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[@deathwatch76]

The battery trick works on the basis of a balanced charge. the charger won't charge if the battery is below a certain Amperage. By using another battery, you are getting the "bad" battery above that cutoff voltage :)

[@maddogshwa]

Thank you! I was wondering.

[@deathwatch76]

@@maddogshwa You are welcome. I found this out with some batteries at work we use for a server lift. The internal charger wouldn't charge because it thought the low voltage was a dead battery.

[@pitsahat2]

Is there some risk to this method? It seems like you are basicly doing a short circuit for this to work, but I am not good with electronics that's why I am asking.

[@deathwatch76]

@@pitsahat2 There is but minimal. You are just making a closed loop. Battery A and B basically swim in the same current pool. As long as you don't crosswire and keep an eye on it. You should be fine. Greatest risk is an internally shorted battery

[@pitsahat2]

@@deathwatch76 ah, ok. Thanks, mate.

[@baseballjustin5]

The video started getting a little laggy (for me) after you poured the resting for the Crayon Melting

[@SuperVistaprint]

There were several stutters before, but not as long in duration

[@1986krazy]

Same

[@DVolk-ib2ly]

Some Shots feelt like 12-24 Fps

[@kindalost1]

Bad render

[@timsawyer9231]

Good, I kept reloading thinking I was having issues on my end.

[@WormtheWord]

4:52 I love how as soon as it's for Annie you seem to immediately start wanting to do so much better (bevel the edges, sand down, etc)

[@DV8.1]

Yes for the alligator/crocodile top please

[@Stan_the_Belgian]

Yes please but it does not look like an easy tik tok hack

[@MrPanohead]

Yes, although an original shape would be better.

[@CrabCracker]

Time to do the Squirrelly sculpture table.

[@digit000000]

It's likely that they're pouring Tin, which melts around 450° F, not Aluminum which would be around 1200° F. The flash point of wood is around 700° F, so it's likely they're using the former rather than the latter. The finished product would look very similar.

[@mikelawler2278]

Ira uses Aluminum and he does some amazing work

[@ayreface1]

@@mikelawler2278 Yeah, even in the clip is glowing orange when he pours it, heh

[@R__A]

Where have you fiund this info that wood has a flash point of 700f?? As I’ve found a few sources saying wood doesn’t have a flash point, only an ignition temperature… in fact flash points are only common in liquid substances…

[@capedkat]

@@R__A You're right. I'll add this note to it: A flash point is not where something starts burning, but will burn when you set it on fire. While an ignition point of something is a temperature where a material will start burning on its own.

[@Foxdavid7]

The battery was somehow discharged under rated voltage so the charger is not recognizing It's the right battery thus not charging. But this hack is really sketchy as quite high current can flow between batteries. When trying to revive undervoltage battery it's better to use bench power supply with current limiter to avoid risk of having fireworks in workshop.

[@MCsCreations]

That's very true. If those were LiPos, it would've gone boom. 😬

[@bogmaerke]

Mathias Wandel has a good video on dead cells in tool battery packs. I'm willing to bet this is a similar, if not identical, situation.

[@TheDiosdebaca]

Well you're no fun...

[@brmakers]

Yeah agreed... Very high C that probably is a lot higher then this batteries can handle... Big chance to destroy the good one doing so!!! It is a great bad idea. Using a power supply should work fine!!!

[@Dakarn]

@@MCsCreations Even Li-ion can vent with flame. It was always fun in the tech room when you started smelling somethin' funny. lol

[@RookieLock]

You should totally do one of those carving tables.. Maybe you can find the dude that makes em' and do a collab with him.. That would be sick. Looking forward to the aluminum river table, that looks wicked. That aluminum could totally be brought to a mirror finish.

[@stevenbliss6484]

So awesome that people are talking about the chainsaw carved tables. Dude is from my hometown and I am living near Pittsburgh now. I would love for John to colab with him although he doesn't have a KZbin channel that I know of. I know right where Scott,'s (the chainsaw carver guy) shop is and drive buy it quite often.

