Twisted Sharpie

I needed an assist to finish the Twisted Sharpie project since I don’t have access to or the skills to run a metal lathe.  None other than Jimmy DiResta – www.youtube.com/jimmydiresta – opened the doors to his shop for me and helped me complete the...

No Free Refills

This was filmed while attending the YouTube Next Up 2016 Creator Camp in New York City.  There we learned about lighting, cameras, special effects and script writing to help us create better content.  A HUGE “Thanks” to my classmates who are the actors and...

Twisted Sharpie – Part 1

This is the first of two videos showing the making of a steel handled, twisted sharpie.  The handle is mild steel and was twisted by heating the steel to a dark red, then twisting the steel into the desired spiral shape.

Fix A Broken Laptop Hinge!

Our HP laptop had a hinge blow out. Rather than take it to a repair shop only to be told the computer is old and needs to be replaced anyway, I decided to take the machine apart and see if the damaged hinge could be fixed.  What do you know…  It was a...