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🤭🤭 That's what my Dad did with his first water jet that was available in the upper Midwest back on the day. He was in his forties, excited like a kid on Xmas morning!
If I had a nickel for every really good yt video about pencil sharperning I’d have two nickels, which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice
My biggest takeaway from this video has nothing to do with sharpening pencils. I am just seeing one of the luckiest men I have ever observed. He has a phenomenal workshop (which I am super jealous of), but also an amazing and supportive wife. Just imagine being able to do the things you love with the people you love. Thats beautiful, and I would watch this video multiple times just to witness sincerity of their relationship. Wholesome, uplifting, inspiring, educational, entertaining. Sure justifies the subscriber count.
Luck has nothing to do with it; he worked his ass off to learn this stuff and isn't a slouch, so actually attracted a woman. Women tend to be attracted to guys with lots of potential
Your wife makes this channel. As a married man and machinist I completely understand those looks you get and enjoy her comical spin she puts on your crazy ideas.
I have an amazing idea for a pencil sharpener, A razor blade that stays stationary in a solid mount with a hole in it. As you spin the pencil around the razor shaves wood off the pencil slowly and soon you have a perfect tip.
@@NovaTheScreechingDragon Yep, never been invented before, this is the most original idea ever! I was inspired after i saw a guy using this weird, vintage thing, stuffing his pencil into it just to sharpen it, so after that, I got to work, hundreds of seco- days doing google searches to find something to st- invent untill finally, I reached a conclusion, I called it, the ULTRASHARP PRO.
@@peterbaruxis2511 wait really? companies usually make special sharpeners for their different sized pencils, not sure if the same has been done with those. I haven't seen these thinner pencils anywhere I've been but who knows.
I really think so, I can't find any old pencils laying around to compare but it seems like they're just slightly thinner and I always have a problem sharpening them. I don't think it's easy to tell the difference between just two pencils because it just a little bit but if I had ten old and ten new ones I think I'd be able to tell.@@bloxreaction2688
“Christmas in Australia” would go on to sell for $1.4 mil as Stuff Made Here’s historic entrance into the world of modern art, and is currently on display at the MoMA.
That "sandpaper grit" is actually powdered synthetic ruby, and the waterjet I used to cut all the parts for my minitruck build blew the mixture at 40,000psi. One of the machinists at the shop mentioned how he'd always imagined getting rid of a body with one, and that mental image and idea has never fully left my head. YYYYYYUUUUCK.
@@chocopieaddict9792Idk why no one has answered you yet, but you can absolutely drain a garnet-using water jet, filter it out, and recycle it. It's not actually ruby, rather a byproduct from mining other stuff called "garnet" and is dirt cheap, hence a lot of small shops not bothering to recycle it.
Your wife rated and reviewed all of your inventions with much less sarcasm and snark than usual. It was adorable and gives some serious relationship goals. Awesome job with the content, as usual.
As an engineer, I miss seeing the math's, design thoughts, validation, pre testing, etc I hope you'll remember us nerds now that you've gotten huge! EDIT: For all of you saying there isn't much technical work for some stuff.. I think you either haven't seen his previous works, way of approaching things and work flow. Even the simplest things he does has huge amount of technical thought behind them. I suspect maybe due to his background that likely may have required deep technical evaluations for every step of the way to making the printers he worked on.
I was a fitter / welder for 18 years in really big special fabrication shops and i really appreciate nice equipment. When you showed your water jet cutting table I was so jealous and full of envy and yet I was really happy for you . Most people can only dream of owning things like that. I know it's a dream come true to have Equipment like that !😊 Have fun creating spectacular things with it .😊
I always thought that "I did a thing" was the stupid and irresponsible version of "Stuff Made Here". Seems we have finally come full circle again and I like it 😅
this video made me want MORE Mrs Stuff in these videos! Usually she seems less emotionally invested, this time she was HILARIOUS, good at rating things, and really GETTING INTO the spirit of sharpening pencils.
As a mech engineer myself, you have all the best toys. Water jets are such a game changer. You're living the dream, and love your channel. Keep up the awesome work.
@@7evenb No shame necessary. Being able to come up with an awesome idea is always something to be proud of. Unless of course you're ashamed to be thinking along the same lines as me, which would be entirely understandable. I am pretty weird
What's the point of diminishing a man's actual talent in order to say something flattering about a woman that isn't even factual? It ends up coming off as sarcasm, since the joke implies that the only way a woman would be a better engineer than a man is in a fantasy world of a joke where everything is the opposite of reality. Is that what you meant to communicate? There are other videos with talented female engineers who deserve recognition for their actual talents. On this video, the man is a talented engineer and the woman is his wife. Does reality hurt your feelings, or something?
@@Tom-b7k3qThe joke is just giving credit to the wrong person. It's not that deep. It's a silly comment on a youtube video, not a profound statement about women in engineering.
I think you need to adapt your road pencil sharpener to fit a school bus and to hold multiple pencils. That way the children could put their pencils in the sharpener when they get on the bus. And they would all be sharp by the time they get to school.
