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Engels Coach Shop - amazing old dude in Montana capturing all the skills of building, maintaining & repairing horse-drawn vehicles (lots of woodworking & blacksmithing) https://t.co/fpU33pR1Uz
Samson Boat Co - a boat builder who is restoring a 100+ year old traditional wooden sailing yacht awesome skills & exceptional production value https://t.co/s4iCCKs81h
Electric Aviation - up-to-date news about developments in electric flight, what's not to like? https://t.co/BIKGoD1em4
Look Mum No Computer - very rad and fun dude who has opened an interactive museum of his weird audio projects, analog synths, and vintage electronics repaired and repurposed for musical aims https://t.co/rPKSTlzNH4
Mentour Pilot - extremely thorough takedowns of aviation accidents and near misses; fascinating way to learn about safety & quality control in the airline industry https://t.co/VjGRiaQkzr
Uri Tuchman - hilarious dude always making weird projects, lots of small scale metal work, engraving, lathes, hand tools etc https://t.co/YMxIyr89qr
Adam Neely - skilled musician who takes pleasure in explaining lots of obscure musical theory and music history in very entertaining ways https://t.co/MlzDljO7ze
James Bruton - king of the nerds, builds robots with a lot of 3d printing, Arduinos and open source control software https://t.co/OmLnBz1Ewb
Nik Rijavec - singlehandedly building a beautiful big log cabin in Slovenia https://t.co/msqCqU507y
Tim Hunkin - one of the greats, especially his recent series "Secret Life of Components", a comprehensive& entertaining download of just about everything he's learned as a DIY inventor/engineer/workshop dude over many decades https://t.co/WpMfHWAWwp
This Old Tony - he documents everything about how to create high precision machining in a home workshop standards. good weird sense of humour and unique video production style https://t.co/bwgBSKBazR
oh of course I should add Acorn to Arabella. these dudes are building a wooden boat completely from scratch, including milling the lumber another extremely valuable archive of traditional knowledge https://t.co/nRL61bvIBR
new discovery today, Sawyer Design: sweet stylish nerd does beautiful woodworking & beautiful videomaking https://t.co/9B0nbug7qR
another sweetheart, Wesley Kagan reverse-engineers Formula One automative tech and makes open source modules for everyone to learn from https://t.co/8Wq1I1OXeK
AvE: this one is interesting partly because he teaches you about how modern products are manufactured, but also because he's the politically incorrect uncle from the countryside who wants to teach you how to live right https://t.co/ozC7mvVeBz
Ron Covell is the Bob Ross of sheet metal https://t.co/0Hraqxl1Gb
Chris Staeker explains analog computers & geometric calculating devices etc. extremely dry humour too https://t.co/SiNonVx4sc
oh my gosh gorgeous documentary series from the 80s about traditional Irish craft skills like saddle making & pottery & farming 😍 https://t.co/Va1PjH593j
The Post Apocalyptic Inventor teaches you how to fix things while gently reminding you about the impending collapse of modern society https://t.co/UsN4nJbPuH
Benn Jordan makes fascinating videos about sound (like what does the world sound like to a bat?) and about sound/music production https://t.co/Ghtk5aKJDr
Axel from amazingDIYprojects is a mad scientist but Swedish, so always totally calm while explaining his completely unique flying machines and such I've learned so much about aerodynamics from watching his videos https://t.co/VmmUPp631W
rctestflight is funny & relaxed, making model boats & planes while causally breaking new ground with genuinely impressive inventions (infinite range autonomous solar powered tug boat for example) https://t.co/fwr1VKK04k
here's another hobbyist pushing the frontiers of aeronautics & robotics. Think Flight makes long range autonomous vehicles and he's working towards a commercially viable electric passenger plane https://t.co/kF0IKrGHUB
Marty Y - the ideal Kiwi bloke, hillbilly engineer, can fix anything with anything. off grid living, micro hydro, repairing old tractor & digger engines, etc lots of longform content where he takes you thru his troubleshooting & repair process https://t.co/DZO5KhBe6N
skyentific: another super nice one, such a happy brilliant dude excited to share his open source cheap 3d printed DIY robotics https://t.co/RYWocI7mP5
Martijn Doolaard: exceptional cinematography, slow, immersive, beautiful documentation of his solo project to make a home from two old stone cabins in the Italian Alps https://t.co/T6RYZ8myWg
Way Out West - Workshop Stuff, DIY projects from a low tech farm in Ireland. eg they've built a small railway for moving materials thru their property pleasingly janky, while constantly producing ingenius new tools & machines https://t.co/FDAc79kM2j
different from the rest of this list, Ben Levin is my current favourite youtuber. he teaches music, but really he teaches creativity, endless good advice & demonstrations for how to get unstuck and into flow I love him https://t.co/89aG1tW90m
omg this guy rules! Christopher Helmke builds machines for cottage-industry scale manufacturing, mostly using 3d printing/laser cutting and extremely smart design https://t.co/UqzxTab68R
Robert Murray-Smith, marvelous manic mad scientist inventor making all kinds of generators and gadgets and experiments. all about empowerment thru low cost DIY knowledge sharing https://t.co/ObSjiQnI6F
Mossy Earth do land regeneration and biodiversity projects with lush short documentaries to share progress reports and recruit small donations from many members. very cool https://t.co/SGByY2DwpZ
Turismo makes thorough documentaries to introduce you to niche music genres. I can feel my musical taste expanding again 💓 https://t.co/tKTrohXAYa
@dominictarr is my friend from New Zealand, his youtube channel is mostly about low-tech / low-budget solutions for building & repairing small sail boats my favourite thing is his extreme resourcefulness https://t.co/b4GGeAHK3i