IMPOSSIBLE Floating Coat Rack Build - How Does it Work?

[@nickdibart]

The fact that it flexes and wiggles around a bit adds to the illusion that it is floating, very cool.

[@linkpalmer]

"if it's not gonna make a difference why not just do it" - Jordan dropping truth bombs

[@jordanheider2662]

Had him flustered with that one

[@HamishMcConchie]

“14 and 15/16ths” and that ladies and gents is why METRIC is better

[@charlesschmuckatelli7888]

Freedom unita took us to the moon....

[@exisfohdr3904]

Metric is just 10ths, 100ths, 1000ths. Just because you call it 7mm doesn't change the fact that it is 7/10ths of a cm. Fractions are still fractions.

[@laerketis]

@@charlesschmuckatelli7888 no metric did.

[@playboy010227]

@@exisfohdr3904yes but it’s measured out of units of 10 which is infinitely simpler I think the imperial system is part of the reason most Americans are stupid

[@TheDesignerXD]

I really thought you were going to epoxy a whole coat and use that as the briefcase that combines the two halves together. heheheh.

[@John_Malecki]

That would’ve been epic.

[@ravendarkspear]

That's a great idea

[@thadude9013]

Same

[@aheikal1715]

Same XD

[@sigurdurmarolafsson4183]

Me2

[@sarahhamimi6581]

Interesting! Idk why I thought he was going to use clear resin for this illusion but it ended up looking awesome!

[@joshuavantuyl1506]

I thought the exact same thing but I think this is probably a little easier cause the resin would have to be perfectly clear for it work properly.

[@elastiq1704]

its because he click baited us... the thumbnail has the metal edited out.

[@Lumencraft-]

The reason you thought that is because the thumbnail was photoshopped clickbait.

[@Kynk]

The thumbnail is edited to make you think that.

[@gabrielex]

That's one of the many examples where you can really see working with imperial fractional system is so screwed up when you could immediately get the final size in mm or cm, no calculation needed.

[@RJiiFin]

Agreed.

[@That_Guy_Borys]

For a second there i thought he's doing some calculations, untill i realized he's trying to measure it. It just sounds so unnecessarily complicated.

[@awdhut-e2e]

No offense but north american measuring system ( measuring in imperial and football fields ) , and electrical standard is preety screwed up And only reason for its existence is because enough people are stuck with it..

[@xPoN3dx]

Sorry you are bad at math, doesn't make it any different than 33.4mm

[@anthonyleblanc8915]

I don't feel it was all that complicated if you know simple math. 14 and 15/16. Divide 14 by 2 and get 7. Multiply 16 by 2 to get 32. So 7 and 15/32. Even on the ruler isn't that hard to find if you know 15 is only one 32nd mark before 1/2 since 16 is half of 32. It can get slightly more complicated if you're staying with an odd number, but even that's not that hard. 15 and 15/16 just becomes 7 and 16/32 plus 15/32 which gives you 7 and 31/32. Or one 32nd mark before 8.

[@treeguyable]

Luv seeing someone with a huge shop, half a million in tools and equipment, having fun making goofy stuff, and enough time to video and edit it. Murica.

[@HarrisonFord11]

John is living the best life. He gets to nurture his inner kid everyday. That’s what we all strive for.

[@davidlovell4390]

Fantastic! When l was an arborist and we left standing deadwood or habitat trees we do similar random cut style to make it look more natural. We called that a crown cut, because it sorta looked like a crown, your broken post reminds me of that. Thanks for the video.

[@kennethmcdonald6470]

Hey John! My wife discovered you a while back and boy am I happy guy. She swears you are my long lost twin.😂 I'm hooked bro and meeting you one day is definitely in my bucket. Keep up the squirreliness and all the best from our family to yours. SEND IT!

[@doobiedoobadayus7711]

Awsome that there is a portrait of Ron Swanson on the wall!

