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Adam SavageAdam Savage, of MythBusters, turned his Tested channel into a running workshop: One Day Builds of props and costumes, shop tours and frank talk about failed glue-ups and wasted materials. He sets out his thinking in the book Every Tool's a Hammer (2019), and his enthusiasm makes beginners feel they…0i - 2
Jimmy DiRestaBorn 3 Apr 1967Jimmy DiResta was one of the first makers to build a following on YouTube with tightly edited build videos, often without narration, that let viewers watch every cut and joint. Working across wood, metal and found materials in his own shop, he shows the false starts and fixes as plainly as the…0i - 3
Paul SellersBorn 4 Jan 1950Paul Sellers, a woodworker who began his apprenticeship in the 1960s, teaches traditional hand-tool methods to a huge online audience from his workshop. His patient videos on sharpening, joinery and building furniture with a few affordable tools make an old craft accessible, and he is candid about…0i - 4
Colin FurzeColin Furze, a former plumber from Lincolnshire, builds outrageous machines such as a jet-powered bike and a secret underground bunker beneath his garden. He films the welding, wiring and testing in detail, explains what went wrong when parts fail, and makes engineering look like the best fun…0i - 5
Simone GiertzBorn 1 Nov 1990Simone Giertz became known for deliberately useless robots, such as a machine that applies lipstick badly, and built a following by celebrating failure as part of making. Her later projects, including turning a Tesla into a pickup truck and designing products of her own, show careful design work…0i - 6
Mark RoberMark Rober, a former NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory engineer, builds elaborate projects, from squirrel obstacle courses to parcel-thief traps, and walks viewers through the physics and prototyping behind them. He talks openly about failed versions and redesigns, which turns each video into a lesson…0i - 7
Bernadette BannerBernadette Banner recreates historical clothing using period techniques, hand-sewing Victorian and Edwardian garments while explaining the research behind each seam. She is frank about mistakes and compromises, and her book Make, Sew and Mend (2022) turned the same practical approach into a guide…0 - 8
J. Kenji López-AltJ. Kenji López-Alt, author of The Food Lab (2015), brings a scientist's habit of testing to home cooking. His unscripted point-of-view videos, filmed with a head-mounted camera in his own kitchen, show real-time technique, small fumbles and the reasoning behind every step, making them some of the…0i - 9
Jacques PépinJacques Pépin, the French chef who taught generations through public television, began posting short, simple cooking videos online during the 2020 lockdowns, filmed at home in his eighties. Showing knife skills and improvised meals from what was in the cupboard, they found a vast new audience and…0i - 10
James HoffmannJames Hoffmann, the 2007 World Barista Champion and author of The World Atlas of Coffee, runs careful tests of grinders, brewers and techniques on his channel. He explains his methods, admits when results surprise him and changes his recommendations accordingly, which makes his videos unusually…0i
