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I've had the idea of a blank powered nutcracker stuck in my mind ever since I made the first explosive powered baseball bat. Given that it's a highly seasonal idea, I've had to do something that really goes against the grain: wait.

I had planned to make it last December but I couldn't find the time to pull it off.  You might think I could just forget about it, but every time I've looked at whatever my next project might be I've stared longingly at this project. Let's just say I'm glad to get this one out of my system :)

As always there were tons of details that didn't make it into the video. Some of the details I had to cut because I didn't want to run afoul of the over-zealous YouTube firearm censorship, others just because they didn't fit. To fill in some of these blanks (ha) I'll be going through the video blow by blow and sharing as many details as I can. There will also be live chat and I'll answer as many of your questions as I can.

I'm very grateful for your support. I hope to see you there! Sat 12/18 2pm. 

- Shane

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Explosive nut cracker directors commentary

Join me for a livestream where I'll be discussing all the details that didn't make the cut for the explosive nut cracker. Hope to see you there

Comments

Dythe

Hope to hear more about the math you had to do to make this safeish.

Greg

I got a little scared every time you put your finger in it's mouth...

Ryan Simpson

This definitely looked like a fun one... I'm assuming by now you've seen the Jairus of All video. :)

Arestes

I was very impressed with your tiny trash compactor masquerading as the nut-cracker.. being from the UK (where even the potato canons are technically an illegal firearm) I’m keen to learn more about the maths on this one / forces involved.

Kennard

Can't wait for it :)

Aaron Weast

Awesome video thank you!

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It was notable to hear that editing takes such a large portion of your time. Editing is not your comparative advantage! You can spend your time building 99.9995+%th percentile cool stuff or editing maybe 97%th percentile stylish videos. On the flip side, millions of communication majors have sacrificed years of their life to the alter of Video Production in the futile hope that one day they will be noticed. They don’t get paid engineering wages. Maybe find a few, give ‘em raw footage and a thousand bucks, and see what you get back?

Adam Ingram

Hey, I’m not sure if you’ll read this but I just had this idea and became a patron just in hopes of you seeing this. Can you make gloves that let you play the piano? I’m picturing almost a haptic feedback glove that moves your fingers to the correct keys at the correct time. You’re the only creator I know who I think could pull this off.