I like planes, I like boats I like planes,
I like boats. but what if I want that boaty planess in one?! oh no!
'I like planes and I like boats', these are the words that Xyla Foxlin will say every morning!
so anyways, It's YouTube makers secret santa time, yes! Loads of makers all group together,
we all make stuff for each other, we've been doing it for like, three years in a row now. This year
I have Xyla Foxlin, now she lives in LA, that's gonna cause me problems later and basically you
know from her videos, she's made a boat before and I know she's got a pilot's license from her
social media stuff, So I have a plan, okay unfortunately we're not making a flying boat
because it is the 6th of December, these videos are supposed to go on the 18th of December,
I have to post whatever I make to Los Angeles. I haven't made it yet, oh yes, I'm behind.
Right so what I'm thinking, boats have oars, we know boats have oars, planes have propellers,
but boats can sort of have propellers as well, in the term of props, you know outboard motors. So,
so I'm thinking we'll put propellers or outboard motor things in the oars. Genius Furze! Now I'm
not sure how it's going to work because obviously when you're in a boat, you push the Oar into the
water and then you pull against the water and push the boat forward, but if the oar is trying
to push itself through the water does the oar just try and get out of your hands and disappear?
I don't know but I can't think of anything better, so let's make it! Ok, I've hit simply
bearings hard, it's where I get all my bearings, chains and gears from. This is not sponsored,
they're just a nice company. So anyway I think I'm going to go with this chain, which is like
6mm chain, so what I'm thinking, 'Colin what have you bought chain?' Well basically, oar,
propellers set in there, chain around the shaft with a cog on it, down through the um,
the pole, the oar thing, and then to some sort of central Hub, where there will be a motor,
some some gears and stuff that will spin them both so they will both go around off the one motor.
Right, so I'm going to get all this set out, make myself some little templates, do a little design,
just get on with it Colin! It's half ten now you got to get on with it!
what is this.... Xyla's arm slashing, hair tangling, super paddle... oh middle bit!
Right that's the center bit, now this middle Cog, which is just over a bolt at the moment,
that'll be on a shaft which will be attached to whatever power source we choose. Now this chain
goes up and over it, back and forth and then you can see if I pull it look, if the chains
nice and tight, it should go across the top of it and then pull back underneath it in equal amounts,
and therefore spinning the propellers at each end. Now the chain itself will slide down
tube this is going to be noisy Colin, yes it is! and then they'll go into these slots like that.
both ends that's that right there's another plate going to go on top of that and then I've
got to weld them onto the things and hope that I can get to everything. So many complications.
Right that's welded on. Can't get to them cogs very easily now. check. right the ends,
propellers, now I've started us off look, I've put some little thicker plates on the end. I've
welded them on and then whatever we make, we can then bolt onto that, and if it's wrong or
breaks we can then unbolt it. So we don't have to grind it off or cut it off or anything like that,
right so the ends, about that! This is my concept people... yes, we still need
something that resembles a paddle, even though we've got our propeller, so I've made this,
obviously it's got a lot of holes in it, or else you're just propellering against your
paddle. Bolt this on here, chain comes out, round axle, axillo skinny. but because it's a
little bit floppy, I'm gonna put like a secondary one on, which will slide on, bolt through it,
stick it off, make it double skinned like the middle bit, it'll be a bit stiffer... yes!
OK that's got it all together, that was a nightmare. Now then, it's all connected up, it
spins around, both go around in the same direction of course which is good, now in the middle I have
to shave a bit off the gears, which is a complete pain, cuz I had to try and get them out and end
up, in the end, like plasma cutting some of my own spanners out of some 1.2 mil Steels we had,
to get down and slotting in, but anyway, it's all good. Now the chain is tensioned via these little
slots here, so basically you put it all together, and you just pull the whole thing back and tighten
it up. That is good. Now the next thing we need to consider Colin, is the power source,
so anyway I thought, what did I think? Right, and so I was thinking, we need a nice motor that's got
power and got speed, I always found it's quite a tricky thing to get hold of and I thought, well
wait a minute, why don't we do something that she might already have, and I was thinking... drill,
she'll have a drill won't she! I don't think a drills fast enough,
but I know what I've got that's a bit quicker, grinder!
oh!! haha! Oh God! it's a bit quick! I think we'll use a grinder! We've
got no choice! Right let's somehow rig up a grinder on this thing and then see how much
of a laceration machine I have produced! I can't help noticing this is all starting to look a bit
big and a bit heavy! I don't think she's that big you know? No I think it'll be all right, she's not
that small, I've seen her stood next to a rocket, she's pretty tall actually! whatever, whatever!
Right... see what happens here! oh hahaha!
If that sound does not translate onto video, that is like, belt of knives X10
I don't even think that's full belt!
