I so wish I could've met Grant before he passed. He was my biggest inspiration as well, I remember as a kid dropping all my schoolwork to watch anytime he posted a new video. I watched that video of you and him walking the shop and talking RUclips when it came out back in the day, trying to take notes for my channel. It's one of the great honors of my life to get to make videos for his channel today. He really was the KING - Jake
@Aussie_Man I thought they only did small things because the goal of the video was bones and it would take too long to do the 3d work to pull the bones out of the scan
I think Grant was the pioneer to every other creative maker style channels. I remember when i was like 10 i started watching his cool videos, the little poppers made from match sticks, the DIY hot wire styrofoam cutter, the little trashcan crucible etc etc. He inspired me to learn about stuff like that, still haven't gotten to the point where i can afford to make anything substantual but you know, one day. Grant walked so the rest of us could run.
This right here! I was about to reply with just Mark 1. But thinking how not paragliding seems to have affected you, sounds like something you need to do to honor Grant. Also the bow seems like a cool project to pretty up for a video.
21:09 was not expecting to cry today but uh yeah. this is what im voting for you guys to do; not only for the video but for closure for you i guess is how i would put it. to truly conquer that fear. TKOR was a huge inspiration for me as a kid, looking into learning how to engineer actually mainly because of grant and you guys. but i know that obvously cant just do that right now so in the mean time i think doing that hawkeye bow would be a fun project to redo. no matter what you guys choose im looking forward to it! platonic love keep up the good work!
When i first started watching i thought No brainer, iron man suit obviously But as you started talking about all these projects i could see the potential in all of them. But the thing that got me the most. As soon as you mentioned grants name i started tearing up, from the second i saw his smiling face, and how he called you not to collab, but to congratulate you on 1 million truly broke my heart. When you talked about how he was asking you to join him for para gliding and how you declined, i could instantly see, and feel your regret. James, what happened wasn’t your fault, we all wish we could be their for our loved ones or stop something terrible that happened (maybe I’m just misinterpreting that but based on the tears it seemed like the regret was based on not being able to stop what happened or not being there for him in his last moments before his unfortunate accident.) The iron man suit would be incredible and is probably what will win out. But honoring your friend and mentor. I think that should be the big project you focus on Rest in peace grant. Truly a one of a kind guy
That'S what makes me kinda sad. It's gonna be like the Minecraft mob vote. Everyone's gonna vote on the nobrainer iron man suit, bc it's the biggest and flashiest one. For me the actual nobrainer is the paragliding one. based on all the emotional connection James has to it, it shouldn't even have been a question. It should be definitely done besides wathever they decide to make out of the other projects.
Been watching since the beginning and always thought that you are one of those few key people meant to benefit humanity when I saw you were thinking about the pod racer I instantly said that’s what I’m commenting but once you explained the back story of the Hawkeye bow and how that was the project YOU wanted to do I realized how much I wanted to see you complete it so for that reason I think you should send it and make it the best it can be I hope you see this comment and it makes you’re day that much better PS: I’m a pilot and I understand your cautions but I think you should give it another go being able to fly is an experience unlike anything I’ve ever tried 🤙🏾🤙🏾
Hawkeye is an; "ONLY and ONLY if it stays James' project and he release it once he's satisfied." This is a project that helped his mental heath, it need to stay like this. Otherwise it risk strengthening his feeling that work projects take too much over passion ones. I actually think it could be nice to have smaller scale personal projects from time to time. The kind that were made for fun rather than work. With no set deadlines or business behind. Also if you're able to make the paragliding trip happen, DO IT! It might not be the kind of content I subbed for, but for Grant, I would watch. He was also one of my hero and his departure was painful. Outside of all that stuff, MARK 1 is my favourite regular pick
Yeah but I can't make weekly videos... if I made videos I just wanted to do, the business would have to shrink, it only survives off of views and weekly videos :(
Hawkeye. All of the ideas are great, but James, you've worked so hard to create a space for all these amazing minds to explore their ideas, it's important that you do that too. Also, even if the bow didn't end up being a product on the hacksmith store, it seems like it would be a build within reach of the average home maker that doesn't have the setup needed for some of the other ideas. It would be great to see how you did it and be able to replicate/ innovate the idea from home.
6:28 Lava 10:06 Hawkeye it doesn't matter if it takes longer it's the result that matters and if its crap than (i hope if the costs weren't to big) we can just laugh
My 3 picks are: - MK1 armour ( The type of Hacksmith project I signed up to watch! ) - Hawkeye ( Its close to being done, cheap? and a pet project ) - Paragliding ( Great homage and Vacation for the Hacksmith :P )
MARK 1 it could probably be a fully working one not just metal, it could use its well known flamethrowers, it could fly similar to your other iron man projects, could even make it really powerful possibly using pnuematic solenoids for muscles
@@SmokeyDeBear Adam savage put together a titanium iron man cosplay and used gravity's jet suit equipment to make it fly, it's not completely impossible
Hawkeye specifically for the fact that it's something YOU want to do! Don't put a deadline on that video, put your heart into it. Also Wakanda Forever and MARK 1!!!! This video felt like such a nice look back at the past of Hacksmith as well as the future. Tons of projects now constantly being worked on + expansions and new buildings
I do, but I don't have any freetime 😞 the channel has been really hurting this year, we can't make content fast enough, the team's already been shrunk down...
Am just saying, if you want to designing and make cool items maybe you should hire someone to edit and plan out videos that might save some time for you.
@@hacksmithyou could maybe try branching out a bit? I'm im not really one to give advice(I have 50 subs lol) but I feel like if you do something else on the side, it could help if moneys a problem. Could be youtube, could be something else. For the time, you could maybe try doing some mini projects as a series of about 7-10 min vids and put them all together at the end? Just an idea tho The most important part for you is to make sure it's fun. Sure, you torturing yourself to make something cool might make a cool vid, but it's just not worth it. My thought process is if you like what you're doing and are truly invested, you'll get better results. Basically, take care of yourself bro.
@@hacksmith😢 I still love you guys! Even if the channel’s hurting. My advice would be to take more time on the projects. Even if that means not posting as often. I do still would love to see Hawkeye and WakandaForever!
Hawkeye. This feels like the old days of projects when you were just the crazy Canadian in a garage making cool stuff. Those videos helped get me through some tough times when my grandmother and uncle passed. It would be cool to have that style of video come back.
An idea for the pod racer... Comercial jets use an air powered starter motor. Some guys built an 8 sec 1/4 (et) exhibition drag car in the 1960s with them. They had to put a heater near the tanks.
