:49:20,833
- Like, as we're
just wrapping them straight.
1364
00:49:20,917 --> 00:49:22,375
- OK, what about the
back mechanism here?
1365
00:49:22,458 --> 00:49:25,208
We need to have something
that will pull this back.
1366
00:49:25,292 --> 00:49:29,208
Kind of a ratcheting mechanism
that can hold that in place.
1367
00:49:29,292 --> 00:49:30,917
- We can make, like,
a toothed gear,
1368
00:49:31,000 --> 00:49:32,458
so it just has a little
bit of hook on it.
1369
00:49:32,542 --> 00:49:34,083
- They've got three guys
building completely separate
1370
00:49:34,208 --> 00:49:36,042
components for a
puzzle that has
1371
00:49:36,125 --> 00:49:37,458
to fit together at the end.
1372
00:49:37,542 --> 00:49:39,167
- That's going to be
the interesting part.
1373
00:49:39,208 --> 00:49:40,708
- Mm-hmm.
- And let's get it done.
1374
00:49:40,792 --> 00:49:42,458
- OK, let's do it.
1375
00:49:42,583 --> 00:49:44,667
- I'm going to sketch
out sort of my vision
1376
00:49:44,792 --> 00:49:45,792
of how we should proceed.
1377
00:49:45,875 --> 00:49:47,333
I'm really excited.
1378
00:49:47,458 --> 00:49:49,833
I've never built anything
remotely close to this before.
1379
00:49:50,000 --> 00:49:52,167
We're going to
need a base post.
1380
00:49:52,250 --> 00:49:54,500
We're going to have to create
some sort of swivel mechanism
1381
00:49:54,583 --> 00:49:58,708
here to allow for the
ballista to rotate.
1382
00:49:58,875 --> 00:50:00,542
- Rotate elevation.
1383
00:50:00,625 --> 00:50:01,875
- The most critical
part of this weapon
1384
00:50:01,958 --> 00:50:03,292
is the torsion box.
1385
00:50:03,417 --> 00:50:05,000
That is what will hurl a bolt,
because this
1386
00:50:05,167 --> 00:50:07,333
is going to be kind of
the crux of the machine.
1387
00:50:07,458 --> 00:50:09,000
This is what's
going to allow it--
1388
00:50:09,125 --> 00:50:10,292
- It's the power.
- The power option.
1389
00:50:10,375 --> 00:50:12,208
- That's the engine, yeah.
1390
00:50:12,292 --> 00:50:14,042
We're concerned about the
ability to torsion this thing
1391
00:50:14,208 --> 00:50:16,042
without it collapsing the box.
1392
00:50:16,208 --> 00:50:17,625
And we're gonna have to start
working on
1393
00:50:17,708 --> 00:50:18,917
a steel frame for this.
1394
00:50:19,042 --> 00:50:20,333
I don't want to
make it out of wood solely,
1395
00:50:20,458 --> 00:50:22,208
because the
steel can reinforce it.
1396
00:50:22,333 --> 00:50:24,958
- Well, we gave him 10
minutes to design and plan.
1397
00:50:25,042 --> 00:50:26,042
How detailed do they get?
1398
00:50:26,167 --> 00:50:27,500
- I don't know.
1399
00:50:27,583 --> 00:50:29,167
You give me 10 minutes
to design a knife,
1400
00:50:29,208 --> 00:50:30,542
it'll be a triangle
with a stick on the end.
1401
00:50:30,708 --> 00:50:31,625
That's about it.
1402
00:50:31,708 --> 00:50:32,625
- Yeah.
1403
00:50:32,708 --> 00:50:34,167
- Let's do it.
1404
00:50:34,292 --> 00:50:36,500
- All right, gentlemen,
preparation time is over.
1405
00:50:36,583 --> 00:50:38,875
Day one of the ballista
build starts now.
1406
00:50:38,958 --> 00:50:39,917
- Whoo!
1407
00:50:40,042 --> 00:50:40,833
- All right!
1408
00:50:40,958 --> 00:50:42,667
- Hey.
1409
00:50:42,708 --> 00:50:45,083
♪ ♪
1410
00:50:45,208 --> 00:50:46,583
- Here we go.
1411
00:50:46,708 --> 00:50:49,417
This is, hands down,
the largest projectile weapon
1412
00:50:49,542 --> 00:50:51,292
we've ever asked
anybody to make.
1413
00:50:51,375 --> 00:50:52,917
- There are a lot of
interesting things
1414
00:50:53,000 --> 00:50:54,167
with the ballista.
1415
00:50:54,292 --> 00:50:56,125
One, the arms
are fired by torsion.
1416
00:50:56,250 --> 00:50:59,542
So the box that holds your
skeins of rope,
1417
00:50:59,708 --> 00:51:02,625
that needs to have
a ton of support in it.
1418
00:51:02,708 --> 00:51:04,250
- Do you want the threaded
end or the non-threaded end?
1419
00:51:04,375 --> 00:51:06,625
- We don't need threads on it.
1420
00:51:06,708 --> 00:51:08,833
On this build, I'm going
to be doing most of the wood
1421
00:51:09,000 --> 00:51:10,833
because that's my
area of expertise.
1422
00:51:10,958 --> 00:51:12,667
Rich is going to be
doing forging,
1423
00:51:12,792 --> 00:51:16,958
and then Brandon is going to
be doing both metal and wood.
1424
00:51:17,042 --> 00:51:19,833
- Right now,
I'm making the frame
1425
00:51:19,917 --> 00:51:21,458
for the main torsion box.
1426
00:51:21,583 --> 00:51:23,208
Trying to get some
extra strength
1427
00:51:23,292 --> 00:51:24,500
in that because of all
the load that it's under.
1428
00:51:24,625 --> 00:51:28,917
So we're gluing it on
here and screwing it,
1429
00:51:29,042 --> 00:51:34,333
so that gives a lot more
rigidity between it.
1430
00:51:34,458 --> 00:51:38,167
I'm basically turning two
boards into one thicker board.
1431
00:51:38,208 --> 00:51:39,750
[drill whirring]
1432
00:51:39,917 --> 00:51:41,583
- Gluing it before
he screws them in.
1433
00:51:41,708 --> 00:51:43,917
Smart man.
1434
00:51:44,000 --> 00:51:46,125
My experience with
building one of these
1435
00:51:46,208 --> 00:51:48,333
is that the power that's
in these machines.
1436
00:51:48,417 --> 00:51:51,833
If you don't overbuild it,
it'll break itself apart.
1437
00:51:51,917 --> 00:51:53,167
♪ ♪
1438
00:51:53,292 --> 00:51:55,458
- Yep, seems right.
1439
00:51:55,542 --> 00:51:58,500
[saw whirring]
1440
00:51:58,667 --> 00:52:01,333
- It seems like everyone
is working with purpose.
1441
00:52:01,500 --> 00:52:04,083
There's not a lot of chatting
around or guesswork going on.
1442
00:52:04,250 --> 00:52:06,667
Everybody is so focused
on what they have to do.
1443
00:52:06,750 --> 00:52:08,583
- Well, the Flying
Monkeys looks like they're
1444
00:52:08,667 --> 00:52:10,333
building crosses
for the competitors
1445
00:52:10,417 --> 00:52:12,500
right now when they bury them.
1446
00:52:12,625 --> 00:52:15,833
- So this is the
base to the ballista.
1447
00:52:15,958 --> 00:52:21,167
So anyway, we're going to go
up like this, center point.
1448
00:52:21,333 --> 00:52:22,500
That's where our ballista
is going to be mounted.
1449
00:52:22,708 --> 00:52:25,500
We're going to support it both
ways so it's super strong.
1450
00:52:25,625 --> 00:52:26,833
- Going up.
1451
00:52:26,958 --> 00:52:29,208
- Flying Monkeys are
starting from the ground up.
1452
00:52:29,333 --> 00:52:31,292
They're going to
build that stand
1453
00:52:31,375 --> 00:52:34,833
and then start attaching
parts together on top of it.
1454
00:52:34,958 --> 00:52:36,875
- I think that's a good plan.
1455
00:52:36,875 --> 00:52:39,833
- Yeah, I agree because
you building something--
1456
00:52:39,875 --> 00:52:41,458
having something
and then trying
1457
00:52:41,542 --> 00:52:44,458
to build the stand underneath
it, it's kind of rough.
1458
00:52:44,542 --> 00:52:46,000
- I mean, you don't start
a house with the roof
1459
00:52:46,042 --> 00:52:47,375
or the walls, you know?
1460
00:52:47,500 --> 00:52:49,542
- These braces
are going to make
1461
00:52:49,542 --> 00:52:51,167
sure this thing goes nowhere.
1462
00:52:51,208 --> 00:52:53,208
[drill whirring]
1463
00:52:53,292 --> 00:52:55,208
If your ballista falls
over when you're firing it,
1464
00:52:55,292 --> 00:52:56,750
it's a bad weekend.
1465
00:52:56,833 --> 00:53:01,167
♪ ♪
1466
00:53:01,208 --> 00:53:04,000
- At this point, the torsion
box is pretty much done.
1467
00:53:04,125 --> 00:53:05,333
♪ ♪
1468
00:53:05,458 --> 00:53:07,500
I'm going to start
working on the sled.
1469
00:53:07,625 --> 00:53:09,750
- The actual bolt
sits on the carriage,
1470
00:53:09,833 --> 00:53:12,667
and you hook that carriage to
your window, so your crank,
1471
00:53:12,750 --> 00:53:14,958
to pull it back,
putting the tension
1472
00:53:15,042 --> 00:53:16,333
on the bowstring itself.
1473
00:53:16,500 --> 00:53:18,708
And then when you fire
it, the bolt goes,
1474
00:53:18,875 --> 00:53:20,500
the carriage doesn't.
1475
00:53:20,583 --> 00:53:22,042
- The Sawdust and Sparks are
on the table saw over here.
1476
00:53:22,167 --> 00:53:23,375
It looks like they're
using it to cut
1477
00:53:23,458 --> 00:53:25,042
out a giant dovetail slip.
1478
00:53:25,125 --> 00:53:26,042
- Good idea.
