{"id":31321,"date":"2018-04-27T16:48:14","date_gmt":"2018-04-27T23:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=31321"},"modified":"2018-04-27T16:48:14","modified_gmt":"2018-04-27T23:48:14","slug":"grant-thompson-the-king-of-random","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/grant-thompson-the-king-of-random\/","title":{"rendered":"Grant Thompson, The King of Random"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our guest this week is Grant Thompson. Grant was an airline pilot when he started <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/01032010814\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">posting videos of his crazy science experiments and DIY projects<\/a>. His channel became wildly popular for making science fun, and he&#8217;s become home to nearly 10 million subscribers. He&#8217;s been featured on The Dr. Oz Show, Good Morning America, Discovery Channel, and Jimmy Fallon. As &#8220;The King of Random,&#8221; Grant&#8217;s mission has been to share the joy of experimenting and hands-on learning. Through constant experimenting and undying persistence, he&#8217;s become one of the most-subscribed YouTubers in the world.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/436191177&#038;color=%23ff5500&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;show_comments=true&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false&#038;show_teaser=true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/cool-tools-show-and-tell\/id605920446?mt=2\">Subscribe to the Cool Tools Show on iTunes<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/feedpress.me\/cooltoolsshow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/132dTpioHICXXZxj58zZZx5G76ksYVYlZPXs5qkulPUY\/edit?usp=sharing\">Transcript<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/tracking.feedpress.it\/link\/7810\/8990401\/436191177-cool-tools-120-grant-thompson.mp3\">Download MP3<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/tag\/cool-tools-show\/\">See all the Cool Tools Show posts on a single page<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Show notes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2018\/04\/dewalt-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"dewalt\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-31325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2018\/04\/dewalt-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2018\/04\/dewalt-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2018\/04\/dewalt.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2FqYtfi\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DeWALT 20v max XR Drill Driver<\/a> ($112)<br \/>\n\u201cMy Number One tool that I love the most is a DeWalt drill driver. I got a 20-volt MAX XR. I don&#8217;t know why I chose that. I just went to Home Depot and tested a few, and I really liked that one, the way that it fit in my hand. It&#8217;s got a lot of torque, a lot of power, some really cool settings so you don&#8217;t strip out the screw if you don&#8217;t want to. Probably like most drill drivers, honestly. They&#8217;re probably all the same. But the reason I like the drill driver the most is because it&#8217;s so versatile. &#8230; I used to do a lot of handyman work. I used to build properties, and I do everything from framing to electrical and everything between. \u2026 and then to have that much power just right at your trigger finger is a really satisfying feeling. I was just using it this morning assembling some new office furniture.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2018\/04\/hacksaw-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"hacksaw\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-31324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2018\/04\/hacksaw-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2018\/04\/hacksaw-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2018\/04\/hacksaw.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lowes.com\/pd\/Blue-Hawk-6-in-Hack-Saw\/50208803\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hack Saw<\/a> ($6)<br \/>\n&#8220;The thing about a hacksaw, again, it&#8217;s just versatile. You can use it to cut wood, you can use it to cut metal. You can basically cut anything. I cut PVC pipe with it all the time. I put a hacksaw on the list just because so many of the projects that I do involve cutting things, and hacksaw will just cut basically anything. And it&#8217;s not so much about the hacksaw that you have, it&#8217;s more about the blade that you have, and they do come in different blades. Some were made for metal. They have different teeth per inch. I honestly don&#8217;t worry about that too much. I just get the one that&#8217;s kind of in the middle. I don&#8217;t know what that is, like 25 teeth per inch, somewhere around there. And I just find myself using it all the time. We went through a series of metal casting projects where we were melting down pop cans and making our own tools in the backyard, and having a hacksaw was just really handy to have to clean that up. I&#8217;ve since upgraded that to a reciprocal saw, which is basically like a hacksaw on steroids.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2018\/04\/electricaltape-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"electricaltape\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-31323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2018\/04\/electricaltape-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2018\/04\/electricaltape-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2018\/04\/electricaltape-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2018\/04\/electricaltape.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2Fnlgs0\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Electrical tape<\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;Electrical tape is a staple. It&#8217;s like you need bread and rice to survive, you need electrical tape in your workshop to survive. You know how MacGyver&#8217;s always associated with duct tape &#8217;cause he could do anything with duct tape, and I feel like I&#8217;ve tried using duct tape \u2014 it has its place \u2014 but there&#8217;s nothing that I use more often than electrical tape. I use it for decorating. If I make nunchucks or blowguns, I can use it for decoration on the outside. I use it for patching things together. I&#8217;ve had a vacuum pump that was falling apart, and I used electrical tape to tie that back together. And the reason I love the electrical tape is because it&#8217;s got that stretchy vinyl quality to it. If you stretch it a little bit harder, it kind of pulls back on itself, so you get a little bit of elastic property, which duct tape just doesn&#8217;t have.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2018\/04\/macbookpro-300x185.jpg\" alt=\"macbookpro\" width=\"300\" height=\"185\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-31322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2018\/04\/macbookpro-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2018\/04\/macbookpro-1024x630.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2018\/04\/macbookpro.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2r4BTDX\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MacBook Pro <\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;Yeah, the MacBook Pro. That&#8217;s actually what I&#8217;m talking to you on right now. You know, in the video editing world, when I was starting to get into YouTube I was asking around, &#8220;PC, Mac?&#8221; Everybody had different opinions. I was always a PC guy, but I decided to pull the trigger and go to a Mac, and it&#8217;s worked really well for me. Now, I guess a couple years ago I got this MacBook Pro, and the reason I love it is because it&#8217;s got amazing processing power \u2014 it&#8217;s even better than my desktop computer \u2014 and traveling around the country I can take it with me anywhere, I can work anywhere, and turning my projects into digital that I can share on the internet wouldn&#8217;t be possible without a computer. I would say if you&#8217;re gonna have a computer, something&#8217;s that portable, you can take with you is a great way to go. This MacBook Pro has served me well. I love it. I got a little bit the older model, so I don&#8217;t have to get the dongle to plug everything into. It&#8217;s still got all the ports and the jacks, and I personally prefer that. And it&#8217;s running like a charm. So, really happy with my 2014 MacBook Pro.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also mentioned:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/trello.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trello<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/frame.io\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Frame.io<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2HyJba4\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The E-Myth<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>We have hired professional editors to help create our weekly podcasts and video reviews. So far, Cool Tools listeners have pledged $346 a month. Please consider\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/cooltools\">supporting us<\/a>\u00a0on Patreon. 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