Super 8 Menards Flashlight Hack

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  • Опубліковано 6 лис 2024
  • Let's use a Menards flashlight to replace the unobtanium bulb in a Super 8 projector!

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  • @pablowentscobar
    @pablowentscobar 3 дні тому +12

    It's wild that's how people made and watched home movies. You needed 3 giant, hot and loud contraptions that used a ton of electricity to make and watch a 20 minute movie with no sound. I remember as a kid, my grandfather would pull out all this equipment, fight to set everything up, fight to get the projector screen up right, fire it up to watch 7 minutes of people I don't know waving at the camera in some random place. Wild, just wild. We really take our phones for granted.

  • @martindinner3621
    @martindinner3621 3 дні тому +20

    And being LED, you've dramatically dropped the odds of melting/burning the film!

  • @Waltkat
    @Waltkat 3 дні тому +7

    As a 70 year old guy, that ending brought back memories of days gone and cherished. And maybe a small tear or two...thank you Ben.

  • @calabrese1531
    @calabrese1531 3 дні тому +8

    The nostalgic ending is epic.

  • @randynovick7972
    @randynovick7972 3 дні тому +4

    I find it both interesting and fascinating that Ben uses a mimicked "Mom" voice. This means that Mom is a real character in the Heckiverse. I look forward to future Mom impressions. I also like that Ben's Mom truly believes that he can do anything, like a largish balding superhero. As a large, balding person, I find that there's a chance, perhaps for me as well, some day. Not a certainty, but there's a chance in the Heckiverse.

  • @bearnaff9387
    @bearnaff9387 2 дні тому +2

    Man, I remember when thrift stores were chock full of working, but obsolete, Super 8 cameras back in the 90's.
    Also, Cartoon Cat is a damn good detective!

  • @GregSowell
    @GregSowell 3 дні тому +3

    Fun lil project, thanks for taking us along

  • @johnsonlam
    @johnsonlam 3 дні тому +1

    Glad to see Uncle Ben have another video out. I'm not a metric guy but just found it's easier to handle than lot of decimal points or fractions.

  • @battra92
    @battra92 3 дні тому +6

    Ben and Menard's! Name a better combination.

  • @ericgulseth74
    @ericgulseth74 2 дні тому +4

    Loved the ending. Very unexpected.

  • @jameslaidler2152
    @jameslaidler2152 2 дні тому +4

    "Regrettable acting!" "I WANT TO LIVE IN A WORLD WITH STAR WARS AGAIN!!!!!!!"

    • @zapa1pnt
      @zapa1pnt 2 дні тому

      I want to live in a world, with women like we see in these
      new AI film creations, here on YT. OMG!!!!! 😮🤪😍😍😛😛🍑🍑

    • @jameslaidler2152
      @jameslaidler2152 2 дні тому

      @zapa1pnt On the topic of regrettable.

  • @guyonearth
    @guyonearth 2 дні тому +3

    Ben waxing philosophical there at the end...

  • @TheFloridaBikeVlogger
    @TheFloridaBikeVlogger 2 дні тому +4

    the ending was super rad

  • @Nukle0n
    @Nukle0n 2 дні тому +2

    for heat-set inserts i like to design the hole so that the insert goes in about a third of the way, and then you heat it up and it melts the plastic and seats properly. prevents oversqueeze.

  • @paranoidgenius9164
    @paranoidgenius9164 2 дні тому +2

    With your knowledge & equipment, I'm like Homer Simpson thinking about donuts, UUUUUUURRRRG!

    • @samurphy
      @samurphy 2 дні тому

      3D printers are cheap and Fusion 360 is free for personal use. Knowledge just takes time and the desire to have more of it.

  • @ethnicstyledotca
    @ethnicstyledotca 2 дні тому +1

    Excellent cinematics and regrettable acting in this one, great job!

  • @1MrPooney
    @1MrPooney 3 дні тому +2

    Doesn't matter if I have to get up at 5 a.m. Ben made a video I have to watch.

  • @Even-Steven
    @Even-Steven 3 дні тому +5

    A Menards Vid! Made my day!

  • @CallousCoder
    @CallousCoder 2 дні тому +4

    I always like how Ben thinks things through and not just impatiently wing them like Adam Savage does. I always get so irked by Savage’s savage way of engineering. And what a superb ending, my favorite section of RetroRecipes is always the nostalgia flakes (old photos). It often makes me choke a bit.

