mike chris congratulations on making it to the second and final round the
run with the challenge we're gonna talk about lawnmowers uh machine near and dear to my heart
it hasn't changed very much and it still does one thing very well it cuts your grass
and that's where you two come in inside your crates are materials needed to build a custom
multifunctional landscaping machine it will have to be able to tackle grass weeds bushes and hedges
and there's one big addition what do they have tim i tossed in a riding lawnmower i actually did toss
it it would be kind of heavy and if i actually tossed a riding lawn mower i would pull my groin
and nobody wants to see that nobody with the mower redesign it build it up just make a machine that
can whack weeds and trim hedges and bushes you're also going to have to incorporate your recliner
and food tray so people like tim can work and eat in total comfort show us you're the superior maker
look at the size of this thing my name is michael harvey i'm a theatrical rigger and a general
contractor and i live in beverly hills california the dude lives in beverly hills i didn't see
that coming i have a pretty broad skill set my carpentry is what i call slash and burn style just
cut that sucker burn through the wood and make it into something that's useful nice i like that
this forge i actually built after watching a youtube video and started doing blacksmithing
if you can imagine things who knows what the possibilities are i like the fact that there's
a guy with an anvil and a forge in beverly hills okay so there's somebody going a dolly get me
another lime ricky what's that noise king king king my name is chris epiri and i'm from seacliff
new york oh boy i started out as a mechanic when i was 14 or 15 i moved into construction
when i'm not at my day job i'm always in the shop fabricating welding woodworking i also make
youtube videos and educational content for the internet tim and richard i want you guys to know
i want to knock this one out of the park i want to take all the skills that i have and the stuff i've
learned and i want to come out with a win okay i'm going to try to assemble the hotels so i can
control the weed eater and the trimmer except it's uh it's going to be up here in front on the mower
looks like owen wilson's brother it is interesting design the challenge is going
to be how well all these elements work together what the huh does mike think he's building a ship
what's the deal with the rigging that's for the spinnaker you know
in case you get a nice windy he's got a weed whacker crank this baby and it'll raise it up
oh that's cool i can't tell if it's better or just different from what chris has going on
it works it works oh yeah yeah
there we go here we go all right now our seat is mounted look how quick you got the chair on there
and you didn't have to take it apart what i'm going to be building here is kind of a
telescoping tube with a crossbar on it we're going to be able to pull both of the tools right to it
move it up and down side to side and we'll be able to adjust the way that these things interact with
the ground and the hedges i love it come on baby what more can you ask for there you go
look at this oh my gosh wow chris gave us a take no prisoners yard machine complete with
a propane torch to incinerate pesky weeds in the wind to rip out stumps or tow your neighbor's car
that blocks the driveway his redesigned shock absorbing tray sports a fan you can control
his weed whacker and hedge trimmer from the comfort of his fully functioning mechanics
it's got all the bells and whistles but does it really deliver yard domination
mike concentrated on luxury and style with his landscaping machine it gave us a series
of cables and pulleys to adjust his tools that would be at home on any yacht included the sun
shade and widens recliner for comfort to keep you out of the yardwork danger zone he integrated
a jet fighter inspired control system for operating his weed whacker and hedge trimmer
and because every luxury vehicle needs a personalized set of tags mike hand sculpted
and cast in steel an assembly required license plate kind of sucking up but great custom touch
they should work like they came from the factory ready to trim hedges
and go through grass like a hungry cow so we've set up some grass and hedges to trim
when
hedge trimmer is working like a charm control's great
let's test the weed whacker
great position and controls i'm getting maximum grass cut bravo tim bravo thank you doc you take a
shot
right out of the gate i'm having problems with the weed whacker controls
it's hard to steer and operate the hodus control
i'm coming for you here i come the controls interfere with the steering not getting clean cuts
oh my god was that fun it's time to deliberate design what do you think mike and chris
incorporated their original builds with the tables yeah with mike's there's a lot of pully stuff
going on here design i think i'm going mike he's made us you can set and forget the position of the
tools and visually it's monochromatic did a little bit of style work they're both gorgeous oh god
you wouldn't come up with another word gorgeous design or mic next one up okay we've got ingenuity
they're both very ingenious yes they are chris gave you a fan mike gave me shade chris gave me a
flamethrower mike just put flames on it and chris gave you a winch i think that is a winner i think
so too i think we have to go with this it really satisfied the challenge of being multifunctional
ingenuity chris next functionality based on how you drove i don't know what all that
i was having trouble driving because the trigger on the hodis was difficult to use
i don't i kind of like the fact that both of you is on different sides
that seemed like a bad idea but now it seems like a good idea because if i had to do
this weed whack and there was stuff in the way and vice versa i wouldn't be able to do it
we're down to functionality all right we have bad news to tell somebody i'm gonna run we had a lot
of fun april come on over hey guys hey how's it going good hey there mike chris good to see you
guys it's richard tim and april you remember us try to pretend you recognize us first things first
you both did incredible work it was a blast watching you guys do it but richard's got some
news that one of you is gonna like the maker with the winning comfort mower is
chris chris congratulations you're the winner how you feeling about that thank you guys so much
you're welcome thank you very much guys and you get five thousand dollars excellent that's amazing
courtesy of ifixit they're also gonna be sending you both the ultimate fixer kit
mike i gotta tell you it was a lot of fun watching you work it really was but at the end of the day
we felt like chris's build was a little more functional and had a tiny bit more ingenuity
mike your hands on the throttle and stick controls were a clever idea but they didn't seem to work
made the mower really hard to drive i didn't win but i'm proud of my mower competing for tim and
richard was fantastic it's a dream come true there was so much good about both of your machines and
it was great to have you aboard congratulations on the win thank you very much for being a part
of this honestly i'm so happy with the way the whole build came out i got a big smile on my face
i put a lot of my skills and a lot of passion into this project i'm super proud of it
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