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The underground world of hobby tunneling

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Re: The underground world of hobby tunneling

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Post by pests »

ethbr1 wrote: post #98
pests wrote: post #76

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How interesting.

I stumbled across it years ago, and it's always struck me as quintessential original-YouTube content: someone, somewhere, doing a thing that makes them happy and they'd like to share.

That is my favorite era and genre of YT. Someone doing something they love and recording it.

I don't mind if the channel grows and gets better editing or whatnot. I just like the purity of it.

You still can find a lot of stuff today. The "culture" of YT has changed a bit but you can still people doing their passion.

I'm currently watching Andrew Caramata. He does heavy machinery / property restoration and was previously working on a container castle but now has a mountaintop in upstate NY and is currently using the exact same tools you showed off originally - crushing some rock to build out some roads. Now that I think of it, this autoplayed after your video! I've followed Caramata for years though so nice seeing him still making progress.

Re: The underground world of hobby tunneling

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Post by db48x »

epiccoleman wrote: post #88
linsomniac wrote: post #31

I have a crawlspace under half my house, and made the mistake of watching a YouTube video about how to do "underpinning". Now I want to dig it out down to 10ft to use for some desperately needed storage space, maybe some gym space. Our local building office is amazingly supportive of DIYers, and I appreciate them double checking my work.

Oh man, don't send me down this rabbit hole! I've always been annoyed at the original builders of my house for the half basement/half crawlspace - I mean, how much could it have possibly added to the cost of construction to just dig that last 4 feet on the other half?!

My Grandfather’s house was like that when he bought it. It was built on a hill that sloped down from the street. The ground floor was actually several feet below the level of the street, with just enough crawl space at the front edge of the house. He jacked the whole house up to street level, dug out the basement, poured a concrete slab under the whole house, built concrete block walls around the whole thing, and built a staircase up to the main hall on the ground floor. Half of the new floor became a basement workshop, and the other half became four bedrooms and a bathroom for the children (there were only three bedrooms upstairs). Even then six of the children were still sharing a room.

Re: The underground world of hobby tunneling

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Post by rexarex »

Loughla wrote: post #74
ethbr1 wrote: post #58

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Trailer Park Boys kind of needs to be watched after midnight.

No, just get high. Honestly, the episode where bubbles gets a mountain lion is to my favorite episode of any television show. High or not.

Doug French

Re: The underground world of hobby tunneling

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Post by Log_out_ »

ethbr1 wrote: post #48

If you all enjoy digging hobby tunnels, then can I interest you in someone excavating their basement using only miniature remote control construction vehicles ? Digging & hauling: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=He00d6Gpxs8 More recent rock crusher: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TSaqSzziaE8&t=3m31s (There's 16 years / 379 videos so far, if you are into RC earthmoving ASMR)

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Post by JimDabell »

sharkweek wrote: post #36
hn_throwaway_99 wrote: post #14

> Ritchie isn’t digging with any destination in mind; he digs for the pure joy and meditation that comes with it. > “I just feel like a kid again,” Ritchie said. “It really puts me in the moment and relieves stress.” In a world saturated with "productivity porn" and side hustles, I just absolutely love that.

I’m nearing 40 and when I’m at any beach with sand you better believe I’m gonna see how deep I can dig a hole. Brings back a lot of that childhood joy of being absolutely certain I was almost about to dig through the earth’s crust once it started to get hard. Only about 19.999 miles short if we’re talking about averages.

If you dig it right, you might end up on the news as a “cosmic event”!

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/hole-dublin-...

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