Laura! You are genius, beautiful and so sweet! Glad I discovered you! 1st video I saw was about your new house. Can’t stop…. Your creative spirit & attitude is superb… Thank you for being you!

Just goes to show, when you make great content, people will follow. Keep up the great work Laura. I'm digging the vlogs and the project updates. Also, I'm really glad you have good taste in music.

Love your traveling workshop idea! Travel wherever you wanted to go, build and sell enough to fund your travels and move on again, sweet!!

Very enjoyable vlog, Laura. Looking forward to see the next project.

Dear Laura, you keep on havin' fun as always, we all and you together, tnx for sharing!!!

Fantastic! excited to see the build.

I've been listening to Modest Mouse for quite a few years. I'm going to have to jam in the shop now!

Laura, see about buying a prototyping "breadboard" kit for your electronic experiments. You can build, teardown and modify your ideas to your hearts content until it works like you want to. It won't keep you from failing but you'll recover quicker and move ahead with your ideas.

lots of stuff in a short vlog, thanks for sharing. No question yet, i'll have to think something up... Cheers and keep on trucking !

Thanks for the suggestion Laura! Modest Mouse are awesome! I'm especially loving 'Lampshades on Fire', can't wait for the build video!

Your truck Idea sounds fun. A rolling circus of making. Families could line up to see you work :) You could even teach your skills in new areas as you go.

Great update. Looking forward to the camera slider build.

ah the mobile shop idea! I have that dream too! I'm thinking of building it in a 40 foot shipping container so I could ship it as well as haul it. . that's my end goal, current idea is getting either an old RV and gutting it, or starting with a box truck.

Hi, Laura! Usually you don't want to use potentiometer to control speed because you loose power that way. What you could look into is pwm controller which basically runs on/off signal to the motor very fast. This frequency controls speed without loosing power. PWM can be bought as a ready to use device or assembled on 555 chip + couple of diods and transistor. Tutorials are plenty. Anyway, nice vlog and videos, carry on and have a nice day!

Can't wait to se that awesomeness in action!!! :D

Hey Laura, great work on your videos and look forward to more projects!

another great vlog as always. modest mouse - tick. Tattoo yourself - hmmm. Mobile workshop - as long as you visit down under - hell yeah :)

Excellent album - that's one that i can let play all the way through without skipping. And you're right, it's a great shop / work album

OK, I'm going to say it. 10% growth in 10 days? Way to go! Keep up the good work, and soon you'll shake hands with Jimmy.

Great vlog video Laura...you're getting realy good...i'm looking forward for the video!

Yep! "Stop where it's nice" is always a good plan!

A movable truck workshop!?!...Awesome idea :) :)

that's great that you're going to make a camera dolly! i too am working on a design for a camera slider, but still waiting on the parts. thinking about using a servo motor, but i'm still doing research on how to use servo motors. can't wait for your next update!

yeeeow! Modest Mouse are so rad, I've got a Radiohead album on my turntable at the moment. Haven't got all my records out yet, trying to figure out how I want to display them. Was thinking of wooden beer crate hung on the wall

you stole my dream lol .... only I envisioned a sweet diesel truck pulling my mobile workshop trailer , that way I could disconnect and have a personal vehicle to drive at the same time lol anyway u have a great mind laura ....much love from Boston :)

Cool vlog. Keep up the good work!

I have a cheap slider rail I bought from ebay and to move it I am using geared 30rpm 12v motor from china(10 euro) with a 10am 12v speed pwm comtroller (10 euro) linked to a couple of switches one for direction the on off and a 12v alarm lead acid battery (15 euro). To move on the track I am using some gt2 cnc belt and pulleys from Germany, again about (10 euro). It will be interesting to see what you come up with. I used to use the motor out of an old cordless drill

Modest Mouse fan. Right on!

I would like to see a full time lapse of one of your projects using all your shop that would be awesome!!! And my question is: do you have any particular way of making things? I mean if it's all random what you do or if you have a tendency, for example I try to be as most symmetric as possible like with the paint jobs

I love Modest Mouse and I can't wait until Sunday to see your video

Cool as always! Two things from my side: take a geared down motor and a PWM speed controller, your variable resistor will burn, it's rated only for some 200mW. Greetings from Dresden!

Looking forward to seeing Sunday's video. Ok I have a question: what is the one power tool and one hand tool (one of each) in your shop you can not do without?

Love Modest Mouse! I think Good News for People Who Love Bad News is my favourite album of theirs.

Big thumbs up for Modest Mouse!

looking forward to Sunday's video

The audio sounds great! Keep up the great videos!

Great record!

