I just felled in love with the term "percussive maintenance"! I will henceforth appropriate it for future use of the working class XD Like "This Landlord is in dire need of some percussive maintenance in his wetware mainframe" (for a finer way to say "Give him a quick smack with a Hammer to the noggins! That rent-seeking Bas…d!) or "He couldn't fix that bug in the code, so He used the Desk for some percussive maintenance of his head-space"(a finer way of saying… you know it, don't you xD)
A DeWalt impact driver has been sitting right next to me for days, waiting for me to look up what is wrong with it. Then this video pops up. It's a different tool, but the problem seems like it could be just about the same - it goes slow, then faster, then slower, etc.
A generation of people taught by corporations to throw their stuff away instead of repairing. Not only a dad moment, but a wise eco-friendly moment too.
@@wetenschap123 i mean given modern stuff is junk out of the box and utterly irreparable, it's less "being taught" and more "being forced" by corporations
@@wetenschap123 tbf, this drill is something that is actually repairable, only involving broken wires. Good luck replacing a part. If it has a circuit board only someone like Medhi would have the tools and the knowledge. Most people would love to repair, but usually isn't viable.
@@Barten0071 The systematic way he investigated, found the issue and resolved it. Critical thinking allows you to see through the trademark silliness and actually get his point...
3:22 "Let's take a 12 volt lead acid battery" Oh, good, I wonder what clever engineering solution he'll think of using that battery to test the drill's reaction to- Oh... That works too
Where are you going after you die? What happens next? Have you ever thought about that? Repent today and give your life to Jesus Christ to obtain eternal salvation. Tomorrow may be too late my brethen😢. Hebrews 9:27 says "And as it is appointed unto man once to die, but after that the judgement
9:32 I can guarantee you that the designer thought exactly like you, and then came the purchaser / manager and said: "No, that's 5cent too expensive! Use thinner wires!"
@HarambaeXelonmuskfans Yes and no. Stupidity and Mastery give rise to confidence. Dunning and Kruger found out that confidence in ones abilities is generally rising fast for absolute newcomers, to then maximize at a still low skill level, then drop into desparation given mediocre skill, then rise again and stabilize on a appropriate level with lots and lots of experience.
Romans 10:9-13 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. Hebrews 12:14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
Depends, really. Sometimes, yes, it being broken is already the worst-case scenario and you can't really make it worse. Other times, you can burn the whole house down, or kill or injure yourself during the repair attempt if you're careless or inexperienced. And sometimes you actually manage to repair the thing, but make it unsafe to use in the process, and might injure or kill someone else who uses it unaware of the botch job you did. When I repair stuff, I always take safety into account. And when something can't be fixed properly, or at least, not by me, I just leave it and either bring it in for repair, or buy a new one if necessary. Contrast that to my dad, who will "repair" ladders where the safety features have failed, by pop-riveting some thin sheets of aluminium of an unknown grade to keep everything together. At 75, he'd still rather balance on rickety ladders with compromised structural integrity than spend money on a new one.
This lady I work with does a lot of arts and crafts and her laminator machine (or whatever the hell it was, idk) got parchment paper stuck in it. I tried taking it apart to fix it, when that didn’t work, I suggested just grabbing an extension cord, hooking it up outside and then waiting until the parchment paper burned away. She didn’t do the last part, but I don’t think it would’ve broken it any more than it already was. Plus, I wanted to see a cool fire in the parking lot… oh well.
Had my drill fail a few months ago. After taking it apart I found that 1 of the wires connected to the motor broke off at the terminal. Turns out what happened is there’s nothing physically holding the motor in place. So every time the motor ran the torque would cause the motor housing to rotate a bit eventually braking the 1 terminal connection. After a while I realized if I extended that wire about 1cm and rerouted it that would place tension on the motor in both directions. That prevented the motor from moving and the drill now works perfectly.
You can see how when he starts drilling, the drill slips into an existing hole he put there so he could do the gag safely. One thing many people don't realize is that most (though not all) of the funny explosions and things that happen on this channel are set up, and done in a relatively safe way. Look at his classic electric guitar gag, he plugs the guitar in to an extension cord going offscreen, likely not powered at all. Then when he strums it, as far as I can tell he just edits in the sparks, and then pretends to seize on the ground. He's purposefully showing us what NOT to do, and exactly what it looks like when you do. He's not a lucky idiot, he just plays an idiot on TV.
I accidentally wasn’t paying attention and started drilling a hole straight through the material then straight under my fingernail… definitely didn’t feel good.
@@watsgoinonhere1 even tho it's "staged" it's still very entertaining, and it's also a great way to teach people what to do and not to do, Mehdi is a genius at this
@@DudeRandom You know... I thought it was all jokes till that happened. Now I have to wonder how often they're jokes for kicks and how much of it is legit "oh shit" moments.
ElectroLAME… aside from the absolute pucker factor watching him almost drill into his hand. That part scared me, but I know he’s smart enough to set things up in such a way that he won’t actually hurt himself… I think.
No, the boom is the sound our minds make being blown when we see him able to fix it. And the little bit of information he teaches us in this video. LOL. 💥
I live how you saved the money AND saved the drill from the landfill. I wish companies were held to higher standards for making items more durable and repairable.
Unfortunately, most homegamers don't want to spend that kind of money on tools they'll only use every once in a while. That's why the market is flooded with cheap ones that last a couple of years under light/infrequent use. I don't like the mentality either; I prefer quality tools because not only do they last longer and work more reliably, they usually also feel a lot better in the hand, are more ergonomic and less fatiguing/painful, and a joy to work with. But I get where someone's coming from when they tell me they rather just replace their old drill when broken because they can get 3-5 of those for the price of one "good" one.
