PUSH LATCH Mechanisms (DIY!)

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  • @dirtyrottenchristos
    @dirtyrottenchristos 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2555

    When a man says he s gonna fix the ashtray, he’s gonna fix it ...no need to remind him every now and then the last four years

    • @vannoo67
      @vannoo67 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      So there's still a broken heart shaped path in her car?

    • @sharpeguns1
      @sharpeguns1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      @ChrisHallett83 i would just glue it closed position, then say all done DEAREST. DUCT TAPE across the front are a few recommendations, sometimes just looking at it gets you another 4 years(never worked for me), but it may keep you out of Divorce court. Then there is I had to order parts. (Then there's that question) are the parts in yet, every day for 4 years. I think Divorce court is better. Just saying.

    • @cmotdibbler4454
      @cmotdibbler4454 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Just run a couple of "precision" lag bolts in it.... all she said was it won't stay closed...

    • @jimc3688
      @jimc3688 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Use magical magnets to keep it closed

    • @KyleBrightman
      @KyleBrightman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      His wife drives a manual. More than can be said for me or my wife. Perfect Subscribe placement. I love the memes of our little ToT community.

  • @Blackobluna
    @Blackobluna 3 ปีที่แล้ว +754

    Shoutout to the broken ashtray for blessing us with more TOT

    • @mattfunk3821
      @mattfunk3821 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Rest in peace ashy!!

    • @aholesahole
      @aholesahole 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And they say smoking is bad for you!

    • @yourseveredhead
      @yourseveredhead 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      What's really convenient about his wife's car is the ease of subscribing to TOT while adjusting the AC

    • @LittleAussieRockets
      @LittleAussieRockets 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      You have a subscribe button in your wife's car.... nice

    • @DolfocarAli
      @DolfocarAli 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Will finally
      We were waiting for a new video for

  • @kaelin000
    @kaelin000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1089

    Insanity: doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.
    Engineering: doing the same thing over and over and hoping for the same result...

    • @jaryH3
      @jaryH3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      I am totally stealing these words of wisdom

    • @GewelReal
      @GewelReal 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Same thing with programming

    • @kaelin000
      @kaelin000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      @@GewelReal there will be no discussing of the black arts here. thank you.

    • @lyteyearz5810
      @lyteyearz5810 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@kaelin000 😂😂

    • @Iceflkn
      @Iceflkn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Epic genius level unlocked!

  • @samuelkemp4557
    @samuelkemp4557 3 ปีที่แล้ว +517

    "My car is broke, can you fix it"
    1 year later
    "Look at this latch I made"

    • @BLenz-114
      @BLenz-114 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Then 😤

    • @creamshop
      @creamshop 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      a valuable argument to be made in front of a divorce court judge , lol

  • @generalralph6291
    @generalralph6291 3 ปีที่แล้ว +696

    "You are a prisoner of your own devices," said the spring to the latch.
    "Don't push me," said the latch. "I will follow my own path."

    • @Dymitr_Nawrocki
      @Dymitr_Nawrocki 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      This is true
      example of describing machinist knowledge with poet words, the art i never knew i needed in my life.

    • @generalralph6291
      @generalralph6291 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Dymitr_Nawrocki Do you really work for Honda? What country?

    • @Hoaxer51
      @Hoaxer51 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Do NOT, reminds me of an old song I once heard. All along the Watchtower, by Bob Dylan

    • @jaytalbot1146
      @jaytalbot1146 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      And in the masters [garage] they gathered for the feast. They stab it with their steely [end mills] but they just can't kill the beast

    • @Dymitr_Nawrocki
      @Dymitr_Nawrocki 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@generalralph6291 I don't work for honda, i just really like them and all vehicles i own are honda.

  • @johndevries8759
    @johndevries8759 3 ปีที่แล้ว +678

    I opened this video and something about it just clicked.

    • @paulketner5077
      @paulketner5077 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      I see what you did there. Way to keep it on track :)

    • @tdscwhelan
      @tdscwhelan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I should probably *fall in line* with these puns...that should get me *back on track*

    • @TheBrokenLife
      @TheBrokenLife 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Snappy comment!

    • @samkurtz7540
      @samkurtz7540 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      boooooooooooooooo

    • @nschubach
      @nschubach 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Can we hold this conversation until next spring?

  • @StatisticalError82
    @StatisticalError82 3 ปีที่แล้ว +145

    17:02 PLEASE get started on rotary dampers, I've genuinely always been curious about how they work

    • @proto2580
      @proto2580 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      usually friction. Sometimes they use a fluid (extra fancy damper), so its fluid friction. I believe the swing out cup holders in the doors of my Lexus use this type.
      Cheaper ones just use sliding friction.

