Man, can't believe I missed this one. Finding a TOT vid you haven't seen is like diggin a crumpled up 20 that got washed in some jeans you used to be to fat to wear.
Albion Laster Tony's Wife didn't call.... The conversation would have gone something like this.... Tony: "Honey I found a satellite dish, it would be perfect for showing the kids how parabolic dishes can focus light" Wife: "If you bring home one more piece of trash I am chaining you to the Oxy bottle".... (sound of slamming phone)
Your daughter's expression when trying coffee tell's it all. She will probably remember building parabolic mirror with dad and first coffee for the rest of her life. What a great memory.
I've watched this video at least half a dozen times, and the amount of science & math (no matter how half-assed) mixed with family wholesomeness brightens even my worst days. Thank you, Tony.
"She won't be tryign coffee again till she's at least 30" Tony, that had my rolling! I love love LOVE your humour, that's superb, thank you man! :D It's so awesome seeing makers get their kids involved and interested. I'm seeing that more and more :D
Excellent suggestion if I may say so. We've all seen Mythbusters and various other programs about focussing the suns rays with a mirror/parabolic dishes etc., but I agree with the presenter, I've NEVER seen wood combust that quickly. Amazing. Regards Mark in the UK
Had not seen this one till tonight, really enjoy your videos. Your daughter is 100% adorable. Enjoy, the time, as I can see you are !!! mine is already grew up and gone !!! The very best of years in a lifetime. Doug...
I could watch your videos all day you can make any subject interesting and always a chuckle or two. One of my favorite RUclips channels. Thank you for taking the time to share your wisdom. Guy
Boy it doesn't take much to make wonderful memories, your kids will remember stuff like this forever, and they will always be in your corner for you. Congrats, I enjoyed this very much, black no cream no sugar , thank you.
That was beautiful. Teaching your kids practically like that means life time memories for them. You were superman in that moment. I know, I am two years late...
Nice... Your an amazing father, love your humor, and very educational videos... I'm new to milling and turning but after completing 60 hours of machine technology in adult nite classes I think I found my new calling in life.
ruclips.net/video/vJIzkIc_wIU/видео.html He looks exactly like I imagined, not that it matters. The hands view works best, you can't mill with your face, at least I hope not.
You are a great dad, your kids are super lucky. My wife is cooking our first right now, just found out its a girl, i cant wait to do projects with her,
The satellites that keep a fixed position are also "geostationary", which is a subset of geosynchronous. There are some really cool geosynchronous orbits that aren't geostationary. Anyway, your videos are awesome! I can only imagine if you built a telescope mount.
This is great! Reminds me of when I made one for high school freshman science class. I used radial foam core board parabolas supporting a thin cardboard wedges. Not very big but managed to pop popcorn in a tuna can.
Great project with your kids. Years ago Radio Shack in the states sold a small parabolic reflector for lighting cigarettes. Also on the size of the dishes getting smaller that also has to do with the increase in transmitting power of satellites.
Man, this is parenting done right! :) Thank you for putting up these great videos! :) Also I've been subscribed for a while now and wanted to let you know, I use your videos as reference for accuracy and understanding the concepts!
The sooner kids get real-world science fun (knowledge) the better, and boy have you got plenty to interest them. More kids should have science experiment fun time. Good on you.
Reasonably one of the more adorable and off-norm videos on your channel. Loved it. I like the other videos too, this one just happens to be a very nice contrast to your normal content. :D
I tell you This old Tony, seeing that you posted a video is the highlight of my day sometimes. I work on the road building hydrocarbon facility's and really want nothing more than to have a good shop like you and grow old fishing. You keep me reminded of what my 70 hr work weeks are getting me. even though I am still chasing the carrot, the stick is getting shorter. thanks for your time and effort :)
I remember discovering coffee when i was about 7 or 8 years old. We had guests at the house. Me and my sister had left the table. Eventually, my parents coffee had gone cold... instead of walking to the sink, they poured it into my empty coke glass... at 22, i still don't drink coffee
When my daughter asked to try coffee my wife asked what I thought. I assumed that, like most kids, she would try it, spew it and that would be the last I would hear of it for years. What I hadn't counted on was the fact that my wife's coffee is basically a milkshake with a dash of espresso in it. I said yes, and now she's hooked. Dad fail.
