No kidding! I used to fly RC helicopters and planes. I've been clipped by a prop before and they'll slice you open so easily. I was on edge watching him mess around with this setup so carelessly. The end product is sweet though!
This video probably had both the highest density of anxiety inducing situations and the highest amount of funny jokes out of the entire ElectroBOOM catalogue, which is crazy considering those two things are what this channel is known for.
7:06 Mehdi asking what's burning to find out its his own skin is the most Mehdi thing ever. Mehdi's ability to avoid almost if not all safety precautions and living to tell the tale never ceased to amaze me.
Mahdi is great at taking one look at the safety precautions and deciding "I'm going to do exactly this, but I'll make it look like the most unsafe way I can possibly do if"
@mohammedabb985 Mehdi is brilliant and he wants to help other (not so smart) people by showing them what not to do, so they don't get hurt. He is much too smart to actually do what it looks like he is doing sometimes. Just think how talented he is and the efforts he puts into his videos to make it look (perfectly) like what he does is dangerous AF. Mehdi is not reckless. On the contrary, he knows what is harmful. He is a master at making it look real. The shocks he takes are likely real, but he would never risk his life if he knew it was a dangerous situation.
I'm starting to think this man is immortal, since he has gone 11 years getting electric shocks and stuff like that every now and then and is still standing
The microwave transformer DIY welding, whilst not wearing gloves having fingers so close to the weld, and literally in contact with the metal surface was next level lmao.
He's using the transformer the opposite way from how most people use them. Instead of making wall power into super deadly power, it's making safe...ish power
@@TheDirtyChef Hell I've felt 12-20v before in my hand just because my hands had salt on them edit: clarifying it was a salty solution not just table salt lol.
@@HeySpecified mehdis one sure, goddeslena9747 no, like, not at all, and workin with hot stuff can actually burn some death skin, so it's also probably that mehdi didn't say that only as a joke 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀😴
Tbf, I think most of the accidents that could've happened during the filming of this video would've been perfectly survivable - just not with all of his fingers/eyes
@@lynes2peters438 File, as many words in English, has several meanings. In this case it refers to things used to hold documents, and metal tools to grind things. So instead of grinding a metal part he just put it in a file (for documents) It's a dad joke/pun
2:19 probobly the funniest thing ive seen this week, I watched this part like 10 times and laughed harder each time. His scream is priceless and how he covers his head and the thing flies off is just hilarious
@@weird7106i have one gotten cut from a dji mini 2 in my face by a kid who didnt know how to operate it, even that its under 250grams, it still cut me clean,and left a pretty cool mark there😅
This definitely feels like something that would have been made back in the like 50's before consumer safety was a thing and people would make all sorts of crazy stuff and sell it.
@@rpgspyware9560true, survival of the smartest..or strongest lmao Nowadays people put superglue on their hair, and then sue the glue company because it didn't explicitly say "do not put on hair"
I didn't use a transformer, I used a handful of supercapacitors in series, but I got a similar spot-weld technique to work. Also very low voltage, only about 6-7 volts, but tons and tons of current. I think the reason it worked for me, and the reason it worked for you, is because the material was quite thin, less than a millimeter.
I carried a lawnmower up 3 flights of stairs once, weighed like 60kg and has a really tough shape. This man just swung it over with him with minimal effort. He is strong af.
You can also use a nylon string in the place of the steel blades, and its safer. You will just need a plain washer with 2 additional holes for the nylon string, and it easier to build. This will have less vibrations.
@@runeodin7237 Rather 'crazy solution needs problem to fix' Mehdi appears to be very good at finding suitable problems matching his solutions :) And even better, he knows very well how to present it.
Oh boy, if it is really true, then I can't wait for the day that ElectroBOOM tricks a gun RU-vidr into making an anti-gun vid. I Did A Thing pull that off with his robot dog vid, and it was epic.
There actually are tiny hedge trimmers that have only two places for the branches to go and get cut, almost like little automated garden scissors. They are perfect for your little bushes.
Mostly he needed 40v, not that 20v, cheap power tools just cause rsi from vibration, and longer blade to preserve your back. Small is not better, remember you only use the front edge of a butter knife.
I 100% watched this all the way through and loved every bit of it.. as a gardener, I’m impressed! Although.. you COULD bend the blades a bit and get a some metal mesh housing and just hold it over the boxwood and cut it in 1 go. Wouldn’t even have to move your hand
Hey, remember when you're working with any powered equipment with a rotating element to wear safety glasses. They won't stop the blade from flying off and slashing your face,but will keep you from having an eyepatch.
no joke, was using a weed whacker a few weeks ago, it must have hit a pebble, and it blasted me right in the cheek bone. An inch or two higher and I'd be rocking an eyepatch...
I was filing metal last year without eye protection and got a sliver that tore my eye up. Thankfully not permanently threatening but it hurt like hell for a couple days.
100%. I had a sewing needle snap and fly right at my eyeball once, it was only the fact that I wear glasses that saved me a trip to the emergency room. And sewing machines are nowhere near as dangerous as what Mehdi's doing. Gonna try and track down some prescription safety glasses for working with actual tools.
@@sapphail2410 Idk how bad it is, I don't wear glasses, but you could try to put cup style safety goggles over the glasses to improve safety in the mean time? Also how does a sewing needle fly out? Did it snap while using the machine?
Legit one of the most terrifying Medhi videos yet. I know that he's at least survived long enough, and kept enough fingers to edit and upload, but it was still hard to watch at a few points there!