    • @n111254789
      @n111254789 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wish granted

  • @dtiydr
    @dtiydr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +90

    "So that's where she hid it."
    My stomach hurt so bad!! xD

    • @schmingusss
      @schmingusss 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      La savacheecha

    • @adairiandunlavy5454
      @adairiandunlavy5454 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      what?
      if you still know what you mean 5 months later pls tell me

    • @ragemode4527
      @ragemode4527 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      they played "hiding salami"
      if you google it, you'll understand

  • @galenquinlan4032
    @galenquinlan4032 3 ปีที่แล้ว +649

    (my nine-year-old seeing sausage being removed from a tool box...)
    "I don't get it. He always has a funny part. Where's the funny part?"
    (Me, trying to remove hot coffee from my sinuses and mustache...)
    "I'm not sure, son. (cough!). Go get ready for church".
    Thanks, Tony!

    • @guytech7310
      @guytech7310 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Waiting for your nine year old to ask what does it mean in Sunday school!

    • @Poppi2006
      @Poppi2006 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      So, did your son catch the subtle “subscribe”? I missed it this time.

    • @facilis
      @facilis 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Poppi2006 It's there ;)

    • @siddhartaperezrodriguez3238
      @siddhartaperezrodriguez3238 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I didn't get the joke until just now

    • @Fetch049
      @Fetch049 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Poppi2006 in the dash. Oh, I've said too much!

  • @samueltaylor4989
    @samueltaylor4989 3 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    Sorry dear, it would take a couple hours to get into the dash and fix the ashtray, so I’m just going to go into the basement and spend 8 hours making a useless clicking mechanism..... 😂😂

  • @sourbrothers73
    @sourbrothers73 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    9:15
    I'm really glad you took the time to show us all of the faces and angles of that work piece.
    It had some complex geometry!

  • @bstanley0072
    @bstanley0072 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    I’m glad you clarified “pawl’ in writing. I thought you had taken to giving things random names like “Paul” or “Stewart”!

    • @Gottenhimfella
      @Gottenhimfella 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I wondered if it had been called Saul until undergoing an epiphany to the road to da Nascars.

    • @afnDavid
      @afnDavid 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Paul, Ringo, George, and John made some great music. While Stewart piloted a star ship!

    • @stewartyates4510
      @stewartyates4510 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Who said my name

    • @noahway13
      @noahway13 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Paw?

  • @Gu1tarZer0
    @Gu1tarZer0 3 ปีที่แล้ว +538

    "compression springs that have 0 body length haven't been invented yet"
    *laughs in magnet*

    • @tykokavaak5784
      @tykokavaak5784 3 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      Glad I'm not the only one to catch this! (not that I thought I would be) But to be fair, I think he was only considering Springs, and not mechanisms that exhibit spring forces.
      ...Still, TOT should make another, but with opposing magnets now, as penance for his engineering transgressions.

    • @yareyare_dechi
      @yareyare_dechi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      yeah, but a spring can be used anywhere. a magnet will not be so great with electronics near by or if you dont want every big of iron filing ever to get jammed up in your junk

    • @tykokavaak5784
      @tykokavaak5784 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@yareyare_dechi But the quality or trait we were concerned with was 'zero body length'. A situation where a helical metal spring can't be used. ;)
      Of course, different requirements dictate the choice of mechanism.

    • @Gu1tarZer0
      @Gu1tarZer0 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@yareyare_dechi very true, welders are magnets' worst enemy as well, too much heat or a zap in the wrong spot with the TIG and it's toast

    • @robertcravens6336
      @robertcravens6336 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Zero body length only very briefly. The metal bits they will pick up will change that. Plus, think about how strong the magnets magnets would have to be to still be pushing significantly with the device open at the full 3 cm or so of travel. Gonna be fun trying to push those very close together!

  • @DaShazman
    @DaShazman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +245

    Amazing i've been sitting on a chair with a broken latch like that. Now with this new knowledge i now have a chair in pieces that may never be put back together

    • @BigHeretic
      @BigHeretic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      A little knowledge can be dangerous...

    • @MalikaSmile
      @MalikaSmile 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      LOL

    • @scottyj6226
      @scottyj6226 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      May the chairs you destroy serve only to strengthen your legs.

    • @WeighedWilson
      @WeighedWilson 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      If a hammer don't fix it, the problem's electrical.

    • @geoffedwards189
      @geoffedwards189 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh geez, I just laughed out loud ..lol..

  • @robdonaldson4837
    @robdonaldson4837 3 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    Love that “Premium feel” to the elevating welding table! Awesome job Tony.

    • @RoisinT2
      @RoisinT2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I laughed so much at that! It sure did find way home xD

  • @HaloWolf102
    @HaloWolf102 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I've been fascinated with these latches forever, and always wondered how they worked.
    Never would of thought my favorite TH-cam would be the one to give me this knowledge I so wanted.

