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So...did John ever realize that the type of nozzle on the water bottle only works when you squeeze the bottle or suck on the nozzle? lol

If you hadn’t cut the bottle in have you could have squeezed the paint down into the bristles .. not a fail if you don’t replicate it exactly

It is painful to see you chop the bottle in half, when the cap is a squeezy cap. water barley drips out, how is paint going to

“I doubt it’ll work like the video…” —proceeds to do it differently than the video— “Yup, it doesn’t work.”

Me at the lumber store: damn walnut is expensive! YouTubers: let’s make this single use router sled out of walnut!

You definitely didn’t do the paint brush one correct. The bottle top was a squeeze top. Fill the bottle with paint and twist it back on. Then squeeze the bottle to get the paint to flow.

For the first one why did you cut the bottle, my guess is that he would occasionally squeeze it to get the paint out as he needed it. gravity, as you so eloquently proved, wouldn't work.

For those wondering the woman was making a Swedish torch you drill a hole in the centre (and if memory serves one from the side) of a log and light a fire in the centre it slowly burns it way out and in cold snowy conditions its not in the wet ground plus you can sit pots and pans on top

If you don't cut the bottom off the bottle you can use it to squeeze the paint down in to the bristles in stead of shaking for 20 minutes.

Take the two contrasting wood pieces and laminate them together temporarily with a pinner. Scroll saw the pattern through both simultaneously. You’ll have two sets which fit together. Maybe a little loose due to saw kerf, but still it should work.

The puzzle wood hack was actually temporarily attaching the two pieces on top of each other, with a layer of tape on each side and glued between, like a sandwich. Then you cut the shape you want and you have two identical halves of each side of the shape... One of each wood. Detach them, remove glued tape, and put one of each side together again like a puzzle.

Love the small jokes you include in the edits. Plank was only on screen for a second at 11:08, but it gave me a good laugh.

You should have made the coat hanger with the ballchinian board… TikTok famous right there.

The thing I love most about these videos is John watches the videos, then promptly half asses whatever process they describe, like every time! The reason I love that is because first, it’s funny as hell to see him question the video even if he didn’t actually do what they do, and second, it’s exactly what I would do so it’s very relatable.

5k likes in 3 hours, internet has called your bluff. your move John.

Now, I am even more impressed by your OTHER videos! How do you create beautiful and functional furniture while obviously not knowing how physics work? This nozzle with a cut in half bottle cannot work!

Man you botched that first one...

The 'running paint' joint would likely be a lot easier using inlay techniques. Cut both boards together on a scroll saw with the table at a very slight angle so they join tightly.

For the melty-wood without a CNC, I'd guess a scroll-saw for cutting out a template (1/4" ply?) then use that to rout positive/negative templates offsetting half of the kerf of the flush trim bit, then use those and the same flush trim bit to rout the pieces. Will mean there's a minimum radius for the curves in the design but should leave no gaps. That surfacing-bit-router-plane is awesome, I'm going to build one! And, yes, I know what a Balchinian is. This is a silly little planet. Anyone could take over the place with the right set of mammary glands.