You can't imagine how hilarious this video was to someone like myself who spent an entire career working for a company making metal bearings! As I watched the video, I kept thinking that the solution for your inner race problem (you used the correct terminology for the bearing parts) was to make it in two pieces. I think you might be the first person I've ever seen make something on a lathe other than a damn bowl or vase. I'm amazed at what you can do with wood. Entertaining video in more ways than one!
"...especially 'cause the main goal of the bearing is actually to look cool." Wow, Matthias, this is great. I have watched your videos for years now and finally decided to comment on one. I will be making one of these myself now. Thank you for the wonderful idea and walkthrough.
the first thing i wondered when i saw this video in my feed was "how is he going to manage the cage?" brilliant solution, as always. up next, planetary gearbox?
If the SHTF ever comes about, this is one man you would want to learn things from. One stop shop for building mechanical things out of wood that works. Always enjoy watching these inventions of yours Matthias. It's like watching old school come back to life or when it all began with inventions.
I do not understand how 1,200 people taking no like for a craft work as creative as this ... Congratulations Matthias ... I liked it, I signed up on your channel and gave my like .... I also liked their tools, as the lathe sander and the circular saw ... gave me a great idea for my home workshop ... thank you for sharing.
Videos like this are why people that aren't word workers in the slightest are still drawn to Mathias's videos. So many brilliant decisions through this built!
Your patience, determination and initiative, are a joy to behold, Matthias. I (like many others,) get a tremendous amount of fascinating enjoyment from watching the progress of your projects. I doubt that I will ever try any of them now, at my ripe old age, but still it is fun to learn form you. Ed
You know it's a Matthias project when you can't tell where the home-made plywood-built lathe chuck ends and where the home-made plywood-built workpiece begins.
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? He would chuck, he would, as much as he could, and chuck as much wood as a woodchuck would if a woodchuck could chuck wood. ;)
Son of a gun, what an interesting way to demonstrate how ball bearings are made. As long as it's not run under a load the thing spins freely. Thanks for showing us how to have fun with the wood.
Your work on this video absolutely fascinates me. I am amazed at how you meticulously built a useful and beautiful device out of fairly common materials. I truly appreciate the inspiration. Thank you.
Nice work Matthias. I always enjoy watching your videos because you come up with creative ways to jig things up for drilling and cutting. BTW, did you build this bearing for your child to play with? Or was it just a random project to experiment with?
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Most of these projects go something like this: I'm making a project, and need to do this part, so I made this assembly to help. Then I had a problem, so I made this assembly to help. I was able to use an assembly to do this one part. I ran into this problem, but then this assembly fixed that. Once finished, I found a way to make this while thing even more epic, and it only required modifying an assembly. Seriously, I love this channel. Matthias is a genius and I can only hope to someday be able to make something a fraction as epic as his projects
Matt: you are an awesome guy! you could be holed up in the jungles of New Guinea as long as you have power and your tools you can make anything and maybe even become a chief in their village! You rock and thanks for all the projects you are showing all of us. May you be blessed with such a long life so you can share to us your God-given talents!
except that ancients didn't use ball bearings, they used solid bearings which hardly are bearings, especially if you don't use any kind of bearing surface
Who downvotes this? Learning from doing it, or watching it done, is reason enough to make a wooden bearing. It doesn't have to be "better" than a steel one.
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I'm still trying to figure out why someone who plays video games has more followers than someone who can make literally anything out of wood. Matthias, I think you could make a great tasting bowl of soup with a lathe and a drill press, out of wood lol (this is not a rhetorical question)
Star Wars is bad ass, More went into making that than all of this mans projects combined, work time, skill involved, imagination, etc. This man is a genius in my book, but what it took to make Star Wars, especially the first three, was on a different level.
I watch Mathias and I have no interest in any wood working of any sort. But its fascinating. And I admit I had a preconceived notion that wood workers were simple people, I've been proven utterly wrong
Two reasons: Demand and supply. People like Matthias can't supply content at the same rate as people playing video games. And not as many people want to watch it. This is niche content.
There's always that one guy who doesnt understand figurative speech. Of course you are correct, and everyone understands that. NOw explain to me that wooden soup wouldnt taste good.
As someone who works for a bearing manufacture, i like to say i know something about bearings. This is a very good design and looks the part. When putting the balls into the bearing the easier way other than having a spacer is to stand the bearing on the OD holding the inner ring at the top of the outer, the balls are then placed in at the borrow of the race then when the correct amount has been placed in you then push the inner ring down whilst spreading the balls.
