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Building useless machines

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Lesson 1

Explaining an unusual job

when people ask me what i do i kind of sigh because it's like oh god how do i explain this i found the easiest myth is to say i make these machines you know like a ball rolls an...

Language: enDuration: 2 min

Lesson 2

Discovering a creative passion

my parents smile and that's kind of what spurred me on to keep making elaborate devices i lost interest for a good few years while i was a teenager but when i was 22 i discovere...

Language: enDuration: 2 min

Lesson 3

Building through trial and error

slides that were five stories high and it was a machine that slid me into bed it usually takes one to three months to build a machine it's a lot of trial and error and it's lear...

Language: enDuration: 2 min

Lesson 4

Finding unexpected solutions

they discovered this amazing thing where if you put butter on a strip of metal with a candle under it it'll slide down really slowly in this kind of crazy way that ended up bein...

Language: enDuration: 2 min

Lesson 5

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Full video: This Man Is a Professional Useless Machine Builder

Language: en

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