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Safety message is doing well

It's heartwarming that the safety video has benefited from its slightly clickbait style, and is doing very well.

A safety video

Since the spate of deaths caused by trendy wood burning projects is continuing, I'm putting out another nitty-gritty safety video to show the dangers.

2022-04-30 12:31:38 +0000 UTC View Post

Weekend stream link

Here's the link to the weekend stream:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7SvNVvSFLI

Wine-powered casino video

For some inexplicable reason I decided to enjoy a bottle of fizzy wine and make a video most of the way through it.

2022-04-29 12:13:05 +0000 UTC View Post

Recalled smart socket

A look at why a smart socket is likely to have been recalled by a distributor for posing a "High risk of electrical shock".

2022-04-28 14:20:38 +0000 UTC View Post

Stand-in video

Tonight's intended video encountered technical difficulties, so here's an ambient Chinese LED product video instead.

2022-04-25 05:13:42 +0000 UTC View Post

Well up to our standards

It's a pink dangerous thing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2KvfhA3cSE

Let's take it apart.

Weekend stream link

Here's the link to the weekend stream:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oM-sBI9JL1Q

Streaming now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jV38GTr_yko

Midweek Patreon stream link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jV38GTr_yko

Mystery medical device

Having now worked out what it is, it seems very appropriate that this device arrived on the 20th of April (420).

2022-04-20 21:46:22 +0000 UTC View Post

Brass themed battery isolators

These devices are designed to allow easy disconnecting/isolation of a car battery in a vehicle that only gets used occasionally, to avoid battery damage through over-discharge by the usual quiescen...

Not my video. AI enhanced 1930's sign maintenance

Note the lack of harnesses, especially the young guy at the end climbing on the front of the sign and changing lamps live while clinging onto grounded metalwork at a great height above the ground.<...

Cheap self-powering voltage tester

The circuitry in this is quite interesting, and refreshingly simple - although it is divided into four distinct sections.

2022-04-18 08:35:43 +0000 UTC View Post

Weekend stream

Here's the link to the weekend stream:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8A7E2Oc2Ic

They deserved their own video

I wrote these openscad scripts fairly recently and included them in the description of a live stream video, but the results are so good that they deserve their own video on the main channel.

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Philips new ultra efficient lamp

This took me a long time to reverse engineer due to an unexpected deviation from the datasheet.

https://www.you...

MBC midweek stream

The MBC (Manx Beard Club - not actually a real club) will be meeting for dumplings, sake and loose talk this week.

2022-04-12 08:58:51 +0000 UTC View Post

My ceiling after Kevin's scientific experiment

Back story - the MBC gate crashed my solo weekend stream, and during the evening Kevin decided to test the flame resistance of my (flame treated) ceiling with the whoofler by applying whoofle-foam ...

Weekend stream link

Here's the link to the weekend stream:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToXmODv39j8

Lead mine video (mentioned in the live stream)

The American lead mine video mentioned during the Patreon live stream:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Hhdkkd...

Patreon stream starting shortly

Midweek Patreon stream happening within 30 minutes of posting this:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1wF_yxyzI...

Mid-week Patreon stream

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1wF_yxyzIQ

A potted history of neon and the Barrowland sign

One of the most surprising things I found while researching this video is that the controllers used in many old neon signs and on fairground rides are still available.

2022-04-06 22:23:31 +0000 UTC View Post

A better quality thermostat

I've got a few of the Elitech thermostats to look at, but will space the videos over time to avoid too much repetition.

2022-04-06 21:07:15 +0000 UTC View Post

Pound shop USB disco light

It turns out that you don't get much for a pound, or whatever this actually cost (maybe £2).

https://www.youtu...

Self powered jogging light

I was a bit sceptical about whether the movement of running or jogging could make this light work, but it does.

2022-04-02 04:56:37 +0000 UTC View Post

Weekend stream link

Here's the link to the weekend stream:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B39RMEugs70

Patreon stream in progress

Just a reminder.

Bonus extra midweek stream

Although I theoretically do a Patreon stream every second week, I'll be doing an extra one this week.

https://w...