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Santa left a surprise in my stocking! I'm testing out this action camera with built in gimbal. She ain't tea bag.

Air Canada Dash-8 Turboprop lost a wheel during takeoff. *errata* wheels are likely aluminum/magnesium allow. Dash-8 has no fuel dump, they have to burn off fuel.

When you pay big bucks for a Snap on cordless tool is it any better than a hardware store Milwaukee? Doesn't look like it to me.

Annual antipodal weather swap; Canadian hosers freeze our nards off while Aussie can'ts fight bush burn.

Tip of the hat to you old machining hands! It werkz!

I teardown the M12 Polisher/Sander and compare the build quality to Snap-On. At half the cost, the Milwaukee tool has got a nasty bit of soldering, but it's still better than the Snap-On.

People in northern climes do really stupid things to fight cabin fever. To wit: pedaling a fatbike to a frozen lake.

People in northern climes do really stupid things to fight cabin fever. To wit: pedaling a fatbike to a frozen lake.

People in northern climes do really stupid things to fight cabin fever. To wit: pedaling a fatbike to a frozen lake.

People in northern climes do really stupid things to fight cabin fever. To wit: pedaling a fatbike to a frozen lake.

People in northern climes do really stupid things to fight cabin fever. To wit: pedaling a fatbike to a frozen lake.

I go over the engineering and manufacturing quality of the PC 9.

I tested the Maritool brand of hard milling end mills. I think they are re-branded from HTC. This 1/2" EM cut AR 450 plate nicely, but vibration kills em instantly. There are so many interdependant variables for optimizing feeds and speeds that you really only have one option to get it right: trial and error. The formulas, spreadsheets and software only narrow the spread.

It. Never. Ends.

Limited run Safety Squint Calibrator It's the gag they never saw coming:

For funsies.

CNC is great for repetative tasks. For instance: cleaning off the table. I use a homemade tool to let the machine do the dirty work.

Building a vacuum hold-down fixture for wood. I got it to work after some experimentation. There's a couple little tricks to get it to clamp. These techniques will also be used for machining CNC parts.

Using the Haas CNC to router hard maple gift boxes. Woodworking is not easy.

I tear into the Earthquake sander, it's very similar to the Milwaukee. The internals are different, but a lot of construction details are the same.

A cautionary tale...

Solid meh. (?)

Me and the Dewclaw made an all terrain forklift out of an ancient forestry skidder.

Teardown and test of Milwaukee quiet hydraulic driver.

"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals and you know it." -Ray Crock, inventor of the French Fry

1.make sure the transmission is in park or clutch is depressed and in neutral 2.check for loose or damaged battery and connections 3.get jumper cables, make sure clamps are not touching 4.start donor vehicle 5.ensure battery voltage and polarity of donor and dead vehicle are the same 6.attach one end positive (red) clamp to donor battery positive 7.attach same end negative (black) clamp to donor chassis or battery negative 8.attach other end positive (red) clamp to dead vehicle battery positive 9.attach other end negative (black) clamp to dead vehicle battery negative 10. allow a few minutes for donor vehicle to charge dead vehicle 11. start dead vehicle 12. disconnect negative (black) clamp from dead vehicle chassis 13. disconnect positive (red) clamp from dead vehicle 14. disconnect positive and negative clamps from donor vehicle 15. high five your adoring frenemies!

Cirrus clouds only appear in very high up in clear skies. They show a change in weather is coming. Stratus clouds are low level fog clouds. A high level fog cloud, called Cirrostratus show rain or snow is following within a day.

Why make thousands of ventilators when you can make one BIG one?

Simple mechanical control of tidal volume, pressure, PEEP and all the stuff you guys commented on that I don't really understand.

This one uses manometers and graduated receptacles to control tidal volume, PEEP, peak and plateau pressures. It uses a flow control and 555 timer chips for mandatory breathing and I:E ratio.

1.Make sure the battery is the problem 2.take photos and get the group number off the label 3.remove negative terminal 4.remove positive terminal 5.remove hold-downs 6.ensure terminals and leads are clean, wire brush oxides 7.(optional) apply grease to terminals 8. install positive terminal 9. install negative terminal 10.install hold-downs 11. test 12. coat terminals and hood latch with grease

Self Help Negative feedback machining.

The beauty of the bowline is you can mess it up and still get a strong knot. Hands on demo of overhand, overhand loop, bowline, cowboy bowline, Cossack knot, Dutch bowline, timber hitch and marline hitch. BUT YOU ONLY NEED THE BOWLINE.