  • @jorgeconcheyro
    @jorgeconcheyro 3 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    Tony: you know you saved my butt when you taught how to make springs? A broomstick with a hole, a lot of soft steel wire, and 15 min later, my son's homework wireman was finished. Too bad I cannot add a picture of it in here. Thanks Tony!!!!!

    • @toysareforboys1
      @toysareforboys1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      You can add a link to a pic, upload it somewhere and put the link in your comment.

  • @Bill.Pearson
    @Bill.Pearson 3 ปีที่แล้ว +258

    "So that's where she hid it."
    Tony--You owe me a keyboard.

    • @ThefalleStrat
      @ThefalleStrat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Help me please, I don't get it. Propably because English isn't my native language

    • @lucasvivante8988
      @lucasvivante8988 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@ThefalleStrat apparently hiding the sausage is an expression for having sex, didn't know either not my native language too

    • @jaydaniels8698
      @jaydaniels8698 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Do any of you know how long it takes to clean ice cream from a monitor ? a lot longer than it took to put it there!

    • @chrisrage5836
      @chrisrage5836 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@lucasvivante8988 the original phrase is "hide the salami" but work with what you have

    • @ThefalleStrat
      @ThefalleStrat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@lucasvivante8988 thanks

  • @your_utube
    @your_utube 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Priceless take-away: "I'm sure there is a heart-shaped track in there somewhere"
    I guess that is an apt description of me dear Old Tony, when it comes to my wife, I am that shape. She pushes the right buttons and I spring into action.

    • @millomweb
      @millomweb 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      If that happened to me, my legs would likely fall off.

  • @aidaneloff5357
    @aidaneloff5357 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    17:33 It’s a relief to see we’re not the only Tuscon owners with a broken ash tray

  • @MapBot11
    @MapBot11 3 ปีที่แล้ว +523

    You - "so that's where she hid it"
    Me - *Spits coffee all over my keyboard*

    • @gumwap1
      @gumwap1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I’m crying laughing 😂

    • @steve_beatty
      @steve_beatty 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@gumwap1 dangit...beat me to it...lol..

    • @DocMozi404
      @DocMozi404 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Spit my coffee all over your keyboard too.

    • @Shep01
      @Shep01 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      The joke was hiding the salami..... Get it?

    • @steve_beatty
      @steve_beatty 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@Shep01 yes..thank you Captain Obvious...lol..

  • @MRCNC1967
    @MRCNC1967 3 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    Tony, I can tell you're a very secure and happy man. A less secure specimen would have picked a larger prop.

    • @TheBrokenLife
      @TheBrokenLife 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ...well, he does use giant TIG cups.

    • @MrWeAllAreOne
      @MrWeAllAreOne 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I recently bought some polish sausages that were 12" long. Maybe that would have been a bit too blatant for this video though lmao.

    • @claeswikberg8958
      @claeswikberg8958 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@MrWeAllAreOne 12" that's not a sausage, it's a foot! (go metric go!)

    • @stevenkelby2169
      @stevenkelby2169 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@claeswikberg8958 Mines only 2" but it smells like a foot.
      *ave

    • @VincentGreene
      @VincentGreene 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      You're all missing the point. SHE hid it, that's HER sausage. OF COURSE Tony's is much bigger, no doubt used with great skill, and hidden in more traditional places.

  • @YTWAGNERM1
    @YTWAGNERM1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    Really profound: "If you don't understand something your best course of action is to destroy it" .
    Almost as good as the one from David Jones: "Don't turn it on, take it apaaaaaart!" =P

    • @LordDragox412
      @LordDragox412 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They used that catchphrase a lot during witch hunts.

    • @Shroommduke
      @Shroommduke 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@LordDragox412 "if you don't understand it, taker her apaaaaaat!" or if your Canadian "apooooot"!

  • @MyClutteredGarage
    @MyClutteredGarage 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    In 10th grade biology class I was taking apart a click pen when the teacher called on me to explain meiosis. Unfortunately I had no idea. But I did learn how a click pen worked that day. Thanks for the bit of high school PTSD.

    • @thedudeamongmengs2051
      @thedudeamongmengs2051 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      This leaves an important question. Did you get up and explain how a click pen works?

    • @MyClutteredGarage
      @MyClutteredGarage 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thedudeamongmen Gs - if I only had the courage I have now I would have said, “I don’t know, but I can tell you how a click pen works”. Then I would have spent the rest of the day in the principal’s office. 😄

  • @TacticalSuperMonkey
    @TacticalSuperMonkey 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    TOT, in the time it’s taken you to to make this video i have bought a TIG welder, rewatched all of your TIG videos, taught myself to weld, and built a welding cart for my welder.

    • @m0n4rch911
      @m0n4rch911 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It gets worst. Wait till ur googling amazon for a Lathe. Better do nice nice with the missus, think of it as early prep.

  • @criggie
    @criggie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +233

    Dang I was just perusing the archives, watching square broaching, and thinking "I hope TOT's okay...."

