Don't shake hands with an engine builder.

[Shannow]

I mean they don't look like gym junkies, but their strength is amazing.



Check out THIS guy at about the 1:59 mark...



that's right, a single hand holding back the torque reaction.

Like I said, be wary about these guys, their strength is an order of magnitude greater than it looks (so I've been told).

 

[demarpaint]

I've seen them in action, some of those guys have gorilla strength. Looking at them you'd never know it.

 

[Benito]

Wow!

The most impressive display of strength I remember was when I was in my early teens and someone came to fix a small part of my parent's roof. This was late evening early night and there wasn't even much light.

After inspecting the roof, he came back down looking for a propane torch in his truck but couldn't find it. So he hauled out a large cylinder, held it across his back with one hand, and proceeded to climb up to the second story roof using only one hand on the ladder. He was a big guy and the ladder flexed a lot.

He came back down a little while later having completed the repair. At the bottom of the ladder, he handed me the cylinder, warning me it was heavy.

I thought how heavy could it be if he hauled it up one handed. I could barely keep it from hitting the ground!

 

[Srt20]

I've burned up a few drills priming race engines. 20w-50 takes a lot of power to suck it through the oil pump.

 

[JHZR2]

Ive gotten popped with a power drill turning a 3-4" hole saw in wood. That's a lot of force!

 

[Lyman]

One of my good friends used to be an engine builder. I watched him many times grab a few small block chevy heads like it was nothing. One in each hand.
He made me look like a wimp and I am no small guy.