Author Topic: People that are insanely talented (Read 6026 times)

raptor1956 · « **on:** November 17, 2020, 02:22:34 am »

One thing I've enjoyed pretty much my whole life is watching people that are super talented doing what they do. It almost doesn't matter what it is, when someone is next level at almost anything it's a joy to watch. I'm no welder, don't have the kit and don't have the skill, but there's a guy that posts videos on YT on a channel called "6061.com" (https://www.youtube.com/c/6061com/videos) who is some kind of savant with welding and watching him make things is incredible.

So, I have to believe I'm not alone so if anyone has some other channels you can link here please do.

Brian

KL27x · « **Reply #1 on:** November 17, 2020, 06:34:57 am »

Awesome. I've been lamenting the state of Youtube. It's hard to find videos like these, anymore. I went through a bunch of welding channels a couple years ago, and YT never suggested 6061.

Since you can apparently stand videos without nonstop narration, here's a couple

Woodworking: Young Je. Just some dude making beautiful stuff in a gigantic workshop. And planes. Lots of building custom planes.

Metal fab: The Other Finnish Guy. 1001 things you didn't know you could do with an angle grinder, a stick welder, and a hydraulic press.

NiHaoMike · « **Reply #2 on:** November 17, 2020, 01:07:25 pm »

Applied Science and Tech Ingredients - interesting projects that often involve scientific principles normally thought to be outside the reach of hobbyists.

Ashley Harwood and Kim Tippin - machining done "the old fashioned way".

glasslinger - DIY vacuum tubes from scratch!

Laura Kampf - lots of woodworking and metalworking.

Micah Elizabeth Scott (scanlime) - very skilled in programming and software hacking.

Naomi Wu (SexyCyborg) - was known for showing off while presenting technical topics, now developing a 3D printer optimized for small scale mass production.

The Signal Path - lots of RF related teardowns and repairs.

Xyla Foxlin - Did all sorts of projects for Beauty and the Bolt, now into advanced woodworking projects like a DIY boat.

jogri · « **Reply #3 on:** November 17, 2020, 02:14:33 pm »

Mike Patey - building airplanes from scratch or completely overhauling and improving them

my mechanics - restauration of mechanic devices

Make it Extreme - buliding shop tools (hydraulic presses/cylinders, vises, etc) from scratch

tom66 · « **Reply #4 on:** November 17, 2020, 02:43:36 pm »

Jeri Ellsworth - from ~0 experience in designing ASICs to the release of the Commodore emulator C64 DTV, in 18 months if I recall correctly.

Seriously impressive, and her YouTube channel is well worth a look although she's been quiet recently.

Yansi · « **Reply #5 on:** November 17, 2020, 03:07:04 pm »

I think Jeri even etched and baked some diy MOSFET transistors at home on a piece of silicon wafer.

If the OP likes to watch metalworking channels, here are my recommendations:

Stefan Gotteswinter - some serious precision machining
This Old Tony - you won't likely find a more funny machinist. Amazing video production skills and good content.
Keith Rucker - restoration of various old machinery, steam locomotive, steam engines.
Abom79 - The bigger the piece of metal, the better, for this big guy.
Bad Obsession Motorsport - two guys in a garage, building rallye cars with the utmost care for everything. Great video production and lot of jokes everywhere.

daqq · « **Reply #6 on:** November 17, 2020, 03:09:01 pm »

Clickspring: https://www.youtube.com/c/Clickspring/videos

ketil b · « **Reply #7 on:** November 17, 2020, 03:13:36 pm »

Clickspring - some clock making goodness

EngelsCoachShop - ye oldy wagon making

Tips from a Shipwright and Nomad Boatbuilding - well boatbuilding

PLASMO - scale model making

Erik Aanderaa - not making but some of the most insane blue water sailing I have seen.

Baumgartner Restoration -Fine art restoration.

Yansi · « **Reply #8 on:** November 17, 2020, 03:30:52 pm »

Sorry, I've completely forgot Clickspring, but his channel seems dead anyway.

