A stand for the Solar Rowing Boat
4:44
Can Mr Pumpkinhead run all night? PART 2
9:30
Can Mr Pumpkinhead run all night? PART 1
11:40
Solar Rowing Boat Buoyancy Aid
5:05
19 сағат бұрын
Pumpkin Clock review 20241031
1:11
19 сағат бұрын
Number Puzzle Square
4:51
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Tumble Bot Walking and Tumbling
15:13
Tumble Bot Assembly
13:12
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@johnwynne-qx6br
@johnwynne-qx6br 13 сағат бұрын
Thumbs 👍
@johnwynne-qx6br
@johnwynne-qx6br 14 сағат бұрын
Thumbs 👍I always check the reflections in the black coffee since the Edison 💡. Small works of art can be found 😊
@johnwynne-qx6br
@johnwynne-qx6br 20 сағат бұрын
Good afternoon 😊 👍
@GrandadIsAnOldMan
@GrandadIsAnOldMan 20 сағат бұрын
Hi John 😊😊
@onaona.
@onaona. 21 сағат бұрын
Cake looks delish 🤤🤤🤤
@GrandadIsAnOldMan
@GrandadIsAnOldMan 20 сағат бұрын
😋😋
@onaona.
@onaona. 21 сағат бұрын
Chocolate twist...enjoy 😊😊😊
@GrandadIsAnOldMan
@GrandadIsAnOldMan 20 сағат бұрын
😊😋
@johnwynne-qx6br
@johnwynne-qx6br Күн бұрын
Good morning 👍
@GrandadIsAnOldMan
@GrandadIsAnOldMan Күн бұрын
Good morning, John. Colder this morning 😊
@johnwynne-qx6br
@johnwynne-qx6br Күн бұрын
Thumbs 👍
@GrandadIsAnOldMan
@GrandadIsAnOldMan Күн бұрын
@@johnwynne-qx6br Good morning again 🤣
@mcorrade
@mcorrade Күн бұрын
Ya it looks like skipped steps or wet filament. Is it only on this yellow filament?
@GrandadIsAnOldMan
@GrandadIsAnOldMan Күн бұрын
I had exactly the same problem with the orange filament straight out of the sealed bag but I seem to have fixed it simply by turning the heat up quite a bit. I was running at around 210°C and now I am running at 225°C. I think it is just a different batch of filament. The black I was using from the same manufacturer was happy on the lower temperature, but this batch seems to want more heat. Incidentally, my Sunlu filament connector arrived yesterday. Certainly not as simple to use as I had hoped. It could do with a couple of clamps either side to hold the filament for you or you need 3 or 4 hands. You can have an advanced viewing here kzbin.info/www/bejne/i5bXhKZ-rMh3Zqc The video doesn't go on general release until the 28th 😊😊
@mcorrade
@mcorrade Күн бұрын
@@GrandadIsAnOldMan ya the same here as far as the temps go! I was alyways running my pla at 210 or 215 tops now I run all pla at 220!!!
@tangothecat237
@tangothecat237 Күн бұрын
Why can't you not accept life. Brilliant entertainment
@GrandadIsAnOldMan
@GrandadIsAnOldMan Күн бұрын
I am sure the issue with the filament is just that it is a different batch to the previous stuff I had from the same supplier and it needs to run quite a bit hotter. I was running at around 210°C, now I am running at 225°C and all seems OK.
@kingneptune8937
@kingneptune8937 Күн бұрын
She use to be called MV SALMONPOOL.managed by Ropners , i sailed on her in the late 1980s, she never had the self discharge then.
@commanderofthewind
@commanderofthewind Күн бұрын
I do love a chocolate twist
@GrandadIsAnOldMan
@GrandadIsAnOldMan Күн бұрын
They will heat it up for you, if you like 😋
@jayherde0
@jayherde0 Күн бұрын
Coffee is a wonderful thing ... I watched your whole night, and I still have half a cup to go ... See you tomorrow morning 🙂
@GrandadIsAnOldMan
@GrandadIsAnOldMan Күн бұрын
Thanks for watching 🤣👍
@GrandadIsAnOldMan
@GrandadIsAnOldMan Күн бұрын
PART 3 tomorrow and then a follow up video with a different camera, scheduled for the 21st on my other channel - Surfer Dude and Pumpkin Head rocking through the night kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqO4oal6ppeepaM 32 hours (Timelapsed down to 16 minutes 🤣🤣😊😊👍👍)
@Olivialovestodance
@Olivialovestodance Күн бұрын
Why does my spring fall down the length of the tube?