Matthias, Even though I saw all of this series as you originally produced them, I had to binge watch them again!! Great content! You mentioned perhaps someday building a drill press when you got the drill chuck. I’ll go look.
Ry L I would love to see what kind of design he would do. "Hint" :-) Seriously, I think a lot of people would want to build from a design of his. It would be fun and extremely useful. Ok, I'll stop hinting now. Always enjoy whatever projects come from this channel. Thanks for sharing!
Really love this. I would be cool to see this in a future project, although I assume this was just an experimental build. Either way, awesome project. :)
Excellent!Nice demo piece. One reason to have the cage separating the balls is to prevent the friction of the balls rubbing on each other, the the right edge of one ball is moving in the opposite direction to the left edge of the adjacent ball (I expect you know this anyway...)
Nice!! I envy all the folks who have the space for all those tools. I used to live in larger homes but was not into anything back then. Now in life when I want to do all this type of stuff, I don't have room for many tools :( I have been doing things small with tools like Dremel, drill and whatever I can rig up. Kudos for keeping in mind the necessity for it to look cool!! That is why we create :)
Hey Matthias- I love the build but an old skater trick for taking bearing apart it that you can use a razor knife to slide under the yellow seal. We use to take them off and soak them in acetone when they would get crunchy feeling. All you have to do is just press it back on with you had- no need to cut the outer race.
Matthias, As you know, bearings have cages made from steel, brass, and plastic or composite. I believe there are also cages (or spacers) made with bronze filled plastic. You made a composite (wood) cage held together with copper (a constituent) of brass. So you ironically made a copper filled composite.
i like how you make everything out of wood, even if conventional wisdom says it shouldn't be, but whatever material is used it is also very educational
Good work Matthias! I like that you work through the problems that you encounter (like a real world project). I wonder though, you might have solved your ball cage problem in another way, by removing material from the ID at the sides of the inner and outer races, allowing for more material / strength in the cage pieces.
Many years ago I managed construction sites for a pre engineered building company. I had a plaque that I set up behind my desk that read, “In the history of every great human endeavour it will eventually become necessary to shoot all the engineers and start production.” I hereby rescind that statement as a result of watching some of your videos. My hat is off to you, Matthias.
Brilliant Matthias, I love it. It certainly does look cool. You've inspired me to have a go at building my own version: I need a spinning plinth for working on drum shells. I made one already, with a bicycle wheel hub. It does the job. But I'd far rather make a chunky wooden bearing. Much cooler!
You can't imagine how hilarious this video was to someone like myself who spent an entire career working for a company making metal bearings! As I watched the video, I kept thinking that the solution for your inner race problem (you used the correct terminology for the bearing parts) was to make it in two pieces. I think you might be the first person I've ever seen make something on a lathe other than a damn bowl or vase. I'm amazed at what you can do with wood. Entertaining video in more ways than one!
"...especially 'cause the main goal of the bearing is actually to look cool."
Wow, Matthias, this is great. I have watched your videos for years now and finally decided to comment on one. I will be making one of these myself now. Thank you for the wonderful idea and walkthrough.
the first thing i wondered when i saw this video in my feed was "how is he going to manage the cage?" brilliant solution, as always. up next, planetary gearbox?
a planetary gearbox would be nice
and, as i originally understood, a model of the universe would be nice, too.
1:1? :)
i think matthias could manage to get a working wooden model of the universe into a palm sized wooden sphere.
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don't think planetary gearbox would be much of a problem for matthias, after so many gears made (and even a program to help design them) :D
If the SHTF ever comes about, this is one man you would want to learn things from. One stop shop for building mechanical things out of wood that works. Always enjoy watching these inventions of yours Matthias. It's like watching old school come back to life or when it all began with inventions.
Such an incredibly clever, resourceful guy, a great pleasure to watch you work.
I do not understand how 1,200 people taking no like for a craft work as creative as this ... Congratulations Matthias ... I liked it, I signed up on your channel and gave my like .... I also liked their tools, as the lathe sander and the circular saw ... gave me a great idea for my home workshop ... thank you for sharing.
Wow, can't wait to see any experimentation done on this ball bearing
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Videos like this are why people that aren't word workers in the slightest are still drawn to Mathias's videos. So many brilliant decisions through this built!
THIS DUDE IS SO TALENTED.
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Your patience, determination and initiative, are a joy to behold, Matthias. I (like many others,) get a tremendous amount of fascinating enjoyment from watching the progress of your projects. I doubt that I will ever try any of them now, at my ripe old age, but still it is fun to learn form you. Ed
It would be really cool if you could state the time it took you to build your projects.
