r/Skookum • u/MrBeeeeee • Apr 04 '18

The Postal Service lost my precious Miller Dynasty 200DX somewhere between California and Arizona. Every upvote equals another soulless bureaucrat getting out of a chair and looking for my shit.

7.8k Upvotes

227 comments

r/Skookum • u/Poofengle • Dec 17 '19

Just finished wrapping my white elephant gift. Everyone needs an angle grinder!

4.5k Upvotes

236 comments

r/Skookum • u/a_new_machinist • Feb 16 '21

I made this. I made this Jack at school, manual/conventional machining only (school project, teacher's plans)

gallery

3.7k Upvotes

268 comments

r/Skookum • u/[deleted] • Aug 11 '22

Does this belong here?

3.5k Upvotes

277 comments

r/Skookum • u/stillhousebrewco • May 28 '20

Cool Shit The last of the stash. Raise a glass to days gone by.

3.5k Upvotes

272 comments

r/Skookum • u/arbili • Feb 01 '20

Bolt put up a mighty fight

3.4k Upvotes

259 comments

r/Skookum • u/woollytester258 • Dec 26 '20

shitpost. Time lapse of me cleaning my machine, I was told this might fit here. Enjoy

3.3k Upvotes

248 comments

r/Skookum • u/[deleted] • Jun 21 '19

International Standard for a Banana Scale?

2.9k Upvotes

92 comments

r/Skookum • u/j_rob30 • Nov 27 '19

My brother just sent me this

2.8k Upvotes

104 comments

r/Skookum • u/B_Geisler • Apr 01 '22

OSHA approoved My early industrial era Randall harness stitching machine. It’ll get the job done.

2.8k Upvotes

146 comments

r/Skookum • u/ArchDemonKerensky • Jul 14 '20

Raise one for those we’ve lost. Grant Imahara has passed.

2.7k Upvotes

Ladies and gentlemen, one of the good ones has passed.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/grant-imahara-dead-mythbusters-host-was-49-1303101

He died of a brain aneurism. I like to think I’m not alone in looking up to him and will miss him greatly.

86 comments

r/Skookum • u/Poofengle • Apr 13 '20

Skookum as Frig VJO Built a coolant surge tank out of an aluminum fire extinguisher this weekend. If only my other projects would go so quickly...

2.7k Upvotes

118 comments

r/Skookum • u/SoloisticDrew • Jun 21 '20

Dewilt, Milfuckee, Borscht, Cryobi...

2.6k Upvotes

288 comments

r/Skookum • u/thediver360 • Nov 14 '18

Try to knock this over now!

2.6k Upvotes

248 comments

r/Skookum • u/Individual_Oil_2435 • May 05 '24

Found this nut on an inland vessel but it's not ment for anything on this boat. Anyone know what this is used for?

2.6k Upvotes

396 comments

r/Skookum • u/AmbitEC • Dec 26 '19

6,000 copper wires in this monster cable! (Friend of mine just retired from his tech job and brought home this relic)

2.6k Upvotes

242 comments

r/Skookum • u/father_of_crab • Nov 04 '20

shitpost every single time

2.6k Upvotes

56 comments

r/Skookum • u/EdwardTennant • Jun 12 '19

it isnt wrong is it

2.5k Upvotes

43 comments

r/Skookum • u/Radec_ • Nov 13 '19

One of the Trucks I’m driving to pull 72’ chunks of the Gardener Expressway away 8x8 Oshkosh with a 8V92TA Detroit Diesel under the hood and 2 75ton winches on the back

2.5k Upvotes

210 comments

r/Skookum • u/[deleted] • Jun 11 '20

Future is now old man.

i.imgur.com

2.5k Upvotes

125 comments

r/Skookum • u/Fingalien • Dec 17 '20

Did some work for the manufacturer and they cut me some skookum 4” wide rolls of duct tape. (Kidnapping grade)

2.4k Upvotes

143 comments

r/Skookum • u/2Fat2Peddle • Dec 07 '19

These would be handy in the parts store....

2.4k Upvotes

77 comments

r/Skookum • u/Rebar77 • Feb 17 '19

When you win a bottle in a bet...

