Swing Thing
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 มิ.ย. 2012
- Tim demonstrates a number of toys that use the same mechanism - a piece of string with a weight at the end, that provides a kind of timing mechanism. Here we initially show a mass produced example of a toy using this mechanism, and we then show a number of craft toy versions that Tim has acquired over the years.
We believe that this mechanism was sometimes used in the Middle Ages as part of a clock escapement mechanism. - วิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี
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OK. Tim has lots of pens in his collection. We will dig some of them out and make some videos. Thanks for the suggestion.
Swing thing pen :0
Thanks guys
Wel hello thear
Hi
I'm dropping a reply for no reason. This could probably serve as the proof of my existence.
the camera work in all of your videos is always fantastic. whoever is filming knows exactly when to zoom in and out, and they never mess up! very well done, as always! i love your channel.
One and two-post string-winding escapements have actually been used in very old clocks. They are included in large collections of escapements in books and museums.
Do you know of any examples I could look up?
@@aWOLtrooper There used to be an exhibit of 15 or so of operating escapement models at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, which I used to visit weekly as a child. I doubt that it is still there, for it is not flashy as suits the modern public taste.
On my way home from school in the 40's, it was always a delight to stop by the horologists shop window, when he had a clock with one of these working on the top.
ok thats it. ive been watching these for 2 hours
Still watching?
Still?
Still
Lol so are all of us 7 years later!
Still?
These seem like elaborate ways to get thwacked every time you accidentally enter the kill zone of the machine
my girl friend loves pens, she collects a bunch of different kinds. it would make her day if you did a video on pens.
In this house, we obey the laws of thermodynamics !
Dude you took my comment! XD
can you explain? don't understand this! like physics tho :(
It seems that it is a reference to The simpsons I don't know what episode is but I'm pretty sure a google search would bring the answer
sSunbeamM the first law of thermodynamics is that energy can't be created or destroyed.
Anyone from 2020
The titles.. they attract us. That's why we're all still here D:
I enjoy your videos, Tim. Your video inspired me to make some of these. I made a video of the process that I think you might enjoy. Mine turned out great. I actually churned out a batch of 40 after my initial prototype. Thanks again, Tim!
Also, I mentioned this video in my video's description. Hopefully it'll steer even more traffic your way. Sharing the love.
Very nice! I really admire your craftsmanship!
Mrs. Yellow_Ledbetter - Thank you very much!
Can you post your video link here?
The technical term for these is "flying pendulum", used in a clock it's a "flying pendulum escapement".
I don't know why but watching that toy makes me so happy
I love tims passion, its so inspiring
Great toy collections. Thanks for doing demo.
I have made these and they are great toys mostly for adults, because kids are not content to just watch , they want to touch and play. I love these.
Thanks
Fantastic! As a lover of all things novelty, I'm genuinely excited to see more of Tim's collection! I wish Tim was my uncle. xD
this is my excuse for not going outside
Great video!
The first toy, I thought the penguin was fishing, then I read the sign which said that the empty cans are to be put into the garbage bins.
Very informative, nice extra! 😉 😘
Give this guy 5 more cups of tea.
3:10 with subtitles
Hahahahahahahahahahahaha good one hahah
Zac Rosamond lol
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this is why is watch these videos with captions...
When you type in grandfather clock but forget the "L"
This channel is awesome
I saw a clock in Italy made by DaVinci that worked on this principle. The wrapping and unwrapping around the pole made it so that you could wind it and it would take much longer to unwind.
Me encanto esto! Gracias!
I had a Lego set that made one of these. I played with it for hours
Beautiful!)
Wow.
I like it!
very nice
-911, what's your emergency?
-I hit my self in the eye with a swingy thing
-you what?
-I was making a TH-cam video, and I hit myself in the eye with a steel ball
-okay then
-*hangs up
Why did the person calling for help hang up? because That's what your writting suggests while context says it'd be otherwise.
i love them all
your videos are cool
I love it.
0:50: Does it in fact speed up as it winds up? I'd say that it only appears so, but can't really explain why.
Extraordinary
PC>PS4>String Thing>Xone
PC>Potato>everything else
braden8361 wii>
String Thing>PC>PS4>Xbone
you mean allen and heath audio mixer?
Ps4 is trash. I'll take the swing thing anyday
And you filled it out! You are definition of awesome, sir or madam!
wow, thank you
It hides in the shadows, it is only known at "the swing thing".