Simplicity and ingenuity. The 2 ingredients to make a genius !!! Congrats !!!!!!
You know it's a Matthias project when you can't tell where the home-made plywood-built lathe chuck ends and where the home-made plywood-built workpiece begins.
I guess I should paint the chuck!
Matthias Wandel just keep them guessing.
+Matthias Wandel yes, I think a certain shade of green with do the trick
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck
if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
He would chuck, he would, as much as he could,
and chuck as much wood as a woodchuck would
if a woodchuck could chuck wood.
;)
My
Son of a gun, what an interesting way to demonstrate how ball bearings are made. As long as it's not run under a load the thing spins freely. Thanks for showing us how to have fun with the wood.
Next project. wooden Rubix Cube 👍
I second this!
Michiel Drost the first rubiks cube prototype was wooden.
I 3rd it
As long as it is at least a 7x7x7.
Michiel Dros
From mousetraps and wasp suckers to wood over glass ball bearings and a scaffold that doesn't corner well." You're an inspiration! I love it.
Although impractical the beauty of this project the focus on the end result and the problem solving to achieve it. Love it.
Your work on this video absolutely fascinates me. I am amazed at how you meticulously built a useful and beautiful device out of fairly common materials. I truly appreciate the inspiration. Thank you.
Only a few hundred more parts for the wooden car!
now, don't go putting ideas in his hea..........oh, too late XD
Powered by the compressed air engine (a V6 of those)
windshield wiper motors
nah make it a v12
now he will satiate his curiosity lol
I’m not sure which of your videos is my favorite. This one sure is in the top of the list. Very fun and inspiring video.
Nice work Matthias. I always enjoy watching your videos because you come up with creative ways to jig things up for drilling and cutting.
BTW, did you build this bearing for your child to play with? Or was it just a random project to experiment with?
Just an experiment.
You should test it in one your machines.
I second that.... Hook it to a motor and see just how much abuse it can take. :)
@@matthiaswandel ⚠️ God has said in the Quran:
🔵 { O mankind, worship your Lord, who created you and those before you, that you may become righteous - ( 2:21 )
🔴 [He] who made for you the earth a bed [spread out] and the sky a ceiling and sent down from the sky, rain and brought forth thereby fruits as provision for you. So do not attribute to Allah equals while you know [that there is nothing similar to Him]. ( 2:22 )
🔵 And if you are in doubt about what We have sent down upon Our Servant [Muhammad], then produce a surah the like thereof and call upon your witnesses other than Allah, if you should be truthful. ( 2:23 )
🔴 But if you do not - and you will never be able to - then fear the Fire, whose fuel is men and stones, prepared for the disbelievers.( 2:24 )
🔵 And give good tidings to those who believe and do righteous deeds that they will have gardens [in Paradise] beneath which rivers flow. Whenever they are provided with a provision of fruit therefrom, they will say, "This is what we were provided with before." And it is given to them in likeness. And they will have therein purified spouses, and they will abide therein eternally. ( 2:25 )
⚠️ Quran
Most of these projects go something like this:
I'm making a project, and need to do this part, so I made this assembly to help.
Then I had a problem, so I made this assembly to help.
I was able to use an assembly to do this one part.
I ran into this problem, but then this assembly fixed that.
Once finished, I found a way to make this while thing even more epic, and it only required modifying an assembly.
Seriously, I love this channel. Matthias is a genius and I can only hope to someday be able to make something a fraction as epic as his projects
Hey Matthias that is so cool!
Matt: you are an awesome guy! you could be holed up in the jungles of New Guinea as long as you have power and your tools you can make anything and maybe even become a chief in their village! You rock and thanks for all the projects you are showing all of us. May you be blessed with such a long life so you can share to us your God-given talents!
Only one ball bearing was harmed during the making of this video.
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If there were a Nobel Prize for woodworking, Matthias Wandel would be the hands down winner!
Those would be wicked casters.
Every week you make something else that blows my mind Matthias.
i think this is marbleus
Spark Gap Niiiiice!
I wood say so, too.
I come bearing bad news...you've now read 3 bad puns
Get Eut! you mean :P
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Your projects are always inspiring. I also love that you expose the iterative approach to design.
Next up: turning wooden spheres to replace the marbles.
That sounds cool but problem is you would have the get them so polished to work as good as marbles. But I like the idea
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Matthias, its just a real joy to watch your videos. You're incredibly creative and talented, and I have learned a lot from you. Thank you!
Any idea what sort of load this bearing will take? It might be cool to see a destructive load test :)
some one notice me later about the results.
