Making a robot to carve photos into pumpkins

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I've been wondering if I could turn my haircut robot into a pumpkin carving robot. Cutting hair and carving pumpkins isn't really that different if you think about it - both cut stuff off a roughly pumpkin sized spheroid. In this video I do just that and carve some pretty amazing pumpkins with it. This was a bit of a sprint to get done - I can't wait until next year to make even more insane pumpkins with it!
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[@StuffMadeHere]

What would you like to see me carve into a pumpkin? Alternatively what else could I try to carve besides a pumpkin?

[@RiseAgainstDisciple]

BLM! Biden Laptops Matter!

[@SupitsS]

Maybe wood carvings would be cool

[@zelsonnoel7991]

Dicks :D

[@humter]

what if you carved y̴̛̗͍͠ö̵̥́͌͒ŭ̵̖̺̝r̶̞̙̿̔͝ ̸̭͌ȩ̴͓͐̌͘n̵̬̙͒̉͘͘ḙ̷͔̽͝m̶̘͌ĭ̷̻̟̖̫e̸͈͊̔s̸̓͠?

[@ashlilly3071]

fake tattoo machine that uses (washable) sharpie to give you fake tattoos

[@jacr.z.3594]

Your in house workshop has better tools than my university's engineering department...

[@ashiksaleem360]

Lol my entire uni

[@MarinKo02]

Same dude..

[@qzxyst6946]

Plot twist: his real name is dexter

[@SonuKumar-fm3jn]

😂😂😂 exactly

[@acspider10]

Haha, I'm pretty sure its better than most universities and even some companies

[@mallrat7926]

This guy is legit the smartest man I’ve ever seen on KZbin, and he accidentally plugged positive to the negative and fried everything lol

[@maysonreed9968]

Ok

[@connorp5508]

K

[@creativelinesproductions3887]

@@wes_ton1312 smarter every day!?

[@stealth9375]

Lol

[@romanhashemi7457]

that jus shows he’s human 😂😂 some shit i’d do

[@pixelmace1423]

When repairing a machine but keeping almost none of the parts, this process actually saves time as you just transfer the machine spirit instead of making a new machine spirit to inhabit the next version.

[@nickkohlmann]

The Enginseer approves.

[@MartinFinnerup]

Exactly. You just keep pulling the Ship of Theseus, and you can recycle the machine spirit forever.

[@ethanplanas2740]

As the Omnissiah wills

[@mndlessdrwer]

Just don't make them into an injectable liquid metal containing the spirit. MatPat has enough on his plate as it is.

[@fadedcolor7744]

*Mechanicus Approved*

[@Avboden]

"And it was that at this moment I realized why reverse polarity protection diodes exist"

[@sedme0]

But then you lose a whole 0.7 volts!

[@alexandermcclure6185]

@@sedme0 NOT MY PRECIOS VOLTAG!!!11!1!!1

[@mikul9204]

Carving a pumpkin: 1 hour Automating pumpkin carving: 100 hours Programmers: Worth it

[@netsch20]

This is how I feel half the time doing my engineering homework. Like I *could* just integrate all that shit by hand, but what if I make the computer do it? Then, much later by which point I would have finished doing it by hand, it does it for me! Totally easier!

[@JessicaFEREM]

you forget about economies of scale, you could auto-carve many times more than you could giving your full attention

[@blabury]

@@JessicaFEREM i think no one forgot about it, its just that for most students and prototypists its a meme cause, who actually needs 100 pumpkin carving robots on a factory floor, same for other dumb automation projects

[@XDTuber]

@@blabury true but that is why you make a KZbin video and recoup your costs and time. You could bring it to a Halloween fair

[@HourRomanticist]

@@JessicaFEREM yeah but are you really carving 10 pumpkin's for a pumpkin carving contest? What I'm saying is economies of scale doesn't apply to pumpkin carving unless you're making a sweet youtube video about a dumb robot that carves pumpkin's lol

[@RoemDaug]

Hi can we agree yet that this is one of the most brilliant engineers on KZbin? Seriously, this guy is a genuine genius. Edit: some of the people in the comments to this don't know what "one of the" means, and it shows.

[@859awesomeness]

undoubtedly

[@dogerswag]

Micheal Reeves, The Hacksmith, Mark Rober...

[@patrick1532]

@Bizarre Memes I used to like michael reeves a lot but his projects are just not even comparable to this dude's.

[@air2893]

Him, Michael reeves, and mark rober those are the three muske- I mean engineers

[@supastazz]

Don't compare any of the engineers,they all are way smarter than we are .