1479
00:53:26,208 --> 00:53:27,417
- Yeah.
1480
00:53:27,500 --> 00:53:28,583
- We're doing a
dovetail because that
1481
00:53:28,708 --> 00:53:31,167
is kind of the gold
standard of two
1482
00:53:31,250 --> 00:53:32,417
pieces sliding on each other.
1483
00:53:32,500 --> 00:53:34,000
They don't come out.
1484
00:53:34,042 --> 00:53:36,167
It's been used for drawer
slides for hundreds of years.
1485
00:53:36,208 --> 00:53:37,458
It's a tried-and-true joint.
1486
00:53:37,542 --> 00:53:38,708
This joint has to
be really smooth
1487
00:53:38,792 --> 00:53:40,417
because when you're
shooting something out,
1488
00:53:40,500 --> 00:53:42,042
you don't want any resistance.
1489
00:53:42,167 --> 00:53:46,333
Look at this guy,
smooth like butter.
1490
00:53:46,458 --> 00:53:47,750
Nice.
1491
00:53:47,833 --> 00:53:51,625
- This is the beginnings
of a torsion box.
1492
00:53:51,750 --> 00:53:55,083
- It looks to me like
Flying Monkeys
1493
00:53:55,083 --> 00:53:57,083
is using a smaller box.
1494
00:53:57,208 --> 00:54:00,917
- Is bigger necessarily better
when launching these bolts?
1495
00:54:01,000 --> 00:54:04,042
- Honestly, if you made it a
little bit taller this way,
1496
00:54:04,167 --> 00:54:05,542
you've got more rope.
1497
00:54:05,708 --> 00:54:08,208
More rope, more tension
when you pull it back.
1498
00:54:08,375 --> 00:54:12,500
- Hoping for both torsion
apparatuses right here
1499
00:54:12,542 --> 00:54:14,125
and then our center shot.
1500
00:54:14,208 --> 00:54:15,708
[saw whirring]
1501
00:54:15,792 --> 00:54:20,583
♪ ♪
1502
00:54:23,875 --> 00:54:26,083
♪ ♪
1503
00:54:26,167 --> 00:54:27,833
- --just so we can
fit a lot of rope
1504
00:54:27,875 --> 00:54:33,208
in there so we can get maximum
torque out of these arms.
1505
00:54:33,333 --> 00:54:35,333
- Gentlemen, day one
is coming to an end.
1506
00:54:35,417 --> 00:54:36,917
You have 30 minutes.
1507
00:54:37,042 --> 00:54:38,542
♪ ♪
1508
00:54:38,708 --> 00:54:40,625
- So at this point, we don't
think a 4-inch hole is going
1509
00:54:40,750 --> 00:54:43,208
to provide enough support, so
we're going to go ahead and go
1510
00:54:43,292 --> 00:54:44,208
down to a 3-inch hole,
which will
1511
00:54:44,375 --> 00:54:46,417
make the sidewall's thicker.
1512
00:54:46,500 --> 00:54:48,833
The reason why we're doing that
is so when the torsion crushes
1513
00:54:48,875 --> 00:54:51,667
together, when the ropes come
together, we want to make sure
1514
00:54:51,750 --> 00:54:54,708
there's enough ability
to resist the flex.
1515
00:54:54,833 --> 00:54:57,167
- Now, is that hole big
enough for the ballista?
1516
00:54:57,292 --> 00:54:58,833
- I'd want a 4-inch hole.
1517
00:54:59,000 --> 00:55:01,042
- So really, the smaller the
hole, the less reps you're
1518
00:55:01,208 --> 00:55:03,000
going to be able to get, which
means the less torsion you're
1519
00:55:03,125 --> 00:55:04,000
going to be able to create.
1520
00:55:04,083 --> 00:55:05,042
- Yeah.
1521
00:55:05,125 --> 00:55:06,833
♪ ♪
1522
00:55:07,000 --> 00:55:08,208
- That's good.
1523
00:55:08,333 --> 00:55:13,000
- 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
1524
00:55:13,125 --> 00:55:14,083
Builders, pack it up.
1525
00:55:14,167 --> 00:55:15,375
This day is over.
1526
00:55:15,500 --> 00:55:17,167
Gentlemen, we will
see you tomorrow.
1527
00:55:17,250 --> 00:55:20,667
- Good work today.
1528
00:55:20,750 --> 00:55:22,667
♪ ♪
1529
00:55:26,750 --> 00:55:28,833
- Gentlemen, welcome to the
second day of this final round
1530
00:55:28,875 --> 00:55:30,083
of Instruments of Death.
1531
00:55:30,208 --> 00:55:31,625
We do have an
additional parameter
1532
00:55:31,750 --> 00:55:33,708
to add at the beginning
of the second day.
1533
00:55:33,792 --> 00:55:35,667
By the end of this
round, you guys
1534
00:55:35,792 --> 00:55:38,000
are going to have to build
eight bolts that will
1535
00:55:38,167 --> 00:55:39,833
be shot from your ballistas.
1536
00:55:39,917 --> 00:55:41,167
- [laughs]
Oh, man.
1537
00:55:41,250 --> 00:55:42,208
- And on top of that,
they each have
1538
00:55:42,375 --> 00:55:44,458
to have a hand-forged tip.
1539
00:55:44,542 --> 00:55:47,042
- The bolts
are time-consuming.
1540
00:55:47,125 --> 00:55:48,500
And that's a lot of forging.
1541
00:55:48,583 --> 00:55:51,000
Rich is going to be
basically doing that all day.
1542
00:55:51,083 --> 00:55:52,750
That takes him out
of the equation.
1543
00:55:52,875 --> 00:55:55,167
So we're down to two people
doing the rest of the build.
1544
00:55:55,333 --> 00:55:58,208
Why couldn't we just
make three bolts?
1545
00:55:58,375 --> 00:56:01,000
- Your day two starts now.
1546
00:56:01,083 --> 00:56:04,167
- Let's go.
- [laughs]
1547
00:56:04,208 --> 00:56:05,792
- Cruel.
- That's rough.
1548
00:56:05,792 --> 00:56:08,625
- Did you see--it's like
I kicked their puppy.
1549
00:56:08,708 --> 00:56:10,875
- [laughs]
- Kind of did.
1550
00:56:11,000 --> 00:56:12,583
- Top of day two,
we're feeling pretty good.
1551
00:56:12,708 --> 00:56:16,542
We've got a good base;
we've got our torsion box.
1552
00:56:16,625 --> 00:56:18,625
We were right on track.
1553
00:56:18,750 --> 00:56:20,417
Grady piled on eight bolts.
1554
00:56:20,542 --> 00:56:23,667
That's going to be
a lot more work.
1555
00:56:23,833 --> 00:56:28,500
The plan to make these
bolts is for Brad and Kory
1556
00:56:28,583 --> 00:56:31,000
to continue to work
on their portions,
1557
00:56:31,083 --> 00:56:35,583
and I am going to start
cranking out the bolt heads.
1558
00:56:35,750 --> 00:56:37,458
[rock music]
1559
00:56:37,542 --> 00:56:40,958
I made the determination to
make them out of 5160 spring
1560
00:56:41,042 --> 00:56:45,333
steel and forge them
down into a pyramid
1561
00:56:45,458 --> 00:56:47,458
shape with four sides.
1562
00:56:47,542 --> 00:56:48,833
And that way they'd
have the durability
1563
00:56:48,958 --> 00:56:50,167
to hold up for whatever
testing they're
1564
00:56:50,333 --> 00:56:51,167
going to be put through.
1565
00:56:51,292 --> 00:56:52,750
♪ ♪
1566
00:56:52,833 --> 00:56:54,958
- I really like the design
that Flying Monkeys are
1567
00:56:55,083 --> 00:56:56,792
going with for the bolt heads.
1568
00:56:56,917 --> 00:56:58,333
- Yeah.
1569
00:56:58,458 --> 00:57:00,167
- Power hammer would be
nice right about now.
1570
00:57:00,333 --> 00:57:03,208
♪ ♪
1571
00:57:03,333 --> 00:57:06,750
- We gave each team the ability
to have all three members
1572
00:57:06,833 --> 00:57:10,500
working at the same time, which
turns out to be absolutely
1573
00:57:10,583 --> 00:57:12,000
necessary in the second round.
1574
00:57:12,042 --> 00:57:14,917
Both teams have lost a
member making those bolts.
1575
00:57:15,000 --> 00:57:19,875
- Decided to use the coil
spring for the spearheads.
1576
00:57:20,000 --> 00:57:22,667
So right now I'm just going
to cut these into sections,
1577
00:57:22,750 --> 00:57:25,333
straighten them out, and
then start to shape them.
1578
00:57:25,458 --> 00:57:32,542
♪ ♪
1579
00:57:35,417 --> 00:57:36,458
- It's always good
to see someone
1580
00:57:36,542 --> 00:57:37,875
forging on "Forged in Fire."
1581
00:57:38,042 --> 00:57:39,750
[laughter]
1582
00:57:39,875 --> 00:57:41,667
- We're already 30
minutes into this,
1583
00:57:41,833 --> 00:57:44,417
and I've already felt like
I've spent a whole day working.
1584
00:57:44,542 --> 00:57:46,000
- He's doing a lot of
swinging with that hammer.
1585
00:57:46,125 --> 00:57:47,000
It gets tiring quick.
1586
00:57:47,167 --> 00:57:48,708
[metal clanging]
1587
00:57:48,792 --> 00:57:49,958
- Ready when you are.
1588
00:57:50,042 --> 00:57:51,333
- That's a hammer.
1589
00:57:51,417 --> 00:57:53,167
Go with like an 8-pound sledge.
1590
00:57:53,250 --> 00:57:54,333
- There you go.
1591
00:57:54,458 --> 00:57:55,583
- That's a really good idea.
1592
00:57:55,667 --> 00:57:57,292
- This is called
the power hammer.
1593
00:57:57,417 --> 00:57:59,708
This is Big Green.
1594
00:57:59,833 --> 00:58:01,000
♪ ♪
1595
00:58:01,083 --> 00:58:03,333
My role in this whole process
is to go up and down.
