20 Mechanical Principles combined in a Useless Lego Machine

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  • Useless machine that utilizes different mechanical principles. Enjoy!
    00:00 Schmidt coupling
    00:17 Constant-velocity joint (CV joint)
    00:30 Universal joint
    00:42 Bevel gears
    00:53 Slider-crank linkage
    01:08 Sun and planet gear
    01:25 Scotch Yoke
    01:40 Chebyshev Lambda Linkage
    01:58 Chain drive
    02:13 Belt drive
    02:32 Constant-mesh gearbox
    02:50 Oscillating direction changer
    03:06 Torque limiter (Lego clutch)
    03:19 Winch
    03:34 Rack and pinion
    03:47 Offset gears
    04:00 Uni-directional drive
    04:22 Camshaft
    04:38 Intermittent mechanism
    04:52 Worm gear
    05:11 THE FINISHED MACHINE
    Thanks to redshoebox, Lego Technic Mastery, 2in1 Bricking and Sariel. Many of these builds are inspired by (shamelessly copied from) their work.
    FULL KIT
    buildamoc.com/products/20-mec...
    FREE BUILDING INSTRUCTIONS
    brickexperimentchannel.wordpr...
    BACKUPS FOR DOWNLOADS
    www.dropbox.com/sh/964k578pmy...
    mega.nz/folder/0yAj2C6Q#LnMaC...
    MUSIC
    HSM Synthesizer Challenge 2 - Clavis Aurea
    Anders Enger Jensen
    • HSM Synthesizer Challe...
  • Наука та технологія

КОМЕНТАРІ • 12 тис.

  • @BrickExperimentChannel
    @BrickExperimentChannel  Рік тому +1109

    Full kit available from BuildaMOC: buildamoc.com/products/20-mechanical-principles-lego-machine
    Free building instructions: brickexperimentchannel.wordpress.com/2022/11/14/20-mechanical-principles-machine/

    • @pongpingy
      @pongpingy Рік тому +27

      The 5th and 6th one are kinda suspicious

    • @clientofficial
      @clientofficial Рік тому +17

      3 hours ago whew
      Edit: I just realized I've made a grave mistake commenting in this - To soon be blown up with notifications

    • @pierQRzt180
      @pierQRzt180 Рік тому +9

      Finally! I tried to find sets similar to yours and it wasn't easy!

    • @communistpetergriffin5312
      @communistpetergriffin5312 Рік тому +14

      @@pongpingy People when they see a simple piston

    • @pongpingy
      @pongpingy Рік тому +6

      @@communistpetergriffin5312 (unless if it’s an iron piston

  • @henrlima87
    @henrlima87 Рік тому +51935

    I would like to point out this machine is not useless: its use is demonstrating 20 mechanical principles 👍

    • @maddoxcindy5017
      @maddoxcindy5017 Рік тому +930

      And it helps with the creation of UA-cam content to support creators

    • @Paulolz22
      @Paulolz22 Рік тому +326

      And it does a great job of it too!

    • @samufinland5765
      @samufinland5765 Рік тому +513

      But "useless" sounds more entertaining than "educational"

    • @TheFedora-on8dc
      @TheFedora-on8dc Рік тому +57

      Well is would be better with labels for each mechanical principal

    • @N0Xa880iUL
      @N0Xa880iUL Рік тому +124

      If this is useless then my whole degree is useless too lol

  • @lordturtle5680
    @lordturtle5680 Рік тому +38790

    Finally, UA-cam doesn't think you're a kids channel anymore.

    • @Lussimio
      @Lussimio Рік тому +2788

      UA-cam's 'for kids' rating is so stupid

    • @jancevaughn8539
      @jancevaughn8539 Рік тому +634

      @@Lussimio actually it's an option when you upload a video

    • @fur_avery
      @fur_avery Рік тому +1971

      @@jancevaughn8539 youtube just flags videos as for kids all the time without the creators permission and sometimes doesnt even give an option to reverse it

    • @abraham3673
      @abraham3673 Рік тому +885

      @@jancevaughn8539 and youtube sadly forces some videos to be “for kids” even against the creators wishes

    • @spencerhay
      @spencerhay Рік тому +35

      I never knew they did

  • @oliverhilton6086
    @oliverhilton6086 5 місяців тому +443

    I like how all the individual mechanisms all have their own purpose that shows off what they're designed to do, like:
    - The CV joint alows for freedom of movement without altering speed
    - The bevel gears allow for a 90 degree change of direction for the power to flow
    - The lambda linkage
    - The gearbox changes polarity

    • @stoobidthing
      @stoobidthing 3 місяці тому +3

      You can use it to make a rowing machine

    • @trdestruction6678
      @trdestruction6678 2 місяці тому +1

      What about 16 and 19?

    • @DrPeculiar312
      @DrPeculiar312 Місяць тому

      @@trdestruction6678 19 is pretty much just a less precise version of 16.

    • @richr161
      @richr161 15 днів тому

      @@DrPeculiar312 I'd assume something like 16 is used in an impact wrench

  • @spodreman7732
    @spodreman7732 Рік тому +292

    I’m astonished by how many complex systems can be made revolving only around motors. Pretty cool.

  • @fredtorres1703
    @fredtorres1703 Рік тому +3902

    This should be a legit Lego kit for mechanical engineering and industrial design students! Its pure art...

    • @zachrowe6271
      @zachrowe6271 Рік тому +31

      Hey your comment worked!

    • @styppens
      @styppens Рік тому +9

      It did? Can you provide more details what you mean? :)

    • @joescorner4353
      @joescorner4353 Рік тому +10

      @@styppens look in the description

    • @Lubin-md4ml
      @Lubin-md4ml Рік тому +16

      I agree!! The only time I was allowed to play with Lego in school was in 9th grade. We were given a box with Lego Technics and instructed to build the whole model as fast as possible. It was really fun to do with your friends and I'll always cherish building Legos with my friends in school :') our teachers were awesome.

    • @bennytorres7366
      @bennytorres7366 Рік тому

      Hell yeah Fred

  • @Cosigner22
    @Cosigner22 Рік тому +4585

    With 20 years of industrial maintenance under my belt I can say with 100% certainty and confidence that I've worked on machines with far less lubrication than this one.

    • @kubukoz_
      @kubukoz_ Рік тому +33

      Can you elaborate? It's moving pretty slow, why would it need lubrication? (ELI5)

    • @tatskamaster
      @tatskamaster Рік тому +273

      @@kubukoz_ I think those plastic parts are still prone to wear, and would definitely last longer if some sort of lubricant was applied. It would also lessen the noise. I think the belt and winch rope would also need replacing from time to time. :D

    • @Cosigner22
      @Cosigner22 Рік тому +21

      @@kubukoz_ 🤦🏻‍♂️

    • @Phanboy
      @Phanboy Рік тому +28

      @@kubukoz_ it's a joke

    • @tatskamaster
      @tatskamaster Рік тому +111

      @@Padlock_Steve If a machine doesn't need lubrication, it's not a machine.