[@SirCommoner]

This guy is insane, I don't understand how he can be so driven and skilled in all these different areas of expertise, and then be great at KZbin! He has like 30 videos, where is his learning curve? How did he learn to film and edit and be funny and just do such good presentation

[@EricPalmer_DaddyOh]

He is amazingly skilled and smart. And he wife is the best.

[@varungupta9020]

"you might be wondering why i would replace my baby with someone else's baby. well, their baby's better." i am now exponentially more afraid of StuffMadeHere than I used to be

[@zaidlacksalastname4905]

Especially if you're his kid

[@varungupta9020]

@@zaidlacksalastname4905 how did you know

[@alexandermcclure6185]

@@varungupta9020Choice D: All of the above.

[@jeffystevens]

I like how at 7:38 he says “the tricky bit” as if that isn’t literally every single part of the project

[@heranth2345]

Knowing the maths behind this, I can relate, mapping an hyperbolic function can be sometimes tricky

[@najerjabbarani4466]

@@heranth2345 NERD

[@shiseidovifol6770]

@@najerjabbarani4466 just because he’s good at math doesn’t make him a nerd thank you a nerd is good at a certain subject likes either anime or video games and is lazy af when they have the time to be I should know because I am a nerd AN ITS NOT A FUCKIN INSULT

[@MrReaperAOD]

@@shiseidovifol6770 NERD

[@layth6857]

@@MrReaperAOD oh damn you really got him

[@maccrew612]

“Like many STEM topics, reading Wikipedia is a great way to feel inadequate.” It’s not just me! I feel so seen.

[@Jookyforever]

The Wikipedia comment resounded quite strongly with me. Looking up any mathematical concept that I understand on Wikipedia always feels this way. It's always in the most basic (and therefore complicated) forms where nothing is taken for granted.

[@Ma_X64]

​@@Jookyforever Ohhh! You just not seen russian segment of Wiki. I always use english versions because it's more understandable to me!

[@palmberry5576]

If I had to guess the hack, I would assume he just used sine and cosine to get the vectors and then multiplied them by the radius + the heightmap

[@JonatasAdoM]

@@Ma_X64 Same for my language. Also more complete

[@Screeeeeeee]

@@Ma_X64I’ll try it on Russian wiki next time. Thx for the advice!

[@michaelsamples5810]

I love how "a small modification" ALWAYS means complete redesign

[@jcass99]

You are an absolute genius, the best part is you show your failures. Most smart people only show the final outcome. Great things don’t come without failure. You're a true engineer. Your Engineering, Designing, coding, machining, fabricating, welding, woodworking, etc. and we can't miss the electrical engineering part. You're rocking it. Looking forward to seeing your next video.

[@SloppyMechanics]

"i love dumb stuff" me too buddy, me too

[@carsongbaker]

Sounds like your wife must too

[@davidreynolds731]

I think y’all might have different definitions lol

[@Mibiks]

Yeah my mom loves me too

[@karachoto]

don't we all -w-

[@Baby_Bear769]

Junkyard LS plasma cutter?

[@sagadoom2]

"like many STEM projects, reading Wikipedia is a great way to feel inadequate" Ha ha, I feel that so hard

[@EverstViro]

"felt" sorry man maybe you need to look up spelling on Wikipedia

[@Vanilla-bf9wl]

It could be feel in present tense not past tense

[@EverstViro]

@@Vanilla-bf9wl true but I was making a joke about using Wikipedia

[@paulkerrigan9857]

Yeah whenever I look at AI math my mind slides off it and I end up crying into a half-empty bottle of gin.

[@higoogle316]

@@paulkerrigan9857 ummm... I’m here if u need someone to talk to...

[@RichChh]

Wife: " It does look sadder now, the more I'm looking at it" Shane: " well, the funny thing is that these are all derived from your face" Hahahhahahha

[@zaidlacksalastname4905]

"just because it's hard, doesn't mean it's good" -engineer guy

[@AlecSteele]

Speechless!

[@ewspankify]

Robot sword collaboration?

[@ay-leck1369]

absolutely speechless

[@formal4029]

Cool to see you here Alec! Two of my favorite KZbinrs

[@crubrutockcsgo]

I smell this gonna blow up soon. And Love you videos Man!

[@paulwilson6449]

Hey Alec! congratulations on that chair you guys made. it looks awesome! and was a very fun series to watch!

[@candifemale5118]

I find it hilarious that he just says: “Hey wife”

[@rakszy]

yes

[@mr.phoenix8691]

U guys are so weird!!!! I call my wife, wife!

[@yournotdwn6303]

He’s just technically speaking

[@goodmorning4498]

2:10 btw.

