This Old Tony! More in the machining space, but he builds things and has a sharp dry wit
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Definitely seconding this!
AVE BOLTR can be kinda funny
Also, Adam Savage kinda?
I lost interest in AVE during COVID when he started supporting the Canadian trucker protests. Wasn't surprised that he was conservative but that definitely didn't sit right with me and haven't watched him since.
I also felt like his quality was going downhill around that time anyway, not sure if he picked it back up since then or not.
I quit watching probably a year or two before that when I started to realize that he's just one of those people who speak confidently so you assume they're correct when in reality they're just good at BSing people and may or may not even know what they're talking about.
Oh damn, that sucks: I had no idea he was a nutjob. That's too bad.
This is not a repair channel, but you might like "The Secret Life of Machines", a small british tv sgow that explained certain technologies and was run by basically 2 british lads. one of them is still around and has a YouTube channel
I have been enjoying Watch Wes Work. He's a guy running a repair shop in Illinois, he works on everything from tractors to Toyotas. Lots of dry fun comments about vehicles, the people who designed them, having to fix old things from Illinois which usually comes down to rust.
Wes is a top bloke. If car repair is your thing also Check out Eric from South Main Auto Repair: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtAGzm9e_liY7ko1PBhzTHA
Probably one of the best Mechanics and a really funny guy
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Do you just want channels that repair things, or also channels that build things? I can recommend quite a few of the latter.
I kinda hope Michael reeves is included in the latter. Dudes bat shit insane. But in a good way.
He was one I was thinking of. Along with William Osman, I Did A Thing, and Stuff Made Here
This Old Tony!
TronicsFix has some fun content, mostly console repairs.
Joe's Classic Videogames is great and fun nostalgia about the insides of the classic arcade cabinets and pinball machines of yore.
Lots of insider information on how these things worked and what goes wrong with them, and satisfying play on the machines after they've been fixed!
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TheCod3r livestreams are pretty funny for me. :) He mostly repairs consoles while making banter with the audience.
I've been enjoying Chris Edwards Restoration recently. He works on a lot of old Amigas.
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Funk FPV is a wonderful channel for tearing down awful repair content creators.
Taryl Fixes All is pretty good
StezStix fix (https://youtube.com/@StezStixFix?si=HX-LBj7IIXQvLnq2)
His fixing videos are rather short and technically not very difficult, but heβs quite funny.
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Cutting Edge Engineering is more of a machinist, but he does a lot of repair work. And has a bit of a dry Aussie wit that he sneaks into his videos.
Vice Grip Garage, Junkyard Digs, DD speedshop and Polebarn Garage all work on old cars and all have a self-deprecating redneck engineering kind of humor.