  • @nunyabiznez6381
    @nunyabiznez6381 Рік тому +536

    First time I saw a worm gear I was around ten. My grandfather had built me a tree house. But being a machinist, he didn't stop there. He figured I might want an elevator for my tree house. Mom was terrified of the idea of the elevator breaking and me falling to my death. So Grandpa made one with a worm gear. It might have been a near record one being forty feet high, the height of our tree house. Wonderful view. Grandpa also built a roller coaster next to the tree house and a lot of things way too cool for my parent's comfort like build his own electric power plant by stealing electricity from radio waves so we had lights in the tree house, not to mention a working radio that didn't run on batteries and you didn't need to plug in and a mechanical battery that would save mechanical energy when the wind blew and then when it was hot and no wind you would flip a switch and you had a fan that ran for hours.

    • @potest_nucis8012
      @potest_nucis8012 9 місяців тому +95

      You have an amazing grandfather

    • @kuruju_vtube
      @kuruju_vtube 8 місяців тому +158

      your grandfather was phineas or ferb actually.

    • @johnmilksbooth5383
      @johnmilksbooth5383 8 місяців тому +108

      how the fuck did he steal electricity from radio waves

    • @SDLXVI
      @SDLXVI 8 місяців тому +18

      cool story bro

    • @commentfailedtopost
      @commentfailedtopost 7 місяців тому +10

      ​@johnmilksbooth5383 With a receiver, of course.

  • @vega1252
    @vega1252 Рік тому +28

    wow, fantastic. today I learnt about mechanic principle 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9,10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20.

    • @theodorkollerd2524
      @theodorkollerd2524 28 днів тому +1

      I'm guessing you learned principles 5, 6 and 7 through practical experience?

    • @theodorkollerd2524
      @theodorkollerd2524 28 днів тому +1

      Or perhaps through another video platform than UA-cam

  • @iainballas
    @iainballas Рік тому +1404

    I imagine Lego could make quite a bit of money selling "Mechanical Principle Sets", both as massive combined ones to schools, and as individual sets to enterprising engineering students. Having a physical model, especially one you can modularly combine with others, would have helped me ALOT in high school and college.

    • @theastuteangler9642
      @theastuteangler9642 Рік тому +39

      they already exist

    • @tbird81
      @tbird81 Рік тому +39

      Lego already make a lot of money.

    • @tonypepperoni3679
      @tonypepperoni3679 Рік тому +43

      There's already a bunch of independent authorised seller's that do school packs. Technic is one of them.

    • @andrewschort724
      @andrewschort724 Рік тому +3

      Science Olympiad.

    • @benvaughn7482
      @benvaughn7482 Рік тому +5

      They sorta do this in the form of a lego Robotics League. I did it growing up for many years

  • @ironcito1101
    @ironcito1101 Рік тому +5154

    This looks so old school, like from the industrial revolution. The machine is only missing a governor spinning around, and perhaps one of those sad-looking steam whistles 😅 Great video!

    • @user-cp8vc4hr4o
      @user-cp8vc4hr4o Рік тому +180

      industrial society and its future by Theodore John Kazhinsky

    • @himbalodzodenever
      @himbalodzodenever Рік тому +203

      @@user-cp8vc4hr4o Theodore Brick Legowsky

    • @capybarinya
      @capybarinya Рік тому +111

      this "style" is called steampunk. Wood, brass, cast iron, steam engines, gears, everything rattles, knocks and spins. Steampunk is the clash of times, it's the industrial revolution.

    • @chinhpham8123
      @chinhpham8123 Рік тому +64

      or a child putting more coal into the firebox, I'm just saying

    • @shravan1005
      @shravan1005 Рік тому

      @@chinhpham8123 nad the capitalists profiting out of that child putting the coal
      Not that much different from nowadays

  • @jogswyer2413
    @jogswyer2413 6 місяців тому +5

    Love messing with gear set ups! Once used a worm gear to lift and lower a 2.5 ft swing arm on a Lego build, it was awesome!

  • @juicysmooyay4076
    @juicysmooyay4076 7 місяців тому

    Bravo! I loved the combined masterpiece at the end of everything working together.

  • @markpell8979
    @markpell8979 Рік тому +1872

    This took me way back in time to 1966 when I was in fourth grade and curious about mechanical linkages. My dad and I were sitting in a restaurant on rotating bar stools with round seats, waiting for a take-out pizza. He used the stools to show me how forces are transmitted by gears and wheels. First sitting right next to each other ("When I spin this way, which way do YOU spin?") then with one or two idlers between us, spinning me around fast when I was correct. We were laughing and having a great time together and I learned from it in a way that stuck with me forever. This demonstration on your channel today gave me some wonderful happy memories of my dad. Thank you!

    • @robertcatron7107
      @robertcatron7107 Рік тому +62

      That is absolutely an absolutely magical memory/ life lesson, thank you for sharing that. My daughter hasn't even started kindergarten, but believe it or not shows tremendous curiosity, and true careful study (or wonder) for little mechanical principles and examples like this. Maybe one day I can explain mechanical theory to her, using something similar to the bar-stool method your dad used to explain to you, all those years ago.

    • @XSniper74184
      @XSniper74184 Рік тому +28

      That's the best part about basic physics stuff, so much can be learned just by fiddling around. With a little bit of explanation added in and suddenly you can hear why what you see happens or vice versa, it's amazing for comprehension.

    • @11Safetydance
      @11Safetydance Рік тому +6

      That's wholesome, thank you for sharing :)

    • @0Bariq0
      @0Bariq0 Рік тому +5

      That was so sweet, it brought a tear to my eye. I strive to be that kind-of dad.

    • @HSKFabrications
      @HSKFabrications Рік тому +1

      Yeah the slider crank linkage is used extensively on pornhub

  • @Ascendingashes
    @Ascendingashes Рік тому +807

    Feels like one of those things where you show this to a kid and it'll set him on a path to becoming a mechanical engineer for the rest of his life

    • @saftblandaren2706
      @saftblandaren2706 Рік тому +6

      So that's why so many electrical and biomedical engineering students at my school wanna be mechanical engineers

    • @kevin850406
      @kevin850406 Рік тому +6

      Mythbusters does the same thing, too.

    • @darkjanggo
      @darkjanggo Рік тому +4

      or her

    • @littletimmy364
      @littletimmy364 Рік тому +1

      It is very hard path.

    • @ClementIV
      @ClementIV Рік тому

      Had a similar thought! Where do you buy this stuff?!

  • @FryingMike
    @FryingMike 6 місяців тому +1

    1 min in and you have me fascinated by the trusting machines, one ball, two ball, now I see a ball and box thrusting machine.

  • @totallynotthebio-lizard7631
    @totallynotthebio-lizard7631 7 місяців тому +3

    So that’s where those pleasure machines come from.

    • @ThePhrog714
      @ThePhrog714 7 місяців тому +1

      that’s what i thought i felt bad for thinking that

  • @crnchi
    @crnchi Рік тому +974

    If this were to be an actual Lego set, I would 100% buy it.

  • @notthedroidsyourelookingfo4026
    @notthedroidsyourelookingfo4026 Рік тому +734

    Think about how valuable this demonstration would have been a couple centuries ago. So many inventions/discoveries in one place!