@@EvenTheDogAgreesproblem with expensive tool is that they'll get babied. it's like that nice expensive tea cup, it'll never see the light of day except for few special occasion. unless it's company's inventory, I'll just settle with cheap tools that can do its job well.
These higher standards are basically the requirement for that. (which kind of is what the EU currently does with manufacturers being required to provide spare parts for 10 years after last sale; "right-to-repair rule". Also true for the US that are doing some right-to-repair stuff too.) Because from my experience (and independent tests) it's not possible to generalize "higher cost item equals higher quality" and it's quite often the other way around. So basically impossible to know who build it to last and who did it for the quick buck. Besides "every" product can break for unforeseen / rare reasons. And even businesses like sennheiser which are known for their high sound quality products produce cheap (as in money) products that are basically worse than any noname or chinese knock-off. Every product has to be evaluated independently. Which is why I hate buying new things.. way too much time and research required because the last you should trust is a corporation or seller.. (there are exceptions but most do everything for more profit, especially every public corporation) Sadly reviews are not necessary the best solution.. as there are lots of hidden gems that are basically no-name, cheap and yet work surprisingly good but also usually not tested at all. And reviews can obviously only test products as is, not after 4+ years of use... especially since the product would have been replaced by 2 newer and "better" versions by that time and not sold anymore. I wouldn't mind forcing longer warranties, penalties for failing products etc. Also, I would allow exceptions like if the manufacturer or seller claims prominently, highly visible on the packaging: "this product sucks, we don't allow full warranty" to have it their way if they want to cheap out. Basically like an "this product is alpha / untested" label so that small businesses and startups can still sell their stuff without fearing to go bankrupt. While serious competitors or solid products won't need it and have to offer long warranties and maybe penalties for failures (like compensating consumers for failures, lost time debugging the issue and so forth). So you can see which company actually trusts their own product. TL;DL: can't go by price, can't trust brands, pick "whatever" and hope for the best or spend lots of time researching to still hope for the best in the end (with higher success?), humans (public corporations) are greedy and cheap out on parts for more short-term profit, always short-term thinking, ruling by nations are basically required to force corporations to build longer lasting stuff...
@@reneschumann8922 yea Agreed, I went to buy ram and there was a lot of difference in each one selling and it was different when i checked ONline and different on each website for the same thing I'll buy a used RAm since they dont generally go ded easily, the cheapest one that works. and shows nice speed
@@Winterizes 1 hour of his time for $150 from not having to buy a new drill, and $1500(from the yt video) seems like a pretty good trade, unless you're Bezos.
I'm pretty sure he made that on purpose, he is known for this stuff. I bet he had a pre-drilled but not totally finished hole in there to guide the tip, so we see the rest of the drilling and think he made a full drill, then he just had to make sure his hand was not exactly on the pre known hole exit on the other side but still close enough for dramatic effect.
Mehdi is super smart. I don't think he's made any genuine mistakes. This guy meticulously plans out his videos and delivers to perfection every time for our education and entertainment.
One of the few features that I love about TH-cam: suggested videos. Bro I used to watch your videos when I was a kid and I was fascinated by your style and practical humor Life did a number on me and I forgot about your channel because I didn't have the time but luckily your videos were suggested today
Man. the satisfying feeling of fixing something that is expensive without having to pay a single cent... My girlfriend has one of those overpriced wireless gaming headphones and the powerswitch had a lose connection causing it to shut off every time you moved your head to hard.. just a simple disassembly of the headphone and the powerswitch and cleanup with rubbing alcohol and it works like new again. this feeling is so freaking good.
@@doughboi2346 She thought i performed some magic tricks, even when i spilled the secrets and told her exactly what i did and that it took no effort at all she still thinks im a magician for fixing it. LOL
It was the same for me, fixing a 10$ kitchen scale, by open it up and soldering a new 10 cents push button switch. My wife looked at me like I’m some kind of a sorcerer. Ya it’s only a 10$ scale, but…
My wife also used to think i had some magical ability because i'd fix tons of simple things. Unfortunately, having the entire wiring harness of our family car currently decorating the garage to try and find the fault has convinced her otherwise...
I was yelling "COMMUTATOR!" at the screen for a good minute. As for the drill- it just goes to show, the more you over cheap the plumbing, the easier it is to stop up the drain.
I had a similar issue with my Dewalt electric push mower. The "high amperage" power switch in the handle actually had its contacts get too oxidized and wouldnt make electrical contact anymore. It was kinda wild. I tore it apart, filed them down and it works like new. That being said, it would be nice for power control to be controlled by a relay or a solid state device. They actually used 16/3 extension cable cord to run the current from the main unit on the deck of the mower ALL the way up to the handle and BACK again! Other manufactures use a low voltage, low current switch in the handle. Much less wire!
I have what appears to be the exact same drill and just had this same failure after drilling concrete holes in hammer mode! You have inspired me to open my drill and check these wires. Thanks Mehdi.
I like the fact med is not like any other TH-camrs with 6 million followers. They would have just chucked it in the bin. But you took the time to make a video for people what don’t know how to fix it. It shows money has not gone to your head. I don’t care what ya mother says about you. You are a good man.
He’s teaching more people how to use their brains. Trial-and-error can be applied to any field, plus he throws in a lot of entertainment to keep people satiated.