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You just broke the limits with that bearing of wood.Keep up the great work
It does look better but it's more efficient with the spacer.
Yes, the glass on glass between the marbles has more friction.
Could do an acrylic cage? looks sweet either way
Matthias Wandel make a giant fidget spinner
You amaze me every time. Now that is true woodworking when you end up making a wooden ball bearing. Thanks for another great video.
I like it when you make fun projects..people ask what's the point you can't do anything with..yeah but it's cool...
Actually people have done lots with wooden bearings. That is how ancient carts used to be made. Those bearings were entirely made out of wood.
except that ancients didn't use ball bearings, they used solid bearings which hardly are bearings, especially if you don't use any kind of bearing surface
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no they used roller bearings. Not all of them, but some did.
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Who downvotes this? Learning from doing it, or watching it done, is reason enough to make a wooden bearing. It doesn't have to be "better" than a steel one.
"the main goal of the bearing is to look cool" Now... we're on the same page. It succeeded!
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I somehow forgot my password. I would appreciate any tips you can offer me.
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Matthias this is one of the best ideas you've had recently!
Now build 3 more, and a deck, and send it to Braille Skateboarding so they can skate it.
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Mattias, you are a genius! I follow all your videos and have built many tools from your plans. Thank you for all your wonderful videos and ideas!
wood sewing with matthias ...
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Matthia.... du bist ein großartiger Mann !!...ein echter deutscher !!
I'm still trying to figure out why someone who plays video games has more followers than someone who can make literally anything out of wood. Matthias, I think you could make a great tasting bowl of soup with a lathe and a drill press, out of wood lol (this is not a rhetorical question)
Star Wars is bad ass, More went into making that than all of this mans projects combined, work time, skill involved, imagination, etc. This man is a genius in my book, but what it took to make Star Wars, especially the first three, was on a different level.
I watch Mathias and I have no interest in any wood working of any sort. But its fascinating. And I admit I had a preconceived notion that wood workers were simple people, I've been proven utterly wrong
I couldn't agree more :P
Two reasons: Demand and supply.
People like Matthias can't supply content at the same rate as people playing video games.
And not as many people want to watch it. This is niche content.
There's always that one guy who doesnt understand figurative speech. Of course you are correct, and everyone understands that. NOw explain to me that wooden soup wouldnt taste good.
You have the super hero ability to work really really fast !
very cool Mathias, is it a demonstration piece, or will it be used in some novel table?
no one of his car wheel bearings went and he made this as a replacement you know he's to tight to buy anything lol
The tighter you are, the more creative.
As someone who works for a bearing manufacture, i like to say i know something about bearings. This is a very good design and looks the part. When putting the balls into the bearing the easier way other than having a spacer is to stand the bearing on the OD holding the inner ring at the top of the outer, the balls are then placed in at the borrow of the race then when the correct amount has been placed in you then push the inner ring down whilst spreading the balls.
You should spin it up with compressed air to see how fast you can get it to go.
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It wouldnt be a friday without a Matthias video :)
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Tu enfoque personal sobre cómo solucionar los temas siempre me ha gustado; mil gracias por tus aportaciones. Un saludo desde España
The spacer drilling jig was clever .
Matthias, Even though I saw all of this series as you originally produced them, I had to binge watch them again!!
Great content! You mentioned perhaps someday building a drill press when you got the drill chuck. I’ll go look.
Do you plan to use this bearing in anything? It would be nice if you use it to make a child's toy trailer :)
Just an experiment
For now. I don´t doubt he´ll be rebuilding a better version of his tracktor soon. Out of wood and marbles
Matthias, You are my inspiration! Admire you.
hopefully you put that to use!! : )
Cool project! - I think you are the man to build a homemade plastic bottle and milk jug shredder.
He won't buy one, he would build one *edit misread the comment*
I agree 100%. LOL :-)
Ry L I would love to see what kind of design he would do. "Hint" :-) Seriously, I think a lot of people would want to build from a design of his. It would be fun and extremely useful. Ok, I'll stop hinting now. Always enjoy whatever projects come from this channel. Thanks for sharing!
He`ll build a wooden plastic bottle,,,
Very cool conversation piece!
You sure come up with some fantastic working approaches to building your projects.
That's brilliant! Runs pretty smooth, too :D
Make new lathe bearings, ON the lathe? :P
Nicely done! - and only you Matthias can think on this fantastic way to see all in Wooden
"The main goal of the bearing is to look cool." You had me laughing out loud on that one. Thanks.
Absolutely COOL! I really liked the jig for drilling holes in the spacers. Genius!