[@billyjoemcglasson1420]

Just a heads up if you do that aluminum and wood table top make sure your wood is completely dry any moisture from the wood will cause the aluminum to explode.

[@davids8493]

Very good tip that I personally would not have thought of. Saves a call to 911. Thanks.

[@jakesacco264]

Definitely do an gator/croc/snake table. I wanna see how it’s done!!

[@noahboock]

*builds a table with a croc shoe on it*

[@maxmotors9497]

Me too I’m a carver and I’m thinking about how I could do it but none of the ideas I have so far seem like any fun haha 😂

[@1steelcobra]

@@maxmotors9497 The fastest is probably just to CNC down from a thicker slab to the rough details, then finish the precision stuff by hand.

[@TotalBoat]

Annie is so lucky! That signed turned out pretty cool for sure!

[@tburda823]

I love when you do the dusty lumber co joints. It shows how difficult they really are when someone with all (most of*) the tools and plenty of skill struggles with them. Definitely do the carving table too looking forward to those future videos mentioned in this one.

[@TheYvesable]

That´s a scam!

[@dtanner7]

Be sure to message John, could be tooootally not a bot

[@researchandbuild1751]

Dusty co is clearly using basswood. Otherwise it would crack and splinter. Just watch the part where he chisels that angle, no wood carves easy like that except for wood made for carving, like basswood.

[@Vickie-Bligh]

Love the Annie sign. She's going to love that her daddy made it for her. Thanks for sharing this John.

[@BearBoxBreaks]

Can't wait to see the aluminum river table. Love the videos John. Very entertaining.

[@bazilwreckerloughead]

I REALLY want to see you make one of those carved tables! The other day I tried to come up with a carpentry pun that woodwork, I think I nailed it, but nobody saw it!

[@maxmotors9497]

Take that to wood by wright!😂

[@techexamined]

I totally tried the battery trick years ago and it worked.. don’t let the batteries die again they will error out again.. lol.. I definitely want to see the aluminum and animal table videos!! Those would be epic.. Great video!

[@bengrogan9710]

the chargers are designed to look for a minimum voltage - if its below that threshold it will not charge as the manufacturer assumes that several cells are defective if that low and they don't want to have a battery fire lawsuit when a cell explodes the bridge wires allow some charge to enter it, allowing it to then be above the threshold

[@johnnyb95678]

So much fun to watch you take these on. Also really appreciate that you always keep it real and don't cover up your learning as you try stuff. Can't wait to see you try the snake or gator table. Looks awesome!

[@OtherThanIntendedPurpose]

somewhat related to that crayon one, when I want to do an inlay pn the top of boxes, I rout out the words or line drawing, using the smallest dovetail bit I can find, usually 3/16 or 1/8. then I fill it with solid core solder, and run over it with the soldering iron to melt it. it fills in the undercut, which locks it in. then scrape the top flush with the wood. looks really cool and is SO much easier than other line inlay methods I have done.

[@SchysCraftCo.]

Wow that table is amazing. Can’t wait to see more videos soon. Keep up the great craftsmanship and hard work my friend. Fab On. Weld On. Keep Making.stay squirrely. God Bless.

[@ColonelSandersLite]

You probably won't read this but in the event you do - I would very strongly suggest you *don't* do that aluminum pour. At all. Molten aluminum can explode. It's more energetic than diesel by volume. It requires very careful handling to be done safely. If you google it, you can find plenty of pictures of aluminum manufacturing plants that have had catastrophic explosions.

[@Ayrisx]

I know it's like a year and 5 months or so later but i think glow in the dark resin would've been cool over the lettering

[@Wolfdx39]

Love the Dusty Lumber Co. joints, super challenging even with the 12" radial arm saw.

[@TheYvesable]

SCAM!!

