Engineering on Phil Wheat

2 Much ColinFurze

Sat, 17 Oct 2026 11:49:00 -0500

Does a lot of the kinds of press stunts the Lab was known for. He does it well.

Colin Furze’s second channel, home to the extra and secret-tunnel content that doesn’t fit the main channel — most recently the long-running “Secret Garage Update” series documenting the build-out of his new workshop (car lift, roof, seven-month progress reports). If the main channel is the finished invention, this is the chaos around it.

Applied Science

Sat, 17 Oct 2026 11:42:00 -0500

Just some good “how does this stuff work” videos

Ben Krasnow’s long-running channel of interesting applications of science and technology, built in a home shop: a working electron microscope, X-ray backscatter, homemade aerogel, electromechanical systems, chemistry, and electronics. Recent uploads include a sodium-water reactor that draws electricity to prevent its own explosion (in theory) and insect imaging with an electron microscope plus femtosecond laser. The gold standard for “how does this stuff work.”

Carl Bugeja

Sat, 17 Oct 2026 11:37:00 -0500

Some great details on doing hardware. Seems on hiatus.

An engineer inventing new things with electronics — miniature motor builds that survive 1.6 billion spins, a 360° controller smaller than a penny, a mini Vegas sphere, and robot builds shown with real design detail. The most recent upload is about three months old, so the hiatus read looks right. The back catalogue is a good source of hardware-engineering process, not just results.

colinfurze

Sat, 17 Oct 2026 11:32:00 -0500

Colin’s main channel. Fun, weird projects.

The home of crazy inventions, world records, and constant disregard for health and safety: magnet-suspension skateboards and bikes, a Back to the Future-style pickup, secret tunnels, and a garage build currently in progress. 808K subscribers on the main channel (the second channel covers the garage saga). Recent uploads have been slower while the new workshop gets built — the back catalogue is one long run of “why does this exist, it’s brilliant.”

Fran Blanche

Sat, 17 Oct 2026 10:45:00 -0500

Fran is a long time retro-hardware person, can be opinionated, finds super interesting items and shows them off.

Fran Blanche — pedal designer, engineer, artist, musician, SMIEEE, and self-described full-time goofball — makes stuff: electronics repairs and builds, guitar pedal work, 3D printing, and a near-daily vlog cadence that mixes project work with tech news (“Mini Black Holes, Nukes On The Moon, Bus Batteries Go Bust, And More!”). 298K subscribers, multiple uploads a week. The long-running follow-up to ElectroBOOM-adjacent repair content with a distinctly personal voice.