How Does a Clicky Pen Work?

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  • Опубліковано 16 жов 2015
  • Even if you've taken one of these apart - it's still hard to understand how it works! Lucky for us, we've got 3D animation on our side.
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  • @Christopher-lh2ff
    @Christopher-lh2ff 5 років тому +1339

    I only knew this from the hours of boredom school has brought me😂

  • @richiie8024
    @richiie8024 4 роки тому +204

    0:28 lmao like we didnt know that from school boredom lol

    • @reddskyy9133
      @reddskyy9133 4 роки тому +16

      Today I was so bored I tried speed running assembling and disassembling my mechanical pencil

    • @Yuglooc
      @Yuglooc 4 роки тому +4

      Yo same dude I did that once and I challenged my classmates.

    • @MasterBeiberEverything
      @MasterBeiberEverything 4 роки тому +1

      i never did this huh

    • @crazycat1380
      @crazycat1380 4 роки тому +3

      Anyone who's ever had one of those in school has taken it apart *ATLEAST* once

    • @skanyone2602
      @skanyone2602 3 роки тому

      @@crazycat1380 Yeah! I sometimes broke it... So many lost springs and cams...

  • @HenkdeYouTubesteen
    @HenkdeYouTubesteen 5 років тому +94

    This is the video I've been looking for since I was a 5y old

  • @charmin6657
    @charmin6657 4 роки тому +62

    Kid who takes apart pen at school: *the expert*

    • @EHMM
      @EHMM 3 роки тому

      Yes i am the expert

    • @sonetagu1337
      @sonetagu1337 3 роки тому

      *WE*

    • @CatsForLife21
      @CatsForLife21 3 роки тому

      Kid who can fix it again.. Proffessional mashAllah

    • @pinngg6907
      @pinngg6907 3 роки тому

      Me: Oh no my pen dry
      *proceed to take it apart XD

  • @Magst3r1
    @Magst3r1 5 років тому +295

    I opened a pen once and i rearanged some of the stuff and somehow made a small canon lol

    • @Juan-ng7rs
      @Juan-ng7rs 5 років тому +14

      I did too, but i found out about it from my friend

    • @benharris211
      @benharris211 5 років тому +91

      At school, I think we made a similar item of what your describing. We called them penetrators. Get it? We took out the ink cartridge and flipped it so it came out of the back of the pen. Next we either got rubber bands or the built in spring and attached in a way so that when we pulled the back of cartridge and released it would 'fire.' They were extremely lethal. After one or two were made, the whole grade caught on so we went to the shops buying the items needed to make them.
      One day we had a relief teacher, an old lady with a temper. Some idiots started firing the ink cartridges at her, thankfully missing, but hit the data projector screen instead. They got caught, and the teachers did a search of our bags and pencil cases, one kid had an assembly line in his bag for mass production. So, yeah that was grade 8 for me. We didn't have school shootings, we had penetrators.

    • @aspodermousstoplight100
      @aspodermousstoplight100 5 років тому +3

      Me too, but with a led one.

    • @xeno4445
      @xeno4445 5 років тому +3

      pretty sure all you need to do is put the spring before the cartridge

    • @rumahhafidzahbekasi1354
      @rumahhafidzahbekasi1354 5 років тому +7

      @@benharris211 what? The kid has an asembly line on his backpack?

  • @jinmoraleda1982
    @jinmoraleda1982 4 роки тому +64

    You didnt need to teach me the parts, i already knew when i was in school

  • @Warhorse26
    @Warhorse26 6 років тому +112

    Ok... I've used these pens my entire life and I have never been more fascinated about them until just now. Amazing video man! I've watched a lot of your stuff and I absolutely love every one :D Keep up the great work!

    • @yneshAshanti
      @yneshAshanti 2 роки тому

      I know right. Did feel kinda embarrassed not knowing how these everyday things worked!