[@mr.phoenix8691]

Solomon Odonkoh bruh

[@questocanale]

12:27 The fact that he has to specify that "the robot got loose" does not mean that it ran away, implies that sometimes in the past he lost a robot beacause it ran from him>

[@AdamSmith-du6us]

As a software engineer id love to see a walk through of the code.

[@dread6142]

@SharkTank We do, learning is a part of the process.

[@dread6142]

@SharkTank The goal of becoming a better coder, especially for beginners who're interested.

[@dread6142]

@SharkTank There is no goal, or I guess you can call the goal fun. Most coders look for Eureka moments to become better, and creating a machine that works in the end is fun for them. OP wants to look at the software code, to make himself better at coding. Learning in of itself is fun. But if this guy plans on making machines, he'll understand the code, and maybe one day he'll try something similar to begin his journey. Then, he'll achieve the Eureka moment, call himself a better coder, and have fun. Unless he's looking for a job, then that is his goal. I'm pretty sure if you like grinding in video games, you'll like the rigors of coding.

[@cloudy.memory]

how long did it take to understand write code yourself? i am looking into going to school for it soon and i’d like to learn others opinions

[@safeforwork8546]

@SharkTank ok let's have noone learn to code then since it's useless!...well KZbin doesn't exist anymore so I guess I won't be able to continue this conversation

[@JoelCreates]

I still have dried pumpkin stuck to my cnc machine from last year, nice execution

[@rteshdhakal9649]

AYe JOEL!!

[@JoelCreates]

@@rteshdhakal9649 eyy

[@rasmussiira9151]

Oh

[@___aZa___]

awesome to see you here lol

[@SuperLemun]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hHayf6Wdnr90hs0

[@iTayls7]

The fact that you admitted to feeling inadequate while working on this project and figuring out some of the harder math really gave me so much peace lol. It sounds stupid but it kind of reminded me that you’re genuinely just a person with a skill and a passion, and not a super genius engineer (though I’m not convinced you aren’t)

[@randxalthor]

As an engineer who's worked on (ie: struggled with) basically all the same sorts of stuff that he does for these videos: He's a super genius engineer. Every time he says he was stuck on something, he says "5 hours" and I'd be stuck on it for a week.

[@jaycarneygiants]

@@randxalthor agreed.... super genius.

[@wojciechwilimowski985]

It's called impostor syndrome, look it up. Preferably on Wikipedia

[@cinialvespow1054]

@@wojciechwilimowski985 who has impostor syndrome?

[@zachbrown7272]

you can be both Ian, don't sweat it.

[@juandavidbitar4993]

The “TSA.exe” bit made me laugh more than I care to admit. As always, great video, man!

[@ikos3645]

I was looking for this down here. "you are a terrorist" plus the robotic voice really got me.

[@youtubegoogle4163]

What's the joke in it ? What is TSA ?

[@mndlessdrwer]

@@youtubegoogle4163 Transportation Security Administration. The people at US airports and other entry points that make a huge show of scrutinizing passengers and their luggage to ensure that threats aren't allowed on. It is mostly security theater, hence why they've become the butt of so many jokes.

[@interstellarv0id]

Watching this as a software engineer: okay, some nice CNC, some math, some arduino coding, interesting idea to carve pumpkins based on pumpkin's wall opacity. 7:45 holy crap! What's this? It is look like animation but it is real drawing with your hand

[@JacksonYaeger]

Everyone is talking about pumpkin carving robot, but can we talk about how smooth his digital drawings were!?

[@MrBronkitis]

these damn pumpkins always carving the robots

[@thespoiledtexan3904]

Thank you!!! It was mesmerizing!!!!

[@GraemeGunn]

What do you mean by "smooth drawings"?

[@igns9174]

He used the line tool and the circle tool

[@daven7944]

It auto smoothes for u lol

[@lollopoplogo]

I‘ve decoded the censored part and what he said was: „I used stackoverflow“ 😁 great videos

[@charliexoxox]

for me it’s more likely to be “it’s the only part where i didn’t use stackoverflow”

[@potatohunter7751]

@RW163 it has to do with excessive memory usage

[@WaffleLover-my1hi]

@RW163 he is referring to a code help website, named after the thing potato hunter described

[@mr2octavio]

@RW163 it's a website dedicated to people that ask the right questions, if you're ignorant enough to not be able to ask the right questions then they'll ban you

[@kapytanhook]

@@mr2octavio haha, perfect description, many people would rather not have software work than use a pointer or a global variable or whatever is votes to be evil in your language of choice, scenario be damned.