I once worked, as an Engineer, on a project evaluating various solar heated and cookery homes and buildings and buildings. With data to back it up. First, the so-called "solar constant" is not constant. It depends on your latitude. Good luck with solar cooking in McMurdo Sound in the Antarctic Winter. Here in Alaska it is more like 250 W/M^2 in summer and zero In the in the winter. On the other hand in Hawaii it could be a winner. Our prize site was a Chinese laundry somewhere in Oahu -- almost 100% solar fraction. And solar does not scale. Because it goes by W/M^2, or BTU/ft^2 if you prefer, you need an enormous amount of ft^2. Still, as a science project, excellent stuff. And a very good use for a discarded TV antenna.
I did the same thing with my daughter and she spit hers out too. Lol. I love your channel and have learned so much from your videos! Thank you for all your hard work! I've been watching for a while now and have always meant to comment. Love the jokes and subtle references. Also, has anyone ever told you, your voice sounds like Alan Alda? Keep up the great work!
Well done video. I've seen that done with the large k band satellite dishes and they can melt metal. In a couple years, you can teacher your daughter how to make the tracking assembly.
Metals especially shiny ones are very reflective to thermal energy. A highly emissive pant like a matte back or even wrapped in electrical tape around the pot would speed up the process a lot
That's way cool. I've been wanting to do this forever. I've got one dish saved for this very purpose. Mine is aluminium dish, so I'll try to polish it.
My dad tried that coffee trick on me when I was eight. Loved it, and started drinking it regularly. I couldn't drink too much though, it would make me sleepy. Turns out I have ADHD.
Did you see NightHawInLight's version of making a parabolic mirror? He used a mylar space blanket for his reflective surface - Would love to see you try to improve on that since you've got an actual parabolic surface.
I would LOVE to have a dish that size! I think I would strip the paint off and polish the metal and then shoot clear coat on it. BTW: this is my latest favorite channel...and I don't even know how to run a lathe or a mill!
TV sats are not geosynchronous. They are geostationary, they go with the wobble of the earth to have a fixed point in space. Geosynchronous sats have a 24 hour 'period' (the time it takes to make a full rotation around the earth), however they make more of a figure 8 pattern. That's why some recievers have motors to follow them along the figure 8 pattern. I just got done teaching a class about this last week. Nerd rant over. Awesome project! Sincerely, A Space Nerd
SpaceNerd - better double check your lecture notes. Geostationary is a special case of geosynchronous. A geosynchronous orbit is merely synchronized in some way with the rotation of the earth, so it can be tilted and/or elliptical, as long as the period is 24 hours (or even an integer fraction thereof). When a geosynchronous orbit has zero inclination and zero eccentricity, it's geostationary.
That was super fun! I have an old 8-10 foot satellite dish made of aluminum mesh taken apart by the house I want to do some experiments with. Dan Rohos and his wife over at GreenPowerScience do some pretty cool experiments with dishes. Anyways thanks for sharing with us your fun. Best Wishes n Blessings. Keith Noneya
Geosyncronous orbit is named Clarke orbit after Arthur C. Clarke, who published a paper on it in _Wireless World_ some time after the Second World War.
🤔 So now you made me wonder... Would a dish that big, allow for an emergency (mylar kind) blanket to be "bonded" to the dish surface, (to make it seamless)? On some deployments we used a collapsing box that was very, very similar in results; and easy to repair after "sudden sand storms" just a thougt.
