A Letterman clip shows him visiting a machine shop and smooshing a six-pack of beer, a lamp, some squash and a bowling ball with an 80-ton hydraulic press. Some things never go out of style.

Hydraulic presses have become one of the internet’s favourite things – with a YouTube channel ... they are creating beautiful cups and plates by squashing together coloured clays in a 60 ...

This week, BGR talked with the channel's founder Lauri Vuohensilta about his newfound Internet fame and his ambitions to take crushing things with hydraulic presses to a whole new level.

The Hydraulic Press Channel ... videos has inspired him to buy a 1000-ton press with a diameter of half a metre, allowing him to crush much bigger things. "I am trying to find some sponsors ...

The first thing you see is a black and white montage accompanied by an infectious heavy metal soundtrack. A button is pushed, a lever pulled, a needle jumps within a pressure gauge. Then comes a ...

a Taiwan-based media company has been creating three to four short hydraulic press videos every week on Facebook. 'Online viewers seem to have a fascination with things getting squeezed ...

A plastic toy horse is placed beneath a hydraulic press, just before compression begins. The toy stands upright on the press platform.

It’s not really able to destroy stuff like a proper hydraulic press, but it can kind of crush a can and amusingly squash a teddy bear. If you’re really keen on making a gear press, though ...

This week, BGR talked with the channel's founder Lauri Vuohensilta about his newfound Internet fame and his ambitions to take crushing things with hydraulic presses to a whole new level.