[@ajames7139]

@@TheYvesablewtf are you talking about??

[@TheYvesable]

​@@ajames7139there was a guy posting scam messages which have been deleted by now.

[@tooljunkie555]

YES U DEFINITELY HAVE THE TOOLS & SKILL TO DO THE SNAKE TABLE THAT WOOD BE INSANE TO SEE! AND The crayons/epoxy works I've made like 50 commissioned signs and table tops glad to see u back!

[@triciaramirez1886]

Do the aluminum table outside please ❤⚓️❤️

[@yoursweetheart85]

My boyfriend and I recently started watching your channel. We enjoy the content. Did your daughter love her crayon creation?

[@keithstrout1338]

Carved table sounds like fun!

[@MrCoolAttitude]

I don't follow much on tiktok but I def like the compilation over here.

[@vee_tinymoose]

Mad props for managing that joint without the fancy tools!!

[@Teth47]

Guy who has built a BMS here: Don't do the battery jump start thing unless you absolutely have to. It can cause unregulated currents to flow into the battery pack and, depending on the type of pack fault, might cause a very sudden fire. The reason this works sometimes is that some BMS controllers will latch off when the pack voltage drops below a certain level, and the charger won't charge a battery with a deactivated BMS. Forcing the pack voltage up will sometimes unlatch the BMS controller, allowing the pack to function again if it was just over-discharged. If there's a shorted cell, doing this may cause that cell to suddenly superheat.

[@Hellsong89]

4:58 "I'm going to just fill the lettering with epoxy, sand it and clear coat it" Proceeds to make enough resin to coat the whole damn thing with it... Also most likely pretty durable if you have several mm pour in gap that is relatively narrow lettering. 7:45 You essentially just balanced batteries from one to another completely empty, raising its voltage high enough that chargers safety allowed to start charging it again. How ever while this works and i have done it multitude of times with different batteries, that does not mean battery is not damaged. At very least the service life is shortened and worst case it catches on fire. I would definitely clearly label that battery as ressurected so you dont leave specially that battery charge alone unsupervised. Also when connecting the wires make sure it from same terminal to same terminal or you wreck both of your batteries ie remember right polarity + to +, - to -. You can use multimeter to figure out polarity if you cannot figure it out since that has happened to someone in somewhere.

[@d.mat.zero6525]

yeah those table carvings look amazing, you should give it a try FULL SEND

[@ObsessionChange]

Am I the only one that had crazy anxiety because he didn't fill in the dot of the i in her name??? Buddy, I'm sure you did it off camera, but come on, that's killing me 😂

[@mandicivan270]

1:53

[@pamelah6431]

Anxiety? Over a dot on a youtube video? 🙄

[@PhiceT1917]

The battery thing reminds me of an old mechanic trick for trickle chargers. A lot of time they won't initiate a charge is they're dead flat, so you hook one good battery up to the flat one to get some pixies dancing around, the trickle charger sees it and kicks on, then you unhook the good battery. Some kind of safety mechanism I think. But who needs safety when you've got stuff to do lol

[@animationcreations42]

I always keep an old battery topped up just for this, it's too dead to use for the car, but it's enough to give life to other batteries! I also have one of those cheap and nasty battery chargers just for reviving dead batteries, it just pumps out 12V so will charge a fully dead battery. Once it's got a bit of juice in it, I'll move it over to the 'good' charger!

[@bengrogan9710]

You're right it's a safety, if below a certain level it's usually a sign of defective cells (A 12v Carbattery is actually 6x2v cells) and forcing charge into defective cells can either overheat them and spill the battery acid in lead batteries or cause the forbidden Capri-sun in Laptop/Phones

[@Max-ji5cg]

Are bandsaws intended to throw off as many sparks as a Power ranger fight scene?

