I Bought A Geodesic Space Dome!
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- Опубликовано: 13 сен 2024
- This fall I went up to Ontario, Canada, to pick up an 18ft diameter geodesic dome! This was at a former NATO satellite facility near the Diefenbunker, outside Ottawa. (The big white dome on top of the building is still in use, so we just got a smaller one :-)
We're planning to install this at Sandland for use as a radio observatory and general cool looking lawn ornament, probably in the upper field near the fast food playland that we picked up previously.
Huge thanks to Marcus Leech and the Canadian Center for Experimental Radio Astronomy (www.ccera.ca/) as well as CSS Building Inc (www.cssbuildin...) for hooking us up with this!
The CCERA is refurbishing the big satellite antenna at Carp into a radio telescope. I'll be doing a follow-up video with more info on the organization and their facility. They're all volunteers, and as with most science things, they can always use more funding! If you'd like to help CCERA with a donation, click here: gofund.me/29c8...
Parts of this video were filmed on location at the Diefenbunker: Canada's Cold War museum. I'll probably be doing another follow-up video on the bunker since it's so big and interesting! You can find more about it here: diefenbunker.ca/
Thanks also to @SimpleElectronics and Tim Skinner (timpossible.ph...) for helping out with this project!
Stay tuned for more videos about this project, coming soon!
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I see you got the authentic Canadian tire experience. Cant wait to see you build the dome.
Aka crappy tire
i am Canadian and its well known here that if you ever got something to return, may god be with you, because you gonna need it!
yeah thats about how all of em are aside from like melfort, saskatchewan
only Canadian tire i've had good quality products from
Please do a dedicated bunker video!! Would be so cool!
How about a collaborative bunker build with Colin Furze?
These videos are getting better every time - the channel progress is amazing!
Gabe, ‘My brain is basically Mountain Dew flavored mush at this point’ is my all-time favorite line from any of your videos. It could also read as my current status across a variety of platforms and devices.
Off topic, but I LOVE that drink! It's about the only fizzy juice drink left in the UK still full of "natural" sugar since the sugar tax was introduced here in about 2018. Not only does that mean it tastes better (to combat this "sugar tax", drink makers decided to reduce the regular sugars and then mix with roughly the same sorts of aspartame/Neutrasweet chemicals as in diet/no-sugar drinks. This means they don't taste as nice as they did pre-2018!), but it's also useful for diabetics when we need a REALLY sugary drink to brink us back from low blood sugars.
Can't believe you were in my back yard and didn't even know you were here!
Wish I would have known. Could have helped you with the hardware issues.
Sorry! I kept it a little on the down-low aside from a few people I knew in the area.
2024 - The year that saveitforparts picked up a decommissioned Nuclear Submarine.
I mean you can't say no to that. Just think of the escape room that would be.
@@Xsiondumore like a decommissioned diesel-electric sub that needs a crankshaft.
@@jamesscott1932the best will it run on the Internet. Lol
@@jamesscott1932the uhaul trip from halifax will be epic 🥳
....and then launched a satellite with an old Polaris missile..
Looks like a perfect
addition to your above ground laire....
You're my chill and relax channel.
Very cool to see you were in the neighborhood! The escape room at the bunker actually goes on in areas that are actively used by the museum, just after hours (unless they changed it recently). I'd recommend people try it out as its quite a fun one. Having gone through the museum a couple of times, it really is one of a kind and worth sharing in a video. It's a pretty well kept secret in the national capital region! On certain days of the month, guys from the local ham radio club are there too.
Just remember to check to make sure you can still fit the dish parts inside BEFORE you finish putting the dome together! Would suck to have it all together and find out the pieces of the dish don't fit through the door!
A cool trick you should try once it's together is to lay down on the ground with your head exactly in the center of the dome and start playing low frequency tones like for meditation.
I had the opportunity to go inside a massive dome with an 85-foot parabolic inside. It was uncanny how fast that thing moved! One of the coolest things I've ever seen.