    • @Tom-xn7zc
      @Tom-xn7zc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I was thinking exactly the same! Feels like half a year of no uploads.. But finally there is one!

    • @jamesbizs
      @jamesbizs 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      You might want to google the word perusing. It doesn’t mean what you think it means lol

    • @thecrowcook
      @thecrowcook 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@jamesbizs is he not allowed to examine the video archive carefully or at length?

    • @hondacota4rt
      @hondacota4rt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      And here we have the answer. He's definitely not okay. 😂

    • @Mr-K-
      @Mr-K- 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jamesbizs Just curious, What do you define Perusing as?

  • @antsmith3284
    @antsmith3284 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO! I had watched the engineer guy's video on the retractable pen before this, but you explained the concept behind the push latch in such an easily digestible format. I'm working on a personal project, and this helped a lot.

  • @travisbuildsthis8673
    @travisbuildsthis8673 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Genius at work. I used to work directly with a group of machinists and I learned so much every single day. Hopefully you will get some young folks interested in this field. Excellent job sir, love the videos.

  • @MalikaSmile
    @MalikaSmile 3 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    2:47 LOL "Push ones to get your point across, push again to just never mind and forget I ever brought it up."

  • @zorktxandnand3774
    @zorktxandnand3774 3 ปีที่แล้ว +233

    C'mon, fixing parts of a car's interior is the most fun job ever!
    Invisible fasteners under fabric, cutting your hands at leats 3 times on sharp bits trying to undo that so-called click mechanism, and laying upside down over the driver and passenger seat to unplug that connector, while the handbrake lever is loosening your kidney stones.
    But at least when you got it all back together you can enjoy that new rattle between 2500 and 3800 RPM, witch is 90% of all driving.
    At least it now clicks properly......
    to bad about something scraping it halve way so you have to help it along.

    • @monchosalce
      @monchosalce 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Everything okay at home buddy?

    • @daveunderwood6498
      @daveunderwood6498 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@monchosalce lol!

    • @chaos.corner
      @chaos.corner 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Don't forget all the plastic fittings and connectors that break as you pull things apart.

    • @AHustleIsLikeASideOfFries
      @AHustleIsLikeASideOfFries 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@chaos.corner I treat it like a guessing game, how many panel clips will I break this time? Will the panel kinda still stay on when I'm done?

    • @dmclegg66
      @dmclegg66 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sounds like an f150 heater core replacement.

  • @patbollin
    @patbollin 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Your dry sense of humor got me in the first few seconds, and your knowledge kept me to the end. Thanks for the knowledge and fun.

  • @richardmoore8090
    @richardmoore8090 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I spent 2 months trying to take apart every push- push latch i could get my hands on for a a project i was working on, this would have been quite helpful back then. Love this video. In the end the push-push mechanism was replaced by something different but i still enjoyed watching you make this.

  • @BoogieManPHD
    @BoogieManPHD 3 ปีที่แล้ว +95

    Every video I Laugh.... I learn... and I marvel in the beauty of your camera work.
    But your smashcuts are what makes these videos an actuall pleasure.
    One day.... in the not too distant future of this global pandemic.... the next wave of engineers and machinists will not only know what good camera work looks like.... but will hopefully also have learned what value a sense of humour offers all of us in life.
    Keep up the good work mate....
    You are a beacon in the WTF darkness of 2nd lockdown... here in Melbourne "Down Under"!

    • @markfryer9880
      @markfryer9880 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I fully endorse the above statement. Thanks TOT for making Melbourne's second lock down just that little more tolerable.

    • @dbayboyds409
      @dbayboyds409 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Beautifully said! Happy to watch it here in slightly less restricted Qld.

  • @nicholascrow7405
    @nicholascrow7405 3 ปีที่แล้ว +341

    So, This old tony just made a Clickspring video?

    • @BRUXXUS
      @BRUXXUS 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Well... someone has to. 😋

    • @sydneyshinshi
      @sydneyshinshi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Im feeling a bit sad. Clickspring is letting Australia down. We only had one TH-cam god and he has gone missing.

    • @thomascarrigan7832
      @thomascarrigan7832 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@sydneyshinshi He does put some stuff on his patreon for $1 a month which is pretty worth it imo

    • @nicmasterdude
      @nicmasterdude 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@sydneyshinshi Mighty Car Mods and PaskMakes a joke to you bro?

    • @somerandomnification
      @somerandomnification 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@sydneyshinshi Don't worry, Chris will be back. Until then, we've still got Andrew Ucles...

  • @jimmydiresta
    @jimmydiresta 3 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    That sharpie !!! 😎

  • @Wander4P
    @Wander4P 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    TOT is not only one of my favorite channels on TH-cam, but one of my favorite shows of all time.

  • @jeroenjeroen
    @jeroenjeroen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +130

    Just tried to explain my kids 20% of the jokes took me half an hour of pausing.
    You killed me with the backmirror though...