Mark 1 would be a great big project, and I'm sure everyone would love a video on the original MCU Iron Man suit. Exosckeleton, flame throwers, even a wrist rocket (like a firework or flare?), it is all stuff that can actually be made (and in some cases you already did), especially after discovering the real life adamantium stuff. Hawkeye: bringing a project of passion to the video always makes it special, besides, with the Hawkeye bow and his special arrows, you could try to make the cool automatic quiver he has to complete the ultimate Hawkeye build. Can't wait for whatever project wins this, I'm sure it'll be great, keep it up guys!
The Mark 1 should be a series instead of one video. It will reduce pressure on the team for deadlines. And maybe the Hawkeye bow too, as a sellable product on the store. The design looks sick
Yes. Hawkeye. I'm also a fan-boy of Jorge Sprave, aka Slingshot Channel. I'm curious to know the difference in Draw Weight between a Recurve, a Longbow, and a Cross-Bow. I know he has some pretty epic designs.
@@ETC_Rohaly_USCGcross bows are in the 100-200lb range usually, recurves more like 30-60, compound and long go higher, but usually still less than a crossbow
A little over two minutes in and you’re already panning from melting a face off with something to using it on each other. You guys are crazy. Crazy cool, anyway.
I miss Grant, he was the reason I got into being interested in engineering and science in general. He was such an inspiration and I wish that we didn't have to lose him. I hope wherever he is, that he's doing well.
Hawkeye! Dang, I'm so sorry to hear about Grant - that section of the episode hit extra deep because of the strong emotions visible in your voice and your every move. Hearing that Hacksmith Industries is struggling right now makes me very sad indeed - I hope you all are able to power through these tough times okay: best wishes always! I have an idea for a couple of possible videos - I know you probably won't see these, and that the chances of you doing them are extremely remote, but I just wanted to put them out there for you. 1: A cooking competition using only Hacksmith projects - no ovens, no knives, only the raw ingredients and the raw power of Make It Real projects. I'm thinking using Batarangs as paring knives, boring flamethrowers as brule torches, and firing red-hot rebar into a wall to make an impromptu barbecue. If you are able to do collabs with chef RUclipsrs, this could also bring some new viewers to your channel - give it some thought! 2: How about a real-life Rocket League car like the Octane? Rocket league is the second-most played game on the Epic Games store, with millions of fans. I know it wouldn't be able to flip or fly (dang those laws of physics!), but it could look FREAKING AWESOME! I'm imagining full drivability, a selection of boost effects, and for the final touches you could cover the outside of the car in flexible OLED screens from AliBaba (I've seen some on there) to make the car color-shift and have animated decals! You could invite tons of Rocket League RUclipsrs to try it out - there are plenty of them, many with 1-3M subscribers who would probably watch the video and possible subscribe to the channel! There are multiple pro players and RUclipsrs in Canada, some even near your area. And once it's done you could take it to any live esports event and charge for pictures and rides, thus getting a nice income and promoting your channel even further! Another RUclipsr has already started work on one and done demos at live events with astounding success, but he has extremely limited resources. I know you lot could do a far better one (especially if you can put the flexible OLED screens on the outside). Anyways, I always enjoy your videos and watch every one as it comes out. Best of luck with all your future projects - I look forward to anything you do! ❤
Hawkeye Would love for that to be a product, but also Im a long time fan and this has been my favourite project of recent years. Its simple but its got that hacksmith touch. Would love a casual non scheduled updates on personal projects in the hacksmith shop
Thank you TKOR and Hacksmith for inspiring more than one generation of engineers, creatives, artists, builders, tinkerers, dabblers, hobbyists, doers, and makers. 1. It's working. It's Working! 2. Hawkeye 3. Wakanda Forever 4. Pyramids/ All Hail TKOR 5. Mark 1 P.S. After this video finished, I rewatched the one with Grant. It's okay for men to cry, it's actually a good thing to allow yourself to feel the feels. Grant was an inspiration to me as well. My craft and trade is construction, homebuilding, renovations, and commercial. Even with these skill sets, knowledge, and tool use proficiency, I often feel out of my depth with hobbyist projects. Grant was an inspiration to me as well.
I seriously need to see more videos like this that are just james doing what he actually loves as an oppose to what RUclips likes. I doubt that he will see this and he probably has someone else take care of the comment section for him but he truly is an inspiration to me in everyway. Not only did James play one of the biggest part's in inspiring me to become a RUclipsr which I have been working on for the better part of 5 years now, and am finally seeing tangible progress on what is my 3rd channel and attempt at reaching my dreams. But also his ability to be vulnerable and human about things in his life. Whether it's being open about his mental health or showing just how much love he has for certain projects. Thank you james for everything, your far more appreciated than you could ever know❤
Aw, thank you. I still read every comment. I'd love to just do what I want, but I messed up turning it into a business with costs and deadlines, and I don't really know how to get back to it being something I enjoy... 🥲
@@hacksmith OH WOW! I'm so glad that you saw my comment❤️. I totally understand how hard it is on your side of RUclips, the channel I use to work on made things like a comic sized Harley Quinn Hammer and a working fire flower from Mario. In the end however I switched to a different channel due to this sort of work just being so saturated and competitive. RUclips as a whole is honestly a pretty uncaring and challenging place to work, but I think the persistence you show to not just throw in the towel is inspiring on a whole different level.
My top 3 picks: 1.) Mark 1 armour: MK1 looks really badass 2.) Paragliding: for Grant Thompson, rest in peace man 3.) Hawkeye: the project looks really promising and almost finished
The section about Grant was so beautiful. I remember coming home and watching his experiments as a kid in elementary school. I was totally devastated when he died, since he was somewhat of a hometown hero for me (he lived within a few hours of where I did.) It's easy to tell how much of an impact he had on you, not just as a mentor, but as a friend. He's still so missed. Thank you for keeping his memory alive. ❤
Hearing James's voice cracking and trying not to cry when he is talking about his memories with Grant Thompson makes me teared up😢 Rest in Peace Grant "The King of Random" Thompson
I think Hawkeye might be a good start. It's your personal project so hopefully it'd only be released once you're happy with it. It's current design also sound like something that could be potentially not that expensive to produce in larger quantity to sell in the Hacksmith Store Wakanda forever also sounds cool, but that if you guys also coat the self expanding rod parts in nanovate to make the staff itself more resistant to bending? While you did not provide us with a keyword for project no. 8, I think the Gambit definitely sounds like a cool idea for a video Number nine is definitely something that you should do if you feel up to it, doesn't even have to be a video. We too miss the guy. Mark one sounds like an idea that could be watched by many. But it also sounds like a cool project to tackle. Maybe it could somehow be made self-healing, like the claws, or like the self-healing Jlaser Iron man helmet, or it could be made stronger with nanovate without making it weight a ton? Maybe you could bring Santiago back for it and also make a collab with Jlaservideo - who knows what the end effect would be?
