i'm building the taskmaster shield from
marvel's new release
black widow
i think that went right through
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shields
it just chops it in half
is that awesome
in fact this channel really took off
when the captain america electromagnetic
shield video went viral
way back in 2016. with the release of
the black widow movie this summer
i think it's the perfect time to step up
our shield crafting skills
this movie's antagonist taskmaster
possesses the power to copy and mimic
fighting styles
i on the other hand possess the power to
copy james's videos
so in the spirit of taskmaster let's
build his shield
now we need this thing to be much more
powerful than any other shield we've
done before
after all taskmaster's shield while not
being vibranium
is still strong enough to withstand
blows from iron man as well as strikes
from captain america's shield
i want mine to be even more powerful
than that you know
maybe this doesn't have to be as
complicated as it seems
alright guys well there you have it task
master shield i'm really happy with how
this turned out
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whoa whoa whoa you didn't think we were
done yet did you we haven't even tested
the thing yet
okay fine i'll do a test
ready
huh i guess i've got more work to do
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believe it or not we've never actually
made a shield before we've either
modified or enhanced them
but for this project we want to make the
shield itself it has to be functional
strong and aesthetically accurate
traditionally
shields are formed either through
stamping forging or
casting stamping is usually done with a
big hydraulic press and a die
where the big hydraulic press puts a ton
of force into the metal to get it to
conform to shape
forging is usually getting a piece of
material red hot until it's nice and
malleable
and then shaping it with something like
a hammer casting is the process of
pouring a molten metal into a mold
and once it cools and solidifies it
keeps its shape unfortunately we don't
have the equipment to do any of those
three things
so what are we going to do
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okay this doesn't look like much yet we
just have a logo
etched onto a piece of eighth inch
stainless steel welded to another piece
of eighth inch stainless steel
but a shield is not flat so to give it
its shape we're gonna be using a process
called hydroforming
more on that later first we need to give
it a logo i don't want to use paint
because paint will chip and scratch
during our tests i don't want to use a
sticker because the sticker will rip and
peel when the shield is in action
so i'm going to be using copper because
copper will be able to bind to the
shield
be able to maintain a shape during
hydroforming and will maintain its
appearance even through the test
and there we go the taskmaster logo time
to mount it on the shield
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now that we have our logo braced on it's
time for hydroforming
hydroforming is the process of pumping
high pressure fluids into material
to get it to change shape kind of like a
big metal water balloon
big shout out to call and furs for
giving us the idea of hydroforming
make sure you check out his channel
first up we're hooking up the hose to
the shield and the pump
to allow high pressure hydraulic fluid
to flow into the shield
next we're hooking up the pump to the
batteries to power it
once the pump is filled with fluid we're
ready for hydroforming
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now that we have the shape we want we
have to drain the hydraulic fluid cut it
in half and we'll move on to finishing
touches
we're good we're good
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now that it's empty let's cut it in half
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and there we go one hydroformed shield
i only braised the edges of the material
to allow the copper to stretch during
hydro forming so now i've got to go in
and brace the rest
since copper and stainless steel won't
weld together we have to use brazing
where we use a third dissimilar material
in this case silicon runs to join the
two
okay brazing's all done time for the
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the build portion is complete now we
just got to make it look pretty
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i'm using a die grinder to etch my
designs out so they're more defined and
aesthetically accurate
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the shield is complete time for testing
first up let's see what it can do
against mortal materials
that is awesome when clean through
let's see what it can do to a piece of
wood
well that was easy i actually put way
too much force into it and scrape my arm
the wood was pretty weak let's try
something a little bit stronger
this thing has way more power than i
anticipated so rather than just one
brick
let's try an entire wall
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we've seen what it can do now let's see
what it can take
we know i can stop fire but can i stop
lightning
hell yeah this is awesome
i feel like so much power
hell yeah we know it can destroy mortal
materials
let's see how it holds up against marvel
tech first
our original captain america shield
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no problem the shield survived copper
got a little scratch on it but
no issue
if you remember the beginning of this
video the owner absolutely destroyed the
first shield
so i'm kind of nervous to see what
happens with this one
well here goes nothing
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not even a dent
literally just it just scraped it
you can just like wipe that right off
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they call it stormbreaker but is it also
a shield breaker
let's find out
how do i pick this up
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you're all not worthy
that put a good dent in it but the
shield held up
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the shield held up surprisingly well in
all of our tests
so i think we need a little more
firepower how about a pump action 12
gauge
let's start with birdshot
yeah a couple little marks but nothing
too serious
let's talk about the ammo this is a
canuck operator
yeah there's like this little shrapnel
still on the show
the impact just flattened it completely
not much
let's let's move up and finally a burger
hmr with a q side chick chassis
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oh it's crazy oh my god look at that
shield's holding up
seems a lot stronger than i thought
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the taskmaster shield i am really happy
with how it held up through all of our
testing
and i hope you enjoyed watching us
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