Watch a Hydraulic Press Turn 20 Rolls of Toilet Paper Into a Skateboard

Hydraulic press videos are strangely relaxing and addictive, and it's hard to say why: maybe it's because there's nothing more satisfying than watching something get crushed with ease but a machine. Sometimes, however, the press can be used to create, rather than destroy. Case in point: the above video, wherein a hydraulic press is used to smush 20 rolls of toilet paper into a skateboard in a feat of modern alchemy. The average skateboard is built out of seven to nine plies of wood, so turning a...