Kind of an outlandish idea but for the light saber is there a way to collapse the molecular structure of the tungsten saber and reform it to make it retractable? You'd essentially merge physics of plasma with the solid nature tungsten rod. How you'd do that is totally beyond me except maybe the portion where said rod is oscillating between near plasma temps and cool enough to remain solid. Or.... Maybe make a collapsable tungsten rod that emit plasma!!!! That way you get the heat, retractability, and connection with another saber!! (probably way more doable) For this a sling motion to draw the rods out and along the path to full extension the rod ignites making plasma. I don't know I"m just an ideas guy, not a make it happen guy lol
Wasn’t expecting that Grant Lore, he really was the best and a few years back I used to watch all of his videos, but than he stopped showing up and than I figured out why. Rest in peace Grant Thompson, We love you 😢
James, as much as I selfishly want to see all of these projects come to life, I want even more for you to para motor over the Pyramids. You deserve it, over the past years you've been through hell and back. I want more to see you go on this journey of conquering fears and honoring an amazing soul, Grant, than to see these builds. Sure, we might have some time before that's feasible or possible. However, I think that is going to help us ALL heal just a little bit more from Grants passing. I'd love to see the joy you would get out of it. Thank you, James & Team, for all that you guys give this community.
Hawkeye's bow would be pretty slick, but I'd also love to see the Iron Man Mark 1 finished once the fallout power armour project is done, I'm sure there are plenty of lessons being learned doing that exoskeleton.
Hey James, i have been noticing, that the channel has less Watchtime than it used to. I too used to be watching you all the time when i was in school and this was one of the Reasons i decided to go and start a Mechatronical Technician apprenticeship. I aint really cut out for university, maybe some day. Anyway: What i realised i have´nt watched you in a long time now, because it was just other Channels that interested me. I have been watching a lot of Grind Hard Plumbing Co in the last Year. I think one big thing that works for GrindHard that doesnt work here is the Amount of Content on a single Project. Ethan from Grind Hard spent almost an entire Year Building his Monster Chopper and i would always be excited for Fridays to see Progress on the Chopper. It was one single Project that i was interested in, which i liked to continue watching. Same was for you in your early Days. You used to make Update Videos on a single big Project. But the Past few Years, since the Team grew bigger, your Company grew etc, you always had the "Figuring out stuff" behind the scenes and only showed the Highs, not the lows. I know big Projects are expensive, but for Example: The Fallout Suit you announced at the End of the Video... Why not make this more Public? Make multiple Videos on it? Fallout is a big enough Game and the Series aswell, to make people interested in that. Why not just make multiple Videos, showing the Progress of the Build to get People more attached to a Project? So People actually care? To get excited for another Episode of that Project to Release? Because if you just do a Single Video and tell People: "Oh behind the scenes we just build a Fallout Suit here it is!" And do one Showcase and Build Video, i dont think this will keep the interest and Watchtime of the Channel up. Im sorry for the long Text, maybe my Perspective is wrong, i just dont want you guys to die on the Hill so many Channels have died on. Donut Media for example as well. They used to be small, People cared, they got big and became a Company focused on Income, made bigger and "better" Videos and People lost interest. Its not as genuine. It feels like watching TV, not a Content Creator on RUclips you are genuinly interested in. Thanks if you made it to the End, im from Germany so excuse the Errors, i wish you well, greetings!
Thanks for the time of your message. Fellow mechanical tech on CNC machines, I agree with you 100% percent, even about Donut and Plumbing Co. Greetings from America!
Yeah I agree that would be nice. Especially because you could gauge the interest in a project from video 1 and then decide wether to cancel it or not, rather than just guess before posting a one video project
I agree with the gist of that. Videos are more interesting with technical details & showing the struggle to succeed gets people more emotionally involved.
A lot of professional card throwers use special decks that actually have little metal tips on the corners to weigh down the card so it can fly much better and much faster. My uncle threw one into a wall once.
Hawkeye would be the coolest imo. As for what you said about Grant, and the chance to parafoil over the pyramids. It was difficult to listen to, almost painful, but not in a bad way. The way you talked about Grant, the way your voice was trembling, the way that you almost couldn't get your words out. It was powerful to see how much you cared about him, and how much he impacted your life. How much his passing really effected you. I personally have no attachment to Grant, since I only knew of TKOR after Callie and Nate took over, but to see how he influenced you, and to think about how your work has personally influenced millions of others myself included. It's hard to truly quantify just how much Grant really did for the world. For what it's worth though, having watched your channel for a few years now, I think Grant would be extremely proud of you, for not only following your dream, but giving so many other creators a chance to shine. Without people like you, Grant, Mark Rober, William Osman, even Michael Reeves, I don't think I would have an interest in this aspect of engineering. You've truly managed to honour Grant by making engineering more accessible to the layman, giving good explanations to how these things work, and funding crazy projects from engineers with a glimmer in their eyes, like the Orbitron team. I hope you get the chance to go on your flight, for the honour of Grant. But know that no matter what you've done, you've done a great honour to your friend and his memory.
God I miss grant so much. Watching The King Of Random growing up, shaped me into who I am today; grant put that spark in my soul to want to create and spread joy with my life, then people like you and Colin continued that want and drive. I thank you and Colin for my love for electronics, technology, and crazy ideas; but I thank grant for my yearning for creativity and my passion to live my life to the fullest. I wish I could thank him. I hope he knows how many lives he has changed💜 I hope he knows we still miss him. I appreciate that you guys seemed to be close friends, I think he held you in a similar light as you did for him. Rest in pease the one and only King Of Random, thank you for everything
Hawkeye definitely needs to be done. Thats legit something that not only could be sold, but would actually be nice for travel for non comic book fan archers
Grant was the only reason I got into engineering and he was the first person I ever watched on RUclips and to this day I rewatch some of his videos RIP Grant.
Hawkeye I don´t know how well it will be recieved from the Algorythm, because it is not a big flashy thing, but i think it is great, because you built the first version yourself. I can really relate to this feeling of tinkering with a passionproject on very early or late hours and i am sure a lot of viewers can aswell. You sometimes dont need a full team of engeneers to come up with a cool project, but together with them you can make it even better. But to be clear, it needs to stay your passion project, so make it as good as possible and post the Video if you truely think its ready. And if you can make a version to sell on the store like you said, i will defenetly buy one.