Nice vlog! I laughted hard in the "NO" moment :DD

Awesome vinyl selection, and awesome project ideas, as always! (And if ye ever happen to find yourself in the northern Illinois area I'll teach ye enough to tattoo yourself a tiny bit! I'm no longer in public practice, but that's one Art form I'll never completely give up...)

Beautiful dog. I love Modest Mouse. I have that album. Thumbs up. :)

"Made from scratch" means made from the beginning or made from nothing. "Made from scrap" means made from leftover/spare parts. So I think you had it right first time! Loving the vids, just binge watched almost every one since the Cave one day build!

Great vlog! Thanks for answering my question! Also great answer that would be awesome! Too bad the self tattooing didn't work out though

The moon and Antarctica by Modest Mouse is brilliant. Include the two singles before it "broke" and "truckers atlas"

Modest Mouse is amazing, thanks for the recommendation! :)

Modest mouse yes! One of my favorite bands ever!! So good

Laura, I used a cheap harbor freight rechargeable drill. Just an idea. Looking forward to Sunday's video.

What model turntable do you have, it looks really neat! I'm using a 1970's Technics and I always wonder if the newer stuff is worthwhile!

Hey! make sure to stop in my town with your awesome truck :D I would like to learn a little bit with you! I manage to make a turntable and i'm thinking about using a Oven rotisserie motor the low speed will be good i think. i'll show you when it's done!

When you get that truck, make sure you come to Australia !!!

Cool and you said it correct the first time you nailed it

I just love your dog. Question : did you ever consider to make a project and/or vid with another maker ? Which project and maker would it be ?

Love your videos , and love seeing your dog in them. My dog does so many things that make me laugh...... Whats the funniest thing your dog has done???

ur getting good with the vlogging laura.really liking it. i like the record of the week idea.and they are a good band never saw them b4 but maybe next time theyre around the new York area. look forward to seeing what you do on Sunday. #QUESTION : if youtube was to ever go away,would you stop ur vlogging/videos or what social media network would you use for your vlogging and videos??and why?? have a good one..15k is on the way:]

Nice vid. Cheers to Smudo !

We need to see more of Smudo! Hahaha, well done, Laura....

i like the idea of nomad project making!!! You could call it Laura Kampf Nomadic Inspirations

For the camera slider you definitely want a PWM speed controller rather than a resistive controller. Also look into the simple circuit to make it reversible (DPDT switch, and easy to add in limit switched). You also really want a gearing system for the motor so you can use a weaker motor with fewer problems. To power it you can salvage 18650 Lithium cells from old laptop batteries, much much better than a crappy 9v battery.

UUUuuuuh, really cool! Will you be at this years Hurricane too? Hope to see you there :)

Modest Mouse is great, haven't listened to them in a long time. I think you will need a lot more power than a 9V battery to run your slider (only about 3Watt), you could try using old laptop chargers (19V/2A) or printer powersupplies (12V/2A), also there are some PWM controlled motor-regulators on ebay with variable input voltage rated for 2-3A which should be enough. Hope this helps. I built a timelapse-slider myself but used a stepper-motor and an arduino to control it, along with a 12V Blei-Gel Akku (don't know the english word ;)) but for camera movement in video that would be overkill and too loud. grüße aus bonn, Christoph

I preferred Modest Mouse's previous album, Good News For People Who Love Bad News. They are quirky, but good. I like your idea of the workshop in a truck. That would be cool. For that matter, you could also have your own plane that you could pull the truck into, and it would fly you to the next continent.

Hi, maybe a good salvage hunt for an old printer or copying machine . They are full of stepper motors strong enough for your project and easy enough to get to work!! Just my 2 cents.. Also thank you for theae great video's #question who is your favorite youtube maker?

In AUS, for "potentiometer" we say "POT" for short. Not sure, but going by the video it kinda looks like your soldering could use a few tips. Make sure the surfaces of both the wire and tag or whatever your are trying to solder together are very clean. Obviously you are using resin core solder? If not, need to flux the job. And please use eye protection. Soldering accidents are rare, but a splat of hot solder in the eye can be devastating and it does happen more often than most people realize. Anyway, hope you have fun. Regards, Dave Kahlbaum. Adelaide South Australia.

The POT is too small to control the current to that motor, the addition of just 1 power transistor would make it right...a Darlington type would be a perfect fit.

a motor with a reduction gearbox will make it stronger and a bit slower

You might consider using a variable speed drill or some of it's parts for your camera dolly. If you could find a use one for cheep like ones you already have then you would not have to pay for a battery. For short I call a potentiometer a POT but you did well pronouncing it.

Laura - you want to be an itinerant maker! A noble aspiration.