[@svampefett]

This is just so incredibly impressive. In a group of friends saying "haha someone should make a robot that does that", your the one guy that actually creates it! :) Amazing stuff man, loving these videos.

[@MartinFinnerup]

If this is up your alley, then may I recommend you check out the following: The Hacksmith, Michel Reeves, William Osman, Simone Giertz, Colin Furze, and Smarter Every Day (Destin). Also for more chemistry leaning stuff: Backyard Scientist and Nile Red. (Just to name a few) A lot of channels also have good related channels linked in their "Channels" tab. :)

[@firebanner6424]

@@MartinFinnerup goated list

[@Ezox2408]

"just because something's hard, doesn't mean that its good" Didn't know he became a sex therapist

[@Jacobwlane]

"Reading STEM articles on Wikipedia is a really quick way to feel inadequate" Dude you just upped my self confidence ten fold thank you so much 😂

[@contrapasta2454]

I have also never successfully deciphered a complex topic from the wiki page on the subject.

[@RRKS]

@@contrapasta2454 I've rarely been able to understand complex topic on Wikipedia that i normally understand fairly good :D

[@stuff9283]

The way I do it is I don’t read it the way my brain reads it is :ghgjbhjbb7373737228&&7$337727282&2 I have a program that Auto reads it to me it makes things sound much better and makes them make much more sense

[@sixtyfiveford]

You did all this and you didn't call your wife pumpkin. Missed an opportunity. "Hey pumpkin check out what I've made"

[@khadaryare9887]

Y @Kim Dőng Umm Pro Interracial Couples

[@ColonelSandersLite]

@Kim Dőng Umm Pro Interracial Couples While the competition is fierce, that's definitely in the running for the dumbest thing I have heard all year.

[@janelleleitner6401]

Yeah he should’ve

[@tckgkljgfl7958]

@@janelleleitner6401 not if hes into it

[@supahx1421]

@Kim Dőng Umm Pro Interracial Couples what are you talking about

[@loubridget8628]

I’m impressed by his programming and engeneering skills

[@LaniakeaLeathercrafts]

I don't know how I'm just now finding your channel but I've been binge watching your videos. You're incredibly creative and I find your persistence inspiring

[@char_wee]

“You may be wondering why I would replace my baby with someone else’s baby and the answer is... their baby is better” ok bud that’s enough for today.

[@Truth___]

😂😂

[@MaxWalker676]

lol bro,

[@MaxWalker676]

because it is new, my baby done its job

[@ericwennerstrom7667]

You're working the afternoon shift at Walmart. You just went on break and the day has gone pretty well all things considered. But all of a sudden your manager walks in and you can see in his eyes there’s trouble. Your heart drops suddenly as you stand up out of your chair. Then, with a trembling voice, full of fear, he says it... “He’s back for the third day... What could he be doing with that many pumpkins?!”

[@osmia]

LOL - were you that worker?

[@verticalflyingb737]

@@osmia perhaps

[@Nafleming3603]

If this guy was my professor in undergrad I would have loved every engineering class I took. Huge props man, content is fooking awesome.

[@FlaminChicken231]

the fact he lit a little tiny candle with a propane torch kills me XD

[@unactive1314]

"Trying to read wikipedia to understand a STEM topic is a great way to feel inadequate" Why does everything has to be relatable?

[@darkonnis]

Because Wikipedia STEM is written mostly by people trying to be as abstract and academic as possible to show how clever they are. I'm a chemical engineer, most of the chemical engineering math is actually total shit on wikipedia and doesn't hold in the real world or is too abstract to be useful. It is the sole reason why in this day and age of the internet, chemical engineering books are still worth their weight in gold. I can't comment on all other disciplines but the ones I am certainly qualified to speak about, are usually quite poor despite being academically right. Remember, knowledge is only useful if it can be understood and a true test of intelligence is being able to explain complicated topics in simple terms, that may mean simplifications which are not necessarily entirely true, but you have to know your audience!

[@NolzXD]

I knew I wasn't the only one

[@TechSupportDave]

@@darkonnis yeah. I can't believe there isn't a part of the wiki community that focuses on adding additional sections to wiki pages that simplify topics. edit: it's a pain in the ass reading what seems to be gibberish on a very simple topic.

[@pwnmeisterage]

Wikipedia has policies which prefer academic scholarly writing standards. But the consequence is that, over time, articles get (re)written by the those with the highest academic scholarly credentials. Lofty rarefied abstractions which have become too detached from lowly "professionals" to function as useful reference.

