Looks cool, but in the grand scheme of things it feels like this record could be broken by anyone by the time it takes lego to ship parts to their house
Lol. The same could be said for so many records. Obviously the difference here is that he actually took the time to do it. I don't think there's a world record for trolling comments though... 🤔
I'm glad you think it looks cool! Although I understand what you're saying, this record is not only related to the number of links, but that the chain runs continuously yet in 3 separate planes, all having to be achieved through 90-degree twists of the chain. It's a challenge of engineering, but also of making a beautiful and satisfying end product, not just of setting a record. I hope this helps make the project more exciting to you!
Imagine kind of replicating dial up Internet using this. Just seeing black and white Lego treads traveling along a phone wire by the street from one Lego computer to another.
Next thing you should do it all in multicolours and use as many as, and it'll be interesting how it'll all look, it'll probably twist the mind and make you go all dizzy
LOL. I just watched a half hour video of an original Beatles Master Tape be slowly rewound onto a proper spool to be played back and recorded into a computer.
I made my own LEGO film projector as a mid-teen. I used strips of notebook paper as my film and as many Light Bricks as I had for the projector bulb. I had no idea about the sprocket system on a real projector so it didn't actually work correct. But I do now (Thanks @TechnolgyConnections ).
I saw a similar concept with a tracked technic vehicle (using the same type of tracks from 8043) that had one massive loop of track that crossed over on the top to make two parallel sections of tracks to drive on.
😂 That would've been funny for sure, but that's just all the chain links I had haha. I'm not sure anybody's ever set the record before, so this is just setting the stage for someone to beat it 👍
God I wish I knew about lego tutorials like this when I was a kid. My inspiration would've gone through the stratosphere. Nowadays, my old lego collection is unfortunately gone. So many memories.
I still have all mine but the pieces are so primitive compared to what is available now. I stopped collecting in 1983 when Technic bricks were still called Expert Builder in the USA. I have pieces and printed materials from when LEGO was distributed by The Samsonite Corporation before InterLego was a thing.
I would love to see a shape of The Nurburgring or any race track created with the same approach. The single link in the odd color would look like a car going around the model of this circuit.
Speaking of world records, we kind of want to set one for the largest wireless network with LEGO hubs. Want to join? I'd like to span a famous bridge or something =)
I love the idea of the hub counting the links! Wow, cool thought! Depending on where it is I might be interested. Do you already have other interest in that idea?
that looks so satisfying and the editing at the end is really well done. How long (aprox) does it take for one round and when will you share a 1 hour loop of it 😅?
Absolutely mind boggling what this man can do. I love all of these random yet challenging things you slap on the channel. I absolutely love everything you do lol, can’t wait for the next one!!
The only thing id do to make it more fun to watch is to paint a snake onto the brown links, then maybe put some stuff that looks like rocks/brushy stuff for it to "crawl" through.
Add a gear on some kind of mechanism so you can add a spring to it to tension the entire chain. Currently its quite loose as seen by some gears just not even having the chain on it constantly.
Do they make glow in the dark LEGO chain? I think it would be really cool to do this again with all black parts and a segment of glowing chain and film it running in the dark.
the twists made me think that you could pretty easily make the chain into a mobius strip as well! (though i don't know if that would work, or if lego technic chains can only be driven from one side)
the main reason this record cant be beat is because of the financial ruin it would bring to anyone who tried to afford more, in all seriousness though this was super neat!
Introducing the advancement of modern day technology. The thing you've all been waiting for. The Useless Machine. It combines complex engineering with your everyday shower thoughts. Watch as the Useless Machine does absolutely nothing productive. BUT looks good while doing it.
Wow you really do reply to everything. I love these kind of random videos, they’re the kind of things I try and do at home for no reason. This was awesome! I’m 14 btw
This has super similar energy to Spintronics (incidentally, the pre-kickcheater prototype of that toy literally used Lego chain links, and the finished version is _almost, but not quite,_ the same scale of gear teeth)...
@@BrickMachinesChannel Yeah, a while back I tried seeing if Spintronics components could be driven via Technic motors. The gear-tooth spacing looks so similar, and the teeth feel like they mesh, but they're just _ever so slightly off_ so Spintronics chain links (which assemble the exact same way Lego ones do) have a "tooth mismatch" after six or so links with Technic gears, and vice versa. ...I think they might have done that due to avoiding any risk of trademark/copyright/patent infringement? I also tried seeing if a Technic motor could direct-drive (gear-to-gear, no chain) a Spintronics junction... it sorta worked, but eventually they pushed each other apart from the misstepping due to the Spintronics gear teeth sticking out slightly further than Technic. So close!
