my childhood inventions

[@ilikeutubelol123]

Honestly that printing press is pretty neat, as was the go cart, the cart could've done numbers if you uploaded it back in the day

[@D33r_Hunt3r_]

Would love to see the printer fully functioning!

[@Skeys13]

Could have fixed the wheels by switching positive and negative terminals? Right??

[@Metagross555]

​@Skeys13 or also just disconnect the drive, 2 scooter motors probably would've been quite powerful

[@eigenman2571]

@@Skeys13 I dunno if they use BLDC motors or just simple brushed. The former would be slightly more difficult to reverse

[@MaxC_1]

@@eigenman2571 still pretty easy to reverse. All you have to do is modify the code

[@LegendaryKenneth]

I really relate to the process of putting a massive amount of effort into making something, and then never using it.

[@hellbach8879]

I don't think I can relate to ever putting a massive amount of work into anything

[@IndicatedGoodLife]

​@@hellbach8879 gid gut or dye trieng

[@tobiasrab6447]

because making the thing is actually ten times more exciting, then when you figure out it works😂

[@RepeatedFailure]

I like to finish the technical side of a project, tell everyone about it, claim I'll make a video, then never do it.

[@FerHivore]

Yeah, it’s like you expend all you effort getting the thing semi-functional, realize how much more effort would be required to get the last 10% finished, and then tell yourself you’ll return to it someday (when hell freezes over and finishing really complicated problems suddenly seems more fun than just winging it like you did originally).

[@the_junk_shop]

Man, can we talk about how legit that screen printing contraption is? That's pretty impressive for a high schooler!

[@mxs4193]

high high schooler*

[@azechase6597]

​@@mxs4193 *high schooler

[@TheeWudsmin]

​@aze chase he's saying "high high schooler" cause Will was high on Vicodin when he built it

[@azechase6597]

@@TheeWudsmin I'm saying high schooler bc they can mean the same thing, student who is high, it's a pun.

[@TheeWudsmin]

@@azechase6597 touchė

[@juneBug412]

"that's a fire hazard, I shouldn't keep that in a bin" bein immediately followed by "this is all the stuff I took from the house when it burned" just.. just really solidifies the first point lmfao

[@logandh2]

Shockingly that fire wasn’t Will’s fault, their house was unfortunately in the path of a wildfire several years ago now

[@juneBug412]

@@logandh2 oh i'm know, it's just funny to hear "i shouldn't keep this fire hazard in my house" from a man who's experienced a pretty harsh house fire

[@Monkey_11]

Only thing I invented as a child, is future trauma.

[@ZombieSazza]

I’m in this comment and I don’t like it.

[@Monkey_11]

@@ZombieSazza 🤣

[@icecreamget]

You know, some people actually do have chronic anxiety issues stemming from traumatic events. If that's you, I suggest seeking professional help. Looking for sympathy from strangers on the internet won't help you.

[@RoboterBoboter]

​@@icecreamget but seeing that strangers on the internet also have trauma makes you feel as if you're not alone in this world and also i can already trace all my inner problems to some part of my childhood trauma, which is pretty neat. Also i hate my father.

[@RoboterBoboter]

Of course there are a lot of people that have way worse trauma than me that practically cripple them in everyday live which should seek help. But luckily mine is only bad not crippling. Edit: i should add that I'm not looking for sympathy nor do I think that the original commenter was.

[@henrycutler-stamm3813]

I'm loving these weekly 2nd channel vids. I didn't know Will had the capacity to have a weekly upload schedule, so I'm kinda impressed

[@TheClintonio]

Yeah, I do miss his main channel content too and I'm worried he'll lose/has lost his momentum as a Maker KZbinr.

[@zodoGames]

Same I love seeing any content from him even if he's not making thing's he is such an interesting person I just like to see it.

[@cheesyascot]

Thanks... now that you've made a point of it we won't see him for another 9 months...

[@007order007]

The man found a way to turn chores into money

[@LuminousAnima]

this is officially the main channel

[@stellkirkie]

Not sure why but I laughed really hard at the shot of Jimmy running out when you dumped everything on the table.

[@skwerwl]

Part of why I love this side channel is the cameraman's inability or disinterest in helping William pick things up XD

[@nayb2133]

Cameraman John? 👀

[@erin9868]

The screen printing thing is really good! You just need some sort of a stop block or something to automatically ensure that every screen is lined up the same way every time and it would be totally usable. That's great. When I had my wisdom teeth taken out, I played Tetris for hours and rediscovered a painting that was on the wall for years. You were building things and using power tools.