  • @x-90
    @x-90 4 роки тому +187

    I’m pretty sure if you had these in an American School you took these apart and acted like an Engineer dissecting this thing

  • @bookedsam
    @bookedsam Рік тому +18

    They're surprisingly robust for all these small plastic components. I took a crappy old pen and clicked it a couple hundred times then put it in water and it was fine

  • @mikodesh
    @mikodesh 5 років тому +81

    After i watch this video , i search for click pen .
    After found one its actually has a clear upperbarrel so i can see the mechanism.
    Yes its the same like the video said

    • @e1532
      @e1532 3 роки тому +1

      I had a pen like than once. Thats the main reason why i already know this stuff

    • @pinngg6907
      @pinngg6907 3 роки тому

      same lol. I once had a clear clicky pen

  • @GeorgeCowsert
    @GeorgeCowsert 5 років тому +11

    The best pens are the ones you can take apart to turn into cannons.
    Just put the spring between the button and the cam and hope the pen has some sort of lip that the cam fits behind but can be pushed past with enough force.
    The Pilot pens seem to be the best for this, but you'll need to do extra modifications if you don't want your parts to go missing.

  • @deefee701
    @deefee701 Рік тому +2

    I'm another person who wanted to fix my favourite pen that I dropped and broke. But the whole video was fascinating. I love pens. I hope you still enjoy making these animations.

  • @Explore-Gobal
    @Explore-Gobal 6 років тому +81

    This is alien technology I tell ya, alien fer sure.

    • @crazywolfieleslie6662
      @crazywolfieleslie6662 4 роки тому +3

      R/woosh

    • @alexcerullo3143
      @alexcerullo3143 4 роки тому +5

      Crazy Wolfie Leslie you don’t even know what r/whoosh is so stfu

    • @ripplewavess
      @ripplewavess 4 роки тому

      Crazy Wolfie Leslie I bet your a stupid 5 year old lmao (UA-cam and Jared pls don’t report and remove me)

    • @KagemandenDK
      @KagemandenDK 4 роки тому +6

      @@crazywolfieleslie6662 Did you just woosh the guy that made the joke?

    • @llsanjeev
      @llsanjeev 4 роки тому

      you under estimate the power of human brain

  • @Peter78730
    @Peter78730 Рік тому +4

    Back in the 1950s we had push button light switches in our home. Press once for ON; press again for OFF.
    To make things more complicated, 120 volts was passing through there somewhere.

  • @KendallFalk
    @KendallFalk 6 років тому +51

    my god it took me like an hour to figure out how to put together a pen that was broken, the entire time I thought that the cam went on the top, nope! lol. I would have never guessed, so I took apart one of the other pens. Engineering ftw! It was a very satisfying feeling to get something to work again. That was a work out for my head.

    • @cubig9295
      @cubig9295 5 років тому

      You could just buy another one if not you are broke!

    • @carageaelvis6321
      @carageaelvis6321 5 років тому +2

      man.. you are stupid

  • @andrewslovak1
    @andrewslovak1 6 років тому +4

    Dude these animations are incredible. Your video on the Apollo missions blew me away. I already knew everything in the video, but the animations were too good not to watch all the way through. Nicely done, you need more subs!

    • @JaredOwen
      @JaredOwen  6 років тому +2

      Thanks so much Andrew - comments like these help me keep going!

  • @EGN.Academy
    @EGN.Academy 4 роки тому +2

    The Best demonstration clip about how the click pen works, very easy to understand... Bravo!!!

  • @pinngg6907
    @pinngg6907 3 роки тому +3

    Me, already opening clicky pens millions of times:
    *I'm 4 parallel universe ahead of you*

  • @karhukivi
    @karhukivi 3 роки тому +2

    Excellent! Thank you for putting so much time and work into this explanation!

  • @themandalorian9511
    @themandalorian9511 4 роки тому +25

    Jared writing the script:
    “Alright, what should my next video be on?”
    **clicks pen to start writing**
    **gasps**
    *I’VE GOT IT*

    • @JaredOwen
      @JaredOwen  4 роки тому +12

      It almost happened like that😜

    • @pinngg6907
      @pinngg6907 3 роки тому +2

      LMAO XD

  • @vanderaraujo4230
    @vanderaraujo4230 4 роки тому +1

    Yours, is one of the best channels on the internet!!!
    Tkx!!!

  • @Romualdomgn84
    @Romualdomgn84 2 роки тому +1

    Thank you for such short and clear explanation!

