[HN Gopher] Ask HN: Recommendations for videos/documentaries abo...
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Ask HN: Recommendations for videos/documentaries about building
things
What videos/channels/documentaries do you recommend that watch
teams of people designing/building things? For example: 1.
[DarkAero (airplanes)](https://www.youtube.com/@DarkAeroInc) 2.
[The Great Robot Race](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCRrXQRvC_I)
3. [PsychOdyssey](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRlI72bsNRc&list=
PLIhLvue17Sd70y34zh2erWWpMyOnh4UN_)
Author : NWChen
Score : 34 points
Date : 2024-01-21 15:55 UTC (7 hours ago)
| brudgers wrote:
| Adam Savage's _Tested_
| nicbou wrote:
| Pask Makes, This Old Tony, Laura Kampf are all really interesting
| makers. If you speak German, SWR is currently making a series
| about makers that's on YouTube. It's nice to watch Germans
| restore houses, make beer, make coffee and so on.
| aantix wrote:
| My kids and I have been enjoying the old Junk Yard Wars TV
| series. Lots of old episodes on YouTube.
|
| One expert, three mechanic/welders/engineers per team.
|
| They're assigned to build something fairly complex like a "flying
| car". 10 hours to scavenge the junk yard and use whatever to
| build the item.
| antfarm wrote:
| Steve Jobs brainstorms with the NeXT team 1985:
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Udi0rk3jZYM
| natdempk wrote:
| Great question, I'm also interested in this type of content
| though I know few examples. Since you like PsychOdyssey also
| check out Double Fine Adventure and the few Amnesia Fortnight
| series (also on DoubleFine's Youtube channel) if you haven't.
| gtsnexp wrote:
| How to make (almost) anything:
| https://cba.mit.edu/classes/index.html
| bertil wrote:
| Similar name, seemingly a lot less talent (intentionally so,
| IIUC), but awe-inspiring grit: _How To Make Everything_ on
| YouTube [0] has really hit the nail on the head with having an
| average man trying to recreate items from scratch.
|
| He's not that good with his hands, sweats easily, lack
| coordination and has the natural instinct for measures,
| roundedness, and flat surfaces of a goat. That makes so many of
| his attempts that much more credible. He insists (with some
| exception) on exclusively using tools that he made himself--
| something he called "The Great Reset". This means a raggedly
| thread and an Flintstone-like pen for dimensions. Expectedly,
| that doesn't help much.
|
| It's genuinely so much more valuable for that lack of
| professional training -- although him and his growing team are
| learning, and getting genuinely good as things go.
|
| He often has the help of a professional using modern tools and
| the difference with his own attempts is generally very
| intructive, more than the principle themselves. Can you make a
| nail from scratch? A professional blacksmith can make somethign
| really nice; an amateur can try... it will keep two planks
| together, but not inspire confidence.
|
| Great entertainement value and very worthy reality check: could
| you make clay pot? You saw an attractive instructor seemlessly
| whip out something wonderful on TikTok once? Good for you. HTME
| will give you a more realistic expectation of what you can do
| on your first five tries: one of them holds most of the water.
|
| Say what you want: after years of grit, they have raggedy but
| reasonnably useful workshop tools make from absolute scratch.
|
| https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfIqCzQJXvYj9ssCoHq327g
| fwipsy wrote:
| On mobile so no links, but I enjoy the following YouTube
| channels:
|
| Primitive technology: researching/developing e.g. metalworking,
| agriculture, building techniques without using any premade tools.
| No voice but closed caption explanations.
|
| Primitive skills: homesteading in Vietnam with traditional
| techniques, minimal outside materials/tools. No voice, closed
| caption explanations.
|
| Wintergatan: years-long project to build a marble machine musical
| instrument reliable enough for stage performances. Lots of
| experimentation and some meta engineering techniques too.
|
| Jamie Mantzel (spelling?) Used to be building a giant robot in
| his garage, more recently built small boats and a house. Haven't
| checked recently.