You need a geared motor and a motor controller

Hey Laura, try modifying an old model servo they run on 5-9V and are pretty strong due to many internal gears. Also they are cheap (chinese ones start at 5€) and you might be able to trade one in for free at a local model hobby shop for a favor on you lathe ;-). To modify unscrew the housing and take out the potentiometer and electric, just leave the motor and reconnect two wires to it . Sometimes you need to break of a small mechanical endstop. Any questions you can ask me back in german as well :)

Yay more vlogs! Yay 60fps!

The same motor with bigger cells (c or d) would probably work.

Cool idea truck-shop saludos

10/10 for modest mouse

Can you build your own tattoo machine?!

Goto an auto wrecking yard and buy a windshield wiper motor OR an automatic car radio antenna motor. As they operate on 12v dc, powering them is easy AND they have lots more torque when used with a potentiometer (speed controller) than the little gutless tape deck motor you were using in this video.

"Made from scratch" is perfectly acceptable although it usually applies to cooking.

Laura! Band of Skulls, now Modest Mouse. You're music taste is awesome.

Modest Mouse is amazing! What were you doing here in Canada and where in Canada were you?

nice! modest mouse! yes there are huge here in the states. Like the update vids. i know i said i before but i like you style. Do you make full time >?

great vlog .. ciao laura

'Made from scratch' makes sense to me.

Great music! do you already have tattoos ?

Ich mag Deine Videos. :) Würde mich mega über ein Dremel Tutorial freuen. Finde dazu nichts wirklich brauchbares und inspirierendes. Als Dankeschön schicke ich auch einen Aufkleber. ;) liebe Grüße aus Raderberg

Is that Get Hands Dirty Sticker at the back of you in the Truck.

Cool... you should feed the camera to the shark. That would be a cool shot.

"Made from scraps" heißt aus reststücken gemacht "made from scratch" heißt komplett selbst gemacht Wegen dem Motor: Die 9V Batterien können vermutlich den Strom den der Motor braucht nicht liefern, wenn du ein Datenblatt hast, kannst du den Nennstrom nachgucken, und mal mit einem Multimeter vergleichen was da wirklich durch geht (dazu das Multimeter in Reihe Schalten, also den Stromkreis unterbrechen und diesen mit dem Multimeter wieder schließen), wenn der Strom zu klein ist, einfach mehr 9V Batterien Parallel schalten. Parallelschaltung erhöht bei Batterien den Strom den sie liefern, Reihenschaltung erhöhr bei Batterien die Spannung die sie liefern. Wenn du kein Datenblatt hast, schalte einfach so lange 9V Blöcke parallel bis der Strom nicht mehr steigt. Grüße aus dem beschaulichen Ostfriesland :-) Wenn noch Fragen sind, frag ruhig

I got 4 tattoos that I tattooed on myself lol its fun

HA!! Isaak Brock (singer) has been known for that sort of thing... he drinks a little much sometimes. Good record though! I kinda lost touch with them. They went a little pop and then off the radar. Question: What are your top 5 favorite youtube channels? I don't mean "Maker" channels but just in general. I use youtube for inspiration on new projects and like to see what other people have found. Keep up the fantastic work!

Schon mal über ein Getriebe nachgedacht? Aus einem Modellauto oder so? Allerdings gilt hier: je mehr Kraft, desto weniger Geschwindigkeit. Ansonsten hilft nur mehr Strom...

Laura, you should really look at using a 555 timer to do the motor speed control. The circuit is simple. www.electroniccircuitsdesign.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/main/img/555-timer-dc-motor-driver.jpg you can get the parts pretty much from any supply place and they will be dirt cheap.

Wirst du zur Makerfaire in Dortmund am 13.03 kommen?/und wenn ja könntest du ja ein Vlog machen

Laura, you seem to have the Maker Movement energy in you. Look up a device called "Arduino" . Millions of creators are using the Arduino platform micro controller to control lighting and camera slides with no limits to the possibilities.

If want to control the motor speed without losing power you will need to connect a transistor or a driver like the l293d wich is reversible. Link to do diagram www.electroons.com/8051/electroons/images/ckt_mtr.jpg

you had it right, pronounced (poten chi awe meter)

My dog is the same color :)

My American testosterone clouded my judgment all I heard was - you need "More Power" (quoted text needs to be spoken with Tim The Tool-man grunts).

use wiper moter

I've not heard 'made from scrap' as an expression. I've always said and heard 'made from scratch' or 'scratch made'. :) Especially when it comes to cooking. I.e. this cake is scratch made...which means that you didn't buy it or buy a boxed mix from the store. But this might be a southern U.S. expression. english.stackexchange.com/questions/39551/where-does-the-saying-made-from-scratch-originate

Is that what you doing, at the moment give you enough money to live comfortable?

put a hpi firebolt rc car motor on it and watch it fly!

if you want to say: "ganz von vorne" from scratch is right :)