I think I can manage this. Right this sounds absolutely horrific and everything but does
it actually work? Ok, here we are in December, down the river, it's freezing! Right I've rigged
up like this really crude trigger system, put a drill on it, just for the time being
.I'm gonna give that a test first. Right, gonna put my coat back on, we'll have a go. The only,
the only thing I've got to attach the actual GoPro to is the oar. So the footage for this might be
a little bit wobbly. Immediately, I'm returning to this one, that's not a good! I've dropped it!
why did I build something that goes into blooming water in December!
faster and faster!
oh no! This is a design problem, the chain,
is bringing water up and dribbling it in my, oh no, I've got a wet...
There is so much wrong with this, but it sort of works in a weird way. I mean
it spins around in circles, I've now got wet A**! Just thinking about this,
I'd be better, with the thing the other way around. We need to do this,
and you have the triggers all wrong! oh God this is terrible! I'm bloody soaked! right, right!
You know what, I think this actually works!
This is working! Right, I'm going to stick the angle grinder on it,
because this thing's A) the batteries are dying and it's not as fast as it could be.
oh this is... I can't feel my hands! Just get back in the old boat! Right people
oh my God check this out!
ah! oh my God I'm so bloody wet! The grinder is not quite powerful enough,
in terms of it spins too fast and hasn't got the torque, but the paddle does work.
okay we do have some success here.
That's it for today, it's cold, I've had enough! Now, despite getting freezing cold
and soaking wet, there is some potential in this! Basically the grinder spins very fast,
it's not quite got the torque it needs to, as soon as you put it in the water it basically stops,
and the drill wasn't actually as bad as I thought it was going to. So, I'm thinking I'm gonna go
back for another attempt with some proper clothing on and a better drill with a bigger battery on !
Right, back again, look like I'm searching for dead bodies but at least I'll be dry. Come on,
this is gonna work! Here we go people!
this is working!
If you put it in look, it will work like an outboard motor and spin me around!
oh my God,
it's actually icy!
t10% more speed for 200% more effort! back to the workshop! We may not have invented a new extreme
sport but there is potential in this. If you got the right motor, built into the center fixed it in
properly, so it don't spin around and smack in the head. Put the batteries either side of it so you
can hold the thing properly and it wasn't quite so heavy, I think there'd be a bit of potential here,
Now we ain't got time to do that because this video's got to go on the internet tomorrow,
and obviously clearly I'm not going to get all that done. Now Colin if it's going on the internet
tomorrow, aren't you supposed to be sending this to Zyla? yes I am, but I did decide well a few
days back now, that this is probably not the best thing to just hand over to somebody for
them to try with all the spinning blades of dome, potential lacerations. I've made her something
else and sent that in tribute to this this is a dedication to her and her love of planes and boats
you'll have to go and see what the other gift is, I thought it was a lovely and wonderful gift,
but now I've thought about it and I've looked at it since...
it does look a bit kinky... so you'll have to go and make your own minds up! hmm! But this
is YouTube maker's secret santa, it's not just about what I'm making for other people, people
have made for me as well, and I have mine here! let's undo it. OK, it's from Emily the Engineer,
now I know this because it says here on the box who it's from. Now this will be interesting. She
is like a Marvel addict, she does a lot of stuff with Iron Man suits, she's made
her own Iron Man suits and stuff, so I've been quite interested to see what this is. Rightyho!
Got notes, 'Colin Merry Christmas, I know you often enjoy wearing neck ties
so I thought I'd make you a device to make putting them on a little more interesting!'
So it is a tie launcher for launching ties onto me! this is what you gotta like about YouTube
makers Secret Santa, you just never know what you're gonna get, but it's very well wrapped.
oh you star Emily look, she's even got the old Safety Tie warning triangle on there.
Right she's advised I try it with a mannequin first,
so I've got Mrs yellow in, it's got a little laser pointer on the top,
so it's put like a little dot where you want to fire the tie, I like it! Right,
let's put a little COT cartridge in the back which is what it's powered by and give it a test.
Here we go. oh I'll stand in front of that! Right, no more Mrs' thingy, come on Furze, tie
to the face! By the way Emily, this gets a thumbs up from me! Right, so take my tie off, collars up,
collar's up! Ready to accept! Come on, timing. I have no idea if that nearly got me at all
oh that's so close
Yeah! it works!!!
Fantastic! ah! That is brilliant! Right, now of course YouTube Makers Secret Santa,
the whole point, the whole reason we do this is so you can go on your little course going from
one video to another, so you can even go backwards you can go and see how Emily made this, or you can
go forwards and go and see what Zyla has made and go and see her reaction to her non-present because
I've kind of, I've kind of failed a little bit this year,
but anyway we don't think it was it but anyway .
so go on the trail, I think there's 10 of us in it this year, you know the reason why I
do this is to try and spread the love to all the other makers, so just go and check them all out,
things like this absolutely fantastic, thanks for watching, hope you've had a good year,
see you next year where of course there is more tunneling to do, we've got a car park, we're going
to connect it to the bunker and there's all sorts of things to do at the farm as well. boom for you