Ah. That’s 2007 on Youtube. A simpler time. A kinder, gentler, time. Youtube wasn’t all roped and branded and hobbled by search engine optimization and monetization yet. People used to put stuff up there for the love of it. And I give you Exhibit A of Ye Olde Youtube Internette: Ron’s Slip n Slide.
All glory and honor to Jane Mataczynski, who came looking for this video 18 years later.
Well, it starts out amazing, and gets even more amazing as he goes along. He’s using PVC pipe as his raw material, and flattening it out and machining it to make parts. That’s amazing. All the parts are articulated, just like the real thing, which is still more amazing. Then he makes an entire miniature hydraulic system for the thing, rendering it still more amazing. But when he made a working windshield wiper for the thing, I think I lost my mind in amazement. Watch it work at the very end. It’s worth your time.
Oh, he’s good. He’s very good. But there can be only one Norm Crosby
Thanks to HJ Briscoe for sending that one along.
My garage is filled with rusty rakes and a wheelbarrow with a flat tire. I suspect this guy might be smarter than I am.