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[@matthewtayon2919]

You should be wearing a body harness to clip into that order picker. A fall from that height would not feel too good lol

[@KCLOutdoors]

Great video. Might want to look into having that lift serviced. New hydraulic oil, filter and an adjustment to pump gpm would really smooth it out!

[@connertaylor116]

I would also suggest a harness. I drive a picker while at work, and we require a harness. I would hate to see one of the guys slip off from 15ft up.

[@loveletterhive]

Whenever my mom would finish a big project she would sit and stare at it for a while. We always called it "Praisin' over the (project)". She still laughs about it and still does it every time. John waving and saying hello to the corner reminded me of my mom "praisin' over" her many projects. We need to celebrate things that make us happy. Don't let anyone tell you you can't. It looks great, John! I'm a new woodworker and I did the same thing when I made my first very very simple bench and wood burnt a design into it.

[@andrewzirkle977]

I think no matter what a cornerstone into shop time is the stare period, me and my gf's dad talk about this while working on cars, you just gotta take like 15 mins to just stare at it

[@loveletterhive]

@@andrewzirkle977 agreed!😊

[@joshuaking34]

I do the same thing with every project. Especially when the whole project was one disaster after another.

[@peterpetersen3242]

I really dig that warrior-man-spirit in you. Cancer will get thicked fourty...four good.

[@OnePieceZoro36]

Squirrel marks.. trademarked...

[@noahduffenbach5102]

I don’t mean to sound like a Karen but where is your safety harness to keep you from dying?

[@mr.grimztache8309]

WEAR A SAFTY HARNESS WHILE ON A LIFT!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE DEAR GOD BE SAFE A 15 FT FALL IS PERMINANT INJURIES GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@LanceMcCarthy]

Sam was trying to explain the inverse square law... Bad news, it's far worse than half the light. Though in your situation it won't matter much. Get Square-ily!

[@RacoonProds]

To prevent the sway, you could try making the anchor points wider/larger than the lamps. the chains should go outward from the lamps, that will create tension.

[@hipairbrush1053]

Great suggestion

[@jakejensen1997]

Beam clamps and threaded rod would work great as well

[@jenniferford2067]

This was my thought. It’s the reason most chain lights don’t have chains hanging straight down.

[@marktabacca4793]

Where is your harness

[@rcoe1403]

John/Sam....get in a harness in that picker...neither of you bounce well.

[@warrenmunn3224]

Talking light variation, people always look at me strange when I take 10 photo's in a group outside. Although when I take the photos there appears to be no change in light outside, when I come inside and look at the images on the computer you can see minor changes in the image despite the photos being taken fractions of a second apart. One photo always stands out as a better image. Light is always changing outside, between the movement of the sun, clouds and any other variables it changes.

[@blazegbs]

John, FYI. You need to move your American flag. It’s below the other flags you have up

[@ElectricDogWoodworking]

Looking good! At my old shop, I went from 2 extremely old fluorescents (that would flicker in the winter time) to 8 LED fixtures and it was AMAZING. Like you said, its easier to see fine details and mistakes in proper lighting. I'm looking forward to doing the lighting in my new garage where there's a single "boob" light for the whole thing.

[@joedimarco21]

So I think rebuilding the picker would be a badass video series. This way it’s not so squirrelly

[@thesplinteredfinger]

John, I’m not saying that you didn’t, but I didn’t see a harness anywhere on that lift. I’m not the safety police but one slip and Jordan and Sam will be making all the videos.

[@navybrat02]

LEDs don't use ballasts... They use Drivers. Also could have used Beam Clamps from Caddy instead of drilling.

[@shelledsavage]

I hope you guys get back to wood working soon. Watching you do electrical work is extremely painful. 🤣

[@btbcc12859]

I thought the lights had to be at the same height?

[@benwagoner9741]

I love your videos. Thanks for keeping them coming! I’ve got some great ideas for your cooking segments.

[@simpleman4196]

That was a great upgrade it's a million times better going to have to look at these lights for myself now

[@samsonstaats3851]

Something else you could've done is, talked to your power company about grants that are going around, allowing big enough places to swap their florescent bulbs with LED bulbs using the same fixture. This is done by cutting the ballast out and directly wiring the feeds to the tombstones, allowing you to just swap the old bulbs with LED ones. Our shop just got it and it's 150% better.