Syntax Error · « **Reply #9 on:** November 17, 2020, 03:32:08 pm »

Colin Furze - Just insanely insane engineering!

ketil b · « **Reply #10 on:** November 17, 2020, 03:37:20 pm »

Quote from: Yansi on November 17, 2020, 03:30:52 pm

Sorry, I've completely forgot Clickspring, but his channel seems dead anyway.

he moved over to patreon

CJay · « **Reply #11 on:** November 18, 2020, 01:25:13 pm »

JonnyQ90
Abom79
Bad Obsession Motorsport (as suggested by Yansi)
Blondihacks (read her blog too)
Lockpicking Lawyer
Bosnian Bill
Joshua Bardwell
UmmaGawd

taydin · « **Reply #12 on:** November 18, 2020, 01:41:11 pm »

Keith Fenner, Turn Wright Machine Works. Very knowledgeable and experienced metal worker doing impressive work on mostly manual machines. No crap background music, no "please share and subscribe" nag, no stupid VPN promotions. Just show of solid machining skills.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDmxnPem-pPfJQATIkfgY2Q

chris_leyson · « **Reply #13 on:** November 18, 2020, 01:56:12 pm »

Oxtoolco - Metalworking and machining with an emphasis on metrology

bd139 · « **Reply #14 on:** November 18, 2020, 02:13:23 pm »

Quote from: NiHaoMike on November 17, 2020, 01:07:25 pm

glasslinger - DIY vacuum tubes from scratch!

Classy dresser as well!

daqq · « **Reply #15 on:** November 18, 2020, 02:17:59 pm »

Nixie tubes manufacturing: https://www.youtube.com/c/daliborfarny/videos

He does it professionally, you can actually buy them: https://www.daliborfarny.com/product/rz568m-nixie-tube/

Bud · « **Reply #16 on:** November 19, 2020, 02:20:26 am »

AntiProtonBoy · « **Reply #17 on:** November 19, 2020, 02:58:53 am »

Quote from: NiHaoMike on November 17, 2020, 01:07:25 pm

glasslinger - DIY vacuum tubes from scratch!

Great channel. Loving the oldskool vibe, and Ron is a quirky character, too. So much knowledge of a dying art.

thermistor-guy · « **Reply #18 on:** November 19, 2020, 04:27:33 am »

John Dobson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dobsonian_telescope

There are some youtube videos of him teaching how to grind and polish your own telescope lenses (mirrors). Inspiring.

jmelson · « **Reply #19 on:** November 23, 2020, 04:42:46 pm »

Not too much to "watch" but look up Tatjana van Vark. She must have worked for Marconi or one of the big European defense electronics contractors in the 1960's or so. Who ELSE would have the entire electronic suite out of a Vulcan bomber in her DINING ROOM?

There is a video of her running a Litton inertial platform and making it recover from a gimbal lock. There's a panel with dozens of gears that does some kind of mechanical computation that is quite cool.

Lots of crazy stuff there!

Jon

larrybl · « **Reply #20 on:** November 23, 2020, 05:43:33 pm »

Didn't see Curious Marc.

Yansi · « **Reply #21 on:** November 23, 2020, 06:04:59 pm »

Well I've only listed my favorite machining channels...

The list of electronics/electrical ones is quite longer.

PartialDischarge · « **Reply #22 on:** November 23, 2020, 06:28:17 pm »

Quote from: Bud on November 19, 2020, 02:20:26 am

Me.

Prove it

tautech · « **Reply #23 on:** November 24, 2020, 04:21:16 am »

Quote from: MasterTech on November 23, 2020, 06:28:17 pm

Quote from: Bud on November 19, 2020, 02:20:26 am
Me.
Prove it

Search for Project Yaigol

pickle9000 · « **Reply #24 on:** November 24, 2020, 07:13:40 am »

twoodfrd Guitar fixin guy

https://www.youtube.com/user/twoodfrd/videos

ucanel · « **Reply #25 on:** November 24, 2020, 09:40:45 am »

Same list as @Yansi wrote and
like old Tony and BMO there is motorcycle guy:
https://www.youtube.com/user/jenniesgarage

Tony, BMO, Jennies style but about sort of cooking:
https://www.youtube.com/c/yousuckatcooking