[@ravenheart1439]

Yeah dusty has joinery perfected forsure and he has ALL the tools, incredible...you John are fun to watch you have a A1 personality and have a ton of equipment lol...super good builder as well man

[@markhopkins7204]

Gonna try the crayon sign for my grandson! Once again, inspiration is a gift that becomes art! Thanks Mr Malecki!

[@albundy3539]

1:40 Why is Pink between Red and Orange?^^

[@kennethbezanson4266]

I've been loving watching the reality of these tiktok videos. Someone needs to test them out and I think you're the perfect person for the job! Only critique is the pink crayon should have come before the red for the transitional flow of colors. Beautiful concept and I'm sure your daughter loves it!

[@arctyrus]

8:42 Yes, wood will absolutley burn at the temperature of molten aluminium. However, charcoal (burned wood) will not. So, the aluminium burns a the wood, which forms a boundary layer between the aluminium and the rest of the wood.

[@JJE2010MO]

The gator table is super cool !!! PLEASE MAKE ONE!

[@sandynix5268]

Clean manual work is what makes a good carpenter - anyone can operate machines.💁🏽‍♀️

[@Jacklyn-Arts]

5:50 NO DO NOT DO THAT YOU BUYPASS THE BATTERY CONTROLLER AND CAN START A FIRE!!!!

[@MrJimmyTheJoker]

Wow I timed looking for a new video well 😂 been really enjoying your stuff and getting into woodworking, thank you for all the videos!!

[@gregdietz3590]

You can also just leave the bad battery in the charger and quickly plug in and unplug the AC cord into an outlet. This sends a little voltage surge to break up the internal crystalization that is preventing it from recharging...a little bit easier.

[@randomlinuxuser]

Crystalization only happens in lead acid batteries and hand tool batteries are typically Li-on. Not to mention decrystalization techniques don't actually work, as Great Scott discovered in a recent video. What you're actually doing when you quickly plug and unplug the cord is providing a little bit of charge to the battery before the battery charger registers that it's too low to charge and errors out.

[@stevemiller5119]

WOW, that battery hack was awesome!!

[@AsylumArtifacts]

Heck yeah!!! Make an awesome table!!🤟😎👍

[@EdHadder]

I Absolutely Love Your Videos Bru 🩵

[@SenselessUsername]

Why the crayon not on a relatively low temp in the oven? Less spill/blowover to clean up, less chance of wood warping as more evenly heated around. And the lazy way for those pockets at 14:00 is Forstner bit plus large dowel instead of that rectangular block?

[@SaltNBattery]

The battery thing does work. I've bought a half dozen "broken" 6AH ($100+) and a couple "dead" 60v/20v Flexvolt Dewalt Batteries ($160+) on offer up for $20 - $30 a piece. Give them a little jump, charge them slowly, drain them, charge them again and you just saved hundreds of dollars. Some of them looked brand new when I got them too.

[@scgeyguy]

That battery trick is resetting the onboard the battery lipo charge control. I use that trick to rescue medical batteries from recyclers. It usually only takes a second to reset the style I get.

[@patrickhodge2738]

If you do a small metal inlay project, you could use pewter. It's cost more than aluminum but melts at less than half the temp for aluminum.

[@poislock]

The only thing I like about tiktok is you doing these videos

[@mich89626]

That janky battery fix got me HART. I will have to remember this trick. Also, I’m a gators fan so I’d love to see a gator table. Also, if you need said table to go to a home I have one for it. 👍🏻

[@JJE2010MO]

John, why was the band saw throwing sparks off that wood?????

[@mikec2810]

Fun video that was a tough joint to make!

[@alumaven]

I can't be the only one that used to melt crayons over the heater vent before geting my butt kicked on a weekly basis? This brings back childhood memories

[@Kemikalgeneral]

...and dipping the tips of your fingers in so you have crayon fingers? 🤣 ...me too

[@thegoldentidetv1924]

yeeesssssss!!!!!! 🎉

[@waynehegg8847]

I love these videos, keep them coming.