    • @gorak9000
      @gorak9000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Heh, I have to wonder how you explained hide the sausage to them...

    • @oswaldjh
      @oswaldjh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@gorak9000 I'm getting the popcorn, don't let him start until I get back.

    • @kevinpacheco3303
      @kevinpacheco3303 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Any idea what’s up with the “granted” part? Was he just going to spell it out?

    • @PaddyQuiggin
      @PaddyQuiggin 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kevinpacheco3303 the original is "if you assume you make an ass of U and me"

  • @Toastedtasty42
    @Toastedtasty42 3 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    That's some good, clean Sunday morning dad humor and I f*cking love it

  • @daver.2871
    @daver.2871 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That was probably the best delivery of the old hide-the-sausage gag I have ever seen. Bravo!

  • @paulv8185
    @paulv8185 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    This is awesome. Very rarely do you find an artist like this who is not only extremely well-versed in the subject matter -- but also (in this case) extremely entertaining. Laughed out loud several times. Thank you Tony...well done.

  • @oskarkiesewalter2866
    @oskarkiesewalter2866 3 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    Hell yes, finally a new episode of find the hidden "subscribe"

    • @roscothefirst4712
      @roscothefirst4712 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Subtle wasn't it 👍🦖

    • @rodslogic4350
      @rodslogic4350 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      17:34

    • @TreyCook21
      @TreyCook21 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I'll be honest, I missed it. Thanks for the timestamp.

    • @Manski_123
      @Manski_123 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@TreyCook21 You only think you missed...that's the genius! 😉

    • @TreyCook21
      @TreyCook21 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Manski_123 I've been subscribed for a year and didn't even know it... Dang it, Tony!

  • @clementdarchez2473
    @clementdarchez2473 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    17:31 This old Subscribe button! It was a premium feature back in the day with A/C in cars. Your wife is lucky.

    • @N.Cognito
      @N.Cognito 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      One of my favorite parts of a ToT video is finding the hidden "subscribe" .

    • @Harty1275
      @Harty1275 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I didn't see it the first three times.

    • @plymouth-hl20ton37
      @plymouth-hl20ton37 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Did you notice in the reflection of the mirror was in the mirror mr. Pete ,a bomb 79, Stefan from Germany

    • @guytech7310
      @guytech7310 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think in ToT's home, every button and now has a "Subscribe" label. Microwave, lights switches, TV remote control. You name it.

  • @joepie221
    @joepie221 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was very pleased when you "Unloosened" the spring and adjusted it. Well done. Stay well.

  • @bishopp14
    @bishopp14 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is easily one of my top 5 favorite "how it works/how to make your own" TH-cam videos of all time!

  • @dakarpsi
    @dakarpsi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +220

    "If you don't understand something your best recourse is to destroy it"
    The AvE motto

    • @ahvavee
      @ahvavee 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      As opposed to the quazi motto. 😁

    • @timothyball3144
      @timothyball3144 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@ahvavee I had a hunch about that.

    • @GeorgeDolbier
      @GeorgeDolbier 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Particle physics in a nutshell...

    • @Storebrand_
      @Storebrand_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      -Communists on the topic of Capitalism

    • @Dardrum
      @Dardrum 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Klingon mentality

  • @extrasleepy1796
    @extrasleepy1796 3 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    Ah yes, hide the sausage... when i was young i would play the game for hours.
    Now that im older and more experienced i can finish a game in less than 2 min.

    • @johnsalmons9222
      @johnsalmons9222 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      2 min? Havent done it twice for years

    • @SwapPartLLC
      @SwapPartLLC 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's a race, and my competitive nature will not allow me to lose.

    • @dave8191
      @dave8191 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      These days it takes me all night to do what I used to do all night.

  • @KISHORENEDUMARAN
    @KISHORENEDUMARAN 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    really appreciate that you redid the cam path for slightly better quality. awesome explanation too

  • @NickC84
    @NickC84 ปีที่แล้ว

    Holy hell, two years later I finished watching this video. That spring making setup is awesome. I knew you could make springs on the lathe but didn't think of doing it like that.

  • @conkcat
    @conkcat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Why do I get excited when I see a new “ this old tony” clip, this man should be on TV, easy to understand, funny, subtle as a brick!. Man is pure genius

  • @davepost7675
    @davepost7675 3 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    This Old Tony shows up on TH-cam homepage....STOP EVERYTHING! I'll be back in 19 minutes.

    • @criggie
      @criggie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Watch on 2x speed and see it in 9.5 minutes, or watch twice in 19 minutes.