  • @manuellujan666
    @manuellujan666 3 дні тому +3

    The end really got me.

  • @ItsAlwaysAwesomeToday
    @ItsAlwaysAwesomeToday 3 дні тому +1

    At 6 minutes, the two divots were probably points to provide leverage to unscrew the led assembly out of the body. Should just be a threaded aluminum slug containing the LED and related driver circuitry. That's how every flashlight I've disassembled so far has been. I think the end result is probably better than removing just the slug, so it all worked out in the end.

  • @Twin_Flyer
    @Twin_Flyer 2 дні тому

    One part time job i had as a teen was running a 16mm projector at the local town hall once a week for kids to watch a movie. Usually an old Disney animated thing. One time the power supply went out for the exciter lamp (sound bulb), right at the end if reel #1. After a break, it was decided to let reel 2 show anyway. The usual mumbling normally heard was totally gone and other then the sound of the projector, it was amazingly quiet as the kids watched the silent reel. I repaired the supply in time for the next weeks show. this definitely brought back those memories.

    • @DUKE_of_RAMBLE
      @DUKE_of_RAMBLE 2 дні тому

      Yea, I recently learned that sound was handled through an optical "channel" on the side of the film, and that blew my mind to learn! Was even utilized to do store it digitally, for surround sound if I'm remembering correctly. Really impressive stuff!

  • @roytherocketparsons9096
    @roytherocketparsons9096 2 дні тому +2

    You bite your toungue Ben Heck! Last Action Hero the Movie was a great Satire of Arnold playing himself!

    • @DUKE_of_RAMBLE
      @DUKE_of_RAMBLE 2 дні тому

      I believe even Arnold loved the movie and wanted to do a sequel, but it didn't earn enough to justify it. Shame, as I find it's a great movie still 😞

    • @kg790
      @kg790 2 дні тому

      I think this will convince Ben to do a 360

    • @BenHeckHacks
      @BenHeckHacks  День тому

      "Der's always uh guy in Der"

  • @thaddeusmcgrath
    @thaddeusmcgrath 2 дні тому

    Ben so glad to see you with another Menards selection, it has been too long carry on fella!

  • @wooviee
    @wooviee 3 дні тому +5

    Great ending.

    • @battra92
      @battra92 3 дні тому +2

      Yeah I legit thought that was really nice. I hope he showed his mom.

  • @DavidSprings
    @DavidSprings 3 дні тому +4

    There's only one word to use in describing your ending: poignant. Because "poignant" is such a poignant word. But the ending was good, too.

  • @trixter192
    @trixter192 2 дні тому +1

    You did a great job. I wish you opted for a warm white bulb though.

  • @Jnes01
    @Jnes01 3 дні тому +3

    AVE would have written "skookum choochers" instead of taps.

  • @gregor0088
    @gregor0088 2 дні тому +4

    Ben Heck just distracting us with dumb songs and pragmatic realism bordering on cynicism, then going in for the mercy kill in the last minute of the video like we're a bunch of Lennies. It's a terrible day for rain.

  • @redace01
    @redace01 3 дні тому

    Nice retrofit. I was looking to do the same with a super-8 editor / viewer, and was experimenting with some of those cheap flashlights from Harbor Freight. Next up is building the filmscanner project on Hack-a-day. That way we can get a frame perfect digitization and watch on a PC or thru the TV for that next level capture.

  • @sideburn
    @sideburn 4 години тому

    Been doing a 130xe laptop conversion and scanned the board for reference photos and didn’t realize the scanner doesn’t go to the edges. No wonder why I couldn’t get all the bolt holes to align lol. Good info on the center trick I’ll have to try that. I also take straight on photos with some success. I’ve burned through 4 rolls of filament already in iterations on the bambu x1 😂

  • @OsirisManuelNunez
    @OsirisManuelNunez 2 дні тому +3

    Beautiful ending!

  • @ASMRPeople
    @ASMRPeople 3 дні тому +2

    In your mom's voice " you know what would be great is if you can convert that to mp4".