I just want to say, that I've literally googled the difference between the varying modes on a drill before and gotten nothing but nonsensical answers. You've just explained the hammer function and its purpose in a way I now understand. Thank you.
When I was a kid in the '50s I remember dad 'drilling' holes in the wall using a Rawldrill - hammered and manually rotated to make a hole, then making up a plug from moistened jute fibre into which screws were inserted.
I had to look that up. Cool stuff. I knew of those hand brace drills and egg-beater style drills that were manually powered, but never heard of this one.
@1:27 a few days ago I had a drill break with smoke and flames coming out of it. I tried to fix it with the result that i now have a tool which can reliably evaporate copper within milliseconds.
You spoke briefly about Hall Effect sensors here, might be an interesting video topic regarding motor encoders such as Hall Effect, Resolvers, Incremental (Sin/Cos), Absolute, and the differences in functionality/accuracy etc.
i have a ryobi drill that's around two decades old. for a while, maybe a couple of years span, it would literally spark and smoke every time i used it. (it's brushed) but it eventually stopped doing that, and it still works fine to this day. i rarely use it any more, since i now use my impact for nearly everything, but i still keep it for the odd job.
my god, the Brilliant ad intro was way too funny. i love it when creators put effort into their ads and make them WORTH watching. i certainly don't mind watching ads (even if its the billionth brilliant ad ive seen in recent memory) to support the creator when i can tell they tried to make it watchable. great stuff as always Mehdi!
I genuinely didn't know this before but now i know, thanks electroBOOM Batteries ; their uses : powering things charging things Also Batteries ; their alternate use : the perfect tool for cordless drill diagnostics
i know Mehdi is not that dumb to drill straight into his hand without some sort of protection, he acts dumb, but hes not THAT dumb. So the moment he was about to drill, i started thinking how he could have done it. The best way i can come up is: drill a pilot hole first, then on the drill side of the pilot hole, drill a hole halfway to put a pvc pipe as a guide to make sure the bit doesnt wonder in the wood. Then, place the hand close to the pilot hole on the other side of the wood before sending the drill bits through it.
Thanks to your videos I now have a habit of disassambling every failing device to see whats wrong. This is the best way to learn how things work and how to make them better!
The hammer mode doesn't move the bit back and forth. Just two gears grinding against each other, kind of just vibrating. A proper SDS drill (rotary hammer) has a piston that moves and strikes the backside of an SDS bit. Get one of those. Best purchase I've ever made, pure bliss when drilling holes into concrete.
Yup, I tried a multifunction drill and gave up right quick. Got a nice Bosch hammer/rotary drill. Sometimes a one function tool is worth it, even if you don't need it all the time.
I see a lot of recommendations for rotary hammers. I’ve got one recently and while it’s much faster I find it much less precise when I’am trying to drill some 6mm mounting holes. I had to start the holes with a regular cordless drill and only then go deeper with the rotary hammer. And at that stage I realized that 6x40mm holes don’t take that long with a regular (non sds) hammer drill and I can just get the job done with a single tool.
That is honestly the coolest video you've done. I'm so sick of throwing out electrical tools when they fail. I don't have your skills to fix them, but knowing someone can and stop the crappy manufacturers scamming another $150 is a win!
Great job! I had my drill apart earlier this year to blow out the fan... always feels good when you put it back together in one piece and it works, haha.
You bade me happy. There is a small vacuum I use to blow off my shaver after using it to keep it neat (I do it on the shower so I don't mess the bathroom. Today if began to make a scratchy noise and I broke the warranty seal (it is a cheap Chinese device so I doubt it really had a warranty) opened to have access to the tail end of the axis lubricated both ends of it and it will last until the graphite brushes of the motor end (I can smell the ozone that indicates the end of life) in a few months. It made me feel good and I had the chance to appreciate how well made that thing was for a cheap Chinese desk blower/vacuum.
Yes, practically impossible! But maybe it's only conglomerate concrete! I really doubt that he can drill with that "toy" reinforced or vibrated concrete!
@@MyNotSoHumbleOpinionwith one of these non-SDS drills with a hammer function that a home gamer is gonna be using its fine, we're usually just getting through concrete block or floor and I've never had any trouble honestly. Sds is much faster but of course it is.
If you were going through an entire masonry wall you'd want an SDS drill yeah. If you're just drilling a small hole into a concrete wall to hang a picture frame for example, these are absolutely fine on hammer mode.
Not a problem for a Boomer, maybe a big deal for a Gen Z snowflake while Gen aplha just order a hole from Temu what do you think all the holes were drilled with before SDS?
1:25 how about you recharge the battery. And if that's not the one. Then maybe you have to clean your drill because little pieces of wood or steal or whatever is jamming it.
Just found your channel. I love it. With the world being the way it is today, it is good to find a channel that will make me laugh. The funny thing is that I have the same mistakes you show in your videos.
hmm. over here (germany) we have seperate, special drills to make holes into stone walls and not use a "normal" drill for it, cus they arent really made for the concrete, even with their hammer function.
For me it seems like that so called gas pedal thing is an adjustable resistor or also known as potentiometer. When you push it down further it reduces the resistance of that potentiometer causing the current to increase, and therefore the power at which drill operates. Like your videos Mehdi!
Ha, lol😂. I remember that video where he was trying to make a headed seat using a hair dryer filament (not going to spoil it for the rest of them yet😉).
Bro, you should just get the cheapest Ryobi hammer drill Edit: Medhi makes me so much more nervous working with power tools than electric.... Nearly drilling through his hand lol
Yeah, I got a Ryobi cordless a year or two back for around $80, and it's got plenty of torque for ranch work. No hammer setting, but I had an impact drill for that.
