Shadowing Practice: I made a fully automatic hammer - Learn English Speaking with Video

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How you going?

Hammers are great.

There isn't a single job they can't do.

But unlike all the other tools out there that receive a new update every year, hammers remain the same.

Except that really expensive one which is named after women's clothing in order to trick men into buying it.

Which makes me really angry and horny.

so today I'm going to finally give the hammer the upgrade it needs

and make a fully automatic power hammer that anybody can use even if you have no arms

so one man already tried making a better hammer

so his design is going to be my starting place

and I've got these hem uh ster.. solenoids which kind of look like what

Homer was using then I just cut the head off the hammer

and this ain't gonna work it's somehow violent

and weak at the same time I would need a hammer

and solenoid on steroids for this to work so instead of following

Homer's design I'm gonna base it off this thing a palm driver

which is essentially the already finished a better product of what I'm making

which drives a nail in using a giant air compressor

and I don't actually know how it works

so I opened it up for answers

and I was expecting to see a tiny little man with a hammer

but there is just a bunch of holes which doesn't help me.

So in order to make this look like a hammer

I'm gonna have to figure out how to make this way smaller and portable.

And lucky for me there is a place that really does have a bunch of little men with hammers, China.

And I ordered this tank and a bunch of regulators for pretty cheap.

But I have no idea how I'm gonna make it small

and compact or if the small tank will even have enough air to do anything.

So I'm just gonna start with this piece of scaffolding I stole from a construction site.

And I'm just gonna cut off a flat section for the palm driver to sit against

and I don't have a plan I'm kind of hoping it just reveals itself along the way

and that everything somehow fits in this one pipe

and I'm actually making this hammer as a gift for a man that's older than me

that has been messaging me on the internet for years his name is Jonesy makes and me

and a bunch of other youtubers are all making gifts for

each other in the tool room takeover in an attempt to trick

you guys into thinking we are all actually friends

and to get more views which sounds like a great idea

and at the end of this video I'm gonna get a gift from Eric Kay

and every other youtuber on the list is actually pretty good at making stuff

and I think they only invited me to make themselves look better

which is why I'm determined to use the milling machine

and digital readout as much as possible to kind of make it look like I know what I'm doing.

And I don't know much about Jonesy but I know he is a machinist

and if you know anything about machinists they love woodworking

and hammers but most importantly I don't think he has arms as he really likes feet pics

so this should be the perfect gift

and I reckon the hammer will look really cool

if I add a trigger and also the UK's gun laws are really strict

so hopefully Jonesy gets arrested for importing a gun

so I'm going to use this air compressed blower thing

and mill a slot for it right here and I found

when milling it's very important to ignore any sound the milling machine is making as it's just trying to slow

you down and you just keep driving it into the material as hard as you can.

Now I need a slot for the regulator

which turns the 3000 psi air into air pressure

that will only slightly kill you

and I didn't measure it I just cut it out hoping it would fit

and it looks a little thin on the side

but it should be fine

and then to flex on jonesy I'm using my arms here to support the material

while it cuts and the regulator doesn't fit

so I'm going to grind it down

and then I also removed this useless pressure relief bolt

and burst disc and its purpose is to release pressure

if it gets too high stopping it from blowing up and killing you but since it isn't for me I'm removing it.

So I ground it off

and then glued in a random bolt to act as shrapnel before realizing

I glued up the side I need to use to connect the hammer.

Luckily I have another regulator.

Then I skillfully cut into the thin material to create a hole for the air outlet I do need.

all right now to hold the palm driver to the pipe I reckon I need something like this

which will also give me the hammer aesthetic

and luckily I have some thick metal lying around for the hammer except I have a problem it's lying around

and it's very thick this single chunk here weighs over 100 kilos

or 200 pounds so I need to cut it down first before I cut it down

that was definitely better than using grinder like I usually do

but now I have a permanent outline of the metal on my driveway.

So now I'm using

Adobe Illustrator to mock up a design and this is what I came up with.

On the top we have the nail prying thing

which did you know hammers didn't originally have

and people had to use their teeth on a tooth wrench to get the nails out.

Then we got this thing that should hold it in place

and then these holes do absolutely nothing

and then using the I test cut this piece which came out amazing considering it's my first test piece.

And Wazer claims the machine can cut 12 mil thick steel, which I kind of don't believe,

as the water in the machine is only 1 mil thick, so I don't know how it's possible.

So let's see.

Yes.

I'm scared.

And this may look like I've been using ground coffee as the cutting material, and that's because I have,

which means you also get a nice cup of joe once you finish the cut.

and this piece looks pretty great

and after cleaning it up I just randomly guessed where the middle was

and then drilled and tapped the holes

so this thing I made doesn't really hold the palm driver at all

so I'm gonna make something that applies pressure

and also hides the ugly air quick connect thing

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so I just heated up a piece of aluminium

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and bent it over this pipe which definitely isn't a homemade cannon

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and it's starting to look pretty good but I haven't made any mistakes so far.

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So I decided to snap a milling bit while making the air hose hole.

