Hack Like Heck: Rama Lightfoot

I am glad to hear there will be further challenges! One of the things I hope to achieve with my own channel is to show workshop built completely from scratch, with little to no knowledge, with only my interest and energy put into the project to produce something that not only I, but also other viewers and potential makers, can be proud of.

I feel that the maker community is an exclusionary one, but not by choice. It seems so by dent of unfamiliarity. I've seen too many people interested in an idea, come to me with one, etc. and say, "wouldn't that be cool?" with my response generally a, "sure, let me know how you come along with it?" and they just blankly stare and say, "well I don't really know how to go about doing it.

The real kicker is, *I* don't know how to go about doing it, but I keep trying and I've gotten better than I used to be, and will be better in the future. I just hope my own enthusiasm can translate to other dreamers becoming makers. I really hope I can help people with the transition from, "well, I don't really know how to do it," to "let's see how I CAN do it."

They will be in short order. Unfortunately, it will be right at the end of this month, so only about 3 days to complete the entire build for this project so, unless I can pull off some houdini level building (the 3d print alone might take that long), this sadly won't be finished in time. (And I have everything else, sitting at home just waiting for me to mess with it).

Sorry to hear that, hope you get things back in order soon!

Btw your choice of channel Name "A fat man...." is Genius, I wish I had thought of that.

That's unfortunate to hear. I hope everything turns out well for you! Hopefully you'll be able to participate in another challenge in the future. There are always more opportunities!

I am, unfortunately, going to have to gracefully bow out of this competition. Mostly, it's job related, I got into a minor accident, and that has significantly increased the time between now and getting home. Job searching is still ongoing, but until I can get home to do some proper job searches (and work on this project) it's being put on hold until I can take care of myself, and my family. I will still be doing this build, even though I won't be able to actively participate in this challenge, so if you care to see how things progress starting the beginning of April - please just look up my youtube channels - A Fat Man, A Fat Man Running, A Fat Man Vlogging, and A Fat Man Making, each targetting different areas of what I do.

I really had considered this a great opportunity as I had planned on starting a youtube channel as a fan page of Ben Heck (something I started working up a few months ago) and had, for a time, been called "The Heckin' Ben Fan Show" but once I started working things up - due to copyright infringement issues (didn't want to even try it), I decided on the somewhat more suitable monicker "A Fat Man." So, affiliated with Ben Heck/Element14 or not, I will continue to do this, just not under the shelter of the Element 14 community. Perhaps in a year, when I've done a number of videos and builds, and garnered a bit of a fan base, I'll be able to get some small sponsorships from different companies like Element 14.

I'm still watching other people's videos and builds. This is a fun challenge, with or without me!