  • @Loki-
    @Loki- 3 дні тому +1

    I cherish you, Ben ❤

  • @jjjacer
    @jjjacer 3 дні тому +1

    i did a similar mod to an old DLP office projector. although i used the original housing and installed a 30watt cob led mounted to a 1u server copper heatsink and used an external 12v led power supply, worked pretty well, and i never used it, currently sitting in storage lol

  • @Lion_McLionhead
    @Lion_McLionhead 2 дні тому +1

    LEDs like that make a good headlamp.

  • @jpino528
    @jpino528 День тому

    "IT'S PENUMBRA!"
    I don't know what Ben is drinking, but what the Heck! I WANT SOME!

  • @monopoly2170
    @monopoly2170 2 дні тому +1

    I recently looked into doing a similar project. I decided to drop it, though, and just scan the film instead. May pick it back up 🤔

  • @paranoidgenius9164
    @paranoidgenius9164 2 дні тому +3

    Beautiful outro🥲❤️

  • @ajaxwombat
    @ajaxwombat 2 дні тому

    “Like the pilgrims would have done” honest LOL on that one

  • @CTCTraining1
    @CTCTraining1 2 дні тому +2

    Ben, comparing the original & new light sources, how does it affect color rendering? My home flashlights all look cold-white ... but maybe it isn’t noticeable.

  • @ericbaier
    @ericbaier 2 дні тому +1

    Ben, you are a Mad Men.

  • @sssiod
    @sssiod 2 дні тому +1

    Are you sure you're actually getting a full spread spectrum of visible light with that LED? Some of them only put out limited wavelengths which don't illuminate all colors properly. I found out some under cabinet LEDs I ordered and modified and was installing made yellow look orange. My Dewalt tool was orange when I set it on the counter. I Immediately removed them and ordered correct spectrum under cabinet task lighting.

  • @ianhaylock7409
    @ianhaylock7409 2 дні тому +1

    The Super 8 film, whack up the volume on your home cinema surround system. Then watch the train crash scene, excellent.

  • @MD_Builds
    @MD_Builds 2 дні тому +2

    damn that ending.... ouch!

  • @DUKE_of_RAMBLE
    @DUKE_of_RAMBLE 2 дні тому +1

    I recently rewatched _Last Action Hero_ within the last 10 months and I found it held up fine... I still enjoyed it as much as I did back in the day.
    Maybe it's slightly age and nostalgia related, since I know you're a couple years older than I am? 🤷‍♂️
    (I'm 41)

    • @DUKE_of_RAMBLE
      @DUKE_of_RAMBLE 2 дні тому

      Hah, I typed that before the end clip talking about nostalgia, so... quite fitting! 😅

  • @orokro_stuff
    @orokro_stuff 2 дні тому

    I have an idea for how you could build an orthographic camera. Would love to see you attempt it one day. The basic idea would be to build like a 10x10 grid of cheap camera sensors and calibrate software to always pick the middle color (i.e. forward) of each camera. Then move the grid up/down/left/right to scan 'forward' with each of the cameras. Technically you could probably just do one camera, but would be too slow.
    Anyway, a giant like 12"x12" ortho camera would be rad

  • @RoyAntaw
    @RoyAntaw 2 дні тому

    Wow bitter sweet memories, thank you Ben.

  • @WJCTechyman
    @WJCTechyman 2 дні тому

    When it comes to flatbed scanners, it depends on the pickup assembly for the image. My Canon LiDE uses a contact image sensor as yours probably still uses the traditional CCD and optics assemblies so the image probably doesn't lose accuracy to the edges but the CIS apparently doesn't give as high-quality of a scan. My LiDE also runs directly off of USB instead of requiring a large power brick or some other power supply to get the job done.
    Nicely done as usual, Ben. Although, would the image appeared as dim in real life as it did in this video but as dim on this projector with the stock incredibly short life 15 h bulb?

  • @Netbug
    @Netbug 3 дні тому +1

    Love it, Ben! Cheers.

  • @RanHam
    @RanHam 3 дні тому +1

    Was the projector brighter in person?

  • @EkDoreo
    @EkDoreo 3 дні тому

    But Ben you CAN do anything. Can't you?? CAN"T YOU????

  • @iuliantoma4455
    @iuliantoma4455 2 дні тому

    Charles Dance might just be the most surprising highlight of Alien 3. Also, with age comes wisdom and thus my opinion about Alien 3 changed to the point it might be on my favorite of the bunch, even though or maybe because it's not the best.