  • @prashantppc
    @prashantppc 7 років тому

    This is a really nice video. Now I know something I tried to know for so many years. Thanks a lot. Great way to explain really complex mechanism

  • @SidK26
    @SidK26 7 років тому

    kudos for you animation work and your efforts..it is simple, good and easier to understand. Never knew a clik pen had such good mechanism :)

  • @VRWarLab
    @VRWarLab 4 роки тому

    Very good animation, it explains the movement of the moving parts with very accurately!

  • @EverythingbrothersYT
    @EverythingbrothersYT 3 роки тому +1

    I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS FOR SO LONG!! AMAZING JOB

  • @BangMaster96
    @BangMaster96 5 років тому +10

    We take so much for granted.
    I would have never guessed that such mechanisms and physics go into making a pen.
    It's amazing, all the things we have in life today, that we don't truly appreciate.

    • @JaredOwen
      @JaredOwen  5 років тому +1

      It's pretty neat isn't it!

    • @yt_charchit
      @yt_charchit 11 місяців тому

      ​@@JaredOwenindeed

  • @choco_matcha
    @choco_matcha 7 років тому +5

    Thanks for the very clear and comprehensive video. It actually gave me inspiration to fix my clicky pen! :)

  • @gyrocompa
    @gyrocompa 7 років тому

    Very instructive video, many sincere thanks for this amazing job.
    As everybody, I have used these items for decades without understanding how they work, but thanks to you, tonight I will go to bed smarter than when I got up this morning !

  • @EazyEVM
    @EazyEVM 2 роки тому

    This was so helpful! The 3-D imagery of the components allowed me to fix my dad's pen, which was given to him as a souvenir from my sister's trip to London. :-)

  • @AncientWisdom222
    @AncientWisdom222 Рік тому

    Very beautifully explained.

  • @normalstranger6482
    @normalstranger6482 17 днів тому

    This is amazing, I never thought that so much engineering is used in a pen

  • @BlueyMcPhluey
    @BlueyMcPhluey 7 років тому

    phenomenal video, very thorough, thankyou

  • @joycehuang8965
    @joycehuang8965 7 років тому

    Amazing video! Great work, really helped me understand how the pen works.

  • @viveksingh4
    @viveksingh4 3 роки тому

    Too good.....I can't describe how good it is.....
    I just loved it

  • @notionSunday
    @notionSunday 8 років тому +7

    Enjoyed it.. thanks. Nice work.

  • @jaffaji
    @jaffaji 10 місяців тому

    Thank you so much for the knowledge. Great animation.

  • @charanckck
    @charanckck 3 роки тому

    Easy to understand. Thank you

  • @imranhaider8248
    @imranhaider8248 2 роки тому

    Your Videos are worth watching.. just Astonishing work💥💥

  • @saisaketh6601
    @saisaketh6601 3 роки тому

    It was interesting.
    Thank you, Jared Owen, for making this video because I use to think for hours to together thinking about a click pen.

  • @laurenpayne4322
    @laurenpayne4322 2 роки тому

    Your videos are so helpful thank you

  • @rakeshkumar-zd8mj
    @rakeshkumar-zd8mj 5 років тому

    hey man your videos are awesome.and the way you explain it is commendable.3D animation has revolutionised learing .with the help of this we can easily understand the complex mechanism.UA-cam is becoming the next school for students.keep it up.love from India💕

  • @IAmzColbz
    @IAmzColbz 5 років тому +14

    This kind of pen i understand, the type of ped i dont understand are the pens with the plastic wedge between the button and ink cartridge. It like switches sides and somehow is... idk blah

  • @inventorbrothers7053
    @inventorbrothers7053 4 роки тому

    Awesome video! Thank you!

  • @ukcatsftw
    @ukcatsftw 11 місяців тому

    Thank you so mucho you saved my favorite pen’s life 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

  • @danilookovic7971
    @danilookovic7971 Рік тому

    Watching this in school since that part behind got me curius.great tutorial

  • @LauraEllen999
    @LauraEllen999 7 років тому +2

    This was awesome, thank you.

  • @sanatanrakshak3726
    @sanatanrakshak3726 5 років тому +1

    Really appreciate your work. Thanks for educating us.