@@BrickMachinesChannel yeah, been a subscriber for a long time, your channel introduced me to technic builds, i only did regular legos before. idk why you still have less than 1 mil subs your channel gotta go big at some point its really cool what you do
This is amazing! Who keeps track of the world records for stuff like this, and will you get a fancy certificate?😅 In my mind that is how it works. I loved that you put in the different color of links so we could follow the path of the chain theough all the gears. Great idea!
Thank you! Probably no certificate, and nobody keeps an official record, but I'm hoping this video will help inspire other builders to use chains in unique and creative ways too. I'm glad you liked the video!
@@Ten_Thousand_Locuststhe point of the video was to inspire other people to make cool stuff. It’s technically the world record unless someone wants to prove otherwise, so it’s not clickbait ether.
The first thing that came to mind was the title but to the tune of the battle of New Orleans, and I misread 1184 as 1814: There was 1,814 Lego chain links, All tangled up into one big machine.
Remember how old machines working? Using big metals like big hammers big jaws And they are working Synchronously like beauty dancer Yeah, they are working like this using long chains and powered by one big steam engine
Thanks so much! The black boards? Yes, those are official LEGO® parts: 11x19 Technic Panels. You can get them on LEGO.com Pick a Brick or Bricklink.com or from some sets
Don't know if it's the world record, but my basic warehouse (free instructions on rebrickable) has already 905 chain links (1machine). The GBC warehouse has around 600more, making it 1500+ of these chain links in 1 MOC. The other MOC mostly displayed together, Pin sorting machine with conveyor belts (also on Rebrickable) has another 754 chain links. But very nice video. These chain links can be used in so many ways to do fun things.
Hi ProfJos! I do love your builds 💯 The record I'm attempting here is not just total links, but the highest number of continuous links running in 3 separate planes using twisting links. I'm sure there are builds with greater total number of links, like you mentioned, but most of those are likely not continuous. This is just about getting people started thinking about what kinds of crazy looking contraptions they can make out of chain 👍 Thanks for watching and commenting! I'm glad you enjoyed the vid, and thanks for asking me the question so I could clarify 🙂
@@BrickMachinesChannel yes for a single chain running in 3 planes it'll be probably the world record. I really love your video's too, keep them coming! And very well to get people inspired, as these chains are unknown for many, but are so versatile.
Share this video with everybody you know lol! Thanks Brick Machines club! 😎 Let me know you did so I can drop you a heart!
I will beat your record, I will make a 50 foot chain. Enjoy your title for now. Change is coming.
@@EllisMcLaughlin-pj3ih good, do it!
Sure, I'll share this video with everyone I know! I'll let you know once I've shared it so you can drop me a heart
@@LegoWondersOfficial thank you!
😅😊@@EllisMcLaughlin-pj3ih
"Behold, my masterpiece!"
"What does it do?"
"It runs."
Haha that about sums it up :)
@@BrickMachinesChannel its really fasinating tho
His name is Chan the Chain Link Mechanism
@@muslimgamerrr9479 fascinating
9:40 would make for a nice loading screen icon
Agreed! Good observation!
Oh yeah for sure! That'd be sweet!
That’s exactly what I was thinking
Looks like a game of snake
@@voice_control.-388yea
Super satisfying. It would have been funny to have the chain driving a super basic mechanism.
Thanks! Also great idea for an improvement!
German automotive engineers absolutely salivating at this
Correct, but I live far from Augsburg because Lego is the biggest company near Augsburg, Germany 🇩🇪 😂. I live at circular Konstanz 😮
Taking inspiration from this to create their next timing chain monstrosity.
Ah yes the mighty timing chain disaster, also known as Audis 4,2l v8 engine
@@daunenfreund8053 1.4L TSI
Died laughing at 8:20 when the music cut, that’s the perfect summary of what engineering is like without any words spoken.
It’s reminiscent of that arcade game where the snake chases an apple. Very satisfying 10/10!
I was going to comment a pun, but I lost my chain of thought
Great video as always!
So was I!
I guess great minds think a-link
Haha I love that pun 🤣
@nuberiffic Lol that's a good one! 😂
Bro that's actually a really good one 😂
@@BrickMachinesChannel Thanks.
I like to think I have a very high COGnitive function :)
Looks cool, but in the grand scheme of things it feels like this record could be broken by anyone by the time it takes lego to ship parts to their house
Lol. The same could be said for so many records. Obviously the difference here is that he actually took the time to do it.