    • @Liofa73
      @Liofa73 2 дні тому

      As a kid, I think I first saw Charles Dance on a BBC TV show called First Born -- "Dance starred as genetic researcher Edward Forester, whose work leads him to create a man-gorilla hybrid, using sperm from an unknown sperm donor and cells taken from a female gorilla. He then raises the baby as his own son, only to find that there are horrifying consequences for playing God." -- from wikipedia.
      It was also my first introduction to Gabrielle Anwar. :)

  • @fibrodad1354
    @fibrodad1354 День тому

    Mad men. Superb series

  • @Super_Bros.
    @Super_Bros. 3 дні тому

    I was into 8mm for a while back in the day, but I’d like to get into Super 8 with sound. :)

  • @macdaddyns
    @macdaddyns 3 дні тому

    Great video Ben!

  • @allanalmeidapa
    @allanalmeidapa 2 дні тому

    Is that a Lamp or a Sega Nomad? Love grumpy videos 😂😂😂

  • @meatpockets
    @meatpockets День тому

    Man I wish I had this back in drafting class in high school.... 7:49

  • @tigheklory
    @tigheklory 2 дні тому +2

    You are a madman!!

  • @technodaz
    @technodaz 2 дні тому +3

    I can't believe in this day and age they are still selling torches with bloody AA batteries , I got one exactly the same(different brand) and converted it to 26650s, nothing worse than them lasting like 30 mins on high and that's it ....10 euro of batteries gone.

    • @awo1fman
      @awo1fman 2 дні тому

      What's even worse is things that still use button/coin cells. Especially things that have all kinds of room for MUCH larger batteries.

  • @holderbee7811
    @holderbee7811 3 дні тому

    3:20 Glad the "Party Slot" was working

  • @tistatos
    @tistatos 2 дні тому

    I don't know if you recorded your whole fusion session - but if you did: I wouldn't mind see your process in recreating this part in realtime. even without audio or explanations. Maybe more people would be interested?

  • @RuthlessMojo
    @RuthlessMojo 2 дні тому +1

    That got very dour at the end. Makes me want a Ben hacks philosophy channel.

  • @Pehr81
    @Pehr81 2 дні тому +1

    is the projection very dark or is it just the camera filming it?

  • @jeromewink557
    @jeromewink557 День тому

    Did you put a busing in the little hole you drilled in the metal or will the wires eat through from projector vibrations after a couple hours of run time?

  • @DUKE_of_RAMBLE
    @DUKE_of_RAMBLE 2 дні тому +1

    13.5V Eh?
    Sounds like they'd make for great vehicle lights on a light bar or in place of fog lights!
    I recently made an INSANELY powerful, long throwing spot light out of a single LED _(Cree style, but don't think it is Cree)_ from a solar yard spotlight - like for illuminating the house address. I took that ~3.5V LED, affixed the SIDE throwing lens from a TV backlight and then put that in the housing from a CCFL spotlight.
    That LED in its original setup with its spotlight lens, had VERY minimal throw to it before being uselessly dim...
    However, for whatever reason, my combination of redirecting all the light out the side and into the reflective spotlight housing, made it *_EQUAL TO A CAR'S HEADLIGHT_* and at only 4V! 🤯 [EDIT: there's no lens now beside the side-throwing. It's all the reflective housing now doing everything]
    _(I was using a Li-Ion instead of the LiFe+ it was designed for, so I had to add a bit more heatsinking, but was no big deal)_

  • @xumatyt
    @xumatyt 2 дні тому +2

    The flashlight package promises 2500 lumens, but Ben measured it consuming at most 6V and 1.5A, if I got that correctly. That's 9W max, which is too low for 2500 Lumens.

    • @zapa1pnt
      @zapa1pnt 2 дні тому +1

      Did you take into consideration it is a LED?
      Nevertheless, over-rating is a common Chinese problem.

    • @jerther_
      @jerther_ 2 дні тому +1

      Classic outrageously overrated chinese flashlights... TTC and Project Farm are busting these for fun.

