Awesome Videos

After looking at his house cat, artist Bobby Duke was inspired to sculpt a model of a feline skull out of an 8-ball. Rather than going with the domesticated model, he transported back to prehistoric times and crafted a sabertooth cat skull. Coincidentally, Bobby used tools from Saburrtooth to carve the sculpture. He ended up making its teeth out of a cue ball.

To celebrate the launch of their awesome Mini-Saber Gen 2 torch, Logan from The Hacksmith created a larger-than-life model of the butane-powered beauty, complete with packaging. Their 7-foot-tall Mega Saber runs on propane and uses a set of seven nozzles to focus its jet-like flame. It’s overkill for roasting marshmallows or popping popcorn, though.

Ever wonder why statues and other geeky collectibles cost hundreds or even thousands of dollars? Watch artist Chie Izuma in action, and you’ll understand. Watch her meticulously paint the $700 Sideshow Collectibles Batgirl statue, eyeballing it all the way. Remember, she does this for each statue, and this is just one step in the whole process.

Old Things Never Die picked up a rare and rusty U.S.A.F. GEMINI X-5 toy spaceship on eBay. After disassembling all of its parts, he got to work sandblasting away the rust, polishing the plastics, and then painstakingly reapplying paint to make it look as good as new. He also had to replace its motor and rebuild its driving mechanism.

China makes the widest variety of cars on the planet, from 6-figure executive sedans to crappy little things like the $1300 Chang Li Tank city car. After performing a durability test and testing it off-road, the guys from Grind Hard Plumbing Co. completely rebuilt the 2-horsepower car, outfitting it with four-wheel drive and a pair of 28,000-watt electric motors.

Woodworker Neil Paskin recently made a bunch of beautiful patterned wood veneers. After making a small box that incorporated them, he ramped up the challenge by building a tabletop covered with the patterns. Neil estimates that the pattern has 55,000 individual slivers of wood in it. It looks like a laborious process, but the finished table looks fantastic.

There are good reasons that vehicles are driven on pneumatic rubber tires. But after seeing a rusty bike wheel wrapped in springs, the guys from Garage 54 thought it would be fun to test the idea by creating a set of tires from thick coil springs. They mounted them on a Mercedes G-Wagon to see if they could improve traction and off-road capabilities.

Norteño music is known for its catchy and danceable sounds, and Houston-based EZ Band masterfully melds the genre with popular songs. In this video, they deliver a Mexican Rick-Roll with their fun and original cover of Rick Astley’s inescapable pop hit, Never Gonna Give You Up.

This quirky short film by Ft. Langley follows the story of a strange little man obsessed with conspiracy theories. When he loses his internet connection, he calls the cable company, and they send a man claiming to be a technician to help troubleshoot. Of course, the man’s suspicions run wild with this stranger in his home.

Craving coffee at your desk? It’s easy enough to pick up a Keurig that brews on demand. But that wasn’t good enough for Martina from Nerdforge. Her idea? Make a PC with a built-in coffee maker. What she fabricated was a working gaming PC that grinds beans and brews a single cup off coffee. She built it into the enormous Corsair Obsidian 1000D tower case.

We’ve never heard of the song Bling Bang Bang Born, but it sounds pretty amazing played on this 27-note street organ. Like a player piano, this music-making machine reads notes from a roll of paper, but it plays them on pipes like a calliope. Yuki Kojima has filled his YouTube channel with covers, including Thunderstruck, The Entertainer, and the Nyan Cat theme.

Musician Otu Suurmunne of Moonic Productions took Dolly Parton’s trademark track, Jolene, and imagined what it might have sounded like if Ozzy Osbourne and his mates from Black Sabbath had created it instead. While Dolly’s softly-sung original will always be a classic, Otu’s angry take seems more appropriate for a tale of jealousy and desperation.

How Ridiculous have a long history of destroying stuff. So when they got their hands on a bunch of goo-filled lava lamps, their first instinct was to see how many they could break by throwing various projectiles at them. After breaking some glass, they moved on to garden gnomes, tiles, and other fragile items. As expected, the slow-mo footage is the best part.

There’s no question that cars have improved in terms of safety tech, they’ve also created new problems by removing buttons and knobs, reinventing gear shifters, and making vehicles bigger. Commentator Drew Gooden talks about some of these backward steps in automotive design, then roasts the vehicle that’s the worst offender – the Tesla Cybertruck.

James from ProjectAir is on a quest to make R/C airplanes as fast as possible. After honing his skills in a few other experiments, he took an off-the-shelf model of an SR-71 Blackbird and tricked it out with a multi-stage propulsion upgrade, including powerful electric fans and a model rocket engine strapped to its back.

We were immediately transfixed by this short video of a sushi chef showing off their knife skills, slicing an avocado into dozens of razor-thin pieces like it’s nobody’s business. We have a hard enough time scooping avocado out of its rind with a spoon.

Bees are an important part of our ecosystem, pollinating the plants that give us food and making their own delicious honey. Ze Frank explains how intelligent these insects are despite their tiny brains. They not only know how to make perfect hexagons for their hives, they can be trained to solve puzzles and simple math problems when motivated.

(PG-13: Language) In Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure, his red bicycle gets stolen, setting in motion an epic journey to recover his prized possession. eli_handle_b.wav imagines how things might have gone down if Pee-Wee rode a futuristic motorcycle instead, and the story took place in the world of Cyberpunk 2077.

A number of makers participated in The Viking Challenge. Among them is DiesInEveryFilm, who avoided the more popular bladed weapons and went with a war hammer. He built it using a hollow steel tube, thick steel plates, and a wood handle with brass and leather accents. Check out all of the Viking Challenge videos, then cast your vote for your fave.

We all know about movie sets and theme parks. But throughout history, fake cities have existed and still exist all over the world. They often occupy acres of space, many with elaborate structures and roads, but are purpose-built for testing, deception, or distraction. YouTuber Stewart Hicks breaks down the different types of these bizarre locations.

Director and animator Elizabeth Fijalkowski created this wonderfully off-kilter short film about an elderly entomologist who becomes obsessed with collecting an unusual moth that has eluded him for years. The creepy soundtrack by Daniel Carpenter and Foley work by Orb Community Arts help set the tone.

Arist and filmmaker Max Kolomatsky has been using his talent to be a sneaky Good Samaritan to his fellow New Yorkers. He makes better versions of flyers and signs posted by individuals or small businesses around the city, replacing the original ones free of charge and without telling the people who posted them.

Have you had it up to here with being asked to tip for every little thing? KurtToons pokes fun at America’s out-of-control tipping culture with a parody of what life is like now that self-checkouts are asking us for tips, too. How about big companies just pay employees a living wage so we can stop this madness?