Because dream it and (with enough cans and a recycling center paying 5¢ apiece) you can achieve it, this is a video of luthier Burl of Burls Art crafting an all aluminum electric guitar after melting some 38-pounds of aluminum cans (over 1,000) to cast the neck and body. My

This is a video of an orthopedic surgeon removing an intramedullary rod (a rod inserted into the medullary cavity of a bone to treat fractures in long bones) from a patient’s femur, swinging a hammer at the thing like he’s trying to take down the wall separating the kitchen from

This is a video of a carpenter demonstrating his nailing skills while constructing a large triangular wooden frame. He sets and then pounds each nail in with a single strike, never missing a beat. If that had been me, most of the nails would be bent, all my fingernails would

This is a video tour of South Korea’s Machang Music & Pictures, the only vinyl record factory in the country. In the video, the process in which a master disc is produced and used to press vinyl blanks is documented, which I found most interesting. It always blows my mind

Wormholes: they’re important to be able to identify if you want to catch nightcrawlers so you can go fishing. “Different kind of wormhole.” I knew that. I am an expert on space, after all. This is a video of skilled woodworker Olivier Gomis constructing a wormhole coffee table out of

This is a video of metalworker JD Chambers of Rainfall Projects constructing a folding staircase for his woodworking friend Bourbon Moth, who finished it with a patina and wood of his choosing. The staircase is made of tubular steel, and folds flat to the wall when not in use. When

Because there’s no telling what sort of thoughts exist inside a cat’s head besides death and destruction, this is a video of a woman making a giant cat toy by attaching strips of toilet paper to a ceiling fan to see how her cat friend will react. The cat repeatedly

This is a video demonstration of a clever stunt rig used to simulate lower gravity on a person in space. The rig uses a counterweighted rocking arm attached to a stuntperson via a 360-degree rotating belt so they can do flips and all kind of spacey maneuvers. That’s cool. Even