PickVidsBest 3D printing, CNC & maker projects Videos
The 58 3D printing, CNC & maker projects videos here were recommended by different people across different months. Choose by who it is for: 4 introductory, 19 intermediate, 32 for a general viewer, and 3 for someone who wants the harder derivation. Most of them are a demo. What they share is that you see the result first and only then decide whether to follow the detail. Channels you will keep seeing include Stuff Made Here, DIY Perks, Dan Gelbart.
How I Almost Ruined MrBeast Squid Game
William Osman describes helping build parts of the MrBeast Squid Game event, including hacking together hundreds of wifi-controlled blood packs in about three weeks.
The 3D-Printed Curta Calculator
Adam Savage shows off his collection of analog calculators, ending with a 3D-printed, scaled reproduction of the Curta mechanical calculator built by Marcus Wu.
Firing the Lorentz Plasma Cannon
LightningOnDemand revives a pulsed Lorentz plasma cannon, using modern capacitors to extend its range and increase the delivered energy.
High precision air bearing CNC lathe and grinder
Dan Gelbart shows his home-built air bearing CNC lathe and grinder, which reaches about 1 micron accuracy.
Fantastic DIY Speakers for less than $30!
Tech Ingredients shows how to build cheap, high-performance flat-panel speakers using audio exciters on sheet materials such as foam-core board.
See in complete darkness with touch
Stuff Made Here builds a device that lets a blind person perceive their surroundings by touch, using an iPad's lidar and a mechanical tactile display driven by motors.
I put Koenigsegg’s freevalve tech on a Miata... It runs and drives!
Hobbyist Wesley Kagan shows his Miata running and driving with a homemade version of Koenigsegg's freevalve camless valve technology.
DIY Scanning Electron Microscope - Overview
Ben Krasnow shows the first image from his home-built scanning electron microscope, after months of work, and walks through how the parts operate together.
Linear Book Scanner
Google engineer Dany Qumsiyeh presents a prototype automatic, non-destructive book scanner that turns pages and captures high-resolution images, built in Google's workshops.
Project "Iron Auntie" Success! Helping one of the last polio survivors in an iron lung.
Naomi Wu documents her project helping Martha Lillard, one of the last polio survivors living in an iron lung, by fabricating replacement neck collars in Shenzhen.
Storing Solar Power on my ROOF!!!
Quint BUILDs tests a rooftop water storage setup in which solar power pumps water up to the roof and a turbine generates power later.
Computational Design of Mechanical Characters
A Disney Research SIGGRAPH 2013 demo of an interactive system that lets non-experts design animated mechanical characters.
Build a DIY full-frame CCD camera
A hobbyist builds a prototype full-frame CCD camera from scratch, with open-source design files and a custom PCB.
TRUCKLA: The world's first Tesla pickup truck
Simone Giertz presents Truckla, a homemade pickup truck conversion of a Tesla Model 3, shown in a short humorous promo.
I Landed A Rocket Like SpaceX - Scout F
Joe Barnard of BPS.space shows his model rocket Scout F landing vertically like a SpaceX booster after seven years of attempts.
Converting devices to USB Type-C
DIY Perks shows how to modify devices that use older USB connectors so they charge and connect over USB Type-C.
Making an unpickable lock. Calling locksmiths
Stuff Made Here designs and builds an "unpickable" lock, then calls in a locksmith to see if it can be defeated.
Glitter Bomb 2.0 vs Porch Pirates
Mark Rober spends eleven months building and testing a glitter bomb package with GPS and cameras to get back at porch pirates who steal parcels.
HomeMade Electric Airplane
Peter Sripol shows his homemade Part 103 electric airplane flying, built from hobby brushless motors and batteries.
ROTATING DETONATION ENGINE
A hobbyist build-and-experiment video on rotating detonation engines (RDEs), where a continuous detonation wave spins around an annular chamber.
Glitterbomb 3.0 vs. Porch Pirates
Mark Rober builds a third-generation glitter bomb trap and films it catching package thieves, with phone trackers and fart spray included.
The Genius of 3D Printed Rockets
A Veritasium video touring Relativity Space and explaining why 3D printing whole rockets cuts tooling costs, allows rapid iteration, reduces part count and enables new designs.
Measure the mass of an eyelash with a DIY microbalance
Ben Krasnow of Applied Science builds a DIY microbalance from an analog panel meter with an optical servo loop.
How to Make/Build a Lifter or Ionocraft
A step-by-step guide to building a lifter, a small triangular ionocraft made from balsa wood, aluminum foil and thin wire, powered by a high-voltage supply.