[@169_KJK]

Here’s a tip kids: just use the metric system…

[@odraregaviles9759]

What dimensions are the flag on the moon? Inches right?

[@dman1z90]

@@odraregaviles9759 91x152 cm

[@odraregaviles9759]

@@dman1z90 well damn, you got me there.

[@mattcornett2028]

Don't be mad at a system that helped take down England. BTW England had a 856 year head start.

[@odraregaviles9759]

@@mattcornett2028 'Merica

[@mauserkk98]

Hats off ,that actually wasn't that messed up. Squirrels for the win .

[@Thawney]

Can't believe I only just found your channel. This is so cool!!

[@John_Malecki]

Welcome to the absurdity Thawney

[@andrewbrown8148]

Very cool, John~! Reminds me of those spigots that look like they're floating in air with water running from them. Difference being that your idea is functional~!

[@Freedog423]

Your channel has motivated me to buy some woodworking tools so far I’ve accomplished making a bench thanks for the motivation

[@Bisnus-Goose]

There is no better advertisement in a woodworking video than beef😂💯

[@harlequindraconis]

Sober CNC operators? Dude, these people are magic, they take stock material and make it into amazing things! *takes a sip of Irish whiskey*

[@Lori_M]

The editing. **chef's kiss**

[@simonhale1196]

"What's half of 14 and 15/16?" Cue me laughing my ass off in metric...

[@John_Malecki]

It ain’t easy being cheesy

[@n4wood499]

@@John_Malecki Quick tip: go metric :-D

[@slightlycrookedworkshop]

I keep a metric tape measure in my shop for this very reason. If you just need to find the midpoint, it doesn't really matter which system you're working in.

[@TheNevarLaW]

7, 15/32 😂

[@simonhale1196]

@@TheNevarLaW yes I know that you halve a fraction by doubling the denominator, I also did maths at school. That's not my point.

[@snakemaster26]

You are an amazing mix of Andy dwire and Ron FREAKIN Swanson!!!!!!!!!! (Yes I noticed the portrait on the wall.)

[@melaniestapp4627]

That was naffing AWESOME!!! I've been wanting to make a coat rack for home, but i wasn't thinking along he lines of what you just did. I tip my hat to you good Sir!

[@aaronhernandez580]

I love how Ron Swanson over looks the shop, and yes that is his look of approval. Lol 😆

[@Dranok1]

3:15 My father brought me up from a young age knowing how to work wood properly (how many kids this generation can set up daddy's Record plane at 10?). "Remember," he said many many times, "your mark has thickness." 40 years later, every time I mark my work with anything other than a knife scribe, I already have his next question in my mind: "do you need to keep the line, lose the line, or cut on the line?" Such a simple concept that *always* makes planning a joint -- or any cut at all -- so much easier and makes my work flow because my mind is in the right place. (Marking the waste without stopping to think is another thing...)

[@propyro85]

Fabricobbled ... a word that I only just heard today, but have been living by most of my life without realizing it.

[@John_Malecki]

You're welcome ! haha

[@BYOTools]

Love the style and thought process behind this one. Amazing job as always.

[@mr.luat-woodworkingart92]

Hello ! I come from Vietnam. Your workmanship is amazing, I hope to see more products from you.

[@thingsido6067]

Nice! Simple but effective illusion, easy to build! (turns on shop light @ 2am and gets squirrelly fabricoble something-ish)

[@lukewei]

Ohh this turned out better than i thought it did with clear resin, nice ingenuity!!

[@edemup44]

Your editor is one of the rare KZbin editors that uses extra clips tastefully. Great video! 👍

[@timcrimson]

This is awesome. I definitely thought it was going to be a tensegrity piece using a very strong, but clear, fishing line to hold it up and down.