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Then I just gave it a paint job and a test fit.

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And annoyingly I designed this in the same way as one of those ships in a bottle.

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You have to perfectly put everything in the right way and then kind of assemble it inside.

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But because I'm using press fit air connections you can't actually get it back out.

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So just to make sure it never comes out I decided to use some JB welds on the side bolt holes, which I've never used before,

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to just seal it up.

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So have fun fixing this Jonesy.

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Then I attempted to get a nice sand finish on the

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aluminium by making my own sand blaster out of this air compressor blower thing, and then just using some garnet from the Wazer in a bottle,

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which worked really well if my intention was to exfoliate my entire face.

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So I just gave up and hand sanded it.

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So now it's time to see if this works at all, But first, I need to work out the air tank.

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And when I open it up, you'll notice it's very dark in here.

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And also, there's nothing inside.

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And that's because air is invisible, which makes pumping it up really hard to do.

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And unfortunately, you can't pump these up with a normal compressor.

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You need a special high -powered liquid cooled one that is very expensive, loud, keeps trying to run away from you, and needs a water supply.

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But I did find an easier way to run it.

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All you do, Jonesy, is just plug it in here

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and then just make sure you let out a steady stream

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and then it keeps the machine at exactly 36 .5 degrees and gets to 3000 psi in no time.

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And there was a budget for this collaboration of $200, which I haven't gone over if you don't include the things I've had to buy.

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And I'm just sending a high -powered compressor to Jonesy unrelated to this collaboration,

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but as a thank you for all the great memories we've had over the years.

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So let's see if it works.

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All right back to testing the hammer Whoa!

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That is so much louder than I thought. Is this gonna work?

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First test, nailing in a screw.

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What just happened?

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It does nail beans pretty good, but when I try to drive the screw in, it gave up.

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I think there just isn't enough air volume coming out of

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that regulator to push the diaphragm thing inside the palm driver into place.

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So I attached the normal air compressor to push it into place and discovered I had accidentally made a gun.

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Oh my god that could have shot my eye out.

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And to the New South Wales police that are watching this was an accident.

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I didn't design it to do that and also

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that homeless man ran himself over with my car and I'll never do it again but it still doesn't work.

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So I think I need to make another little tank inside the handle

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that can store air and then deliver it to the hammerhead.

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So at first I tried to make one out of PVC while having an orgasm.

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which didn't work too well so I made a metal one out of some pipes and washers

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and I did miss a little bit

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and kind of welded it to my drill press

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but the tank looks pretty good and despite everything all of you say about my welds, it does hold air.

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I can't actually hit any leaks.

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And it works much better.

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But just to be safe,

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I took inspiration from my hero Stockton Rush and covered my pressure vessel in epoxy and then put it inside the handle.

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Now it looks good but it doesn't look like a hammer yet.

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I need to make the nail prying thing on the back

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but I don't trust myself to cut an even centered slot

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which is why you'll notice I'm in a garage much messier than mine.

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I'm at Rowan's to use his homemade fanciest bandsaw in the world

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which he made with pneumatic controlled pin and rack and something

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and I don't know how it works

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but it does cut a very straight cut

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and coincidentally it somehow tuned the pry bar to exactly the same frequency

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that I used to train Alexa to pee on command.

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But I was never able to upload that video.

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Then using the nemesis of the hammer I just forced it open

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and that is good enough for me and after putting on the finishing touches it looks pretty cool.

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Almost cool enough to trick Jonesy makes into thinking I'm good at making stuff.

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But does it finally work

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and even though the tank is an off -the -shelf part

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I'm still very scared of the regulator I modified blowing up and shooting the bolt into me

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nice I guess and that works really really well

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if I get it just right I can drive a nail into the wood in like a fifth of a second. That was quick.

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But to put it through a proper test, I'm going to go up against the best carpenter I know, Alexa Vulovic.

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This is what the professionals do.

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You have to eat the nails.

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Mmm.

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Mmm.

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Yum.

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Ready, set, go.

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Fuck!

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Why is it working?

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Hey, looks like I'm the carpenter.

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And that didn't work at all.

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So there are two things I need to fix to make this work better.

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First, I just fixed the regulator, as for some reason it started restricting the airflow

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and by fixing it I mean I screwed the bottle in properly

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then I also burnt Alexa's hands to slow him down so now we are good for round two

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what is that fuck I can't see how much the nail head is in

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so I stopped what I thought it was it.

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And Alexa did beat me if I have to put the nails in the hammer

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so we're gonna try again with the nails already in the wood.

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As everyone knows most job sites usually pre -place the nails.

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Three, two, three, two, one, go.

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That was great because I won but now we're gonna do something harder.

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An upside down nail in a tight space.

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Just don't tell anyone it's me.

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Oh yeah, everyone watching, don't tell everyone that he just did that.

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Okay, ready, set, go.

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This is actually a problem.

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I did not move those things in one bit.

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Okay, so it's...

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Well, it's a pretty good use case.

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All you need is a filleting knife.

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And now for the final test, our feet.