@GrandadIsAnOldMan
@GrandadIsAnOldMan Күн бұрын
I am afraid I have no idea. The spring should not be able pass through the narrow section of the pole joints. I can only guess it is the wrong spring? Or do you just mean just the top section tube, which would be right.
@deslomeslager
@deslomeslager 2 күн бұрын
I have a box full of small solar panels and I have zero batteries. Hmm, what will be the weakest part? I know! Nad those tiny batteries are rather expensive to buy, so I have started experimenting with super capacitors. You do need a fairly big one to run all night. And theire range is not suitable for 1.2 to 1.5 Volt, as most supercaps are 2.60 to 2.75 Volt. And the most capacity is in the top range of their voltage. (v is squared in the equation for the capacity). We need better joule thieves!
@GrandadIsAnOldMan
@GrandadIsAnOldMan 2 күн бұрын
Good luck 👍👍 I actually decided to use the solar panel for something else. Although I got the string working, there are several LEDs that need replacing and I decided it really wasn't worth the effort. The other Solar light shown on the table at the start was more fun. It uses discrete components for the charge control and I was able to replace a faulty transistor to get it working. On the way to fixing it I used Tinkercad to emulate the circuit, which was interesting to do. I then went on to convert it to run on a Lipo from a vape.
@johnwynne-qx6br
@johnwynne-qx6br 2 күн бұрын
Thumbs 👍, waiter I have a light bulb in my black coffee 😊..
@GrandadIsAnOldMan
@GrandadIsAnOldMan 2 күн бұрын
💡💡
@BEATREACHERZ
@BEATREACHERZ 2 күн бұрын
Love the mods you try out in your videos ! I wondered what the red/white/ blue flashing thing is top-left 4:04 - 4:24 ? my guess is Venus it just proves your vids are out of this world ! cheers
@GrandadIsAnOldMan
@GrandadIsAnOldMan 2 күн бұрын
Thanks, the conservatory has rather a lot of solar powered lights going through the night. In some videos I do show what else is going on. For example, you can see some of them in this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/kKrQZaKDf8ammpY
@BEATREACHERZ
@BEATREACHERZ 2 күн бұрын
​@@GrandadIsAnOldMan Thanks for the feedback. I have actually wired up a solar-powered fuzz distortion for my electric guitar inspired in part by your good self and others ...! looking forward to other videos thankyou
@GrandadIsAnOldMan
@GrandadIsAnOldMan 2 күн бұрын
@@BEATREACHERZ Thank you 😊😊👍👍
@eleanorrichards3528
@eleanorrichards3528 2 күн бұрын
At night, the solar panel becomes reverse biased and power is lost from the supercapacitor leaking through the panel - try adding a Schottky diode like a BAT43 to block this current path ... the trade off is that there's a 0.3V forward voltage loss caused by the diode.
@GrandadIsAnOldMan
@GrandadIsAnOldMan 2 күн бұрын
You are right, but it works fine as it is. When we have had a sunny day it goes right through the night and is still running in the morning. Unfortunately in this series of videos we don't have sunny days, so it struggles. There are 3 in this series while I sort out how to film it, then there is a 4th video using a different camera scheduled for the 21st where I show it running for 32 hours, timelapsed down to 16 minutes, from midnight - through the day - and up to about 8 o'clock the next day. That camera automatically switches to infrared during the dark period. Here is the link, but it will not work until 9pm on the 21st kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqO4oal6ppeepaM
@johnwynne-qx6br
@johnwynne-qx6br 2 күн бұрын
Thumbs 👍 😊
@GrandadIsAnOldMan
@GrandadIsAnOldMan 2 күн бұрын
Good afternoon, John 😊😊👍👍
@johnwynne-qx6br
@johnwynne-qx6br 3 күн бұрын
Thumbs 👍
@GrandadIsAnOldMan
@GrandadIsAnOldMan 3 күн бұрын
🤣🤣👍👍
@tannerlane9669
@tannerlane9669 3 күн бұрын
Metal sheet was to tight
@GrandadIsAnOldMan
@GrandadIsAnOldMan 3 күн бұрын
Two points. 1. That is mylar, not metal. 2. You adjust the curvature by sucking the air out, so you can change the focal length. However, as you can see, we generate enough heat to create steam on the damp wood. I create fire with it in this follow up video - Low sun and Archimedes mirror again kzbin.info/www/bejne/mHariH5jnd9sjM0 You will find related videos and playlist links in my video description.
