3d print, toilet, fix - Pretend words to convince me YouTube actually does something with titles
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- Yadda yadda, like stated in the video, the descriptions and keywords are all utter $%@# bull*!@. I'll be wasting time trying to do more than this blurb on this #%!@ platform. Without a doubt this will be my most POOPULAR video ever!
If your toilet arm looks similar then you can try and download the file here:
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File to edit and play with on Onshape: cad.onshape.co...
A flushing toilet is a happy toilet. A flushing algorithm is shit.
Good analogy
Household Fix-It Series. Great idea!
Outstanding show and I came away from it better educated than I was before I watched it so thank you for the education and all the best from Scotland.
Thank you!
@Ben Eadie, you are welcome and thanks again, looking forward to my next lesson
This is the great stuff about 3d printing. I had a cheap Ikea runner break on a dresser drawer. 3d printed a replacement. This more than the toys and stuff people start 3d printing with is the true selling point.
Yes absolutely!
Thanks for posting Ben. I found it interesting even though I don't have a 3d printer.
Are you getting better? You're still on our prayer list everyday.
The new meds I am on are working for the most part. They take most of the shake out. I am working on the brain stuff now and dealing with past PTSD and working on getting me more mentally fit. Of course I seem to regress a bit when I do videos and I feel like I am throwing my ideas into a vast empty black hole that is called UA-cam. FWIW this is actually is helping me by venting and being bitter. I am for once allowing myself to be angry and telling the world I am angry. Also being selfish and letting people know I feel like I am getting the shit end of the stick. It may or may not be true, but it is my truth and if I keep bottling this stuff up I'm only going to get worse. So for now the petulant self centered ass that is Ben is showing his face
@@DreadMakerRoberts We all need to vent from time to time. The internet is frankly the best place to do it; why scream and rant at the people you love about mundane and nonsensical shit that frustrates you, and have them respond only with serious concern for your sanity, when you can direct it at the rest of the world instead and be met with many people who feel exactly the same frustrations, totally get it and can immediately relate.
On the other hand, it also makes some people's blinkered idiocy easily-accessible to other blinkered idiots, but hey, life's not perfect and isn't meant to be.
Keep your chin up, Ben, we're here with you. Glad you're doing better, hope that keeps improving.
@@DreadMakerRoberts Just saying, but if you get side effects from those drugs... we want you here... :)
It’s not all UA-cam.. viewers are watching way more shorts, TikToks and instagram reels these days. Long form UA-cam is usually last on the list of entertainment.
It also depends on if people leave the video early if someone is promoting your video to the wrong audience using ads or if UA-cam is it can decrease engagement since UA-cam won't recommend videos people leave early
My man trying to understand the algorithm
Not even the folks at google understand it anymore you just go with the flow
YT algorithms may be shit and you may feel like your viewing is going down the pan….
But 3D printing has saved your ass!!!!
Hope you’re doing ok?
Keep on trucking and thanks for the laugh today! 👍🚽💩
Ben, you should start a series about this! I've fixed plenty of things around the house with 3D printing! Drawer sliders, Light socket covers, drawer bar hangers, zip tie holders, and plenty more that I can't remember!!😁
Definitely this. The minor things you can use a printer around your house is an endless source for content. And if you have kids, just imagine printing spare parts for toys, board games etc. I keep bulk printing wheels and axles for my dishwasher trays to keep it going, PLA seems to hold for maybe 3-6 months depending on brand per part in those temps. And I dont need to start sourcing for parts that are either impossible to find or way too expensive in order to make purhcasing a new dishwasher more appealing...
Kids also keep misplacing some game specific board game pieces all the time so i have a few templates made in tinkercad ready to print just in case. Also makes thrift store bought board games less of a gamble if you can make your own pieces to replace all the missing ones.
Wife has already come to kinda rely on the printer too, and I can hear her saying often "well if it breaks we can just print a new one" for random things. Although she was originally against purchasing the whole printer, thinking it more of a big boy toy (which it also is, i'm not afraid of admitting it).
