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This is a short but fun video and is well worth watching. There are about 10 or 12 tricks on the video, and they are almost all good. The presenter is obviously an experienced magician and showman. He reminded me a little of the "Harry" character on the old "Cheers" tv show. His demonstration and explanation for each trick is clear. The best thing about the video is that the tricks are easy enough so that a kid could learn them, but interesting enough so that adults would also want to learn and perform them. The only down side is that the video is only about 25 minutes long and I wished he had made it longer and included more tricks. Recommended.
I think this video would be useless to anyone unless they were not only an experienced machinist, but had already completed several rifle building projects and were just looking for more advanced tips or better procedures. The video quality is generally good, but there are no graphics, diagrams, or charts to emphasize any of the points. Holland is obviously an expert, but the pace of information is incredibly fast. Terms, tools, components, and procedures fly by with little or no explanation. Because of the very fast pace and general lack of explanation, this is more of a demonstration video, rather than instruction.
This is a pretty decent video. First, he shows you how to remove the slide for field stripping, which is almost all you would ever need to do. This is very easy on a Glock and takes about 3 seconds. In the rest of the video he shows you how to remove every pin, part, assembly and sub-assembly in the entire gun, and tells you the official name for every part. His instructions are clear and the video quality is excellent, even the closeups. I've never done this level of disassembly, but after watching this video I'd have the confidence to try.
Holland does a pretty good job of showing you how to perform a basic evaluation of rifles, shotguns, semi-auto pistols and revolvers. There is some repetition, and in some cases Holland does more disassembly of a rifle than most of us would try at a gun show. But the video quality is good and most of the information is useful.
Excellent video quality, clear explanations, tons of useful information. Both of these disks deal with a specific type of polymer clay that contains mica. The video shows you how to work the mica clay to create a variety of effects. There are two main projects: making a number of polymer beads/pendants, and using polymer clay to ornament a glass vase. Both projects are completely and clearly documented. What amazed me about this video is that A) the instructor's explanations are very easy to understand, and B) there is so much useful information on the disks. I am a polymer clay novice, but I had no trouble following along. As an example, not only does the instructor take you step by step through the process of making some amazing pendants, but he even goes step by step through every detail of his stringing technique so that you can create a finished piece of jewelry that is ready to sell or give as a gift.
Dan Harlan and his "I've never had sex" haircut demonstrates a bunch of bar tricks that would be amazing if you have access to a time machine so that you can perform them in a bar in the year 1880. You might also be able to succeed with these tricks if you were in a country that did not have cable television, TV, or electricity, although those countries tend not to have bars either. Patrons in modern American bars, however, are most likely to shoot you bored, incurious glances until the bartender tells you to get out or stop annoying people. In a crowded bar, you could use these tricks to get a seat, since after seeing a few of them most people will move to another part of the bar. You might possibly attract enough attention to be punched in the head by a drunk. On the plus side, Harlan does a good job of explaining two "three card monty" routines, but they are hardly worth the rental price of the video.
Not bad. Good sound quality. OK video quality. Some useful closeups. Medium quality instruction. There are two projects: 1 gun holster and 1 knife sheath.
This video deals only with manipulating Kydex. There is almost no information about designing a holster or even where to place rivets to get appropriate tension. There are a few rough guidelines as he is sanding away parts of the holster, but that's it. There is no information about what Kydex is or its strengths, weaknesses, maintenance or durability. They mention Concealex but don't say why you would choose it over Kydex.
Most of the tools used are simple and would be in any well equipped home shop, except for the rivet press and "sheath making press", and you could probably rig alternatives for those. This video gives you enough information to get started molding Kydex sheaths and holsters. It looks pretty simple, but I suspect there would be a learning curve as you figure out how much of the holster/sheath you need to grind away and where to locate the rivets, especially on holsters.
Although the video quality is excellent, and Revere is a master smith, what I didn't like is how hard he makes this project seem. Making a bezel cup for a stone is one of the simplest projects in silversmithing. If you take a class, it's usually your first project because it's so easy. In this video he shows about $2,000 of equipment that most beginners don't need and won't want to splurge on. He actually uses a $300 micrometer to check his measurements! If this video had been my introduction to bezel cup making, I would have assumed that it was an advanced project that required lots of expensive specialty tools. That is a shame because, unless you are creating pendants for NASA, nothing could be further from the truth.
Fascinating to watch. It gives you a new appreciation for the incredible commitment prosthetic makeup requires from the pros, and even from C-grade actors. However, usually a "beginner's video" shows a project that is suitable for someone just getting started. The project in this video: make a full head prosthethis, requires 8 specialists, each of whom has years of experience. It's hard to see how this is a beginner's project, but OTOH, a beginner could probably pick up lots of good tips on tools and how to use them. One thing I did find truly lacking in this video was SAFETY. There is absolutely no mention of safe handling practices for the dozens of adhesives, solvents, molding compounds and release agents. For example, the artisans in the film use Krylon acrylic spray as a release agent. But those sprays often contain very toxic drying agents like Xylol. I did not see one person in the video wearing a resperator, or even a cheap dust mask. There was one scene where an artisan is almost surrounded by a fine cloud of dust from some molding compound, yet the importance of having good masks, dust collection, and ventilation in your shop is not mentioned even once. That is a bit worrisome.
This video answers the important question: what happens when you give potheads access to glass torches and video equipment? The Dichroic Alchemy company is in Eugene Oregon, so if you saw the movie "Homegrown" you'll know what to expect. At the beginning of the video, they define dichroic as: "That sparkly stuff that dreams are made of", which is the most you will ever learn about it. There is a fast list of tools, a fast demo of encasing dichroic, and a brief demo of adjusting a torch, which was actually pretty good. That's about 9 minutes. Other than that almost the entire video is just watching experts make stuff with no explanation for what they are doing. The section on cutting a dichroic sheet is both agonizing to listen to and hilarious. It is right out of the movie "Dazed and Confused"; pothead tries to make a coherent presentation while struggling to remember what the topic is.
From an instructional point, the video is almost useless. Experts may pick up some tips, but beginners won't get much from it.