@BEATREACHERZ
@BEATREACHERZ 3 күн бұрын
Does it need a keel ? ( Im not a pro boat-builder btw !! just wondering) nice design and inspiring. Thanks for your videos
@GrandadIsAnOldMan
@GrandadIsAnOldMan 3 күн бұрын
I expect it will get blown sideways if there is any wind, so a keel might help that, but it really depends what you expect from a little boat like this. I am not sure if that rudder is large enough, for the same reason. I won't really know until we get suitable weather to try it on a reasonable sized pond and I would need to make sure my RC rescue recovery boat is in working condition too, in case we need to retrieve it. I don't expect is is worth trying it this time of year anyway. Better to wait for the summer.
@mark675
@mark675 3 күн бұрын
Have you glued the tyres on? I noticed it used to make a big difference as they do walk off the rim slightly when cornering, Also try and find a stoneless area to run (or take a broom) 😂 small stones for a bike that size is like a real one hitting a brick 🙂 Great video though, you have a new subscriber 👍
@GrandadIsAnOldMan
@GrandadIsAnOldMan 3 күн бұрын
Thanks, I haven't tried running it again, since this video, although I did dig it out of my store with the intention of giving it a run this year. That hasn't happened yet.
@thehappylittlefoxakabenji8154
@thehappylittlefoxakabenji8154 3 күн бұрын
that looks neatly done for cutting with a craft knife I usually use a hot wire cutter to cut all my polystyrene I once cut up the packing for a washing machine bit by bit it took a while
@GrandadIsAnOldMan
@GrandadIsAnOldMan 3 күн бұрын
I did build up quite a stock of polystyrene for making planes, but I only did a few. The hot wire bows are hanging up in the shed and I have a 12v car battery sitting in there that is kept topped up from a solar panel. I haven't used it in years. It wouldn't surprise me if the battery is dry. I really should check it sometime. Luckily, at the moment the solar panel is disconnected because I was using it on one of my other projects.
@Slider2732_
@Slider2732_ 3 күн бұрын
It's a good mod, clean too and looks like it won't jump back out and float away. Got to wonder why they designed it in a such a way!
@GrandadIsAnOldMan
@GrandadIsAnOldMan 3 күн бұрын
I would guess it is only intended for use in a classroom environment, but I would like it to go across a duckpond 🌞🦆
@Slider2732_
@Slider2732_ 2 күн бұрын
@@GrandadIsAnOldMan At speeeeeed! 😄
@Slider2732_
@Slider2732_ 3 күн бұрын
This one has a nice tone, far better than the tinny original. Good luck with it! 😀
@GrandadIsAnOldMan
@GrandadIsAnOldMan 3 күн бұрын
I have been able to swap the music barrel with the one in the battery powered music box (That arrives in the postbag video on Friday). Initially I thought it would be a big problem to do this, but it turned out easier than I expected. The 'swap' video is on the 18th. However I have not swapped the 'comb' or whatever it is called, so the tone of the music is different. I probably will swap the comb eventually, but at the moment I need to get some different solar cells. It needs 1.5 volts, but none of my 1.5 volt cells give enough power, so I used 6v cells and obviously it spins far too fast 🤣🏃‍➡️🎶
@Slider2732_
@Slider2732_ 2 күн бұрын
@@GrandadIsAnOldMan Though, parallel 1.5V solar panels should work. Good luck!