You know. I have literally been doing this for years and thought everyone with a printer was doing this. Maybe not... Hummm
I never comment on UA-cam but I will here. I also had to do a 3d printer fix for my toilet a few years back - my housemate somehow made one of the buttons pop out and land in the bowl while it was flushing, so it was gone.
You can't buy the button on its own so it would've meant buying and installing a whole new cistern. So I measured up the remaining button (half flush), printed it out, gave it a silver spray and Bob's your uncle. Eventually replaced the cistern when other internals failed and was time, but held me over for a good while.
As far as the channel goes, really appreciate your content Ben, and understand the frustration, with how quality, intelligent channels like this can get neglected, but dumb nonsense can get tonnes of views. Unfortunately that's the Idiocracy we live in now.
Had seen you on Adam Savages channel, but was your laser videos that made me find your channel and subscribe (although I have a CO2). Keep on trucking, mate!
Hey Ben, I really enjoy your videos - you make content that should be seen by more people. I get the frustration with the algorithm, I also find it difficult to get excited about making videos knowing they don't seem to go anywhere. In any case I look forward to your next video and many more to come. Also enjoying the commentary about our recent election in Alberta on twitter. Keep up the great work!
LOL!!!!!
Thanks Ben, I learned something from your channel and I appreciate your effort.
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Glad to see that you are doing better now. Why not just use UA-cam to rant and rave, there will always be someone who wants to see what you rant and rave about. Keep at it as it seems like it might be a mentally healthy thing to rant about since you most likely feel better afterwards. We will still be here to watch your videos.
I'm right there with you on fixing tons of crap around the house with my 3D printer! I would have done the same. As for the UA-cam f*&kery, it's sad that several of my favorite people to watch (your right up at the top too 😜) are saying the same things about the platform. I hope you do keep posting even if it is less frequent.
I appreciate you watching. Thank you. I am not stopping posting. I'll still make stuff and I love sharing. I am just bitter and right or wrong,, or I am being selfish I am just fed up with seeing complete garbage channels making eff tons of money over visual and audio vomit.
Hi Ben, always look forward to your videos, thanks for continuing to post. Here's hoping we can tweak the BS algorithm (as it's defintely BS) Your content rules, even if it's fixing a toilet! Hope your health is on the mend too dude.
LOL the algorithm is a moving goal post and I doubt it will ever be anything but. One just has to hope that the coding gods put a line in that helps you reach your target audience. Until then we sit in tube purgatory. Health is getting better shakes are manageable and some days completely gone other days they are back it is weird. But here is the thing, there are good days and I just need to tell myself that on bad days.
What? UA-cam playing favourites? No, never.... bwahahaha. I typed that with a straight face LOL... Personally, I LOVE content like this. THIS is what 3D printing is all about. It's not about printing little boats, dragons, cats, etc., that will eventually end up in the garbage can (yes they will LOL). 3D printing is about additive MANUFACTURING, whether you manufacture one piece or one thousand pieces LOL. That said, some people make good $$$ printing useless trinkets that other people without 3D printers will gladly pay for... go for it if that's the case! Oh, and yes, as a UA-camr myself, I do print boats and cats to test printers... but I try to print a practical test print whenever possible. Great video Ben... do more and yes, F@#$ UA-cam LOL
Ben your the shit, thank you!!
I appreciate what you did with this video. The people that need it will find it, like i did.
Sweet! great to know it is helping
Hey man, are you doing better? Glad to see your videos alwaays!
Yes I am on new medication that has me at about 80% so I’m able to do most things now! It’s going to be a journey to figure out what it is. But I’m getting better!
Your videos are awesome. Just want to let you know😀
Appreciate this, thank you.
It might be time to rename the channel to Angry 3D Printing Nerd! ;) great idea and fun rational for printing vs buying.