[@Anankin12]

@@darkonnis to be fair, math and phy stuff is really well made and often very clear if one has the basics down

[@HitMeLess]

I like how no one talks about how he just casually said "yeah i accidentally fried everything even my laptop, but its okay"

[@zackjandali]

I legit gasped when he said my laptop lol

[@rolandcaters7258]

@Platinum Cinnamon r/ihadastroke

[@timmy7201]

It was a MAC, so it was okey... I've put reversed 12V on the USB of my cheap Acer laptop in the past, after 10 minutes everything worked again (even the USB port).

[@ApusApus]

@@timmy7201 Ive shorted both audio and usb on my lenovos, worked after a restart, but, knowing Rosman, a macbook might not

[@timmy7201]

@@ApusApus Wasn't it Rosman that said "In a Mac, a fuse doesn't function as a fuse."

[@solosailorsv8065]

Without YT and subscribers, this Genius might be locked away from us all in a corporate R&D Lab, with a NDA gag clause and all Patents corporate property. SO happy to be able see see his free expression !!

[@JasonShulerVids]

Thank you for that awesomely accessible explanation of the Mercator projection, as well as the acknowledgement that wikipedia can make one feel inadequate 😁

[@Arsopu]

Your wife has the best sense of humour!

[@ErulianADRaghath]

And excellent tolerance for bullshit.

[@Matthewdenison177]

@@ErulianADRaghath lol

[@ccvjd3909]

It's ok at best. Your mother's is much better

[@LovecraftianGodsKiller]

@@Matthewdenison177 It's funny cuz it's true

[@alexkingsbury7053]

Cap

[@randompersononthenet806]

Him, Michael Reeves, and Mark Rober should do a collaboration It will be so cool!!

[@dmsanct]

people will die

[@varma.]

@@dmsanct lmaooo

[@Exypno]

maybe they can create a machine to bring george floyd back to life

[@damienlancelot7520]

You should add smarter everyday in that collab

[@zxnggn8155]

It's probably gonna be a baby launcher that then sends a firework to explode the damn baby.

[@LelandTien]

Easily one of my favorite channels, I get totally lost in your videos. I'm a Ph.D. student in M.E., totally envious of your abilities. Keep on making stuff!

[@evindunn2172]

I have so much respect for the incredible amount of hardware and software work that went into this

[@AustenAlexander]

I came for the pumpkin robot I stayed for the love story at the end ❤️

[@Pythagoraz]

the whole video is nice tho

[@lieutenantlubricant5111]

Thats for the spoilers

[@davidwilkie9551]

Happily ever after ending, at least with the new machines.

[@sheldonleecooper506]

@@lieutenantlubricant5111 maybe you shouldn't read the comments before you watch the video and there won't be spoilers.

[@xosbr]

Ayyy I found Austen 🤘

[@christopherpham904]

"What is my purpose?" To carve pumpkins. ".............. oh my God."

[@HayabusaRyuu]

Your mom is a pumpkin

[@mr.phoenix8691]

Hayabusa Ryuu OOF

[@declanlawford3321]

“You may be wondering why I would replace my baby with someone else’s baby and the answer is... their baby is better” ok bud that’s enough for today.

[@mxs4193]

Yeah welcome to the club

[@damienbrooker6070]

Butter bot

[@tariqelageli6552]

7:20 Cracks me up every time I watch the video 😂 I watched it 13 times now

[@doktorinternet]

Watching you, obviously some sort of engineering wonderchild, wiring plus to minus makes me feel so much better for when I blew up a buck converter when installing quiet fans on my 3D printer. Thanks for that ego boost! Also, love your videos.

[@MichaelMaat]

"Hey wife" Perfectly normal way of talking to each other :D

[@TotesCray]

Precisely what I call mine... she calls me "hubsand"

[@AnchorJG]

No names, not in this line of work.

[@gummybread]

"Why would i replace my baby with their baby? well, their baby is better" revealing you have an actual baby should have been saved for this episode

[@Plastic4902]

I just had a nostalgia attack with that xbox 360 achievement sound at the beginning, I straight up burst into crying from remembering all the good times I had in mw2 and possibly one of my favorite games ever, Vanquish. I miss being young...

[@toothiermist9177]

Saw you on my recommended, and the first 5 seconds got me hooked. YOU ARE LITERALLY JIMMY NEUTRON

[@xtieburn]

Could be interesting to see how this does on a more ideal surface like a wooden sphere. (It also helps with debugging.)

[@earthknight60]

Bowling balls

[@lukepikaart8323]

Unfortunately I think the setup is nowhere near rigid enough for wood. It would be horrendous. Maybe that yellow art foam for models.

