The view from inside

Every machine,
cut in half.

How everyday things work, from the inside. Short explainers with clear cutaways and Hal’s narration.

Halfcut Lab blueprint: a gear divided by a yellow section line, with the cut half hatched in white.
SECTION A—AHALFCUT LAB / 01

Let’s cut it in half.

See the parts.
Follow the process.

A drain trap. A chimney. A home heating system. There’s a reason each part is there.

Halfcut Lab opens up everyday machines and systems so you can see what happens inside. Cutaway views, numbered labels and moving arrows make each explanation easy to follow.

Hal asks the question, walks through the mechanism and brings the answer back to where it started.

Halfcut Lab Uploader

Finished at the desk.
Posted by a person.

A desktop tool that sends finished videos to the channel’s TikTok inbox as drafts and reads public video counts.

The uploader currently serves Halfcut Lab’s own account in TikTok’s developer sandbox. It is not open for public signups.

Finished videoTikTok inbox draftReview and post in TikTok

Account access

TikTok handles sign-in and permission approval. The uploader requests profile details, account statistics, public video lists and permission to upload drafts.

Local operation

Credentials and authorization tokens stay in a protected configuration folder on the operator’s computer. This website has no TikTok login form.