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This Miniature Radio-Controlled Excavator Project Is Amazing

This Miniature Radio-Controlled Excavator Project Is Amazing

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.

Dude Bro Dress Code Infractions

Dude Bro Dress Code Infractions

There’s one fellow in the video who seems fairly confused. For a good portion of the proceedings, he’s wearing his trucker cap with the brim facing forward. I know, right? I’m surprised his friends didn’t disown him on the spot. How can any self-respecting dude-bro yell WHOOO with his hat on right? It’s an abomination. It also leads to more bad habits. If you turn your hat around forward, pretty soon you’re shaking hands instead of high-fiving. You might even try on a pair of long pants. Leather shoes with laces start to look good to you. Shirts with buttons. Before you know it, you’re talking to girls over dinner in restaurants that don’t have a drive through, and your friends won’t talk to you at all.

Gotta Go Fast

Gotta Go Fast

While I’m not too fond of the inevitable downfall of Western Civilization due to a killer-drone uprising, I will admit that they can make some mighty fine videos. Even the word drone bothers me. I’d much prefer to call the quadcopters or fancy RC helicopters. Drone conjures images of predator drones delivering high doses of explodey freedom to the furthest reaches of the world. I’d rather not use the same term for something my neighbor uses to watch me through my bathroom window while I’m showering.

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