Did you collaborate with Alain from the woodpecker. You both have similar themed videos today!
just coincidence
I like your video
you have a lot of spare time don't you
so do you for watching and commenting
well, of course. I never said having time on your hands is wrong. We're encouraged to comment aren't we, or am I wrong?
I'm glad you use your skill for good and not evil.
Really love this. I would be cool to see this in a future project, although I assume this was just an experimental build. Either way, awesome project. :)
I'm so glad you use your vast knowledge for the forces of good and you haven't gone over to the dark side 👍
I didn't breath when he put his fingers so close to tablesaw.
Why not? The saw isn't going to reach out and bite him! Saws aren't malicious by nature.
Hahaha those are the words I needed my woodwork teacher to tell me in high school. I was always terrified
What a creative guy you are. Thanks for sharing all your ideas in engineering!
It's cool, but it's useless as those glass marbles will break too easily
those marbles are tougher than the wood. Ever try to break one?
Matthias Wandel Can you make Video about flycutter... :D
It seems to me that they would almost act like a prince Rupert's drop. Minus the fragile tail.
Will there be a stresstest video on the bearing?
Marbles are also really bouncy. fun fact that isnt very obviously. and certainly stronger than wood
You are such a clever and handy guy. Fantastic result.
seeing how ball bearings get filled up just half tells me how the front wheel mount of my scooter failed
I love these experiments. They really show what you can achieve if you put your mind to it.
This is one of my favorite videos of yours. Hope you find a cool use for the bearing.
Excellent!Nice demo piece.
One reason to have the cage separating the balls is to prevent the friction of the balls rubbing on each other, the the right edge of one ball is moving in the opposite direction to the left edge of the adjacent ball (I expect you know this anyway...)
It's amazing how you come up with these things and find solutions to everything. Thank you.
I watch you videos all the time on this one I now you are a Genius the way you think is fantastic please keep making Videos
you are one of a kind engineer, just waiting for the wooden cars to come out of production lines
Nice!! I envy all the folks who have the space for all those tools. I used to live in larger homes but was not into anything back then. Now in life when I want to do all this type of stuff, I don't have room for many tools :(
I have been doing things small with tools like Dremel, drill and whatever I can rig up.
Kudos for keeping in mind the necessity for it to look cool!! That is why we create :)
Hey Matthias- I love the build but an old skater trick for taking bearing apart it that you can use a razor knife to slide under the yellow seal. We use to take them off and soak them in acetone when they would get crunchy feeling. All you have to do is just press it back on with you had- no need to cut the outer race.
Your final model is AWESOME. Also that was super clever with the wire. Lot of good info here.
the ingenuity of this man.. awesome work
Just brilliant!! Opens up a whole new world of opportunity!
You are some kind of genius, Matthias Wandel. I am so glad I found and subscribed to your channel. Thank you for sharing on TH-cam.
Another winner, Matt. Keep it up.
you are talented.. so glad that I found your channel.
Matthias,
As you know, bearings have cages made from steel, brass, and plastic or composite. I believe there are also cages (or spacers) made with bronze filled plastic. You made a composite (wood) cage held together with copper (a constituent) of brass. So you ironically made a copper filled composite.
Wow! I'd love to see that supporting something big going around and around, or in a machine!
Sir,
you are a true craftsman. god blessed you with magic hands. Great video
Congratulations. Imagination, creativity, and excellent skills. My deepest admiration.
Can't wait to see the project that uses giant wooden/marble bearings.
i like how you make everything out of wood, even if conventional wisdom says it shouldn't be, but whatever material is used it is also very educational
Awesome project Matthias!
Good work Matthias! I like that you work through the problems that you encounter (like a real world project). I wonder though, you might have solved your ball cage problem in another way, by removing material from the ID at the sides of the inner and outer races, allowing for more material / strength in the cage pieces.
Hey Matthias, that is really cool, I'm just surprised you didn't find a way to light it up inside as it spins. Great job.
you know........ you are very talented guy .........
That was a neat experiment. I had never known how these went together.
Many years ago I managed construction sites for a pre engineered building company. I had a plaque that I set up behind my desk that read, “In the history of every great human endeavour it will eventually become necessary to shoot all the engineers and start production.” I hereby rescind that statement as a result of watching some of your videos. My hat is off to you, Matthias.
Beautiful work yet again Matthias!
Brilliant Matthias, I love it. It certainly does look cool. You've inspired me to have a go at building my own version: I need a spinning plinth for working on drum shells. I made one already, with a bicycle wheel hub. It does the job. But I'd far rather make a chunky wooden bearing. Much cooler!