A mad, bad Mini project

[Downward]

Forget that I would have just kept the old bulbs or found some less bright LED ones !

What ever happened to the camper van build !?

[skwdenyer]

This video is curious.

The amount of work that’s gone into those instruments could easily have occupied several videos. They dedicated less time to the transformation of a mill into a 3D solder printer than they’d usually devote to the making of a bracket, then dedicated many minutes to the flatness of a piece of aluminium.

I wonder if the various personal problems got in the way of filming some steps?

IIRC there was also talk of custom switchgear, which would be sold as a product - do we have that to come?

[Stick Legs]

Much as I enjoy Richard & Nik’s antics and respect hugely the work they have done the idea of them producing saleable parts from their workshop is like saying that Stephenson’s Rocket is a step towards Nuclear Submarine propulsion. Yes it was, but there are a few major hurdles & leaps between the two.

[ConnectionError]

I got the impression that they are rather embarrassed and they came across in a very reserved way

[leglessAlex]

ConnectionError said:

I got the impression that they are rather embarrassed and they came across in a very reserved way

It depends on how much time they put into it. It's a fairly embarassing result* for 18 months full time work, but if they had lots else going on, well that's just life. We don't know, because they're not open and honest about it, which is a completely valid choice for them to make. But it's a choice that will always result in some people thinking 'is that it?'.

*I'm not saying this from a point of complete ignorance, my job is electronics, prototyping and process developement. I know it's hard, and I know it always takes longer than you want it to.

[Castrol for a knave]

leglessAlex said:

ConnectionError said:

I got the impression that they are rather embarrassed and they came across in a very reserved way

It depends on how much time they put into it. It's a fairly embarassing result* for 18 months full time work, but if they had lots else going on, well that's just life. We don't know, because they're not open and honest about it, which is a completely valid choice for them to make. But it's a choice that will always result in some people thinking 'is that it?'.

*I'm not saying this from a point of complete ignorance, my job is electronics, prototyping and process developement. I know it's hard, and I know it always takes longer than you want it to.

I enjoyed it. yes, it took a long time to come up with that episode, but it was nearly an hour long. I don't know much about producing YT stuff, but I suspect that took a good month of editing and scripting alone.

As you say, people have private lives, we've no idea what's going on in the background - so I'm happy just to watch their stuff as it comes along.

It is definitely a case of "Alexa, show me what neuro-diverse people do in their space time..."

[MesoForm]

Quite frankly if I had the opportunity to get paid to learn a new skill that is vaguely related to a passion of mine I'd jump at the chance too. Nik seems to have learnt electronics and other circuit board 'stuff', Rich has learnt how to code an Arduino using C++.

[Stick Legs]

Castrol for a knave said:

It is definitely a case of "Alexa, show me what neuro-diverse people do in their space time..."

Surely that applies to most of us on here.

[TriumphStag3.0V8]

skwdenyer said:

The amount of work that’s gone into those instruments could easily have occupied several videos. They dedicated less time to the transformation of a mill into a 3D solder printer than they’d usually devote to the making of a bracket, then dedicated many minutes to the flatness of a piece of aluminium.

I wonder if the various personal problems got in the way of filming some steps?

There were some comments earlier in the thread about them losing a lot of footage when a hard drive failed.

[s p a c e m a n]

I'm absolutely fine with the content, I watch way worse crap on YouTube. As a former patron it's that they swapped the model to a monthly subscription and then went radio silent that has left a sour taste that I don't think they'll be able to shake off for me, I'm invested in the people I watch more than the stuff that they're doing. I'll still watch the crap to pass the time if I see it, I just don't care about it anymore.

[dom9]

Watched it today - good episode, fascinating with printing that solder! Longevity would worry me but it was very cool and clever!

Let's hope they pick up the pace now. Albeit Stance Works F40 could fill a year or two gap!

[Peanut Gallery]

Just to say as a very amateur electrical person I really enjoyed the episode, I would never have thought about doing it that way!

(Now off to investigate the 7805 voltage regulators)

Yes, it may have taken a while, however I also do a whole dive down a rabbit hole, and then just keep improving it before I call it done enough.

[Dave.]

Watched last night, I was gobsmacked by the "turn mill into a 3d printer for solder".

Immense amount of time, effort and money.

Personally, I've have gone with a raspberry pi and a couple of screens behind the original binical, with the gauges recreated digitally.

Deboss Garage did similar with the Holley screens in their Mustang.

https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=101593595798...

Edited by Dave. on Wednesday 30th October 12:12

[Lefty]

[skwdenyer]

Lefty said:

I assume that's for Patreons only, or a "hidden link," as it doesn't appear on their YT channel.

[Megaflow]

If Patreon’s got it last night, it will probably be on for all tomorrow.

Another project though, maybe they should concentrate on finishing one first, they have become the Practical Performance Car of YouTube!

[annodomini2]

Just gone live on YT