The Secret Life of Components: Springs [video](youtube.com)
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The Secret Life of Components: Springs [video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dethuGX2IGs
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https://www.timhunkin.com/a241_component-videos.htm
Tim Hunkin has also released remastered versions of his The Secret Life Of Machines TV programmes on the same channel. https://www.youtube.com/c/timhunkin1/videos https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_Life_of_Machines
I see only 6 episodes (the first series, it looks like) from your link (on his channel).
I have come across other Secret Life of Machines videos on YouTube. They're not remastered, not uploaded by him.
Just an FYI for others.
I have come across other Secret Life of Machines videos on YouTube. They're not remastered, not uploaded by him.
Just an FYI for others.
For a minute I thought this video was about @Component classes in the Spring Framework
I should spend less time in IDEA
I should spend less time in IDEA
This is great as charming! It’s this stuff that I actually want on YouTube.
I’ve just found that making things with my hands is the best way for me to relax and get a break from everything digital. I’ll be binge watching this tonight.
I’ve just found that making things with my hands is the best way for me to relax and get a break from everything digital. I’ll be binge watching this tonight.
They showed these at my school. Some images like the beer can mortar, the man running with a wobbly resonating plank, and a pyrotechnic pellet firing gun are indelible on the mind of my cohort. At least the easily excitable boys.
In one of these shows there's a demonstration of magnetic tape. As far as I remember they attach a coil of wire to a loudspeaker and demonstrate that you can get sound from wiggling a magnet near the coil, and magnetism by shouting at the speaker.
They then literally file some iron filings on to some sticky tape and move it past the coil as someone shouts into the speaker. They then do the same thing again, but this time the sound of shouting comes out if the speaker.
Even when I'm writing this now I'm thinking, "well of course it works, that's obviously the whole principle", but I'm sure I only feel that because I saw the demonstration.
His companion Rex Garrod also stars, and was one of the greatest ever competitors of UK Robot Wars (with Cassius I/II).
In one of these shows there's a demonstration of magnetic tape. As far as I remember they attach a coil of wire to a loudspeaker and demonstrate that you can get sound from wiggling a magnet near the coil, and magnetism by shouting at the speaker.
They then literally file some iron filings on to some sticky tape and move it past the coil as someone shouts into the speaker. They then do the same thing again, but this time the sound of shouting comes out if the speaker.
Even when I'm writing this now I'm thinking, "well of course it works, that's obviously the whole principle", but I'm sure I only feel that because I saw the demonstration.
His companion Rex Garrod also stars, and was one of the greatest ever competitors of UK Robot Wars (with Cassius I/II).
The Secret Life of Components is a new series. Maybe you're are thinking of Secret Life of Machines?
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The magnetic tape demo is here at 9:15.
https://youtu.be/6l18q7Gi4GQ
https://youtu.be/6l18q7Gi4GQ
With time: https://youtu.be/6l18q7Gi4GQ?t=553
Worth noting this is a new series — secret life of components, not machines— from this year. Sadly without Rex who died a couple of years ago.
As well as some of the remastered original TV series on Tim Hunkins youtube channel the originals are also at
https://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/SLOM/index.html
https://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/SLOM/index.html
Another great use of springs: vehicle recovery ropes
https://youtu.be/qiIXY9BpKww
The guy doing the demonstration runs Winder Towing in Hurricane, UT and has one of the greatest YouTube channels I’ve found in a very long time. Just nice people helping others while solving difficult problems in a beautiful environment. It makes me want to move to Utah and build a funky wheelin’ rig.
https://youtube.com/c/MattsOffRoadRecovery
https://youtu.be/qiIXY9BpKww
The guy doing the demonstration runs Winder Towing in Hurricane, UT and has one of the greatest YouTube channels I’ve found in a very long time. Just nice people helping others while solving difficult problems in a beautiful environment. It makes me want to move to Utah and build a funky wheelin’ rig.
https://youtube.com/c/MattsOffRoadRecovery
Tim is so pleased with the reception these videos have had! He is exactly as knowledgeable and gentlemanly as he comes across. I’ve learned a lot from him!
If you get the chance to visit his arcades in London or Suffolk I highly recommend it. The combination of humour, physical activity and engineering is wonderful.
If you get the chance to visit his arcades in London or Suffolk I highly recommend it. The combination of humour, physical activity and engineering is wonderful.
I am homeschooling my kid and this Secret Life of Components series is part of our Design and Technology curriculum. We've always done a lot of making and building, and Tim's practical knowledge of so many things really expands our know-how.
My son’s 3 and he doesn’t have the patience now but when he gets older this will be on his watch list amongs others.
Now I want to visit https://www.novelty-automation.com/ next time I’m in central London :)
It's on my list as well now.
It's just around the corner from my office. If we ever return to the office I'm going to pay it a visit. Tim is such a great example of the classic British eccentric, I love it.
Youtube algo blessed me with his channel recommendation couple of weeks ago. Finally looking forward visiting UK to appreciate his arcade and the Museum of Everything Else.
I grew up watching the Machines series. It and my grandfather are the reason I am an engineer today AND into Jazz.
I drove myself crazy trying to find the exact version of Take 5 he was using-- this was in the early 90's, before you could just ask Siri what a song was :-)
I drove myself crazy trying to find the exact version of Take 5 he was using-- this was in the early 90's, before you could just ask Siri what a song was :-)
I believe it's called "the Russians are coming".
https://youtu.be/pzqoqzSZkPs
https://youtu.be/pzqoqzSZkPs
Imagine what a dystopian future with no springs will be like:
https://youtu.be/le2eB2xtvBQ
https://youtu.be/le2eB2xtvBQ
What I remember from my intro ME class: energy in a elongated coil spring is stored as torsion of the wire and the max strain is on the surface so make sure you don't knick or scratch it.