Ok, we're juts gonna ignore the bear thing? Ok..
Sarmagophilis *just
the cat loved this toy video kept trying to grab the ball!
you should do a video on key chains assuming you have some.
Cool!
That penguin is the key to the energy crisis
cool toy
Wow extraordinary
this is the principle used for the escapement on the Horolovar Ignatz Flying Ball Clock. Terrible timekeepers, but fun to watch
He loves it
mito bom,muito booooom!!!!
Сделал дочке за 15 минут ))) Спасибо)
love your videos. can i make a request?
Who else wanted him to zoom out and shows us all of them at once?
same priciple as the Jerome trapeze clock
I made a video on how to build one out of cardboard on my channel. These are so simple, yet so kewl!
*_YOUR GREAT IDEA FOR A NAME OF A TOY_*
*_"THE SWING THING..."_*
0:25
That optical illusion right there had me tripping
I saw a version of this at the Da Vinci Museum gift shop, they made it so that it could be used as a clock.
I just wanted to write the same! :-D In Vinci? Have been there in 1996. But I guess the clock was too expansive for me. (I was 13.)
I kinda want that Japanese toy. Wonder where I can find that one...
What's that bear thing holding the yellow ball?
If you wind the toy in the proper direction it works with less wasted motion. The last one shown was wound backwards and is quite obvious just watching it. You should be aware of this, but I don't think you were.
The penguin one is cute
Creative name. Now I shall call my computer, computing thing
sure - what is the request?
Better than my physics and math..
What are these things officially called?
I am going to make this swing
How big is this table?
I made one of these in 2nd grade.
I'm soo gonna make one
01:38 is analogous to free rider employees existing in every organisation
"I love it"
Ok um um I love it
Same idea as a clock escapement, dividing a steady rotational force into 'chunks', so to speak. I've seen a Meccano clock with this mechanism as an escapement, on TH-cam.
I have a german clock that uses this escapement.
Swing Thing - Maybe a Swing Crane would be a nice name?
By watching this video makes me go ride a swing
now i feel like making one
was expecting something a little different when i saw the title of this vid
would it be cool if someone made a clock with the same idea
Quick facts, the longer the string from the center of gravity (a.k.a stick ) , the more drag it creates where more speed is generated
Its called a Tennessee Time Killer, I'm pretty sure
very curious
Hey there ? Math geek here.How about some topological toys ? I am sure you have lots of them. Thank you.
the title should be tim the swinger
Did anyone else get queasy from worrying the ball was going to hit the camera??
my father has a clock, which has this kind of swing thing on the top instead of a pendulum
i'd be impressed if it'd charge itself and cause the next spin without the need of elastic bands.
2:23
cool
Cool
How old is tim
Kinda reminds me of tether-ball. Perpetual self playing tether-ball toy maybe?
This is better than playing angry birds
I might try to make one out of Lego.
アキカンはくずかごにすてましょう
Let's throw the empty cans in the wastebasket.
+Siren Hound Thanks. You saved me a comment. lol
The red penguin's sign at 0:12 reads that. 😊
The first one is from plub cenguin i swear it is
With a little bit of tweaking, maybe we can generate an electric current from this contraption.
00:08 probably came out in the middle ages ;D
I believe it's called the Tennessee time killer
1:28 one didn’t work properly bc it was shorter than the other from being wrapped around the horizontal moving bar
I wonder if it tells time
I'm jealous , why he has so many toys
Because he is 100 years old. Jealous?
Because secretly he's actually Santa. Shh don't tell anyone x
Does this device come close to a perpetual motion machine?
There is no attempt at perpetual motion here, since the pendulum is swinging off of energy from a rubber band. As soon as the band is unwound, it will stop. Perpetual motion is more based around the fact that you can't get any machine to work forever due to entropy, friction, imperfect parts, etc (such as an imbalanced wheel). This just "runs out of steam".
Jsidhu762 A perpetual motion machine is most likely impossible, in this universe at least.
+Jsidhu762 there is a rubber band that needs to be wound each time you start it... each round unwinds 1 turn...
It would be theoretically possible as long none of the energy exits the system. sadly theory and practice don't like eachother very much and it's imposible for us to build a 100% efficient machine.
Who else *NEEDS* one of those penquin toys?