The video offers a variety of DIY hacks and tips, such as using carpet to stabilize small metal pieces for grinding, correctly positioning step ladders against walls, straightening microbore pipes, creating templates for cones, cleaning dirty hands with sugar, enlarging holes in plastic with step drills or hole saws, repressurizing aerosol cans, drilling evenly spaced holes in tubes, finding the center of circles without specialized tools, notching tubes without a tube notcher, drawing straight lines on pipes, and removing Sharpie marks. It also includes a promotion for Surfshark VPN and mentions an award won by the presenter. The video concludes with updates on upcoming projects and the status of an ongoing tunnel construction.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text:
1. Using a small piece of carpet on a workbench can provide a grippy surface for grinding small metal pieces.
2. Step ladders are designed to be placed flat against a wall, not stacked up against it.
3. A piece of wood with a hole drilled in it can be used to straighten out a twisted microboard pipe.
4. Adding sugar to washing-up liquid or soap can help remove dirt from hands.
5. A VPN can keep a computer and data safe while surfing the web by encrypting information sent between the device and the internet.
6. A hole saw can be used to make a big hole in a material, and an Arbor can be used to center it.
7. A drill bit guide can be used to drill holes at 90 degrees to a work piece.
8. An aerosol can that has run out of pressure can still be used by pressurizing it with an airline.
9. A piece of paper can be used to find the center of a circle by drawing a line that is easily divided by two and then making a mark at the middle.
10. A roller can be used to find the center of a circle by making a couple of little marks on the side of the circle.
11. A VPN can be used to stream content that is not available in a particular country.
12. A surf shark VPN can be used to keep a computer and data safe while surfing the web.
13. A hole saw can be used to make a big hole in a material, and an Arbor can be used to center it.
14. A drill bit guide can be used to drill holes at 90 degrees to a work piece.
15. A piece of wood with a hole drilled in it can be used to straighten out a twisted microboard pipe.
16. A VPN can be used to keep a computer and data safe while surfing the web by encrypting information sent between the device and the internet.
17. A tube notcher can be used to notch a piece of tube, but if you don't have one, you can use two pieces of wood and a hole saw to achieve the same result.
18. A slip roller can be used to make cones, and a piece of angle iron can be used to help roll the template into a cone shape.
19. A set square can be used to check if a square is actually a square by measuring from corner to corner.
20. Coconut oil can be used to remove Sharpie marks, but going over the mark with another Sharpie and then rubbing it off also works.
21. A piece of angle iron can be used to help roll a template into a cone shape using a slip roller.
22. A hole saw can be used to make a hole in a piece of tube, and a piece of wood with a hole drilled in it can be used to guide the hole saw.
23. A drill bit guide can be used to drill holes at 90 degrees to a work piece.
24. A piece of paper can be used to find the center of a circle by drawing a line that is easily divided by two and then making a mark at the middle.
25. A roller can be used to find the center of a circle by making a couple of little marks on the side of the circle.
Note: These facts are presented in a neutral and objective manner, without any opinions or biases.