[@pacerrailfanning]

I agree they could’ve retrofitted it with ballast bypass LED bulbs

[@thesplinteredfinger]

John, I’m not saying that you didn’t, but I didn’t see a harness anywhere on that lift. I’m not the safety police but one slip and

[@firemanj35]

Question. The suggested light height, did it take into account your fork lift cage height? Well that became a moot question. Lol should have watched longer. Great job though

[@JMBurke]

Not sure if you've used one or know of one, but 3M makes a light called a "Sun Gun". Used typically for paint finishing in automotive applications but it's perfect for seeing swirl marks, imperfections, etc in your finish- paint, poly or epoxy.

[@billd8167]

Your futures so bright you gotta wear shades...as a oldster, bright light is my friend.

[@shriker5969]

Even though it is true that the intensity from one light halfs when you double the distance. Since you want even lighting in your shop it doesn't really matter. The light from one lamp gets just spread over a bigger area. As long as you install enough lights you have more even lighting than if you would have lowered the lights which would had made it more spotty.

[@jon-paulsmith6359]

Huge difference. Happy new year from the uk 🇬🇧🇺🇸

[@Vickie-Bligh]

Wow. Made a huge difference. When you finished Miss Piggy's room you gave an idea of how dim it was but man with the filming that both Sam & Jordan do, they did really well to compensate for that crappy lighting. One of the things good lighting does that you didn't mention is safety. Looks awesome.

[@18JR78]

The led light prices are not listed on the website

[@Kabakithis1]

Dude, 15 ft to a slab is not a fall you want to take. Get a harness on the picker.

[@WickedWayz81]

Painting your roof beams and ceiling a bright white would help as well. Doing those a matte black would be the same, but it'd be a warmer light.

[@tonycorleone3739]

As always, excellent and funny project guys. John I did notice, the forklift was struggling to get you over the ceiling, Christmas brought too much goodness 😂. All the best for guys in this new year.

[@brianwade4503]

Need a chest harness and tether while on the order picker so you don't accidentally walk off the platform and fall from 15-19 feet...

[@eDenn1423]

That had my osha senses tingling too.

[@mrvvoo]

OMG… “It’s too American 😢 ”!!! Hahaha, I died at that. Your shop can NEVER be too American 🇺🇸 🦅

[@SNUFFY1989]

We did a lighting upgrade in Dallas over this past summer in a huge warehouse, seeing you do this reminded me how sucky it was, but you did good, you're an honorary sparky in my book

[@SchysCraftCo.]

Here's to a great new year ahead for you guys. Very nice update to your shop. Can't wait to see more videos on this great KZbin channel. Keep up the great craftsmanship and hard work my friends keep making. Stay squirrely. God bless.

[@rhinopaul115]

Awesome! Now we can see you again!

[@kaydog2008]

One problem you'll find is some times your GoPro's will hate LED electro magnetic fields. Creating a horizontal moving shadow across the screen.😉👍

[@shaneshutts6435]

The lights were well needed. Happy new year!!

[@Jenuin]

Every time John says “green light” I think 🤔 of Squid 🦑 Game LoL 😂 be funny if Squid Game was called Squirrel 🐿 Game =]

[@williamwinder3466]

10:10 Those really need anti-shorts

[@ONEpocketKID21]

Looks so much better, Ready to see the 2022 builds!

[@anusficker-hw2xe]

me and my homies work in absolute darkness (we dont have any fingers left and have to resort to working with our feet)

[@rolfbjorn9937]

Weirdly, your shop looks like the mythbusters shop at the beginning of the video. Also, LED lightning is not a guarantee of better performance vs fluorescent lighting. With electronic ballasts and good quality fluorescent tubes, you get a much better CRI at a much lower price. Many LED products are built with very cheap and dubious supporting hardware (small, improperly connected or absent heatsink, capacitors, bad or no soldering where required) and these components will fail within months or a couple years, because LED lights run HOT. I'm considering to revert to fluorescent fixtures for the workshop and halogen for the rest of the apartment after too many LED bulbs failing after a couple months.

[@BensRamblings]

I know you are done already but you could have used threaded rod with clamps and kindorf to drop them down made them level and mounted the lights to the kindorf and then they wont sway.