Your channel remains the most interesting on my subscriptions list for reasons like this!
EXITED!!!!! truly the content youtube was designed for.
Exactly: interesting places and things!
When you are awesome, your channel can’t help but be awesome as well.
Thats cool !!
I started watching this for your do-it-yourself train thingy, last year.
I had NOOO idea what I had gotten myself into with this channel.
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Thank you for taking us along for the ride.
No such thing as junk. Love the theme of this thing you doing. People don't realise how much potential is in the things being thrown away, unused, or considered worthless, just rusting away. I mean, to an extent, it's good for those who do understand it lol for less competition and much lower price.
You have a monorail car, a BK play place, AND a satelite dome?!
You are the coolest human being ever!
It's a group effort :-) Those aren't even the main point of the property, the owner just wants to dig tunnels so he lets us do other dumb things with the "useless" surface land!
"we should finish the projects we already have, like the Playland, before we bring in new projects. But that's just that's just not the Sandland way!" I know the feeling. Amazingly awesome the new projects however. Really cool and I too look forward to installing all of my listening and monitoring station systems.
I didn't hesitate a second to hit that subscribe button! Awesome content, sir! Thank you!
Appreciate how your brain works…a million creative projects poppin’ off all the time!
The problem is I have way more projects than time to actually do them!
I was out in Ottawa in July and saw the Diefenbunker. Highly recommend the guided tour... the guy that does it used to work in the bunker and he's full of stories.
Awesome! If we'd had more time we would have done that, but we wanted to save more daylight for driving.
Good route selection, 401 through Toronto is a nightmare, and the border agents at detroit are not as kind as at SSM. You drove through my town.
So cool. Excited for the follow up
Amazing
Seeing those BUDs makes me smile... they'll always have a special place in my heart (and maybe my wish list to find one again!)
LOL the rip at Canadian Tire was great, been in a few and I really don't know what to label them as lmao
As i cruise into my 7th decade on this planet, I can state categorically that Canadian Tire used to be MUCH better, but that changed about 10 years ago when a controlling interest was sold to a U.S. investment firm. I've been involved in a number of "hardware heavy" hobbies over the years, and Canadian Tire used to be one of the "go to" places. Now? It's more of a last resort. Very sad.
That is so cool!
Definitely does bounce the sound around with the echoes at 6:14
Cant wait to see you turn this into an airplane boat 😁
it just gets better and better
THE D O M E . In all seriousness you should definitely do a video/s on the radio observatory and the adjacent bunker, I'm honestly more impressed by the source than the dome itself.
Next week is a video on the big dome and the radio telescope project!
You do such cool stuff. I really enjoy your videos. You are great at explanting what you are doing so I get to lean new things about a tech field I have never experience. Thanks for all your hard work at making these videos.
That is a lot of work ahead just prepping a site to set the dome up ! Yes, I think there is at least 3 videos on that coming. Great find !
Great video!!! Can't wait for part 2, 3, 4, etc.
Great video...👍
Geodesic Domes are COOL.
the canadian tire rant is spot on. I've bought so many items that disappointed right away. Good place for dirt though.
I'm surprised he had trouble finding tools there - most stores have a large tool section right in the middle of the store, or at least used to... I have a large Maximum (or whatever the CTC brand is) socket set that's pretty good quality, but I haven't been to a Crappy Tire in a long time now as I'm not in Canada anymore. They do sell a ton of "as seen on TV" level crap though too
@@gorak9000really really depends on the location. A lot are just aging stock and understaffed 😂
TBH CT sells a lot of crap, lol.
Canadian Space Services..??😂 That just hits the ear weird. That’s pretty awesome that the head of the facility set you like that. Nice to see there are still decent humans in the world. You get all the cool toys!🎉. It’s pretty how you brought it home. I found a 10’ Parabolic satellite dish in Minnesota for basically $10. I wish I still had it in me to travel across the country to bring my fund home. Well done. I look forward to your video on that facility. With that kind of access, you’ll have one hell of a documentary.
