The Workbench

Episodes

1. 19

   Hotdog Antenna

   A friend works at a radio station and I think it'd be funny to cook hotdogs with the RF. He won't do it, but it gave me an idea.. Note: I mistakenly said ~250mhz is in the 6m band. It's actually in the 1.25m band. Whoops.

   Jun 13, 2024
2. 18

   Antique Shotgun

   Show and tell with an old shotgun. This video was cursed! Phone died twice. Car alarm randomly went off. Had to reshoot it 3 times.. and it wouldn't upload for quite some time. Additionally my copy of Premiere stopped working so I can't fix the...

   Feb 13, 2022
3. 17

   White water adventure!

   [Insert clickbait shocked looking face in front of rapids here] Just hanging out. The water was several feet higher than normal today. If you know where this is, please don't go unless you're experienced and have a rope. As with any spot ...

   Dec 13, 2021
4. 16

   Obligatory cat video

   Please support your local humane society! Foster if you can. 1 Year Update: Bunny never came around. We still can't touch her.

   Feb 19, 2021
5. 15

   Snowblower carb

   Tooling around with a carburetor. This thing is dirty! Stoichiometric ratio of gasoline in a small engine is about 12:1, I was way off in this video.

   Feb 18, 2021
6. 14

   Fun with a Fan

   Will it chop?

   Jan 28, 2021
7. 13

   Is it Uranium?

   Well.. It's not Thorium. Yeah, I ramble a bit. Makes perfect sense to me though, honest!

   Dec 23, 2020
8. 12

   Steel Mill 2 - Radioactive Boogaloo

   I went back with a better camera! Still forgot the ruler though. I believe what I was calling 'driveshafts' in the video are actually interchangeable rollers for the rolling mills. Steel would be fed through these to shape it. This is what ...

   Dec 21, 2020
9. 11

   Exploring an Abandoned Steel Mill - With a Secret!

   Exploring an old abandoned steel mill that's oddly placed in the middle of an active and modern industrial zone. Why is it abandoned when everything around it is thriving? This is the most amazing place I've explored to date. The level of prese...

   Nov 30, 2020
10. 10

    Exploring an old TNT plant/Nuclear waste dump/Welding shop

    Best explore I've ever done. This place is WILD! Lots of history here. The site is HUGE - about 40 acres. All of the video here is 'D' grade and mostly unedited. I'm really sorry about the shaky camera - I'll do better next time. I hope to revi...

    Nov 22, 2020
11. 9

    Radioactive Girl!

    Will it give her superpowers? I hope so! Max count: 40k CPM, 32.8 uSv/hr Isotope used in this medical procedure: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technetium-99m - Half life 6 hours

    Nov 12, 2020
12. 8

    Trinitite

    Trinitite. A man-made mineral! Contains Cesium 137, Americium 241, and Europium 152 Fascinating story of how this sample was obtained: http://www.mine-engineer.com/mining/trinity.htm I prefer to do my videos in one single take. In an attempt to...

    Oct 22, 2020
13. 7

    Exploring an abandoned Nike-Hercules missile base

    "Exploring" a Nike-Hercules missile launch site. These were active from the late 1950s to the 1970s. They contained anti-aircraft missile able to shoot down aircraft traveling at up to mach 3.1. Some of the missiles even had nuclear warheads to en...

    Oct 19, 2020
14. 6

    Cyclo-Wollastonite

    Blathering on a bit about this unique artificial mineral. As mentioned in video: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wollastonite https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal_disaster

    Oct 4, 2020
15. 5

    Weekend prospecting trip

    Highlights from a day spent prospecting for new radioactive samples. Apologies for the dizzy camera work. I'm still learning!

    Sep 30, 2020
16. 4

    Where did my fuel economy go?

    Comparing an old+bad car part to a new+bad car part. The end of this video is a great demonstration of why you should always check the simple things first!

    Sep 24, 2020
17. 3

    The most radioactive thing I own (So far!)

    Lantern Mantles! If I keep saying these words they lose their meaning.

    Sep 8, 2020
18. 2

    Class D audio amplifier

    Playing with a little class D amplifier kit I purchased on Amazon. This video is not a product review and is not intended as any type of marketing.

    Sep 5, 2020
19. 1

    Remnants of the manhattan project

    Radioactive dirt sample! I believe this contains uranium or radium. Anyone have a spectrometer to confirm?

    Sep 3, 2020
20. Phone and Faraday cages

    What does it take to get a phone to lose signal?

    Sep 3, 2020