1596
00:58:03,458 --> 00:58:05,000
We'll let this guy
actually move
1597
00:58:05,125 --> 00:58:06,375
the metal where he wants it.
1598
00:58:06,500 --> 00:58:08,208
- OK, nice.
1599
00:58:08,292 --> 00:58:11,167
♪ ♪
1600
00:58:11,375 --> 00:58:14,167
- Sawdust and Sparks went with
the dovetail for their sled
1601
00:58:14,333 --> 00:58:15,875
to make sure it
didn't have any rise.
1602
00:58:15,958 --> 00:58:18,292
Flying Monkeys are just
going with a T cut.
1603
00:58:18,417 --> 00:58:20,042
♪ ♪
1604
00:58:20,208 --> 00:58:21,833
- Easier to build.
1605
00:58:21,917 --> 00:58:26,000
I mean, he cut all those pieces
in the time it took to cut
1606
00:58:26,125 --> 00:58:27,458
a half of that dovetail.
1607
00:58:27,542 --> 00:58:28,958
- This is the sled.
1608
00:58:29,083 --> 00:58:31,625
This is going to be the
bolt track eventually.
1609
00:58:31,750 --> 00:58:34,500
The reason we build it like
this was to lock everything
1610
00:58:34,667 --> 00:58:38,250
in so, basically, the
sled, when it's released
1611
00:58:38,375 --> 00:58:39,792
and it releases
all that tension,
1612
00:58:39,875 --> 00:58:41,667
that thing doesn't fly
back and hit the guy
1613
00:58:41,750 --> 00:58:44,208
in the head or elsewhere.
1614
00:58:44,292 --> 00:58:46,250
It would hurt no
matter where it hit.
1615
00:58:46,333 --> 00:58:50,958
♪ ♪
1616
00:58:51,083 --> 00:58:53,417
Yeah, then it's going
to slide this time.
1617
00:58:53,542 --> 00:58:55,167
I like it.
1618
00:58:55,333 --> 00:58:57,792
♪ ♪
1619
00:58:57,917 --> 00:59:00,625
- For our tips,
we're doing an integrated tip.
1620
00:59:00,750 --> 00:59:02,792
So what we're doing is,
we're going to sleeve it
1621
00:59:02,917 --> 00:59:06,708
into the pipe,
and then the pipe
1622
00:59:06,833 --> 00:59:09,083
will go on to the wood dowel.
1623
00:59:09,208 --> 00:59:10,917
So we have one cohesive piece.
1624
00:59:11,042 --> 00:59:14,708
♪ ♪
1625
00:59:14,875 --> 00:59:16,500
- So we're doing a good
oil quench on these
1626
00:59:16,625 --> 00:59:18,750
to make that tip nice
and hard, so hopefully,
1627
00:59:18,875 --> 00:59:22,458
whatever it impacts
will destroy the impact
1628
00:59:22,625 --> 00:59:25,333
site and not the tip.
1629
00:59:25,458 --> 00:59:31,750
♪ ♪
1630
00:59:31,833 --> 00:59:37,333
- All right, we got
ourselves some torsion rope.
1631
00:59:37,500 --> 00:59:38,667
[bleep].
1632
00:59:38,875 --> 00:59:39,833
- The Flying Monkeys are
trying to unwind the rope,
1633
00:59:39,917 --> 00:59:42,333
and the whole bundle
just fell apart.
1634
00:59:42,458 --> 00:59:43,833
- This is a spaghetti pile.
1635
00:59:43,875 --> 00:59:46,708
- You ever try to uncoil
an extension cord?
1636
00:59:46,792 --> 00:59:47,667
- Yes, I have.
- Christmas lights.
1637
00:59:47,708 --> 00:59:49,333
- It gets tied up.
1638
00:59:49,375 --> 00:59:51,167
- Doesn't matter how you put
the Christmas lights away,
1639
00:59:51,292 --> 00:59:53,583
they're tangled when you go
get them out the next year.
1640
00:59:53,708 --> 00:59:56,458
- We're putting the
V12 in this thing.
1641
00:59:56,583 --> 00:59:59,958
Got probably about
120 feet of rope.
1642
01:00:00,042 --> 01:00:01,167
[laughs]
1643
01:00:01,208 --> 01:00:03,750
- So if you think of these
machines as an engine,
1644
01:00:03,833 --> 01:00:06,208
that torsion bundle
is that engine.
1645
01:00:06,292 --> 01:00:08,833
So the smoother that runs,
the more power you
1646
01:00:08,958 --> 01:00:11,917
can get out of that, the better
that machine is going to work.
1647
01:00:12,042 --> 01:00:14,833
- All right, I'm gonna start
coiling these things in here.
1648
01:00:14,958 --> 01:00:19,208
♪ ♪
1649
01:00:19,333 --> 01:00:22,375
Building our engine, doing
it the way the Romans did it.
1650
01:00:22,500 --> 01:00:25,333
♪ ♪
1651
01:00:25,417 --> 01:00:26,875
- We finally have
a bundle in place.
1652
01:00:26,958 --> 01:00:29,542
The Flying Monkeys have one
going, two team members.
1653
01:00:29,667 --> 01:00:31,333
And guys, there's a ton
of wraps on this thing.
1654
01:00:31,417 --> 01:00:32,500
- Yeah.
1655
01:00:32,542 --> 01:00:33,708
- And that's what you want
to see.
1656
01:00:33,875 --> 01:00:36,167
- I hope we can pull
400 or 500 pounds
1657
01:00:36,250 --> 01:00:37,750
out of this torsion bundle.
1658
01:00:37,875 --> 01:00:40,000
- Yeah, that would be ideal.
1659
01:00:40,083 --> 01:00:41,667
- So Dave, how does
this rope system work?
1660
01:00:41,708 --> 01:00:44,792
- So if you got a rubber
band, there's your rope.
1661
01:00:44,875 --> 01:00:49,667
You put a stick in it and wind
it and have one end sticking
1662
01:00:49,750 --> 01:00:51,000
a little bit further out.
1663
01:00:51,167 --> 01:00:54,000
Now you pull this
back under pressure
1664
01:00:54,083 --> 01:00:55,250
and it's going to snap forward.
1665
01:00:55,417 --> 01:00:56,792
- OK.
1666
01:00:56,875 --> 01:00:58,833
- And so if you've got
a line tied to this,
1667
01:00:58,958 --> 01:01:00,667
it's going to pull
that line forward.
1668
01:01:00,792 --> 01:01:03,542
That's what's making
that bow work.
1669
01:01:03,667 --> 01:01:05,667
- All right, I'll get
the other rope prepped,
1670
01:01:05,792 --> 01:01:08,333
and we'll do this again.
1671
01:01:08,417 --> 01:01:10,333
♪ ♪
1672
01:01:10,375 --> 01:01:12,292
- Here we go.
Finally.
1673
01:01:12,417 --> 01:01:14,208
- S and S is pulling out rope.
1674
01:01:14,333 --> 01:01:16,083
- This is ridiculous.
1675
01:01:16,208 --> 01:01:17,375
♪ ♪
1676
01:01:17,542 --> 01:01:20,458
It's really,
really enjoyable to undo.
1677
01:01:20,583 --> 01:01:23,125
♪ ♪
1678
01:01:23,208 --> 01:01:25,833
My arm is cramping
from pulling the rope.
1679
01:01:25,958 --> 01:01:28,083
Lucky me, living the dream.
1680
01:01:28,208 --> 01:01:30,125
[groans]
1681
01:01:30,250 --> 01:01:31,208
Stupid son of a--
1682
01:01:31,292 --> 01:01:33,000
[mumbling]
1683
01:01:33,167 --> 01:01:36,833
♪ ♪
1684
01:01:36,833 --> 01:01:38,167
- Oh, and man down.
1685
01:01:38,333 --> 01:01:39,667
- Nailed it.
1686
01:01:39,792 --> 01:01:41,417
You all right?
- [bleep].
1687
01:01:41,500 --> 01:01:42,667
- Get that on camera?
- Oh, yeah.
1688
01:01:42,750 --> 01:01:43,708
- No cameras, right?
1689
01:01:43,875 --> 01:01:45,292
- That's going to make it.
1690
01:01:45,417 --> 01:01:46,833
- At this point, we're
going to start putting
1691
01:01:46,917 --> 01:01:48,167
the rope into our torsion box.
1692
01:01:48,250 --> 01:01:49,667
So we're going to
go back and forth,
1693
01:01:49,750 --> 01:01:51,000
back and forth
around some pipe,
1694
01:01:51,125 --> 01:01:52,208
so that we can go
ahead and torsion it
1695
01:01:52,333 --> 01:01:53,208
and get this thing flying.
1696
01:01:53,333 --> 01:01:55,250
I'm hoping for 20 loops.
1697
01:01:55,375 --> 01:01:56,542
OK.
1698
01:01:56,625 --> 01:01:58,250
- It's good to
finally see Sawdust
1699
01:01:58,375 --> 01:02:00,125
and Sparks getting the
wraps in their bundle done,
1700
01:02:00,208 --> 01:02:01,375
but it's a tight fit.
1701
01:02:01,542 --> 01:02:03,000
They're not going
to be able to get
1702
01:02:03,042 --> 01:02:04,542
anywhere near as many
wraps in the bundles
1703
01:02:04,708 --> 01:02:06,667
as the Flying Monkeys can.
1704
01:02:06,792 --> 01:02:08,167
- Oh, that's my finger.
1705
01:02:08,333 --> 01:02:11,000
- What's the logic behind
putting more wraps of rope?
1706
01:02:11,125 --> 01:02:13,792
- Why can't they just get
away with one or two wraps?
1707
01:02:13,917 --> 01:02:15,542
- It's not going to
hold the arms in place.
1708
01:02:15,667 --> 01:02:17,500
You're not going
to get the tension.
1709
01:02:17,542 --> 01:02:18,917
- We only were able
to get 9 and 1/2
1710
01:02:19,000 --> 01:02:20,792
wraps, so we're going to
have to make that work.
1711
01:02:20,875 --> 01:02:23,542
- So are they going
to rely on more twists
1712
01:02:23,625 --> 01:02:24,542
to get that torque?