Hi! I'm a CAD Engineer/Programmer for a metal fabrication company and im blown away by your creativity. This is fantastic. We have a plasma cutter and a Water Jet and they are fantastic pieces of equipment. Can't wait to see more of your designs! Great video
@StuffMadeHere I have an idea for your .27 cal pencil sharpener. First you need to vent some of the gas off. Second don't try to force too blunt objects together and expect a sharpened result, in other words try you can't just compress the wood on the pencil. Try the sharp angle on the sharping end again but this time try to not only cut the wood instead of compress it, but also give the cut off bits somewhere to go. I wish i could leave a diagram in comments, but generally if i were to try to build this i would vent the gas off at the same place the cut off bits go. Hope you try this in the future, this video was very fun watch. Keep doing what you do!
10:15 easy: -2 for not seeing what's happening -1 for having to spin on your own -1 for shooting wood dust all over the place -1 for could be way pointier +5 for CHAINSAAAAAAAW!
I don't even know this guy, but his wife seems like such a perfect match for him. She's so supportive of all of his crazy ideas. No matter what he comes up with, she's like "I love it" 😂
Everytime I feel sad about stopping building stuff just for fun, and I want some motivation. I come to your channel and I leave excited to do something. Thanks.
My favorite part of the truck sharpener is that I know for certain, that anyone that saw him doing this would’ve imagined this was something way crazier than a pencil sharpener.
how do we get over to that island. random guy: "catapult." Engineer 1: "well that wouldn't work bec-." Engineer 2: "it's to late now we have to build one" random guy: "your goddam right."
Bro wanted to make a vertical particle accelerator for pencils. A pencil accelerator. If he does gas he should make like one of those gas charges BB guns to shoot blades lol
Or instead of firing it into a cone, use the charges to clamp a cone shaped mold around the outside. Like book style. That way there's space around the edges for the shrapnel- I mean, scraps, to escape without smushing into the graphite, and the actual explosive force only meets steel instead of the soft pencil. He could probably also do progressively smaller rings of blades with gaps in between if he wanted to fix the original method. So that way it basically peels away layers as it travels and the excess can get out of the way.
for the .50 cal powered sharpener, instead of trying to impact form the pencil, why not use the acceleration to propel the pencil past a series of razor blades, that progressively shave it down to a point? the razor blades would also act as a brake, each one taking some of the momentum away and converting it to heat, which could potentially prevent the pencil from exploding at the end of the blade-form edit: for clarity, i'm more or less proposing you make a pencil gun and then use that gun to shoot the pencil into a helical cone of razor blades that will shave the pencil-bullet while decelerating it
@@jonoel6638 come to think of it you could just make a really really long barrel that comes to a point with some vents at the end so the gasses have somewhere to go and the rifling would take care of the sharpening on its own
Cool idea, although I have some doubts on a technical aspect. Shooting a pencil into a helical cone of razor blades leaves you with many long strips of pencil wood. In case u actually found circular blade, you'd get wood straws with increasing diameter depending on how many blades you have.
22:55 This reminds me of the time in middle school I was bored and I put my pencil in between the metal cuffs of my binder and spun it around to make arrow headed pencil tips and other wacky shapes. This is just the SUPER fancy version of that
The sharpeners themselves genuinely could be considered contemporary art! You should try to get them into a gallery! You could argue they raise a lot of questions about the absurdity of mass production and automization.
I don't think you even need to argue those things, I think they stand as art by simply labeling them as pencil sharpeners. And maybe have a nearby video playing showing each of them in action.
This is a great idea. Don't say anything about what it means, let people talk about it like right here under this comment. Artistic explanations are lame anyways.
Hey I am really hope to make a big change in my life and start to feel blessed and I'm striving everyday to achieve my life goals and I love making youtube videos
Every carpenter I know including myself uses a knife to sharpen carpenters pencils! If you cut yourself doing that at work you’ll be a laughing stock 😂
hey bud, carpenter here. great video... but you have to admit, there's still nothing quite as satisfying as sharpening it yourself with a razor knife 🙂
I could see it being a good challenge for engineering students. Not inherently that complex but as complex as they choose to make it. I still can’t believe the road one worked. My favorite unnecessary challenge has still gotta be the one to create the least convenient UI input methods. I think its just on reddit tho
The spinning xacto not cutting the graphite is a really neat demonstration of the differing hardness between the wood and graphite. Low key my favorite part of the video.
I'm an aerospace engineer and I'm absolutely fascinated every time I watch one of your videos! You've taught me a lot about design and fabrication, and I'm amazed that you have the know-how to work on everything yourself from start to finish. Hope to meet someone like you in real life soon!
Wifey's charming personality and quirky sense of humour are slowly being revealed as she grows more comfortable being on camera. That was a fun video you two. 👍
The "pantograph lathe" is actually a real thing called a tracer attachment for manual lathes and the perfect companion for them is actually a water jet table to cut out the templates needed.
There's a complete "genre" of machine tools that use the pantograph or a similar mechanism to copy a template. They are kinda obsolete today, being replaced with CNC machines, but back in the day it was an excellent way to mass produce identical objects. Most notably, the pantograph milling machine is still used to cut/copy keys when you take them to the locksmith. Also, pantograph mechanism is also used to establish the sliding electrical contact with conductors, mostly in trains, trams and trolleys.
I was on a trip once and I desperately needed to sharpen my pencil but I had nothing to do so with. Using my infinite wisdom, I took off the metal part that holds the eraser and used that to sharpen my pencil
The pantograph does seem genuinely useful as a lathe attachment for artists. There's a lot of people working in very tiny scale and a tool like that would help them achieve it
Engineering is So much more fun when you are working on a project off your own back and driving the project. Pick something you are passionate about creating and just start. You will be amazed what you will figure out along the way! :) you can do it.
