its like the difference between Overhaulin and Pimp My Ride
This Old House: The Rare Home-Improvement Show That Spotlights Skilled Workers
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#102I love watching their youtube channel for the comments. So many things they do aren't up to code depending on location and it's amazing to see what is kosher and what isn't just depending on where the house is.
I really hate the "code worshipers" that pop up in the comments on everything building related. You give someone advice on how to do something and then a million assholes take it as their opportunity to butt in with some comment that usually start with "well actually". They're all just virtue signaling to each other about how much they know the code. Like, screw you. I told OP how to replace his water heater. If the…
On the other hand, if you have a choice of whether to do it according to code or not, wouldn't you rather pick the one that's legal? Or, if you judge it not worth it, at least be aware of it?
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#103The intellectual successor to This Old House's take on the entertainment potential of skilled craftsmanship probably isn't drama-filled reality TV, but rather YouTube channels like that of Paul Sellers. My drama-detesting father-in-law and his grandchildren watch those videos all day long to appreciate the craftsmanship, learning opportunities, and creativity of final products. I don't feel particularly concerned by…
Don't forget that Roy Underhill in the Woodwright's Shop on PBS is also an intellectual predecessor to people like Paul Sellers.
Roy Underhill is so damn good. I guess I thought I'm the only person that used to watch that show.
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#104I find myself only watching the cars shows that are pure amateur affairs.
The instant that there's money involved (or Motortrend TV) it gets awful. I could give a rip about some pro shop putting together a $200k Camaro in about 22 minutes...usually artificial deadlines and all.
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#105One of the main problems with This Old House, the cost of the homes and projects are for the top 10% of income earners, so generally, they're not examples of rebuilds that can be had by the majority of home owners. I get that real copper gutters are cool and will last two lifetimes, but how many people can afford that? I could think of about a dozen examples like this that regular folk can not afford, slate roofs, st…
They do all kinds of houses, but simple jobs go quick so there's not much to put on TV. Sometimes they'll follow 2 or more jobs concurrently, one of which might be relatively straight-forward.
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#106Earlier quoted context omitted.
Agree so much with this. Frank Howarth, Abom79, This Old Tony, Welding Tips and Tricks, Jimmy DiResta, Stumpy Nubs, Stefan Gotteswinter - there's so much great content like this on youtube. TV was never a great place for craft because it has to serve a general audience. Youtube has so much niche specific content with pretty great production values.
If you like them Essential Craftsmen is also a great channel. He is a bit more no-nonsense compared to like This Old Tony (who I LOVE) without being dry.
Plus he has Cy
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#107The intellectual successor to This Old House's take on the entertainment potential of skilled craftsmanship probably isn't drama-filled reality TV, but rather YouTube channels like that of Paul Sellers. My drama-detesting father-in-law and his grandchildren watch those videos all day long to appreciate the craftsmanship, learning opportunities, and creativity of final products. I don't feel particularly concerned by…
Agree so much with this. Frank Howarth, Abom79, This Old Tony, Welding Tips and Tricks, Jimmy DiResta, Stumpy Nubs, Stefan Gotteswinter - there's so much great content like this on youtube. TV was never a great place for craft because it has to serve a general audience. Youtube has so much niche specific content with pretty great production values.
I've found "Acorn to Arabella" [2] to be a wonderful series/channel so far - "building a 38’ sailboat from stump to ship".
"People building things" is easily my favorite genre on YouTube. Old things [0, 1, 2], new things [3, 4], useless things [5], repairing things [6] - all fantastic.
0: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAL3JXZSzSm8AlZyD3nQdBA
1: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEjEAxdJLOg4k854j-oESfQ
2: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAiDWnTP0WB1xCp6uuUo0VA
3: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSvdee86uThqIrloZjWwNVg
4: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq2rNse2XX4Rjzmldv9GqrQ
5: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjRkUtHQ774mTg1vrQ6uA5A
6: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJvsSlrbdhn4PDXdIuLKW...
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#108Earlier quoted context omitted.
Agree so much with this. Frank Howarth, Abom79, This Old Tony, Welding Tips and Tricks, Jimmy DiResta, Stumpy Nubs, Stefan Gotteswinter - there's so much great content like this on youtube. TV was never a great place for craft because it has to serve a general audience. Youtube has so much niche specific content with pretty great production values.
Wow you named almost every channel I pay attention to. I would add Matt Cremona, AvE, NYCCNC and April Wilkerson. I listen to the Welding Tips and Tricks podcast that features a 60 year old from Alabama (Hi It's Jody from Welding Tips and Tricks) talking to two guys in rural Ohio. They regularly mention how Instagram in particular has encouraged friendly competition amongst welders. Whereas previously a great welder…
Bob Moffat from weld.com channel on yt is great
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#109I have no idea what the Japanese text is, in fact, there are no words spoken, but this channel is addictive: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3N0EPxNFKDFKHFNhB9YaZw
It's Japanese Crafts. Not a whole of details as each video is 3 to 5 minutes. For example, this video shows Japan Hakone Marquetry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxvOMHoLRBY&list=PLYNekzFSRD...
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#110where is Bob Vila????