[@gantz4u]

you put a + target sight in the drawing in the right position of every screen for multi color. Then you do targeting. Try to match all the + visually then test print it to make sure all the colors printed in the + are overlapping perfectly. Then its all targeted and set up. You take masking tape and cover up the + on the back side that lays against whatever you want printed and start printing. You can have a 20 color printer that is automated and does the printing but its human hands that does the targeting and loading and unloading whatever youre printing onto the printing board. The problem is the ink fumes are bad for you when you start curing the ink to make it stick and not wash off.

[@OfficiallySnek]

"Maybe I'll keep this" is a dangerous sentence that will continue your hording problem

[@turbkeysamdwich1880]

I think he knows that

[@lowintellecttrash6737]

He absolutely knows that

[@maxwellfire]

One thing I've found that personally helps me get rid of old things that I built or made is to do a nice photoshoot of them. Often, the reason that I kept them around is a combination of: what if I want to finish this thing someday, and I want to remember this thing. By taking nice photos, and then compiling a small album of each, you can keep the memory of the thing without needing the physical object laying around.

[@iOysterZ]

i’ve been really wanting to do this t-shirts that don’t fit anymore

[@Shero1337]

@@iOysterZ You could also make a quilt out of them, I saw someone do that once I don't remember where though.

[@brandontennant455]

michael reeves just stole your scooter car idea

[@NostalgiaB8]

Lmao you're right😭😭😭😭

[@tylertenny]

"This is all stuff I took from the house when it burned." *Proceeds to light stuff on fire indoors*

[@captaiawesome2260]

3:43 I had those exact same twistable Crayola pencils when I was in elementary school. I thought those were the coolest things ever and is what partially got me into mechanical engineering. You just unlocked a memory of my childhood I almost forgot.

[@hartlas]

The fact that the stuff from his childhood is all just tools and mechanical parts fits so perfectly

[@Psilomuscimol]

Well just the stuff he showed us

[@jarekreagan-walls7156]

Just ordered that amazing hat, and I swear to christ, if I get a piece of burnt silverware, I'm gonna be so effing happy. Then I'm going to brag to my friends, and they'll say "Oh wow! Why? That's so dumb." and I'll just smile, with my fat cat fishing hat and my Big Willie burnt fork. Oh, what a time to be alive! :D

[@nanafalke]

Did you get it?

[@jarekreagan-walls7156]

@@nanafalke I got the hat, but no fork. 😭

[@IeeIee778]

​@@jarekreagan-walls7156😂

[@JaxsonGalaxy]

I am now convinced that he started the fire that burnt his house down. I don't know how, but I know it in my heart.

[@kydotter]

As a soon to be electrical engineering grad with a crappy idea for a company, I appreciated this eerily specific advice.

[@1000percent1000]

i knew staying up until 6am was a good idea

[@irrationallymadphysicist6945]

as someone graduating in EE and having an "automated farming" startup idea I feel called out, never farmed a day in my life but I'm sure it'll work out lmao

[@msdn22live]

William lighting the fires on his ancient iPod was a possible bruh moment for sure

[@Klau5]

My inner dankpods fan is feeling bad for that iPod being tortured

[@fatserdatse7804]

I don't usually leave comments, but just want to thank you for your videos (both on the first and on the second channel). I've always found them uplifting and relaxing to watch. On my not-so-good days, I list down 'nice things' in my life - your videos go on that list along with Star Trek and other videos by your friends Allen Pan, Peter Stripol, Michael Reeves, Ididathing, etc. Hope knowing that your videos brighten someones day somewhere also brightens your day too :)

[@tomothybahamothy]

I love that he made something to try and help his friend do more drugs

[@frighteningspoon]

You’re telling me this man’s entire career sparked from intrusive thoughts?

[@nicholasrace1801]

I feel like caretaker decided it was time for you to clean out the garage, and it was a perfect excuse for you to make a video 😂

[@memejeff]

This was really cool and fun. Also answered some questions I had that I didnt wanna ask. Its always great to either look through or watch someone else look through old science junk drawers. Its kinda like christmas

[@uhoh7545]

Spreading black powder around his garage like his house hasn't burned down before

[@jakeheeneke66]

I work for Crayola and we do still indeed make twistable crayons. There is a date code on the box that you can use to tell when they were made

[@MadMango_69]

Ratchet going through his old weapons and gadgets slowly losing his mind, while clank silently watches.

[@chroniclesofnowhere1269]

I think burned forks are probably a louder cry for help than sooty spoons.

[@Psilomuscimol]

I've heard if you do it right the spoon doesn't get sooty. But it can't be even a little breezy

[@Alexm920]

"You're watching the problem happen in real time" describes most of my favorite channels.

[@GetGood_1023]

I can tell this will be chaotic 😂

[@pw7225]

How would you know? Is it the name "William Osman"?