  • @jaisubu26
    @jaisubu26 6 років тому

    Neatly explained. Thanks!

  • @rosered59
    @rosered59 4 роки тому +2

    THANK YOU SO MUCH! I took apart a pen and couldn’t figure out how to put it back together and I watched this and put it back perfectly (I don’t know how though, the pen was so much different from the one showed but still a click pen) thank you 😊

  • @Michallote
    @Michallote 4 роки тому

    Amazing job!

  • @brendanfan3245
    @brendanfan3245 3 роки тому

    that is an amazing explanation! Thank you!

  • @Orangelina29
    @Orangelina29 3 роки тому

    Jared Owen, you are so talented and gifted 😊

  • @mamatasahu2770
    @mamatasahu2770 4 роки тому

    Thanks for this fantastic ideas

  • @caderbavahsiddicl6414
    @caderbavahsiddicl6414 3 роки тому

    Thank for this video brother... And for all your very interesting video...

  • @user-wr2uy9pj4m
    @user-wr2uy9pj4m 4 роки тому +1

    That's crazy!!! I was just thinking about that today at school!!!!
    I figured it out, but I'm still watching for some reason...

  • @sarayyumk147
    @sarayyumk147 3 роки тому

    Fantastic video!!!

  • @cuatropolis2881
    @cuatropolis2881 4 роки тому

    You Sir are a genious, thanks for such nice animation

  • @mutant3x17
    @mutant3x17 4 роки тому

    Most hard working humans, bring one imagination out for long time, nice videos.....

  • @altaccount4697
    @altaccount4697 3 роки тому

    I'm building a revolver-style T-shirt air cannon for a robotics team. Thank you for explaining this mechanism so well, I'm planning use a modified one of these to rotate the revolver drum, driven by the barrel sliding forward and back. Cheers!

  • @timread2623
    @timread2623 6 років тому

    hey brother happy thanksgiving best of luck to you all the love to you

  • @accountwith16chr44
    @accountwith16chr44 6 років тому

    Thanks Jared! IT really helped me

  • @apoorvadk9635
    @apoorvadk9635 7 років тому

    Brilliant video sir!

  • @mystic3549
    @mystic3549 2 роки тому

    omg...never before i realised that :) great job

  • @PiyushSharma-gw8od
    @PiyushSharma-gw8od 2 роки тому

    I always wanted to know about the principle working inside the body, Thankyou for this informative video.

  • @Bumblemotion
    @Bumblemotion 4 місяці тому

    Thank you. Everyone pen I disassembled had something covering this part

  • @modhatechnologies1198
    @modhatechnologies1198 7 років тому

    what a animation..., excellent video. thanks

  • @jessyjessy3110
    @jessyjessy3110 4 роки тому

    Thanks I needed to fix my favorite pen, I literally just needed to watch 1 minute to fix it thanks for the vid buddy!

  • @moenbase1
    @moenbase1 2 роки тому

    Such a smart invention :) Nice one!

  • @anastasia4001
    @anastasia4001 5 років тому

    Thats amazing, it is so simple but i learned something new😊

  • @pardeepjatwer4764
    @pardeepjatwer4764 3 роки тому +1

    Hello sir
    I am pradeep jatwer
    From india
    I am fully not understand in English
    But watch your video
    And something something I know
    Your audio
    But your animation video is very
    Help full
    For knowledge
    Thanks 😊👍

  • @balramnayan6414
    @balramnayan6414 2 роки тому

    Very good and interesting explanation

  • @imagesbyraphael
    @imagesbyraphael 3 роки тому

    I was never aware of the hidden guide edges which prevents the cam from sliding back while the pen tip is extended. The other parts we can easily see when we pull the pen apart. Life mystery finally solved thank you. (This video also made me pull apart a pen I had on my desk!)

  • @TerryRoyer
    @TerryRoyer 8 років тому +1

    Nice, very informative, I had always wondered how all those parts worked together

    • @JaredOwen
      @JaredOwen  8 років тому

      +Terry Royer Thanks a lot! Videos like this are a lot of fun to make.