    • @tunyaa
      @tunyaa Рік тому +18

      yeah you know how they say if a person from nowadays got teleported back in time, couldnt really explain our life, but this man here like got us to spaceage if he went back xd

    • @AvitalShtap
      @AvitalShtap Рік тому +35

      I don't know much about engineering but I have a feeling a bunch of these are inspired by clockwork mechanics from the 15th century, so maybe some wise folks of the time would get it! Fascinating idea to imagine their reaction:)

    • @philipptrousil9983
      @philipptrousil9983 Рік тому

      He would probably burned for witchcraft.

    • @snegik
      @snegik Рік тому

      0:59 this reminds me of a piston engine

    • @XSniper74184
      @XSniper74184 Рік тому +14

      Well the issue there is almost of these are just variations of the sams idea: changing one kind of motion into another or transporting it. They're good for a specific purpose but not much outside of that. Like the most important bit to people who didn't know about this is simply the gears and their mechanical advantage. Just hook a few gears up to something you can make spin like a windmill or water wheel, and now you've got a drive for your machine. Use it to grind grain or spin a saw blade or pump bellows. The leap not explained here that would be huge is the power source. Not needing to rely on the wind or water for drive was what made the steam power huge. We already had all the gears and pulleys for a long time, but being able to power them wherever we wanted and scale up that power in was the part that made the industrial revolution happen.

  • @jonsjonsson7186
    @jonsjonsson7186 7 місяців тому

    Absolutely glorious!

  • @USER-jo7yz
    @USER-jo7yz 5 місяців тому +12

    Brilliant!
    Thanks to LEGO designers, engineers, and inventors too!

  • @ShadowCake
    @ShadowCake Рік тому +1519

    I now have the sudden urge to build a complicated tank with a lot of these mechanics.

    • @hamadhassan4742
      @hamadhassan4742 Рік тому +31

      Start with thi 1:10 the deepthruster 🤣🤣

    • @garrettfairley3401
      @garrettfairley3401 Рік тому +17

      You might wanna specify LEGO otherwise your FBI agent is going to have some words with you.

    • @thedeathwobblechannel6539
      @thedeathwobblechannel6539 Рік тому +5

      Only if you're British and then the tank has to be a pile of crap

    • @swetdep
      @swetdep Рік тому +1

      average man

    • @Neion8
      @Neion8 Рік тому +1

      @@thedeathwobblechannel6539 Or German - they had their fair share of overengineered disasters too!

  • @roguedrones
    @roguedrones Рік тому +1833

    It's not useless, it is a teaching tool and a work of art.

    • @bigboicoolz3337
      @bigboicoolz3337 Рік тому +19

      Slider linkage was pretty sus

    • @RC-mm3dr
      @RC-mm3dr Рік тому +3

      @@bigboicoolz3337 lmao😂😂😂😂😂 true

    • @bigboicoolz3337
      @bigboicoolz3337 Рік тому +4

      @@RC-mm3dr he said it’s ‘a teaching tool’
      But what does it teach 😏

    • @thepopeofwigwungo5823
      @thepopeofwigwungo5823 Рік тому +7

      i mean, art is pretty useless ngl

    • @koopa5504
      @koopa5504 Рік тому

      That's what Tinguely would say. The master of this art.

  • @fpl_cricket
    @fpl_cricket 8 місяців тому +7

    Not often that a 7-minute video simultaneously feels like the best and most useless 2 hours of my day.
    Thank you.

  • @waltherchemnitz
    @waltherchemnitz 8 місяців тому

    It's like a really precise Rube Goldberg machine. :)

  • @wilddrake9257
    @wilddrake9257 Рік тому +1564

    Petition to call that figure the Mechan-Angel cause that's the second time (from what I've seen) you've used that figure for an amazing machine to top everything off.

    • @n.d.378
      @n.d.378 Рік тому +45

      IT IS the MACHINE sSPIRIT

    • @Mysendell
      @Mysendell Рік тому +15

      @@n.d.378 He even has wings like the Void Drag-**Gets killed**

    • @Frogoth
      @Frogoth Рік тому +16

      the deity of this channel, let's create a cult

    • @windykar3705
      @windykar3705 Рік тому +2

      What was the video of his last appearance?

    • @wilddrake9257
      @wilddrake9257 Рік тому +5

      @@windykar3705 the googl clock. Basically a line of gears that, thanks to the ratios at play, would take a LOOOOOONG time to spin the last gear

  • @lukearts2954
    @lukearts2954 Рік тому +1680

    This is the single most technical knowledge condensed into one clear video on all of YT. I've been playing with LT for 35 years now, yet I've never learned so many new things as I did today! Thanks for this, I'll rewatch this over and over again for reference so pleeeeeease never delete this video!!!

    • @sasmatasdylop5463
      @sasmatasdylop5463 Рік тому +20

      Download it and keep the video forever offline. You can't rely on UA-cam

    • @anonymous13731
      @anonymous13731 Рік тому +8

      You only can rely on LEGO suing people 🤷🏻‍♂️

    • @lukearts2954
      @lukearts2954 Рік тому +2

      @@anonymous13731 I don't see anything here that could be subject for any kind of lawsuit. And LEGO only goes after big fish. I've never heard of them suing any individual enthusiast creator. But that's completely irrelevant in this thread. The information in this video, however, is relevant far outside the scope of just Lego...

    • @lukearts2954
      @lukearts2954 Рік тому +4

      @@sasmatasdylop5463 hahaha, but with my track record, UA-cam is far more dependable than my devices and storages X'D I've got about 2TB of unrecoverable personal data lying around here (original music, original 3D models and animations, personal photos, legal documents, video evidence,...), just in case some future tech would make it recoverable again. So for now, it's just better to ask the creator to keep their good stuff online =))

    • @julianbrelsford
      @julianbrelsford Рік тому +2

      I knew of a lot of these mechanisms and how they operated but some were new to me. Unidirectional drive was an interesting one!

  • @esser50k
    @esser50k 8 місяців тому

    I used the slider crank linkage in my new pen plotter design video! Thanks for making this video, super inspiring!

  • @LaNeona
    @LaNeona 7 місяців тому

    This is very useful... as a learning tool.
    Much appreciated

  • @elementalsigil
    @elementalsigil Рік тому +957

    Each one of these was a break through in science for the time. Hard to imagine living before mechanical life.

    • @greenwave819
      @greenwave819 Рік тому +29

      Can you imagine living before time travel, if not it's okay, you'll have plenty of chances to vacation to this time when time travel is popularized.

    • @Leptyzz
      @Leptyzz Рік тому

      @@greenwave819 schizo

    • @reizu886
      @reizu886 Рік тому +1

      @@greenwave819 hmm?

    • @elyria9788
      @elyria9788 Рік тому +5

      @@reizu886 If you know, you know.

    • @ozanozenir2503
      @ozanozenir2503 Рік тому +11

      @@greenwave819 get some sleep man

  • @jyunnheikusada7003
    @jyunnheikusada7003 Рік тому +1246

    This is the gold standard for over engineering.
    The winged soldier rotate as the result of all these marvelous mechanics is just wonderful.