[@GetGood_1023]

@@pw7225 yes and also the fact that I wander what sort of person had to grow up into him 🤣

[@timmybobjameson]

I also have a homemade pipe that I made for my "friend"

[@OrganicGreens]

Gardening sensors that water your plants for you or tell you when to water have been common in nurseries since like the mid 90's. Definitely not a failed product.

[@OldManBOMBIN]

My parents just got divorced, and my dad threw out all of the stuff my mom had been saving since I was in preschool, so this is a pretty cool video for me to watch right now 😭👍

[@BradleyG01]

I love how the psychological breakdown covers all aspects of life. This episode, we take a blast to the past and take a look at where everything went wrong: childhood

[@cauhxmilloy7670]

This video was some sort of strange mirror ... if I were in a parallel reality where I went through all my hoarded old projects.

[@42Four42]

the sheer pain i felt as he lit up that ipod

[@AidansGuide2DnD]

I don't know why it brings me so much joy when he calls himself Big Willy lol

[@AdamAlistair]

So you built a scooter car before Michael Reeves then... Interesting.

[@-T0Ast200-]

You are such an inspiration! I wish I had access to the tools to be able to do stuff like you when you were a kid. Engineering is so fun but so difficult to do without the tools. Thanks for giving me ideas for my life!

[@jaq8604]

As a screen printer, I’m very proud of high school William. That is actually amazing. 10/10, use the press for cat warehouse

[@stardustjustlikeyou]

I'm glad I wasn't the only kid who was making black powder for fun

[@thatprogramer]

0:38 my cats do that too they are very jumpy

[@theminecraft4202]

good to see William Osman and Code Bullet are both still keeping up with the daily uploads resolution

[@realGeorgelucas18563]

That screen printing setup reminds me of about 10 years ago when I used to watch folks like Kipkay, and the video the official Make Magazine did on screen printing. Good times.

[@charlieguy6872]

The best/worst part of this is him burning the powder with a blowtorch on the ipod battery

[@burntalive]

I'm surprised these didnt go up in the fire all those years ago

[@londonm3161]

I still have burnt silverware from when my own house burned down 12 years ago. my mom also has an old phone hanging on the wall that survived being dropped in the fireplace, being completely submerged in water multiple times, being submerged in blood once, and being run over by a car many many times. that phone also "survived" the house fire, although it's not functional anymore because they stopped supporting it decades ago and the company she bought it from went out of business. why are mementos of an extremely traumatic fiery experience so fun to hoard

[@PJSproductions97]

Man I know you do much bigger videos these days but I'd love to see one exploring making that screen printing machine actually work, if nothing else than for educational purposes. That design would probably be pretty useful for today's 16 y/o's in highschool!

[@bombersander]

William: my house burnt down Also William: *keeps flammable stuff he forgot about packed away with more flammable stuff in the new house*

[@thereal_iCE]

You made my depressing day not so depressing, thank you

[@that__one__guy5405]

Dude, I can so relate... I have SOOO much "stuff" I need to purge. I just have zero motivation- or adderall.

[@ellseni]

Ah yes, the life of an ADHD engineer. This video is hitting real close to home lol

[@jakass]

"Use this old ipod to put it (smouldering ash) out" Dankpods screams somewhere, shattering windows

[@EdmansTube2008]

Okay, STOP! There is NOTHING to be ashamed of by having an aperture science T-Shirt print-screen. It is a truly timeless classic that in many regards holds up to and surpasses most modern tripple A titles. Maybe it does date you having it, but it is something to be proud of, I will die on this hill!

[@roraraptor]

I just came back from a spontaneous night time road trip to my childhood hometown, driving around thinking about all the places I used to hang out with friends and stuff, and then I saw this video. Good timing. The nostalgia is strong with me today, it seems.

[@BalthorYT]

I think it'd be really neat if you did a limited run of t-shirts printed with your highschool printer contraption - maybe even use one of the old designs for em.

[@ihaveanunorigionalname]

when i went thru my child hood stuff all i remembered is saving all the awesome tools i got

[@ButterKing-28]

omg I remember the twisty colored pencils

[@SeanHodgins]

At least the t-shirt business worked out.

[@L33tSkE3t]

You would never know that this man’s house once burnt down lol. JK, I know that wasn’t his fault.

[@Sonicsis]

I feel like we need a hazmat suit while searching your childhood

[@charleswetzel1250]

I'm so glad I'm not the only person on Earth who has indiscript boxes of things they were working on that were never finished.

[@Wr3clessShark]

The screen printing device is amazing! Great job young will!

[@sachab6098]

Should make a video all about "printing stuff on the press I made in high school" because that would honestly be so fun

[@Appletank8]

"First off, a bucket" "Dear god" "There's more" "No!"