And with a Ryobi, we would have a tool repair video every few years, nice. Joke aside, ryobi tools work great for people who use their tools from time to time, but when using them repeatedly, quality is mandatory (for usability, liability, and disponiblity), there isn't anything more frustrating in a project than being stuck because of failing tools
Had a similar thing with my partners vacuum, at some point along the mains cord, nearing the power button the wire must've, overtime got bent so much it snapped and went out with a nice little pop which left a hole in the outer plastic sheathing. Lucky I could pull more of the other cable through and rejoin the broken cable after stripping it back a little so it looks no different. Lucky everything still fits inside the little housing which actually requires a good amount of force to screw open/shut!
Silly me, about to recycle my dead 12V lead-acid battery. I forgot I was in possession of a very handy percussive maintenance and diagnostic device!
I just felled in love with the term "percussive maintenance"!
I will henceforth appropriate it for future use of the working class XD
Like
"This Landlord is in dire need of some percussive maintenance in his wetware mainframe" (for a finer way to say "Give him a quick smack with a Hammer to the noggins! That rent-seeking Bas…d!)
or
"He couldn't fix that bug in the code, so He used the Desk for some percussive maintenance of his head-space"(a finer way of saying… you know it, don't you xD)
That's the wrong tool for concrete anyway. He should use a pneumatic hammer drill with SDS drill bits.
@@DrBeat-zs9eb but then he wouldn't have $150 in his back pocket
A DeWalt impact driver has been sitting right next to me for days, waiting for me to look up what is wrong with it. Then this video pops up. It's a different tool, but the problem seems like it could be just about the same - it goes slow, then faster, then slower, etc.
Was plenty funny without the explanation. @@Luziferne
8:01 the "150 dollars in my pocket!" With the glasses is such a dad moment
A generation of people taught by corporations to throw their stuff away instead of repairing. Not only a dad moment, but a wise eco-friendly moment too.
😂😂😂😂
@@wetenschap123true
@@wetenschap123 i mean given modern stuff is junk out of the box and utterly irreparable, it's less "being taught" and more "being forced" by corporations
@@wetenschap123 tbf, this drill is something that is actually repairable, only involving broken wires. Good luck replacing a part. If it has a circuit board only someone like Medhi would have the tools and the knowledge. Most people would love to repair, but usually isn't viable.
This isn't a lesson in drill repair, it's a lesson in reasoning and critical thinking.
And hitting things with an angry pixie house!
the part about hiting a motor to find a problem or a part about almost driling in to a hand?
@@Barten0071 The systematic way he investigated, found the issue and resolved it.
Critical thinking allows you to see through the trademark silliness and actually get his point...
Exactly brother
This
3:22 "Let's take a 12 volt lead acid battery"
Oh, good, I wonder what clever engineering solution he'll think of using that battery to test the drill's reaction to-
Oh... That works too
Where are you going after you die?
What happens next? Have you ever thought about that?
Repent today and give your life to Jesus Christ to obtain eternal salvation. Tomorrow may be too late my brethen😢.
Hebrews 9:27 says "And as it is appointed unto man once to die, but after that the judgement
@@JesusPlsSaveMerepent on your knees beneath me "jesus-bot"
@@JesusPlsSaveMe Probably will become a forensics student test subject.
After all the useful bits go to save other people's lives that is.
@@OctyabrAprelya Describe how a smoothy can be made out of watermelon
hahaha same here! I thought he was going to short some leads together trying to connect the drill to the battery
9:32 I can guarantee you that the designer thought exactly like you, and then came the purchaser / manager and said: "No, that's 5cent too expensive! Use thinner wires!"
No, that will last forever! Use thinner wires!
@@llejkno: "it's better if it breaks at some point so they buy a new one, who gives a **** about pollution anyway?"
I hope one day I become confident enough about something the same way you're confident about drilling towards where your hand is.
He likely drilled a slightly smaller hole beforehand, to make sure the drill doesn't push through his hand. He's not stupid.
Are you from the future. 12 hours ago. He just posted it.
@@joeburrows6 Released first on Patreon as a private video, and then made public for the rest of us.
@@joeburrows6 He posted it earlier for his Patreon supporters.
@HarambaeXelonmuskfans Yes and no. Stupidity and Mastery give rise to confidence. Dunning and Kruger found out that confidence in ones abilities is generally rising fast for absolute newcomers, to then maximize at a still low skill level, then drop into desparation given mediocre skill, then rise again and stabilize on a appropriate level with lots and lots of experience.
9:01
This is absolutely the correct facial expression for the moment youre finishing reassembly and you know you saved a bunch of dough.
So satisfying
Romans 10:9-13
That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Hebrews 12:14
Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
@@JesusPlsSaveMe 😐
@@JesusPlsSaveMe🤓
I love this. I love the idea of "it's broken. What's the worst that can happen? Break it even more by trying to fix it?"
Depends, really. Sometimes, yes, it being broken is already the worst-case scenario and you can't really make it worse. Other times, you can burn the whole house down, or kill or injure yourself during the repair attempt if you're careless or inexperienced. And sometimes you actually manage to repair the thing, but make it unsafe to use in the process, and might injure or kill someone else who uses it unaware of the botch job you did.
When I repair stuff, I always take safety into account. And when something can't be fixed properly, or at least, not by me, I just leave it and either bring it in for repair, or buy a new one if necessary. Contrast that to my dad, who will "repair" ladders where the safety features have failed, by pop-riveting some thin sheets of aluminium of an unknown grade to keep everything together. At 75, he'd still rather balance on rickety ladders with compromised structural integrity than spend money on a new one.
