This is an Instagram video of a man constructing a “quick and easy” carnival style spinning ride in his backyard using a tree and some lumber (which was also once trees). The ride features seating for four, and is powered by spinning the riders around the tree to build tension

This is a video of wood expert and Youtuber justinthetrees (who looks a lot like Ted Lasso) tasting seven different breads, each one made with sawdust from a particular tree (cherry, cedar, oak, hickory, black walnut, pine, plus one with no sawdust). He’s then tasked with guessing which tree the

In a clear case of art imitating my life, this is a video from the Perrotin Gallery in Los Angeles of a kinetic wooden sculpture created by artist Barry McGee repeatedly banging its head against the wall. We’ve all been there. I’m there right now. I don’t do this sort

Because sometimes you just have to get medieval on a stump, this is a video of modern Hobbit Jacob of Youtube channel Cabinland chopping wood using a chain flail axe he made. Per Jason: “The advantages of the flail axe are numerous. The build up of kinetic energy achieved through

This is a video following artist Black McFarland of BM Sculptures as he creates an exotic wood and epoxy whale sculpture commission for an event space. He really delivers, and any event space would be lucky to have such a fine piece of art on display. It looks like a

These are a couple Instagram videos (swipe the embed to see the other) of very lively Chinese artist 超哥的烧火棍 (aka Super Brother’s Fire Stick) creating a couple sketches (including an upside-down one!) with the charred end of a burning stick. Is this the same technique used by early humans to

Because nothing says Australia quite like kangaroos and boomerangs, this is a video of the two combined into a kangaroo shaped boomerang crafted by Redditor Ravi from Texas (wait, what?). Damn, that thing flies NICE. Did you know there are left-handed and right-handed boomerangs? I did not, which might explain

These are a couple videos of woodworker edctoom demonstrating the telescoping hidden castles he carved into unassuming wooden logs, presumably with magic, but possibly by laser, fairies, or extreme skill, all of which are forms of magic anyways. So no matter which way you look at it (except between your