MARK 1 !!!! I’m so sorry for your loss, hearing how you sounded really showed how much you care about him No matter what you want to make for a video you should do what you think is best.
I just had an idea for the colapseable bow what if you used some small solenoids and a button or another idea a line with a solenoid conectedto it to act like a lever to asemambe the bow and hide the computer and canisters under your holding hand
After Watching the Video completely, and reading a fair amount of comments, you're stuck with 3 options. Mark 1 for the views, Hawkeye for yourself, or Paragliding for Grant. My suggestion is all 3. Get the team in for the Mark 1, and do it for the show. Take some time out for yourself and do more work on Hawkeye, but as your team for inspiration. Make the video in due course, it'll happen but you, personally, want to be happy with it. Finally Paragliding. It's a far more personal one for you than other people, but many many of us loved Grant when he was doing TKoR. But you knew him better than most of us, do what's right in his memory for you and him. If that's doing your personal project as Hawkeye, then do it. If it's paragliding over the pyramids (and it's an option) then do it.
Grant Thompson was the best. I always watched him when I was a kid. One day when we moved places, I had no access to wifi meaning no internet for a few months. You had no idea how shocking it was, knowing he died about a year ago at the time. I didn't get to watch tkor for a few months and all of a sudden he's gone. Rest in peace Grant Thompson. You made everyone's childhood
Also, if he can really nail it, that could make a legitimate product out of that A compact bow you didn't have to string like that would be so badass to have even just for shooting targets in the yard or something
Mark 1! When Grant was mention, i started crying, i used to watch his videos, i used to do random stuff outside, and call myself the king of random... he was so cool when i was younger.
Mark 1. I’ll be honest. I kinda wanted to see that Hawkeye one after you talked about it. But, James. Keep that project for you. You can share it. But I want you to keep the project to you.
It's not here but if you still have it. It would be cool to see you finish the spy car from years back adding all your ideas you presented in each video
I so wish I could've met Grant before he passed. He was my biggest inspiration as well, I remember as a kid dropping all my schoolwork to watch anytime he posted a new video. I watched that video of you and him walking the shop and talking RUclips when it came out back in the day, trying to take notes for my channel. It's one of the great honors of my life to get to make videos for his channel today. He really was the KING - Jake
He was the best. I've still yet to meet any other big youtuber even half as kind, generous, and supportive as he was. 😢
Rest in peace 🕊️ 😢😢
Rest in peace
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Definitely the Mark 1 Iron Man suit
Edit - coat the metal of the armour in Nanovate, make it bulletproof!
Too expensive, that's why they only did small things in that video
Yes iron man would be sick
see the alex lab project, he really make it
i agree
@Aussie_Man I thought they only did small things because the goal of the video was bones and it would take too long to do the 3d work to pull the bones out of the scan
rest in piece Grant Thompson, THE King Of Random
No no, the King of a RUclips 👑
Yeh I felt it when he started talking about him. Truly will always be one of the best
@@hacksmithI miss him like crazy, I loved seeing him grow and then seeing him collab with you as well
Facts
@@hacksmith I didn't realize how well you knew him. Thank you for keeping that part in, it was hard to see you feel that but I appreciate you sharing.
I think Grant was the pioneer to every other creative maker style channels. I remember when i was like 10 i started watching his cool videos, the little poppers made from match sticks, the DIY hot wire styrofoam cutter, the little trashcan crucible etc etc. He inspired me to learn about stuff like that, still haven't gotten to the point where i can afford to make anything substantual but you know, one day.
Grant walked so the rest of us could run.
They are all so good!
For Me- Hawkeye Bow
For You- Paramotoring
For the viewers- Mark 1
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@Hx_hopeless I want the Hawkeye bow
He wants to paramotor
Most of the viewers will want Mark 1.
@@Elmerstudd007 whaa?
This right here! I was about to reply with just Mark 1. But thinking how not paragliding seems to have affected you, sounds like something you need to do to honor Grant.
Also the bow seems like a cool project to pretty up for a video.
that is just how I was going to reply
21:24 "It still makes me tear up to this day" yeah, we can hear it. You really did value him and his friendship.
shame about the yt channel dou
Mark 1!
I'm so sorry about Grant. The fact that you were trying not to cry when recalling your good memories with Grant almost made me cry.
Agreeed bro
I love the profile pic. Gipsy Danger is awesome
you could see how much it impacted him. i hope hes still having fun and paragliding in heaven 🕊️
nice pfp
I actually bawled ... i'm so late to the news :(
21:09 was not expecting to cry today but uh yeah. this is what im voting for you guys to do; not only for the video but for closure for you i guess is how i would put it. to truly conquer that fear.
TKOR was a huge inspiration for me as a kid, looking into learning how to engineer actually mainly because of grant and you guys. but i know that obvously cant just do that right now so in the mean time i think doing that hawkeye bow would be a fun project to redo. no matter what you guys choose im looking forward to it! platonic love keep up the good work!
What'd you guys think about the Fallout Power Armor in this video?
Pleaseee, if someone can do it it will be You and your crew!! 🤩
That over literally anything else 😱
Power armor would be awesome
Hawkeye
Can you create Kratos' blades of chaos????
23:29 *sigh* TONY STARK WAS ABLE TO BUILD THIS IN A CAVE! WITH A BOX OF SCRAPS!
Well, I'm sorry. I'm not Tony Stark.
@@leonmlinaric4608 you aren't hacksmith either...
He also had top of the list e stark industries weapons wich he designed so he had a lot more resources.
w reference
@@A_Productionsso what is he?
When i first started watching i thought
No brainer, iron man suit obviously
But as you started talking about all these projects i could see the potential in all of them.
But the thing that got me the most.
As soon as you mentioned grants name i started tearing up, from the second i saw his smiling face, and how he called you not to collab, but to congratulate you on 1 million truly broke my heart. When you talked about how he was asking you to join him for para gliding and how you declined, i could instantly see, and feel your regret. James, what happened wasn’t your fault, we all wish we could be their for our loved ones or stop something terrible that happened (maybe I’m just misinterpreting that but based on the tears it seemed like the regret was based on not being able to stop what happened or not being there for him in his last moments before his unfortunate accident.) The iron man suit would be incredible and is probably what will win out.