This lady I work with does a lot of arts and crafts and her laminator machine (or whatever the hell it was, idk) got parchment paper stuck in it. I tried taking it apart to fix it, when that didn’t work, I suggested just grabbing an extension cord, hooking it up outside and then waiting until the parchment paper burned away. She didn’t do the last part, but I don’t think it would’ve broken it any more than it already was. Plus, I wanted to see a cool fire in the parking lot… oh well.
I always take one wild swing at fixing something before it goes in the trash, unless it's broken in an obvious way I definitely can't fix.
"Don't hold shit in your hand when you're trying to drill it." - ElectroBoom
@@EvenTheDogAgrees Dude you sound like those clown lobbyists.
Had my drill fail a few months ago. After taking it apart I found that 1 of the wires connected to the motor broke off at the terminal. Turns out what happened is there’s nothing physically holding the motor in place. So every time the motor ran the torque would cause the motor housing to rotate a bit eventually braking the 1 terminal connection. After a while I realized if I extended that wire about 1cm and rerouted it that would place tension on the motor in both directions. That prevented the motor from moving and the drill now works perfectly.
1:40 The fact that he was millimeters away from hurting his hand truly shows how lucky he is
He likely drilled a smaller guide hole prior so he didn't hit his hand
You can see how when he starts drilling, the drill slips into an existing hole he put there so he could do the gag safely. One thing many people don't realize is that most (though not all) of the funny explosions and things that happen on this channel are set up, and done in a relatively safe way.
Look at his classic electric guitar gag, he plugs the guitar in to an extension cord going offscreen, likely not powered at all. Then when he strums it, as far as I can tell he just edits in the sparks, and then pretends to seize on the ground.
He's purposefully showing us what NOT to do, and exactly what it looks like when you do. He's not a lucky idiot, he just plays an idiot on TV.
I accidentally wasn’t paying attention and started drilling a hole straight through the material then straight under my fingernail… definitely didn’t feel good.
@@watsgoinonhere1 even tho it's "staged" it's still very entertaining, and it's also a great way to teach people what to do and not to do, Mehdi is a genius at this
1:40 Pure definition of PTSD
When unemployed friend:
Jacob's ladder just flashed infront of him in a blink of an eye
Check at 1:30 You can see the pilot hole he used. Still cutting it close.
@@yggdrasil1706 I guess you could say he was pretty committed to the "bit"
I'll see myself out
@@DudeRandom You know... I thought it was all jokes till that happened. Now I have to wonder how often they're jokes for kicks and how much of it is legit "oh shit" moments.
No electrical explosion in this vid. Is this Electro SILENCE? 😂
The Boom is Mehdi shouting when he drills into his hand🤣
Bro almost drilled his hand 😂
ElectroLAME… aside from the absolute pucker factor watching him almost drill into his hand. That part scared me, but I know he’s smart enough to set things up in such a way that he won’t actually hurt himself… I think.
@@BigZ-il5hg He also blew up the world. 9:06
Twice.
No, the boom is the sound our minds make being blown when we see him able to fix it. And the little bit of information he teaches us in this video. LOL. 💥
I live how you saved the money AND saved the drill from the landfill. I wish companies were held to higher standards for making items more durable and repairable.
Unfortunately, most homegamers don't want to spend that kind of money on tools they'll only use every once in a while. That's why the market is flooded with cheap ones that last a couple of years under light/infrequent use.
I don't like the mentality either; I prefer quality tools because not only do they last longer and work more reliably, they usually also feel a lot better in the hand, are more ergonomic and less fatiguing/painful, and a joy to work with. But I get where someone's coming from when they tell me they rather just replace their old drill when broken because they can get 3-5 of those for the price of one "good" one.
@@EvenTheDogAgreesThank you for not referring to DeWalt as quality tools LOL. Only good at the top tier of price.
@@EvenTheDogAgreesproblem with expensive tool is that they'll get babied. it's like that nice expensive tea cup, it'll never see the light of day except for few special occasion. unless it's company's inventory, I'll just settle with cheap tools that can do its job well.
These higher standards are basically the requirement for that. (which kind of is what the EU currently does with manufacturers being required to provide spare parts for 10 years after last sale; "right-to-repair rule". Also true for the US that are doing some right-to-repair stuff too.)
Because from my experience (and independent tests) it's not possible to generalize "higher cost item equals higher quality" and it's quite often the other way around. So basically impossible to know who build it to last and who did it for the quick buck. Besides "every" product can break for unforeseen / rare reasons.
And even businesses like sennheiser which are known for their high sound quality products produce cheap (as in money) products that are basically worse than any noname or chinese knock-off.
Every product has to be evaluated independently. Which is why I hate buying new things.. way too much time and research required because the last you should trust is a corporation or seller.. (there are exceptions but most do everything for more profit, especially every public corporation)
Sadly reviews are not necessary the best solution.. as there are lots of hidden gems that are basically no-name, cheap and yet work surprisingly good but also usually not tested at all. And reviews can obviously only test products as is, not after 4+ years of use... especially since the product would have been replaced by 2 newer and "better" versions by that time and not sold anymore.
I wouldn't mind forcing longer warranties, penalties for failing products etc. Also, I would allow exceptions like if the manufacturer or seller claims prominently, highly visible on the packaging: "this product sucks, we don't allow full warranty" to have it their way if they want to cheap out. Basically like an "this product is alpha / untested" label so that small businesses and startups can still sell their stuff without fearing to go bankrupt. While serious competitors or solid products won't need it and have to offer long warranties and maybe penalties for failures (like compensating consumers for failures, lost time debugging the issue and so forth). So you can see which company actually trusts their own product.