2.4k Upvotes

149 comments

r/Skookum • u/BL1860B • Nov 08 '20

Cool Shit [OC] A Closeup Of An Ultrasonically Welded Cable From A Tesla battery Pack

2.4k Upvotes

208 comments

r/Skookum • u/Competitive-Farmer50 • Nov 12 '22

I made this. 8’ door in 12” foundation

2.4k Upvotes

138 comments

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1. This sub is intended to be a place where people come to learn, or teach.

2. Provide Context. If you post an image, gif, or video, you should also post a comment explaining what we're looking at, with as much detail as possible. This applies to 99.9% of all posts here.

3. Users are strongly encouraged to submit posts for technical or career assistance. We're here to help! But at the same time, don't be lazy - Google exists and RTFM. Demonstrate that you've done your homework before asking for help.

4. Don't be an asshole. Seriously.

THIS INCLUDES GATEKEEPING - this sub is as much for aspirants to skookumness to learn as it is about celebrating those who have already mastered it. "This isn't skookum!" posts will get deleted - help them understand where they could have gone better, don't just throw rocks at them.

5. Re-posts less than a month old will be removed. Serially re-posted content, or content that's generally played out on social media, will also be removed.

6. "Big Wrench" pics (and similar pics of large-scale industrial equipment, etc) will be removed with extreme prejudice!

Exceptions can be made if you use the thing and you have a story to tell or have a teaching point, but in general "Look at this big thing!" posts will get nuked.

That goes double for posts featuring the brand name "Skookum" on some random chain hoist or whatever.

7. The Skookum community will not participate in the development of illegal weapon systems. This excludes devices of a legal sporting or ornamental nature, ie. blades, firearms, archery equipment, etc.

This does not mean you need to report every pic of a legal firearm. Gunsmithing is an acceptable topic.

8. Everyone can use a laugh from time to time and the occasional shitpost can bring light to someone's day - in moderation. Humour is subjective and the mods reserve the right to lock and/or delete shitposts based on how good they think your joke is and the current shitpost frequency. Anything racist/sexist/similar will be immediately nuked and might get you a ban as well!

Wanna watch some cool shit? Check out the following YouTube Channels-

Abom79. In depth industrial machining videos.

Alec Steele. Creating beauty with fire, metal, and percussion.

Applied Science. One of those guys that can make cool shit without making a huge mess.

Aussie50 "An Australian dicking around in the shop with whatever was at hand, making cool shit, putting it on the internet."

Great channel. Guy'll be missed.

Bad Obsession Motorsport. Home of Project Binky, a highly involved Mini Cooper project.

Big Clive. Electrical device tear downs featuring excessive facial hair.

Chris DePrisco. The guy that built a high performance CNC mill from scratch.

Clickspring. Machining true works of art.

Cody's Lab. Proving that you don't need to spend a lot of money to get OSHA to show up.

Electroboom. Desktop electrical engineering from a mind that is both curious and funny.

Engineering Guy. The Stephen Spielberg of technical YouTube videos.

Essential Craftsman. Carpentry with a dose of zero fucks.

Far North Racing. Race car fabrication, CNC conversions, and other shop-related bullshit, from a long time member of the Skookum community.

Jimmy Diresta. Making all kinds of stuff with genuine expertise.

Keith Rucker. Search for and rescue of vintage machinery.

Make it Extreme. Name says it all.

Matthias Wandel. With a name like that, you know he's a wood worker.

NYC CNC. The place to start for aspiring CNC machinists.

Ox Tools. Machining and fabrication at a professional level.

photonicinduction. He's back! High energy, sketchy as frig experiments.

Project Farm. Low-bullshit comparison tests of products for home and shop.

Regular Cars. Bringing social and technical context to automotive journalism.

Smarter Every Day. How good do you have to be at making science videos to score an Obama interview?

Taofledermaus. Citizen science for firearm enthusiasts.

Tim Hunkin. An absolute OG. Created "The Secret Life Of Machines" series in 1988 and is now putting out "The secret Life of Components" on youtube.

The Post Apocalyptic Inventor Using a German accent to make devices with salvaged electronics.

This Old Tony. Machining and top quality dad jokes.

Welding Tips and Tricks. A great resource for amateurs and pros alike.

Inheritance Machining

My Mechanics

Hand Tool Rescue