@JustFun-iz9rf
@JustFun-iz9rf 3 күн бұрын
what about the foam strip on both of the outside of the boat. Or have you already done that
@GrandadIsAnOldMan
@GrandadIsAnOldMan 3 күн бұрын
I think this will be fine. It won't sink now 👍🦆
@mark675
@mark675 3 күн бұрын
I loved these bikes when I was younger! I used to love modifying them to get more lean angle and less weight 😂 these used to go really well and run for a long time with some bigger mah nimh batteries 🙂
@GrandadIsAnOldMan
@GrandadIsAnOldMan 3 күн бұрын
I need to spend more time with it to get the hang of the controls 👍
@mark675
@mark675 3 күн бұрын
@GrandadIsAnOldMan yeah takes a little practice and a grippy surface then you'll be well away 😃
@MrDbone75
@MrDbone75 3 күн бұрын
A very good Tuesday afternoon to you sir from Wellington Somerset
@GrandadIsAnOldMan
@GrandadIsAnOldMan 3 күн бұрын
Good afternoon, David 😊😊
@jonas2431
@jonas2431 3 күн бұрын
I made a foam chopper years ago it had foam everywhere
@GrandadIsAnOldMan
@GrandadIsAnOldMan 3 күн бұрын
@jonas2431 one of the channels I follow used to make lovely foam aircraft by sanding down foam. He used to work on a table outdoors so all the foam snow would have blown across the garden. I expect it is still there mixed into the soil and undergrowth 😕
@jonas2431
@jonas2431 3 күн бұрын
@GrandadIsAnOldMan oh wow
@GrandadIsAnOldMan
@GrandadIsAnOldMan 3 күн бұрын
@@jonas2431 here is a good example of his videos kzbin.info/www/bejne/q567oKSXeq-bjNU Lots of the comments make the point about the dust 👍👍
@jonas2431
@jonas2431 3 күн бұрын
@@GrandadIsAnOldMan love it
@outandabout100
@outandabout100 3 күн бұрын
Thats a beautiful rowing boat.
@outandabout100
@outandabout100 3 күн бұрын
I used to make with a paper. That's all we had
@GrandadIsAnOldMan
@GrandadIsAnOldMan 3 күн бұрын
Thanks, Yaz. I do like it, but I haven't had a chance to give it a real test. That will probably have to wait until next summer to get really good sunshine 🌞
@AraAkmad
@AraAkmad 3 күн бұрын
what kind of clock you've used?
@GrandadIsAnOldMan
@GrandadIsAnOldMan 3 күн бұрын
That clock came from a "Banana Battery Clock" kit shown in this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/rWmsk4hrn9J5jdU Here is a more recent video showing a similar clock I bought on eBay - Modifying Digital Clock for battery demonstrations kzbin.info/www/bejne/i5vReYdqgb-qe9k And this was my Grandad's Postbag 20240807 Digital Clocks video kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZDEmquHariFq6c You will always find related information in my video descriptions.
@TheOldmankk
@TheOldmankk 3 күн бұрын
Buddy, how many Seasons Greeting Cards reached your door step? Value null? 😂 I bought one handheld Zeeweii DSO3D12 and Hantek 100mhz. My own self Xmas blessings gift. 🎉
@GrandadIsAnOldMan
@GrandadIsAnOldMan 3 күн бұрын
I had to Google them. That Zeeweii looks a good price online. 👍👍
@TheOldmankk
@TheOldmankk 3 күн бұрын
​@@GrandadIsAnOldMan Their budget 80mhz model is justifiable. Zeeweii DSO1C81. Cheers with special blessings. 🎉
@johnwynne-qx6br
@johnwynne-qx6br 3 күн бұрын
Good morning 👍 😊 have you seen the new 3 minutes short videos, I think they are good saves rushing and trying to get things in.👍 😊
@GrandadIsAnOldMan
@GrandadIsAnOldMan 3 күн бұрын
I cannot see the point. The purpose of the SHORT is to cater for those with minimal attention span. Increasing the time to 3 minutes is a backward step, unless it is a way that KZbin can grab a bigger percentage of your revenue by "claiming" videos that would otherwise have come under the normal Adsense rules. The way they take your money on shorts is quite different.