1713
01:02:24,625 --> 01:02:25,583
- They're going to have to.
1714
01:02:25,667 --> 01:02:26,833
- Have to.
Yeah, I think so.
1715
01:02:26,958 --> 01:02:29,500
- Around and around we go.
1716
01:02:29,583 --> 01:02:31,042
♪ ♪
1717
01:02:31,208 --> 01:02:33,250
- Kory and I are
building a trigger plate.
1718
01:02:33,375 --> 01:02:36,750
- We're going to need
something down here to give
1719
01:02:36,833 --> 01:02:39,583
us a pivot, but not that big.
1720
01:02:39,708 --> 01:02:41,333
Maybe like a quarter inch.
1721
01:02:41,458 --> 01:02:43,333
- So it sits flush,
is what you're saying?
1722
01:02:43,417 --> 01:02:46,000
- So the connection between
the windlass and the sled
1723
01:02:46,083 --> 01:02:48,167
is probably the most
important connection
1724
01:02:48,208 --> 01:02:49,875
you can think
about at this point
1725
01:02:50,000 --> 01:02:52,417
because it's pulling
back all that torsion.
1726
01:02:52,542 --> 01:02:56,167
♪ ♪
1727
01:02:56,292 --> 01:02:59,917
- OK, ready.
1728
01:03:00,042 --> 01:03:01,250
- Yay.
1729
01:03:01,333 --> 01:03:02,917
Bye, bolt.
1730
01:03:03,042 --> 01:03:06,375
We're going
to install this bad boy.
1731
01:03:06,500 --> 01:03:10,083
We have this lined up centered
on the rail on this bolt,
1732
01:03:10,208 --> 01:03:12,875
and this mechanism
is centered on there.
1733
01:03:12,958 --> 01:03:14,500
If this isn't
aligned correctly,
1734
01:03:14,667 --> 01:03:16,250
it's not going
to probably throw
1735
01:03:16,333 --> 01:03:19,625
the bolt out as far as we
would like it to be thrown.
1736
01:03:19,708 --> 01:03:21,583
This build,
everything's got to go right
1737
01:03:21,667 --> 01:03:23,458
or it's not going
to work right.
1738
01:03:23,583 --> 01:03:25,125
- Looking sweet.
1739
01:03:25,208 --> 01:03:26,167
- Yeah.
1740
01:03:26,250 --> 01:03:27,542
- Just like candy.
1741
01:03:27,708 --> 01:03:30,458
- Builders, you guys
have one hour left.
1742
01:03:30,542 --> 01:03:33,167
- Lift up.
1743
01:03:33,250 --> 01:03:34,833
- Oh, here we go.
1744
01:03:34,958 --> 01:03:36,083
- Looks like
Sparks is lining up
1745
01:03:36,208 --> 01:03:37,833
their ballista on the stand.
1746
01:03:37,917 --> 01:03:39,583
This is what we're
talking about.
1747
01:03:39,667 --> 01:03:41,042
These guys have been working
on so many different components
1748
01:03:41,208 --> 01:03:42,917
of the ballista over
the past two days,
1749
01:03:43,000 --> 01:03:44,833
and now, as we're coming
to the final hour,
1750
01:03:45,000 --> 01:03:46,500
they're starting to
actually take shape.
1751
01:03:46,625 --> 01:03:48,833
- We are clearly
progressing quickly
1752
01:03:48,958 --> 01:03:50,083
on this, which is great.
1753
01:03:50,208 --> 01:03:52,167
We need to put
the back winch on,
1754
01:03:52,292 --> 01:03:56,875
and we're putting the arms
in, hook the bowstring on.
1755
01:03:56,958 --> 01:04:00,208
- Sawdust and Sparks is trying
to put tension on their
1756
01:04:00,375 --> 01:04:04,250
ropes now.
1757
01:04:04,333 --> 01:04:05,875
- This is very big.
1758
01:04:06,000 --> 01:04:08,250
The more twists they get in
the ropes, the more torsion
1759
01:04:08,375 --> 01:04:09,958
they get in the bundles.
1760
01:04:10,042 --> 01:04:11,875
And if they don't have
torsion, the bolts go nowhere.
1761
01:04:12,042 --> 01:04:13,583
The amount of torsion
they can get in this thing
1762
01:04:13,667 --> 01:04:16,542
is going to be the deciding
factor whether they
1763
01:04:16,625 --> 01:04:18,667
win this thing or lose.
1764
01:04:18,792 --> 01:04:19,667
- Oh.
1765
01:04:19,833 --> 01:04:20,833
- Oh.
- [bleep].
1766
01:04:20,917 --> 01:04:22,333
- Oh, come on.
1767
01:04:22,417 --> 01:04:24,958
♪ ♪
1768
01:04:24,958 --> 01:04:26,583
- The idea on this
was that we would
1769
01:04:26,667 --> 01:04:29,375
be able to turn these pipes
at the top, which would
1770
01:04:29,458 --> 01:04:31,083
tighten the ropes inside.
1771
01:04:31,167 --> 01:04:32,667
But they don't want to turn.
1772
01:04:32,708 --> 01:04:33,833
♪ ♪
1773
01:04:33,958 --> 01:04:35,625
Nope.
Not moving.
1774
01:04:35,750 --> 01:04:38,542
- They have more torsion,
more strength in the bundle
1775
01:04:38,625 --> 01:04:40,792
than that rebar can handle.
1776
01:04:40,917 --> 01:04:42,375
- I don't know what
we're going to do.
1777
01:04:42,458 --> 01:04:44,208
This is the only thing
that fits inside the pipe.
1778
01:04:48,417 --> 01:04:50,292
- So we're well on our way
into day two of this ballista
1779
01:04:50,375 --> 01:04:52,208
build, and the guys are
making a lot of progress
1780
01:04:52,292 --> 01:04:54,875
it seems, but Sawdust and
Spark has to find a better way
1781
01:04:55,042 --> 01:04:57,417
to get more torsion in these
bundles or they're done for.
1782
01:04:57,542 --> 01:04:58,417
- I'm really frustrated.
1783
01:04:58,542 --> 01:04:59,417
I'm at the end of my rope here.
1784
01:04:59,542 --> 01:05:00,667
- You want to come
here and hold this?
1785
01:05:00,833 --> 01:05:01,667
I have an idea.
1786
01:05:01,792 --> 01:05:02,667
- OK.
1787
01:05:02,708 --> 01:05:05,042
♪ ♪
1788
01:05:05,125 --> 01:05:06,875
- I made a big rod.
1789
01:05:06,958 --> 01:05:08,625
- Sawdust and Sparks
just made a cheater bar.
1790
01:05:08,750 --> 01:05:09,750
They're going to
try to get even
1791
01:05:09,833 --> 01:05:11,417
more torsion in these bundles.
1792
01:05:11,500 --> 01:05:12,542
- Oh, that's good.
1793
01:05:12,625 --> 01:05:15,167
- 3, 2, 1.
1794
01:05:15,208 --> 01:05:17,667
♪ ♪
1795
01:05:17,833 --> 01:05:19,125
- OK, good, good.
1796
01:05:19,292 --> 01:05:20,542
- OK?
1797
01:05:20,667 --> 01:05:23,125
- Holy smokes, look how
much faster this is going.
1798
01:05:23,208 --> 01:05:24,417
- Yep, big difference.
1799
01:05:24,542 --> 01:05:25,500
- There we go.
1800
01:05:25,583 --> 01:05:27,083
We're moving.
1801
01:05:27,167 --> 01:05:28,500
- Brandon, he totally
saved the day on this one.
1802
01:05:28,583 --> 01:05:31,292
- OK, 3, 2, 1.
1803
01:05:31,417 --> 01:05:33,000
♪ ♪
1804
01:05:33,125 --> 01:05:35,792
- We got 20 minutes left,
and we're finishing our bolts.
1805
01:05:35,917 --> 01:05:37,042
We got the fletchings in.
1806
01:05:37,208 --> 01:05:39,417
We're pinning them
and gluing them now.
1807
01:05:39,542 --> 01:05:41,458
- OK, let's go.
1808
01:05:41,542 --> 01:05:44,167
- So Flying monkeys are
moments away from mounting
1809
01:05:44,292 --> 01:05:45,833
their ballista on its stand.
1810
01:05:45,958 --> 01:05:47,750
♪ ♪
1811
01:05:47,833 --> 01:05:48,875
- Here we go.
1812
01:05:48,875 --> 01:05:49,833
Oop.
1813
01:05:49,917 --> 01:05:51,083
- Go back your way about--
1814
01:05:51,208 --> 01:05:52,292
- An inch.
- --3/4 of an inch.
1815
01:05:52,375 --> 01:05:53,292
Not so much.
1816
01:05:53,458 --> 01:05:54,125
- Forward, forward.
1817
01:05:54,292 --> 01:05:55,833
- I'm so excited for this.
1818
01:05:55,958 --> 01:05:57,750
♪ ♪
1819
01:05:57,750 --> 01:05:58,708
- Send it.
1820
01:05:58,792 --> 01:05:59,667
- You there?
1821
01:05:59,750 --> 01:06:00,792
- Yeah.
1822
01:06:00,875 --> 01:06:02,042
- We're there.
- All right.
1823
01:06:02,208 --> 01:06:03,708
- Come on.
- They're doing a dry fire.
1824
01:06:03,875 --> 01:06:05,000
- Come on.
1825
01:06:05,167 --> 01:06:06,875
- Go ahead, Brad.
1826
01:06:07,042 --> 01:06:08,917
♪ ♪
1827
01:06:09,042 --> 01:06:10,333
- They're not going to
shoot it with the bolt,
1828
01:06:10,458 --> 01:06:12,625
but they're identifying
how far back,
1829
01:06:12,750 --> 01:06:14,583
making sure everything's right.
1830
01:06:14,667 --> 01:06:17,000
♪ ♪
1831
01:06:17,125 --> 01:06:20,458
I can smell their
nerves right now.
1832
01:06:20,542 --> 01:06:22,000
- Let's go.
1833
01:06:22,042 --> 01:06:25,750
- If this breaks,
it's lights out.
