PickVidsBest Mechanical & precision engineering Videos
The 141 Mechanical & precision engineering videos here were recommended by different people across different months. Choose by who it is for: 8 introductory, 22 intermediate, 106 for a general viewer, and 5 for someone who wants the harder derivation. Most of them are a demo. What they share is that you see the result first and only then decide whether to follow the detail. Channels you will keep seeing include Technology Connections, Veritasium, Stuff Made Here.
Building Prototypes Dan Gelbart part 1 of 18 Introduction
First of an 18-part lecture series by engineer Dan Gelbart on building prototypes.
Giant Robot Project, Part 1
The first installment of a hobbyist's video diary documenting his build of a giant walking spider-like vehicle.
"Turbo Encabulator" the Original
The earliest filmed version of the Turbo Encabulator technical-jargon parody, shot in the late 1970s with narrator Bud Haggert.
Clockmaking - How To Make A Clock In The Home Machine Shop - Part 1 - Making The Clock Frames
The first episode of Clickspring's series building a John Wilding skeleton clock from raw stock in a home machine shop.
[1299] Unpickable Locks From Stuff Made Here
The Lock Picking Lawyer tests the supposedly unpickable lock designs built by the Stuff Made Here channel.
The Fastest Maze-Solving Competition On Earth
Veritasium visits the Micromouse competition, where small autonomous robots race to solve mazes at extreme speed.
Construction of the 10000 year clock - Alexander Rose (SETI Talks)
Alexander Rose of the Long Now Foundation describes the design and construction of the 10,000 year clock conceived by Danny Hillis.
KSP Doesn't Teach: Rocket Engine Plumbing
Scott Manley explains the plumbing of rocket engines, including pressure-fed, gas generator, expander and staged combustion cycles.
How to achieve nanometer precision in space?
Breaking Taps explains how the cryogenic mirror actuators on the James Webb Space Telescope achieve nanometer precision using flexures.
Why Machines That Bend Are Better
Veritasium explores compliant mechanisms, devices that move by flexing rather than using hinges and joints, with researchers at BYU.
The Secret Life of the Vacuum Cleaner - Remastered
Tim Hunkin's 1987 TV series episode on how vacuum cleaners and related household machines work, remastered and upscaled in 2021.
Prius Hybrid Drive Explained
A Blender-animated explanation of the Toyota Hybrid Synergy Drive, showing how the engine, two motor-generators, planetary gearset and battery work together as an eCVT.
A4 / V2 Rocket in detail: Turbopump
A very long, detailed look at the A4/V2 rocket turbopump, the steam-turbine-driven twin propellant pump system.
How does a Bowling Pinsetter Machine work? (Brunswick GS-X)
Jared Owen's 3D animated breakdown of how a Brunswick GS-X bowling pinsetter works, showing its mechanisms for sweeping, lifting and resetting pins and balls.
Pipe Organ (5-story instrument)
Rob Scallon explores a five-story pipe organ, the largest in the Midwest, with organist John Sherer.
Understanding the Toyota RAV4 Hybrid
Weber State's Professor Kelly explains the Toyota RAV4 Hybrid transaxle, including its planetary gearset eCVT and all nine operating modes.
Primitive Technology: Cord drill and Pump drill
Primitive Technology shows building a cord drill from scratch and then upgrading it to a pump drill, using only primitive materials like a stone flywheel and cord.
The 1751 Machine that Made Everything
Machine Thinking argues the 1751 machine, a metal-cutting lathe associated with Vaucanson, triggered the biggest explosion of wealth in history by enabling precise manufacturing of other machines.
Adam Savage's Epiphany on the Science of Measurement!
Adam Savage shows a set of Mitutoyo ceramic gauge blocks and uses them to explain metrology, the science of measurement.
TWO Unpickable (?) Locks for Lock Picking Lawyer!
Engineer Stuff Made Here builds two new supposedly unpickable locks with different designs and sends them to the Lock Picking Lawyer to see whether they can be defeated.
Tesla Is Lightyears Ahead Of... Tesla
SuperfastMatt looks at how the Tesla Model S retracting door handles were redesigned over time, from many parts to a motor plus sensor, with a focus on engineering and reliability.
The Secret Life of Machines - Vacuum Cleaners 1/2
Part 1 of an episode of the British educational TV series The Secret Life of Machines, about how vacuum cleaners work and their history.
Automatic Bullseye, MOVING Dartboard
Mark Rober shows an automatic bullseye dartboard that tracks a thrown dart with motion capture and moves in real time so it always hits the center.
The Insane Engineering of James Webb Telescope
Real Engineering explains the engineering behind the James Webb Space Telescope, including its folding mirror, sunshield, orbit and cooling systems, and why deployment was so difficult.