TL;DL: can't go by price, can't trust brands, pick "whatever" and hope for the best or spend lots of time researching to still hope for the best in the end (with higher success?), humans (public corporations) are greedy and cheap out on parts for more short-term profit, always short-term thinking, ruling by nations are basically required to force corporations to build longer lasting stuff...
@@reneschumann8922 yea Agreed, I went to buy ram and there was a lot of difference in each one selling and it was different when i checked ONline and different on each website for the same thing
I'll buy a used RAm since they dont generally go ded easily, the cheapest one that works. and shows nice speed
9:02 That's me when I fix something expensive at no cost. especially when something I find in the street
I do apartment maintenance and agree 100% lol
the only cost was your time
@@Winterizes 1 hour of his time for $150 from not having to buy a new drill, and $1500(from the yt video) seems like a pretty good trade, unless you're Bezos.
8:00 this is the biggest Dad Energy I've witnessed in a long time
0:06 The way he said AƪĤH!
This made laugh a bit too much.
The table said it too
Agh!
😭😭😭😭😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😭😭😭😂😂
help me
"Don't hold shit in your hand when you're trying to drill it."
Yeah - NO SHIT, MEHDI!
I'm pretty sure he made that on purpose, he is known for this stuff.
I bet he had a pre-drilled but not totally finished hole in there to guide the tip, so we see the rest of the drilling and think he made a full drill, then he just had to make sure his hand was not exactly on the pre known hole exit on the other side but still close enough for dramatic effect.
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Pretty high bar, but I feel like that is the most scared ive seen him :P almost seemed real..
Yes, you can see him lining up the drill bit with the pre-drilled hole.
Mehdi is super smart. I don't think he's made any genuine mistakes. This guy meticulously plans out his videos and delivers to perfection every time for our education and entertainment.
Even I feel accomplished after this video.
Same!
One of the few features that I love about TH-cam: suggested videos.
Bro I used to watch your videos when I was a kid and I was fascinated by your style and practical humor
Life did a number on me and I forgot about your channel because I didn't have the time but luckily your videos were suggested today
0:27 that sounds like a great idea💀
9:22 I thought the weakest part of any device is the guy holding it. As kindly demonstrated by Mehdi at the beginning. 🤭
Man. the satisfying feeling of fixing something that is expensive without having to pay a single cent...
My girlfriend has one of those overpriced wireless gaming headphones and the powerswitch had a lose connection causing it to shut off every time you moved your head to hard.. just a simple disassembly of the headphone and the powerswitch and cleanup with rubbing alcohol and it works like new again. this feeling is so freaking good.
This is the way
You forgot to tap it a few times and say "that oughta do it"
@@doughboi2346 She thought i performed some magic tricks, even when i spilled the secrets and told her exactly what i did and that it took no effort at all she still thinks im a magician for fixing it. LOL
It was the same for me, fixing a 10$ kitchen scale, by open it up and soldering a new 10 cents push button switch. My wife looked at me like I’m some kind of a sorcerer.
Ya it’s only a 10$ scale, but…
My wife also used to think i had some magical ability because i'd fix tons of simple things. Unfortunately, having the entire wiring harness of our family car currently decorating the garage to try and find the fault has convinced her otherwise...
I was yelling "COMMUTATOR!" at the screen for a good minute.
As for the drill- it just goes to show, the more you over cheap the plumbing, the easier it is to stop up the drain.
How intractable.
hahaha same here😂
No hammer setting i take it?
I thought before he fully mentioned it, that the sensors were used to find the speed or location of the motor. Like a rotary encoder.
I had a similar issue with my Dewalt electric push mower. The "high amperage" power switch in the handle actually had its contacts get too oxidized and wouldnt make electrical contact anymore. It was kinda wild. I tore it apart, filed them down and it works like new. That being said, it would be nice for power control to be controlled by a relay or a solid state device. They actually used 16/3 extension cable cord to run the current from the main unit on the deck of the mower ALL the way up to the handle and BACK again! Other manufactures use a low voltage, low current switch in the handle. Much less wire!
Less voltage drop too
I have what appears to be the exact same drill and just had this same failure after drilling concrete holes in hammer mode! You have inspired me to open my drill and check these wires. Thanks Mehdi.
You've had that 12v battery for so long 🤣
I bet he hasn't charged it since he started the channel
@@polishtimmy505 then it must be the worlds most energy-dense battery
i think its more of a 0v battery now
I like the fact med is not like any other TH-camrs with 6 million followers. They would have just chucked it in the bin. But you took the time to make a video for people what don’t know how to fix it. It shows money has not gone to your head. I don’t care what ya mother says about you. You are a good man.
He’s teaching more people how to use their brains. Trial-and-error can be applied to any field, plus he throws in a lot of entertainment to keep people satiated.
0:01 I need this clip in the context of a villain saying "you failed me" while threatening with a drill
10:46 I guess somebody had a fight with their child 😂
😂
Jesus is calling you today. Come to him, repent from your sins, bear his cross and live the victorious life
I just want to say, that I've literally googled the difference between the varying modes on a drill before and gotten nothing but nonsensical answers. You've just explained the hammer function and its purpose in a way I now understand. Thank you.
When I was a kid in the '50s I remember dad 'drilling' holes in the wall using a Rawldrill - hammered and manually rotated to make a hole, then making up a plug from moistened jute fibre into which screws were inserted.
