22 Facts About Colin Furze

Colin Furze was born on 14 October 1979 and is a British YouTuber, engineer, and inventor from Stamford, Lincolnshire.

Colin Furze has since used his plumbing and engineering experience to build many unconventional contraptions, including a hoverbike, a wall of death, a jet-powered motorcycle made with pulsejet engines, and the world's fastest mobility scooter, pram, and dodgem.

Colin Furze has said that he attended Malcolm Sargent Primary School as a child until he entered secondary school.

Colin Furze became a plumber after leaving school at 16, which allowed him to focus on creating tools, gadgets, and other engineering inventions.

On 25 March 2010, Colin Furze was arrested by Lincolnshire Police, for possessing an object converted into a firearm.

Colin Furze was released on bail without charge the next day.

On 5 May 2014, Colin Furze posted a video to kick off his 3-week long X-Men characters special by designing a set of realistic Wolverine claws based on a pneumatic system.

On 23 October 2015, Colin Furze released a video showing off the start of a new multi-part build, in which he would construct a Hidden Blade to promote the new Ubisoft game, Assassin's Creed: Syndicate.

Colin Furze went on to make the Hidden Blade, a spring-loaded concealed blade that activates at the flick of the wrist with the help of a ring-triggered wheel mechanism, a rope launcher and a winch device, all built onto a frame that fit his wrist.

In November 2015, Colin Furze constructed an underground bomb shelter beneath his garden, as part of a request by Sky1 to promote the series You, Me and the Apocalypse.

Colin Furze has completed three Star Wars themed challenges in partnership with eBay.

In May 2018, Colin Furze completed a working life-size Hulkbuster armor in partnership with eBay, from which he sourced the parts.

Colin Furze worked with YouTuber James Bruton, who made the control panel to operate the machine.

On 24 October 2008, Colin Furze revealed a 14.26-metre-long motorbike that he had built to break the world record of the longest motorcycle.

The pram was featured in the October 2013 copy of Popular Science Magazine, in which Colin Furze was interviewed about his reasons for having modified the pram.

Colin Furze made his television debut by appearing as the 'Mystery Guest' in Episode 1, Series 3 of Russell Howard's Good News, where he showed off his mobility scooter project.

The scooter was damaged in transit and was unable to work properly on stage, but Russell got on the scooter regardless and Colin Furze pushed him around on it.

Colin Furze appeared as one of the experts on Gadget Geeks, the short-lived Sky1 series, in which the trio of experts would consult a member of the British public to test an invention idea in the workplace, along with the journalist Tom Scott and Charles Yarnold.

Colin Furze has been 'number one' multiple times on the Science Channel show Outrageous Acts of Science and has appeared on the E4 show Virtually Famous twice, demonstrating his wolverine claws on 28 July 2014 and again, the following year, showcasing the "toaster knife".

Colin Furze went further afield, appearing on German television with his toaster knife.

Colin Furze's inventions were featured on 11 February 2020 episode of Great British Inventions hosted by David Jason.

Colin Furze authored This Book Isn't Safe, a collection of projects intended for children and adults to recreate at home and spur an interest in engineering.