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Making a Gummy Bear Axe Handle

Making a Gummy Bear Axe Handle

A few years back, maker Peter Brown attempted to build an axe with a handle made from gummy bears and resin. Unfortunately, it turned into a sticky mess after sanding. Now he’s back to try it again, but this time he molded his own faux gummies from resin so they’d hold up better to the process.

Ball Bearing Factory

Ball Bearing Factory

It’s all ball bearings nowadays. Given the ubiquity of these smooth-spinning widgets, it’s interesting to see how they’re made. Process X takes us inside the JTEKT Corporation, Japan’s highest-volume ball bearing factory. Watching millions of steel spheres rolling their way through the automated production line is reason enough to hit play. Turn captions on.

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Biking Down Many Stairs

Biking Down Many Stairs

Felipe Vergara knows how to boss around a mountain bike. In this thrilling POV reel he descends a bone-rattling series of steps in Chile that would send less-skilled riders tumbling to the bottom. It’s not as graceful as Fabio Wibmer’s downstairs technique but Felipe had to conquer many more twists and turns.

Making a Ray Gun That Shoots Lightning

Making a Ray Gun That Shoots Lightning

We’ve seen cool toys that look like ray guns but none that fire a ray. After building a Halo-inspired plasma knife, Jay from the Plasma Channel returned to his workbench to create a raygun that shoots powerful bursts of static electricity from its tip. The 120,000-volt, 3D-printed gizmo produces an arc that becomes visible when shorting it directly to ground.

Full-Size Flywheel Car

Full-Size Flywheel Car

You know those toy cars that move using a flywheel? The car-chopping madmen of Garage 54 took another rusted-out old Lada and fitted it with such a mechanism. They connected its engine and transmission to the flywheel via a differential, pulley, and belts. After giving the car some gas, let it coast to see how far it would go under flywheel power.

The Infinite Universe Paradox

The Infinite Universe Paradox

Astrophysicists estimate that our universe came into existence roughly 14 billion years ago, and it’s been expanding ever since. Kurzgesagt ponders the question whether the universe is truly infinite if it keeps growing, or if it has an edge somewhere that we just can’t see.

World’s Fastest Camera Drone Chases F1 Car

World’s Fastest Camera Drone Chases F1 Car

Max Verstappen showed off his new Oracle Red Bull Racing RB20 F1 car in spectacular fashion. Zooming around Silverstone’s 5.8 km (3.6 mi) Grand Prix Circuit, he was pursued by the Dutch Drone Gods and their custom drone that flies at up to 350 km/h (~217 mph). Drivers David Coulthard and Liam Lawson helped with some trial runs before the big test.

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Snoring Dog Song

Snoring Dog Song

We’ve featured a number of funny songs by The Kiffness, but somehow we missed this one when he posted it back in 2022. Instead of a cat making weird noises, this hilarious take on AWOLNATION’s Sail stars a dog that makes silly sounds while sleeping. Blame it on his floppy cheeks.

Precision Machining a Tiny Vacuum Engine

Precision Machining a Tiny Vacuum Engine

A vacuum engine moves due to air pressure on one side of its piston and a partial vacuum on the other. The simplest example uses a flame on one side of the piston to create these conditions. W&M Levsha shows the process of making a working miniature of this kind of engine using brass, aluminum, and precision machining techniques.

Edible Amazon Shipping Box

Edible Amazon Shipping Box

Pastry artist Amaury Guichon’s Amazon orders don’t come in regular boxes. That’s because everything in his life has to be edible and delicious. Amaury shows how he made a picture-perfect replica of a shipping box with caramelized white chocolate cardboard and filled with layers of caramel, cremeux, mousse, and marshmallow packing peanuts.

Repainting Camera Knobs

Repainting Camera Knobs

The engraved markings on camera control knobs often have painted details to highlight functions. Camera repair technician Ryan Jones of RJ Repairs shows how he restores these details on a vintage Leica by applying Testors enamel model paint using a dental pick and then removing the excess using a Q-tip. It’s so satisfying to see the crisp shapes after cleanup.

Making a Mercedes G-Wagon Model from PVC Pipe

Making a Mercedes G-Wagon Model from PVC Pipe

We have a hard enough time putting together an off-the-shelf model. Top One Maker is an overachiever and builds all of his models from scratch. In this video, he shows how he took some grey PVC pipe, heated it, and cut and assembled the pieces to form the body and chassis of a remote-controlled Mercedes-Benz AMG G 63 SUV.