1834
01:06:25,833 --> 01:06:28,500
- All right.
1835
01:06:28,667 --> 01:06:32,000
There is about where
we're going to need to be.
1836
01:06:32,125 --> 01:06:33,167
All right,
on the count of three,
1837
01:06:33,250 --> 01:06:34,375
everybody grab hold of it.
1838
01:06:34,542 --> 01:06:35,833
We'll do it all
together back here.
1839
01:06:35,917 --> 01:06:38,042
- Whoa, dude.
1840
01:06:38,208 --> 01:06:41,667
- Ready? 1, 2, 3.
1841
01:06:41,833 --> 01:06:44,250
Whew, boom.
- It works.
1842
01:06:44,375 --> 01:06:45,667
- I'd call that
a successful test.
1843
01:06:45,792 --> 01:06:46,833
- Oh, yeah.
- Yeah.
1844
01:06:46,917 --> 01:06:48,250
- It will shoot.
1845
01:06:48,375 --> 01:06:53,750
♪ ♪
1846
01:06:53,917 --> 01:06:58,417
- 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
1847
01:06:58,542 --> 01:07:00,250
All right, gentlemen,
that's the end of day two.
1848
01:07:00,375 --> 01:07:01,958
Tomorrow you will
have two hours
1849
01:07:02,042 --> 01:07:03,333
to finish up your builds.
1850
01:07:03,417 --> 01:07:04,917
And we're going
to start tomorrow
1851
01:07:05,042 --> 01:07:06,083
with an inspection
from the judges,
1852
01:07:06,208 --> 01:07:07,500
so I hope you're ready.
1853
01:07:07,708 --> 01:07:08,500
- Whoo!
1854
01:07:08,667 --> 01:07:15,458
♪ ♪
1855
01:07:15,583 --> 01:07:17,750
- Gentlemen, you got
two hours remaining.
1856
01:07:17,875 --> 01:07:19,667
Sawdust and Sparks,
step outside the
1857
01:07:19,750 --> 01:07:22,208
build site for inspection.
1858
01:07:22,375 --> 01:07:24,000
- Hey, guys.
How's it going?
1859
01:07:24,167 --> 01:07:25,167
- Good. Doing good.
- Doing good.
1860
01:07:25,292 --> 01:07:27,875
- Everything looks
pretty solid.
1861
01:07:28,000 --> 01:07:31,542
I mean, right off,
I see the biggest problem.
1862
01:07:31,708 --> 01:07:33,000
Can't really move this.
1863
01:07:33,125 --> 01:07:34,625
That's going to hit wood.
1864
01:07:34,750 --> 01:07:37,167
- Also, I see that this
isn't really affixed to it,
1865
01:07:37,250 --> 01:07:39,167
so that every time
you draw on this,
1866
01:07:39,250 --> 01:07:40,417
you're going to
lose some tension.
1867
01:07:40,542 --> 01:07:42,000
So maybe you can
find a way to make it
1868
01:07:42,167 --> 01:07:43,250
a little more taut in there.
1869
01:07:43,375 --> 01:07:45,958
- And how's this system work?
1870
01:07:46,083 --> 01:07:47,833
- Yeah, so this one
we're going to have--
1871
01:07:47,875 --> 01:07:48,958
you'll have a pipe
that you put in--
1872
01:07:49,042 --> 01:07:50,583
- OK.
1873
01:07:50,708 --> 01:07:52,208
- --rotate it, take it out,
put it in the other hole.
1874
01:07:52,375 --> 01:07:53,708
- Well, I like the
fact that that's
1875
01:07:53,875 --> 01:07:54,750
not going to be
there once you've
1876
01:07:54,875 --> 01:07:56,292
got everything at tension.
1877
01:07:56,375 --> 01:07:57,542
- Yeah.
1878
01:07:57,708 --> 01:07:58,625
- Having this cut loose
and having a giant--
1879
01:07:58,750 --> 01:07:59,958
- Right.
1880
01:08:00,083 --> 01:08:01,167
- --a giant beater
right next to you there
1881
01:08:01,250 --> 01:08:03,292
trying to rip your arm off.
1882
01:08:03,375 --> 01:08:04,917
All right, guys, good luck.
- Thank you.
1883
01:08:05,042 --> 01:08:06,333
- Have fun with this.
- All right, thanks.
1884
01:08:06,500 --> 01:08:07,625
After talking to Dave
and Doug,
1885
01:08:07,708 --> 01:08:08,750
we feel better about this.
1886
01:08:08,958 --> 01:08:11,250
We have some things we can
tweak and things we can do.
1887
01:08:11,375 --> 01:08:13,000
But I think we're
not that far off.
1888
01:08:13,083 --> 01:08:16,000
We almost need to cut a
hole in the front of it.
1889
01:08:16,083 --> 01:08:17,500
- OK, we can do that too.
1890
01:08:17,625 --> 01:08:18,917
- Flying Monkeys, gentlemen,
put down your tools.
1891
01:08:19,000 --> 01:08:21,000
It's time for your inspection.
1892
01:08:21,042 --> 01:08:22,750
- Man, this thing's
almost together.
1893
01:08:22,833 --> 01:08:24,458
- I know.
- We're getting there.
1894
01:08:24,542 --> 01:08:25,583
- It looks good.
1895
01:08:25,667 --> 01:08:26,667
- Thank you.
1896
01:08:26,708 --> 01:08:29,875
- I mean, this looks solid.
1897
01:08:30,042 --> 01:08:31,458
OK, I got a question for you.
1898
01:08:31,542 --> 01:08:32,708
- Yes, sir.
1899
01:08:32,875 --> 01:08:34,500
- Do you have one
of your bolts?
1900
01:08:34,583 --> 01:08:37,500
- Yeah, grab one.
1901
01:08:37,667 --> 01:08:39,625
- Oh, those look great.
1902
01:08:39,708 --> 01:08:41,750
But here's what I'm--
1903
01:08:41,875 --> 01:08:43,500
because of this
plate being high,
1904
01:08:43,583 --> 01:08:46,083
it's going to slap
the top part of that.
1905
01:08:46,208 --> 01:08:48,250
I've seen these things
when they go wrong--
1906
01:08:48,333 --> 01:08:51,292
you know, it slaps and
the arrow just lifts up.
1907
01:08:51,375 --> 01:08:52,667
- Oh, that would be fun.
1908
01:08:52,875 --> 01:08:55,167
- And if it hit that, it
would rip this thing apart.
1909
01:08:55,292 --> 01:08:56,500
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
1910
01:08:56,542 --> 01:08:58,000
- So, yeah,
I'd take care of that.
1911
01:08:58,167 --> 01:08:59,375
But other than that,
it looks like you
1912
01:08:59,542 --> 01:09:00,792
just got some minor
things to dial in,
1913
01:09:00,958 --> 01:09:02,125
and you're ready to go.
1914
01:09:02,250 --> 01:09:03,375
- All right,
gentlemen, good luck.
1915
01:09:03,458 --> 01:09:04,875
- Thank you.
Appreciate it.
1916
01:09:05,042 --> 01:09:06,500
Dave and Doug had some
valuable feedback.
1917
01:09:06,583 --> 01:09:08,125
Dave points out that
there's a gap between where
1918
01:09:08,208 --> 01:09:10,833
the bolt rests and the rope.
1919
01:09:10,958 --> 01:09:12,167
So we got to get it fixed.
1920
01:09:12,250 --> 01:09:13,833
OK, so that can come off.
1921
01:09:13,958 --> 01:09:15,167
♪ ♪
1922
01:09:15,292 --> 01:09:17,042
- How we looking?
1923
01:09:17,208 --> 01:09:19,250
- Good, but there's
a lot to do.
1924
01:09:19,375 --> 01:09:22,167
I'm confident that both
these teams can get it done.
1925
01:09:22,333 --> 01:09:24,667
The question is, is, how well
they're going to function.
1926
01:09:24,833 --> 01:09:27,583
♪ ♪
1927
01:09:27,708 --> 01:09:29,125
- That looks good.
1928
01:09:29,208 --> 01:09:30,583
- Hey, look at what
Sawdust and Spark has done.
1929
01:09:30,708 --> 01:09:31,833
- Very, very good.
1930
01:09:31,958 --> 01:09:34,000
- They've gone to drilling
a hole through their arm
1931
01:09:34,083 --> 01:09:34,917
for the rope.
- Very good.
1932
01:09:35,083 --> 01:09:36,583
- Smart maneuver.
1933
01:09:36,708 --> 01:09:38,375
- That's going to create a
lot more tension for them.
1934
01:09:38,458 --> 01:09:40,333
- Let's do a quick dry fire.
1935
01:09:40,375 --> 01:09:41,750
- All right, here we go,
Sawdust and Sparks
1936
01:09:41,875 --> 01:09:42,667
trying to get some tension.
1937
01:09:42,792 --> 01:09:45,125
♪ ♪
1938
01:09:45,250 --> 01:09:49,125
- All right, ready, aim, fire.
1939
01:09:49,250 --> 01:09:51,708
- All right, we've got
a functional ballista.
1940
01:09:51,792 --> 01:09:53,917
But I hope they
realize that they need
1941
01:09:54,042 --> 01:09:55,667
more twist in their bundles.
1942
01:09:55,708 --> 01:09:57,833
There's not anywhere near
as much torsion as they
1943
01:09:57,875 --> 01:09:58,833
could get in this thing.
1944
01:09:58,958 --> 01:10:01,042
- No.
1945
01:10:01,125 --> 01:10:03,500
Brad from Flying Monkeys is
over here on the floor vise
1946
01:10:03,625 --> 01:10:05,167
cutting out the
notch in the trigger.
1947
01:10:05,250 --> 01:10:06,792
So they're going to have
that bolt sitting right
1948
01:10:06,875 --> 01:10:08,000
up against the bowstring now.
1949
01:10:08,125 --> 01:10:09,333
- I'm glad they
heard what I said.
1950
01:10:09,375 --> 01:10:11,292
That's definitely
a game changer.
1951
01:10:11,375 --> 01:10:15,000
- We want full contact for
propulsion right out the gate.
1952
01:10:15,083 --> 01:10:16,917
Super grateful for the input.
