Aussie50

Edward "Ed" Jones (1986 - May 29, 2019 [aged 32-33]), known more commonly online as Aussie50 was an Australian youtuber who uploaded content about technology and engineering mainly in his shed from late-2008 to mid-2019.
==Content==
Aussie50 created his channel in 2006https://www.youtube.com/@Aussie50https://socialblade.com/youtube/user/aussie50, however he did not begin uploading videos until 2008https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XD8yu8XUvk0. His first video was titled Home Built Shredder Startup, a 10 second clip uploaded on the 26th of December in 2008, three more follow-up video were made on his home-made shredder before he moved onto compressors, and later internal-combustion engines.
Aussie50 was most well known for his washing machine destruction videos, for example his most viewed video as of the 7th of February in 2024 is Front Load Washer Total Carnage - Washer goes Chain Chomp on me, a 3 minute and 42 second video in which a slightly modified Whirlpool washing machine shakes it's self into pieces with "something heavy" insidehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dq6T5BojXc8. This video was uploaded on the 20th of April in 2013, having 11 million views, with 10.4K comments as of the former date. Three more washing machine related videos are in the top eight most popular videos on his channel, being second, fourth and seventh most popular ranging from 10 million to 900K viewshttps://www.youtube.com/@Aussie50/videos.
The last video uploaded to the channel before Jones' death was Milling a Flat on an old Taiwan milling machine in 304 stainless.https://www.reddit.com/r/lastimages/comments/byk743/youtuber_edward_jones_aussie50_on_17th_may_2019/?rdt=62996, being uploaded on the 17th of May in 2019 as a nearly 3-minute video which currently has 80.3K views and over 900 commentshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYwI-W_hWi4.
== Personal Life ==
Aussie50's real full name was Edward Jones, also known as Ed, he was born around 1986, he had a relatively thick broad/general Australian accent. Jones was an Australian, having an interest in electronics and metalworking.
=== Death ===
Ed Jones was found deadhttps://nzvintagetvradio.blogspot.com/2019/06/a-tribute-to-you-tube-member-edward.htmlhttps://www.austech.info/showthread.php/116335-Ed-quot-Aussie50-quot-Jones-Dead (aged 33https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/sad-aussie50-news/) in his car on the 29th of May in 2019https://m.facebook.com/taofledermaus/posts/2422557861108914/ due to suspected suicide caused by carbon monoxide poisoning, the last people he spoke to (friends and family) the previous day stated that there was no indication on there end about what Jones was about to do.
==== Aftermath ====
After his death became known to the wider subscriber base and associates of Aussie50 several tributes were created. Said tributes include In memory of Aussie50. by bigclivedotcom the day after Jones was found dead, R.I.P. Aussie50 😭 by high1voltage1rules the same day, RIP Aussie 50 (Edward Jones) by associate HDXFH also uploaded the day after his bodies' discovery as well as RIP AUSSIE50 by australianstig, plus Aussie50 (Ed) R.I.P. by RODALCO2007 on 2nd June and Discussion About the Passing of Ed (Aussie50) by Jordan U on 11th June.
Both Jones' mill and lathe are now owned by his close friend YouTuber smallenginedude71 also known as Benhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6gT-fPyBrT0CzXzYH3Vnvg, who stated that they were still operational in late 2023https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYwI-W_hWi4 (7th newest comment from the top - 7/Feb/2024).
== References ==
Category:Tech YouTubers
Category:Film YouTubers
Category:Australian YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2006
Category:Deceased YouTubers