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  • What niche or unusual Youtube channels do you subscribe to?
  • jimjam
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    Apart from the fairly common (I imagine) cars/bikes/tech/music/movies channels I subscribe to I really enjoy a channel called Scholagladiatoria which despite sounding a bit like something for people who like movies about gladiators, is mainly about medieval to Victorian era swords and fencing.

    I have no real interest in HEMA but host Matt Easton is a world of knowledge and enthusiastic, and seems to be politely, yet firmly combating ignorance and nonsense online (on the subject of swords at least).

    Does anyone else have any odd or niche channels they subscribe to?

    BoardinBob
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    Hilarious Russian guy plays with serious weapons: https://www.youtube.com/user/FPSRussia

    jimjam
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    Not even a real Russian Bob!

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    northernmatt
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    Frank Howarth – man makes things out of wood.

    Found this one yesterday which will please the tractor geeks no end. My 3yr old boy loved it.

    TheBrick
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    turnwrightmachineworkes – machining. long videos but you learn a lot
    arduinoversusevil – machinging, hydraulics, electonics, tare downs, quite funny
    applied science – sicence hacks, engineering hacks, built his own electon microscope
    matthias wandel – wood working with an engineering aproach,
    EEV blog – electronic engineering
    photonicinduction – blowign things up with high voltage.
    mikeselectricalstuff – electonic engineering rippign apart x ray machines. Super smart guy

    TheBrick
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    forgot jimmyderiesta – making loads of stuff. You see teh full process because it is sped up.
    weldingtipandtricks – has improved my welding. it has gone from usless, to slightly better than usless, but at least I know what it wrong with it now!

    Stoner
    Free Member

    Meades Shrine

    One of my heroes, and the only place you can watch most of his back catalogue save for a handful of episodes available on a DVD. Whoever runs Meades Shrine channel is a legend for getting hold of recordings and curating them.

    lunge
    Full Member

    Noted, not as I have anything to add bar Global Cycling Network (which is very good) but because I know there will be interesting stuff here.

    GrahamS
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    TheBrick: you appear to be me!

    I watch all those guys. AvE is particularly funny. The guy is clearly incredibly clever yet very down to earth and has a wicked sense of humour.

    If you like them you may also enjoy
    Matthias Wandel – woodworker but a much more precision engineering approach to it
    Izzy Swan – another woodworker but very practical
    afrotechmods – electronics and magic smoke liberation
    The Ben Heck Show – lots of electronics and making

    Also see I Like To Make Stuff, Make, DIY Perks, Steve Ramsey

    Edit: just spotted you already had Matthias on your list. Told you, you are me!

    Freester
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    Tractorspotter

    Some guy who lives in Holland or Belgium who films a lot of tractors and other agricultural machinery. If you can plant it or harvest it those craaaazy dutchmen have a machine that can do it.

    My 4 year old loves the channel.

    surroundedbyhills
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    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC–MxpGXJ3LVD8KvlNzRlcA

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    househusband
    Free Member

    Frank Howarth + 1

    Jimmy Diresta + 1 (Can’t believe he still has all his fingers…)

    Mike Waldt (woodturner)

    andytherocketeer
    Full Member

    unusual? none that I can think of.

    niche?
    well apart from GCN and GMBN, it would be HAK5, Ben Heck Show (very occasionally), Flite Test, Photonicinduction (ace if you like bloiwing stuff up with kilovolts), but surprisingly no rocketry channels.

    onewheelgood
    Full Member

    Stoner – thank you so much for that!

    In return may I offer Project Binky?

    Stoner
    Free Member

    nice one, Im going to enjoy binky!

    TheBrick
    Free Member

    @Grahams. Ha! You here them all mention each other chanels a lot. I think its a common geek subsciption list. I think I’m subscribed to most of the others you mention too but they are lower down my list. I’m subed not to Steve Ramsey though, his constant chuckle make me mad.

    GrahamS
    Full Member

    I like Steve Ramsey because they are projects that I could realistically attempt with my limited skills and lack of huge workshop with ten different saws, routers and lathes.

    But yeah, I think his channel has gone downhill a little as it became more commercial and forced.
    His older videos (back when he still has a beard) are better IMO, if a bit less professional.

    jambalaya
    Free Member

    ViceNews
    US Central Command
    singlespeedstu2 😉

    DezB
    Free Member

    A music reviewer called TheNeedleDrop … don’t watch it anymore though cos he started to get on my wick.

    beanum
    Full Member

    Project Binky is excellent! Thanks onewheelgood…

    jambalaya
    Free Member

    Binky – liking that …

    GrahamS
    Full Member

    Some others from my long list of subs.

    Science/maths/computer stuff:
    Numberphile, Computerphile
    Veritasium, 2Veritasium
    Vsauce, Vsauce2
    Sixty Symbols
    minutephysics
    SmarterEveryDay

    General Entertainment:
    FailArmy – always has the best fail vids
    Casey Neistat – dude
    Tested – gadgets and geekery
    Tom Scott – lots of interesting stuff
    Live Prude Girls (sadly stopped now but watch if you like hilarious really uncomfortable interviews)

    cbike
    Free Member

    AgentJz, Bigclive, and Periodic videos.

    andytherocketeer
    Full Member

    think I’ve watched every single numberphile and periodic videos in a massive youtube session. watched most/many computerphiles.

    the klein bottle vids that just came out over the last few days are brilliant.

    also subbed to Motherboard, but that’s mainly cos I feature in one of their vids.

    esselgruntfuttock
    Free Member

    I never knew there was such a thing as a ten furrow reversable plough!

    yunki
    Free Member

    The TED talks are pretty good and I also subscribe to STOMPDOWN which is an illegal graffiti channel

    MrSmith
    Free Member

    [video]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-RW4uGS88i8[/video]

    chewkw
    Free Member

    Japanese traditional samurai movie stuff … 😀

    Something like this …

    [video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUOAgzMggMM[/video]

    Or by this company …

    [video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sy4WWodxpZI[/video]

    spooky_b329
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    Ave is great to watch, whatever he says it’s either clever or amusing.

    SV Seeker for some mad origami boat building.

    Colin Furze for general craziness… Wall of death is a highlight.

    Waterprioryestate for some large scale tractor/farming.

    And of course,
    SimonsCat

    mikey-simmo
    Free Member

    Do enjoy project binky too, lucky engineering or complete madness with talent.
    I like other stuff
    Hasta Alaska driving a amped van from South America to guess where.
    Another where an American is building a huge boat in his back yard out of folder steel sheet. It’s massive engineering and possible not going to fantastically seaworthy at the end but he does love welding.
    Other stuff is more game and work related stuff.

    steveoath
    Free Member

    Grant Thompson – king of random
    Knobs – guitar pedal review

    pirahna
    Free Member

    Roadkill – this is what Top Gear road trips should be.

    Whiskey, women and weed.

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