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Dancing Ductwork aka Ductman

Dancing Ductwork aka Ductman

This talented street performer was spotted at an intersection in Mexico, entertaining passersby by dancing in a costume made from three large, flexible duct tubes. The more you watch it, the more you wonder which limbs are in which section.

Chinese New Year Disco Sweater

Chinese New Year Disco Sweater

To celebrate Chinese New Year, Handy Geng wanted a special good-luck outfit. After explaining the Chinese Zodiac, Geng put dozens of grommets into a sweater and filled each with a red LED light reminiscent of Rudolph’s nose. To complete the party effect, he scattered laser diodes between the bulbs. Turn captions on, and be sure to watch til the end.

Daft Punk Talkbox on a Steel Guitar

Daft Punk Talkbox on a Steel Guitar

Daft Punk were masters at incorporating talkbox and Vocoder effects in their music. Nashville-based musician Russ Pahl shows off his skills with an excerpt of the robots’ track Within, performed on a pedal steel guitar, with his vocals processed through an analog talkbox. We also enjoyed Russ’ otherworldly tune Butt Call from Mars.

Harold Halibut (Gameplay Trailer)

Harold Halibut (Gameplay Trailer)

This upcoming adventure game from Slow Bros. features artful animations that started as real-world miniatures, transformed into 3D digital models. Players take on the role of Harold Halibut, a resident of a spaceship submerged in an alien ocean on a quest to find a permanent home for his shipmates. Download and play a PC demo of the game on Steam.

Making Saw Blades by Hand

Making Saw Blades by Hand

Most saw blades are made by machine these days. But the Daedong Saw factory in Korea still makes them by hand. Mega Process takes us on a behind-the-scenes tour of the facility to see how skilled craftspeople cut, punch, and sharpen every tooth of every blade with care and precision.

Insanely Good Musical Impressions

Insanely Good Musical Impressions

French vocalist Sarah Schwab is a master of musical impressions. We’re not familiar with all of the singers she mimics, but her imitations of Kate Bush, Christina Aguilera, Celine Dion, Cher, Cyndi Lauper, Sia, and others are uncanny. Check out her Instagram channel for more, including her take on Bohemian Rhapsody.

Combining 22 Marvel Characters into One

Combining 22 Marvel Characters into One

Inspired by Deadpool & Wolverine, James Raiz, aka TheBoxOfficeArtist, thought it would be a fun challenge to combine the two anti-heroes. But he didn’t stop there. After he warmed up his creative muscles with PoolVerine, he mixed in the genetics of 20 other Marvel characters to create the ultimate Avenger.

Longest LEGO Chain-Drive Machine

Longest LEGO Chain-Drive Machine

A while back, we checked out a complicated machine that used LEGO Technic parts to pull a chain around a bunch of gears. That one was built by Brick Technology. The Brick Machines took the idea and expanded on it with a ridiculously complicated machine driven by a continuous chain built from 1,184 LEGO chain links.

Unshuffling a Deck of Cards

Unshuffling a Deck of Cards

Magician Nate Jester shows off a neat card trick by Paul Gertner in which he takes a shuffled deck and then progressively unshuffles it into suits and then puts the entire deck back in suit and numerical order. For added flourish, the word “UNSHUFFLED” gradually appears on the edge of the cards. Here’s the same trick performed for a live audience.

Etching a Mario Bros. Wrench

Etching a Mario Bros. Wrench

Wrenches are utilitarian things so they’re not typically very artful. That’s not the case with this unique wrench, embellished by artist Mihail Kupec with an illustration inspired by Super Mario Bros. He started by sketching his ideas onto paper and the wrench, then used engraving tools and an electrochemical etching process to apply the pattern permanently.

King of the Hammers 2024 Recap Reel

King of the Hammers 2024 Recap Reel

The King of the Hammers is perhaps the most balls-out off-road event on the planet. Each year, drivers and spectators gather in the California desert for two weeks of high-horsepower, dirt-throwing, rock-climbing action. Monster Energy put together this fun 5-minute reel to look at what you can expect if you’ve never attended.

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