    • @AnatoFIN
      @AnatoFIN 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@criggie I don't get this? Here time pauses and wife stop naging when I start watching. Afterwards I release wife out of potato cellar. :-)

  • @matthewcarpenter4716
    @matthewcarpenter4716 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    TONY!
    I love making things and your videos are very entertaining. The only thing that bothers me at this time is that my primary medium for making things is mainly wood or plastics. I can't afford a milling lathe or anything like that.
    But dang it, your entertainment value is so addictive. I think when I first discovered your channel I binge watched each of your videos in one sitting.
    I have to say that this time one of your jokes almost made my coffee come out of my nose. It was so subtle and just crazy funny at the same time. "So that's where she hid it." OMG I WAS DYING FROM LAUGHTER!!!!
    Thank you for brightening my morning and justifying my subscription to your channel

  • @nicothebassdude
    @nicothebassdude 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    just when I thought I had kicked my pen clicking habit... :screams into pillow:

  • @Tango_November
    @Tango_November 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    I’d love to see a vid like this on rotary dampers

    • @millomweb
      @millomweb 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Used centuries ago on old timers.

    • @AHustleIsLikeASideOfFries
      @AHustleIsLikeASideOfFries 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Didn't you hear him? He plainly said "don't get me started...."

  • @MrWeAllAreOne
    @MrWeAllAreOne 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    All morning playing "hide the sausage" 😂😂😂😂😂🤣

  • @richardperrettwatchmaker
    @richardperrettwatchmaker 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Just found your channel and subscribed within two minutes! Much to learn from your engineering and film making skills ... going to study your previous videos now. Great channel!

  • @MouZ245
    @MouZ245 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The end made me laugh way to hard. I just love your humor even though my hands haven't touched a workbench in 10 years.
    Nice editing as well. I even re-watch some of your videos just because of the high quality puns.

  • @CetoFreakingKaiba
    @CetoFreakingKaiba 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    god the subtlety of the jokes and the casual voice always gets me. Also I think I need a new brain because these mechanisms burnt the one I currently have

    • @mikecurtin9831
      @mikecurtin9831 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most.

  • @mulgerbill
    @mulgerbill 3 ปีที่แล้ว +283

    Soooo
    Who else smashes the ol' like button before they hit play when it's a TOT?

    • @gertskjlstrup1804
      @gertskjlstrup1804 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      anyone who has seen one episode of ToT!!!!!! They are catchy

    • @aserta
      @aserta 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I do that to all of my subscriptions. It's basic TH-cam etiquette to give a like before you watch, take it if you disagree, or dislike if it's a really bad move.

    • @chrismiles462
      @chrismiles462 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Is this the new version of “## people missed the like button” or “whose watching this in 2016”

    • @lucasc5622
      @lucasc5622 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Chris Miles yeah it’s super annoying, stop begging for likes

    • @bhgdetjbngfd
      @bhgdetjbngfd 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Usually that's me........this time though I hit dislike within 3 minutes

  • @robertqueberg4612
    @robertqueberg4612 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi Tony,
    I have enjoyed several of your shows in the past. This one tripped my trigger, and therefore I subscribed. Nicely done.

  • @Radiotexas
    @Radiotexas 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dang! After we found the sausage, I got my RELEASE. Then I LATCHED onto this neat video! Great job. Especially liked the spring winding! Thanks Tony!

  • @flatlinesup
    @flatlinesup 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    "Empty Can of Sprite and a Shoe" was one of my punk rock band names back when I was in the USN.

    • @802Garage
      @802Garage 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's funny because "Drunk Dancing Cone Variant" was mine!

  • @stfuyfc69420
    @stfuyfc69420 3 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    "Did i ever tell you the definition of insanity?" 1:12

    • @djordjeblaga7815
      @djordjeblaga7815 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      *Far Cry 3 flashback intensifies*

    • @FroggyMosh
      @FroggyMosh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Vaas was a magnificent villain. Fight me, chat!

    • @MrTarfu
      @MrTarfu 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@djordjeblaga7815 I got through it my first time so didn't get what was happening with that scene until I was watching my cousin play it and kept hearing that over and over lol

    • @matthewpeterson3329
      @matthewpeterson3329 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Lassi Kinnunen brilliant. But only for the drawer where my wife keeps the corkscrew.

  • @AIRJordan0225
    @AIRJordan0225 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    So a good portion of my entertainment in general comes from TH-cam. With that being said, you somehow have the best channel that I have ever found in my years of conquest for free entertainment. Keep it up!

  • @Timmysteve
    @Timmysteve 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great video! Thanks, this was both informative and entertaining. I enjoyed the amount of detail you put into describing these fundamental concepts, that made it very easy to follow.

  • @skrymerU
    @skrymerU 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    The way tot explaineds thing makes it so easy to understand. I love it.

  • @MrDigitalCypher
    @MrDigitalCypher 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Mr Tony, your are a joy and a scholar! That missing sausage joke change my hole attitude this morning. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!

    • @svtirefire
      @svtirefire 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Changed your "hole" attitude... I don't know if you meant to, but you made a funny.