[@NatNatNJG]

Everyone talking about how smart this guy is: Me: How many pumpkins did you buy?!?

[@omniyambot9876]

I don't care how many pumpkins he bought. He's not smart, he's S-level Genius.

[@UltraBadass]

How many pumpkins did he search through to find the round one for the second attempt of the pattern

[@coreytaylor447]

like, at least 2

[@baconwizard]

@@coreytaylor447 well you’re not wrong

[@UltraBadass]

@@coreytaylor447 why do I gotta think about Patrick in the mattress store

[@robertkaminski1781]

Hero .... I love your toolset. So much good stuff you have in this basement.

[@1p8Bar]

Comedy in this video was great! Love your stuff, can't wait to see the next iteration of the bat

[@compilations7026]

"I love dumb stuff" *is a genius*

[@saldan3985]

To me Scientists are just really smart people doing dumb stuff scientifically.

[@roguechlnchllla6564]

Stuff that serves no actual purpose is fun to make.

[@BallHeadFreak]

@@roguechlnchllla6564 This very much serves a purpose, if it wasn't too expensive I would buy one of those to carve my pumpkins.

[@captainahab8741]

that means he loves liberals

[@roguechlnchllla6564]

@@BallHeadFreak Not really. This isn't a legitimate problem. It's meant to be an interesting project, not do anything remotely productive.

[@jonbar140]

There's no way this guy has a full time job to be able to do all this.

[@duckstuart9106]

@elchema how does that justify anything lol

[@GeriatricFart]

This is his job....

[@theomiado7954]

@elchema he works as a chief engineer in a 3D printer company

[@cokemango]

@@GeriatricFart No

[@applepie9806]

i think this took him a couple of weeks at LEAST

[@user-ji8cg3lm9j]

there is NO SINGLE OTHER KZbinR that puts more effort into his vids. This is amazing!

[@mndlessdrwer]

I love your robot's persona. It's one of my favorite little comedic gems.

[@zeewirszyla]

I just want you to know: as a person who's dedicated my life to mathematics, I am so glad that someone as impressive as you also feels inadequate when looking up math topics on wikipedia.

[@oneclick6551]

Your

[@baker7280]

@@oneclick6551 ?

[@fuucaran]

69th like pog

[@MMGAMERMG]

Now read math in Russian Wikipedia

[@MushookieMan]

Wikipedia stem articles are very badly written. They fail to communicate the bigger picture, they are written by academic experts for experts.

[@matthewbridges1438]

I will say, I’m glad that Tormach is partnering/helping you with these tools. Your channel has became one of my favorite. You are already past a million, and have very few videos (compared to other channels that are close to the same sub amount). If any KZbinr deserved to have a sponsorship, especially from a CNC machining company. It would obviously be you. You are damn near the smartest person that I have ever came across. Not just on KZbin, but anywhere. It’s amazing to see the things you can do. Like I said, I’m glad that they are connected with you. These companies are starting to realize that the best way to advertise is on KZbin. Everyone I know watches hours of KZbin. KZbin has even made it to where they show commercials that benefit the viewer. Because they base it off of the videos that you personally watch. I think it’s a great idea, especially to begin helping you at the start. So that no other company could catch on and steal your loyalty. I’m definitely not in need of a CNC machine. But if I was, I would definitely have to go with Tormach. Because of how I have seen them treat you. I would like to be able to get one some day, and begin trying to do/build the things that you do. When the time comes, i will definitely have to go with Tormach.

[@omniyambot9876]

Man I literally spend day and night in engineering as I'm a very passionate person, very clever (to admit) and knows damn lot in mechanical/electrical/digital. But no, this is just god tier stuff. I don't know but I feel so stupid watching him. He's just so clever. For average viewer it might seem as if he's a genius but when you understand what he's actually doing and even behind the software, machining and mathematics, you'll realize he's not a human. What a humble person.

[@cinialvespow1054]

@Logan Night you have big lungs or swift reading

[@jamesrobert2033]

If you like him , you might also like mark rober and the hacksmith

[@tommasha]

@@omniyambot9876 lol same

[@glennabate1708]

If I ever needed a proto type of something made this would be the guy I’d hire.

[@rabih1978]

I envy ur patience , persistence and energy, good job

[@roycemuzic]

“It looks just like you” Her: *Does the exact same face that carved on the pumpkin * 😂🤣

[@vincegelacio9492]

imagine doing all the extensive coding, machining, parts making AND then having to film everything like a vlog. you really are a genius. great video as always!

