Review of a Scottish army ration.
Most people probably don't realise that the Scottish army used to have their own ration pack.
2020-01-14 06:38:44 +0000 UTC View Post
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Unposted video I stumbled across.
I made this slightly rough video while travelling. I forgot about it because I had got back to my usual bench and ploughed straight into new stuff.
Test live stream from IOM.
I'm just testing some new network stuff and will be doing a short live stream to see how it goes. It's happening right now on the BigCliveLive channel:-
And with the wax on?
By request. Zapping a cheese with its wax sleeve still on.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvmTFBQLHGU 2020-01-12 03:29:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Quick video showing how to get a nice smokey shot.
This will probably be a Patreon-only video. It's just a quick one showing how I got a nice thumbnail pic by prodding the cheese mid cheez-o-cution.
Full-fat Babybel cheese meets 240V.
By popular request, a full fat Babybel getting zapped at 240V.
More smoke. Yellow...
2020-01-12 01:34:24 +0000 UTC View PostEating an out of date Lithuanian MRE.
This video contains mild profanity and one small explosion.
It turns out that when you ...
2020-01-10 08:07:52 +0000 UTC View PostNot a video. Resin encapsulated neon fairy lights.
If I have to be honest, these are not as bright as the picture shows, but not bad in a dark room.
It's two styles of custom 3D printed lights with a closed tube that allows a neon lamp and re...
2020-01-08 23:59:52 +0000 UTC View PostLike the safe one... But not safe.
Having looked at a safe version of this style of illuminated output smoke machine sold by a prominent UK supplier, I thought it would be good to look at a totally non compliant one sold from a Chin...
2020-01-08 21:17:42 +0000 UTC View Post3D printed LED lamp.
This is a new twist on an old style of DIY LED lamp. Thanks to the use of a script based CAD system I've also included the file for the 3D printed adaptor in the video description on YouTube,...
2020-01-05 19:24:18 +0000 UTC View PostInside a cheap illuminated smoke machine.
This machine came from a UK supplier and it's interesting because it's compliant with local electrical regulations.
2020-01-03 20:28:11 +0000 UTC View PostMini plastic desktop fan heater.
I've got to admit that the design of this heater isn't too bad. It does have a couple of layers of thermal protection, but I'm pretty sure that to be UK compliant it might need a single shot ...
2020-01-02 00:44:38 +0000 UTC View PostNew years eve live stream.
If all goes to plan there will be an MBC live stream on new years eve 31st DEC 2019 at around 9pm UK time.
(Just search for "what is the time in Britain".)
It will be on the new BigCliv...
2019-12-30 08:38:04 +0000 UTC View PostBabybel cheese-o-cution.
You wouldn't think a fatty cheese would be so conductive, but it turns out they put on quite a show.
2019-12-29 23:24:05 +0000 UTC View PostMerry Christmas.
A bit late, but I was hoping to get my brother to do a live stream with me on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day or boxing day. But I just couldn't persuade him to do it.
2019-12-27 01:42:48 +0000 UTC View PostWalmart lights?
These were sent by Noah. I think they're from Walmart, which is odd, since ASDA in the UK is part of the Walmart group and often shares the same products and brands. But I didn't see si...
2019-12-25 14:37:04 +0000 UTC View PostNot a video. Getting to grips with openSCAD.
After making the Krampus lamp I decided to have a play with openSCAD (a script based CAD package) to see how easy it was to create an adaptor for existing lamp bases to allow the addition of electr...
2019-12-24 01:07:39 +0000 UTC View PostThe Krampus lamp.
On one hand I could describe this light as dangerous because of the risk of an electric shock from fingering the LED holders or leads. But it does remind me of our olde-worlde Xmas tree from ...
2019-12-23 14:18:25 +0000 UTC View PostElectrocuting Xmas pies.
I was wondering how electrically conductive pies are.
The apple pie is the clear winner...
2019-12-23 00:24:15 +0000 UTC View PostNot a video yet. (still to be finished and edited.)
Time for bed I think. That was a long project where just about everything went wrong, but the result is quite pleasing. It's an LED lamp incorporating foliage and 43 swappable LEDs powe...
2019-12-22 07:36:01 +0000 UTC View PostHere's the finished video.
This one seemed to upload quite quickly. It's also using a different recording device, so will sound different.
2019-12-21 04:46:16 +0000 UTC View PostNot a video (It's still uploading).
Sorry for the lack of output over the last week. You can probably guess why. Having now seen the scar I know that it was somewhat more than the keyhole surgery I was expecting.
Th...
2019-12-21 03:28:32 +0000 UTC View PostInside an electric vehicle power interface.
I can't really call this a charger because all it does is enable power when it detects a vehicle is connected and then signals to the actual charger in the vehicle how much current can be drawn. 2019-12-17 20:42:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Lithium cell salvage and teardown of Aquavape.
This is one of "those" videos where I had to choose a title and carefully word the description to avoid triggering YouTube's algorithm. But I can say whatever I want here.
A pleasant waste of time.
Sometimes I get the urge to test a theory at the wrong time. I could have tested this on a string of 10 lights, but decided to try it out on a set of 200 instead.
LED string 9000 hour test result.
I started testing a string of LEDs 24/7 over a year ago.
Here's the result of the test ...
2019-12-13 00:23:50 +0000 UTC View PostMBC Xmas pie-stream.
If all goes to plan there will be an MBC live stream tonight 11th DEC 2019 at around 8pm UK time.
(Just search for "what is the time in Britain".)
It will be on the BigCliveLive channel...
2019-12-11 18:32:00 +0000 UTC View PostFixing a remote control socket.
If I told you that this remote control socket would turn its relay on when the side button was pressed, but would then drop it out again a few seconds later. Could you guess what the fault wa...
2019-12-11 02:10:54 +0000 UTC View PostRuff 'n' ready video about dielectric potting gel.
This'll teach me to remember to bring a decent recording device with me.
Back to my usu...
2019-12-09 01:38:23 +0000 UTC View PostFriday night Clive.
If all goes to plan there will be a live stream tonight 6th DEC 2019 at around 11pm UK time.
(Just search for "what is the time in Scotland".)
It will be on the new BigCliveLive channel...
2019-12-06 20:30:21 +0000 UTC View Post