1953
01:10:17,000 --> 01:10:18,500
- OK, are we clear?
- We're clear.
1954
01:10:18,625 --> 01:10:19,792
- All right,
I'm going straight up.
1955
01:10:19,875 --> 01:10:21,500
- Yep.
1956
01:10:21,583 --> 01:10:23,000
- One of the things
that Dave brought up
1957
01:10:23,167 --> 01:10:25,208
was that our arm,
as it was rotating,
1958
01:10:25,292 --> 01:10:26,583
was hitting the
back of the shear wall,
1959
01:10:26,750 --> 01:10:29,167
which was decreasing
some of the tension on it.
1960
01:10:29,208 --> 01:10:31,167
One access hole.
1961
01:10:31,250 --> 01:10:32,958
OK, other side.
1962
01:10:33,083 --> 01:10:34,667
So in order to do that,
we're going
1963
01:10:34,708 --> 01:10:36,375
to cut a hole
in the front of that
1964
01:10:36,542 --> 01:10:38,125
so that the arm can
actually rotate out.
1965
01:10:38,250 --> 01:10:39,958
♪ ♪
1966
01:10:40,083 --> 01:10:42,292
OK, good?
1967
01:10:42,375 --> 01:10:43,667
- Gentlemen,
you have 30 minutes.
1968
01:10:43,750 --> 01:10:45,625
- This is final
tension right here.
1969
01:10:45,708 --> 01:10:47,167
- [grunts]
1970
01:10:47,208 --> 01:10:48,875
- Both teams are upping
the ante, adding more
1971
01:10:48,875 --> 01:10:50,083
torsion to their ballistas.
1972
01:10:50,167 --> 01:10:51,417
How critical is
this step right now?
1973
01:10:51,542 --> 01:10:53,167
- Oh, I think it's
hugely critical.
1974
01:10:53,375 --> 01:10:56,333
I mean, you want to have
enough power on there to throw
1975
01:10:56,417 --> 01:10:58,542
that bolt as far as
you want to throw it,
1976
01:10:58,708 --> 01:11:00,667
not as far as the
machine can throw it.
1977
01:11:00,708 --> 01:11:04,917
- This is going to have an
immense amount of force.
1978
01:11:05,042 --> 01:11:05,875
- I can't wait.
1979
01:11:06,042 --> 01:11:07,458
- Let's go.
1980
01:11:07,542 --> 01:11:08,333
- Down.
1981
01:11:08,375 --> 01:11:09,333
- Come toward me.
1982
01:11:09,375 --> 01:11:11,000
Yeah, right there.
1983
01:11:11,125 --> 01:11:12,458
- Gentlemen,
you got two minutes left.
1984
01:11:12,542 --> 01:11:16,042
♪ ♪
1985
01:11:16,125 --> 01:11:17,167
- Oh, yeah.
1986
01:11:17,250 --> 01:11:22,083
- 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
1987
01:11:22,167 --> 01:11:24,000
Teams, put down your tools.
1988
01:11:24,083 --> 01:11:26,667
This third and
final round is over.
1989
01:11:26,833 --> 01:11:28,083
[together]
Whoo!
1990
01:11:28,167 --> 01:11:29,208
- Good work, guys.
- All right.
1991
01:11:29,375 --> 01:11:30,708
- Got this done.
1992
01:11:30,792 --> 01:11:32,500
- Now that the time
is done, I feel good.
1993
01:11:32,583 --> 01:11:34,333
I'm glad we
finished it in time.
1994
01:11:34,500 --> 01:11:37,000
We had a little time to put
some stain on the outside,
1995
01:11:37,083 --> 01:11:38,458
put some character onto it.
1996
01:11:38,542 --> 01:11:39,875
We're ready to test this thing.
1997
01:11:40,042 --> 01:11:41,792
- Nice work; nice work.
1998
01:11:41,875 --> 01:11:42,958
♪ ♪
1999
01:11:43,125 --> 01:11:44,292
- Sawdust and Sparks,
Flying Monkeys,
2000
01:11:44,417 --> 01:11:47,417
gentlemen, congratulations
on a job well done.
2001
01:11:47,500 --> 01:11:50,542
This past round we asked you
to build the largest projectile
2002
01:11:50,708 --> 01:11:52,833
weapon we have
ever asked anybody
2003
01:11:52,875 --> 01:11:55,167
to make in any of our
competition before,
2004
01:11:55,167 --> 01:11:56,542
and you six got it done.
2005
01:11:56,625 --> 01:11:59,333
Now we've got to find out
if these ballistas are
2006
01:11:59,417 --> 01:12:02,042
functional to determine
which one of your teams
2007
01:12:02,042 --> 01:12:04,042
will leave here
as the first ever
2008
01:12:04,208 --> 01:12:06,125
Instruments of Death
champions and take
2009
01:12:06,208 --> 01:12:08,500
home a check for $20,000.
2010
01:12:08,667 --> 01:12:10,833
We've got two tests set up
for you, the first of which
2011
01:12:10,958 --> 01:12:12,667
is all about
functionality, and it will
2012
01:12:12,708 --> 01:12:14,500
be performed by Dave Baker.
2013
01:12:14,583 --> 01:12:16,708
And because this ballista
is such a unique challenge,
2014
01:12:16,833 --> 01:12:18,667
after that first test,
you will have
2015
01:12:18,792 --> 01:12:22,375
one hour to make adjustments
before the second test begins.
2016
01:12:22,542 --> 01:12:24,833
All right, Sawdust and Sparks,
gentlemen, you're up first.
2017
01:12:24,917 --> 01:12:26,833
Please, arm your ballista.
2018
01:12:27,000 --> 01:12:28,333
- Got this.
2019
01:12:28,417 --> 01:12:29,583
We're a little
apprehensive because this
2020
01:12:29,708 --> 01:12:30,917
is the first time
we've ever fired
2021
01:12:31,000 --> 01:12:32,167
this thing with a bolt in it.
2022
01:12:32,333 --> 01:12:33,792
I know I'm nervous,
and these guys
2023
01:12:33,917 --> 01:12:35,583
are nervous too, because
we really want to win this.
2024
01:12:35,708 --> 01:12:41,833
♪ ♪
2025
01:12:47,208 --> 01:12:48,083
- [groans]
2026
01:12:48,167 --> 01:12:50,500
- Oh, [bleep].
2027
01:12:50,667 --> 01:12:53,167
- All right, gentlemen,
first bolt, not so hot.
2028
01:12:53,250 --> 01:12:54,625
Why don't you come and reset,
2029
01:12:54,708 --> 01:12:56,375
and we'll fire
your second bolt?
2030
01:12:56,458 --> 01:12:57,542
- It is frustrating
to see such
2031
01:12:57,708 --> 01:12:59,417
an underwhelming performance.
2032
01:12:59,542 --> 01:13:01,167
- This next round, we really
hope this is something that we
2033
01:13:01,250 --> 01:13:02,458
can launch across the field.
2034
01:13:02,542 --> 01:13:05,583
[tense music]
2035
01:13:05,667 --> 01:13:08,750
♪ ♪
2036
01:13:08,875 --> 01:13:09,750
- Whoo-hoo.
2037
01:13:09,875 --> 01:13:10,708
- All right.
2038
01:13:10,792 --> 01:13:11,875
- All right, it got through.
2039
01:13:12,042 --> 01:13:13,625
- All right.
2040
01:13:13,750 --> 01:13:14,792
We'll take it.
2041
01:13:14,917 --> 01:13:16,708
- All right,
Sawdust and Sparks,
2042
01:13:16,833 --> 01:13:19,375
I love the fact that you've got
that trigger system in there.
2043
01:13:19,458 --> 01:13:21,583
I love that you've got
that ratcheting system.
2044
01:13:21,750 --> 01:13:24,333
You made it through two of the
layers, the two linen layers.
2045
01:13:24,500 --> 01:13:26,833
And I think the biggest
issue this machine has is,
2046
01:13:26,958 --> 01:13:28,833
there's just not enough
tension on those ropes.
2047
01:13:29,000 --> 01:13:32,042
If you could get those
skeins of rope wound tighter,
2048
01:13:32,208 --> 01:13:34,667
I think this whole thing would
function actually pretty well.
2049
01:13:34,708 --> 01:13:36,458
- Thank you.
- Thank you.
2050
01:13:36,542 --> 01:13:38,042
- All right, Flying
Monkeys, you guys are up.
2051
01:13:38,125 --> 01:13:39,375
You ready?
- Ready.
2052
01:13:39,458 --> 01:13:41,833
- All right, lock and load.
2053
01:13:41,875 --> 01:13:43,833
- We've got a lot of
torsion on our ropes.
2054
01:13:43,917 --> 01:13:45,667
My gut feeling is
it's going to punch
2055
01:13:45,750 --> 01:13:47,750
through all of these barriers.
2056
01:13:47,833 --> 01:13:54,750
♪ ♪
2057
01:14:00,833 --> 01:14:02,083
- Pull.
2058
01:14:02,167 --> 01:14:04,000
- [groans]
2059
01:14:04,083 --> 01:14:05,708
Oh, it popped up the arrow.
2060
01:14:05,833 --> 01:14:08,500
- So gentlemen, what happened--
your rope sits on top of this
2061
01:14:08,667 --> 01:14:13,167
1/4 inch plate,
which puts it at like
2062
01:14:13,250 --> 01:14:15,333
above the middle of the arrow.
2063
01:14:15,500 --> 01:14:18,333
So when it released, I
have a feeling this--
2064
01:14:18,375 --> 01:14:20,500
it rises a little
bit with your trigger
2065
01:14:20,667 --> 01:14:22,667
and it slid right over
the top of that arrow.
2066
01:14:22,708 --> 01:14:24,167
- OK.
2067
01:14:24,292 --> 01:14:27,542
- So you got one more bolt.
So let's reload this thing.
2068
01:14:27,625 --> 01:14:29,500
- Our rope and
trigger assembly are
2069
01:14:29,583 --> 01:14:30,667
sitting higher than the bolt.
2070
01:14:30,833 --> 01:14:32,708
Some fine tuning
needs to happen.