"She's a beaut, Clark!"

This didn't go according to plan. Not that I had a plan. Sorry for the audio; it's been windy.

"Hey, Buddy" job.

Another "Hey, Buddy!" job.

“We have done so much with so little for so long, that now we can do anything with nothing.” -Old Dirty Bastard; Inventor of Shielded Metal Arc Welding. because reasons: A: more structural rust on bottom of bucket than top (upper part of bucket not designed for ground engagement). 2: Dump cylinders are 60 years old, they leak. Bucket curls until bucket in full down then winch pulling through cross bar. D: Straight pull on bucket linkage vs. compound angles (Note previous boom repairs).

Installing a diverter valve on a tractor.

I've taken your advice.

CNC machining a cheap alternative to dovetail fixtures for the Haas.

It's a dirty job, but somebody has to do it.

They've been recalled.

Interrupting the prevailing fear and loathing to bring you the guts of a tool.

Chain drilling is a technique that allows you to use a drill like a bandsaw.

Filet on the BBQ is a crime against steak. Behold la Planche Mignonne!

Hold my maple syrup; we're tearing down a made in Canada AR-180 clone.

The fillet was perfect, but la planche mignonne needs some work.

La Planche Mignonne delivered a beautiful filet, but was a dismal failure in high resolution searing. This is version 2.

McMasterbating with 3D models. We are living in the future.

Automagic schmoo squirter.

Quick shop test of the Milwaukee grease gun's 10,000PSI rating. It puts out MORE than rated!

How and why to bump up the pressure on a John Deere tractor. Don't be a dummy; but if you do please record and upload the wreckage.

Milwaukee grease gun for high pressure experiments.

A stupid, needless and preventable tragedy.

Testing grease injection with a Milwaukee grease gun.

Sharkbite and Pex subjected to over-pressure fail in a very smart way

Steak in the front, scallops in the rear. I test 3 griddle profiles for the planche mignone. The test subject suffered a botched execution.

Second kick at the cat on the Honda GC 190 pressure washer. Surprise! It's not the carb.

It's a dirty job, but somebody's husband gotta do-do it.

This is an experiment to see if I can build a machine to cut through a car. The idea is to build a big diamond bandsaw.

Armchair sleuthing as to why two cranes collapsed.

Grayco airless sprayer; much cheaper than a divorce lawyer!

Hilti has the best batteries. Milwaukee and Snap-On make good batteries too.

More cheap, more better!

Ave Imperator, lacerabitur te salutant.

Low grade Makita didn't last very long. Let's find out why.

The Milwaukee stapler doesn't look like anything special; but it fires a metric ass-ton of staples. Better still, it's easy on your arm.

If I were a Super-Villain...6 good reasons for a second lockdown: (Beyond saving the world from the worst pandemic in the last 100 years) 10-Mass adoption of contact tracing 20-Mass adoption of digital currency 30-Goverment Money Printer go BRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrr 40-Stay home, stay paid 50-Oil Bad; Lithium Good 60-Low, low voter turnout 70-(Bonus!) Buy Low, Sell High, GOTO 30

Full Auto conversion Milwaukee Staple Gun chambered in T50.

Another one dead.

Beautiful craftsmanship on display. These simple tools are thoughtfully designed and masterfully made.

An interesting mechanical failure that could have been eliminated with a couple extra grams of plastic. That's the difference between a home owner brand and a pro tool.

I built a stoneboat for moving equipment that is too heavy to lift.

I'm guessing a solid 50/50.

Nepros wood, brass and leather hand tools.

Winter is here; time to lick our wounds and find out what went wrong.

The winter of our discount tent.

Dewclaw, diesel; you know the rest.

Dewclaw purchased a DeWalt brushless impact that died right away.

How to drive an excavator a.k.a.; how to run a hoe.

Winter is here.

guys were wondering about my orange wrenches

The design of these ratchets is so bad, they don't even work.

Dewclaw did the bottom end of this Mistsubishi Diesel engine.

I invented a cheap way to load test high power electrics. Turns out somebody beat me to it about a thousand years ago.

Testing the electrical capacity of the generator. 2 stroke gas engine and 6.5 Amp nameplate capacity. But it will merrily buzz along at 9amps till the fuel runs out.

The operation was a success; the patient didn't survive.

Shootin' Shit and Fixin' Kit. I convert a kill-a-watt power meter into a kill-a-twat. Reasons.

We've all seen Milwaukee heated jackets. How about a Makita cooling jacket? Stupid or Brilliant?