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Hydraulic Press Channel biography

The Hydraulic Press Channel (HPC) is a YouTube channel operated by Finnish workshop owner Lauri Vuohensilta and his wife Anni. Launched in October 2015, the channel publishes videos of various objects being crushed in a 150-ton hydraulic press. On 31 October 2015, the channel published a video of Vuohensilta unsuccessfully attempting to mathematics of paper folding#related problems with the hydraulic press. The video was subsequently posted to the social news website Reddit in March 2016, causing it to receive more than two million views within a day. Analysis of the channel's success often cites Vuohensilta's sense of humor, the excitement of the unexpected results, and his distinctive Finnish accent. In June 2016, the channel became eligible for both the silver and the gold YouTube Play Buttons, which they proceeded to crush with their press.