[@mrthiefy]

I can't believe I just wasted 17 minutes watching two guys install lights and gaining zero knowledge of anything except that new lights are brighter than old crappy lights. John said he will pay $20 to the person that counts how many times they say the word 'bright' in this video.

[@KnightsWithoutATable]

Where's your fall arrest harness? Pickers are notorious for people falling off of them and 15 feet can easily be a lethal fall. You don't even have a railing on half of it is why. Get a couple of 5 point harnesses and fall arresting lanyards before somebody has a really bad day. Also, if you fall and you didn't have a harness on, your workplace insurance is not going to pay out for medical bills while the business could face very large fines from OSHA and the state equivalent of OSHA. I'm not being safety crazy, I just don't want one of you to get seriously hurt. Might also want to consider having anybody below you within 10 feet of the lift to wear a hard hat so if you drop a tool it is less likely to hurt them. I would go with the free method and just stay 10+ feet way from the lift when it is in the air.

[@milkod2001]

Anyhow the way this works company sends tools and materials let's say at value of $10 000 plus springs in another $20 000 for guys to say nice things about their products in other words will sponsor this video. It s win win situation here.Lads in video get pay something and for company to spend 30 grand is nothing on 1 video where 100-200 000 people will eventually see this and potentially buy their products so they get money back plus some fat profits presuming product is actually good 👍 😀

[@thomaslindgren4602]

Great video… led lights are incredible. We switched our whole house over and the electric usage dropped so much. I am very glad that Sam is happy. Thanks for sharing and Happy New Year!

[@therelaxingwoodshop7495]

Don’t go to the light

[@rubenpuebla9545]

Bruhhhhh can’t sear with extra virgin olive oil! Smoke point is to low! Get yourself some grapeseed oil or avocado oil, you’ll see a huge difference in your steaks!

[@piotrrajmundkoprowski4732]

Please, I am to old for this style of filming/montage. It is like hiccups. Frames jump all over the place.....

[@tomshank2599]

Definitely one of the best moves I made was the lighting upgrade to LEDs I retrofit the existing fluorescents cut out the ballast rewire direct and wallah only had to purchase LED bulbs unbelievable results plus they are pennies to run

[@robertkerby2581]

Great "shop lighting" video! I cannot wait until your next update of the office lighting. Well done!

[@SaggingVermin]

Not sure on America's standards . But in Canada when installing the armoured cable you have to put in a protective sleeve (anti short) . To stop from crushing the wire with the connector

[@allergictoglobalists]

Same here. I've done commercial electric for 20 years and it's been code since I started.

[@mkay6089]

Hmmmm went to the website .......a website without any prices means.... you cant afford it. so wont bother thanks.

[@dave_adamson]

We upgraded our lights a few years ago in our shop. Didn't realize how bad it was until we put the new lights in. Looks good!

[@vampirejesus8170]

Watching the video, all I kept saying was. "Really hope OSHA doesn't see this."

[@WoodcraftBySuman]

Shooting at ISO 4000?! Holy sh*t. I didn't realize it was that bad.

[@upperhandcustoms11]

If y’all are getting rid of the old lights I could really use more lighting in my shop? I can come pick them up as I live in Pittsburgh.

[@robsdeviceunknown]

HUGE pet peeve of mine is low lighting. I would rather need shades than work in dim light. Right now we have a hodge podge set of lights up. mostly LED but junk Walmart ones. But i only have a 10 foot tall ceiling. or 12, I forget. New LIghting is definitely on my list.

[@robsdeviceunknown]

Oh and WOW man, HUGE difference in lighting. Love it

[@doubledarefan]

What is an electrician's favorite Bible verse? Genesis 1:3 And God said "Let there be light!"

[@marekszwed-lipinski1594]

9:43 is it a diguised allusion to the competing woodworking chanel by Bourbon Moth? ;)

[@wyattswoodworks2472]

Nice videos man!

[@simpleman4196]

Hey if you guys could put lights up above the lights so when you're taking a video of hanging your lights we can see what you're doing that'd be great thanks

[@gweave17]

Unrelated, I would love to see Rich Karlis in the shop, some way shape or form. Build off?