When we were kids my friends and I "found" a few "old" dishes and did something similar with contact adhesive spray and heavy tin foil with the idea of making long distance solar communication devices... we divided into three groups of three to five of us lil bastards and took our inventions and hiked to the tops of of the opposing mountains that make the valley our lil town lives in... we got to our opposing cliffs and hung them in trees to start signaling and it's was great buuut we didn't have a signalling code so we left our lil inventions hanging and ran down into town to come up with a "signal code" we did but it it was getting dark and we all had to go home... the next day we planned to go and play with them but it was cloudy and rainy for a few days and pretty much forgot all about them and found something else to do.... The following week was a very very bad week for our town it was sunny clear and in the 90s and put 2 and 2 together and we ended up.with 3 sun lasers that caused random infernos all over town it was scary sad and stupid there was a huge manhunt for the "village arson" until our lil inventions were found after pure havoc and damage was caused, we owned up to it took our parental beatings and did our community service and helped build new fences, barns, garages and one church (which we had to mow ) until we turned 21. but good news nobody hurt no homes lost and we didn't get in serious trouble. Bottom line if your lil bastards wanna stay out a lil longer it may be a good idea to let them who knows what they were up to, it just might save the town
This is entertaining, but nonsense. The solar energy from a dish is focused into a cone, with the hot spot just a few feet from the dish, where the feedhorn usually is (like Tony's coffee pot). A few feet father away, it's dispersed into normal sunshine. You might start a brush fire near the dish, but no farther away than that. For solar communication, you'd be better off with flat mirrors, just for that reason. Parallel rays from the sun, reflected from a flat mirror, remain parallel, and would be visible for miles. See "heliograph" on Wikipedia.
Man, can't believe I missed this one. Finding a TOT vid you haven't seen is like diggin a crumpled up 20 that got washed in some jeans you used to be to fat to wear.
Thats exactly how i felt finding this in recommended under an old Ave video
I just had the same experience
Count me in
This is the first video I ever saw from tot and now I fall asleep to milling vidjayos
Or finding a Farside comic you haven’t seen
#1 reason I'm divorced? My wife never phoned and said excitedly that there was a satellite dish on the side of the road. Would it have killed her?
Right?! Any wife that would make that phone call is a keeper.
Albion Laster Tony's Wife didn't call.... The conversation would have gone something like this.... Tony: "Honey I found a satellite dish, it would be perfect for showing the kids how parabolic dishes can focus light" Wife: "If you bring home one more piece of trash I am chaining you to the Oxy bottle".... (sound of slamming phone)
Poncho likes bacon maybe, if you dropped it on her.
David Duffy: I'm sorry I can't multiple-like your comment!!! :-) That's exactly how it goes down.
I have it on good authority that a lack of communication really can kill a relationship.
You know who you are. 🤨
Your daughter's expression when trying coffee tell's it all. She will probably remember building parabolic mirror with dad and first coffee for the rest of her life. What a great memory.
Well it is super strong black coffee. I like it more diluted than that with milk and sugar.
I've watched this video at least half a dozen times, and the amount of science & math (no matter how half-assed) mixed with family wholesomeness brightens even my worst days. Thank you, Tony.
"She won't be tryign coffee again till she's at least 30"
Tony, that had my rolling! I love love LOVE your humour, that's superb, thank you man! :D
It's so awesome seeing makers get their kids involved and interested. I'm seeing that more and more :D
That's why you never mention cream and sugar.
Exactly :D Don't wanna make it easy for them hehehe :D
I was cured of coffee, cigarettes, and beer in exactly the same manner. Way to go Tony! :-)
Payback for the gum
EXACTLY! This is not a channel I'd usually be interested in, but he's so charming and funny that I had to subscribe.
Kids have a great dad. Nothings more respectable than a parent passing on knowledge to their little 'uns
That's pretty slick, Tony. Love your kid's reactions to the gum and coffee.
I love that he includes his kids in his projects. Shows what a great dad he is.
It works great. Didn't like coffe when i was a kid and tried it and never like it since or even tried again.
Cool project and well narrated! I need one to ignite charcoal!
No its hot project
thank god they don't like the good stuff when they are young, i never have to worry about my single malt or liquorice going missing
The only channel where, if I accidently find myself watching a video I've seen before, I don't stop watching :o)
The medium is the massage.
If you spray a mist of water near the focal point you may be able to see that focal point. like this guy: ruclips.net/video/z0_nuvPKIi8/видео.html
Excellent suggestion if I may say so. We've all seen Mythbusters and various other programs about focussing the suns rays with a mirror/parabolic dishes etc., but I agree with the presenter, I've NEVER seen wood combust that quickly. Amazing. Regards Mark in the UK
Had not seen this one till tonight, really enjoy your videos. Your daughter is 100% adorable. Enjoy, the time, as I can see you are !!! mine is already grew up and gone !!! The very best of years in a lifetime. Doug...
In some videos you're a fantastic teacher... but I prefer the ones where you're a kick-ass father.
What's the difference?
