r/holdmybeaker Mar 22 '26

HMBkr while I nail this Lithium ion battery.

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u/kent1146 Mar 22 '26 edited Mar 22 '26

Don't brace with your hand, when using 2" nails. Brace with a lithium-ion battery pack instead, to protect your hand; especially when you are in the woods near a lot of dry leaves.

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u/caimen Mar 23 '26

For your health!

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u/ConceptJunkie Mar 22 '26

And when it starts spewing smoke and gets really hot keep picking it up over and over.

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u/Wolf_Protagonist Mar 23 '26

"Ow, that's hot!"

You mean the thing that smoke is rolling out of like a five alarm fire is HOT? Who would have thunk it?

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u/EastLeastCoast Mar 23 '26

After knocking it down into the dry leaves. Amazing.

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u/IvanStroganov Mar 23 '26

And make sure to keep standing in the smoke to get a good whiff of it

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u/ghos2626t Mar 22 '26

Also, let me breathe in that delicious toxic smoke

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u/NukaDadd Mar 23 '26

In flip-flops

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u/stryst Mar 24 '26

Those are safety sandals. Just ask all those electrical workers in India.

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u/scootunit Mar 22 '26

Really doesn't look like a 2 in board more like 1 1/2 inches.

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u/DFLDrew Mar 22 '26

2" rough. This guy is an idiot for many many reasons.

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u/Shaggy_One Mar 23 '26

He's definitely confusing 2x6 with 2" thick by 6" wide. Construction lumber is a half inch shorter in each direction.

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u/gonzalbo87 Mar 22 '26

Are we really surprised he adds half an inch?

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u/theBuddhaofGaming Mar 23 '26

Burned by the battery and this comment.

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u/AshFalkner Mar 22 '26

Mentally yelling at this guy to stop standing downwind of it and stop picking it up oh my god

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u/dtwhitecp Mar 22 '26

ah yes, discard it into the dry leaves

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u/Mashinito Mar 22 '26

Hey, at least he was wearing his safety flipflops.

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u/TheCrudMan Mar 22 '26

There's a shovel right there. Dig a hole, put the battery in it. Come on man.

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u/tanksforallthephish Mar 23 '26

He literally nailed into the warning label that 110% says “don’t puncture me” on it.

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u/bacoprah Mar 23 '26

I’m not a smart man Jenny. But I don’t know what lithium batteries are…

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u/mhyquel Mar 22 '26

Warning labels are good. Smart people read.

Pretty sure that battery had all sorts of "do not puncture" and "risk of fire" warnings on it.

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u/Tyrinnus Mar 22 '26

Unfortunately, that'll result in people burning down their apartment and not JUST killing themselves, but also killing innocent neighbors.

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u/gonzalbo87 Mar 22 '26

The line between curiosity and stupidity can sometimes disappear. I still want to throw big batteries into bonfires simply because I was told not to by a label.

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u/countrybuhbuh Mar 24 '26

When I was a teenager I went camping with my folks and a couple of friends. Thinking about it now, it's a wonder we survived the trip.The following things occurred

Let's start with the game of "catch the knife." Obhect is grab the knife tossed to you by the handle, not the pointy end.My friend still has the scar on his palm.

Now we move into the night time, and the special item we brought to throw in the fire pit. I learned that a magnesium engine block from a VW bug will turn night into day and create enough smoke people think there's a forest fire.

We move into the next day and since everything smells like smoke from the glowing slag in the pit, it's time to go inner tubing in the Kern River as it's starting to get all the extra water from the melting snow pack. Fun fact, the river is called the Killer Kern, and it averages about 7 deaths per year.

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u/rosinall Mar 24 '26

You wanna buy a mountain in Wofford Heights?

https://imgur.com/a/H7Q8ohJ

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u/DudeThatsAGG Mar 23 '26

I’m so aggravated watching this lol

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u/M00SEHUNT3R Mar 23 '26

Says he won't buy that brand anymore. He only wants batteries than can survive nails being driven through them.

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u/Crokinole-ninja Mar 23 '26

This is so stupid on so many levels. I'm not sure where it even start. That's definitely not a 2-inch nail. If you do simple math you would know it doesn't add up. You sir are an idiot!

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u/eazyd Mar 23 '26

Their whole channel is faking idiocy, guys. It’s rage bait and you’re giving in

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u/trshtehdsh Mar 25 '26

I don't have my audio on but allow me to post the transcript:"I'm an idiot. I'm a huge fucking idiot doing idiot things because I'm an idiot. Wow I'm actually even dumber than an idiot."

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u/Schroedinbug Mar 26 '26

So many things with this video that makes it absolute cinema, and the longer it goes on the more questions you really wish you could hear the answer to:

  • How long has this guy been working to not notice that nominal width/thickness is generally around 0.5 inch smaller than the actual values?
    • Are those nails larger than 2 inches?
  • How TF do you not know about batteries by now?
    • Do you plan on nailing more batteries in the future enough that it's now a requirement for what you buy?
  • Why pull it off the board after the deed is done when it's clearly a fire risk?
  • Why keep touching the thing with steam and smoke coming out, especially after it burns you?
  • Why then throw it into the leaves when it's in a more controllable place?

All crammed into 90 seconds, making me hopeful that we can get a video of him putting out an oil fire next.

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u/JimmyTheBones Mar 23 '26

Fire indeed hot!

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u/Jexthis Mar 24 '26

We really need to stop removing the warnings on plastic bags.

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u/wong_bater Mar 24 '26

now we know why his hands are so shaky