@johnwynne-qx6br
@johnwynne-qx6br 3 күн бұрын
@GrandadIsAnOldMan I didn't think of it that way but I can see what you are saying
@GrandadIsAnOldMan
@GrandadIsAnOldMan 3 күн бұрын
I am basically a miserable old #£% so I can see the negative in everything and expect to be ripped off by everybody😂
@johnwynne-qx6br
@johnwynne-qx6br 3 күн бұрын
@GrandadIsAnOldMan best way to be never get disappointed but on the rare occasion get a nice surprise 👍
@johnwynne-qx6br
@johnwynne-qx6br 4 күн бұрын
Quite amazing to get a full month, with hardly using the magnesium up. 👍
@GrandadIsAnOldMan
@GrandadIsAnOldMan 4 күн бұрын
Yes, the pumpkin electrolyte must be very mild.
@Herbit-k4j
@Herbit-k4j 4 күн бұрын
I remember this. I hear you
@johnwynne-qx6br
@johnwynne-qx6br 4 күн бұрын
That's the same as the one I had😊👍
@GrandadIsAnOldMan
@GrandadIsAnOldMan 4 күн бұрын
@johnwynne-qx6br yes, that is how I recognised the flywheel on your pulse motor. I bought this one "faulty" off eBay and had to make my own linkage. A bent paperclip and it was fixed 😁👍
@johnwynne-qx6br
@johnwynne-qx6br 4 күн бұрын
@GrandadIsAnOldMan nice one, I did start making one but I had friction problems and the container I used cracked while tightening power piston. They are a nice model to have 👍.
@GrandadIsAnOldMan
@GrandadIsAnOldMan 4 күн бұрын
@@johnwynne-qx6br Yes, I have never got round to building my own. It is on the list, but never gets to the top 🤣🤣
@johnwynne-qx6br
@johnwynne-qx6br 4 күн бұрын
Thumbs 👍
@johnwynne-qx6br
@johnwynne-qx6br 4 күн бұрын
Great boat 👍
@GrandadIsAnOldMan
@GrandadIsAnOldMan 4 күн бұрын
@@johnwynne-qx6br we just need the right weather conditions, and probably my RC Rescue Recovery boat on standby 😁👍
@kimberlyc.4206
@kimberlyc.4206 4 күн бұрын
I've looked for #0345 rubber bands, can't find them, what is the link?
@GrandadIsAnOldMan
@GrandadIsAnOldMan 4 күн бұрын
If you came here from TinkerCad "Paper Plane Launcher", the link is shown in the details on that design, right underneath where is says Put a rubber band on it #0345. But Tinkercad doesn't make it a live link so you had to copy and past it into your browser. Here it is anyway kzbin.info/www/bejne/pYPapnmEiJqgjtk It is on my Put a rubber band on it channel www.youtube.com/@Putarubberbandonit
@GrandadIsAnOldMan
@GrandadIsAnOldMan 3 күн бұрын
You will always find the related links in my video descriptions.
@kimberlyc.4206
@kimberlyc.4206 2 күн бұрын
@@GrandadIsAnOldMan Thank you so much, I just made 20 of them.
@GrandadIsAnOldMan
@GrandadIsAnOldMan 2 күн бұрын
@@kimberlyc.4206 Amazing 👍👍👍👍
@johnwynne-qx6br
@johnwynne-qx6br 4 күн бұрын
Looks like a great project, ideal tune for solar powered music box, looking forward to see how it works out 👍
@GrandadIsAnOldMan
@GrandadIsAnOldMan 4 күн бұрын
Current status, working in sunshine today with the "You are my sunshine" barrel, but having trouble matching the speed. Overpowering it to get it moving and then it is too fast. I will probably have to buy a high wattage low voltage panel.
@johnwynne-qx6br
@johnwynne-qx6br 3 күн бұрын
​@GrandadIsAnOldMan yes that should help you dial in the speed adjusting the voltage👍
@TheOldmankk
@TheOldmankk 4 күн бұрын
Sunray means power, photosynthesis. 🎉
@GrandadIsAnOldMan
@GrandadIsAnOldMan 4 күн бұрын
Hey, good to hear from you. Hope all is well 😁😁👍👍