Parodi of How it is made documantaries:
https://www.youtube.com/c/Huggbees

I think everyone knows this channel:
https://www.youtube.com/user/CinemaSins

Math
https://www.youtube.com/c/3blue1brown

Curious Droid: Military machines, explaining their capabilities and history etc.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC726J5A0LLFRxQ0SZqr2mYQ

Isaac Arthur: Semi realistic science Fiction stories:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZFipeZtQM5CKUjx6grh54g

Civil Engineering concepts:
https://www.youtube.com/c/PracticalEngineeringChannel

Science, how and why of some interesting phenomenons
https://www.youtube.com/c/SteveMould

Halcyon · « **Reply #26 on:** November 24, 2020, 10:38:52 am »

Quote from: raptor1956 on November 17, 2020, 02:22:34 am

So, I have to believe I'm not alone so if anyone has some other channels you can link here please do.

We have a post for that started and maintained by a member: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/other-blog-specific/a/

RenThraysk · « **Reply #27 on:** November 24, 2020, 03:31:21 pm »

Few more machinists

Robin Renzetti, machinist tool maker
https://www.youtube.com/c/ROBRENZ/
https://www.instagram.com/robinrenzetti/

Peter Stanton, CNC machinist
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCkSr3M8GXbS4txqPY7OMxQ

rdl · « **Reply #28 on:** November 28, 2020, 02:50:45 am »

Joe Barnard. This guy has done some really good work.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCILl8ozWuxnFYXIe2svjHhg

https://hackaday.com/2020/11/27/so-close-to-landing-a-model-rocket-on-its-tail/

jmelson · « **Reply #29 on:** November 28, 2020, 05:53:41 pm »

Quote from: jmelson on November 23, 2020, 04:42:46 pm

Not too much to "watch" but look up Tatjana van Vark.

OK, maybe I need to supply some links :
http://www.tatjavanvark.nl/
http://www.tatjavanvark.nl/tvve/dduck0.html
and a video of the inertial platform :
http://www.tatjavanvark.nl/tvv5/vids.html
click the right image for the video.

Jon

emece67 · « **Reply #30 on:** December 24, 2020, 02:33:05 pm »

Refrigerator · « **Reply #31 on:** December 24, 2020, 02:50:40 pm »

All this talk about Glasslinger but no Dalibor Farny? https://www.youtube.com/user/daliborfarny

Check out Sam Zeloof if you like DIY semiconductors https://www.youtube.com/user/szeloof
This dude was already making semiconductors in highschool.

I had a hobby of finding cool channels but i've forgotten many since.

ucanel · « **Reply #32 on:** December 24, 2020, 08:49:09 pm »

Quote from: emece67 on December 24, 2020, 02:33:05 pm

Let me revive this thread linking this https://www.youtube.com/c/TallanPick/featured guy's youtube channel on lock picking. Beware that I'm speaking of lock picking as a sport (locksport), without criminal intent.
...

So we need to demand a collaboration video from him and the creator of this lock:
https://youtu.be/_7vPNcnYWQ4

thinkfat · « **Reply #33 on:** December 24, 2020, 09:19:25 pm »

For machining, Stefan Gotteswinter is high on my list. He's beyond awesome. Abom79 for the hands-on heavy stuff, This Old Tony because the guy is just hilarious . Blondihacks for showing how experience trumps raw talent.

CuriousMarc is fantastic. His AGC restauration series is gold. Watch it if you haven't already.

Scott Manley for everything I ever wanted to know about space travel

The Signal Path because it is way beyond my skill level yet cool to watch.

Louis Rossmann for the rants and for showing how to repair consumer electronics at component level.

FranLab for the vintage electronics stuff, not for the whining over YT.

Mark Rober, for the annual Glitter Bomb updates. Not for Team Trees.

IanB · « **Reply #34 on:** December 24, 2020, 09:40:06 pm »

Quote from: Yansi on November 17, 2020, 03:30:52 pm

Sorry, I've completely forgot Clickspring, but his channel seems dead anyway.

It was just on hold; it's back again now. He took a sabbatical to do some academic research into the Antikythera mechanism.


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