I never seen the inside of a pressure gauge before and always wondered how it works. I am a mature student maintenance apprentice based in the UK and this has helped so much. Thank you Mr Pete!
This is a good overview of how a pressure gauge works. This guy gets down to business and avoids non-related chitter chatter. His cracked skin fingers tattooed with black grease only lend real-world credibility to his comments. Right on, dude!
Thanks for a great instructional video! I have a bicycle floor pump, with a similar gauge, that I guess I must have dropped a few years ago. Since then, it has read about 15psi at no pressure. I have always just added 15 to the reading. After watching your video, I opened it up and was able to squeeze the curved "loop linkage" with a small pair of needle-nosed pliers to re-calibrate it to read zero at zero pressure. I then checked it on a tire pumped to 50psi against a new pump and it was bang on! Thanks to you, I feel like I have learnt and accomplished something today!
Hi Mr. Tubelcain, I've known for many years how these things work, but have never seen a demonstration like this. I hope that a lot of young dogs will be viewing this! Thanx!
I’d never explored the inner workings of a pressure gauge until just now. I am north of (60) years old and taking Operations and Instrumentation courses at TSTC in Marshall, Texas. Again, I’ve used air-pressure gauges in all kinds of work oblivious to their mechanics ... until today ☀️ A note of thanks for your guided tour. How It Works - Bourdon Tube. I took detailed notes that I might describe it’s working as well. JA Frazier, Marshall, Texas
I've made the decision to watch one of your videos every day until I've seen all of them. They really are both entertaining and informative and we thank you for making them.
of all the things I took apart as a kid, one of these gauges was never at my disposal to look into.....I always figured it was some sort of spring loaded plunger, but this seems like a far more durable, and ingeniously elegant method.....thanks!
Mr. Pete!! Thank you so much for this video. My gauge in my air tank will not zero out. Now I know how I can calibrate it. You’re right, never before seen on TH-cam! Take care, Sir!
Again your rears of knowledge helped me solve a problem,milton compression tester would not zero.by bending the brass loop,fixed the gauge,and tested accurate Mr Pete you are the best preciate ya
Pete thank you so much. I’m making a miniature one for a steam engine and was having trouble understanding the bourdon tube. Now I do. And of course I was delighted to see it was Tubalcain when I found it.
Awesome Mr. Pete. I usually am the guy wondering how things work, taking things apart, etc, but it never occurred to me to consider a pressure gauge for some reason. I use them all the time, but had no idea how they worked.
you are the excellent teacher, the explanations and the reasons are head on. i am mechanical engineering student and your channel is the best one to get the practical knowledge. thanks a lot.
That's really awesome! Never before have I seen how these work. I can't wait to see your other videos as well. Thank you for creating these very educating videos.
Great analogy with the party favor, Mr. Pete. Pretty interesting engineering when you think of it. The radial travel of a specific type of formed copper tube expanding/contracting in some preconceived pattern, translated by gear ratios, and the linear linkage/ adjustments to a rotating shaft, needle and linear scale...impressive. Eddie currents are another favorite. Thanks!
Ok ok. You got my curiosity up. I did a search on "bourdon tube". I'd post a link to why I now remember why I became a guitarist/musician instead of an engineer, but youtube won't let me. But then, each choice of a vocation will sometimes lead you to the same reality. In this case.... Berelli Lagreen. However..that's a whole 'nuther animal. Never the less.. thanks Mr. Pete.. I learned something. Which at 71 defy's the axiom of.."ya can't teach an old dog..." well...you know.
Thank you Sir....Well Done ... Again thanks for showing the inner workings of bourdon tube ... very much appreciated. You are an excellent teacher and all of your teaching videos are going to live ever...
What a wonderful legacy you are leaving for future generations. Highest regards to you for sharing your time, knowledge and skills with the whole world!
Thank you so much for this in-depth informative explanation. I hope all your videos are like this as I’ve just subscribed. You explain things to us like my father used to, the do’s don’ts why’s and why not’s and all the outcomes. Please stay well and keep educating us with your videos. I’m 60 now and still learning, What a wonderful world. Kindest regards Ash from Scotland 🏴
Spent a considerable portion of my wage slave years in a fossil power plant in the Apple. There were large "steam" gauges in the various boiler control rooms with drum pressure brought right down to the back of the board. Woowie! By the time I retired in 2000 that was all replaced by local pressure transducers mounted locally with a 4-20 ma current loop output into various electronic "stuff".
Again a very interesting video.The picture quality and camera work are excellent. The gauge looked very good quality to say it was cheap, not like fancy looking plastic crap we are forced to buy nowadays. Thanks for sharing.
Very nice demonstration and explanation! Have never pulled one apart to see how it worked! I grew up in Amboy, IL on my parents farm. (just north of you on route 52) my high school shop/welding/carpentry teacher was just like you. Very talented at explaining and teaching young minds. Mark Streit was his name. Keep up the vids. I live in Indianapolis,In now. I always pass by your town on our way to my parents and say " theirs mr Petes place!" 👍🏻
It's quiet awesome, as i wondered how did such tings work since longtime now, and now i remember that i've already seen such mechanism pictures but forgot them. Very inspiring, it gimmes some ideas now about making some, calibrate them approximately following another one as a reference pressure gauge, and digitize the apparatus with some potentiometer, to plug that on a microcontroler for cheap. Thanks !