But honoring your friend and mentor. I think that should be the big project you focus on
Rest in peace grant. Truly a one of a kind guy
That'S what makes me kinda sad. It's gonna be like the Minecraft mob vote. Everyone's gonna vote on the nobrainer iron man suit, bc it's the biggest and flashiest one. For me the actual nobrainer is the paragliding one. based on all the emotional connection James has to it, it shouldn't even have been a question. It should be definitely done besides wathever they decide to make out of the other projects.
Mark 1
Been watching since the beginning and always thought that you are one of those few key people meant to benefit humanity when I saw you were thinking about the pod racer I instantly said that’s what I’m commenting but once you explained the back story of the Hawkeye bow and how that was the project YOU wanted to do I realized how much I wanted to see you complete it so for that reason I think you should send it and make it the best it can be I hope you see this comment and it makes you’re day that much better PS: I’m a pilot and I understand your cautions but I think you should give it another go being able to fly is an experience unlike anything I’ve ever tried 🤙🏾🤙🏾
iron man suit hands down
edit: GOD DAMN 3K LIKES
edit 2: so you guys know i voted for it i say *mark 1*
why did he even make this video, 😂it was obviously this one
@@RichardsNickname to get money
Love iron man mark 1
Hands down!!!!
Ironman suit
Hawkeye is an; "ONLY and ONLY if it stays James' project and he release it once he's satisfied."
This is a project that helped his mental heath, it need to stay like this. Otherwise it risk strengthening his feeling that work projects take too much over passion ones.
I actually think it could be nice to have smaller scale personal projects from time to time. The kind that were made for fun rather than work. With no set deadlines or business behind.
Also if you're able to make the paragliding trip happen, DO IT! It might not be the kind of content I subbed for, but for Grant, I would watch. He was also one of my hero and his departure was painful.
Outside of all that stuff, MARK 1 is my favourite regular pick
Hawkeye 100%. Miss watching you work and the tribute to Grant was perfect.
Me too. Growing the business made it a lot harder to just make things 😞
@@hacksmithit’s more fun to see you in the video and not just for a brief bit
Yeah but I can't make weekly videos... if I made videos I just wanted to do, the business would have to shrink, it only survives off of views and weekly videos :(
@@hacksmithWish you guys all the best, you and your team are extremely talented
@@hacksmith Hey, one video from just you like maybe once a year would be cool.
Hawkeye. All of the ideas are great, but James, you've worked so hard to create a space for all these amazing minds to explore their ideas, it's important that you do that too. Also, even if the bow didn't end up being a product on the hacksmith store, it seems like it would be a build within reach of the average home maker that doesn't have the setup needed for some of the other ideas. It would be great to see how you did it and be able to replicate/ innovate the idea from home.
6:28 Lava
10:06 Hawkeye it doesn't matter if it takes longer it's the result that matters and if its crap than (i hope if the costs weren't to big) we can just laugh
hawkeye
Hawkeye
the bow has potential
Hawkeye
Hawkeye
1. It's Working, It's Working.
2. MK1 armour
3. Paragliding and homage
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My 3 picks are:
- MK1 armour ( The type of Hacksmith project I signed up to watch! )
- Hawkeye ( Its close to being done, cheap? and a pet project )
- Paragliding ( Great homage and Vacation for the Hacksmith :P )
mark 1: use the exoskeleton to control the weight of the metal, then attach two flame throwers to it
MARK 1 it could probably be a fully working one not just metal, it could use its well known flamethrowers, it could fly similar to your other iron man projects, could even make it really powerful possibly using pnuematic solenoids for muscles
electric linear actuators ftw
bro said make a heavy metal suit that probably weighs tons fly
@@SmokeyDeBear Adam savage put together a titanium iron man cosplay and used gravity's jet suit equipment to make it fly, it's not completely impossible
@@SmokeyDeBearyou can make it out of carbon fiber or other lightweight materials that can be coated with a layer of metal.
@@jimmyhackers8980 that could work even better thank you
Hawkeye specifically for the fact that it's something YOU want to do! Don't put a deadline on that video, put your heart into it. Also Wakanda Forever and MARK 1!!!! This video felt like such a nice look back at the past of Hacksmith as well as the future. Tons of projects now constantly being worked on + expansions and new buildings
I do, but I don't have any freetime 😞 the channel has been really hurting this year, we can't make content fast enough, the team's already been shrunk down...
Am just saying, if you want to designing and make cool items maybe you should hire someone to edit and plan out videos that might save some time for you.
@@hacksmithyou could maybe try branching out a bit? I'm im not really one to give advice(I have 50 subs lol) but I feel like if you do something else on the side, it could help if moneys a problem. Could be youtube, could be something else.
For the time, you could maybe try doing some mini projects as a series of about 7-10 min vids and put them all together at the end? Just an idea tho
The most important part for you is to make sure it's fun. Sure, you torturing yourself to make something cool might make a cool vid, but it's just not worth it. My thought process is if you like what you're doing and are truly invested, you'll get better results.
Basically, take care of yourself bro.
@@hacksmith Dang....
I feel bad for y'all.
@@hacksmith😢 I still love you guys! Even if the channel’s hurting. My advice would be to take more time on the projects. Even if that means not posting as often. I do still would love to see Hawkeye and WakandaForever!
Grant loved your stuff James!
I'd love to see any of these as full videos!
God making projects like you do is my dream
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Hawkeye sounds like a really grounded, not over-the-top, practical idea. But of course people probably want the absolute crazy shit.
I want the Hawkeye one. I think that would be awesome
If not iron man suit, this is 2nd pick for me. Especially the trick arrows.
hawkeye would be intresting it has my vote
Hawkeye.
This feels like the old days of projects when you were just the crazy Canadian in a garage making cool stuff. Those videos helped get me through some tough times when my grandmother and uncle passed. It would be cool to have that style of video come back.
An idea for the pod racer... Comercial jets use an air powered starter motor. Some guys built an 8 sec 1/4 (et) exhibition drag car in the 1960s with them. They had to put a heater near the tanks.
Mark 1 would be a great big project, and I'm sure everyone would love a video on the original MCU Iron Man suit. Exosckeleton, flame throwers, even a wrist rocket (like a firework or flare?), it is all stuff that can actually be made (and in some cases you already did), especially after discovering the real life adamantium stuff.
Hawkeye: bringing a project of passion to the video always makes it special, besides, with the Hawkeye bow and his special arrows, you could try to make the cool automatic quiver he has to complete the ultimate Hawkeye build.
Can't wait for whatever project wins this, I'm sure it'll be great, keep it up guys!
Seconded, not sure which I'd put in 1st place but these are my top 2. Kudos for the auto-quiver idea, you know James already thought about that a bit!
those two are in my top 3. The Jolly Jumper and the Podracer are also very cool.