I strongly assume it was just an act before too. Though now with millions of subscribers, imo I would just drop it completely as a lot of people might not get it and develop a dislike of the other person.
@@hiiamelecktro4985well for electric stuff that is basically enough but if you wanna build samething out of metal you need at least the basic handtools for around 500€/$/£ and progress is painstakingly slow 😅
Have you looked into whether there are any decent makerspaces near you? They can definitely be a good option when buying all the tools you want doesn't make financial or spatial sense.
I believe something like that exists. I'm trying to remember what I saw. I think it was not technically a pantograph but a man was turning uprights for a production product. Think like the supports for a wooden balcony / stairs railing. They had a pattern and each one needed to be the same and he had a pattern he was using to make that happen.
there is a version for larger wood lathes that i know of. You cut out the profile of your shape and it just links a tracing probe 1:1 with a cutting head and it will do anything without undercuts pretty well@@davidbwa
I have to say, I never thought that I would see a pencil sharpened by road-hauling it. There's an episode of Supernatural that explores the negatives of it, so it's nice to have a pencil sharpener to offset that.
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''It has limitations, but basically, it can do anything''. Spoken like a true engineer
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Basically it can do anything, as long as it’s something a lathe can do. 🤣
He gets a huge and impressive waterjet, and the first video he uses it for, he uses it to sharpen a pencil. What a legend.
He's gotta make sure he can write it off on his taxes. The year is almost over. No hate to stuffmadehere just giving explaination.
@@mrboss605He can write it off if he makes a video or not he bought it for his business.
Yep
🤭🤭 That's what my Dad did with his first water jet that was available in the upper Midwest back on the day. He was in his forties, excited like a kid on Xmas morning!
Thinking the same but at least hes not wasting material learning how to use it.
Imagine if all the engineering TH-camrs made a pencil sharpener that was focused around what they normally do.
I'm afraid of what electroboom would come up with
I'd try to make one that flies, just gotta become an engineer and a TH-camr first
SmarterEveryDay would make a super-sonic pencil sharpener 🧨💨✏️
styropyro on his way to build a pencil sharpener that just obliterates the pencil entirely
@@mrhackobi He was my first thought too
The concept of "it works, but it's not complicated enough" is what makes this channel great
I do enjoy this brand of engineering. Make things complicated till they just barely work.
Over-engineering at its finest
That should be the national slogan of Germany
"I convinced myself that what I really needed was more complexity. It turns out, I did not." -engineers everywhere forever
I’m going to be quoting this the rest of my life. So ungodly true
ok
German car designers in about 10 years:
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Engineers are drawn to complexity like moths to light, usually with the same results (quote, but forgot who said it)
This is hands down the best 30 minutes of pencil sharpening on all of TH-cam
You haven't seen SmallAnt's pencil sharpening world record!
If I had a nickel for every really good yt video about pencil sharperning I’d have two nickels, which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice
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@@PiPiSquaredonly 13 minutes
@@portobellomushroom5764 Well yeah, it was a speedrun
My biggest takeaway from this video has nothing to do with sharpening pencils. I am just seeing one of the luckiest men I have ever observed. He has a phenomenal workshop (which I am super jealous of), but also an amazing and supportive wife. Just imagine being able to do the things you love with the people you love. Thats beautiful, and I would watch this video multiple times just to witness sincerity of their relationship. Wholesome, uplifting, inspiring, educational, entertaining. Sure justifies the subscriber count.
What about an amazing and supportive water jet cutter?
Luck has nothing to do with it; he worked his ass off to learn this stuff and isn't a slouch, so actually attracted a woman. Women tend to be attracted to guys with lots of potential
I love that the wife is so critical to everything and shitting on the projects.
@@pyropulseIXXIsuch weirdly aggressive undertones towards a comment that was just sincerely and positively supporting the video and people in it.
@@fxmz8396 I mean "luck" was a poor choice of words and hence got called out.
That asphalt sharpener is ridiculous yet glorious.
“Sir do you mind explaining why you were doing 100 in a school zone?”
“I was sharpening my pencil, officer.”
Lol
Okay yeah I actually laughed lol
Gear shifters...
Sounds like a euphemism
Oh, ok, have a nice rest of your day sir.
I love how this show is almost framed like a reality TV show where there's 1 contestant and 1 judge.
Who’s pencil is it anyway😂
It is all marketing...
I feel like he just tried pot for the first time 😂
and he's pretty good at it, especially for someone who's also an awesome engineer! :)@@ShainAndrews
Your wife makes this channel. As a married man and machinist I completely understand those looks you get and enjoy her comical spin she puts on your crazy ideas.
I am still unconvinced that it's not just him using one of those girl filters.
LOL@@rollymaster16
Gives me hope for my son LOL.
She's the best
1000% agree. 😂❤
I have an amazing idea for a pencil sharpener, A razor blade that stays stationary in a solid mount with a hole in it. As you spin the pencil around the razor shaves wood off the pencil slowly and soon you have a perfect tip.
Wow how did you come up with that?? Its impressive!! It might just be the best instrument ever invented!!
Guess what- they're making pencils thinner lately to save material & they don't fit in the sharpener correctly & keep breaking the point off.