[@isaacholzwarth]

Wouldn't really work here because you'd still need a rod of some kind protruding down to well below the top of the bottom half of the coat rack as that is what actually holds up a tensegrity object. The only benefit to that would be that you would have an object that functionally looks exactly the same, but the upper part would wobble and have a bit more of a floating effect, which could be neat, but also could be created via other means. With a peice this tall balance would be an issue.

[@nikospur8313]

Nice. To make it even subtler, I'd try cutting two slits in the coat and passing the support between the two layers of cloth, so that it remains invisible from every angle. Great job!

[@EMN_Sandwich]

First video ive seen of his and hear yins. BOOM new favorite woodworking channel

[@ryanflaherty6900]

7 and 15/16ths. Anything but the metric system boys!!!!!

[@AustinCarterYT]

That’s an amazing shirt brother 🤙😂😂

[@KryoLePleb]

Very cool, I think something else that could work would be a tensegrity structure but using fishing line or some other wire that's transparent and strong, and then putting the parts that connect to the center wire deeper into the wood so you can't see them. I don't know how strong it would be though, and you could very easily break the illusion if you just tried putting your hand between the 2 wood pieces.

[@donnykillion9293]

Time to hug my pillow and watch John

[@ManhattanWoodProject]

It's been a while since I've done woodworking or watched videos on it. Just came across your video, now I'm going to have to watch more. Love your attitude and jokes, can't wait to watch the rest. 😀

[@jonsmith4540]

Floating top bar cart. That's what you should toss on the to-do list.

[@MIKEH.777]

You did a fantastic job on the coat rack. Keep up the great work and God Bless you guys and your families.

[@VRWarLab]

This kinda reminds me of those people that sit on a platform and use a canon or stick as support for said chair, but they hide everything through long sleeves and loose clothing. Very cool build!

[@brandoncaraballo4331]

Ya know, I thought I was the only carpenter that wished he was a blacksmith.

[@elijahmcstotts2871]

Absolutely amazing piece of functional art. I love it!

[@tom726]

As a magician and woodworker I must say this is very cool . I am going to have to try and make one . But..... I am disturbed by the number of times I saw the steelers logo 😳 Who Dey :)

[@John_Malecki]

Seriously though, Who is dey ?

[@BenMillen]

I like the way you can shout into those joints on the feet and hear your voice echo, cool feature

[@wilko9491]

3:09. Here’s a tip kids, switch to the metric system. It’s nicer 👌🏼

[@AcornFox]

“for the yinzers” aaaaand subbed

[@Fibr3Optix]

@2:57 Best argument for using the metric system. 14 15/16ths would just be 39.9 cm on a metric ruler.

[@1pcfred]

There's two kinds of countries on Earth. Ones that use the metric system and the one that's landed men on the Moon. I'm glad I live in the latter myself.

[@jamesmccomb6217]

Great concept, you know what else is a great thing............. The metric system 😜

[@trevor5834]

Sorry, but we only deal in *FREEEEEEEDOOOOOOM* units over here

[@dcmirk]

Make America great again, switch to the metric system. 😛

[@tyrannosaurusimperator]

The metric system is so bad, only the French could have created it.

[@1pcfred]

@@dcmirk we did switch to metric once. When we did we decided it was not great at all. But you're obviously too young to remember. There is much that you do not know. That's the way we like you too.

[@timobatana6705]

Every time I've ever used wood for anything I've always hit it with boiled linseed oil. If you don't treat a wood it just rots quickly and dries out far too quickly. If you just put an epoxy or in a finishing coat it's still gets oxygen and oxidizes. Or it's just me but I really like it when there's boiled linseed oil on there

[@ericviger4984]

Dude I gotta give this one a shot. I'm by no means a carpenter, but I have been getting into it lately and would like to see it go somewhere.

[@billdiehl156]

Excellent project!

[@jordanheider2662]

Thanks Bill!

[@billdiehl156]

@@jordanheider2662 Did you notice that I commented without giving you crap? That ends today!!!

