Harbor Freight also replaces shit that breaks, no questions asked and doesn't cost an arm and a leg. There is zero reason to buy a $70 ratcheting screwdriver. The megapro these are based off of cost half of what they charge.
If I'm not mistaken, his bracers are invisalign ones which means that they're removable and the reason why he uses during videos are mainly performative ones
How do I put this lightly.. He does not exactly seem very technically or mechanically competent when working with anything that is not electronic consumer LEGO (plugging graphics cards and CPUs into a motherboard, plugging off the shelf wires with connectors to a computer case).
That is equipment the average Makerspace, High School and more commonly the average hobbyist can now relatively easily buy, after all the Prusa and Creality stuff intended for them. I really do wonder what this guy is going to produce that will be so bone chilling, spine tingling, unique and high effort that it will separate him from other more established channels. He mentions wanting to get a fancy looking (Chinese) CNC mill but those get real expensive, real quick even if the machine itself is "donated". You still need a CAD & CAM package (probably Fusion subscription), tooling, coolant, the raw material itself and then there is the expertise required to use all of that to get parts within spec.
I could only stomach a couple of minutes, but I get Tim "The Tool Man" Taylor vibes from Jake, only more incompetent.
Good question, where does he get the money for all this shit?
Canadian media production loans, probably. They'll throw around money to ego stroke over ensuring there's enough 'Canadian Content' on platforms.
I'm really curious how he's going to actually engineer the parts. I've used Fusion for 3d printing to make my own original designs. And its a proper engineering tool from that perspective, but its just the tool to CAD it out. You still need to design the actual part. Luke does not strike me as the type to suddenly become a full blown engineer. Is he going to hire a real one? Or are we going to see him fuck up a car by designing parts without understanding any of the basic principles underlying that engineering?
My thoughts as well. Try running a 3d printer in an unheated garage or keeping your tools from rusting in a barn. Near impossible know from first hand experience. Prints won't work as the temp and humidity fluxuations will fuck everything up and any metal tools better have some paste wax on them or you'll be restoring them every other year.5000$ of printers and future 20k CNC in uninsulated barn, which has condensation / surface rust on every older wood working tool stored. Bold strategy cotton.
That's the fun part, he won't!
I will never the obession from youtubers with cnc machinery. For 99% of their use cases they could have used a regular mill/router and those you can buy in good condtion for scrapyard value that are made in Canada/US/Western europe. There is a huge learning curve to both and misstakes with a CNC can get really expensive.
Software is suprsingly affordable if you are willing to go for one of the smaller alternatives that still offer perpetual licneses.
I would imagine that for structurual parts he wills stick to mostly sheet metal parts which most modern cad software have built in tooling for. If you understand the basics of metallworking its hard to fuck up.
Honestly, jake probably should have torn that barn down and started from scratch. cheaper and probably more effective for keeping shit from rusting and from the elements.5000$ of printers and future 20k CNC in uninsulated barn, which has condensation / surface rust on every older wood working tool stored. Bold strategy cotton.
3 similar prusa machines don't really make sense in a workshop. They are mostly designed for PLA toys or prototype parts while there are better printers for "engineering" filaments like nylon and pc (-cf) for car parts etc. he said was the intention to make.