@@NovaTheScreechingDragon Yep, never been invented before, this is the most original idea ever! I was inspired after i saw a guy using this weird, vintage thing, stuffing his pencil into it just to sharpen it, so after that, I got to work, hundreds of seco- days doing google searches to find something to st- invent untill finally, I reached a conclusion, I called it, the ULTRASHARP PRO.
@@peterbaruxis2511 wait really? companies usually make special sharpeners for their different sized pencils, not sure if the same has been done with those. I haven't seen these thinner pencils anywhere I've been but who knows.
I really think so, I can't find any old pencils laying around to compare but it seems like they're just slightly thinner and I always have a problem sharpening them. I don't think it's easy to tell the difference between just two pencils because it just a little bit but if I had ten old and ten new ones I think I'd be able to tell.@@bloxreaction2688
“Christmas in Australia” would go on to sell for $1.4 mil as Stuff Made Here’s historic entrance into the world of modern art, and is currently on display at the MoMA.
That's actually how pencils are here in Australia.
@@Hakucho64people don't realise that upside down pencils are right way up here.
@@MelodicTurtleMetal you mean down here
@@VaclavChlad you mean down under
My pencil tip is made of wood and the rest is made of led (yes that poisonous stuff)
I love how your wife has such dry humor and gives you an idc face, yet we all know she truly does care. ❤
I enjoy her part in all of this 😂. She was definitely being more generous than usual with the scores 😂
@@nerfherder4284 must be his birthday gift lol
If they were anime character you would call it flat 1 dimensional
If he's pulling in enough to buy that water jet she darn well better care!
That "sandpaper grit" is actually powdered synthetic ruby, and the waterjet I used to cut all the parts for my minitruck build blew the mixture at 40,000psi. One of the machinists at the shop mentioned how he'd always imagined getting rid of a body with one, and that mental image and idea has never fully left my head. YYYYYYUUUUCK.
wait does the ruby get reused? or do you have to order more like printer ink
@@chocopieaddict9792Idk why no one has answered you yet, but you can absolutely drain a garnet-using water jet, filter it out, and recycle it. It's not actually ruby, rather a byproduct from mining other stuff called "garnet" and is dirt cheap, hence a lot of small shops not bothering to recycle it.
"Just because it was really hard to do, doesn't mean it's good." Words to live by.
hard pill to swallow
but we can agree the pill is good tho
Labor theory of value in shambles
exactly what I was thinking@@vanderkarl3927
@@vanderkarl3927lol
Your wife rated and reviewed all of your inventions with much less sarcasm and snark than usual. It was adorable and gives some serious relationship goals. Awesome job with the content, as usual.
I think that she gave too high a number on most of them. But, it is her opinion though.
I like the sarcasm. 😊
I was hoping for a lot more snark from her. Ah well, fun video nonetheless.
I like her snarkiness
she wants to get pregnant
As an engineer, I miss seeing the math's, design thoughts, validation, pre testing, etc
I hope you'll remember us nerds now that you've gotten huge!
EDIT: For all of you saying there isn't much technical work for some stuff.. I think you either haven't seen his previous works, way of approaching things and work flow. Even the simplest things he does has huge amount of technical thought behind them. I suspect maybe due to his background that likely may have required deep technical evaluations for every step of the way to making the printers he worked on.
maybe he'll start adding more of the technical commentary to the second channel again!
It's also insane what machinery he has to work with
As a toolmaker i dont miss any of them....just take some scrap bam bum bams magic ....finsihed tool...
yes have to agree, thats half the fun, seing what works and dont, and all that.
tbf I doubt there was as much of that for this project, since it's just pencil sharpeners and there's far less that can go wrong
I was a fitter / welder for 18 years in really big special fabrication shops and i really appreciate nice equipment. When you showed your water jet cutting table I was so jealous and full of envy and yet I was really happy for you . Most people can only dream of owning things like that. I know it's a dream come true to have Equipment like that !😊 Have fun creating spectacular things with it .😊
The monthly payments on them are not a dream. Can confirm from personal experiance.
Technological wonder: 8/10
Overall comedic value: 8/10
Contagious enthusiasm: 9/10
Your wife's involvement: 10/10
first to reply and I think u got smth with his wife 🤨
also the 69th like
There is no contagious enthusiasm, he brings no energy
my mom has always been asking me how would you want your future wife and like bro she is it🥹🥹 how did he find herrr
It's like he asks her to do it, and she really cba
@@PolarPersonifiedAnd you bring more?
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EVERYONE WAKE UP HE POSTED
I KNOW RIGHT.
HE’S BACK
THE LEGEND HAS RETURNED
IM GETTING OUT OF BED
THIS IS CAUSE FIR CELEBRATION
I’m fairly sure Wife is playing a character but I love it so much 😂
“Don’t make me bring up the kids again”
The fact she isnt using the pencils to write all the scores is a crime.
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@@GusSeifferleinbland ass reply 😭
@@Y_ellowwwe gettin mad at replies now? 💀
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He deleted his comment
I like how the chainsaw sharpener was basically just a regular pencil sharpener but with a moving blade
An exposed moving blade
And a lot more dangerous
It’s the same but more dangerous. 10/10
There's plenty pencil sharpeners with moving blades as well, like the crank operated ones. Although they may be closer to the spinning beyblade design
I like how it was basically a chainsaw pocket knife.