The angry middle aged maker? Maybe? It’ll give me yet another new opportunity to have UA-cam to ignore me! Winning. :) (Sorry I’m still bitter lol) appreciate you! Thanks for watching
@@DreadMakerRobertswell, you’ve got an audience. You’ve worked with Adam Savage and Tom Hanks. That’s some cool stuff. UA-cam is bizarro world. Keep doing what your doing. It’s great. I need to get started!
@@jeffsawyer Yes in those regards I am lucky, don't get me wrong I am very lucky that way. Keep in mind that Adam and Tom happened because of what I do outside of UA-cam. Absolutely none of those adventures can be attributed to this crappy platform. If you want to start a channel make sure it is for you and you alone. Trying to use a channel for business or in hopes that one day "you'll make it" is a great way to lose your effing mind. I used to tell everyone to start a channel. Now I tell them to run away.
@@DreadMakerRoberts yeah you have an impressive background! Definitely would have to be a passion project at this point. Agreed…
Now imagine, not having a hardware store 15 minutes away. Or they tell you they don't sell this, only new toilets. Had a similar problem with my bathtub fountain.
We're always interested in hearing more about the dangling hoohaas. I have other resources for the thingamajobs, so I'm good there.
Yeah, the YT algorithm mess is a pain. I'm trying to get a channel off the ground myself, so I feel ya.
3D printing saved me £150 or something when a stupid plastic bit broke on our garden parasol meaning I don’t need a new one. Now I have 3 sat on a shelf ready to go.
I work on the theory that someone out there made the first part so that is the thinking almost* done, measure it, make it.
* Almost?? Well sometimes you think did the designer see the other part or was he working from a text from someone, so you unfuck the original, then print it.
I see you Ben...
Appreciate you Kevin.
Great video! I LOVE 3D printing, especially to solve stuff like this! Ya, pleasing the youtube ALGO GOD is REALLY tricky... but my guess is (and I personally don't mind) that swearing in a video isn't helping... especially when the channel niche isn't "Kardasians" or similar junk where swearing is probably expected? Just my two cents. The "maker" and "finance" channels I watch tend to be really careful about what they say (and even text shown in the videos) because the algos can be really sensitive to that stuff. Good luck man. I hope your videos continue and some go viral!
I appreciate your candor. Thank you. This video and my last video are the first two to have any curse words. So that is not the issue here. I just figure the heck with it and just talk. Not like it will do any worse or better than my other content.
@@DreadMakerRoberts honestly, I've been going through your videos (especially the Tom Hanks one) and am VERY surprised that you views are not WAY higher. That said, I just looked through your videos over the last 4 years and my guess is that one "issue" could be the cadence/frequency/consistency of videos. It SUCKS that it's a volume game with UA-cam. My guess is that they promote channels that they know will put out a lot of content because that will drive more subscribers and then more views. (i.e., follow-the-money... and in this case the $$ is from maximizing subscribers and views). It SUCKS when good content creators get discouraged. It's a sht-ton of work to script, film, edit, etc. good videos, and SUPER discouraging not to see a path to a solid ROI on all that time. I'm subscribed, liking your videos, and hoping you'll keep doing them.
Noted and I do understand that. But I’ve hit bills to pay so the frequency will likely never change unless something magical happens.
UA-cam may hate you Ben but we still like you.😉 Hope your feeling a little better.
AND it's more fun and satisfying to do it yourself..😊
When it works. When it does not and you have to do the drive of shame to HomeDespot, less satisfying.
I watch every video you put out and look forward to them. I wish there were better platforms for stuff like this. Maybe a Patreon could help sustain things and let you put out things at your own pace? You have great Ideas and I'd hate to see that stop going out into the world. I follow a number of makers and I think you go the most outside the box with new little innovations here and there on how to do things.
Thank you! Truly love that you enjoy my videos. I do have a Patreon but in the end, one needs eyeballs. And if you don’t do stupid stuff and go all MrBeast on UA-cam or become some SEO guru on google then it really cannot sustain.