[@JerkDogJ]

The StrongKnee bar bender by Malecki🤣🤣🤣

[@BoomerKeith1]

Really cool John. All those years of head knocking put some serious creativity in that brain. Seriously though, very cool!

[@jonathanwest6751]

Man I love how you do these floating objects. They always turn out looking awesome! Very cool!

[@davidnorman6486]

Max Randolph is insanely good. Between him, Alex Steele and Blacksmith Joe I am truly inspired to do some blacksmithing.

[@PeeVee1979]

14 15/16, 7 15/32... Cavemen, use millimetres! So much simpler and way more accurate. Anyway, that thing turned out sweet!

[@AC-im4hi]

A mm is basically the exact same as a 32nd of an inch so they are pretty much identical procedures. I personally prefer working in inches because the math goes a bit faster in your head.

[@lukasholzapfel8285]

As a german metric-user, i can agree that Inches are just annoying :D

[@311connorf]

I don't mind working in inches and I don't mind working in metric. But I've done a project once that used both and that will melt your brain

[@PeeVee1979]

@@AC-im4hi I'm trying my best to get my head wrapped around your first sentence. One inch is 2,54mm so no matter how hard I scratch my head doesn't make sense. You don't have to use math when working with mm. Well you do, if you have to find a centerpoint and so on, but it's really basic grade stuff, super simple. With inches you have know fraction. The last time I did fraction was 25 years ago. I've forgotten the most.

[@AC-im4hi]

@@PeeVee1979 1/32 of an inch is about 0.8 mm so it's slightly more accurate to use inches. The fractions are actually easier to do in your head (at least for me). In Johns example you just divide 14 by 2 which is super easy to do in your head. Then 15/16 divided by 2 is also really easy. We learn fractions early in the US but I could see how you'd be confused if you don't know how to do fractions. Just personal preference I guess.

[@susanburns276]

That was just bloody awesome mate! Gold 👍🇦🇺

[@lauramarshall6376]

I love tensegrity stuff. This is awesome.

[@rosewright9451]

That coat hook stand is brill. X

[@newbiegaming6090]

I thought this would be one of those tensegrity projects, but somehow with invisible wires or something. Still pretty awesome, though.

[@pauls.5815]

Wonder if you hardened the flat bar would it stiffen it up any? Could add some gussets I guess.

[@Manu__R]

Dewalt and Milwaukee in the same video, in the same shop? You have awakened the devil.

[@antonenberg]

Fantastic video!! I would have done Shou Sugi Ban on the wood, where the two pieces are broken for more of an cool broken/fire effect😃

[@RCW-Designs]

Everyone and thier moms are doing shou sugi ban on everything.

[@Cwalt1919]

I saw a video where a guy wanted the same kind of broken look you are going for and he twisted the wood to break it. It was about the size of a pencil so I’m not sure if it would still work at this scale. But an idea for next time. Another great project!

[@tesau315]

John - "I'm going to magically turn it into something awesome" *snaps fingers* John - "Dammit, it didn't work" Jordan - "Probably because I'm in the shot" John - *whispers* "Dammit Jordan" That was fucking magical!!

[@The_Slavstralian]

Definitely want a gusset on the curve to stop the flex. It will still remain hidden by the coat. If you put 4 heavy coats on there it will bow like crazy

[@joshaquatic]

Yet example of why metric is boss! A 10 digital decimal system just makes good sense! I'll never go back to stupid standard again. Anyway, very cool project! 🤘🤘🤘

[@josephtwilley7187]

Very nice Squirrel People!

[@kylerunyan5950]

That is BAD ASS! Well done!