I had to look that up. Cool stuff. I knew of those hand brace drills and egg-beater style drills that were manually powered, but never heard of this one.
@1:27 a few days ago I had a drill break with smoke and flames coming out of it. I tried to fix it with the result that i now have a tool which can reliably evaporate copper within milliseconds.
Rage fixing is one of my favorite hobbies. Well done!
Honestly, Mehdi would make up for a good college professor. Why? Because he makes a mistake and then corrects it immediately and advises others
2:10 love the laughter🤣
8:11 be careful with that hot glue gun! The tip is made of metal and can short the wires, ask me how I know....
Battery is not connected
@@WhoisRoach still have to be careful if there's capacitors in the circuit! 👍
@@danielnobre3936 ye
@@danielnobre3936 Not if you discharged them first like you're supposed to...
Ok, how do you know? Tell us about it
You spoke briefly about Hall Effect sensors here, might be an interesting video topic regarding motor encoders such as Hall Effect, Resolvers, Incremental (Sin/Cos), Absolute, and the differences in functionality/accuracy etc.
i have a ryobi drill that's around two decades old. for a while, maybe a couple of years span, it would literally spark and smoke every time i used it. (it's brushed) but it eventually stopped doing that, and it still works fine to this day. i rarely use it any more, since i now use my impact for nearly everything, but i still keep it for the odd job.
6:10 for just a bit there when you had 2 wires disconnected and they looked like the same color, I was worried that they might end up swapped
my god, the Brilliant ad intro was way too funny. i love it when creators put effort into their ads and make them WORTH watching. i certainly don't mind watching ads (even if its the billionth brilliant ad ive seen in recent memory) to support the creator when i can tell they tried to make it watchable. great stuff as always Mehdi!
3:26 I though he was going to drill the battery💀
8:40 Mehdi doing some mechanical engineering for a change
The problem he is facing is the age old problem everybode has to deal with who is working with a lathe or a milling machine.
I genuinely didn't know this before but now i know, thanks electroBOOM
Batteries ; their uses : powering things
charging things
Also Batteries ; their alternate use : the perfect tool for cordless drill diagnostics
thanks team Brilliant for supporting this channel, this channel brings me joy...
1:40 Ooooookay that was the most uncomfortable feeling ever. 😅
i know Mehdi is not that dumb to drill straight into his hand without some sort of protection, he acts dumb, but hes not THAT dumb. So the moment he was about to drill, i started thinking how he could have done it. The best way i can come up is: drill a pilot hole first, then on the drill side of the pilot hole, drill a hole halfway to put a pvc pipe as a guide to make sure the bit doesnt wonder in the wood. Then, place the hand close to the pilot hole on the other side of the wood before sending the drill bits through it.
@acrazydurian probably. only time he did something dangerously that i know of is jacobs ladder
3:39 ltt screwdriver noctua edition
9:39 Man to man moment.
Always the 2 taps
Neuralink moment
I love how he mentions robocop 5:06
Thanks to your videos I now have a habit of disassambling every failing device to see whats wrong. This is the best way to learn how things work and how to make them better!
The hammer mode doesn't move the bit back and forth. Just two gears grinding against each other, kind of just vibrating. A proper SDS drill (rotary hammer) has a piston that moves and strikes the backside of an SDS bit. Get one of those. Best purchase I've ever made, pure bliss when drilling holes into concrete.
Thank you for your comment, I was about to write the same thing!
Yup, I tried a multifunction drill and gave up right quick. Got a nice Bosch hammer/rotary drill. Sometimes a one function tool is worth it, even if you don't need it all the time.
Aint nothing like a SDS max punching through rebar like it's flesh. Meanwhile Mr "My drill has a hammer switch" is literally on fire.
I see a lot of recommendations for rotary hammers. I’ve got one recently and while it’s much faster I find it much less precise when I’am trying to drill some 6mm mounting holes. I had to start the holes with a regular cordless drill and only then go deeper with the rotary hammer. And at that stage I realized that 6x40mm holes don’t take that long with a regular (non sds) hammer drill and I can just get the job done with a single tool.
how different it is compared to an impact drill? or is it just the same thing but with a fancier name?
I keep a fire extinguisher next to my desk in case Mehdi's carnage causes 2nd hand electrical catastrophe on my end.
Very wise
9:06 i thought u finished fr 💀
Hot glue makes sense to keep the exposed metal from touching, but isn’t a solder joint stronger than glue?
That is honestly the coolest video you've done. I'm so sick of throwing out electrical tools when they fail. I don't have your skills to fix them, but knowing someone can and stop the crappy manufacturers scamming another $150 is a win!
9:16 Literally thought he would drill into his palm
I hope he had a pilot hole to pull off that joke :)
He didn't have a drill bit in the chuck. So it was safe to do
@@daveb8598 Probably considering it doesn't look like a wood drill bit, would require much more force and throw chips all over the place
@@subzero_deegres That is very weird. Usually he would use a metal drill bit. LOL
@@gizmowizard352 in the beginning he did have a drill bit in the chuck
im always super amazed how you are somehow still alive and not hospitilized
Yeah, you need to watch that "Jacob's Ladder" video 👀
So cool.. i have a drill doing the same thing.. i wonder if it will be the same problem!
Very likely
@@ElectroBOOMi have a question what is your favorite music band me my favorite band is queen
How is it 14 hours ago ?
@@unconsciusdude early access for patreons i reckon
Remember to test is by drilling towards your unprotected hand through a block of wood first.