I always thought that "I did a thing" was the stupid and irresponsible version of "Stuff Made Here". Seems we have finally come full circle again and I like it 😅
i did a thing is simply (in terms of equipment) the budget version of stuff made here
@@aubreyathame also, i did a thing is less engeneering and more just dangerous and stupid lol. love both
IDAT is the lying grifter version of SMH
@@Scaevola9449 Source?
@@DarthCiliatusBrandon herrara
"Minus two for safety"
*literally 30 seconds later:*
"I like chainsaws"
this video made me want MORE Mrs Stuff in these videos! Usually she seems less emotionally invested, this time she was HILARIOUS, good at rating things, and really GETTING INTO the spirit of sharpening pencils.
I really love seeing the wife genuinely enjoy what hes made. Its kind of reassuring to know that they actually genuinely like each other
I was going to say the exact same thing!
the actually look similar too
Sometimes I think she tolerates him...must be love.
did she take the kids?
She's sweet and hot. I'd marry her
I don't think you're going to be able to do any better than "Christmas in Australia". Your wife is a genius.
seriously.
I agree. That was witty. Haha
How about "Writer's Block"
@@dankwarmouse6248well played 👏
@@dankwarmouse6248I- yes. There is no better name. You forced me to make a comment just so you understood how good this was. A+
As a mech engineer myself, you have all the best toys. Water jets are such a game changer. You're living the dream, and love your channel. Keep up the awesome work.
The fact that the pencil sharpener trailer worked so well blows my mind
Yeah and it could easily attach to a bicycle.. definitely a 10 lol.
Ya, I thought it'd bounce too much or something. It was one of the best!
The pencil at the end, if submitted as a work of modern art, could be titled "Writer's Block"
This is the most underrated comment here. It's a brilliant idea.
YES YES A THOUSAND TIMES YES!
i just commented that scrolled down and saw you said it and deleted in shame
@@7evenb hey bud, I'm proud of you regardless. You are clever 🤗
@@7evenb No shame necessary. Being able to come up with an awesome idea is always something to be proud of. Unless of course you're ashamed to be thinking along the same lines as me, which would be entirely understandable. I am pretty weird
The Water Jet Pencil Sharpener is such an egregious over use of precision instruments to perform a mundane task you've got to love it!
“I think it’s a boy.”
“How do you know?”
*shows a water jet*
The way your wife can seamlessly intertwine genuine enjoyment with stoicism is astounding and I love it so much. You two are adorable.❤
Yeah. I love her "do I *look* amused?" look in all these shots.
she is perfect
Dude, your wife’s one-liners combined with her stoicism is absolutely comedic gold! 😂
I didn’t think she could smile!
I enjoy watching her more than actual creations
"I convinced myself that what I really needed was more complexity."
All time great quote right there.
Right up there with "Just because a thing is hard doesn't mean it's good"
oh my gosh i read this comment as he said it
The average German engineer.
Me, a drummer, after starting to explore polyrhythms without mastering basic technique:
Me coding be like:
0:36 in love with the fact “Train a beaver” has been checked off
Congrats! So happy for you both and your adorable water jet!
It's almost Asian baby cute. Adorable. Ha ha.
He absolutely jebaited us.
I like how this is basically a 30 minute commercial for a product none of us could ever possibly own.
i bought it
Speak for yourself. I own several pencils.
I know I only buy mechanical pencils, since all of the sharpening techniques scare me.
@@zoomosishe's talking about the waterjet
@@LiamLawrence-w7m
(you) (the joke)
Her genuine and positive reaction at 10:07 warms my heart.
I love this guy channel. Every thing he put his mind to it he realized it. Its so wholesome
I'm so glad Mrs Stuff is back making videos again. She's such a cool engineer, and that other guy is a pretty good helper.
Like same yo
The legend is back after 4 months
What's the point of diminishing a man's actual talent in order to say something flattering about a woman that isn't even factual? It ends up coming off as sarcasm, since the joke implies that the only way a woman would be a better engineer than a man is in a fantasy world of a joke where everything is the opposite of reality. Is that what you meant to communicate? There are other videos with talented female engineers who deserve recognition for their actual talents. On this video, the man is a talented engineer and the woman is his wife. Does reality hurt your feelings, or something?
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@@Tom-b7k3qThe joke is just giving credit to the wrong person. It's not that deep. It's a silly comment on a youtube video, not a profound statement about women in engineering.
“If you get hurt by it you deserve it” spoken like a true engineer
Chihuahua owners everywhere say this
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@@kevinleee3408 and cat parents as well... we arent their owners were their staff
@@helema23parents? Last time i checked no human gave birth to a cat. But i dont like to know what u did to accomplish this
@@xaneya945 we adopt them and care for them as if they are our own children.
I think you need to adapt your road pencil sharpener to fit a school bus and to hold multiple pencils. That way the children could put their pencils in the sharpener when they get on the bus. And they would all be sharp by the time they get to school.
Or just gone by the time they get to school lmao
i was thinking that @@notbatman24601
@@notbatman24601 you gotta teach them the consequences of gambling at a young age yknow
Needs to have a feed cartridge and hopper to collect the finished ones. Kids could pick them up on the way out of the bus.
@@WackChenthat’s what FIFA Ultimate team loot boxes are for 😅
0:36 huh I need a beaver now
It’s always a great day when this genius presents his next creation.
6 creations*
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That the first ninja style sharpener doesnt cut the graphite makes it unbelievably good. You never waste graphite.