    • @DUKE_of_RAMBLE
      @DUKE_of_RAMBLE 2 дні тому +1

      ​@@jerther_AvE mentioned in the vid and TTC in the comments. Thus proving why Ben's community is the best lol
      _(Torque Test Channel, for the uninitiated; the modern day Consumer Reports and I can't recommend them enough!)_

  • @McTroyd
    @McTroyd 4 години тому

    And when the shutter mechanism gives up, you can just PWM that LED. 👍

  • @LeesChannel
    @LeesChannel 3 дні тому +3

    Do you have any concerns about the UV light from the LEDs fading the film?

  • @dh2032
    @dh2032 2 дні тому

    this would an interesting hack for led screen projectors the older ones , expensive and rear filament bulbs still in them? the only problem most seem to have when is not fitted, with there120 watt power heavy filament bulb, is they promptly switch off ? wonder the not using 5 to 10 watts instead of 120 watts

  • @alexxustube
    @alexxustube 13 годин тому

    Look, mum, no bulb!

  • @andrewmackie5110
    @andrewmackie5110 2 дні тому

    "I need to make it look like I tried!"

  • @hellsfirefreedomtube6984
    @hellsfirefreedomtube6984 2 дні тому +1

    19:14 In space no one can smell your fart 💨

    • @thomasvnl
      @thomasvnl 2 дні тому +2

      But everybody can watch you shoot out of your lane and reach for the stars in a rollercoaster-like motion as the fart propels you in the cartoony fantasy that lives in my head. That's all folks!

  • @adcaptandumvulgus4252
    @adcaptandumvulgus4252 2 дні тому

    A shiny new club to bonk with...

  • @Liofa73
    @Liofa73 2 дні тому

    Good job Ben. :)

  • @warrenrexroad1172
    @warrenrexroad1172 2 дні тому +1

    Its weird how your mom sounds just like my wife...

  • @frogz
    @frogz 2 дні тому

    you in the market for a mechanical video camera that takes film? i got a few different old video cameras

  • @JernD
    @JernD 2 дні тому

    Flat bed scanners typically don't distort in part because they do have a sensor all the way across. We're you talking about a different scanner?

    • @BenHeckHacks
      @BenHeckHacks  2 дні тому +2

      This one has a lens. Maybe it's time for an upgrade.

    • @JernD
      @JernD 2 дні тому

      @BenHeckHacks ah well that may be a nice scanner then! I typically get cheap scanners from goodwill as printer combos with no ink lol

    • @kg790
      @kg790 2 дні тому +2

      @@JernD You can scan without ink? That's news to HP

  • @bobweiram6321
    @bobweiram6321 2 дні тому

    Why use illustrator? Fusion 360 can import a photo as canvas for tracing it as a sketch. It also has a tool for calibrating the dimensions. You can have a canvas on each axis plane.

  • @3067jon
    @3067jon 2 дні тому

    Would be good with maybe 2 x the brightness and warmer LED's - (will need additional cooling no doubt) - but I know you can do it!

  • @bubka
    @bubka 3 дні тому

    Don Draper, although Roger Sterling was my favorite.

  • @codebeat4192
    @codebeat4192 2 дні тому

    Seems some telepation going on because a week ago I was thinking of doing the same! I want to watch some old super 8 movies with my dad but the bulb died. I found a replacement bulb (GU10 standard like at 12v) at the thrift store for only 25 cents but this bulb will only survive 15 hours of use. Because the developed heat inside because of this hologen bulb also effects the size of the present belt (the reason it stops working halfway), I was thinking of doing the same , replace it with a LED bulb. It needs to be 900 lumens (source - a conversion table) to replace a 100W halogen bulb but actually I think it needs to be twice as much to get a more clear/brighter picture. Didn't found one yet.
    To capture a movie, with the highest quality possible, I found out that using a non -shiny white surface (like a piece of A4 paper) to project image on at a very close distance work out the best. This minimize lens effects or defects, gives optimal brightness and sharpness and avoids bluring of the image. The non-shiny surface avoids mirror effects especially when placing a camera in front of the image. If your camera supports the 4:3 aspect ratio, use it. Happy recording!

  • @Silas1865
    @Silas1865 2 дні тому

    I really enjoyed Penumbra

  • @I_wish_I_knew_something
    @I_wish_I_knew_something 2 дні тому

    I just realized Matt Walsh sounds like Carl Sagan.

