Post in the blue of maker GIFs?

February 27, 2016 4:55 PM

Someone made an FPP MetaFilter post a dew weeks ago of like a half-dozen animated GIFs of some guy making things. The one I want to see again, he made a knife. Thanks!
posted by Rash to MetaFilter-Related at 4:55 PM (11 comments total)

They weren't GIFs, they were youtubes.
posted by Chocolate Pickle at 5:56 PM on February 27, 2016

Ooooh, Jimmy Diresta!

His videos are awesome, but… I really have nothing which is nice to say about the podcast he is on. *looks sadly at the floor, hopes for something better*
posted by wenestvedt at 8:17 PM on February 27, 2016

Thanks again, Señor Pickle!
posted by Rash at 8:47 PM on February 27, 2016

wow. when he was drilling the holes in the handle is was just praying the drill wouldn't snatch and spin that knife round. does that kind of thing only happen to me?
posted by andrewcooke at 6:38 AM on February 28, 2016 [1 favorite]

Apparently he once cut his pinky finger off andrewcooke, so no, I would say it's not just you. He may be good, but I saw him do several dangerous things just in that knife video. No matter how good you are you can only be careless for so long before you get hurt.
posted by Anticipation Of A New Lover's Arrival, The at 7:58 AM on February 28, 2016 [3 favorites]

I don't suppose anyone knows if that's Paul Harvey narrating the Shake Hands With Danger video linked to here?
posted by Beti at 10:13 AM on February 28, 2016

If you like Jimmy Diresta - and who doesn't? - you may also like the wonderful videos from ClickSpring, which find a great and knowledgable Australian guy building a clock 100% from scratch, precision machining every single part himself, down to the immaculate screws that hold it together, and building a lot of his tools too along the way. I found out about him from a recent thread where someone mentioned him in a comment, actually, although I don't quite remember where that was.
posted by koeselitz at 12:10 PM on February 28, 2016

I don't suppose anyone knows if that's Paul Harvey narrating the Shake Hands With Danger video linked to here?

Nope, it's Charles Oldfather Jr., who was associate dean of the Kansas University School of Law at the time. He also sings the theme song.
posted by zamboni at 7:00 PM on February 28, 2016 [1 favorite]

Metafilter: immaculate screws
posted by Joseph Gurl at 8:10 PM on February 28, 2016 [1 favorite]

I can't believe I missed both those Diresta threads. I'm a huge fan of his videos (he posts to Make and to core77, too). Next time there's a post about him, I'm on it: I have thoughts.
posted by malthusan at 10:48 AM on February 29, 2016

Well Beti, according to this the Harvey associated with that film is its director, Herk (who also did Carnival of Souls).
posted by Rash at 11:07 PM on February 29, 2016 [1 favorite]