The Hacksmith
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| Hacksmith Industries (The Hacksmith) | |||||||||||||
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| Born | James Hobson | ||||||||||||
| Nationality | Canadian | ||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Engineer, YouTuber, Entrepreneur | ||||||||||||
| YouTube information | |||||||||||||
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| Presented by | James Hobson | ||||||||||||
| Years active | April 21, 2006-present | ||||||||||||
| Subscribers | 12.70 million[2] | ||||||||||||
| Total views | 1.32 billion[2] (March 14, 2022) | ||||||||||||
| Website | hacksmith.tech | ||||||||||||
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Last updated: 10 Jul 2022 | |||||||||||||
James Hobson (born February 10, 1990) known for his YouTube channel Hacksmith Industries (formerly the Hacksmith) is an engineer and YouTuber.[3][4]
James is the presenter and prominent figure on the channel and has done a TEDx talk on his aspirations as an engineer.[5] In December 2020, James was awarded a Guinness World Record for his 'lightsaber'.[6][7] In July 2021, he was awarded another for the world's brightest flashlight.[8][9]
Notable creations
The Hacksmith is known for his "Make It Real" series where he and his team take fictional items and create real-life replicas, such as an exosuit or lightsaber.[10][11] His gas fueled steampunk plasma lightsaber that could reach 4,000 °F (2,200 °C) and cut through metal was awarded a Guinness World Record for world's first retractable protosaber.[12][7][4][6] The channel also does collaborations on projects with companies, such as Smarter Alloys in 2021.[13] The channel's projects are not specifically limited to existing media however, such as when they created the previously mentioned flashlight.[8][9]
In 2019, The Hacksmith created a replica of a half-scale Tesla Cybertruck that had the same specifications as the full scale.[14][15]
In 2020 through 2021, the group made their first complete set of armor based on Din Djarin's arsenal from the Disney+ streaming series The Mandalorian.[16]
Youtube Career
| Channel | Subscribers, millions |
Views, billions |
YouTube Creator Awards | ||
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| 0.1 | 1 | 10 | |||
| Hacksmith | 12.8 | 1.35 | 2020 | ||
| Hacksmith VLOGS | 0.4 | 0.024 | |||
| Hacksmith GAMING | 0.048 | 0.00019 | |||
References
- ^ "Kitchener's Hacksmith Industries creates the pinnacle of sci-fi tech". CityNews Kitchener. Retrieved 2022-05-24.
- ^ a b "About Hacksmith Industries". YouTube.
- ^ "Internet Famous: How James Hobson (a.k.a. The Hacksmith) brings in six figures a year building superhero props on YouTube". Toronto Life. 2020-01-14. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
- ^ a b Ellis, Philip (2020-10-10). "This Engineer Built a Real 'Star Wars' Lightsaber That Burns at 4,000 Degrees". Men's Health. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
- ^ "James Hobson". TEDxKC. 2016-09-02. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b Hicks, Jesse (2020-12-04). "This Man Earned an Actual Guinness World Record for Building a Working Lightsaber". Men's Health. Archived from the original on 2020-12-05. Retrieved 2020-12-05.
- ^ a b Guinness, World Records (2020-12-03). "World's First Lightsaber! - Guinness World Records". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2020-12-05. Retrieved 2020-12-05.
- ^ a b "Canadian inventor Hacksmith creates the world's brightest flashlight". Guinness World Records. 2021-07-21. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
- ^ a b Goodyear, Sheena (27 July 2021). "Canadian YouTubers build the world's brightest flashlight". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Sparks, Hannah (2020-10-13). "YouTuber creates real-life 'Star Wars' lightsaber that slices steel". New York Post. Archived from the original on 2020-12-05. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
{{cite web}}:|archive-date=/|archive-url=timestamp mismatch; 2020-11-12 suggested (help) - ^ Bueckert, Kate; Anglelis, Robin De (April 25, 2019). "A Kitchener company is recreating all the cool superhero things | CBC News". CBC. Archived from the original on 2020-11-12. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
- ^ Hale, Jacob (2020-10-16). "Hacksmith creates real Star Wars lightsaber that cuts through anything". Dexerto. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Smarter Alloys Showcases the Healing Properties of Shape Memory Alloys in a Collaboration with The Hacksmith for Their Latest Viral Video". Financial Post. 6 October 2021. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Tangermann, Victor. "Watch a half-scale Cybertruck beat a Ford F-150 in a tug of war". Futurism. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Traugott, Jay (2019-12-19). "People Aren't Waiting For Tesla To Build The Cybertruck". CarBuzz. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Darling, Mike (2021-03-25). "An Engineer Made a Full Metal Replica of the 'Mandalorian' Helmet in His Garage". Men's Health. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
External links
- James Hobson at IMDb