I don't think there's a world record for trolling comments though... 🤔
I'm glad you think it looks cool! Although I understand what you're saying, this record is not only related to the number of links, but that the chain runs continuously yet in 3 separate planes, all having to be achieved through 90-degree twists of the chain. It's a challenge of engineering, but also of making a beautiful and satisfying end product, not just of setting a record. I hope this helps make the project more exciting to you!
arent the links sold individually though?
Why did I watch this
Somewhere in the China:
1 Billion chain links for 25$
Average German v8 timing chain
Audi A6 😂
Fr💀
Audi 4.2L timing chain servicing be like:
Haha that's awesome
😭
Holy shit he is right
Sounds like you are speaking from experience there.
Not bad! I genuinely laughed at 8:21. Though it looks like it's skipping a bit on the big floor gear. Oh well, still seems to work!
Thanks! Haha yeah that was funny :) Yes, good eye, I need to add some of those chain guides like I did right after 8:21. That would fix it!
@@BrickMachinesChannel Guess I'm better at mechanical engineering than I thought! 😂
You sure are!
@@BrickMachinesChannel Thanks! 😁
8:50 chocolate milk going through a bendy straw i was given
Audi engineering department in a nutshell
Imagine kind of replicating dial up Internet using this. Just seeing black and white Lego treads traveling along a phone wire by the street from one Lego computer to another.
Woah I love that! Very cool 👍
If you let your eyes relax, so they go blurry it actually looks really cool, like a neon LED light zooming around the board
Cool idea!
ohhhhhh so thats whats happening when my eyes do that
LEGO 3D Art is a great idea. There are instructions on the net on how to make 3D-ASCII Art so the same rules would work with different colored bricks.
This is so satisfying, I love it.
Thanks so much!
Next thing you should do it all in multicolours and use as many as, and it'll be interesting how it'll all look, it'll probably twist the mind and make you go all dizzy
Reminds me of threading a film projector in school in the 1970s and 1980s
Oh very cool! I could see that!
LOL. I just watched a half hour video of an original Beatles Master Tape be slowly rewound onto a proper spool to be played back and recorded into a computer.
I made my own LEGO film projector as a mid-teen. I used strips of notebook paper as my film and as many Light Bricks as I had for the projector bulb. I had no idea about the sprocket system on a real projector so it didn't actually work correct. But I do now (Thanks @TechnolgyConnections ).
I need a loopable video of just the final product in motion! This is hypnotic
I saw a similar concept with a tracked technic vehicle (using the same type of tracks from 8043) that had one massive loop of track that crossed over on the top to make two parallel sections of tracks to drive on.
Woah, I love that idea! Very cool!
Nice build. Brings back memories of the fan belt of a seventies Peugeot 204
It makes me so happy seeing people who are really passionate with lego, and actually post videos frequently ❤
8:46 Wow this is so satisfying! it looks like electrons that go through a wire!
Electrons flow over a wire not through one. It’s known as the skin effect incase you’re interested.
Thank you! I love that part too!
@@makutakretta7516 then why does the volume of them matter more than the surface area?
@@makutakretta7516 "Actually 'electrons' existing is only a theory." - Austin Witsit
A super Lego Mobious Strip,animated! 3D and fancy,with lots of imagination! Thank you 😇 😊!
I can't help but feel that you are doing exactly 1 more chain than the previus record.
😂 That would've been funny for sure, but that's just all the chain links I had haha. I'm not sure anybody's ever set the record before, so this is just setting the stage for someone to beat it 👍
I appreciate you giving the length in real units for people who arent into feet.
God I wish I knew about lego tutorials like this when I was a kid. My inspiration would've gone through the stratosphere. Nowadays, my old lego collection is unfortunately gone. So many memories.
I still have all mine but the pieces are so primitive compared to what is available now. I stopped collecting in 1983 when Technic bricks were still called Expert Builder in the USA. I have pieces and printed materials from when LEGO was distributed by The Samsonite Corporation before InterLego was a thing.
I would love to see a shape of The Nurburgring or any race track created with the same approach. The single link in the odd color would look like a car going around the model of this circuit.
I love that idea!
the mechanism could have benefited from a couple chain tensioners (which you could do with rubber bands or suspension pieces)
For the next iteration, have the hub count the links as they pass by for even more impressive numbers! 😃
Speaking of world records, we kind of want to set one for the largest wireless network with LEGO hubs. Want to join? I'd like to span a famous bridge or something =)
I love the idea of the hub counting the links! Wow, cool thought! Depending on where it is I might be interested. Do you already have other interest in that idea?
@@BrickMachinesChannelwe're based in the Netherlands so probably too far out, but you can always beat the record 😅
Oh yeah the Netherlands is probably too far for me, but if you do it I'd love to see that!