    • @RJBTPB
      @RJBTPB Рік тому +10

      Speaking of over engineering. Anyone else can't help think that this guy is a Audi engineer or like a preview of a upcoming model for 2024?

    • @taunteratwill1787
      @taunteratwill1787 Рік тому +13

      No not everything is used to turn the soldier. 😄

    • @DimBeam1
      @DimBeam1 Рік тому

      @@RJBTPB Audi? Maybe 20 years ago. They are poor-quality, mass-produced junk now. No different to Ford Vauxhall or current VW's.

  • @RaFaPilgrim
    @RaFaPilgrim Місяць тому +1

    That is the most amazing way to achieve absolutely nothing I’ve ever seen.

  • @higgledypiggledycubledy8899
    @higgledypiggledycubledy8899 8 місяців тому

    This was wonderful, thank you.

  • @PretexAre
    @PretexAre Рік тому +3546

    Other than being the most INEFFICIENT power transmission device, it is also the most interesting that I've seen. Great work!

    • @brettcharlton1534
      @brettcharlton1534 Рік тому +198

      Second only to the American v8 engines from the 70s

    • @appelmelk5664
      @appelmelk5664 Рік тому +31

      @@brettcharlton1534 or the Detroit diesel 2 strokes

    • @toprak3479
      @toprak3479 Рік тому +43

      All that work just to spin the figure around a single degree every few minutes

    • @renemolina2645
      @renemolina2645 Рік тому +47

      The PURPOSE of this is to show and learn 20 mechanical principals...a must to have for teachers of mechanical engineers.

    • @bransonallen8513
      @bransonallen8513 Рік тому +8

      Hey imagine the amount of torque at the end

  • @Beebo
    @Beebo Рік тому +5171

    With the world becoming more digitised and discrete, it's nice to see some good old-fashioned analogue mechanical devices.

    • @IanDresarie
      @IanDresarie Рік тому +143

      As a software person: Yeah. I'D have no idea how to make most of these. I'd just use multiple motors, servos and gearboxes controlled by software and relays :D

    • @messedupmayhem
      @messedupmayhem Рік тому +13

      @@IanDresarie I'd just virtualize it in lego software

    • @technoturnovers7072
      @technoturnovers7072 Рік тому +68

      @@IanDresarie I think the hardest part is actually knowing all of the different possibilties- it's one thing to be able to name all of the simple machines, but it's a totally different thing to know the catalog of different linkages used in modern mechanical engineering and the best and most simple ways to transform and transfer forces

    • @HuntingTarg
      @HuntingTarg Рік тому +16

      @@messedupmayhem
      That's the thing; virtualization uses continuous power, and the software construct cannot do any RL work. A machine, the parts are made once (limited energy input), the assembly is made once, and the machine can do work over and over again. Virtualization is not an end in itself; it is just an intellectual tool for making real things. That's all that CAD/CAM is for anyway.

    • @ashvinvaidyanathan7239
      @ashvinvaidyanathan7239 Рік тому +8

      Ok boomer

  • @oofkidboi3005
    @oofkidboi3005 7 місяців тому

    You could definitely automate a process like that, just connect a motor to a scotch yoke/ slider linkage with a knife at the end.

  • @CycloneBoom
    @CycloneBoom 5 місяців тому +1

    Amazing construction, and fascinating how each component works in union as part of the overall machine.
    Something like this would be great to teach people at schools, to be inspiring for future engineers.

  • @davidpalmer7175
    @davidpalmer7175 Рік тому +762

    As a mechanical design engineer of 45 years, I find this video to be magnificent!

    • @heroinmom153
      @heroinmom153 Рік тому +13

      It's incredibly entertaining, satisfying, and educational!

    • @srikarsagi
      @srikarsagi Рік тому +15

      I agree - this 7minute video has almost all chapters of 1st year Mechanical Engineering course -- simply simply superb

  • @AngryTicks
    @AngryTicks Рік тому +1871

    This should be an actual educational set you can buy! I was both thoroughly impressed and entertained by this video.

    • @blargus6535
      @blargus6535 Рік тому +10

      lego cool

    • @Hydra_6544
      @Hydra_6544 Рік тому +7

      @@blargus6535 yes

    • @NonsensicalSpudz
      @NonsensicalSpudz Рік тому +32

      its lego so the set in question would cost like 400 lol

    • @sabbathjackal
      @sabbathjackal Рік тому +15

      @@NonsensicalSpudz dont they all?

    • @Amcsae
      @Amcsae Рік тому +11

      Your comment disappointed me, because I had assumed it *was* a set I could go buy, and you made me realize it isn't 😔

  • @RDPendleton
    @RDPendleton 7 місяців тому

    This is my favorite flavor of Lego machine. The ones that look like the fever dream of a madman.

  • @shoetube
    @shoetube 7 місяців тому

    What an absolute marvel.

  • @egeerdem8272
    @egeerdem8272 Рік тому +1683

    as a mechanical engineering student with interests in LEGO, this man is my spirit animal

    • @gredennight
      @gredennight Рік тому +108

      are there any mechanical engineering students with no interests in LEGO in the world?

    • @egeerdem8272
      @egeerdem8272 Рік тому +57

      @@gredennight fair point lol

    • @SnowTerebi
      @SnowTerebi Рік тому +2

      Akiyuki

    • @theseangle
      @theseangle Рік тому +20

      @@gredennight then they'd also love the Create mod for Minecraft ;))
      Also the vanilla redstone is no joke, it's turing complete

    • @gredennight
      @gredennight Рік тому +19

      @@theseangle when at the university we were shown the circuit engineering, I was like: damn, that's minecraft! :D

  • @chrispurvis9394
    @chrispurvis9394 Рік тому +506

    Please do the world a favor, NEVER take this masterpiece apart.

    • @toddkes5890
      @toddkes5890 Рік тому +7

      Or use this to make a Lego mechanism for the Lego Great Ball Contraption.

    • @contentalt2833
      @contentalt2833 Рік тому +1

      @@toddkes5890 Or Turn it into a working television that runs in 1080p

  • @Yourlastfunctioningneuron
    @Yourlastfunctioningneuron 8 місяців тому

    I love overly complicated things and technology, this is the best combination of both plus the zen lego noises 😌

  • @DarraghC
    @DarraghC 8 місяців тому

    why do i find these sorts of videos so satisfying?

  • @OneRoomShed
    @OneRoomShed Рік тому +451

    "useless" I think not. I'm pretty sure everyone here (including myself) learned something today. This is why I love these videos so much.

    • @duothehybrid
      @duothehybrid Рік тому +8

      The machine's purpose is both entertainment and carrying rotational momentum through itself

    • @wpcbbdwlxibwmzuzb-0845
      @wpcbbdwlxibwmzuzb-0845 Рік тому +3

      I learned so much about what mechanics you can make into lego form to make stuff spin, and also all those things are very... hot

    • @Puss1man
      @Puss1man Рік тому +1

      Well...

  • @jakeguillot6246
    @jakeguillot6246 Рік тому +1390

    If you gave this a parts list and a printable instructions manual, I would definitely build it

    • @andyshepherd2739
      @andyshepherd2739 Рік тому +45

      Do Lego take contributor pack designs? Allowing creator to take a %?