@Ben Eadie Yeah. I tried to make 3D tutorial for a while but the number you need to put out plus it being a niche audience was never worth all the hours it took to come up with the lesson plan, test the content, record videos and edit them. I hope you can figure out something that works. Maybe pair up with other UA-cam makers on collaboration videos? There's got to be some overlap in the Tested family of makers.
I also have problems with my 23 yo toilet but its the plastic valve that won't shut off.
Was going to replace it, but maybe I should take a look to see if I can rebuild it.
ps. You look better, any update on your health? Did they find what you had?
We are sorting that out still. I’m on meds that help that are for epilepsy but no diagnosis yet. I need another CT scan in several months to rule out Parkinson’s, and MS.
All bow to the algorithm!! Great to see nerd work helpful for everyday stuff too
Thank you for watching.Appreciate you.
Already subscribed so the best I can do is leave a comment and a thumbs up. :(
Appreciate you!
Hey Ben, glad to see you posting videos again. How are you? I see you deleted(?!) that one video? Any news on that?
Back to the topic: We have several 3 D printers, but fixing stuff like that hadn't come to my mind yet. We usually use them for printing things like cupholders or organizers. I guess I'll try your method next time our toilet breaks (broke last time way before we had a 3D printer)
I am getting better. I need to do a followup video for sure. I am on some new meds that have me at about 80% of my former self. We still are looking into 'what' this is but things are getting better. Thanks for thinking about me!
@@DreadMakerRoberts thats good to hear. I keep my fingers crossed for you!
For your UA-cam rant: YT these days is just insane, I see several channels having trouble to upload videos because they have 4 seconds of footage from a movie.
If you want to have a good laugh about YT algorithms, I recommend "The Spiffing Brit"'s videos about UA-cam. He does mostly game exploits, but also YT from time to time.
And if the algorithm works the way I think it does, this is going to be your most popular video ever 😁
Just think about it: toilet+poop+3D printer... what could go wrong?
LMFAO. For what it is worth it is trending on the top of my analytics curve. Not the best but right up there.
You spelled Poopular wrong by the way
Great job, Ben. It seems if you want a UA-cam video to go viral, you must use a title like "Plumbers HATE this weird 3D-printable hack by Ben Eadie."
Lol. After my current round of split testing I’m going to try that title. I bet you are very right on the click bait title. Can I hire you to re-title the rest of my videos?
Maybe a girl in a bikini sitting on the toilet holding the part as a thumbnail would help too... Ugh that is a funny, true, sad and gross statement all at once. We live in a weird time.
@@DreadMakerRoberts I'd be happy to help you come up with funny, punny titles for videos.
I support this completely. I hate being amongst the unwashed when I can just make it.
I'll keep watching your videos regardless. ❤
Appreciate you.
@@DreadMakerRoberts and I you.
Man i have fixed so much stuff with my printer. Glad you did use it to avoid shit hitting the fan - those things REALLY open a lot of possibilities if you find yourself interested in CAD.
One thing i do still want to check out is printing with TPE, making flexible convention safe knives with it.
We all know the youtube grind, the social media grind. It's frustrating, but just keep going.
Your content is amazing!
So much this. I’ve been doing 3d CAD since 97 as a aeronautical engineer. I agree it is still a game changer. It blows me away more people can’t just model stuff up as easy as crafting a email.
@@DreadMakerRoberts Honestly, i am far from a pro and have to look up tutorials for some stuff.
But having the ability to turn "I wonder if i can make a stamp for hot glued logos" into "i prototyped it three times and it works" for less than 2€ filament is just so pleasing.
So you actually started before 3D printing became widely available for the masses? Thats wild.
I remember working with a FDM 3d printer for the first time in 2002-2003, built my own in 2014, I’ve been building or buying sone since then. Always upgrading. They have come so far in so little time it boggles the mind.
@@DreadMakerRoberts What would you say is nowadays one of the most underrated upgrades one can do to a china made FDM machine?
@@starioncostumes Upgrade of the the hot end is always a winner. Generally pretty easy too.
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@@DreadMakerRoberts Thankyou.😋