Excavators tend to be used for, well, excavating. But as one skilled driver and a Lego set demonstrates, in the right hands, it’s just as capable of doing delicate tasks as well.

In this incredibly impressive clip, Finnish operator Juha-Pekka Perämäki manipulates the claws of a Hitachi excavator to build a toy truck.

Skilled: the operator uses just the right amount of pressure to move the Lego without damaging it (Picture: Aleksi Nurmela/YouTube)

Starting with the model of the driver, he uses just the right amount of pressure to assemble the toy meticulously in five steps without damaging a piece or failing to connect them perfectly.

The feat seems all the more impressive when the video shows you the view from Mr Peramaki’s cockpit, from which the assembled truck is barely visible – let alone its constituent parts.

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