[@Mrmhibbert]

Put spade connectors on the wires if you do it often. It's because the charger is a smart/balance charger in theory... So needs enough charge to actually recognise all the cells. Hooking them up gets enough charge for charger to recognise all cells

[@grigeroz]

Heck yeah! You should definately do gator!!

[@jaredperlman2534]

The crayon and resin thing looks amazing

[@superwavess]

Pine is such a pain with hand tools. Appreciate that you're not doing everything all too perfect like other KZbin woodworkers!

[@jeremymcmurrin6311]

I love that the guy with the giant wood shop uses the same excuse as us. Well I don't have that tool lol. Great job John

[@TheYvesable]

SCAM

[@stevennihipali3607]

I tried multiple brands in wood working... it turned out pretty cool

[@ganjalfcreamcorn8438]

what does that even mean? lol

[@Nick-ih5em]

Yes. Make one. For sure ... 🍻🍻🍻

[@ginger_nosoul]

Id love a sweet desk name plate like this. Business opertunity blossoming? 🤔

[@alwhitesell4023]

The battery trick works I've used it several times, you don't have to leave it on there very long, hook the two batteries up count to 10 put the dead battery on the charger works every time.

[@iambear.6526]

What's with the video randomly going to 10fps?

[@avgjoeshow4208]

I can confirm that jumping one battery with another battery absolutely does work. I bought a brand new drill and impact drill set and out of the box the battery would not charge, it would only flash red. It wouldn’t take a charge at all and after looking into it apparently some batteries have a hard time charging from completely dead so I use the old battery that I had that would charge and still had some juice in it and jump the new battery for literally like two seconds, and it gave the new battery enough juice that when I plugged it into the charger and charge perfectly fine. It’s absolutely works. It blew my freaking mind.

[@c.a.g.1977]

That crayon trick is pretty cool! And HECK YEAH JOHN: make a crocodile!

[@Tufenuff83]

Where were those sparks coming from when you was using the bandsaw?

[@steffenjespersen247]

Why not do the pour in a box with like 30cm high walls. And place dry ice around the edge. The dry ice will start melting and force the O2 out of the box. And preventing your wood from burning.

[@pmdinaz]

Favorite snack of the 0311!

[@lcky1068]

I have done this, specifically on Hart batteries, worked great!

[@toneddef]

The carved table is pretty awesome looking. But maybe not so useful, since tables, by definition, need to be flat. Solve that and it would be a cool project.

[@rhegafd]

on the liquid metal table, I use powdered metal and CA Glue all the time. You fill the hole with powder, and use thin CA glue > sand to finish. It looks like you poured metal into the hole.

[@theman6910]

Fractal burning!

[@monteglover4133]

A shop without a radial arm saw? Every needs one, the most versatile saw I own

[@evilpenguin219]

The batteries work that way cos the charger has a self test, if the battery charge is too ran down it can be dangerous to charge them, doing the battery to batter adds a lower amount of charge to push up the dead battery very slowly. It's still not 100% safe so have a sand bucket and extinguisher on standby, but can work. Also... instead of bare wires I made a set using crimp on spade connectors, means no loose wires can touch something they shouldn't and they just slot into the contacts

[@bjornronaldson6017]

Definitely want to see the gator / snake table and the aluminum river table!

[@colossalsky]

If u want a clear melt u can pop the wood and crayon in a oven at like 100-110 degrees and it works like mint👌👌👌

[@massiminimakes]

What happened to the framerate from 0:08 - 0:20? It felt like a slideshow for a bit. Was good to see it clean up right after.

[@IIBLANKII]

The reason you can do the aluminum is because of the coal on the edges of the wood when you pre burn, or the aluminum pour burns into the wood. The more you burn wood the less it burns...etc. the initial wood will burn a ton, but you could allways preburn with a torch and then pour the aluminum inside the void. Very similar to Shou Sugi Ban.