    • @not-himx5593
      @not-himx5593 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@svtirefire need to do it for 7 days it will make ur whole week

  • @Jazzglenn
    @Jazzglenn 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    That last part is pure GENIUS!

  • @PratyushTewari
    @PratyushTewari 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Some times you can anticipate that what you are going to do is not going to happen but your still want to watch and see how creatively you make it funny. e.g. the table push at the end was really funny and I appreciate you make that! Thank you.

  • @StefanGotteswinter
    @StefanGotteswinter 3 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    Sir, there is a invoice inbound to you, for the use of my image.

    • @ThisOldTony
      @ThisOldTony  3 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      I know you'd had a couple, but that picture was from the day we all got together to go pay your invoice.

  • @BiggMo
    @BiggMo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    Kinda reminds me of a joke I heard years ago.
    “Why are parents so good at pushing your buttons?
    Because they installed them!”
    Tony, what kinda devilish parenting are you latching onto with that device?

    • @tomf3150
      @tomf3150 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      A kitty launcher ?

    • @shrikedecil
      @shrikedecil 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tomf3150 That's not sufficiently Tony. Maybe ... a kitty *powered* kitty launcher?

  • @Cybornut
    @Cybornut 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Actually, been wondering it my whole life. Thank you for making it slightly less confusing

  • @clintonwaters3280
    @clintonwaters3280 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    always finish watching your videos with a smile on my face. Keep making awesome content!

  • @Iwoodlikethat
    @Iwoodlikethat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I like that this was a latch video and there was a definite focus on the smooth closing drawer

  • @theophilusthistler5885
    @theophilusthistler5885 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    As far as your Mrs' car ash tray is concerned, at least in my experience (mostly Japanese and Korean cars) if you pop and lift out the ash tray then under the spring there is generally a screw, two or three.
    If you remove the spring/catcher the space in volume can near double.
    Now with the spring and retention gone if you want a catch to stop the whole drawer sliding out loose in your hand then a couple nubs of epoxied plastic or aluminium sheet (natural to the insert removal as normal) should do the trick.
    Dremel some slits in the frot top of the ash tray bay and depending on the dash etc layout can be repourposed as USB cable management.

    • @firstmkb
      @firstmkb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Alternately, a big glob of epoxy will keep it from ever opening again, which is a more permanent fix.

    • @MJ-nb1qn
      @MJ-nb1qn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I vote for Duck Tape!

    • @walkingcontradiction223
      @walkingcontradiction223 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MJ-nb1qn Quack!

  • @jimmythejock4376
    @jimmythejock4376 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Tony, you are a class act my friend. Love your work and that last bit,with the bench raising? Laughed out loud 😂🤣😂. Thanks from me, in the Highlands of Scotland.

  • @blieufour
    @blieufour 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I haven't seen every video you have ever made, but Ive seen a lot of them. This is one of the Best!

  • @adamadamson848
    @adamadamson848 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I was having a crap day, then I saw you had uploaded something. Believe me Old Tony, you have brought a spark of sunlight into an otherwise wasted day. Thanks fella.

    • @ThisOldTony
      @ThisOldTony  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      glad I could help a little. thanks for watching Adam.

  • @aserta
    @aserta 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    16:33 the flat one used to be used in old laptops. The PCMCIA cards. I still have the mechanism somewhere in my house, always thought it was a very cool little device. All metal, very compact (two such tray mechanisms would fit over my pinky finger (or one cm))and they worked flawlessly for almost two decades before i parted out the laptop.
    One other place this push latch mechanism was used, but AFAIK very briefly, was when we used to have electronic typewriters. I'm not 100% sure, i never took that one apart, but the mechanism for the floppy disk was unlike the conventional ones (push button release) and it would allow you to release the disk without pushing the button, just depressing it. I think it was a SHARP one, but eh, it's been almost twice my life so far, since i've used that machine.
    Yeah, this was a great episode, this is one of those mechanisms you never look at, but that have a million and one applications you'd never suspect. I guess it's the little things we miss, that make our lives easier.

    • @BillyONeal
      @BillyONeal 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms

    • @fltchr4449
      @fltchr4449 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      So if you used the SHARP when you were 5 you are almost 15 now?

    • @JayFude
      @JayFude 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yep! The mechanism was used on the shift lock key! Good catch.

    • @PKMartin
      @PKMartin 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh God that acronym is giving me flashbacks to 2004, trying to find drivers to get a Windows ME (!) laptop to connect to my college's Wifi with a PCMCIA wifi card, then giving up on that and getting a 10/100 card to plug it into the ethernet jack. Then I upgraded to a new machine with XP x64 (!!) and had the same dance all over again because there weren't 64 bit drivers for... anything.

  • @LemonPie4Me
    @LemonPie4Me 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Super cool video! Always wondered how those worked! I always love the bits with Stephen Adam and MrPete, consistently hilarious.