The Mark 1 should be a series instead of one video. It will reduce pressure on the team for deadlines. And maybe the Hawkeye bow too, as a sellable product on the store. The design looks sick
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Hawkeye 10:02
Yes. Hawkeye.
I'm also a fan-boy of Jorge Sprave, aka Slingshot Channel.
I'm curious to know the difference in Draw Weight between a Recurve, a Longbow, and a Cross-Bow.
I know he has some pretty epic designs.
@@ETC_Rohaly_USCGcross bows are in the 100-200lb range usually, recurves more like 30-60, compound and long go higher, but usually still less than a crossbow
You guy are the best
HAWKEYE
HAWKEYE
A little over two minutes in and you’re already panning from melting a face off with something to using it on each other. You guys are crazy. Crazy cool, anyway.
I miss Grant, he was the reason I got into being interested in engineering and science in general. He was such an inspiration and I wish that we didn't have to lose him. I hope wherever he is, that he's doing well.
Definitely the same, only made it better he lived 20 minutes away
Mark 1, by far my favorite
Agreed
Bro do you no the movie name the first one
@MassanehMarong What?
Hawkeye
10:06 would be really cool to see it, no matter how long it would take and ofcourse no rushing
hawkeye
Agreed, Hawkeye. If it has a chance of becoming a product, I'd like to see a collaboration with the slingshot channel.
Hawkeye amd paramotoring pls bring these two back 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Hawkeye!
Dang, I'm so sorry to hear about Grant - that section of the episode hit extra deep because of the strong emotions visible in your voice and your every move. Hearing that Hacksmith Industries is struggling right now makes me very sad indeed - I hope you all are able to power through these tough times okay: best wishes always!
I have an idea for a couple of possible videos - I know you probably won't see these, and that the chances of you doing them are extremely remote, but I just wanted to put them out there for you.
1: A cooking competition using only Hacksmith projects - no ovens, no knives, only the raw ingredients and the raw power of Make It Real projects. I'm thinking using Batarangs as paring knives, boring flamethrowers as brule torches, and firing red-hot rebar into a wall to make an impromptu barbecue. If you are able to do collabs with chef RUclipsrs, this could also bring some new viewers to your channel - give it some thought!
2: How about a real-life Rocket League car like the Octane? Rocket league is the second-most played game on the Epic Games store, with millions of fans. I know it wouldn't be able to flip or fly (dang those laws of physics!), but it could look FREAKING AWESOME!
I'm imagining full drivability, a selection of boost effects, and for the final touches you could cover the outside of the car in flexible OLED screens from AliBaba (I've seen some on there) to make the car color-shift and have animated decals!
You could invite tons of Rocket League RUclipsrs to try it out - there are plenty of them, many with 1-3M subscribers who would probably watch the video and possible subscribe to the channel! There are multiple pro players and RUclipsrs in Canada, some even near your area.
And once it's done you could take it to any live esports event and charge for pictures and rides, thus getting a nice income and promoting your channel even further!
Another RUclipsr has already started work on one and done demos at live events with astounding success, but he has extremely limited resources. I know you lot could do a far better one (especially if you can put the flexible OLED screens on the outside).
Anyways, I always enjoy your videos and watch every one as it comes out. Best of luck with all your future projects - I look forward to anything you do!
❤
That Mark 1 would be so awesome
Rest in Peace Grant Thompson ❤️
That Hawkeye bow is genuinely incredible I’d absolutely love to see it finished
Hawkeye
Would love for that to be a product, but also Im a long time fan and this has been my favourite project of recent years. Its simple but its got that hacksmith touch. Would love a casual non scheduled updates on personal projects in the hacksmith shop
Even if the Hawkeye one isn't picked, it would be sick to have it in the shop!!!
I’d love to see the podracer, or a MIB gun, but the Hawkeye bow, especially as a sellable product would be phenomenal.
1) We want the Paragliding video over pyramid to tribute Grant Thompson
2) The Iron man mark 1 armor video
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Also I appreciate you being so honest and vulnerable as that is not always easy to do.
Thank you TKOR and Hacksmith for inspiring more than one generation of engineers, creatives, artists, builders, tinkerers, dabblers, hobbyists, doers, and makers.
1. It's working. It's Working!
2. Hawkeye
3. Wakanda Forever
4. Pyramids/ All Hail TKOR
5. Mark 1
P.S. After this video finished, I rewatched the one with Grant. It's okay for men to cry, it's actually a good thing to allow yourself to feel the feels. Grant was an inspiration to me as well. My craft and trade is construction, homebuilding, renovations, and commercial. Even with these skill sets, knowledge, and tool use proficiency, I often feel out of my depth with hobbyist projects. Grant was an inspiration to me as well.
Mark 1, hands down
It's Working!
It's Working!
bro did nothing and got a heart 😭
@@Aeropup Must've been the wind.
Is this a hack-test?...
Have you figured out how to get hearted without them doing it?
nvm, I see other people saying it, seemingly like it's a code-word
Oh. It's a quote. From. Yeah. Sorry I'm blazef
Grant sparked my love for engineering when i was an even littler lad, I miss him so so much
I seriously need to see more videos like this that are just james doing what he actually loves as an oppose to what RUclips likes. I doubt that he will see this and he probably has someone else take care of the comment section for him but he truly is an inspiration to me in everyway. Not only did James play one of the biggest part's in inspiring me to become a RUclipsr which I have been working on for the better part of 5 years now, and am finally seeing tangible progress on what is my 3rd channel and attempt at reaching my dreams. But also his ability to be vulnerable and human about things in his life. Whether it's being open about his mental health or showing just how much love he has for certain projects. Thank you james for everything, your far more appreciated than you could ever know❤
Aw, thank you. I still read every comment. I'd love to just do what I want, but I messed up turning it into a business with costs and deadlines, and I don't really know how to get back to it being something I enjoy... 🥲
@@hacksmith OH WOW! I'm so glad that you saw my comment❤️. I totally understand how hard it is on your side of RUclips, the channel I use to work on made things like a comic sized Harley Quinn Hammer and a working fire flower from Mario. In the end however I switched to a different channel due to this sort of work just being so saturated and competitive. RUclips as a whole is honestly a pretty uncaring and challenging place to work, but I think the persistence you show to not just throw in the towel is inspiring on a whole different level.
That's cool, what channel was that!
