[michaelt]

Well, you can't build much in the ~10 minutes of a typical youtube video.

So presumably by "one take" hahamrfunnyguy means he:

* Stopped recording driving to pick up materials, placing orders where there's a wait for parts to come in, and suchlike.

* Stopped recording things speculatively, just in case he decides to make a video later.

* Stopped worrying about 'narratives' and 'thumbnails' and 'the algorithm' when working.

* Stopped cleaning off his hands and fussing with camera settings to get the perfect shot of every step on every machine.

* Stopped trying to make point-of-view videos and keeping an eye on the camera screen, so he didn't need the tripod between him and the workpiece.

* Stopped retaking any time he messed something up or flubbed his lines or the audio came out bad.

* Stopped worrying about set dressing like having a picturesque, tidy background for every shot

Then the editing process is just editing several hours of video down to a few minutes and maybe recording a voiceover.

[hahamrfunnyguy]

Pretty good summary of all the stuff that goes into a DIY build videos. Now I just show the finished product and talk about some of the design details and problems solved along the way. I think there's a lot of value in this sort of content, but I haven't made enough of them to know if it's something people actually want to watch.

[tracker1]

Can't speak for others, but I have several channels I follow where this is effectively the format... It's a bit harder at times where it's just a tripod in the corner, and might be more effective with a headband mounted gopro depending on your work. But other than that, just appreciate enough instruction and video to understand how things are being worked on, usually fast forwarding (in the edit) through the more laborious (time consuming) parts.

But I follow such a wide variety of topics from political, to technical, to PC gaming to food (keto, general, other) and home construction or even electronics DIY stuff. I think YouTube has trouble figuring me out... I tend to get fed too much of one thing over time, and have to go into my subscribe list (a few hundred) and start watching from the more recent, or specific channels depending on what I'm in the mood for.