    • @samuelvanbunningen2923
      @samuelvanbunningen2923 Рік тому +6

      Would be pretty cool!

    • @cameron7374
      @cameron7374 Рік тому +28

      @@andyshepherd2739 Sort-of but no. It's called Lego Ideas.

    • @nicolasbouthors1002
      @nicolasbouthors1002 Рік тому +5

      Seconded. Please provide partlist !

    • @ashakydd1
      @ashakydd1 Рік тому +35

      @@andyshepherd2739 Lego does, occasionally, put out kits that are designed by lego fans, but I'd say that this is too 'abstract' for Lego now. There isn't any way to work Star Wars or Batman into it.

  • @user-ho2bu1mw6e
    @user-ho2bu1mw6e Рік тому +3

    Ваше увлечение - просто супер! В справочнике механизмов есть несколько десятков тысяч конструкций, - необъятное поле для творчества и счастья.

  • @philipadcock3508
    @philipadcock3508 15 днів тому

    Man the end build is really cool. The fact that you say down and thought that through is what’s cooler, given that it is your idea.

  • @mrobmusic65
    @mrobmusic65 Рік тому +516

    This *needs* to be an official set. SO cool and educational.

    • @justinschicker8424
      @justinschicker8424 Рік тому +12

      LEGO Ideas Technic? Down.

    • @smashy_smasherton
      @smashy_smasherton Рік тому +11

      I remember getting a kit in the ‘80s where you could build a piston and also a car that had suspension , motor, and steering wheels.

    • @saltymahero9898
      @saltymahero9898 Рік тому +6

      @@smashy_smasherton I got in trouble breaking my Dad's bic pens so my Lego model had more suspension - needed some extra springs !

    • @rubenmahrla9800
      @rubenmahrla9800 Рік тому +3

      @@saltymahero9898 I hope you became some kind of mechanic or engineer

    • @saltymahero9898
      @saltymahero9898 Рік тому +3

      @@rubenmahrla9800 Classic ...I'm 46...fist Technics Lego kit at 10. Industrial design student , Automotive engineer , Snow maker ( ski fields ) , Hot rod builder & custom painter ...oh done a little vert skating back in the day ...in some ways I thank Lego for it all ... manifest solutions with your fingers was my takeaway.
      Lego is brain food .

  • @StyxDescension
    @StyxDescension Рік тому +376

    Useless? Maybe. But the absolutely stunning amount of technical knowledge that went into building this, damn! That's a lot of planning and dedication to get all these systems to work together.

  • @Integrelle
    @Integrelle 7 місяців тому

    idk why I needed this, but I did. Thank you.

  • @1Mwithnovideos.
    @1Mwithnovideos. 7 місяців тому +1

    Thanks to that chain and belt shaft, it looks like he made a model mechanical electric engine using legos

  • @ShadowFoxSF
    @ShadowFoxSF Рік тому +556

    I'm gonna take a moment to appreciate all the different ways to tweak a simple rotation to do something a bit different that humans have engineered as showcased in this awesome video.

  • @markanderson1088
    @markanderson1088 Рік тому +856

    I would buy this Lego set this instant if I could. One of the coolest builds you have ever done in my opinion. Brilliant.

    • @TheAdatto
      @TheAdatto Рік тому

      You can't affort Lego???

    • @gunnerhebrlee9501
      @gunnerhebrlee9501 Рік тому +25

      @@TheAdatto he means as a kit, buying all the individual pieces would be kind of a pain

    • @crunchypancakes8857
      @crunchypancakes8857 Рік тому +6

      @@TheAdatto this Lego? I thought he was building a bomb

    • @ivanadriazola1991
      @ivanadriazola1991 Рік тому +16

      @@TheAdatto you got a problem with poor people?

    • @BekfastMan6147
      @BekfastMan6147 Рік тому +1

      @@ivanadriazola1991 You sound like Mike Andrews the ad from GTA

  • @xaly79
    @xaly79 5 місяців тому +4

    6:42 this is how real generators should look like

  • @HaruKodama
    @HaruKodama 8 місяців тому

    Now this is a Lego set I would buy

  • @SheffieldNo14Productions
    @SheffieldNo14Productions Рік тому +675

    Fun fact: possibly one of the most noteworthy uses of the rack and pinion principle is on the Snowdon Mountain Railway, where engines specifically designed to tackle the steep gradient ferry passengers to and from the summit! Their wheels are built with pinions, which fit into the rack built into the rail!
    Other modifications, such as slanting the boiler so that the water would remain level on the gradient and building the cylinders back to front were made so that the engines could tackle the mountain! It’s truly fascinating stuff!
    Edit: I am aware of other uses of the rack and pinion principle, hence why I said “possibly one of the most” as opposed to “objectively the most!”

    • @douro20
      @douro20 Рік тому +29

      It's definitely not the only cog railway. The first was built in Britain. Switzerland has 22 of them in operation.

    • @itellyouforfree7238
      @itellyouforfree7238 Рік тому +3

      @@douro20 In Italy I know these two: it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tranvia_Sassi-Superga in Turin and it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrovia_Principe-Granarolo in Genova. There are also many others: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rack_railways#Italy. The Sassi-Superga line predates Snowdon (the one in the UK), so no, the first one was not built in Britain.

    • @dimosk7389
      @dimosk7389 Рік тому +25

      i would say that its more noteworthy on the steering system of literally every car on the planet ;)

    • @jasonosmond6896
      @jasonosmond6896 Рік тому

      @@dimosk7389 There's a bunch of things on this machine that are commonly used in cars: rack and pinion (steering in cars), worm gear (steering in heavy trucks), planetary gear (automatic transmissions), constant mesh transmission (manual transmissions), CV joint (front and all-wheel drive cars), universal joint (drive shaft in rear wheel drive cars), camshaft (engine valve train), chain drive (drives camshaft from crankshaft), belt drive (engine accessory belt), and bevel gears (as part of the differential gear set).

    • @parthmoghe
      @parthmoghe Рік тому

      I dont know much, but isnt rack and pinion also used in conveyor belts

  • @s13iLLuminati
    @s13iLLuminati Рік тому +233

    Man looking at back at my childhood and all the time I spent with Legos, I could learned a lot more than just building semi symmetrical space ships from the mountains of spare pieces.

  • @PiotrBarcz
    @PiotrBarcz 9 місяців тому +5

    It's not useless, it's a great way to see these different mechanisms and linkages working in real time! I might just have to buy the set for this and put one together, it's fantastic!

  • @sergioontiveros4984
    @sergioontiveros4984 7 місяців тому

    This may be useless but its still one of the most impressive things ive seen on your channel imo

  • @baronofrhodes1185
    @baronofrhodes1185 Рік тому +436

    I learned more about mechanical engineering in these approximate 8 minutes with Lego than I have in 25 years of life. Wicked cool.

    • @sebiDD7
      @sebiDD7 Рік тому +6

      Yep.. about more learnt here than the several mech course i took in uni..