[@UnboundedArtandCrafts]

I love all of these videos ❤ but oh my goodness the measuring is like a magic spell 😂 I'm so glad we use metric here in the Netherlands 😊

[@funkyjohnhuie]

Awesome! Only problem is, though, now that I know how you did the trick, I can't unsee it! Like, when you find out how a magician did something. 🤣

[@SirUncleDolan]

Such a simple idea but it looks good! Might have to do this myself lmao

[@misteraye]

I really like the epic rock in the slow mo shots! You guys are so cool! Epic sauce

[@JimG31547]

Best yet

[@MCsCreations]

Beautiful work, John! 😃 It turned out fantastic! Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

[@Stevenyoung100]

Dope work. Watch these start selling on Amazon

[@abm2617]

That is COOL AF!!!!!!!! Great Job

[@thesavage9175]

One of these days you guys will be blessed with the metric system. 😁

[@1pcfred]

We're doing OK with what we have.

[@katelynhowlett9081]

I need to know where he got his shirt lol. Punch Today in the Face is the kind of motivational speaking I need 🤣

[@hipairbrush1053]

Awesome!!!

[@ChrisMando307]

Nice and simple once you did all the think and work for us. I’m making one for the house. Thanks for this guys 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 the last two thumbs are my big toes it would be weird if I had four thumbs

[@fdort3971]

@JohnMalecki roflmao...you free style woodworking like I do cooking and baking! Ignore the jealous haters...keep up the creativity! Around here we call it Jerry rigging...I love it when what I'm working on evolves on it's own whether I'm in the kitchen, painting or woodworking...we are kindred spirits my friend!

[@Billy-jf6rb]

Thanks for recommending that guys channel it’s amazing!

[@reign5563]

I really hope I can get a couple of the toys you have in my new wood shop.

[@beezer387]

Nailed it!

[@shadow111d]

def a vote for blacksmithing!

[@kamrankazemi]

That was really cool idea.... Great..... 👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👍👍👍👍👍

[@gmanamerican5015]

Very Impressive Daddio!!

[@markhutton6824]

OMG you make woodworking so hard with the fractions just use metric...the UK was a hold out on imperial until decimalisation in 1971. I remember turning up to craft (wood and metal work) in the 80s and my gnarly teacher said congrats kids is you can count to ten everything got a lot easier for you. He then went through and imperial set up for a mortice and tenon joint... then in metric and we all breathed a sigh of relief. If you are fractioning a millimetre then you need the smallest pencil ever... or do what I do put a sharp pencil between the lines on the rule/tape.

[@1pcfred]

The UK abolished Imperial in 1958 so you're wrong. We can also express US Customary units in any base we wish. That's why they're called freedom units. You're free to use whatever you like. Now normally we use base 12 or duodecimal. The prefix duo means two. So mathematically US Customary is twice as good as metric could ever hope to be. Let us prove that now. 12 is evenly divisible by 2, 3, 4 and 6. 10 is only evenly divisible by 2 and 5. See? Twice as many divisors so twice as good!

[@michaelm077]

I love how you got Jordan conditioned to accept the blame for anything that doesn’t work. “That’s because I’m in the shot” He’s gonna need therapy for the rest of his life.

[@jordanheider2662]

I go twice a day Monday through Friday and 3 times on Saturday

[@michaelm077]

@@jordanheider2662 😂 could be worse, you could be related to JM and have to spend holidays with him too.

[@odonco]

By reinforcing the bow of the metal flatbar i think you could actualy use this thing for more than one jacket but cool idea anyway!

[@ryananthony4840]

I actually like this idea! Gonna have to try one myself

[@bigfil1981]

Chad woodworking class 101.

[@ianeverest1063]

I was able to watch your entire video in under 30 secs

[@TheSpiffingSangheili]

that's pretty neat, I like it.

[@MightyMiniWorkshop]

What coat hooks did you use? I have been looking for some just like that!

[@TheDesignerXD]

Also, Blacksmithing is hella fun. Would definitely recommend.

[@Bettinasisrg]

The look on the dogs face said it all..."uh oh he's at it again"

[@ethanoutcelt4610]

Great video guys. Bought that drill press because I saw it on a previous video. Definitely a win for the garage tool kit

[@John_Malecki]

It’s a solid drill for sure!