I'm expecting a video on brushless DC motor.
Great job! I had my drill apart earlier this year to blow out the fan... always feels good when you put it back together in one piece and it works, haha.
8:21 GOOPY-GOOPED indeet!
thanks for letting me know if my drill ever does that, I’ll use my new knowledge to fix it 😊
IT tech here, don't get me started on ribbon cables 🤮
You bade me happy. There is a small vacuum I use to blow off my shaver after using it to keep it neat (I do it on the shower so I don't mess the bathroom. Today if began to make a scratchy noise and I broke the warranty seal (it is a cheap Chinese device so I doubt it really had a warranty) opened to have access to the tail end of the axis lubricated both ends of it and it will last until the graphite brushes of the motor end (I can smell the ozone that indicates the end of life) in a few months. It made me feel good and I had the chance to appreciate how well made that thing was for a cheap Chinese desk blower/vacuum.
this honestly is a pretty good video, the process of troubleshooting to find point of failure was informative
Drilling into concrete without an SDS drill is an exercise in lunacy.
Yes, practically impossible! But maybe it's only conglomerate concrete! I really doubt that he can drill with that "toy" reinforced or vibrated concrete!
@@MyNotSoHumbleOpinionwith one of these non-SDS drills with a hammer function that a home gamer is gonna be using its fine, we're usually just getting through concrete block or floor and I've never had any trouble honestly. Sds is much faster but of course it is.
If you were going through an entire masonry wall you'd want an SDS drill yeah. If you're just drilling a small hole into a concrete wall to hang a picture frame for example, these are absolutely fine on hammer mode.
This. Also, buy Makita... 😊
Not a problem for a Boomer,
maybe a big deal for a Gen Z snowflake
while Gen aplha just order a hole from Temu
what do you think all the holes were drilled with before SDS?
2:45 Rug burnt😂😂😂. By the way ❤❤your channel
amazing fix mehdi
Thank you! This is one of the best videos you have produced in a long time.
This makes learning way more fun that school. They should have teaching like this
1:25 how about you recharge the battery.
And if that's not the one. Then maybe you have to clean your drill because little pieces of wood or steal or whatever is jamming it.
9:14 nicely done. I can never have the patience to do that. I would borrow somebody's drill. And then keep it.
Hardware rule #1: EVERYTHING is a hammer
7:20 made me sad
6:53 There always future
Quote of the day
Mehdi must be the brand ambassador of Brilliant ngl
My first guess was either the hammer grease turned into goop or lack of grease was making it seize up, kicking in the anti-lock safety of the drill.
me too, I must remember to bang things more during diagnosis procedures.
i felt it when he burned his hand by friction
4:40 you can make an e-bike out of it
Just found your channel. I love it. With the world being the way it is today, it is good to find a channel that will make me laugh. The funny thing is that I have the same mistakes you show in your videos.
You should do more of these tool fixes, it is really entertaining!
6:34 problem is its for no reason
its because you dont use them every day 👍
0:14 sounds like a rotary engine lmao
0:06 AAAH
Ack!
1:40 bro almost lost his hand
such a great thing to see a piece of equipment being saved instead of being turned to scrap
hmm. over here (germany) we have seperate, special drills to make holes into stone walls and not use a "normal" drill for it, cus they arent really made for the concrete, even with their hammer function.
The same is true in North America, we just have a rich tradition of using the wrong tool for the wrong job.
Is that an LTT limited edition screwdriver ?!
7:47 no smoke, no explotion, no screaming?
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For me it seems like that so called gas pedal thing is an adjustable resistor or also known as potentiometer. When you push it down further it reduces the resistance of that potentiometer causing the current to increase, and therefore the power at which drill operates. Like your videos Mehdi!
And the rage lowered a lot!! Thanks for teching us how to manage the rage hehe
Video without electrocuted
You know you're getting old when ... Lmao
7:10 Mehdi should put "don't try this at home" caption here, or some poor beginners would cut their finger while imitating this
So precise calculation of the drill location against the left hand
I honestly never thought that tiny drill was made for anything other than portability and woodworking
Can you do a electrical discharge like "Herrlito hv"?
8:10 we hot glue these wires to my seat if you know what i mean.
Ha, lol😂. I remember that video where he was trying to make a headed seat using a hair dryer filament (not going to spoil it for the rest of them yet😉).
@@dogs-and-destruction-channel lol
7:55 caveman mode engage!
Bro, you should just get the cheapest Ryobi hammer drill
Edit: Medhi makes me so much more nervous working with power tools than electric.... Nearly drilling through his hand lol
Yeah, I got a Ryobi cordless a year or two back for around $80, and it's got plenty of torque for ranch work. No hammer setting, but I had an impact drill for that.
meHDi
And with a Ryobi, we would have a tool repair video every few years, nice.
Joke aside, ryobi tools work great for people who use their tools from time to time, but when using them repeatedly, quality is mandatory (for usability, liability, and disponiblity), there isn't anything more frustrating in a project than being stuck because of failing tools
He literally fixed it. Why buy new?
Had a similar thing with my partners vacuum, at some point along the mains cord, nearing the power button the wire must've, overtime got bent so much it snapped and went out with a nice little pop which left a hole in the outer plastic sheathing. Lucky I could pull more of the other cable through and rejoin the broken cable after stripping it back a little so it looks no different. Lucky everything still fits inside the little housing which actually requires a good amount of force to screw open/shut!
4:44 we actually harvested the innards of two drills for a robot back in college
$150.00 CAD = $109.02 USD