    • @Jairjax
      @Jairjax Рік тому +3

      Wicked? Must be from Vermont.

    • @user-sc8ph2ds2m
      @user-sc8ph2ds2m Рік тому +2

      You might need to go to school if you haven't learned anything in life for 25 years.

    • @john.369
      @john.369 Рік тому

      HA HA HA

    • @megaman4354
      @megaman4354 Рік тому

      you'll probably forget it after 2 hours or so tho

  • @bryanbell8244
    @bryanbell8244 Рік тому +392

    I was given my first LEGO set back in 1961 and have enjoyed every minute I have spent building both sets and MoC's ever since. Got the grandkids hooked on it too. My own opinion is that Lego is the most creative and educational toy you could ever have. Love this build, not useless at all, as said previously it's a work of art. Thank you for uploading this video.

    • @UNSCPILOT
      @UNSCPILOT Рік тому

      Gor my first kit as a kid in the 2000's.
      Still 100% agreed that it's a perfect toy for fun and learning

    • @Necro-the-Pyro
      @Necro-the-Pyro Рік тому

      Allow me to introduce to you, lego's mechanically inclined sibling... K'nex

  • @dukev089
    @dukev089 7 місяців тому

    Still more useful than I will ever be

  • @PixelSkelly
    @PixelSkelly 2 місяці тому +2

    When u want to be an engineer but u dont wanna leave ur childhood :

  • @monadking2761
    @monadking2761 Рік тому +1308

    As a high school robotics mentor, this is a great tool showing conceps to students who are curious and ask how things work.

    • @rhuttrho88
      @rhuttrho88 Рік тому

      Shouldn't show those brats nothing!😤🫨

    • @historyrepeat402
      @historyrepeat402 Рік тому +15

      Why not all students? Won’t it potentially encourage the ones who are on the fence about taking their studies more serious, the ones who don’t see a practical use for theoretical information?

    • @ironcammandooo6061
      @ironcammandooo6061 Рік тому

      Kalki Ironman type 7 and 8 after 2026 😎
      kalki avatar (beast of the earth) (christ on the white horse) (son of man on clouds) is the biggest enemy of dajjal/antichrist/kali 😏
      Kalki Avatar (Murtaza) 11th satguru 13th imam cousin of Moula mahdhi a.s. 12th imam (muhammad) 😎
      Prophet Moula mahdhi is raja shashidhuvj (the mighty one) born less then 1200 years ago 😎
      Prophet Moula Isa a.s. will kill dajjal cause dajjal is going to kill Kalki Avatar 😏
      Kalki Avatar will follow orders from 2 religious king Moula mahdhi a.s. and Moula Isa a.s. 😎
      Kalki Avatar going to have 2 swords and ring of moula sulaiman a.s. and staff of moula musa a.s. (iron rod) Staff of moula musa a.s. is like omintrix can transform into anything and can transform others into anything And stone in the ring of moula sulaiman a.s. is also known as kastav mani and it's more powerful than all 6 infinite stones combined 😇
      Cuz Kalki is ironman batman super saiya-jin superman ben10 saitama optimus prime shaktimaan and every super heroes combined after 2026 😎
      This staff will transforms into white horses with wings,weapons,iron-man,cloud etc or can do imagination into reality 😎
      *Ratn sru sword of lord shiva (miri)😇
      *Ratn varu (zulfakar) sword of Moula Ali (piri) 😇
      miri piri 😇
      Kalki Ironman after 2026 😎
      Satyug (sunrise from West) 2038 😏
      Sambal is hospital 😏
      Gzwa e hind 2029 😎
      Khalistan and Azad Kashmir after 2026 by Ironman 😎
      99% Hadith u heard is not about imam Mahdi it’s about Kalki avatar (the main character) that person momin vs dajjal prove me wrong if u can 😏😏

    • @ironcammandooo6061
      @ironcammandooo6061 Рік тому

      Kalki Ironman type 7 and 8 after 2026 😎
      kalki avatar (beast of the earth) (christ on the white horse) (son of man on clouds) is the biggest enemy of dajjal/antichrist/kali 😏
      Kalki Avatar (Murtaza) 11th satguru 13th imam cousin of Moula mahdhi a.s. 12th imam (muhammad) 😎
      Prophet Moula mahdhi is raja shashidhuvj (the mighty one) born less then 1200 years ago 😎
      Prophet Moula Isa a.s. will kill dajjal cause dajjal is going to kill Kalki Avatar 😏
      Kalki Avatar will follow orders from 2 religious king Moula mahdhi a.s. and Moula Isa a.s. 😎
      Kalki Avatar going to have 2 swords and ring of moula sulaiman a.s. and staff of moula musa a.s. (iron rod) Staff of moula musa a.s. is like omintrix can transform into anything and can transform others into anything And stone in the ring of moula sulaiman a.s. is also known as kastav mani and it's more powerful than all 6 infinite stones combined 😇
      Cuz Kalki is ironman batman super saiya-jin superman ben10 saitama optimus prime shaktimaan and every super heroes combined after 2026 😎
      This staff will transforms into white horses with wings,weapons,iron-man,cloud etc or can do imagination into reality 😎
      *Ratn sru sword of lord shiva (miri)😇
      *Ratn varu (zulfakar) sword of Moula Ali (piri) 😇
      miri piri 😇
      Kalki Ironman after 2026 😎
      Satyug (sunrise from West) 2038 😏
      Sambal is hospital 😏
      Gzwa e hind 2029 😎
      Khalistan and Azad Kashmir after 2026 by Ironman 😎
      99% Hadith u heard is not about imam Mahdi it’s about Kalki avatar (the main character) that person momin vs dajjal prove me wrong if u can 😏😏

    • @bnuyyy
      @bnuyyy Рік тому +4

      Honestly, every school should have a lego kit with everything taught in physics/engineering to show during lessons and have students build it themselves. I had often a hard time understanding some concepts in physics from only formulas and textbook drawings, these types of things would have massively helped in conseptualising many things

  • @OfUnreasonable
    @OfUnreasonable Рік тому +641

    It isn't useless when it's fun to look at. It's a work of art.

    • @CHAUDHARY_BS
      @CHAUDHARY_BS Рік тому +2

      Where I can purchase this all Lego structures

    • @OfUnreasonable
      @OfUnreasonable Рік тому +1

      @@CHAUDHARY_BS the Lego store. Or online.

    • @CHAUDHARY_BS
      @CHAUDHARY_BS Рік тому

      @@OfUnreasonable can you give me the link

    • @mickmccluand4677
      @mickmccluand4677 Рік тому +1

      Also, if you've got batteries that you need to discharge...

    • @MaadDawg97
      @MaadDawg97 Рік тому

      Doesn’t make it useful, still very much useless. Art isn’t useful lmao and that’s coming from an artist, it doesn’t have a use

  • @zettaton
    @zettaton 7 місяців тому

    this isnt a useless machine, its a fascinating machine

  • @shado905
    @shado905 Місяць тому

    I have never in my life, seen anything so beautiful and mesmerizing, and I must thank you, for gracing my eyesight with this masterpiece.