Or if you prefer your pencils blunted which I always have so the line weight of my writing stays the same
Graphite sucks
Yup, I've eaten a good pound of graphite in my life
“The water jet can cut through almost anything” my intrusive thoughts:🙃
@@cammfrfr it wont cut me if i just move my hand really fast
You made a lathe pantograph. That will be very useful far beyond pencils.
Yup. @NickZammeti
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Interestingly there exists already something similar called a tracer lathe!
Look up rose engine
@@islandwatchrose toy
Honestly the rotating exacto would be good since it can be hard to physically sharpen a pencil’s wood _exclusively_
Hhuhuhahaha you said wood
Hi! I'm a CAD Engineer/Programmer for a metal fabrication company and im blown away by your creativity. This is fantastic. We have a plasma cutter and a Water Jet and they are fantastic pieces of equipment. Can't wait to see more of your designs! Great video
I wish we had that stuff at my machine shop…
The spinny razor one not cutting the graphite is actually really cool because you'll waste less pencil for each pencil
that's 65% more pencil per pencil
@@timecubed Cave Johnson, we're done here
@@timecubed time tesseracted
It’s also less like a jigsaw puzzle and more like a jigsaw trap
You know its a good decade when Stuff Made Here posts.
lmao this must get to top comment
I'm going to upvote it because I want to be second comment on the top comment.@@JohnCena-nx4of
To be honest, for the sheer complexity and effortfulness of his projects he posts quite frequently.
tbh I'd rather have well thought out long format videos with infrequent uploads than content pumped out solely to appease the algorithm
Worth the wait!
@StuffMadeHere I have an idea for your .27 cal pencil sharpener. First you need to vent some of the gas off. Second don't try to force too blunt objects together and expect a sharpened result, in other words try you can't just compress the wood on the pencil. Try the sharp angle on the sharping end again but this time try to not only cut the wood instead of compress it, but also give the cut off bits somewhere to go. I wish i could leave a diagram in comments, but generally if i were to try to build this i would vent the gas off at the same place the cut off bits go. Hope you try this in the future, this video was very fun watch. Keep doing what you do!
10:15 easy:
-2 for not seeing what's happening
-1 for having to spin on your own
-1 for shooting wood dust all over the place
-1 for could be way pointier
+5 for CHAINSAAAAAAAW!
I don't even know this guy, but his wife seems like such a perfect match for him. She's so supportive of all of his crazy ideas. No matter what he comes up with, she's like "I love it" 😂
Seriously they're so unbelievably sweet as a couple.
Normally, she's more sarcastically non-supportive. I think she just had a soft spot for pencil sharpeners.
I just stumbled across this channel. They are adorable.
Do you think he is INTP or ENTP? 😅
My husband is INTP and I am INFJ and they feel like us. ❤
@@theprogressivemichigander6588 as one does.
@@theprogressivemichigander6588sounds so weird
She definitely seemed more enthusiastic about this whole project(s) over everything else you've made.
Im pretty sure it was a bit when she acted like that
Everything changes when you get a water jet.
I thought the same thing
The wife seemed to genuinely enjoy this video and it was great to see!
Maybe because he didn’t prank her for once.
Everytime I feel sad about stopping building stuff just for fun, and I want some motivation. I come to your channel and I leave excited to do something. Thanks.
My favorite part of the truck sharpener is that I know for certain, that anyone that saw him doing this would’ve imagined this was something way crazier than a pencil sharpener.
jeeps are not trucks
@@jennytalya Jeep trucks are trucks
This is what I imagine what it would be like if an engineer followed through any idea no matter how dumb they seem. This is why I love this channel!!
He then invented a mechanical pencil..... J/k this is the prequel to Saw, he was a mechanical engineer and thats how he built all his contraptions.
how do we get over to that island.
random guy: "catapult."
Engineer 1: "well that wouldn't work bec-."
Engineer 2: "it's to late now we have to build one"
random guy: "your goddam right."
yeah, and there's also i did a thing for an even more unhinged engineer
me and my friend one time tried to design a raft powered only by the fact that the propeller is inexplicably very hot
That’s basically what the channel I did a thing is, but with an amateur engineer.
On the bullet one, Use the pressurized gas from the charge like an air knife to slice the cone instead of trying to form a point through impact.
Got the same idea. Weird that he went the other way around
Bro wanted to make a vertical particle accelerator for pencils. A pencil accelerator. If he does gas he should make like one of those gas charges BB guns to shoot blades lol
Or instead of firing it into a cone, use the charges to clamp a cone shaped mold around the outside. Like book style. That way there's space around the edges for the shrapnel- I mean, scraps, to escape without smushing into the graphite, and the actual explosive force only meets steel instead of the soft pencil.
He could probably also do progressively smaller rings of blades with gaps in between if he wanted to fix the original method. So that way it basically peels away layers as it travels and the excess can get out of the way.
@@XIIchiron78 that’s a great idea! Did you just watch Iron Man or something😭? It’s like the suit up scene where his armor flys onto him
I was wondering where the gas was supposed to go before the first one was demonstrated.
In case anybody is curious the waterjet machine costs 150k
Sholy hit
No one else comes even close to this kind of content! It's so random, I love it! 😄
Didn't know 7cm watches SMH
His next invention should be a gambling website aimed at kids LOL, that would be even more random.