@@hacksmith It's called Fight with Work
My top 3 picks:
1.) Mark 1 armour: MK1 looks really badass
2.) Paragliding: for Grant Thompson, rest in peace man
3.) Hawkeye: the project looks really promising and almost finished
"Almost finished" is always more like "pretty much half way there". But I completely agree
Mark 1
Rest in peace Grant we will forever miss you
The section about Grant was so beautiful. I remember coming home and watching his experiments as a kid in elementary school. I was totally devastated when he died, since he was somewhat of a hometown hero for me (he lived within a few hours of where I did.) It's easy to tell how much of an impact he had on you, not just as a mentor, but as a friend. He's still so missed. Thank you for keeping his memory alive. ❤
Hawkeye. It's going to be the most practical to accomplish, and kinda importantly, it's something YOU really wanted to happen.
they should make a real working TARDIS
I think we need the mark 1 suit
Hearing James's voice cracking and trying not to cry when he is talking about his memories with Grant Thompson makes me teared up😢 Rest in Peace Grant "The King of Random" Thompson
1) Paraglide
2) Mark 1
3) Hawkeye
It's working
It's working
Mark 1
I think Hawkeye might be a good start. It's your personal project so hopefully it'd only be released once you're happy with it. It's current design also sound like something that could be potentially not that expensive to produce in larger quantity to sell in the Hacksmith Store
Wakanda forever also sounds cool, but that if you guys also coat the self expanding rod parts in nanovate to make the staff itself more resistant to bending?
While you did not provide us with a keyword for project no. 8, I think the Gambit definitely sounds like a cool idea for a video
Number nine is definitely something that you should do if you feel up to it, doesn't even have to be a video. We too miss the guy.
Mark one sounds like an idea that could be watched by many. But it also sounds like a cool project to tackle. Maybe it could somehow be made self-healing, like the claws, or like the self-healing Jlaser Iron man helmet, or it could be made stronger with nanovate without making it weight a ton? Maybe you could bring Santiago back for it and also make a collab with Jlaservideo - who knows what the end effect would be?
This is the first time ive ever heard of this channel ... I am going to binge all of your videos.
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Hawkeye , the best avenger deserves a project around him
1. Hawkeye
2. I hope you get that opportunity to paramotor over the pyramids.
Kind of an outlandish idea but for the light saber is there a way to collapse the molecular structure of the tungsten saber and reform it to make it retractable? You'd essentially merge physics of plasma with the solid nature tungsten rod. How you'd do that is totally beyond me except maybe the portion where said rod is oscillating between near plasma temps and cool enough to remain solid.
Or.... Maybe make a collapsable tungsten rod that emit plasma!!!! That way you get the heat, retractability, and connection with another saber!! (probably way more doable) For this a sling motion to draw the rods out and along the path to full extension the rod ignites making plasma. I don't know I"m just an ideas guy, not a make it happen guy lol
Hawkeye! The bow has always been one of the most fun tools to use. A fully functional collapsible bow is something we've needed.
Wasn’t expecting that Grant Lore, he really was the best and a few years back I used to watch all of his videos, but than he stopped showing up and than I figured out why. Rest in peace Grant Thompson, We love you 😢
Pod racer would be tremendous…crazy engineering going into the stabilizers would be so cool to see explained by you guys.
5:35 I LOVE that SpongeBob manages to find his way into so many of the Engineering channels that I watch.
James, as much as I selfishly want to see all of these projects come to life, I want even more for you to para motor over the Pyramids. You deserve it, over the past years you've been through hell and back. I want more to see you go on this journey of conquering fears and honoring an amazing soul, Grant, than to see these builds. Sure, we might have some time before that's feasible or possible. However, I think that is going to help us ALL heal just a little bit more from Grants passing. I'd love to see the joy you would get out of it. Thank you, James & Team, for all that you guys give this community.
6:27 use molten salt
bro how??
So basically you melt salt and then you have molten salt@@mango_milky
😂😂😂@@Fynnaly
@@mango_milky another key detail is that you have it inside a container that doesn’t melt at the temperatures of salt
Got to see the hawkeye build finished. Once you showed off the extra arrows I was hooked.
Hawkeye's bow would be pretty slick, but I'd also love to see the Iron Man Mark 1 finished once the fallout power armour project is done, I'm sure there are plenty of lessons being learned doing that exoskeleton.
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I know right? It had promise!
@@hacksmithi think jlaservideo did that a while ago maybe you guys could team up to make it better
@@hacksmithHawkeye, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD
@@hacksmith maybe compound technique is the way to go? so the string doesnt have much tension at default and only really tense up while pulled...
@@Callsign_viper100he did, and his trick arrows were epic. But his bow didn't automatically string itself
Hey James, i have been noticing, that the channel has less Watchtime than it used to. I too used to be watching you all the time when i was in school and this was one of the Reasons i decided to go and start a Mechatronical Technician apprenticeship. I aint really cut out for university, maybe some day. Anyway: What i realised i have´nt watched you in a long time now, because it was just other Channels that interested me. I have been watching a lot of Grind Hard Plumbing Co in the last Year. I think one big thing that works for GrindHard that doesnt work here is the Amount of Content on a single Project. Ethan from Grind Hard spent almost an entire Year Building his Monster Chopper and i would always be excited for Fridays to see Progress on the Chopper. It was one single Project that i was interested in, which i liked to continue watching. Same was for you in your early Days. You used to make Update Videos on a single big Project. But the Past few Years, since the Team grew bigger, your Company grew etc, you always had the "Figuring out stuff" behind the scenes and only showed the Highs, not the lows. I know big Projects are expensive, but for Example: The Fallout Suit you announced at the End of the Video... Why not make this more Public? Make multiple Videos on it? Fallout is a big enough Game and the Series aswell, to make people interested in that. Why not just make multiple Videos, showing the Progress of the Build to get People more attached to a Project? So People actually care? To get excited for another Episode of that Project to Release? Because if you just do a Single Video and tell People: "Oh behind the scenes we just build a Fallout Suit here it is!" And do one Showcase and Build Video, i dont think this will keep the interest and Watchtime of the Channel up. Im sorry for the long Text, maybe my Perspective is wrong, i just dont want you guys to die on the Hill so many Channels have died on. Donut Media for example as well. They used to be small, People cared, they got big and became a Company focused on Income, made bigger and "better" Videos and People lost interest. Its not as genuine. It feels like watching TV, not a Content Creator on RUclips you are genuinly interested in.
Thanks if you made it to the End, im from Germany so excuse the Errors, i wish you well, greetings!
Thanks for the time of your message. Fellow mechanical tech on CNC machines, I agree with you 100% percent, even about Donut and Plumbing Co. Greetings from America!
