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stu67tiger
stu67tiger Reader
11/18/21 8:14 a.m.

Mike Patey.  Yes, its home built airplanes.  Except... He design stuff on a CAD system, fabricates stuff on zillion dollar machining setups (think billet wing ribs), custom designs and fabricates most everything that isn't metal out of carbon fiber.   Check out Draco and Scrappy.

Stu

mjrj (Forum Supporter)
mjrj (Forum Supporter) Reader
11/19/21 11:31 p.m.

https://www.youtube.com/c/PuddinsFabShop

Youtube kept recommending me to watch his late 70s Chevy Caprice revival.  I did back in September and got hooked after that.

bgkast
bgkast PowerDork
11/20/21 12:14 a.m.

SuperfastMatt's interesting projects, technical detail and dry sense of humor is rapidly making it my favorite channel.

02Pilot
02Pilot UberDork
11/20/21 6:17 a.m.

I've been quite enjoying I Do Cars - it's run by a guy who has an engine recycling business. Most of it is blown engine teardowns, which are very interesting, but there's also some other car stuff as well. Best of all, it's not annoying, which seems to be an ever-increasing problem with YouTube content these days.

https://www.youtube.com/c/IDoCarsalldaylong

DeadSkunk  (Warren)
DeadSkunk (Warren) UltimaDork
11/20/21 7:48 a.m.

MakeItCustom.......I like the way the guy explains stuff  Make It Kustom - YouTube

FitziesFabrications.....knows his stuff and I love the Newfoundland accent  Fitzee's Fabrications - YouTube

chandler
chandler UltimaDork
11/20/21 8:12 a.m.

I like the "Adventures Made From Scratch" channel, he runs a scrap yard and for some reason it's fascinating to Me

spitfirebill
spitfirebill MegaDork
11/20/21 10:25 a.m.
OHSCrifle said:

I enjoy this guy's diagnostic work and he is also entertaining. Watch him for a bit and soon you'll be saying "there's your problem lady" and telling delivery guys "don't let your meat loaf"...

Way back in the late 60s my best friend and I were famous for saying "keep a cool tool and don't let your leaf load".  I thought we made it up, but maybe it was stolen.  

Run_Away
Run_Away Dork
11/20/21 10:32 a.m.
bgkast said:

SuperfastMatt's interesting projects, technical detail and dry sense of humor is rapidly making it my favorite channel.

x2 I came here to post this.

He's got a ratty cbr1000 powered Honda S600 with Miata suspension, and his current project is Tesla swapping a 50s Jag. Just got it driving.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ddavidv
ddavidv UltimaDork
11/20/21 9:21 p.m.

I can't recall if it was mentioned before, but if you like old sports cars (particularly British ones) "This Week In Cars" has some good stuff.

fasted58
fasted58 MegaDork
11/20/21 9:57 p.m.

Hunt The Front for dirt late model racing in the south.

Good bunch of guys working their way up the ranks. Been watching since their earlier days.

They're going places.

fasted58
fasted58 MegaDork
11/20/21 10:04 p.m.
chandler said:

I like the "Adventures Made From Scratch" channel, he runs a scrap yard and for some reason it's fascinating to Me

I watch that also. He finds some interesting stuff. I liked the Studebaker clean out. 

Never knew 'wall hangers' were so popular. Geez, they cut off a lotta front ends.

Crxpilot
Crxpilot Reader
11/21/21 6:17 p.m.

The Best Motoring videos are still being produced and I still love their comparisons.

https://youtube.com/c/besmo

grpb
grpb Reader
11/22/21 9:48 a.m.

There's a bunch of these under similar names, like amazing things, amazing things, official, etc, youtube will suggest them in the sidebar.  They're a good reality check on what actually is possible with very limited resources.  Looks like it's out of Pakistan, but I've seen the same in SE Asia, I assume Eastern Europe, Africa, etc would also look very familiar.

This one is some sort of cast iron 3 cyl diesel, block has stripped head bolt threads and bad bores.  Once you get to the final decking/boring/honing it looks not so different from any engine machine shop operation from the mid 50's.  But getting to that point is pretty eye opening.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGSREiVEuKY

newold_m (Forum Supporter)
newold_m (Forum Supporter) Reader
8/29/23 8:31 a.m.
Powar (Forum Supporter) said:

SOUP Classic Motoring: This guy does amazing stop motion video of the complete disassembly and restoration of a couple of his cars. He started with a Range Rover Classic Vogue and is working on an Esprit and W123 Benz. I'm a bit behind, so he may have moved on, but the vids are great.

He recently posted a long video on the W123 and it's amazing indeed. 

 

Mike (Forum Supporter)
Mike (Forum Supporter) UltraDork
12/30/23 11:54 a.m.

I've been thoroughly entertained by this channel's "bus battle" videos. The creator Stormy Kara is based in Chicago and covers transit, and in this series, they bring on friends for a challenge. Embed is to a playlist of the series, though the rest of the channel is really solid too.

 

Just watching is probably more grokable than an explanation. They're racing to gather the highest number of points from busses, but they also have to return to the start line at the end of two hours. Each line can be claimed for points only once by the first player to ride. They're doing a great job of managing suspense and tension. I just wish there were more videos in the series.

Russian Warship, Go Berkeley Yourself
Russian Warship, Go Berkeley Yourself PowerDork
12/30/23 12:06 p.m.
chandler said:

I like the "Adventures Made From Scratch" channel, he runs a scrap yard and for some reason it's fascinating to Me

We've been friends on FB since I picked up that 401 Wagoneer from him, and I just sent him that BaT auction you shared with me.   He replied that he's going to sell off "all" of his next year.  Not sure if he meant crewcabs, Sweptlines, Dodge trucks, or what.

Russian Warship, Go Berkeley Yourself
Russian Warship, Go Berkeley Yourself PowerDork
12/30/23 12:09 p.m.

In reply to Mike (Forum Supporter) :

Paging Wally...

wheelsmithy (Joe-with-an-L)
wheelsmithy (Joe-with-an-L) PowerDork
12/30/23 12:23 p.m.

Apologies if a repeat, but I love this guy:

 

Very GRM

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