2071
01:14:35,250 --> 01:14:42,083
♪ ♪
2072
01:14:46,458 --> 01:14:47,917
- Same thing.
2073
01:14:48,000 --> 01:14:49,875
Three days' worth of work,
and it doesn't fire.
2074
01:14:49,875 --> 01:14:51,417
- It doesn't fire.
- Devastating.
2075
01:14:51,542 --> 01:14:53,000
- All right, Flying Monkeys,
your machine, I think
2076
01:14:53,083 --> 01:14:54,500
it's designed beautifully.
2077
01:14:54,667 --> 01:14:57,833
Those skeins of rope
are still rock hard,
2078
01:14:57,917 --> 01:15:00,833
but there's a little problem
with your trigger system
2079
01:15:00,917 --> 01:15:03,375
in that the plate
that it's mounted on
2080
01:15:03,458 --> 01:15:08,917
is raising the rope so it's not
dead center on your bolt here.
2081
01:15:09,083 --> 01:15:10,833
- All right, gentlemen,
now that you've
2082
01:15:10,958 --> 01:15:12,667
seen your weapons fired and
heard your feedback from Dave,
2083
01:15:12,708 --> 01:15:15,167
we're giving you one hour
to make any adjustments
2084
01:15:15,250 --> 01:15:16,833
before that final team test.
2085
01:15:17,000 --> 01:15:19,083
This test is going to
determine who's walking away
2086
01:15:19,167 --> 01:15:22,417
with that $20,000
and the first ever Instruments
2087
01:15:22,542 --> 01:15:23,958
of Death champion title.
2088
01:15:24,083 --> 01:15:26,125
So good luck because
that time starts now.
2089
01:15:26,208 --> 01:15:28,458
♪ ♪
2090
01:15:28,542 --> 01:15:30,250
- Let's put this on
the ground and see
2091
01:15:30,375 --> 01:15:32,875
if we can get some more torque
on the top of these ropes.
2092
01:15:33,042 --> 01:15:35,167
We need to put a lot more
tension on these ropes
2093
01:15:35,375 --> 01:15:39,167
and try to tweak it and get
it going how we anticipate.
2094
01:15:39,208 --> 01:15:40,833
[groans]
2095
01:15:40,917 --> 01:15:42,542
- Tremendous amount of force.
2096
01:15:42,708 --> 01:15:45,042
So it is a real possibility
that these ballistas
2097
01:15:45,125 --> 01:15:46,333
could snap in half.
2098
01:15:46,375 --> 01:15:47,292
- It's a possibility.
2099
01:15:47,417 --> 01:15:48,833
- OK.
2100
01:15:49,000 --> 01:15:51,208
- We definitely put on as much
tension as we could on that.
2101
01:15:51,375 --> 01:15:52,833
- That's good.
2102
01:15:52,875 --> 01:15:56,208
- Well, what we saw is the
rope going over our bolt.
2103
01:15:56,292 --> 01:15:58,500
- As it currently sits,
we're not shooting anything.
2104
01:15:58,542 --> 01:16:00,292
It's totally ineffective.
2105
01:16:00,375 --> 01:16:03,417
We know that we have to raise
the shooting platform up.
2106
01:16:03,542 --> 01:16:05,583
The fastest way to
do that is to raise
2107
01:16:05,708 --> 01:16:08,792
the rail up to match the height
of the trigger and the rope.
2108
01:16:08,917 --> 01:16:10,750
- That's sitting dead end.
2109
01:16:10,833 --> 01:16:14,292
It wouldn't be a bad idea to
take a marker and make a line.
2110
01:16:14,375 --> 01:16:15,667
Because you start
cranking it back
2111
01:16:15,750 --> 01:16:16,667
and you're looking at
the crank and you're
2112
01:16:16,792 --> 01:16:17,833
looking at the string.
2113
01:16:17,917 --> 01:16:19,625
- Yeah, do not move past here.
2114
01:16:19,750 --> 01:16:21,208
- OK, we're good.
2115
01:16:21,333 --> 01:16:22,792
- I like that.
2116
01:16:22,875 --> 01:16:25,000
Now we're to the edge
where if we go any further,
2117
01:16:25,125 --> 01:16:28,583
we may be a little concerned
about the structure.
2118
01:16:28,667 --> 01:16:30,292
- In our normal
competitions, I love
2119
01:16:30,417 --> 01:16:32,792
watching smiths
work out details
2120
01:16:32,917 --> 01:16:35,250
so all their fit and
finish is really nice.
2121
01:16:35,333 --> 01:16:36,542
You know what I like better?
2122
01:16:36,625 --> 01:16:37,750
- Finished weapons.
- Yes.
2123
01:16:37,833 --> 01:16:38,958
Yes.
2124
01:16:39,042 --> 01:16:41,458
When they get it
done and it works.
2125
01:16:41,542 --> 01:16:46,417
- 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
2126
01:16:46,500 --> 01:16:48,833
Gentlemen, your build
time is finished.
2127
01:16:48,917 --> 01:16:51,000
- We tackled the
priorities first,
2128
01:16:51,083 --> 01:16:53,042
and we got them done
and it will fire.
2129
01:16:53,208 --> 01:16:56,417
- Well gentlemen, it comes
down to one final test.
2130
01:16:56,542 --> 01:16:58,792
This is the team battle test.
2131
01:16:58,917 --> 01:17:01,833
You will be manning your
ballistas going head-to-head
2132
01:17:01,875 --> 01:17:03,333
against your competitors.
2133
01:17:03,417 --> 01:17:04,667
This is all about
how many targets
2134
01:17:04,833 --> 01:17:07,292
you can take down
with the eight bolts
2135
01:17:07,375 --> 01:17:08,583
you have in your arsenal.
2136
01:17:08,667 --> 01:17:10,500
Sawdust and Sparks,
you guys are up.
2137
01:17:10,542 --> 01:17:12,333
Man the machine.
2138
01:17:12,458 --> 01:17:13,667
- Let's go, guys.
2139
01:17:13,750 --> 01:17:15,000
- We're definitely
disappointed with
2140
01:17:15,167 --> 01:17:16,708
the performance
of that first test.
2141
01:17:16,875 --> 01:17:18,583
We were hoping to have
much more power behind it
2142
01:17:18,667 --> 01:17:19,917
to be able to shoot
it a lot harder.
2143
01:17:20,042 --> 01:17:22,667
After tensioning this,
I think we definitely have
2144
01:17:22,750 --> 01:17:24,000
a much better shot at this.
2145
01:17:24,167 --> 01:17:25,000
I just hope it fires.
2146
01:17:25,167 --> 01:17:26,250
♪ ♪
2147
01:17:30,292 --> 01:17:32,125
[tense music]
2148
01:17:32,208 --> 01:17:33,167
- Oh!
2149
01:17:33,208 --> 01:17:34,083
- All right, all right!
2150
01:17:34,208 --> 01:17:36,333
Whoo!
2151
01:17:36,417 --> 01:17:38,875
Reload.
2152
01:17:38,958 --> 01:17:43,542
♪ ♪
2153
01:17:43,667 --> 01:17:45,417
[all groaning]
2154
01:17:45,500 --> 01:17:50,083
♪ ♪
2155
01:17:50,208 --> 01:17:51,042
[all groaning]
2156
01:17:51,208 --> 01:17:52,583
- Man.
2157
01:17:52,583 --> 01:17:54,542
♪ ♪
2158
01:17:54,667 --> 01:17:56,167
- All right! Whoo!
2159
01:17:56,250 --> 01:17:57,167
All right.
2160
01:17:57,333 --> 01:17:58,167
- All right.
2161
01:17:58,292 --> 01:18:03,292
♪ ♪
2162
01:18:03,375 --> 01:18:04,792
- Whoo!
2163
01:18:04,917 --> 01:18:06,167
Yeah!
2164
01:18:06,250 --> 01:18:07,500
Nice shot.
2165
01:18:07,625 --> 01:18:11,000
♪ ♪
2166
01:18:11,083 --> 01:18:13,042
Oh, close.
2167
01:18:13,125 --> 01:18:15,333
♪ ♪
2168
01:18:15,458 --> 01:18:17,000
Whoo!
2169
01:18:17,083 --> 01:18:18,042
Yeah!
2170
01:18:18,125 --> 01:18:20,375
- Builders,
this is your final shot.
2171
01:18:20,500 --> 01:18:22,750
♪ ♪
2172
01:18:22,833 --> 01:18:24,292
- All right! Whoo!
2173
01:18:24,417 --> 01:18:25,625
The gut shot.
2174
01:18:25,708 --> 01:18:27,333
- Good job, guys.
Nice, nice.
2175
01:18:27,500 --> 01:18:28,833
- All right.
- Wow.
2176
01:18:28,833 --> 01:18:30,167
It buried the whole bolt.
2177
01:18:30,375 --> 01:18:31,667
- The whole...
2178
01:18:31,750 --> 01:18:35,792
♪ ♪
2179
01:18:35,875 --> 01:18:37,333
Still a solid piece.
- Yeah.
2180
01:18:37,417 --> 01:18:38,667
♪ ♪
2181
01:18:38,792 --> 01:18:42,000
- Sawdust and Sparks,
way to make adjustments.
2182
01:18:42,083 --> 01:18:44,792
But most of the arrows,
they kind of lobbed in.
2183
01:18:44,958 --> 01:18:47,167
But trigger system
works fantastic.
2184
01:18:47,292 --> 01:18:48,292
It's got tons of tension.
2185
01:18:48,417 --> 01:18:49,500
Nicely done.
- Thank you.
2186
01:18:49,583 --> 01:18:51,042
- Thank you.
Thank you.
2187
01:18:51,208 --> 01:18:53,208
- All right, Flying Monkeys
this is your chance, gentlemen.
2188
01:18:53,333 --> 01:18:55,125
Knock down all these targets.
You guys ready?
2189
01:18:55,208 --> 01:18:56,125
- Yeah.
- Ready.
2190
01:18:56,208 --> 01:18:59,583
- All right, gentlemen,
arm your weapon.