9:40 would make a nice looping GIF
Yes, I like that idea!
My cat REALLY enjoyed this video.
this what loading screens should be
8:44 me when I play that one rope rescue game:
(It’s also funnier because the brown links almost represent the people)
that looks so satisfying and the editing at the end is really well done. How long (aprox) does it take for one round and when will you share a 1 hour loop of it 😅?
Thanks so much! It takes almost 3 minutes at the slow speed, and maybe 40 seconds or so at the fastest speed
They are so creative, I couldn't take my eyes off them for a second.
with the right spacing, some labels, and the right gear ratio, you could make a clock like this.
Absolutely mind boggling what this man can do. I love all of these random yet challenging things you slap on the channel. I absolutely love everything you do lol, can’t wait for the next one!!
Thanks! I'm so glad you enjoy these builds :)
25 feet 7.5 meters? Just say seven blocks and 1 vertical slab
Rainbow colored pieces would be the ultimate satisfaction. Great Work Mate;-)
The only thing id do to make it more fun to watch is to paint a snake onto the brown links, then maybe put some stuff that looks like rocks/brushy stuff for it to "crawl" through.
Awesome vid! Very cool to watch, and congrats on the record!
Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed the video :)
the editing and fails in this video are somehow just so incredibly funny 🤣
Thanks so much! Really glad you enjoyed that ☺️
8:50 the pipes under my house when i dropped a big one:
This is really cool. For the next challenge, make the chain run on 5 planes and see how many links it will take
Very entertaining and fun to watch. Thanks for posting this.
Why am I so immersed
Great project, love watching you solve all the many problems along the way to success.
IKR. I was wondering when he was gonna make that wall sturdy.
You channel is so underrated you deserve 1 mil subs by now
Thanks so much! That's really kind :)
Add a gear on some kind of mechanism so you can add a spring to it to tension the entire chain. Currently its quite loose as seen by some gears just not even having the chain on it constantly.
cool! can't wait for the 10,000 version!
Thanks! Haha that'd be sweet! My fingers would be blistered by the end of connecting so many chains 😂
Do they make glow in the dark LEGO chain? I think it would be really cool to do this again with all black parts and a segment of glowing chain and film it running in the dark.
Would be cool!
Idk why but i enjoy this man playing with legos(2m people do too)
It's good that the viewer can see the chain clearly moving by the way it's moving
Thanks! That definitely helped make it clear!
9:16 This is my favorite part in the chain
the twists made me think that you could pretty easily make the chain into a mobius strip as well! (though i don't know if that would work, or if lego technic chains can only be driven from one side)
the main reason this record cant be beat is because of the financial ruin it would bring to anyone who tried to afford more, in all seriousness though this was super neat!
Dare: Do a random race track but with Chain links(from the easiest to the hardest, cars use different colour chain links)
1:29 the grey peices be like: WEEE 😃😃😃
Love what you did with the music, great video!
This could make a fun puzzle optimization game, honestly.
Looks a bit like 'The Incredible Machine' game :)
All I have to say is that your videos are just awesome and astonishing ❤
I love the work that you do on your legos you know you can put it on lego ideas
Introducing the advancement of modern day technology. The thing you've all been waiting for. The Useless Machine. It combines complex engineering with your everyday shower thoughts.
Watch as the Useless Machine does absolutely nothing productive.
BUT looks good while doing it.
Such positive vibes here! Subscribed instantly! 😍
That 90 degree twist is very reminiscent of a Corvair fan belt.
Wow you really do reply to everything. I love these kind of random videos, they’re the kind of things I try and do at home for no reason. This was awesome! I’m 14 btw
Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed the video! It's pretty random, but kinda fun!
This has super similar energy to Spintronics (incidentally, the pre-kickcheater prototype of that toy literally used Lego chain links, and the finished version is _almost, but not quite,_ the same scale of gear teeth)...
Oh wow, I had no idea! Very cool!
@@BrickMachinesChannel Yeah, a while back I tried seeing if Spintronics components could be driven via Technic motors. The gear-tooth spacing looks so similar, and the teeth feel like they mesh, but they're just _ever so slightly off_ so Spintronics chain links (which assemble the exact same way Lego ones do) have a "tooth mismatch" after six or so links with Technic gears, and vice versa. ...I think they might have done that due to avoiding any risk of trademark/copyright/patent infringement?
I also tried seeing if a Technic motor could direct-drive (gear-to-gear, no chain) a Spintronics junction... it sorta worked, but eventually they pushed each other apart from the misstepping due to the Spintronics gear teeth sticking out slightly further than Technic. So close!
@@WackoMcGoose oh man, that is really close! It would've been cool if that were a possibility!