  • @maysanatomy
    @maysanatomy Рік тому

    Hey this video helped me fix my broken pen. Thank you :)

  • @SreenikethanI
    @SreenikethanI 5 років тому +1

    Absolutely amazing and fantastic animation, dear sir.

  • @00nyoom
    @00nyoom 5 років тому

    The animation is so smooth

  • @kojowale1184
    @kojowale1184 3 роки тому

    Ur videos are so satisfying 😍😍😍❤❤❤❤

  • @ebufi7957
    @ebufi7957 3 місяці тому

    I follow the mechanisms as you stated and my pen works. Thank you

  • @bxella6942
    @bxella6942 3 роки тому +1

    Thank thank you I did not know what was the cam for, you saved my life
    Because my favourite pen fell apart.thank you 😊

  • @ryanrobot2003
    @ryanrobot2003 4 роки тому

    Great work

  • @PaperCircle
    @PaperCircle 4 роки тому +3

    I swear i feel like Owen teaches me more stuff then my school

  • @nuassul
    @nuassul 4 роки тому +2

    Muy bien ilustrado el funcionamiento de este artículo tan común en nuestras vidas. Saludos :-)

  • @Activistxpeace
    @Activistxpeace 2 роки тому

    In 0:37 seconds I was able to fix a click pen to the first time thank to you. That's the power of genius!

  • @tzabadguy
    @tzabadguy 6 років тому

    This was very helpful

  • @gworxtaiwan402
    @gworxtaiwan402 4 роки тому

    I am trying to figure out how to make a jig in my tablesaw advance 6.25mm each time. Got my toothed rack and a rotating gear that mesh great. 2 days of tinkering with levers and springs later, it just might be this clicky pen video that solves my tooth by tooth advancement glitch! Subscribed.

  • @thedillestpickle
    @thedillestpickle 6 років тому +2

    Amazing. This was so well done. I wanted to search for a video on this but didn't expect to find anything so well presented as this. Subscribed!

  • @gaurangplays3401
    @gaurangplays3401 3 роки тому

    I love your channel

  • @chrishanner5242
    @chrishanner5242 7 років тому

    excellent demonstration. I have a vintage clicky pen I'm trying to fix. now I know it's probably the cam that's messed up.

  • @briannabryan2014
    @briannabryan2014 5 років тому

    I love these animations. So cool.

  • @user-tp8ns2cq8i
    @user-tp8ns2cq8i 4 роки тому

    You are awsome!! I watched this video about 10 times to solve my curiosity. From Korea

  • @fisherman7633
    @fisherman7633 4 роки тому

    Thanks. I love retractable ball pens but I never knew how they work. By the way you said to LIKE, but didn't mention to SUBSCRIBE. I did both anyway. Thanks again. Great job. HOPE YOU REACH THE 1M SUBSCRIBERS SOON.

  • @niiphox93
    @niiphox93 5 років тому

    Thanks, good explanation and video

  • @win5954
    @win5954 4 роки тому +10

    I learned this the hard way and ink got all over my shirt

    • @KagemandenDK
      @KagemandenDK 4 роки тому

      How? Did you break the ink cartridge?

    • @win5954
      @win5954 4 роки тому

      KagemandenDK bend it and the ink will spill from the back or you can take apart the front

    • @KagemandenDK
      @KagemandenDK 4 роки тому

      @@win5954 Bend the ink cartridge? That's just stupid lol

    • @giannistek1
      @giannistek1 4 роки тому

      @@KagemandenDK Kids do stupid things, you know

  • @seol3075
    @seol3075 4 роки тому +5

    0:35 Get Morgage!

  • @jmacjames8871
    @jmacjames8871 4 роки тому

    This video found me when I needed it most.

  • @coulterjb22
    @coulterjb22 3 роки тому

    Nice animation. That helped a lot. Im trying to model this in Fusion 360 and 3D print one of these-resin not FDM.

  • @abhisheksnair825
    @abhisheksnair825 4 роки тому

    Nice explanation..

  • @R9A9V2
    @R9A9V2 5 років тому +19

    Clicky pens
    *The most Complicated things that wss invented*

  • @yahyasharif6316
    @yahyasharif6316 4 роки тому +8

    UA-cam recommendation : Oh yeah lets just put this on people's recommendation 3 years later