[@suncu91]

whenever I watch William Osman I am both amazed by his ability to make stuff quickly and by the fact that he is a functioning adult.

[@dadougler]

"it's like a little time capsule", i can relate to this

[@ValerzB]

I love how William 2's freedom is really showing his ADHD, even the early sings of it!! ... I also have a bucket of unfinished projects XD

[@nyancatdude2256]

William. Please send the iPod to dankpods after igniting all of the substances on it. I think it will make a hysterical weekly video to see his reaction to the carnage on the old nugget

[@leeverink32]

that RC car could be worth money

[@zentuckyfriedckn2587]

I want to see you resurrect that iPod mini

[@knuttbeefton2620]

Not gonna lie, that's a pretty impressive diy printing press!

[@victordumitriu9180]

7:10 you could actually use that as go-kart suspension. Just needs some tuning and more stiff coils

[@aidanfraser-yt7zq]

Big Willy has returned

[@ErikNilsen1337]

Hey Big Willie, I actually work at a t-shirt printing business. I can ask my boss if he’s okay with visitors in case you want to make a video about it.

[@arcrad]

The editing on this video was very tight. Great overview of the really important parts of the construction. For what it's worth I'd vote for pressure testing the firebox separately since you alluded to how impossible fixing it would be after assembly.

[@kylieyi3850]

From one hoarder to another, here’s some advice: if you haven’t touched something in years, you probably don’t need it. As an artist it’s hard because you always want to keep spare materials but like, if you can easily replace it with $15 then why keep it.

[@Psilomuscimol]

Keep it if you are sure you'll use it and not like 20 years later

[@Roetz40]

Haha " I think he wanted to do more drugs" 😂 The resemblance is uncanny to something I've build myself 😂😂😂

[@willshiflet]

DIY electric grinder

[@larkylark11]

i loved the part where he found his childhood contraptions

[@MrSkeleton14]

0:30 dear god…

[@noahboucher125]

This video is proof that if you need anything decent made, you're gonna need more than one engineer

[@eyespliced]

One of my proudest achievements to date was constructing a small scale trebuchet (frame 1.5 ish feet tall, w/ arm about 3 feet tall) as a 12 year old. I didn't have solid designs to build off of, just a bunch of half baked blueprints I found online, and then stitched together into a somehow functional tiny trebuchet. I used a lead counterweight from my dad's antique grandfather clock (a big no no) but when I set it up on a baseball field, it hurled a golf ball all the way from home base to almost the edge of outer boundary of center field. it was amazing. I wish I still had the damn thing, but I took it apart and used the wood for other things that didn't work nearly as well.

[@jon8706]

I'm glad I'm not the only one with those boxes. Still got kno3 and iron oxide from my rocketry days.

[@aathreyashenoy]

Eshop music! Nice touch

[@jenlord4240]

these videos are gold and only gets better with whatever measurable amount of quality content is correlative to one unit of enjoyment of creation you have throughout it.

[@nolans3026]

it's okay to be a hoarder when God uses your house as a campfire

[@corkoles]

"old cell phones" PULLS OUT IPOD

[@Brett-yq7pj]

I designed a 'parapants' when I was a kid basically a crude flight suit with parachutes

[@joeee559]

I love how this man just straight up advertises giving trash because he knows his fans will still want it

[@suhrim6666]

Your screen-printing rig is really great.

[@gloxygloxy]

Inspiration for Michael Reeves' new video? 1:33

[@nicksurfs1]

4:04 it’s just an engineer thing don’t feel bad. My grandpa had so many storage units it was more cost effective to just buy the whole business. When he died his auction lasted three days with two auctioneers going most of the time. It was great. Just remember if it’s organized it’s not hoarding it’s collecting.

[@MarylandFarmer.]

I can indeed confirm those twisting crayons are still available and they're pretty nice to use

[@jasonfletcher8411]

this is where michael reeves got the scooter cart idea from for sure

[@x9x9x9x9x9]

I have a spare bedroom that is literally filled with boxes like that. Just boxes upon boxes of random shit from my teen years. But lots of the boxes have tools in them so I can't just throw them out. I keep saying I will sort through them but my internet addiction and laziness wont let me. Oh also in one of those boxes is one of the lasercut record CD's things with the he-man heyya william song on it william made like7 years ago. I won one of them so that was cool. Every now and then one of my friends will come across the "can laser cut ice" video and message me telling me I won... years later. I know guys, I have the record somewhere.

[@wtfpwnz0red]

This just in: man whose old house burned down has inexplicable stockpiles of flammables and explosives. Please be safe, William

[@JEFFP74]

Realizing that I am the less smart, less successful, and less motivated version of you kinda hurts.

[@westlydurkee6230]

I feel that