Hey buddy nice job! I’m thinking about doing something similar this summer if things work out. I’d love to bend your ear and ask u a few questions. I’m J from PA! Hello! It’s 1:51am

Awesome straight forward informative video. Thank you for helping me avoid mistakes I was sure to make. Best advice? "Avoid a hole getting ripped in the side of your pool" 😂 Loved that part, but sorry that happened, we have ALOT of wind so I worry about whipping it around.

Neat desk. I've never used gas struts, but it looks like they could come in handy. How are they for durability and longevity?

Thanks for sharing. This video aired at a great time. I want to use these on a patio storage box. It may not work; I will give it a try though. 😃

Good old hand planer would work well too. I rarely get any use out of my electric anymore. Stanley #6 or 7 would do the trick.

Solar power pump really helps

What type of glue did you use ?

the noise the gas strut makes when it raises is so satisfying!

Such a cool project!

Sick video, the desk looks great! i really like the triple layer storage. Happy summer!!!

“why does my tummy hurt?- famous last words of chicken

Ballsy move. Don't think the old lady will trust me on this one. Lol

Dear Greg, our rooster got tendencies to be aggressive and at first I didn´t know what to do - but I realized that a five pound bird is not a real threat to a 200 pound person, but it IS a very unacceptable behaviour from a "pet" that are going to live in so close proximity to us. There are many videos, and you are mentioning it in the video that there is a way to hold the rooster down on the ground and then with a two-finger v-shape hold his head (gently) down to the ground. That worked absolutely perfect for our rooster, and he went from being an ingredient for a stew to being almost as friendly as the hens. I am sooo happy that I didn´t removed him from the flock, because, just as in your case - he is doing a really good job with protecting the flock and other rooster tasks :).

It would be nice to see more people doing this. Your video is the only one I know of.

I don't know about the "cheap" part. Seems pretty involved.

do you have a link for the solar cover and the reeler for it? thanks!

Rooster fights are from in the Philippines!!!!!

Just used his method 100% worked. It was the only thing I found that did the job.

What a gorgeous creature

Actual potentially useful vid for some others

Nice method my guy👌

What’s the science behind this ? I would’ve thought that would make it harder but that’s so cool !

Good to know, thanks man

Very creative and well done experiement! Thanks for posting this.

On our roosters we trim the spur down to where it’s no longer sharp

Really cool

Thanks man for alot of useful tips that'll spare me alot of time in my upcoming projects

Thank you for the video, I plan on going deeper. I'll let you know.

Haha, in kung fu, they use that move, during rooster style. I was learning, and didn't understand the movement, then it clicked, duhhh, it's the style of a rooster, hence the feet action lol.

I've had many roosters a few try to challenge me they get a boot or a slap and they never try again. Smart birds.

My rooster is just like this but he’s awesome so he lives …. He only attacked me once then I put him in his place… he does attack everyone else though lol

Rubbish pool

Your making him more aggressive by doing what your doing. If you just held him and worked him for a week he would tame down. He will be aggressive when with hens also

Get a Americana Rooster, very big but kinder demeanor. Been 4 years and no sparing.

Our Polish rooster is aggressive. He and I do have an understanding of each other, and he tries his best to behave himself, but sometimes his urges are too much for him to resist. I know his tells, so I'm usually able to dissuade him from his urge to fly at me. I take my time, move slowly, and talk to him while I do my chores. Fast movements are a trigger for him, especially if I catch him off guard. Because he's a Polish, his crest feathers limit his peripheral vision, so he's easier to startle. As much as he's a pain in the butt, I have a soft spot for him. He's an excellent rooster, and at the end of the day, he's just doing his job. We've learned to be in each other's space without too many incidents. He'll still get me every now and then, but no major injuries other than a few bruises lol

Cool video. Swings those legs like swiping a knife!

Do you think this will work if I only have a 55 gallon drum?

Too* small. Double "o" on that one :)

I’m in the process of designing a house, and I would like it to ideally be off grid as possible therefore somebody of the future does not possess the ability to shut off my utilities. I’m planning on digging a well for water source. I’ve been looking into multiple ways to tie things together and was thinking of how to use a soapstone masonry heater to heat my house, I can also get a free oven off of it by making side compartment/chamber and im Looking into how to harness thermo siphoning to passively collect the heat from wood burning stove to heat water. I like your side electricity control knob to control temp accurate because I’ll have solar in summer and not wood stove. Was planning on running all plumbing kitchen bathroom and laundry room internally connected and three walls facing so I minimize pipes/travel distance and only plumb one wall of my house, masonry heater will be next to kitchen by laundry room. I think a copper coil inside of my fireplace could heat water without electricity. Idk any other tips or tricks recommendations? How many times have you cleaned the copper pipes in ten years they look shiny and also? Great video I’m trying to come up with a design to refine it even more before I implement it and thanks for including what doesn’t work, this is very useful for anyone trying to improve. I like how we can all learn from eachother!

I just got spurred for the first time

My roosters didn’t start getting aggressive until around 9 months.

I record my rooster doing things as simple as a hop. I always do slow motion because there are several things you just don’t see. You saying that is nice because I show ppl and I don’t think they appreciate this fact for what it deserves.

Also… how do you send the water from the 1st heat exchanger to the 2nd one?

Can you make a part list for this project please

I grew up in san diego in a community nick named little Manila. We raised and fought rosters (without blades, just spurs) all the time. I could never figure out how they used the spurs, but the side swipe kick in your video made it so clear. We also fought Beta fish

I have been subscribed for a while and also watched the update when the pool sprung a leak. 5-6 years without trouble is not bad. I plan on doing this in a couple of months with the exact same pool size and shape. Can you tell me why you wouldn’t recommend going too much deeper with the deep spot? I was thinking if a 4-5ft deep spot shifted to one end a little more.

I have raised gamecocks for years. You can get the same thing out of a gentle rooster as far as flock protection as you can a mean rooster. I how you learn this before you get hurt bad. Everything you want out of a rooster can be had out of a non-aggressive rooster.

Fascinating, the breast muscle powering those stabs. I see how they can beat the crap out of a hawk or eagle.

I think too much of your shiny boot is still showing him reflections of male plumage that he interprets as competition

Your mistake is that the bottom wood of the top-down fire is blocking the air from going to the fire. It should have a lot of gaps. If you are keen, you will notice that the bottom up fire has a huge gap that lets the air flow from the bottom, but the top down does not. So your set up was wrong.