2191
01:18:59,667 --> 01:19:02,542
Going into the test, if these
adjustments that we've made
2192
01:19:02,625 --> 01:19:04,583
don't work, we are going home.
2193
01:19:04,708 --> 01:19:06,500
Sawdust and Sparks
are real competitors,
2194
01:19:06,625 --> 01:19:08,208
and they set the
bar really high.
2195
01:19:08,375 --> 01:19:10,708
- We made the adjustments, but
we still haven't seen it fire.
2196
01:19:10,792 --> 01:19:16,917
♪ ♪
2197
01:19:17,042 --> 01:19:18,250
- Ohh.
2198
01:19:18,375 --> 01:19:19,625
♪ ♪
2199
01:19:19,625 --> 01:19:21,208
- A little slow,
but it's working.
2200
01:19:21,333 --> 01:19:26,417
♪ ♪
2201
01:19:26,542 --> 01:19:28,125
- Oh, ho-ho!
- Yeah!
2202
01:19:28,208 --> 01:19:32,542
♪ ♪
2203
01:19:32,708 --> 01:19:34,500
- Mm!
2204
01:19:34,583 --> 01:19:36,000
- You gotta really aim high.
2205
01:19:36,083 --> 01:19:39,333
♪ ♪
2206
01:19:39,417 --> 01:19:41,042
- Yeah!
2207
01:19:41,208 --> 01:19:43,083
- Nice, got it.
2208
01:19:43,208 --> 01:19:44,208
- Get it high.
2209
01:19:44,292 --> 01:19:47,500
♪ ♪
2210
01:19:47,542 --> 01:19:50,167
- Nice!
Direct hit.
2211
01:19:50,292 --> 01:19:52,208
- That's beautiful.
2212
01:19:52,292 --> 01:19:56,958
♪ ♪
2213
01:19:57,042 --> 01:19:58,125
- Yeah!
2214
01:19:58,292 --> 01:19:59,750
- Whoo!
2215
01:19:59,833 --> 01:20:03,625
♪ ♪
2216
01:20:03,708 --> 01:20:05,292
- Ooh.
2217
01:20:05,417 --> 01:20:07,000
♪ ♪
2218
01:20:07,042 --> 01:20:08,167
- This is your final shot.
2219
01:20:08,333 --> 01:20:09,375
- You got this.
2220
01:20:09,458 --> 01:20:14,333
♪ ♪
2221
01:20:14,458 --> 01:20:18,042
- Ohh!
2222
01:20:18,208 --> 01:20:19,375
- Nice work.
2223
01:20:19,500 --> 01:20:20,667
- Are you kidding me?
2224
01:20:20,792 --> 01:20:22,208
- That's it.
That's it.
2225
01:20:22,208 --> 01:20:23,167
I'm making one.
2226
01:20:23,250 --> 01:20:24,583
- [grunts]
2227
01:20:24,708 --> 01:20:26,583
They're flying true.
2228
01:20:26,708 --> 01:20:29,833
All right, Flying Monkeys
great battlefield fix on that.
2229
01:20:29,917 --> 01:20:31,333
By putting those rails
on there,
2230
01:20:31,417 --> 01:20:33,542
your bowstring
was even with the arrow,
2231
01:20:33,625 --> 01:20:37,083
which gave it a lot more power
just going down the rails.
2232
01:20:37,167 --> 01:20:39,875
That fix on the trigger
turned that into a weapon.
2233
01:20:40,000 --> 01:20:41,250
Nicely done.
- Thank you.
2234
01:20:41,333 --> 01:20:42,917
- Thank you.
2235
01:20:43,042 --> 01:20:44,583
- Gentlemen, I think it's
safe to say this competition
2236
01:20:44,708 --> 01:20:46,542
is neck and neck,
but the judges
2237
01:20:46,667 --> 01:20:47,833
have a decision to make.
2238
01:20:47,875 --> 01:20:49,250
So if you please
give us a moment,
2239
01:20:49,333 --> 01:20:50,917
we need to talk about
the results of the test
2240
01:20:51,000 --> 01:20:52,500
and make that decision.
2241
01:20:52,583 --> 01:20:54,667
- We feel really good going
into the judges' deliberation,
2242
01:20:54,792 --> 01:20:57,292
because we hit all the targets.
2243
01:20:57,375 --> 01:20:59,542
- You guys have a
huge decision to make.
2244
01:20:59,667 --> 01:21:01,000
- This is close.
2245
01:21:01,083 --> 01:21:02,708
For me, what it comes
down to is performance.
2246
01:21:02,792 --> 01:21:04,125
And I think the
Flying Monkeys just
2247
01:21:04,208 --> 01:21:06,708
had an arrow that traveled
in a flat trajectory
2248
01:21:06,792 --> 01:21:09,625
to the target as opposed
to lobbing into the target.
2249
01:21:09,708 --> 01:21:11,000
- All right.
2250
01:21:11,083 --> 01:21:13,250
- Comparing performance,
Sawdust and Sparks
2251
01:21:13,375 --> 01:21:16,292
hit their targets five times
and missed three times,
2252
01:21:16,417 --> 01:21:19,208
whereas the Flying
Monkeys missed two times.
2253
01:21:19,292 --> 01:21:20,667
- I'm really
impressed with both.
2254
01:21:20,792 --> 01:21:23,750
That being said,
I prefer the construction
2255
01:21:23,833 --> 01:21:25,500
of the Flying Monkeys.
2256
01:21:25,542 --> 01:21:29,542
Things like framing the box in
metal so those pipes will spin
2257
01:21:29,625 --> 01:21:32,875
around easier as opposed to the
crushed wood that's on Sawdust
2258
01:21:32,958 --> 01:21:34,458
and Sparks right now.
2259
01:21:34,542 --> 01:21:36,125
As they tension that,
that's just getting crushed
2260
01:21:36,208 --> 01:21:37,500
and it's going to
disappear over time.
2261
01:21:37,542 --> 01:21:38,667
- All right, gentlemen.
2262
01:21:38,833 --> 01:21:39,583
J., you made your decision?
2263
01:21:39,708 --> 01:21:41,083
- Yeah.
- Doug?
2264
01:21:41,167 --> 01:21:42,792
- Yes, I have.
- And Dave?
2265
01:21:42,917 --> 01:21:44,125
- Yeah.
2266
01:21:44,208 --> 01:21:45,333
- All right, gentlemen,
I'll call them back.
2267
01:21:45,458 --> 01:21:51,500
♪ ♪
2268
01:21:51,542 --> 01:21:55,125
Well, gentlemen, this has
been a heck of a ride, guys.
2269
01:21:55,208 --> 01:21:57,167
It has been an honor
watching your two
2270
01:21:57,250 --> 01:22:00,417
teams working through
our three intense rounds
2271
01:22:00,500 --> 01:22:01,625
of this competition.
2272
01:22:01,750 --> 01:22:03,125
And we ended with
giving you guys
2273
01:22:03,208 --> 01:22:05,000
an unbelievable
task of building
2274
01:22:05,125 --> 01:22:06,333
an ancient Roman weapon.
2275
01:22:06,375 --> 01:22:09,125
But we can only
have one team come
2276
01:22:09,208 --> 01:22:11,667
out as the first
ever Instruments
2277
01:22:11,833 --> 01:22:13,333
of Death champions.
2278
01:22:13,333 --> 01:22:15,833
And after a long
discussion, the judges
2279
01:22:15,917 --> 01:22:17,792
did make a final decision.
2280
01:22:17,917 --> 01:22:20,500
The winning team of
Instruments of Death is...
2281
01:22:20,583 --> 01:22:23,833
♪ ♪
2282
01:22:23,917 --> 01:22:24,792
Flying Monkeys.
2283
01:22:24,875 --> 01:22:25,875
- Oh.
2284
01:22:25,958 --> 01:22:26,833
- Gentlemen, congratulations.
2285
01:22:26,875 --> 01:22:27,833
- Nice job.
2286
01:22:27,917 --> 01:22:29,792
- Good job, guys.
- Good job.
2287
01:22:29,875 --> 01:22:31,792
- Now, Sawdust and Sparks,
unfortunately,
2288
01:22:31,917 --> 01:22:33,625
your ballista did
not make the cut,
2289
01:22:33,750 --> 01:22:35,208
and J.'s going to tell you why.
2290
01:22:35,292 --> 01:22:36,833
- Sawdust and Sparks,
some of the wooden components
2291
01:22:36,917 --> 01:22:38,500
are being crushed
and disintegrating,
2292
01:22:38,667 --> 01:22:41,167
and your bolts were hitting
at a steep arc as opposed
2293
01:22:41,208 --> 01:22:42,583
to flying flat and true.
2294
01:22:42,667 --> 01:22:45,458
Those are the reasons
we're sending you home.
2295
01:22:45,542 --> 01:22:46,958
- Good job, brother.
2296
01:22:47,042 --> 01:22:48,500
- Overall, this is a
great learning experience.
2297
01:22:48,542 --> 01:22:50,458
We definitely learned a
lot about each other,
2298
01:22:50,542 --> 01:22:53,250
about building stuff,
and about medieval weapons.
2299
01:22:53,333 --> 01:22:55,750
- I absolutely had the
time of my life here.
2300
01:22:55,833 --> 01:22:57,458
I would do this all over again.
2301
01:22:57,542 --> 01:22:59,333
♪ ♪
2302
01:22:59,417 --> 01:23:01,333
- Well, Flying Monkeys,
guys, congratulations.
2303
01:23:01,375 --> 01:23:04,000
You are going home
with an extra $20,000
2304
01:23:04,125 --> 01:23:06,417
and the title of
Instruments of Death champions.
2305
01:23:06,542 --> 01:23:07,875
Guys, well done.
2306
01:23:08,000 --> 01:23:10,500
both: Whoo!
2307
01:23:10,542 --> 01:23:13,333
- Whoo!
- Whoo!
2308
01:23:13,375 --> 01:23:14,333
♪ ♪
2309
01:23:14,417 --> 01:23:18,333
- We made bolts fly,
and we won $20,000.
2310
01:23:18,375 --> 01:23:21,000
Flying Monkeys
flew those bolts.
2311
01:23:21,042 --> 01:23:28,208
♪ ♪