I could watch your videos all day you can make any subject interesting and always a chuckle or two. One of my favorite RUclips channels. Thank you for taking the time to share your wisdom. Guy
Boy it doesn't take much to make wonderful memories, your kids will remember stuff like this forever, and they will always be in your corner for you. Congrats, I enjoyed this very much, black no cream no sugar , thank you.
That was beautiful. Teaching your kids practically like that means life time memories for them. You were superman in that moment.
I know, I am two years late...
I'm still Superman! ;)
You have the most under-subscribed technical channel on RUclips. Great videos, thank you.
Thanks Brad!
Your absolutely right!
I totally agree! I've been thinking about this for the past weeks and I don't know understand why!
Just a reminder that his persistent effort has finally paid off
none of you seem to watch Fran Blanche ....
never mind Tony, i like you too 😉
Nice... Your an amazing father, love your humor, and very educational videos... I'm new to milling and turning but after completing 60 hours of machine technology in adult nite classes I think I found my new calling in life.
Famous kids, anonymous dad?
We demand seeing your face This Old Tony
It's already out there. Not really a secret if you've seen his older videos. Don't remember the one though.
ruclips.net/video/vJIzkIc_wIU/видео.html He looks exactly like I imagined, not that it matters. The hands view works best, you can't mill with your face, at least I hope not.
@@P0LYPRO I thought that's what a face mill is for
@@P0LYPRO Thanks for the link dude :)
The gum thing cracked me up haha
Next time, black the pot! (So it can call the kettle names...)
Kevin Kenny hahahahahaha
@@mattymcsplatty5440
kevin has a point. something black absorbs a lot more than something white does.
The good thing is you cannot set things on fire far from the focal point so your neighbors house is safe. Great kids and great project !
As the wise man once said:
"THE SUN IS A DEADLY LASER"
sounds like something a flat earther would say, and we al know they are nowhere near as wise as they pretend to be.
nice reference
Love the way you narrate these. You sir, should do this commercially. And your kids are awesome as it comes :)
You are a great dad, your kids are super lucky. My wife is cooking our first right now, just found out its a girl, i cant wait to do projects with her,
The satellites that keep a fixed position are also "geostationary", which is a subset of geosynchronous. There are some really cool geosynchronous orbits that aren't geostationary. Anyway, your videos are awesome! I can only imagine if you built a telescope mount.
you, sir, are one of those awesome dads that other kids are/will be jealous of!
This is great! Reminds me of when I made one for high school freshman science class. I used radial foam core board parabolas supporting a thin cardboard wedges. Not very big but managed to pop popcorn in a tuna can.
Nice! It's cool that the whole family is involved!
Of all the RUclips community, the least channel I expected to see here was BleepinJeep, and I love it.
So good. I just love your kids involvement. Thankyou That Old Tony. :-)
My dad tried the same "let him try black coffee so he won't want it ever again" thing with me and I loved it. Glad it didn't backfire on you though
Still love it 4 years later thank TOT from OZ.
Great project with your kids. Years ago Radio Shack in the states sold a small parabolic reflector for lighting cigarettes. Also on the size of the dishes getting smaller that also has to do with the increase in transmitting power of satellites.
You're not too far off in your calculations, for a 0 emissivity, 0 reflectivity, spherical pot in a vacuum.
Man, this is parenting done right! :) Thank you for putting up these great videos! :)
Also I've been subscribed for a while now and wanted to let you know, I use your videos as reference for accuracy and understanding the concepts!
Wow, I wish I had my old C band dish. I could weaponize that bad boy.
The sooner kids get real-world science fun (knowledge) the better, and boy have you got plenty to interest them. More kids should have science experiment fun time. Good on you.
I once had a phone call like that from my wife... then I woke up! :)
That's a sweet video, man. Your kids are adorable.
Man that's a strong introduction into coffee!
Reasonably one of the more adorable and off-norm videos on your channel. Loved it. I like the other videos too, this one just happens to be a very nice contrast to your normal content. :D
Awesome experiment, great outcome!
I tell you This old Tony, seeing that you posted a video is the highlight of my day sometimes. I work on the road building hydrocarbon facility's and really want nothing more than to have a good shop like you and grow old fishing. You keep me reminded of what my 70 hr work weeks are getting me. even though I am still chasing the carrot, the stick is getting shorter. thanks for your time and effort :)
Great comment!