  • @Jackt750
    @Jackt750 Рік тому +914

    As someone who’s never really understood the complexity of gears, motors, etc. this is fascinating

  • @skyd2515
    @skyd2515 Рік тому +916

    Man you just covered almost 70% syllabus of Theory of Machine in this small piece of art😊, I appreciate 👍👍

    • @ashutoshavasekar2260
      @ashutoshavasekar2260 Рік тому +11

      Yeah like literally 💯😂

    • @MB-hh2dh
      @MB-hh2dh Рік тому +7

      What the other 30% about?

    • @Saviliana
      @Saviliana Рік тому +19

      @@MB-hh2dh Hydraulic and Gas powered systems I guess?

    • @MatthewMS.
      @MatthewMS. Рік тому

      #5 - #7 se* toy f*ck machine science 🧬 explained

  • @davidgarton2387
    @davidgarton2387 23 дні тому

    Fascinating, and the machine fully constructed is brilliant 👏

  • @mikemay7455
    @mikemay7455 8 місяців тому

    You can remove the statue Brian and make it into a bigger machine and I bet it would work great
    Edit: I just had another idea speed up the motor a lot and put it into a there’s enough Lego car and make it actually run with it and you can open the thing to see the engine work

  • @incredulousd9408
    @incredulousd9408 Рік тому +753

    This would have made Rube Goldberg proud. Absolutely one of the coolest Lego creations I've ever seen, simply beautiful.

    • @grimnartusk265
      @grimnartusk265 Рік тому

      well it's not all real lego which is kind of upsetting lol

    • @Brib8888
      @Brib8888 Рік тому +18

      @@grimnartusk265 it literally is all real Lego though? All of those parts have been used in official sets

    • @jarodsearcy4501
      @jarodsearcy4501 Рік тому +22

      @@grimnartusk265 it is though? All of these parts are produced by LEGO.

    • @thedeathwobblechannel6539
      @thedeathwobblechannel6539 Рік тому

      What would some of the great minds of antiquity have thought? The great Greek philosophers and thinkers they would like took your bong from you and said mind blown and then took a hit

    • @criran
      @criran Рік тому +7

      Sort of, but not really. Some of those machines do nothing but spin and create extra work for the motor, ultimately resulting in a significant loss of work. In a Rube Goldberg, each segment of the machine performs a specific task which ends with the start of a new segment while ultimately striving to achieve a very simple function in a convoluted way.
      This machine performs a simple task (spin the Viking angel figure) but wastes a lot of work on segments that don't contribute to the ultimate goal. Frankly, I'm kind of surprised the motor didn't stall.

  • @ashakydd1
    @ashakydd1 Рік тому +536

    I feel like the Scotch Yoke could use some form of secondary alignment built into it as that looks rather hard on the shaft.

    • @handletemplate
      @handletemplate Рік тому +133

      rather hard on the shaft 😏
      i apologize

    • @InsTance888
      @InsTance888 Рік тому

      @@handletemplate Here's a wrench🔧.
      Now bonk yourself.

    • @danishputra169
      @danishputra169 Рік тому +19

      My sister like 5. Slider-Crank linkage

    • @DrWhom
      @DrWhom Рік тому +54

      Yes, many of these linkages have excessive friction, wear and tear as their drawbacks, which means that in practical application they must _always_ be offset by the additional degrees of freedom of movement they offer. This is why I expected some of the movement to be directed backward to actuate (move about) the fixtures of some of these linkages. So I am rather disappointed. He missed an opportunity to demonstrate just why these solutions exist.

    • @DaGleese
      @DaGleese Рік тому +15

      I'd never seen a Scotch Yoke before in my life till this video. I imagine it would produce tremendous wear!

  • @LuigiSpaghetti389
    @LuigiSpaghetti389 7 місяців тому

    great video
    love your work

  • @gamer_baby_doom_player_maybe
    @gamer_baby_doom_player_maybe 7 місяців тому

    This machine is very useful!
    …useful for the pieces it has

  • @23max232323232323
    @23max232323232323 Рік тому +799

    As a child Lego was my only toy. I didn't have many, but I had old ones and some techniques. I turned out to be very good at the age of 12 at repairing things, fiddling with bicycles, fixing 2 stroke engines and understood easily the mechanics while my peers were baffled. That can't be a coincidence. IMO Lego offers more than many other toys, helps logical thinking, manual precision, learning through trial and error and many other things that other toys don't offer.

    • @Demise6969
      @Demise6969 Рік тому +29

      dawg at twelve i just learned how to pump bicycle tyre 😭

    • @ericphan2326
      @ericphan2326 Рік тому +13

      @@Demise6969 and I thought It's just me! I need to buy more Lego for my kids!

    • @monkey3229
      @monkey3229 Рік тому +2

      Capper

    • @Avalanchanime
      @Avalanchanime Рік тому +18

      Me at middle school: dunno what the hell to do with my life, however, I reaaaally like Lego
      Also me: engineering looks like Lego, guess I'll go for it
      Indeed, engineering is just Lego for adults. Best choice ever lmao XD
      PD. If you are creative enough, almost EVERYTHING is Lego: cooking, languages, music, sports. Lego is so OP ❤

    • @DannyDoesWatch
      @DannyDoesWatch Рік тому

      @@monkey3229 the cappest of caps my dude

  • @toterkenny
    @toterkenny Рік тому +176

    One of these devices has been working flawlessly in our Rockwell Turbo Encabulator for over 30 years now.

    • @BobPagani
      @BobPagani Рік тому +5

      I don't see any marzel vanes on this one, though.

    • @TheExplosiveGuy
      @TheExplosiveGuy Рік тому +3

      Does it still have the panametric fam installed?

    • @cryo2156
      @cryo2156 Рік тому +2

      This one can't automatically synchronize cardinal grammeters and it doesn't use a malleable logarithmic casing.

    • @Shattered_Skies
      @Shattered_Skies Рік тому +1

      Be sure to perform adequate maintenance, especially on those Y-shaped processing transistors

    • @TheExplosiveGuy
      @TheExplosiveGuy Рік тому +1

      @@cryo2156 indeed, it's very essential, you don't want any side fumbling in the marzel vanes.

  • @itamarbar9580
    @itamarbar9580 Місяць тому

    This is a mechanical beauty, a tour de force of knowledge and practical experience, and a perfect teaching tool.

  • @gaius_enceladus
    @gaius_enceladus 4 місяці тому

    This is awesome! A real piece of "kinetic art"!
    I just *love* mechanical gizmos and gadgets like this!

  • @hoshiya4522
    @hoshiya4522 Рік тому +282

    As a mechanical engineering lover I want to say this is absolutely beautiful.

    • @mladizivko
      @mladizivko Рік тому +1

      Hey, a quick question
      I'm in my final year of software engineering
      We didn't have any mechanics in my curriculum, and I kinda feel stupid using the term "engineer" if I don't even know such a fundamental engineering topic
      Any tips for someone like me looking to understand the fundamentals and expand my logical thinking outside of state machines and algorithms into the mechanical world
      Thanks!