[@theseangancrofter1892]

As a welder fabricator the lights in my workshop at work are awful and it makes marking out and measuring quite a challenge at times

[@rickmarshall449]

In Australia we have threaded rod which we call Booker rod not sure what you have but we use this to hang lights with. Depending how long you need you use thicker rod. With nuts under the steel and tight it stops the swing

[@2unruly]

Did you say swirl marks or squirrel marks in your work? Asking for a friend... .lol stay squirrely my friends!

[@ashtonpentico9656]

I don’t want to hear about you guys falling. Get some fall protection.

[@winorthwoodsliving]

I probably would have made a 14ft story pull and just set the chains at that height.

[@EggsForDayz]

What about a build video of a grill area. Consisting of a angled tin roof and a poured pad or using pavers learning to level and creat a good base for the pavers also help you keep you grill outside and grilling all year

[@catt6308]

To be accurate you are not filming. Did you purchase 35 mm film from Kodak? Did you load the film into the camera? I understand what you're saying, it's like Kleenex versus tissue. In the future you may want to say you're recording.

[@John_Malecki]

Thanks Catt…..

[@barkerd427]

You missed a great line! "We do two things here. We make videos and we make defects."

[@hipairbrush1053]

Why would you not just use the lights that are pre-wired with a plug? Each light has a female plug also so you can plug them end to end if you wanted. One strip is 5,000 lumens and cost about $25. I put up 9 of these in my shop in about 20 minutes. Also, light drops off at -Rsquared ... not double and half.

[@silverbackag9790]

Because these are CRI 95 with decent R9 (red) values and they do videography?

[@peterpetersen3242]

Not yet through but...wheres the new guy aka CNC Cowboy aka Jordan?

[@simpleman4196]

Hey instead of using the chain why don't you get threaded rod and hang your lights with threaded rod they shouldn't swing around that way

[@simpleman4196]

Hey this steak has a really good taste that I can't seem to get anywhere else........ Yeah that's just map gas hahaha

[@Ksnamaste]

I’m loving the new shop….congratulations

[@victomeyezr]

You're having major focus issues this video....

[@jasoncampbell9778]

Try purlin clips next time way faster than drilling all those holes

[@sandradavid4080]

Why are you not wearing a working at heights harness?? Basic safety !!

[@DariusSam-r9q]

a good laser level with a horizontal and vertical laser would have made install alot faster and probably more accurate. If your building is out of square layout of lighting will look off if you just pull your tape from a out of square wall. Maybe you don't care to be perfect, but im a carpenter so it bothered me lol

[@DariusSam-r9q]

also a digital laser "measuring tape" would help for measuring your spacing from light to light

[@3rd_stall]

Hope the “Squirrels Nest” name sticks.

[@jacobyunderhill3999]

You might try searing with a more characterless oil (read tasteless). Extra virgin olive oil has a fairly low smoke point and can impart some weird flavor when it gets really hot, depending on how hot you go with the pan.

[@daedulsworkshop]

Actually creates toxic compounds. Light olive oil is what I cook with. Has a high smoke point.

[@williamwinder3466]

0:19 The fact the American flag is not above the other flags bothers me to no end.

[@nickmanory1843]

Hey.... throw a few more zoom cuts in there.... will ya?

[@michaeldobbs3576]

Where's Jordan at? He being a slouch?

[@WonkyStud]

that forklift surely jingled some bells

[@Powerstroke7911]

Perfect steak! I love that knife…..who makes it?

[@Zengineer]

Best shop upgrade ever, completely agree. My upgrade was transformational, even without considering videography.

[@ChistmasAllYearGuy]

I’ll take one of your old lights for my shed

[@hydrolisk1792]

9:45 So that is where the Bourbon Moth has been LOL

[@lindsayfarroni9111]

Do a tour again with all the lighting done.

[@russmaf101]

Did this work for seven years of my life. Not a great time!

[@woodworksbygrampies1284]

Hola 🖐 and Happy New Year!! 🎉🍾 The shop is looking great! Love the flags, after Ol' Glory my favorite would be The Big Red One Flag. I served in that unit and I'm glad it's positioned front and center. All the best for 2022!!!

[@SgtOLi40k]

"The squirrels nest" new shop nickname

[@coreyshortland2074]

I really appreciated the two rows up comment 🤣

[@DanJRice]

As an electrician, watching this one was hard....

[@DellSmith21]

Why not use beam clamps? Instead of eye bolts?