Cool to see you hee Tom! Hope everything is well. big fan.
He truly is great
Damn, I didn't expect to see a wild Tom. A bit soon to be researching the best pencil sharpener to buy for a school pencil case?
for the .50 cal powered sharpener, instead of trying to impact form the pencil, why not use the acceleration to propel the pencil past a series of razor blades, that progressively shave it down to a point? the razor blades would also act as a brake, each one taking some of the momentum away and converting it to heat, which could potentially prevent the pencil from exploding at the end of the blade-form
edit: for clarity, i'm more or less proposing you make a pencil gun and then use that gun to shoot the pencil into a helical cone of razor blades that will shave the pencil-bullet while decelerating it
I had the same thought. Better to actually sharpen it to a point than try to compress it into one
Same idea. A gun already has a rifled barrel which puts a spin on the projectile (pencil) and then just a cone sharpener
@@jonoel6638 come to think of it you could just make a really really long barrel that comes to a point with some vents at the end so the gasses have somewhere to go and the rifling would take care of the sharpening on its own
I should have read through the comments BEFORE i posted🤦♂️
Cool idea, although I have some doubts on a technical aspect. Shooting a pencil into a helical cone of razor blades leaves you with many long strips of pencil wood. In case u actually found circular blade, you'd get wood straws with increasing diameter depending on how many blades you have.
Never in my life have I tought I'd be watching a 28min video about pencil sharpeners while having the best time ever.
22:55 This reminds me of the time in middle school I was bored and I put my pencil in between the metal cuffs of my binder and spun it around to make arrow headed pencil tips and other wacky shapes. This is just the SUPER fancy version of that
I can't believe that he made a knife sized chainsaw and didn't show us him cutting a loaf of bread with it.
Bosch has one if you want to try that.
We need this
@@TrompKramerlink?
The sharpeners themselves genuinely could be considered contemporary art! You should try to get them into a gallery! You could argue they raise a lot of questions about the absurdity of mass production and automization.
I don't think you even need to argue those things, I think they stand as art by simply labeling them as pencil sharpeners. And maybe have a nearby video playing showing each of them in action.
Absurdity? If anything it points out the human touch in even the most mechanized things.
And everyone who goes there can get a pencil
This is a great idea. Don't say anything about what it means, let people talk about it like right here under this comment. Artistic explanations are lame anyways.
Everything he makes is art...
The transition from "it's a boy; how can you tell" to just a long object shooting out liquid is genius
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All things that mankind build is considered a woman. That's why they call ships she.
@raloed.363 nah thats just because they're objects
@@raloed.363I'm pretty sure men were created by mankind..
@@raloed.363wtf are you babbling about
You are easily one of youtubes top engineers. Maybe even the best.
Where would I rank on that? Just out of curiosity?
I love how the first sharpener is just an obscenely overcomplicated design of a normal pencil sharpener 😂
Hey I am really hope to make a big change in my life and start to feel blessed and I'm striving everyday to achieve my life goals and I love making youtube videos
@@lswatEnthope somewhere else
@@lswatEntgood luck on weight loss don’t give up you won’t regret it. After a while it just gets easier and easier
Not to mention that at the right angle the blade doesn't need to whip around like that 😂
Obscenely over-complicated and about 100x more dangerous.
I usually think sharpening pencils with knives is an unnecessary way to accidentally cut yourself, now I marvel at how safe that method is.
Every carpenter I know including myself uses a knife to sharpen carpenters pencils! If you cut yourself doing that at work you’ll be a laughing stock 😂
Always cut away from yourself
If you accidentally cut yourself cutting a pencil you are doing something very wrong
If you are that afraid of using a knife, I think you really shouldn't, it is safer this way
I appreciate your joke and I am not going to brag about how I can sharpen a pencil with a knife because that would miss the point of your comment.
I love that your wife is becoming progressively more accepting of your crazy ideas
Great video, glad you’re back
amazing what happens when TH-cam starts paying the mortgage and for the holidays
@@djjc9782 what cynical way of seeing things
@@djjc9782break your spine
@benkenobi6137 that's how people that don't know what love is, think
came here to comment something like this lol. this is the first video where she was like "OH YEAH DO THAT"
hey bud, carpenter here. great video... but you have to admit, there's still nothing quite as satisfying as sharpening it yourself with a razor knife 🙂
man i love when simple taska are insanely overengineered but also really cool
And the thinly veiled disappointment on his wifes' face. So iconic he painted it on a shop wall one time.
He must be German
Japanese stationery manufacturers would love this guy a lot!
Then you must love stuff like Rube Goldberg machines ;)
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Nice Fiat BTW 😁
@@ogi22 hell yeah i had a calendar as a kid lol. Also thx haha i dont own it bus i wish
This needs to be a yearly engineering challenge. With judges and all that.
That would be sooo sick
I could see it being a good challenge for engineering students. Not inherently that complex but as complex as they choose to make it. I still can’t believe the road one worked. My favorite unnecessary challenge has still gotta be the one to create the least convenient UI input methods. I think its just on reddit tho
Would also be a really cool thing to see added to high school curriculum like the egg drop.
zzz
i would enter
The spinning xacto not cutting the graphite is a really neat demonstration of the differing hardness between the wood and graphite. Low key my favorite part of the video.
Like also could be useful for certain purposes artistically just maybe not writing
It would be super interesting to go through different lead grades to find the one first one it can cut through.