[@Naomi_Boyd]

Do NOT use molten aluminum for a river table. Use zamak, a zinc/aluminum alloy. It is cheaper than aluminum, tougher than aluminum, shinier than aluminum, and it melts at a much lower temperature. (edit) On second thought, this is KZbin. Trying out pure aluminum first might be better for views.

[@Wild.Dynamics]

Definitely do the alligator table video! Or collab with another channel to do it!

[@nfcapps]

The wood doesn't burn in the aluminum table more because it's one solid slab. That density matters.

[@davids8493]

What's with the sparks on the bandsaw. Something doesn't seem to be set up correctly. Dusty always uses blocks to keep his chiseling square. Good video.

[@dascandy]

The battery thing is totally real. Actual batteries are not smart devices, they're a chemical reaction in a box with two pins on it. The reaction goes one way with an excess of voltage, and the other with a deficit. If you connect up two batteries, the one with a higher charge will charge the one with a lower charge, with whatever current it can muster. That's also the danger of it. Batteries have a few things they want: Not a too high charge voltage compared to state of charge, not a too high charging current compared to its capacity, and for the charging to be interrupted when it gets too hot. Practically, if you have a "dead" battery it's usually at a voltage below where it holds much charge - 2.8-3.2 volts for LiIon / LiPo. The charger will say "nope, that's not a battery" and refuse to charge, since the battery is at a too low voltage for a LiIon/LiPo. That means you can hook up pretty much anything that gives out up to 4.2 or 4.5 volts to punch it up (it doesn't take much to get it to 3.3V or above, that's only 5% of charge state), the charging current isn't *that* much of a problem if you use an equivalent battery, and the heat should be minimal if you disconnect it soon after, and if you do this in the winter time, or just watch out for it not being hot to touch. Then the charger will again see it as a battery in need of charging (because the voltage is acceptable) and charge it normally.

[@EricAndMirna]

John, I just want to say that I REALLY get a huge kick out of your videos! This one hits the mark…AGAIN! I have a couple of dead Ryobi batteries that I might have to play Dr. Frankenstein on (It’s ALIIIIIIVE!!!). Plus, my daughter happened to look over my shoulder while you were making the sign for your daughter. I now have a project to complete!

[@edswanson3941]

Carved table is a must see/do!!!!

[@rfoline1]

Yes alligator yes snake….. maybe snapping turtle shell could look awesome!!!

[@jakefears06]

Carved table for the win! A snake or fish coming out of water would be saweeeettt!

[@WonkoTheSaneUK]

The battery fix works because the "dead" batteries are so empty that the charger can't detect them. Wiring them to a "known good" battery for a while gives them enough charge for the charger to see them and begin working as normal.

[@KurtBlanken]

The charger can detect them, it thinks they are faulty. Pumping current into a faulty battery is a fire hazard so the charger was designed to not do that.

[@raynobles3736]

I love the rainbow sign

[@paul_warner]

Lawful good: you guys Neutral good: y'all Chaotic neutral: yinz Chaotic evil: yinz guys (15:34)

[@wickdghost3639]

I've done that battery trick a bunch. It's for when the battery gets so dead that the charger can't recognize the signal of the battery. Works great

[@bengrogan9710]

Not "can't" recognize but "won't" - It's to prevent people forcing charge into a compromised cell and causing a fire risk

[@michaelhines1891]

Anyone notice his band saw throwing sparks all over the place?

[@ResolUloseR]

Of course you carry crayons...how else are you supposed to fill out all those important Marine forms?😅😅😅😅😅

[@mfelton7041]

Loved the video. Looking forward to the aluminium attempt

[@jonduncan8010]

Do the carved table but it’s gotta be full send, do a swimming moose!!

[@joeallardmusic]

Really enjoyed the video and what you were doing! Love the shout out to my fellow Canuck! The jumping between frame rates in the video really messed with my eyes though!