Stuff Made Here YouTube channel
Shares rank 32 of 48 YouTube channels by recommenders
Hands-on engineering videos about building unusual projects, from trebuchets to handwriting forgery experiments. Critics say some builds are made mainly to look good on video.
Hands-on engineering videos about building unusual projects, from trebuchets to handwriting forgery experiments. Critics say some builds are made mainly to look good on video.
8 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 75%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 3 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Hands-on technical build videos
“youtube channels like "Stuff Made Here" are essentially technical vlogs”
Comment from 8 Sep 2026 in “Ask HN: Are technical blogs dead?” Experiments like realistic forgery attempts
“really cool video by Stuff Made Here explaining how he tried to make 'realistic' handwritten forgeries”
Comment from 22 Jun 2026 in “Writing Postcards with a 3D Printer” Recommended for fans of Tom
“If you like Tom you will probably also enjoy”
Comment from 19 Aug 2026 in “Supersonic Trebuchet [video]”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Some builds seem made for show
“have no purpose except to look good on a video”
Comment from 19 Feb 2026 in “I Fixed Windows Native Development” Content shifting toward Mark Rober style
“has devolved into mark rober content”
Comment from 29 Apr 2026 in “I Spent My Sabbatical Building a Power Meter for Sledgehammers”
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The four most recommended other YouTube channels, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
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| Technology Connections YouTube channel | 40 | 3 | 93% | 12 | — | Approved |
| Asianometry | 24 | 1 | 96% | 9 | — | Approved |
| Stuff Made Here YouTube channelThis page | 6 | 2 | 75% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
5 of the 8 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“youtube channels like "Stuff Made Here" are essentially technical vlogs”
“If you like Tom you will probably also enjoy”
“really cool video by Stuff Made Here explaining how he tried to make 'realistic' handwritten forgeries”
“has devolved into mark rober content”
“have no purpose except to look good on a video”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.