@@SocksAndPuppets2 things:
1. thats a realy good idea
2. he could've just used a tungsten carbide blade lmao
The wood grain also tends to hold the blade inward whereas it bounces off the graphite.
This is some of the best videos in all of TH-cam. Thank you for all you do.
I'm amazed how well the road sharpener worked, given the craziness of road surfaces! Well done as always!
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He's clearly not in Chicago!
I love how this entire episode was an excuse to play with/learn his new toy/tool. 10/10 very fun.
Ha ha
That’s literally every episode. It’s the best part.
I'm an aerospace engineer and I'm absolutely fascinated every time I watch one of your videos! You've taught me a lot about design and fabrication, and I'm amazed that you have the know-how to work on everything yourself from start to finish. Hope to meet someone like you in real life soon!
Wifey's charming personality and quirky sense of humour are slowly being revealed as she grows more comfortable being on camera. That was a fun video you two. 👍
It's very sweet, I wish my wife enjoyed my machines more...
"do you have a sharpener?"
"Wait let me grab my truck"
lol
Get the 27 calibers
The "pantograph lathe" is actually a real thing called a tracer attachment for manual lathes and the perfect companion for them is actually a water jet table to cut out the templates needed.
There's a complete "genre" of machine tools that use the pantograph or a similar mechanism to copy a template.
They are kinda obsolete today, being replaced with CNC machines, but back in the day it was an excellent way to mass produce identical objects.
Most notably, the pantograph milling machine is still used to cut/copy keys when you take them to the locksmith.
Also, pantograph mechanism is also used to establish the sliding electrical contact with conductors, mostly in trains, trams and trolleys.
Who the hell wakes up one day and says "Let's sharpen a pencil with a chainsaw?"
Shane is a lunatic but I adore him lol
I'l tell ya who. Champions!
Engineers. That's who.
i litteraly love theese kind of videos put if would be so funny as a object show fan to put new friendly in the building montage like fr
I was on a trip once and I desperately needed to sharpen my pencil but I had nothing to do so with. Using my infinite wisdom, I took off the metal part that holds the eraser and used that to sharpen my pencil
That's higher than infinite
You couldnt find concrete?
@@dojostarfox4520 I was inside a car and we weren't planning on stopping for a while
@@OfficiallySnekJust open the door and stick your pencil out against the asphalt as you're driving. Problem solved.
@@Calvados656 My wisdom may be infinite but my brain is smol
The pantograph does seem genuinely useful as a lathe attachment for artists. There's a lot of people working in very tiny scale and a tool like that would help them achieve it
"I think it's a boy." Wife: "How could you tell?" Egregious shot of waterjet cutter.😂
It pees like a girl, with lots of pressure
Your stuff makes me want to do more engineering. I left because of burnout but it inspires me to try and do stuff on my own. Thank you
Engineering is So much more fun when you are working on a project off your own back and driving the project. Pick something you are passionate about creating and just start. You will be amazed what you will figure out along the way! :) you can do it.
1:00 respect to your wife for carrying 17,000 pounds of raw steel for 9 months she's so strong
😂😂😂😂😂😅😅😅 lmao
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I love how his wife is about 6 times more pleased with this video than with anything he has done in the past
EDIT: 2.2K likes wtf
I strongly assume it was just an act before too. Though now with millions of subscribers, imo I would just drop it completely as a lot of people might not get it and develop a dislike of the other person.
@@__some_guy__ or maybe she was camera shy and over came it
100% because of the Water Jet.
@@_Foxal_waterjet makes spouses happy. Obviously
Getting a water jet can truly help you overcome any fear
I like how "train a beaver" is at the top of the list of ideas for pencil sharpeners, and that it's CHECKED OFF. That's got to be some story xD
The “I think it’s a boy” then waterjet. LOL
There is no way any engineer can watch this without feeling frustration about how his or her workshop compared to yours.
It also makes me feel lonely
I have some screwdrivers and a 10 year fully oxidized soldering iron.
@@hiiamelecktro4985well for electric stuff that is basically enough but if you wanna build samething out of metal you need at least the basic handtools for around 500€/$/£ and progress is painstakingly slow 😅
*their
Have you looked into whether there are any decent makerspaces near you? They can definitely be a good option when buying all the tools you want doesn't make financial or spatial sense.
Honestly, the pantograph lathe is a really cool idea. It would probably make it easier to make consistent bowls and cups
I believe something like that exists. I'm trying to remember what I saw. I think it was not technically a pantograph but a man was turning uprights for a production product. Think like the supports for a wooden balcony / stairs railing. They had a pattern and each one needed to be the same and he had a pattern he was using to make that happen.
They use them to make airplane propellers.
Yeah, honestly even just a tiny one like he made in this would probably be a cool kit to play around with
You should check out Matthias Wandel's panto router setup. Not quite a pantograph lathe, but still a pretty cool use for the idea.
there is a version for larger wood lathes that i know of. You cut out the profile of your shape and it just links a tracing probe 1:1 with a cutting head and it will do anything without undercuts pretty well@@davidbwa
I really appreciate, how your wife gets more comfortable on camera with each video. All the best for all of your family!
I have to say, I never thought that I would see a pencil sharpened by road-hauling it. There's an episode of Supernatural that explores the negatives of it, so it's nice to have a pencil sharpener to offset that.