MORTAL KOMBAT replica: Scorpion's wife's garden Kunai. 

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Not to sound like a hippy, but chairs are a cultural construction. I eat my meals, read, and (especially) play video games while sitting on the floor. Steel work I prefer to do standing up ;)

So you're using it like a metal bandsaw then? That would be nice.

@@pocket83squared Correct. Here's a link to the table I purchased for my Milwaukee portaband. www.swagoffroad.com/SWAG-V40-Portaband-Table_p_63.html It's a little pricey, but it's quality and I wasn't in the position to build my own table at the time. They have a table for all major brands including our favorite junk tool store..... lol. Your skills, being what they are, I'm sure you could fabricate something no problem if you didn't want to spend the money.

That is a really cool setup. Maybe someday!

That one was courtesy Movie Maker 2012, but I'll sometimes use Shotcut for certain effects, like overlays and such.

Of course I did! It's just 1-2-3-4-5.

Or isn’t it? I assumed because of the ‚scorpions wife‘ title of the other video

Seems like you're getting smarter every day 😄

That grammatical problem really did have me going back and forth. Expression can be paradoxical. In most cases, it reduces to being more about clarity, so one is just better off not puzzling over precise communication so much. I blame my background, and ALCOA. And my biology. And everything else. Contrasts, though? Maybe. More like a radical temperate-a centrist. The way Lye and Acid make a reasonably drinkable _hydrogen hydroxide,_ though a bit salty.

@@pocket83squared I must confess, I commented before googling. I know; shame on me. I had no knowledge at all of Mortal Kombat. On a more serious note, I was struck by your use of epoxy AND wood glue on the handle. Was that just a belt-and-suspenders thing? I've seen plenty of folks make knife hilts using epoxy, but I don't think I've ever seen someone use wood glue at the same time. Does it leave less of a seam?

@@Wordsnwood What? You're about arcade-aged. You really don't remember MK? It was big when I was a kid. As for the glue/epoxy thing, the answer is kind of obvious. Glue works best for wood→wood connections, and epoxy is better for wood→metal. It was just a case of using what's appropriate where. Sure, glue-ups are notably frustrating and intense (especially while being filmed), but the rush isn't usually an excuse to break the rule-as long as it's still possible to follow it. One thing, though: you do have to be mindful not to mix moisture with epoxy. My approach here was to use pressure to sort of 'squeeze out' the wood glue so as to not trap it behind epoxy. Thanks for stopping by.

@@pocket83squared Yup, arcade aged... Defender, Tempest, Dragon's Lair, Battlezone, Dig-Dug, Joust... ummm, many more. I think I leaned more to the space-ship type and less to the "person running around" type. If I could have all those quarters back! 😆

I saw it too!

Checking in with the spotters.

Yes to both questions.

Offer to help him with one of his own projects, instead. Then give him a hug and tell him that you appreciate him. Thanks, but my stuff is not for sale.

Make your offer.

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That's pretty much how I'd imagined it would go. There's a long-standing tradition like that, from _Super Mario Bros._ to _Resident Evil_ to _TMNT;_ whenever a popular intellectual property changes media lanes, something ends up lame or uncanny in the process. Smurfs ought remain cartoon. Cherry-picking, sure. But the intro here and the Kunai were both downright awesome. And in spite of the flak, I'll still maintain that _Aeon Flux_ was a great film.

Yes. Really helps with a lag.

on his 2nd channel.

The intention wasn't to temper. Oil quenching steel turns it black. The process adds a rust-proof layer of oxide.

Artistry😍

It only took about 1 wheel. But a plasma cutter would be nice!

The power of understanding why Super Soakers are so expensive? & having justification for owning devices designed by a NASA engineer?

The reason that piece of trivia has so little power is because it's incidental. In the Emersonian sense, "knowledge" is hard-earned; it's a sort of deep-down conceptual way in which one comes to understand. The process is a type of leverage that begins to liberate one as he moves in the direction of self-reliance. An invention is made no better by it having been designed by an authority. "NASA engineer" is just a marketing term, at which Emerson probably would've scoffed. Take this point from an anonymous nobody.

Straight, 90° angled shots lack depth and are difficult to focus. From the point-of-view of a viewer who might actually want to build the object of the video, they can be somewhat difficult to understand conceptually. Also consider, there's a camera in the way. Imagine the limitations of trying to light a close-up while this camera floats between the subject and the light source(s). Imagine where you can be to remain out of the way. While you're thinking about that, balance in some precision construction while attempting to operate the camera. All of this follows a designed choreography, of course-in order to develop a clear, concise, and hopefully interesting narrative. Next, take the footage and un-dock it, store it, edit it, arrange it, and add it to a mass media platform that will (maybe) return _some_ portion of your investment back to you. Note that this last part will be performed under the strain of continuous criticism. The thing that's askew here might be your expectations. Please don't (further) drive me nuts by imposing them upon me. There are plenty of 'stand-at-the-counter-and-talk-straight-into-the-camera' channels out there for you; this must not be one of them. And be sure to click their notification bells for more.

@@pocket83squared my dude, I like your content. You don't need to bite my head off. I'm used to you being super precise about all things woodwork, and the layout cuts for the first chop and the stencil being on sideways were what I made the comment about. I was kinda assuming you were doing it on purpose but damn, I see you're dealing with some stuff.

@@drawapretzel6003 That made me laugh. Yeah, the template was placed around some large flaws that were on the steel.

@@pocket83squared that makes a lot more sense!