    • @pancudowny
      @pancudowny 2 дні тому +2

      The odds of that must be in the "billions and billions"...!😉

  • @snik2pl
    @snik2pl 3 дні тому

    9:29 most scanners these days have a sensor that spans the entire width of the page. you can tell by the fiber optic row of lenses. even eevblog took one apart in a 3-in-1 printer combine

    • @jdenm8
      @jdenm8 2 дні тому +1

      It's CCD vs CIS. CCD scanners use lenses to reflect light to a central sensor; CIS scanners use a sensor that goes the entire way across. You're talking about CIS, Ben's is CCD.
      There's advantages and disadvantages to both; the fact that Ben used a CCD scanner means we can see the back of the part in the scan. The walls would be straight with a CIS scanner, but their very short focal range means the back of the part would be very blurry. It may be so blurry that we'd need to scan it twice.
      CCD is also generally better for scanning images; they have better colour reproduction, and their single-sensor nature means the entire width is captured in a single sweep. A CIS scanner will need to stitch the output of several smaller sensors together, and this can be visible in your scans.
      CIS is better for large formath, you can string CIS sensors end to end for as long as you want. An A0 CIS scanner can be the same height as an A6 one; an A0 CCD scanner would need to be *huge*, need very expensive optics, and a very high resolution sensor.
      CIS scanners are also much cheaper. They don't need special optics or a high-resolution common sensor, you just have more small ones.

  • @Chris-rg6nm
    @Chris-rg6nm 3 дні тому

    Why did you run it at 5.8 V instead of the 13.5 V it was using?

    • @Super_Bros.
      @Super_Bros. 3 дні тому

      Too bright means washed out bad, so he probably experimented with the brightness using a bench power supply off camera to see what was the optimum power level?

  • @jeromewink557
    @jeromewink557 20 годин тому

    Looks like my Menards has them in 3000 and 4000 lumens, even if you want more chooching photons.

  • @davldhilton987
    @davldhilton987 2 дні тому +1

    2500 Lummis only for less than 5 mins unless you force cool the led's

  • @johanlaurasia
    @johanlaurasia 3 дні тому

    Sweet ending :)

  • @kluxmore
    @kluxmore 3 дні тому

    It's like you read my mind...

  • @codahighland
    @codahighland День тому +1

    SATA-0? never heard of it. Did you mean RAID-0?

    • @wakkowarner7391
      @wakkowarner7391 День тому

      I think he means the drive was attached to the first SATA interface, which is usually numbered 0.

    • @codahighland
      @codahighland День тому

      @@wakkowarner7391 Ah, that does make sense. (Although it's redundant with "C:" at that point.)

  • @JamesPotts
    @JamesPotts 2 дні тому

    If your uncle had been married a little earlier, you could have talked about the wonders of Joel Schumacher instead of J J Abrams!

  • @rs.matr1x
    @rs.matr1x 3 дні тому

    Guide Guide Guide he's the Guidesman and a Guiding he will go.

  • @rudiger86
    @rudiger86 2 дні тому +1

    Good to see you are back at your happy place!

  • @tdata545
    @tdata545 2 дні тому

    Is that a 5V 18,000mA flashlight? Thems a lot of batteries. Also, I miss Menards.

    • @DUKE_of_RAMBLE
      @DUKE_of_RAMBLE 2 дні тому

      I miss Ben's Menard's videos.
      However, since I now live in TN instead of MN, I physically miss Menard's as well! 😭
      FUN FACT: In Alaska, they have a builders supply store called _Spenard's!_ It's complete coincidence though, as I believe it's name is derived from the original store in Anchorage being on the road named Spendard. When my uncle (from MN) first came to our cabin to go fishing and saw our 5gal bucket saying Spenard's, he thought it was some sort of elaborate joke, where we had the bucket made as a spoof of Menard's 😅

  • @borrellipatrick
    @borrellipatrick 3 дні тому

    I saw "Menards" in the title, i had to click 🤷‍♂️

  • @partytempo
    @partytempo 3 дні тому +1

    Hack saw? More like a HECK SAW 5:38

  • @Wayko6217
    @Wayko6217 День тому

    beyblade before beyblade was a thing

  • @54tony379
    @54tony379 2 дні тому

    a circuit with output 3.5 volts dc and keeps time turns on off randomly and off at night

  • @DumahBrazorf
    @DumahBrazorf 2 дні тому +1

    it needs moa powa