  • @entino
    @entino 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wow, what a great video! I always wanted to know how these work in particular since I was a kid. Just discovered your channel, and I'm really looking forward to more videos! (:

  • @robhimself79
    @robhimself79 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I'm beyond exceedingly okayish. Thanks for asking! This was dangerously close to an ASMR video with all the clicking.

  • @KalijahAnderson
    @KalijahAnderson 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    0:40 and I'm dieing of laughter.
    That was one of the best joke deliveries I've seen in a long time.

  • @1BCamden
    @1BCamden 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Back again three years later, can’t believe I didn’t comment back then.
    Love it

  • @ellsworth5841
    @ellsworth5841 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love them all... well, mostly. This was one of your best videos. Thanks for making.

  • @ronevans4772
    @ronevans4772 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Second laugh out loud was the "subscribe" button on your hvac control!

    • @FroggyMosh
      @FroggyMosh 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Prfftt... I had to go back. But doesn't your car have a subscribe button? Mine blinks when close to a channel.
      It reminds me Every time I go anywhere near a bridge, like an incessant 5 year old.

    • @xedasxedas
      @xedasxedas 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Is that an american thing? Here in europe (the country) our cars already have emojy buttons build in the dash boards.

    • @lolzlarkin3059
      @lolzlarkin3059 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      There's one in every episode.

  • @resipsaloquitur13
    @resipsaloquitur13 3 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    Re: Compression spring with no body length.
    Air.

    • @MoksLight
      @MoksLight 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      But can you compress air indefinitely?

    • @robertcravens6336
      @robertcravens6336 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@MoksLight Compress it enough and it will liquefy, and then you're pretty much done.

    • @rapzeh4
      @rapzeh4 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Infinite pressure? A Big Bang occurs every time you compress it?

    • @HululusLabs
      @HululusLabs 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Magnets. Always the answer

    • @mtnbkr5478
      @mtnbkr5478 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I was actually thinking gravity, though problems could arise from orientation.

  • @Dorngrunder
    @Dorngrunder 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love this channel, these kind of videos are awesome, deeper understanding about stuff all around us 😀

  • @adamconnellan7618
    @adamconnellan7618 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love the breakdown of a common mechanism, MORE PLEASE

  • @bpccmath251calculusiihitch4
    @bpccmath251calculusiihitch4 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    9:17 Enjoyed the block soft-shoe routine.

  • @christophpoll784
    @christophpoll784 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Tony, please call Martin from Wintergatan!
    I somehow have the feeling you are loosing your marbles, he may help!
    Great video by the way!

    • @amartini51
      @amartini51 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Martin is an expert at losing marbles!

  • @DJBrucetx
    @DJBrucetx 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I can’t get enough of your videos! Thank you!

  • @abstring
    @abstring 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love that you added “subscribe” in place of one of the button functions in the car. Nice touch!

  • @davidgrover5996
    @davidgrover5996 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Oddly enough I was wondering how latching mechanisms work and how to make plutonium from locally sourced materials.

    • @gonzostwin1
      @gonzostwin1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      FBI is on the way

    • @sinisterthoughts2896
      @sinisterthoughts2896 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ah, philo.

    • @guytech7310
      @guytech7310 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's pretty easy. Mine some Uranium ore & smelt it Form into rods and insert into a graphite pile to enable nuclear reactions to occur.
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Pile-1

  • @Stu_2112
    @Stu_2112 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    I am a pretty new convert to TOT (i know, where the hell have I been all this time) but I just love the clever edits and sense of humour (that should give away my nationality!). It's a very addictive channel. Thanks for the content

    • @SDogo
      @SDogo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      try some AvE too :D

    • @JackFlashTech
      @JackFlashTech 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ToT is very understanding of other nationalities. Every so often,, he throws in an “aluminium,” just to make sure everyone feels welcome.

    • @Leo-mu8kn
      @Leo-mu8kn 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@JackFlashTech lmfao

  • @BoomChild74
    @BoomChild74 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    That is, without question, the most expertly crafted 'hide the sausage' reference I've ever had the pleasure to witness. Thank you, sir!

  • @twoNujabes
    @twoNujabes 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love how you take something like a latch and break it down into something that is actually pretty complex when u never thought about it

  • @aaronjohnson4604
    @aaronjohnson4604 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I laughed so hard at the second cam path!!! Also, I'm just getting into after effects, I was most impressed by the bouncing ball!!!! (and you thought no one would notice!)

  • @seannyyx
    @seannyyx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    "Because... Situation.."
    Such an emotion right there

  • @pressuredmetal
    @pressuredmetal 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    1.You really reinforce my want to buy a lathe...
    2. I enjoy the "stop-motion-esque" filming.
    3. Hilarious!

  • @MyGrowthRings
    @MyGrowthRings 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Gotta love Hafele hardware. Well done, Tony.