Because dream it and you can achieve it, this is a video of Finnish artist Juho Könkkölä folding a single square piece of 68cm (~27-inch) “wafer-thin Wenzhou paper” into a 20cm (~8-inch) samurai warrior over the course of 50 hours (thankfully, the video is condensed to five minutes) with no
This is a video tour of the incredibly impressive full-size pinball machine built out of K’Nex by Youtuber Tyler Bower. The machine stands 7-feet tall, 5-feet long, 3-feet wide, has automatic scoring and nine unique features including ramps, trap doors, multiball, and a mini pinball playfield. Three motors (including a
This is a video of Youtuber agepbiz’s quest (appropriate) to 3D print himself a human scale LEGO knight’s helmet large enough to fit his own respectable-sized dome. The process included taking close-up photos of a helmet then digitizing them into a computer model, then upscaling that model by 2020% and
There’s nothing quite like staring into a fire, you know? Especially when that fire is a burning goblin camp. This is the D20 fire pit available from Bellingham, Washington based Etsy shop FoxFabricationLLC. The 90-pound, 1/4 steel pit is available completely assembled ($400 +$300 shipping with any shipping cost under
This is a video of African spurred tortoise (Centrochelys sulcata, aka sulcata tortoise) Princess Neferu rubbing herself on a custom made brush system at the Badger Run Wildlife Rehab center in Klamath Falls, Oregon. Some more info while I scratch my own back with my roommate’s toothbrush because he didn’t
President of the United Makers Association (“an organization that includes makers of all kinds so that they can share ideas, and support each other,” and is making its public debut Christmas Day 2020, presumably because it’s been like an underground fight club up until now), Nikolai is here to show
This is a video of ex-NASA engineer Mark Rober’s Glitter Bomb 3.0 being opened by random package thieves, who believe they’ve just stolen a fancy pair of noise-canceling headphones. This year’s bomb includes ultra-fine glitter, fart spray, sound effects (e.g. “Merry Christmas ya filthy animal.” from Home Alone) and light
Because there can only be one Bob Vila, this is a short video of an alleged newly built bookcase rapidly disassembling itself into a perfect pile of particle boards. I assume the video was set up but the way it crumbles is perfect and the guy who’s filming it has