    • @benelliott7010
      @benelliott7010 Рік тому +1

      @@mladizivko hi, one resource I love for learning topics like that is mit open courseware, they have a ton of class lecture notes and a fair number of videos on all sorts of topics and they’re all free! I’d probably start with something like statics/structural mechanics and then try mechanics or something like that, and then a little electrical engineering and a bit of fluid mechanics if you’re interested. That would give a fair overview of a mech e knowledge base IMO

    • @mladizivko
      @mladizivko Рік тому

      @@benelliott7010 Amazing, thank you!

  • @mostbasedman1686
    @mostbasedman1686 Рік тому +333

    As an engineer who has spent hours on this exact subject, I must say this is very impressive.

  • @seb-astian-design
    @seb-astian-design 7 місяців тому

    That was very wholesome and very relaxing. The end made me laugh haha. ohhhhhhh

  • @biot2156
    @biot2156 3 місяці тому +5

    I love this! I'm NOT a big fan of Lego "kits" that build just one thing but if it can put together to demonstrate all these (that many wouldn't understand or think of) to build something is a big exception! None of the Legos I had as a kid came as a "build-this-thing-according-to-instructions" kit... just a big box of several assorted pieces and a lot of imagination and we came up with lots of new toys & gadgets. (I used to carry all my random pieces [about 3 assorted boxes-worth] in a big, paper grocery bag. And nothing got built just for display. They all came apart for another new project.)

  • @Sarcastix7
    @Sarcastix7 Рік тому +108

    You've demonstrated 20 mechanical concepts in a seriously easy to understand way. More than half of these I didn't know the mechanism of or how the forces were generated.

    • @assitch5604
      @assitch5604 Рік тому

      did you pass 8th grade physics?

    • @Sarcastix7
      @Sarcastix7 Рік тому +1

      @@assitch5604 You learned the mechanism of a Schmidt coupling in 8th grade physics yeah?

    • @externise3777
      @externise3777 Рік тому

      @@assitch5604 There's always that one person that is like you, isn't there?

    • @assitch5604
      @assitch5604 Рік тому

      @Cian Wade i really do not fucking care+
      even if he's in a school system where he doesn't need to study physics, my previous reply still stands, its his choise not studying physics, and i know that very well because maybe, i live in one of those countries you speak of, dumbass

  • @hewlejr
    @hewlejr Рік тому +84

    I’m a mechanical engineer and there were a couple of mechanisms in there that were new to me! Extremely entertaining to watch the listing and assembly while simultaneously educational! Happy to like and subscribe!

    • @jessestreet2549
      @jessestreet2549 Рік тому +4

      Auto mechanic for three decades and I'm impressed as hell.

    • @Reaktanzkreis
      @Reaktanzkreis Рік тому +1

      During my apprenticeship we got a similar model in my professional school. It was combined with basics electrical circuits, based on relay & contactors . Instead one motor like in this video , its got several motors and solenoids controlleg by an arrangements of relays and position switches in the machine. A control panels with lamps and buttons was fitted to control the machine.
      It was made in cooperation of the mechanical & electrical apprentices.

  • @viphase
    @viphase 8 місяців тому +1

    bro showed the power of lego technic💀

  • @crashazoid
    @crashazoid 8 місяців тому

    So THIS is what's under my car's hood! No wonder it runs so smoothly!

  • @gordonshaw1975
    @gordonshaw1975 Рік тому +280

    I have no idea why this appeared on my suggestions list, however this was an inspirational work of art. It takes the mystery away from mechanics in a fun way. If I had been shown this as a child...

    • @wasfuernmist
      @wasfuernmist Рік тому +3

      I did this yesterday, and my kid was in love at first sight.

    • @HeavyMetalorRockfan9
      @HeavyMetalorRockfan9 Рік тому +2

      yeah wtf theres so many things you can do

    • @goodlookinouthomie1757
      @goodlookinouthomie1757 Рік тому +2

      Randomly appeared on my feed too. Sat here transfixed by it, unable to click away and feeling mildly ashamed of how easy to manipulate I am.

  • @DoctyrEvil
    @DoctyrEvil Рік тому +235

    It would be fun to connect the Schmidt coupling to one of the other oscillating mechanisms so we can see it wobble in real time. Bonus points for using the Schmidt coupling to move itself. :)

  • @alimnla-dz4du
    @alimnla-dz4du 18 днів тому

    Great work ... ! This lego bricks with its mechanical movement in different ways will improve the imagination of designers .. kids and adults ... ! Thanx a lot

  • @darrellwatkinson6669
    @darrellwatkinson6669 Місяць тому

    just enjoyable to watch all of these functions. Thanks.

  • @DFPercush
    @DFPercush Рік тому +138

    Schmidt coupling and Chebyshev lambda linkage are my favorites. Begin able to offset the axis of rotation but keep it parallel seems so useful. And the way the Chebyshev makes a straight line from rotating parts is mind blowing. Very cool demo, that's a sick machine.

    • @MrJef06
      @MrJef06 Рік тому +2

      The Chebyshev puzzled me quite a bit!

    • @d1p70
      @d1p70 Рік тому +1

      a simple crank mechanism is better as you can get the oscillating straight line without having the return curve

    • @cheshirecynic3061
      @cheshirecynic3061 Рік тому +6

      @@d1p70 Ah, but what if you *need* the return curve to only drive something in one direction, disengaging the system during the return stroke? That is what the lambda linkage is for.

    • @lawrencedoliveiro9104
      @lawrencedoliveiro9104 Рік тому +1

      Is that the same Chebyshev of the polynomials?

    • @DFPercush
      @DFPercush Рік тому +1

      @@lawrencedoliveiro9104 No idea. Wouldn't be surprised if it was though.

  • @vincentrobinette1507
    @vincentrobinette1507 Рік тому +109

    The two most fascinating things for me were the Schmidt coupling, and the Chebyshev linkage.

  • @a.rus1k
    @a.rus1k 7 місяців тому

    I swear this guy can make a working car engine out of legos

  • @arcticfluffyfoxy
    @arcticfluffyfoxy 8 місяців тому

    this is so satisfying

  • @Boringpenguin
    @Boringpenguin Рік тому +326

    Did you just summarize all of mechanical engineering in one lego machine?

    • @randomcamera746
      @randomcamera746 Рік тому +21

      Basically

    • @factanonverba8082
      @factanonverba8082 Рік тому +7

      Nah, not all of them.

    • @nicholasofthetube4557
      @nicholasofthetube4557 Рік тому +31

      Damn, now I can watch LEGO videos instead of studying and not feel guilty about it. Who needs to know the Navier-Stokes equation anyways

    • @FoxDren
      @FoxDren Рік тому

      Not even close

    • @yetanother9127
      @yetanother9127 Рік тому +6

      Not all of them. There's no Geneva Drive, for example--the intermittent thingy comes close, but lacks the Geneva Drive's locking feature, so there's always a chance it'll fall out of sync.

  • @pseudonymlifts2
    @pseudonymlifts2 Рік тому +127

    It isn't useless, it's a perfect machine for making people go "ooh look at the wibbly bits go woo"

  • @user-fw4wb5jg2m
    @user-fw4wb5jg2m 8 місяців тому

    Блин, шикарно!)