He started a prop without bolting it down right next to his head. Later, his blades are lower than the protective cover and his legs are constantly in the potential trajectory of an exploding prop. He knows what he's doing when he is doing electro stuff, but I think he vastly underestimates the danger of power tools like this.
ElectroBOOM: "Have you ever had problems solving simple tasks?" Yess! ElectroBOOM: "Does it make you feel like a failure?" OMG Its like you know me Medhi!
It's incredible! I really want to be able to do such projects... I'm almost there, I just need two more years at the university. I'm quite sure u have inspired a lot of people by just sharing this interesting projects, man. Thank u so much. God bless u anr ur family!❤
You might want to invest in a table vise, and a hole saw attachment for drill. They are worth it. also if you want a safe way to prevent the blades from coming out, you might want to use a nylon hex nut or just use two nuts to secure the blades to a bolt.
it is the first time that i genuinely feel anxious watching mehdi messing with things, sharpened heavy exposed metal spinning blade is an extremely dangerous mixture of a thing
@@mikejugo8354 He's an electrical engineer and knows what he's doing with electricity. It's mostly just show. But this thing here could have cut him easily.
@@asdfxcy yeah I trust he has the skill to not put himself to actual danger. It give illusion of uncontrolled environment (with actual danger coming from mistakes or oversights). This time there was no doubt he could have made deep cuts if he lost control of the device for any reason. At best I could see him being reasonable and testing the thing NOT IN HIS HAND for the first time out of camera, and pretend he is surprised. Still, even unsharpened blades can take a finger or an eye at those speeds
Some suggestions for Mark II of this thing, if there ever is a Mark II: Maybe use string trimmer-style cutting surface instead of blades, or have the blades in a contra-rotating configuration. Also using a handle similar to those on underwater metal detectors for scuba use would probably keep the operator's hands well clear of moving parts without sacrificing dexterity.
Another thing to really help is reversing the direction of rotation from the direction of threading for the nut holding the blades on, that way the motor doesn't unscrew the blades off. I've seen this used in cars before and it's a great alternative to putting hundreds of lb-ft of torque into a bolt so that the engine doesn't spin it off
This video feels like one of the most dangerous ones for sure. The pan would barely stop the blades at all if the blades came loose, that close up shot was scary just watching let alone actually being there lol. I normally find everything else on here safe because circuits are a lot more predictable and they can't make contact with you(you can only touch them), but this one the blades could easily be doing the touching(slicing). Cool product though, it worked super well. If the pan had flat edges to actually catch the blades instead of curved edges so the blades just get flung out then it would be awesome.
i'm a following this channel for the last decade, i learn a lot of things, one of the most important lessons i have is to Never EVER leave this guy alone with power tools!!!!
@@ElectroBOOM And also those box cutter's blades are maybe much lighter then your custom made blades, so they will be sharper and less wobbly at the same time...
@mattphillips, that is a great idea, I think medhi should do this! i envision a series of videos where he reverse engineers an existing unit and then builds a custom one.
have the filter caps on your ESC exploded yet? those things are tuned for the harmonics of the input leads they come with, you'll blow them out and start popping transistors in the ESC with wires that long.
Mehdi, as a mechanical engineer brother, during your testing phases, please I urge you, use PTE.. gloves that actually cover finger tips.., safety goggles and even shin, knee and arm protection, in these cases. The absolute eye balled rough alignment you’ve made hurts to watch as I see these blades spin at 10/100k’s rpm.. god forbid the lack of mechanical equilibrium causes a blade to fly off….
After watching this man for 9 years I’m a firm believer that this man is a perpetual, his wife and kids hear a boom from his work room and they just shake their heads.
12:45 My suggestion is to use bolts that are threaded couterclockwise. Or just make your motor turn in the oposite direction of the direction you turn the nut to tight
This time you really did some dangerous stuff without you realizing with the drilling machine when drilling out the blades. Besides, I think this is also a perfect tool for hairdressers.
Cut a series of sharpened vees - all along the cutting edges of the blades. This will greatly improve the cutting, as the stems will locate in the vee, and be severed! I once did something similar with a long rod, secured in a Battery Drill. It had two replaceable Box Cutter Blades on the rod end to do the work. I gave-up on this idea, because no toe protection on summer days!
I've had a vision of a metal contraption, like a steel mouth on a workbench that bites down on whatever you need to secure while working on it. But dammit, I have so many bad vices that my memory is almost shot...
I love how he takes a comedic idea and comes up with a practical idea. Works pretty good. Too bad that it's too dangerous for today's public. When I was a kid, that thing probably would have sold nicely, but so did lawn darts.😂
0:01 if this would’ve went into a promo for manscaped, that would have literally made my day lol Also, how come no one has signed this guy with like $100 million budget for a TV show! The potential alone is worth it ! MythBusters wouldn’t have nothing on this guy!
Just need two screens of opposing polarity. I did this to our screen door growing up to keep cats off of it (current was limited so nothing was harmed) At one point one of my siblings tried to open the door by pressing the screen and started screaming at me. Was worth it anyway.
I only started watching your videos a year ago, so maybe I missed some excitement from the early days, but this is the first video where I've been worried that you might hurt yourself. Could be the spinning blades. Anyway, you could definitely sell that with an infomercial (if anyone still watches TV).
I'm still not sure how you didn't end up with a "blade" imbedded in your leg. Bloody hell Medhi, this one was a bit more dangerous than I think you imagined.