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Oh, is this kind of.. is this impossible?

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Ah!

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Wait, how is it an instant grab?

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Who designed this?

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Let's think we haven't given enough jobs to each other.

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Alright, you ready?

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Yep.

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Oh, I think I'm doing it.

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Okay.

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Three, two, one.

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Done.

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And I'm slightly suspicious of why Alexa has so much gripping force and coordination with his feet, but I still won.

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Which means it's ready to send off to Jonesy makes.

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Jonesy, just make sure you don't overfill it, as there's no pressure relief valve and it'll blow up.

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Also, don't put your finger in front of the hammer, or you put a hole in your finger.

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Also, sometimes the bottle does this weird thing where it randomly unscrews

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and lets 3000 PSI out and shoots into your wall

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so I securely and nicely packaged it up making sure it won't get confiscated by customs

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and sent it off which I'm kind of sad about as I actually really like it

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but lucky for me I am also getting a gift from Eric with a K the creator of this YouTube collaboration

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whoa it's beautiful did you kill a real magpie That is fucking sick.

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Second sequence.

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There you go.

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That's really freaky.

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I don't like that.

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What the fuck?

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The last one is the funniest.

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It's a communist song, I'm guessing.

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You could say that.

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Look at his eyes are glowing red yeah i like saying he's going to lose his mind when he sees this

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it's like lovely but terrifying and freaky and there you go that's definitely the best communist singing wing articulated magpie i have

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So, go check out

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Eric's video to see how he stuffed servo motors inside a dead magpie, and also watch Jonesy's video to see his reaction to my gift.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “I made a fully automatic hammer”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: hammer, cut, nail. This video has 256 sentences and 2891 words to shadow. The speech runs for 18:26. The speaker talks at a natural 157 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. Only 80% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
hammer noun	/ˈhæmɚ/	A tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding.
nail noun	/neɪl/	The horny plate or appendage at the ends of the digits of various animals, including most reptiles, birds, and mammals (both nonhuman and human).
regulator noun	/ˈɹɛɡ.ju.leɪ.tɚ/	A device that controls or limits something.
mill noun	/mɪl/	A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc. (Some are small and simple, and some are large and complex.)
palm noun	/pɑm/	The inner and somewhat concave part of the human hand or other primate hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers.
thick adjective	/θɪk/	Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.
pipe noun	/ˈpaɪp/	A wind instrument consisting of a tube, often lined with holes to allow for adjustment in pitch, sounded by blowing into the tube.
bolt noun	/boʊlt/	A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a cylindrical body that is threaded, with a larger head on one end. It can be inserted into an unthreaded hole up to…
trick noun	/ˈtɹɪk/	Something designed to fool, dupe, outsmart, mislead or swindle.
commerce noun	/ˈkɑ.mɚs/	The exchange or buying and selling of commodities; especially the exchange of merchandise, on a large scale, between different places or communities; extended…
collaboration noun	/kəˌlæbəˈɹeɪʃən/	The act of collaborating.
slot noun	/slɑt/	A narrow depression, perforation, or aperture; especially, one for the reception of a piece fitting or sliding into it.
finger noun	/ˈfɪŋɡɚ/	A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb, and the corresponding part, irrespective of including a thumb, in many other…
thin adjective	/ˈθɪn/	Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.
sand noun	/sænd/	Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in…

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
blow up verb		To explode or be destroyed by explosion.
check out verb		To record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.).
come out verb	/ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/	To be discovered; to be revealed.
give up verb		To surrender (someone or something); to inform on (someone).
back out verb		To reverse (a vehicle) from a confined space.
come up with verb		To manage to produce, deliver, or present (something) by inventing, creating, thinking of, or obtaining it.
cut off verb	/ˌkʌt ˈɔf/ [ˌkɐɾ ˈɔf]	To remove by cutting.
figure out verb		To come to understand; to discover or find a solution; to deduce.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

I can't actually hit any leaks.
Hey, looks like I'm the carpenter.
Just don't tell anyone it's me.
It's a communist song, I'm guessing.

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going on	has been messaging · I've been using
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	haven't made · haven't gone · we've had
Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing	one which is · invisible, which makes

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 92 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, gonna. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “th” sounds: thick /θɪk/, thin /ˈθɪn/, clothing /ˈkloʊðɪŋ/, tooth /tuθ/, aesthetic /ɛsˈθɛ.tɪk/
The “sh” and “zh” sounds: collaboration /kəˌlæbəˈɹeɪʃən/, essentially /ɪˈsɛnʃəli/, inspiration /ˌɪn.spɪˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, intention /ɪnˈtɛnʃn̩/, garage /ɡəˈɹɑʒ/
Long words — get the stress right: regulator /ˈɹɛɡ.ju.leɪ.tɚ/, collaboration /kəˌlæbəˈɹeɪʃən/, aluminium /ˌæl.(j)uˈmɪn.i.əm/, essentially /ɪˈsɛnʃəli/, inspiration /ˌɪn.spɪˈɹeɪ.ʃən/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like hammer, nail, regulator.

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