Yeah I agree that would be nice. Especially because you could gauge the interest in a project from video 1 and then decide wether to cancel it or not, rather than just guess before posting a one video project
I agree with the gist of that. Videos are more interesting with technical details & showing the struggle to succeed gets people more emotionally involved.
The power armor is a multi part series. We said we're trying.
@@hacksmith i wasn't trying to sound harsh or rude, i was genuinly trying to give constructive criticism 😔
A lot of professional card throwers use special decks that actually have little metal tips on the corners to weigh down the card so it can fly much better and much faster. My uncle threw one into a wall once.
Hawkeye would be the coolest imo. As for what you said about Grant, and the chance to parafoil over the pyramids. It was difficult to listen to, almost painful, but not in a bad way. The way you talked about Grant, the way your voice was trembling, the way that you almost couldn't get your words out. It was powerful to see how much you cared about him, and how much he impacted your life. How much his passing really effected you. I personally have no attachment to Grant, since I only knew of TKOR after Callie and Nate took over, but to see how he influenced you, and to think about how your work has personally influenced millions of others myself included. It's hard to truly quantify just how much Grant really did for the world. For what it's worth though, having watched your channel for a few years now, I think Grant would be extremely proud of you, for not only following your dream, but giving so many other creators a chance to shine. Without people like you, Grant, Mark Rober, William Osman, even Michael Reeves, I don't think I would have an interest in this aspect of engineering. You've truly managed to honour Grant by making engineering more accessible to the layman, giving good explanations to how these things work, and funding crazy projects from engineers with a glimmer in their eyes, like the Orbitron team. I hope you get the chance to go on your flight, for the honour of Grant. But know that no matter what you've done, you've done a great honour to your friend and his memory.
Mark 1 sounds like the one with the most potential since it is a more down to earth idea of Iron Man suits in real life
When does it show it
Hey Santiago here, thanks so much for the shoutout James! I had a blast working on the Mark-1! 🤠
omg ur so coooooooooooooollll
OMGGGGGGGG SOOOOOO COOOLLLLLLLL
@@pexlabs right!!!!
We're excited to see what's in store! Hope we get to see you back soon on the Mark-1 Project!! 🎉
@@TheDragonRuler- Thank you for the kind words! I'll do my best!
use that jet engines to fly then make a iron man suit to go with it. Love your work i wish i were you❤
0:15 TITANFALL 2 REFERENCE SPOTTED
omg if they ever made something from titanfall 2 id be so happy
Real life Holo Nova?!@@TastyTrash00
Voodoo 1, Viper's on station. Your journey ends here, Pilot. The skies belong to me. Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide.
If only a jumpkit wasn't straight up not possible
@@CyanPickle freeel
Mark 1, power armour and exoskeleton projects are my favourite!
Hawkeye
Would love to see a viable bow, especially one where you don’t have to restring.
Agreed. Really considering asking a friend to build me one as an archer myself
It's Working
It's Working
The Pod Racer idea is so awesome!!!
It’s working!!! It’s working, praying for yall
You can hear the pain in his voice
God I miss grant so much. Watching The King Of Random growing up, shaped me into who I am today; grant put that spark in my soul to want to create and spread joy with my life, then people like you and Colin continued that want and drive. I thank you and Colin for my love for electronics, technology, and crazy ideas; but I thank grant for my yearning for creativity and my passion to live my life to the fullest. I wish I could thank him. I hope he knows how many lives he has changed💜 I hope he knows we still miss him.
I appreciate that you guys seemed to be close friends, I think he held you in a similar light as you did for him.
Rest in pease the one and only King Of Random, thank you for everything
Hawkeye definitely needs to be done. Thats legit something that not only could be sold, but would actually be nice for travel for non comic book fan archers
Wakanda forever this would be sick and to sell it blunt at the edge would be really cool for a collectible
Grant was the only reason I got into engineering and he was the first person I ever watched on RUclips and to this day I rewatch some of his videos RIP Grant.
Hawkeye
I don´t know how well it will be recieved from the Algorythm, because it is not a big flashy thing, but i think it is great, because you built the first version yourself. I can really relate to this feeling of tinkering with a passionproject on very early or late hours and i am sure a lot of viewers can aswell. You sometimes dont need a full team of engeneers to come up with a cool project, but together with them you can make it even better.
But to be clear, it needs to stay your passion project, so make it as good as possible and post the Video if you truely think its ready.
And if you can make a version to sell on the store like you said, i will defenetly buy one.
Take it to various places for the video, park, range, the building he showed off which wasn't ready, a few options to film in
MARK 1 !!!!
I’m so sorry for your loss, hearing how you sounded really showed how much you care about him No matter what you want to make for a video you should do what you think is best.
I just had an idea for the colapseable bow what if you used some small solenoids and a button or another idea a line with a solenoid conectedto it to act like a lever to asemambe the bow and hide the computer and canisters under your holding hand
After Watching the Video completely, and reading a fair amount of comments, you're stuck with 3 options.
Mark 1 for the views, Hawkeye for yourself, or Paragliding for Grant.
My suggestion is all 3. Get the team in for the Mark 1, and do it for the show.
Take some time out for yourself and do more work on Hawkeye, but as your team for inspiration. Make the video in due course, it'll happen but you, personally, want to be happy with it.
Finally Paragliding. It's a far more personal one for you than other people, but many many of us loved Grant when he was doing TKoR. But you knew him better than most of us, do what's right in his memory for you and him. If that's doing your personal project as Hawkeye, then do it. If it's paragliding over the pyramids (and it's an option) then do it.
Grant Thompson was the best.
I always watched him when I was a kid. One day when we moved places, I had no access to wifi meaning no internet for a few months. You had no idea how shocking it was, knowing he died about a year ago at the time. I didn't get to watch tkor for a few months and all of a sudden he's gone. Rest in peace Grant Thompson. You made everyone's childhood
Hawkeye just because you are so passionate about it, then definitely the mark 1 suit
Totally agree
Also, if he can really nail it, that could make a legitimate product out of that
A compact bow you didn't have to string like that would be so badass to have even just for shooting targets in the yard or something
Mark 1!
When Grant was mention, i started crying, i used to watch his videos, i used to do random stuff outside, and call myself the king of random... he was so cool when i was younger.
Mark 1.
I’ll be honest. I kinda wanted to see that Hawkeye one after you talked about it. But, James. Keep that project for you. You can share it. But I want you to keep the project to you.
Mark 1. Rest in peace Grant Thompson, we miss you
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It's not here but if you still have it. It would be cool to see you finish the spy car from years back adding all your ideas you presented in each video
#1. Hawkeye, #2. It's working, It's working