| marttt wrote:
| Estonian log house builders building a smoke sauna with hand
| tools. 58 minutes of beauty and true craftsmanship:
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aN47VMnRc-U
| sgu999 wrote:
| Probably not the kind of "things" you're after, but the YouTube
| channel "Japanese Garden TV" is just that, team of people
| building something, without comments. [1]
|
| [1] https://m.youtube.com/@JapaneseGardenTV/videos
| getpost wrote:
| Nice! Two episodes on Ryoan-ji
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldVz7XQFky0
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vphfpgGL7A
| rasz wrote:
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Way_Things_Work_(TV_series...
| :)
|
| https://www.pbs.org/weta/roughscience/series/episodes.html
| amayne wrote:
| 6 Days to Air: The Making of South Park
|
| https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hU83PE68oNY
| sim30n wrote:
| Guy is making a rain gutter generator:
| https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRgXwFLxal8J5oSN2hKqeNi5G...
| trebligdivad wrote:
| I can suggest:
| https://www.youtube.com/@PracticalEngineeringChannel Mostly huge
| engineering projects
|
| https://www.youtube.com/@timhunkin1 A mix of old home equipment
| and basic component explanations (More quirky than detailed)
| namuol wrote:
| Hard to find good docs on teams, but here are two of my favorite
| solo creators:
|
| Paul Elkins: Designs and builds low cost novelty mobile homes and
| vehicles.
|
| https://youtube.com/@paulwelkinsdiy
|
| Mitxela: Hardware and software hacker/inventor. Mixes circuit
| design, microcontroller programming, and machining to make unique
| pieces. Featured on HN recently.
|
| https://youtube.com/@mitxela
| drooby wrote:
| The Beatles: Get Back Documentary
| brensmith wrote:
| Sampson Boat Company's rebuilding of Tally Ho:
| https://www.youtube.com/@SampsonBoatCo
| relwin wrote:
| Clickspring: makes an authentic replica of The Antikythera
| Mechanism from raw metal stock. Also period-correct tools and
| craftsmanship. https://www.youtube.com/@Clickspring
| astaunton wrote:
| I also like Alex Steele, Colin Furze (back catalog more about
| making, new stuff on an underground passage / garage).
|
| Im not sure if Ben Heck
| (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgeStlUnitobx8QcSxTw2aQ) is
| doing much lately but his back catalog is pretty good (one handed
| xbox controller, small electronic projects).
|
| Diesel Brothers for trucks / snow mobiles.
| apantel wrote:
| Primitive Technology: one man in the forest in Australia building
| a wide array of things from organic materials, such as kilns,
| bricks, buildings, tools, etc.
|
| https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCAL3JXZSzSm8AlZyD3nQdBA
| telesilla wrote:
| Hard to find the entire 10 episodes but here's the first 4 of
| James Burke's _Connections_ , a look at how various discoveries,
| scientific achievements and world events are tied together.
| Pretty awesome stuff.
|
| https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw7aVsjFLyMmkEqHami9AHGmc...
| dharmab wrote:
| Bad Obsession Motorsport. Their biggest project was a 6-year
| build of a Mini Cooper where they basically fabricated an entire
| car from scratch by hand.
|
| The Warthog Project. A dude builds a 1:1 scale cockpit for an
| A-10C Warthog simulator, including custom electronics.
|
| Baumgartner Restoration: A professional art restorer documents
| his process restoring paintings and other art.
|
| DIY Perks: A hobbyist/inventor designs and builds practical
| electronics and furniture, and shares the designs for others.
|
| Marty's Matchbox Restorations: A man repairs and repaints old
| diecast toys with higher detail and quality paint. (Disclosure: I
| am good friends with Marty's son.)
|
| Ronald Finger: A man finds a Pontiac Fiero parked in the woods
| for decades and restores it to factory-fresh.
|
| AMMO NYC: A professional auto detailer documents his process,
| from detailing daily-driven cars to sanitizing and restoring
| barn-find antiques.
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