I remember discovering coffee when i was about 7 or 8 years old. We had guests at the house. Me and my sister had left the table. Eventually, my parents coffee had gone cold... instead of walking to the sink, they poured it into my empty coke glass... at 22, i still don't drink coffee
When my daughter asked to try coffee my wife asked what I thought. I assumed that, like most kids, she would try it, spew it and that would be the last I would hear of it for years.
What I hadn't counted on was the fact that my wife's coffee is basically a milkshake with a dash of espresso in it. I said yes, and now she's hooked.
Dad fail.
You're a good man, Tony.
Man, you are a hit 10 points for parenting
I'm really happy that you shared this and that you involved your daughter in this experiment. =)
this was adorable. definitely want to do this with my kids.
May 2020. Has she tried coffee again yet. Love your videos. I assemble kubota tractors for my paychecks..
Great vid Tony. I'm really enjoying your channel!
WELL DONE !! (glad to hear MrsWife is still in your corner)
Ms. Old Tony thanks
Great storytelling and good video too!😊
I once worked, as an Engineer, on a project evaluating various solar heated and cookery homes and buildings and buildings. With data to back it up. First, the so-called "solar constant" is not constant. It depends on your latitude. Good luck with solar cooking in McMurdo Sound in the Antarctic Winter. Here in Alaska it is more like 250 W/M^2 in summer and zero In the in the winter. On the other hand in Hawaii it could be a winner. Our prize site was a Chinese laundry somewhere in Oahu -- almost 100% solar fraction. And solar does not scale. Because it goes by W/M^2, or BTU/ft^2 if you prefer, you need an enormous amount of ft^2. Still, as a science project, excellent stuff. And a very good use for a discarded TV antenna.
Awesome Dad! Blessed children! Lucky RUclips viewers!
Nice one!
Brad
Great video..... but the last 20 seconds was priceless 🤣
That coffee looked thick and flavourful.
I did the same thing with my daughter and she spit hers out too. Lol. I love your channel and have learned so much from your videos! Thank you for all your hard work! I've been watching for a while now and have always meant to comment. Love the jokes and subtle references. Also, has anyone ever told you, your voice sounds like Alan Alda? Keep up the great work!
Bonus dad points for this one. And I'm rather impressed at the efficiency here. Way better than trying to focus lenses.
Well done video. I've seen that done with the large k band satellite dishes and they can melt metal. In a couple years, you can teacher your daughter how to make the tracking assembly.
I dont think I could have imagunes that much power. Wow. BRB.
At least 30 before she likes coffee ?
I'm nearly twice that and still hate it. Lol
Amazing project. If I ever see a dish being thrown out, I'll grab it...
Metals especially shiny ones are very reflective to thermal energy. A highly emissive pant like a matte back or even wrapped in electrical tape around the pot would speed up the process a lot
As a regular victim of that bloody strong mint gum I knew exactly how your boy felt that moment why on earth do some people like them? 🤔🤗👍
5:45 ... top notch parenting right there
Great father/daughter time.
That's way cool. I've been wanting to do this forever. I've got one dish saved for this very purpose. Mine is aluminium dish, so I'll try to polish it.
My dad tried that coffee trick on me when I was eight. Loved it, and started drinking it regularly. I couldn't drink too much though, it would make me sleepy.
Turns out I have ADHD.
I enjoyed the story. Well done.
That coffee looked like used motor oil, just the way I like it!
It was coffe it was filtered through used cigarette butts
I just figured out why I like your sense of humor, so long, and thanks for all the fish.
Smart girl, good way to get a child's imagination rolling, nice gob.
Did you see NightHawInLight's version of making a parabolic mirror? He used a mylar space blanket for his reflective surface - Would love to see you try to improve on that since you've got an actual parabolic surface.
I would LOVE to have a dish that size! I think I would strip the paint off and polish the metal and then shoot clear coat on it.
BTW: this is my latest favorite channel...and I don't even know how to run a lathe or a mill!
Top vid.Enjoyed immensely!!!