[@KarlHamel]

Yeah, some parts are not so bad for me to grasp and understand what he does. I could probably even do them myself, but the whole package in itself is just at another level i could dream to be able to achieve. I'm sure it is a lot of work even if he is a mad genius.

[@quixfilmz3409]

And the rate he does it at. He does multiple revisions, editing and more in a month?

[@clemcusato]

This channel brings joy to my life! Thanks Shane!

[@Allgamersadvice]

as a computer engineer i can relate to 10:04 you get so tired from testing / debugging and rewire the voltage in reverse… the amount of respect you even kept going after that!! still remember the smell of people frying their components in electronics lab like it was yesterday

[@stevethebarbarian9876]

"The big takeaway is, just because something's hard, doesn't mean it's good." What a mood.

[@williammoore6534]

Thats what she said

[@clibothy]

@@williammoore6534 we were all thinking that

[@95Geli]

him: I think Im gonna carve pumpkins this year :) wife: Oh great! That seems like a normal and healthy activity for a chan-- him: Im gonna need a new plasma cutter.

[@daddyg9401]

I love this kind of stuff! Great job!

[@stevereid7140]

I found this project very interesting. What do I do for a living?? Well, I'm a cnc machinist and inspector using CMM tech. 3 axis CNC is challenging. 4axis is way more complicated. Projecting an image onto in imperfect surface is insane! Also, its not just the surface that varies, the thickness varies too. My advice for this machine would have been: Make the pumpkin rotate, and make the cutting head static in one axis. Making a rotary table rigid is easier than trying to make a rigid 4 axis head. Great job! Incredible perseverance!

[@tbread1128]

officer: "Sir, why did you kidnap this couple's baby?" Me: "Well, their baby's better"

[@mercut10]

Raising Arizona

[@mayankraj2294]

@@mercut10 wot? Wdym?

[@j.harbers]

Imagine he is drunkenly bragging about his hair-cutting robot, and wants to show it but he has forgotten that he built the robot into a pumpkin cutting machine...

[@cybergen49]

*Oops*

[@saltysalt397]

I’d rather not

[@RealHank1791]

Oh my God, That's horrible. But gave me an Idea. Imagine he makes the robot autonomous and it thinks its still a hair cutting robot. You got your average B grade horror flick right there.

[@wallr54]

“Oh wow cool”

[@squidballs]

Imagine having someone try it and instead of hair cutting you get face carving

[@KevinCrouch0]

Omg .. when you said that you were fell asleep downstairs, it made me think about the inventor from Chitty Chitty bang bang.AND in Chitty Chitty bang bang, there is also! A hair cutting robot! Take pride in the fact that your hair cutting robot doesn't burn large circles on people's heads!

[@robbie1212]

I love how you don’t give up!

[@petery6432]

I love how his wife doesn't even have a proper name in these videos. It's just "Wife"

[@spacespace321]

Lmao

[@Revaldie]

hey wife

[@andrewcoleman9882]

That is her name though (not to offended anyone)

[@LS-yj7be]

When my husband had a podcast I decreed that I was only to be referred to as The Wife. Good for him for respecting her desire for relative anonymity.

[@tommymaher4166]

probably privacy reasons. logically sound

[@shanebat3363]

"It fried the microcontrollers, the ic and my laptop, but I replaced it all" this is the level of carefreeness i need in my life.

[@jeroen2460]

7:32 i love the "best way to beg for more subscribers" "in the background i love the detail in your vids to make ppl laugh

[@JustFuNeverminD]

I can't be the only one who thinks we need a part 2 of sharpie attachment plasma cutter now that you have a new plasma cutter... That was one of my favorite projects.

[@ParvaChauhan]

Dude Icy tower was such a dope game. I'm glad to see the reference in the wild.

[@theangelbelow88]

**fries a ton of equipment due to a simple mistake** "This is fine"

[@luiopk2919]

i'm pretty sure he got at least a little mad off camera

[@trumpet_boooi]

do -> due

[@scordova98]

He definitely got more than a little mad off camera. He mentioned in a previous video how expensive the parts were and I'm sure he was furious to have to waste $700+ on such a simple mistake

[@theangelbelow88]

Oh I'm sure he was pretty annoyed off camera, but I do love how he presented the whole thing on camera 😅

[@nakayonghae9429]

This one of my fave channel a excellent mix of comedies and learndings stuffs

[@rmp975312]

The song playing around the 3-4 minute mark legitimately had me pause to see if it was my poor computer making those sounds. Well played

[@harrystephens2061]

“Blows me away with how clever he is” “Plugs black to red” 😂

[@Redicule_research._ridiculous]

Its even worse: not foolproofing any product

[@weaponizer4444]

this is caricature of our daughter 10:54 , i died

[@kiwi-kt2bo]

same 😂

[@javiercairus]

The only youtuber that makes me watch the sponsor's clips

[@Rubbernecker]

"The funny thing is that these are all derived from your face". Brilliant! If she didn't have such a pretty face to begin with, I'm sure that wouldn't have gone over too well!