While Canada is not the behemoth that USA is in space, they're no slouch. Don't forget the Canadarm.
@@mercster meant no disrespect… at all.
I sent a lovely message to Canadian Tyre about some of the basics of running a retail company. Surprised they didn't already know the basics but good to share knowledge.
(Dunno how they're structured now) Traditionally each Canadian Tire franchise was independently 'operated' but -forced- _expected_ to accept returns from any 'Canadian Tire' under pain of having their franchise revoked and the location reduced to rubble by the corporate overlord who retained ownership of the location.
It has caused years of ongoing problems for higher profile locations profits because less-accessible ones offload their defect/bad merchandise and refuse to take the returns. (edit:) CDN-Tire-Corp made it clear to the higher-profile locations that they'd be replaced if they didn't take the loss. There were grumblings about a class-action lawsuit in the news.
(And they did flatten the one nearest my house and left the lot vacant for years after a dispute over ownership continuity/'succession' - though that could also have been because they were reorganizing the territories.)
And yeah; I've bought a hilariously cheap toolset with a claw hammer from them "as-is" that had a warning label on the handle from the factory that very explicitly stated that it would break if I hit anything with it. When I tried to pry a nail with it, its handle splintered/peeled apart like opening a book. The laugh +100 pcs were worth the $7.50 .
Since that third world war everything has changed. Food, fuel, communications even the people. I keep getting a signal from I believe Wisconsin. The call sign is “ sandland.” They say there is water and food and life there. They say they are looking for survivors. I’m on the old highways making my way to ice age trail so I can get to sandland
So jealous! I remember going to see the Mitchell Park Domes as a kid and I've been fascinated with geodesic domes ever since.
What a sweet feel! And I love our guy in the tie-dye T-shirt!
What a great score and gift!
This channel always has a suprise up its sleeve
Well cool will be interesting seeing you erect this ray dome and your progress with it ,awesome video always wondered what these things were for ,thanks .
Effort well spent. Thanks for the vid!
My grand-father was an electrical engineer at the NORAD radar on Mount Apica, Quebec, Canada
There was an other one on Mount Ste-Marguerite, St-Sylvestre-de-Beauce...now called Mont Radar
The bunker is still there and you can rent it for events, its private now
Holy Crow! I've been in the Diefenbunker many many times. It's great to see you talking about it!
Thanks for everything with lots of love ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I'm very excited to see this progess. Awesome to see fellow nerds helping the channel out! Keep up the great work. Love to see it.
I can not wait for the upcoming content!
Love your channel, I’ve learned so much. Always enjoy your videos. Everything is well presented. Look forward to see what you do with the dome!
I've heard he is gonna chrome it
Man.. since I found your channel, I'm still constantly bemused how everything you do is the exact cool shit I want to do some day.. Love it. :) Keep on keepin on my broski from another landski.. :D
You get all the cool stuff and I would love to see more on the bunker.
Great video. Can't wait to see you put the dome together!
As a former Minnesotan and super into the stuff on your videos and former sandland peeps...basic my wife and I love these and want to visit since we're not too far away. An observatory would rock!
The border guy clearly wanted to know who your Geodesic Space Dome guy was!!
I am really enjoying your content, sir! Keep up the great work!
"Today. We're picking up a geodesic dome!" I had waited a long for hear that!
This was a fantastic video!
Congratulations, you've reached Peak Gabe.
Wow that was quite a tour and trip! As a Seattle resident, I am enamored by your Monorail at Sandland. Looking forward to seeing the dome resurrected!
