List of Things That Are My Favorite Science and Engineering YouTube Channels
SuperfastMatt
https://www.youtube.com/@SuperfastMatt
Car stuff. He installed a Tesla battery and motor into a 1950s Jaguar, and is working on a small engine land-speed record race car. Also, he’s hilarious.
Inheritance Machining
https://www.youtube.com/InheritanceMachining
He has a magnificent machine shop and uses it to mostly to make gorgeous machined tools to add to expand the shop.
Cutting Edge Engineering Australia
https://www.youtube.com/c/CuttingEdgeEngineeringAustralia
An Australian guy who runs a one-man shop that fabricates and repairs parts for heavy equipment like mining trucks and excavators.
Steve Mould
https://www.youtube.com/stevemould
Fun, quirky science stuff.
Applied Science
https://www.youtube.com/@AppliedScience
He does super impressive science projects.
Breaking Taps
https://www.youtube.com/c/BreakingTaps
Super impressive amateur science and machining projects.
BPS.space
https://www.youtube.com/bpsspace
Very talented rocketry hobbyist. Working on things like “model rocket that lands upright like a SpaceX Falcon 9”.
Practical Engineering
https://www.youtube.com/@PracticalEngineeringChannel
Lay-level explanations of civil engineering topics.
Smarter Every Day
https://www.youtube.com/@smartereveryday
Supersonic baseball cannon, etc.
Scott Manley
https://www.youtube.com/c/szyzyg
Very good lay-level videos about current events in rocketry and space.
Stuff Made Here
https://www.youtube.com/c/StuffMadeHere
Self aiming pool cue, unmissable basketball hoop, gunpowder powered baseball bat, etc.
Primitive Technology
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAL3JXZSzSm8AlZyD3nQdBA
A guy who looks kind of like my college friend, Eben, makes huts and bricks and tiles in the woods using only stuff from the woods. Turn on captions to see explanations.
Mick West
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7jcBGLIpus
Just watch this one video where he debunks the Navy’s “ufo” videos.
Art of Code
https://www.youtube.com/c/TheArtofCodeIsCool
He live-codes really impressive scenes in a shader language, like he’s painting with math.
Ben Eater
https://www.youtube.com/c/BenEater
Does things like “make a video card on a breadboard out of primitive ICs”.
Marco Reps
https://www.youtube.com/c/MarcoReps
He does videos about high precision electronics (like making a 10v power supply that is regulated to 1 part per million), but he has a super soothing voice and makes dry-but-funny jokes.