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customh
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Any relation to Casey Neistat? He's got a similar style.
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Yes. Brothers... If you are into that style, you gotta watch the Neistat Brothers - a series they did for HBO about 15 years ago or so... It's really great.
biggestlou
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How funny. I love his stuff and just watched a few of his latest videos before I opened up GJ!
RStewart
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Never heard of him. No, I don’t live under a rock. Watched a few and thoroughly enjoyed. Thank you.
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I think Van is pretty well known in the art world... but he's pretty obscure in the maker/shop space for sure... I think his art would be pretty lost/unappreciated by most. It's very subtle.
I had never heard of him; thanks for the post, Ryan. I love how practical he is. If you're only going to own one tool, make it a Swiss Champ. He understands, obviously, that there are better tools out there for specific jobs, but people being people don't always care/know about better tools. "Don't let perfect be the enemy of good". Sometimes you just need something that works, even if it doesn't work too well or if it takes a little longer to use.
I gave my brother a $30 pair of over-the-ear headphones (Sennheiser HD202's I think) because he had been getting into quality music like Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath, etc, and listening over junky $5 earbuds you buy next to chewing gum at a dollar store. He said, "these are too pricey; I am not an audiophile." I replied "well these aren't audiophile class cans".
He called the next day and said: "wow I never had heard that bass line in that Steely Dan song before!"
I gave my brother a $30 pair of over-the-ear headphones (Sennheiser HD202's I think) because he had been getting into quality music like Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath, etc, and listening over junky $5 earbuds you buy next to chewing gum at a dollar store. He said, "these are too pricey; I am not an audiophile." I replied "well these aren't audiophile class cans".
He called the next day and said: "wow I never had heard that bass line in that Steely Dan song before!"
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Never heard of him either. I give him props for not blasting me with some heavy metal **** at the beginning of his videos. That made me watch the video instead of immediately closing it. Could have saved some time in my life if there actually was some heavy metal music at the beginning. JMO, YMMV.
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milkovich
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These were great.
We get obsessed with the content itself and forget the art of content creation. My two favorites are Ishitani furniture and tips from a shipwright. Both have great cinematography and pacing but the content is pretty high level (above my skill set anyway) but I still enjoy watching them. Typically i watch informational videos on 2x speed (3d printing, fabrication, etc), but these two channels I watch at 1.0x speed because I enjoy them.
We get obsessed with the content itself and forget the art of content creation. My two favorites are Ishitani furniture and tips from a shipwright. Both have great cinematography and pacing but the content is pretty high level (above my skill set anyway) but I still enjoy watching them. Typically i watch informational videos on 2x speed (3d printing, fabrication, etc), but these two channels I watch at 1.0x speed because I enjoy them.
ratdoggy
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Pretty good video. I enjoyed it
He said the angle grinder is pretty dangerous, did anyone notice the cut off wheel (or grinding wheel) that's in it?
He said the angle grinder is pretty dangerous, did anyone notice the cut off wheel (or grinding wheel) that's in it?
fourjeepin
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i enjoyed the video and agree that tools shouldn’t move between places. I have tools in my office, shop, garage, and basement. Plus a bag for my CJ and one for my daily driver. My wife’s car doesn’t have any - I try to avoid riding and driving it. I‘ve even been thinking about filling out the tool box in my step dads truck. I don‘t own it but it has been in my care for a few months now pending probate. It only has a few carpentry type tools and a cheap 1/4” socket set.
OK, now do Quadrophenia!
I did enjoy those two videos, but son, ah say son, don't you need a couple of hammers first? Claw hammer, rubber mallet, and 3 lb. drilling hammer are a good start.
I searched "NASA Leatherman" on ebay and he has it for sale for an astronomical sum.
I searched "NASA Leatherman" on ebay and he has it for sale for an astronomical sum.
joel63
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I never heard of Van Neistat, but I really enjoyed the two videos.
I like his points of view regarding tools in general and the purchase of them.
Thanks for spot lighting him.
I like his points of view regarding tools in general and the purchase of them.
Thanks for spot lighting him.
four.cycle
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ratdoggy said:
Clearly Mr. Neistat is a man who uses his tools.
I have an "imitation" (not Victorinox) "Swiss Army Knife" and a monstrously oversize "Leatherman" in the glove box of my truck.
Can't even count the number of times one or the other (or both) have been the tool that completed a fix on something when I was away from a real tool box.
I was going to say, "It's a flapper wheel, those are pretty safe!", but now I've looked at it a few times tonight, is that a cutoff wheel that's long overdue to be replaced?
Thirdyfivepickup
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I like where this is heading! Thanks for sharing this. I really enjoyed his videos.
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jetlag
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Van Neistat said in one of his vids that his woodworking is generally built to "1/16"" tolerance. I can relate.
I do a little bit of machining in my home shop. My father was a machinist, one of my younger brothers just closed down his machine shop in Portland. I have another brother that builds industrial controls for various factories. I'm the least talented of all my brothers.
One thing that I know for a fact, is that most of the home shop machinists who actually get things done are not building to aerospace standards. Machining to scribe lines ("eyeball tolerance") is how I learned, and for at least half of my jobs, is plenty good enough. I have a DRO on my Bridgeport, but I don't always use it.