The Seattle monorail is fun, I've gone into town just to ride it on long SEATAC layovers 😂
What a wonderful addition! Good for you! 🎉🎉🎉
I can't wait to see this thing in action, good find! Im studying cisco networking, this would be a great edition to my lab. All virtual machines and a giant telescope lol
telescope, I ment satelite dish lol. you know what I meant to say
Hi Gabe, This is your most amazing video to date! Looks like you got a nice big C-band antenna too. I can't wait to see what you do with that Geodesic Radom, I know it'll be cool. As for Canadian Tire you had me ROTFLMAO! Here is Canada we call that place Crappy Tire and you know why LOL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yep, a couple C-band dishes actually! One even has a giant smiley face painted on it, and has apparently been on the news in Ottawa 😂
@@saveitforparts Sent you an email. I think I found the smiley face satellite dish. 🙂📡
ah dang i was hoping to see the dome up-gives me something to look forward to thanks for sharing.
Channel is surely growing. Great projects
The backyard is so pretty! Full of colors! 11:44
So jelly!
You can buy pallet racks super cheap.
Just assemble a cube and weld it up!
You can put your Dome on top, you'll never have to worry about snow!
The reverb really changed when you got in front of that dish.
So what's next, Doppler?🤞
This guys chop game is on another planet
The dude at the border was like "why was it so cheap?" like he's some connoisseur of geodesic domes and know how much they should cost.
I think he was just jealous, he probably wanted one at home but couldn't afford to buy it new 😂
that looks like fun to put together, kind of like a huge erector set. awesome find
I've been up inside a few weather service WSR-88D radomes and it's always neat. The sound does get weird!
8:32 Did you know? Every room that can be locked is an escape room if you try hard enough!
yea i was a bit confused, like isn't the whole thing a bunker? i thought it was creepy, but they probably just use it for storage. or maybe someone bought part of it and lives there?
this video is awesome, you are a great story teller and editor
indeed very cool content and idea with the dome!
this is so fricken cool!! Cant wait to see what you do with this!
Can't wait for the additional trip videos. This is so exciting!
I think it's pretty neat to imagine you travelling home in a U-Haul with this, and you passing through just a couple hours south of me too (north of the Sault). However, I don't envy the long-haul trip in that cabin. I did that recently over a ~2500KM drive and I NEVER, EVER, want to do that again, especially with three people and a lack of cruse control.
Also, my Canadian Tire, while low-end for my community, saves me from having to drive down to the Sault most times so it's good for something 😋
Great video! Keep up the editing, its getting better and better!
Thanks! I kind of enjoy the editing part, and trying out new tricks.
Dopeeeeeeeee, bro you dont even know my career path may change into radios and such directly because of you
My "career" was never very focused or directed, and most of the stuff on my channel is just my random hobbies!
On the globe you showed there was one little ray dome you showed in ireland, i saw that one in real life! (I think it was a ray dome for sure but i cant be sure if its time same one on the map)
Hope I can move back home to Minnesota soon... it's so beautiful
I'm glad you got to at least experience the joys of Canadian Tire while you were here. You've pretty much summed up every Canadians experience within that 10-second clip.
I bought a nearly new, original iMac inflatable, that was made for a trade show. It was 10' tall inflated, but only survived for one summer. The packing crate was great.
Ha, that's awesome!
Wow! and a nice dish too
I love your channel sooo much!
Everything you do is so interesting :D
I did not know about the monorail, thats really cool.
Wow this is exciting!
There is a inflated geodesic dome station in southern Germany, the Raisting transmitter facility. The dome there has a 49m diameter. I should consider visiting it in the near future, since it is open to public by now.
So cool man, I love your channel.
Those were very interesting insights, thank you for showing. Now I'm really looking forward to the new project.
man, your videos are awesome
I would love to see videos of both the bunker and satellite array. Great stuff!
This is the best buy ever....😊👍👍
The best move for those awful uhaul trucks is to bring some earplugs, then just crank the music way up so you can hear it through the earplugs. They don't distort the music too much but they do a great job of damping the road noise.
So cool stepping your game up!!! Can't wait to see what you do with it!!!
Being talked into taking an extra U-haul trailer from Canada to the US sounds like something that would happen to me.
Great vid and video tour of the space astronomy center !!!
I'll have a longer tour of the astronomy outfit next week! And probably one of the Diefenbunker soon!