[@pomeradegbr2551]

2:37 When your parents kick you out of the house and adopt another kid

[@BallHeadFreak]

My parents never did that, but it is hard to argue against the thought that almost any other baby would have been better than me.

[@jacobatwater85]

WOW

[@glaglelolba6279]

@@BallHeadFreak I agree

[@shynoelle2265]

F

[@x2lev]

2:42

[@vintyprod]

As your channel continues to grow and you gain more mainstream attention I'm sure it's tempting to replace some of the cold hard engineering you went through with simplified versions thereof in the final cut in attempt to maximize the spectacle factor and increase viewer retention. I've noticed a lot of the popular stem youtubers do this. As an engineering student (and probably your #1 fan), I'd really love it if you kept as much of the real deal in the video as you reasonably can. In any case, thanks for making these videos. They're great.

[@CrocsAreNice]

Or at least create a second channel for us and hire an editor, I would definitely sub there to learn

[@Gamingmoron17]

@@CrocsAreNice honestly great compromise

[@antibull4869]

“Limit your ability to resonate with potentially millions of viewers because i wanna feel smart”... bruh.

[@asdfg3421]

@@antibull4869 Pleaseee bro I would like to feel smart. He's already pretty brief when he explains the work he does

[@vintyprod]

@@antibull4869 I wanna know more about how he manages to solve the problems he encounters. I understand the negative end of the proposition. It doesn't sound good. Joel suggested a second channel for these details instead. That's a really good idea I think.

[@vasidobrin8380]

This guy is a living legend! I CANNOT BELIEVE HOW SMART YOU ARE!

[@rohankoopman8361]

Love to see the very famous welding process called: "no gas tig welding". 1:55 Love your work, keep it going!!

[@sansivian]

How casually he mentioned “frying everything”...what did that cost?,

[@neolynxer]

A 100th of that plasma cutter.

[@percyvile]

If these videos and his LinkedIn are anything to go by; this dude is really good at his day job, those tools in his basement are more than a lot of people's houses, sure tormach likely sponsor him in some aspect given he's using all their tools, but that's bank. Shit happens in engineering and stuff gets fried, just gotta hope you're careful enough not to go over budget.

[@Qtree10]

Burning is learning

[@perlsackhd3957]

I'd guess something in between 100€ and 300€, if it din't fried the steppers. If they were fried too what I don't think as wiring them up the wrong way doesn't kills them, it's maybe 100 extra

[@arjunyg4655]

Probably not too much. Microcontrollers are pretty cheap. Not sure what all exactly got fried, but the components he showed were probably like $30 total.

[@nickds7]

Actual Genius: "I accidentally connected negative to positive and positive to negative.

[@heartofthefluff1026]

Ah yes. I did that with my 10 cent IC earlier this school semester. I now fear frying something much more expensive.

[@XDTuber]

And that's why you use fuses or breakers

[@alantremonti1381]

The "YOU ARE AWESOME" bit was peak, very well done. Roast 'em. X)

[@greenybazinga6858]

Your videos are pretty cool !!! You explain a bit of everything you do, it's a pretty nice thing for the watchers as they can learn something.. at least to have an idea about it... ;)

[@shawn1066]

Bruh that advance algorithm of reading a pumpkins features is something like the phones that have 3D depth maping of the face for secure unlock. It was difficult for me to even build a prototype just to measure the distance between the sensor and a surface. Can't imagine the pain you have gone thru just to get this working. Keep up the good work!

[@blackhole4813]

I think the pumpkin is mechanically measured, much like a seismograph/seismometer, that algorithm of yours that creates a depth map with only light and digital image is extremely complicated too.

[@blackhole4813]

Also I think the algorithm uses different orientations of the face, and then recreate a 3d model of the face, or just use algorithms to compare different sides of the face by recording it instead of taking 1 picture. Can't just take a picture of a face then show it in the camera...

[@GabrielWehrle]

"What'd you carve on your pumpkin?" "A pumpkin" 😂 I'm dying, that's pretty funny

[@SeanFerree]

😂

[@Eric-yc7po]

If you told me a group of people came together to make this, I'd be skeptical. The fact that it's him alone, insane.

[@haifutter4166]

0:31 Love how this is the main theme of all of your videos.