Best Daddy of the year 👌🏻👍🏻
I think old tony saw this in "beyond the press" channel, and just he´s very own deathray ;)
Thanks btw for great videos :)
TV sats are not geosynchronous. They are geostationary, they go with the wobble of the earth to have a fixed point in space. Geosynchronous sats have a 24 hour 'period' (the time it takes to make a full rotation around the earth), however they make more of a figure 8 pattern. That's why some recievers have motors to follow them along the figure 8 pattern.
I just got done teaching a class about this last week. Nerd rant over. Awesome project!
Sincerely,
A Space Nerd
SpaceNerd - better double check your lecture notes. Geostationary is a special case of geosynchronous. A geosynchronous orbit is merely synchronized in some way with the rotation of the earth, so it can be tilted and/or elliptical, as long as the period is 24 hours (or even an integer fraction thereof). When a geosynchronous orbit has zero inclination and zero eccentricity, it's geostationary.
in italy is common to let taste a sip of coffe with milk is generally given to child starting from 1 or 2 years old.
"Thanks for watching" Thank YOU for posting ! A charming insight into being a proper Dad : ) Very much appreciated.
Thirty? She'll be drinking coffee like a pro freshman year, second semester.
You’re a great dad
Thank you just for share good times with information l like this videos cause of sense of humor pulse information
That was super fun! I have an old 8-10 foot satellite dish made of aluminum mesh taken apart by the house I want to do some experiments with. Dan Rohos and his wife over at GreenPowerScience do some pretty cool experiments with dishes. Anyways thanks for sharing with us your fun. Best Wishes n Blessings. Keith Noneya
Oh soooo cool!
I love all your videos!
BTW: somehow, the voice reminds me of MASH!!!
Guillermo Contreras yes I agree, Hawkeye I believe?
Awesome as usual!
You're the dad I want to become
Dude... you're just awesome
❤ Beautiful ..Thank you ❤
Geosyncronous orbit is named Clarke orbit after Arthur C. Clarke, who published a paper on it in _Wireless World_ some time after the Second World War.
🤔 So now you made me wonder...
Would a dish that big, allow for an emergency (mylar kind) blanket to be "bonded" to the dish surface, (to make it seamless)?
On some deployments we used a collapsing box that was very, very similar in results; and easy to repair after "sudden sand storms" just a thougt.
"Oh great God of Java, render unto me that dark elixir that awakens the spirit...HOLY CRAP what is that stuff!" Thumbs up.
When we were kids my friends and I "found" a few "old" dishes and did something similar with contact adhesive spray and heavy tin foil with the idea of making long distance solar communication devices... we divided into three groups of three to five of us lil bastards and took our inventions and hiked to the tops of of the opposing mountains that make the valley our lil town lives in... we got to our opposing cliffs and hung them in trees to start signaling and it's was great buuut we didn't have a signalling code so we left our lil inventions hanging and ran down into town to come up with a "signal code" we did but it it was getting dark and we all had to go home... the next day we planned to go and play with them but it was cloudy and rainy for a few days and pretty much forgot all about them and found something else to do.... The following week was a very very bad week for our town it was sunny clear and in the 90s and put 2 and 2 together and we ended up.with 3 sun lasers that caused random infernos all over town it was scary sad and stupid there was a huge manhunt for the "village arson" until our lil inventions were found after pure havoc and damage was caused, we owned up to it took our parental beatings and did our community service and helped build new fences, barns, garages and one church (which we had to mow ) until we turned 21. but good news nobody hurt no homes lost and we didn't get in serious trouble. Bottom line if your lil bastards wanna stay out a lil longer it may be a good idea to let them who knows what they were up to, it just might save the town
This is entertaining, but nonsense. The solar energy from a dish is focused into a cone, with the hot spot just a few feet from the dish, where the feedhorn usually is (like Tony's coffee pot). A few feet father away, it's dispersed into normal sunshine. You might start a brush fire near the dish, but no farther away than that.
For solar communication, you'd be better off with flat mirrors, just for that reason. Parallel rays from the sun, reflected from a flat mirror, remain parallel, and would be visible for miles. See "heliograph" on Wikipedia.
very cool! good fun with the kids :-)
Now that's what I call a really good coffee
If you apply black mate painting to the surface of object in focal zone you'll absorb more solar energy.
Poor Bob may he rest in peace......They still haven't got the smell out of the operations room at the powerstation
Painting the bottom part of the coffee cooker should work much better. I want a solar cooker, too!
Well done mate!