I like the part with the black building surface
Thank you! Those new Technic panels are awesome!
@@BrickMachinesChannel they are
Damn this is really cool. Was figuring out how to make it together with the video!
Thanks so much!! Really?! That's so cool! I hope you can make it! 😁
@@BrickMachinesChannel yeah, been a subscriber for a long time, your channel introduced me to technic builds, i only did regular legos before. idk why you still have less than 1 mil subs your channel gotta go big at some point its really cool what you do
@@carticactus Thanks for being a subscriber for so long and for your encouraging comment!
This is amazing! Who keeps track of the world records for stuff like this, and will you get a fancy certificate?😅 In my mind that is how it works. I loved that you put in the different color of links so we could follow the path of the chain theough all the gears. Great idea!
Thank you! Probably no certificate, and nobody keeps an official record, but I'm hoping this video will help inspire other builders to use chains in unique and creative ways too. I'm glad you liked the video!
@@BrickMachinesChannelso not a world record and just a clickbait title. Cool, unsubscribed.
@@Ten_Thousand_Locustsjerk
@@Ten_Thousand_Locuststhe point of the video was to inspire other people to make cool stuff. It’s technically the world record unless someone wants to prove otherwise, so it’s not clickbait ether.
@@gracengeier1149 yeah so clickbait
This could be used as some form of read only memory for a circuit or some kind.
this guy doing what I wish I had the money to do with legos...
when the chain starts to move, its so satisfied
The first thing that came to mind was the title but to the tune of the battle of New Orleans, and I misread 1184 as 1814:
There was 1,814 Lego chain links,
All tangled up into one big machine.
4:43 happened so many times in my teenage years just because of sole laziness ;P
Why does this remind me of the game Snake?
Much simpler than an Audi 4.2 V8 timing chain
Haha wow really?
Mario kart tracks be like
You're clearly an expert in your field.
I love how this is simultaneously and equally incredible and pointless.
Remember how old machines working?
Using big metals like big hammers big jaws
And they are working Synchronously like beauty dancer
Yeah, they are working like this using long chains and powered by one big steam engine
To think that he had to connect all of the links.(edit) I can feel it
💥
👍
Oof, yeah thankfully most of these were already put together from previous builds. That would hurt if not lol
First off: cool. Could make a cool f1-circuit version. But secondly, on which type of board do you work, is that official Lego? Haven't seen it yet! 😮
Thanks so much! The black boards? Yes, those are official LEGO® parts: 11x19 Technic Panels. You can get them on LEGO.com Pick a Brick or Bricklink.com or from some sets
loving the usage of mobius strips!!
Thanks! It's pretty fun I agree!
Don't know if it's the world record, but my basic warehouse (free instructions on rebrickable) has already 905 chain links (1machine). The GBC warehouse has around 600more, making it 1500+ of these chain links in 1 MOC. The other MOC mostly displayed together, Pin sorting machine with conveyor belts (also on Rebrickable) has another 754 chain links. But very nice video. These chain links can be used in so many ways to do fun things.
Hi ProfJos! I do love your builds 💯 The record I'm attempting here is not just total links, but the highest number of continuous links running in 3 separate planes using twisting links. I'm sure there are builds with greater total number of links, like you mentioned, but most of those are likely not continuous. This is just about getting people started thinking about what kinds of crazy looking contraptions they can make out of chain 👍 Thanks for watching and commenting! I'm glad you enjoyed the vid, and thanks for asking me the question so I could clarify 🙂
@@BrickMachinesChannel yes for a single chain running in 3 planes it'll be probably the world record. I really love your video's too, keep them coming! And very well to get people inspired, as these chains are unknown for many, but are so versatile.
@profjos Thanks, I'll keep at it! I look forward to your creations as well! And you're right, these chains are very versatile and useful!
I like to think of the brown chain as a little worm going through a tunnel 😊
Very nice! would be cool if all pieces were black except for the one brown segment when you run it in fast motion.
This chain link record will go to the record guiness
That would be epic!
I call it the brown streak
Awesome the way people can just go and make masterpiece after masterpiece 😁
How satisfying, I can watch this all day 😌
About time to mix the chain up multiple colors
Yes, that would be so cool! 😎
Kinda wish the walls were black too, it looks awesome against the black base. 🤩
When I grow up, then I want to have as much Lego as you.😊
Then I bet you will! Good luck and keep building!
Why 1,184 and not 1,185 links?
Super!!!!
Thanks so much!
congrats on 300K subs
and beating another world record
Thank you so much! I really appreciate all the support! ☺️
@@BrickMachinesChannel your welcome