Mr Pete, Another great demonstration. It was nice to see the made in USA on the face plate. Now if only our recent political movements were as smooth as the movement in this instrument .
Fantastic. "Never before seen on youtube." I love that line. Great post!
+mycompasstv Thanks
I just wanna know from where the pressure is entering and forcing the that copper coil to move !
The air enters through a manifold and actually travels into the bourdon tube.
Great explanation, but that line really took it to another level 😂
As a lecturer in engineering. This has really helped me explain this. You are brilliant.Thank you.
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Never before experience. This is the TRUE way of teaching the mechanism
Excellent clear demonstration.
I never seen the inside of a pressure gauge before and always wondered how it works. I am a mature student maintenance apprentice based in the UK and this has helped so much. Thank you Mr Pete!
This is a good overview of how a pressure gauge works. This guy gets down to business and avoids non-related chitter chatter. His cracked skin fingers tattooed with black grease only lend real-world credibility to his comments. Right on, dude!
Thanks
Mr. Pete. I would have loved to have had you as a teacher. Oh, my mistake, I have you as a teacher now. Thank you.
+Roy Lucas Thanks
OMG Tubalcain! Work and learning throughout my life always brings me back here!
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Man I wish there were still shop classes and teachers like this. Adding this to my homeschooling playlist.
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I learn something new every day. At 62 years of age, I look forward to your shop class on TH-cam.
+Monte Provolt Thanks
Thanks for a great instructional video! I have a bicycle floor pump, with a similar gauge, that I guess I must have dropped a few years ago. Since then, it has read about 15psi at no pressure. I have always just added 15 to the reading. After watching your video, I opened it up and was able to squeeze the curved "loop linkage" with a small pair of needle-nosed pliers to re-calibrate it to read zero at zero pressure. I then checked it on a tire pumped to 50psi against a new pump and it was bang on! Thanks to you, I feel like I have learnt and accomplished something today!
Thank you, I'm glad it worked out for you
Tha ks so much, I was trying to understand this while reading a textbook on the subject and I'm really a visual learner so I appreciate your efforts
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Hi Mr. Tubelcain,
I've known for many years how these things work, but have never seen a demonstration like this. I hope that a lot of young dogs will be viewing this!
Thanx!
I had no idea the copper piece was a tube. I couldn't figure out for the life of me how this worked. Thanks.
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Very interesting Mr. Pete! Your manner of teaching makes it very entertaining for us 45 year olds!!!
Exactly what I was looking for; seeing a bourdon tube in action!
Once a teacher always a teacher. Fantastic job. Thank you.
+Terry LaRotonda Thank you very much
Fascinating. What an elegant piece of mechanical technology.
+MrSpinteractive Thanks
You did an exceptional explanation 🎉
As always, clear and simple. Many thanks for another superb video Mr Pete.
I’d never explored the inner workings of a pressure gauge until just now. I am north of (60) years old and taking Operations and Instrumentation courses at TSTC in Marshall, Texas. Again, I’ve used air-pressure gauges in all kinds of work oblivious to their mechanics ... until today ☀️ A note of thanks for your guided tour. How It Works - Bourdon Tube. I took detailed notes that I might describe it’s working as well.
JA Frazier, Marshall, Texas
Glad you liked it
I've made the decision to watch one of your videos every day until I've seen all of them. They really are both entertaining and informative and we thank you for making them.
of all the things I took apart as a kid, one of these gauges was never at my disposal to look into.....I always figured it was some sort of spring loaded plunger, but this seems like a far more durable, and ingeniously elegant method.....thanks!
+Tim Hyatt Thanks
You're the best at explaination.
Thanks
So nice to show this to everybody, thanks!
Good video Mr. Pete. I think that's the only thing I never tore apart to see how it works. Thanks for doing the honors.
Nice explanation. Greetings from Argentina🦁
Thanks! 😃
Mr. Pete thank you for educated and entertain me. Love your teaching style.
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This video is amazing! I use it all the time to explain how pressure transmitters on aircraft work! We love THE BOURDON TUBE!
Thanks
About to start a job in a calibration lab. Thanks for this video
I'm a calibration technician and thank you for the video! This info is very useful.
Thanks
Mr. Pete!! Thank you so much for this video. My gauge in my air tank will not zero out. Now I know how I can calibrate it. You’re right, never before seen on TH-cam! Take care, Sir!
Thanks
I have learned a lot by watching this series. Keep it up.
Again your rears of knowledge helped me solve a problem,milton compression tester would not zero.by bending the brass loop,fixed the gauge,and tested accurate Mr Pete you are the best preciate ya
Glad I helped
Pete thank you so much. I’m making a miniature one for a steam engine and was having trouble understanding the bourdon tube. Now I do. And of course I was delighted to see it was Tubalcain when I found it.
Never thought how pressure gauges actually measure pressure. Thank you for the great explanation and demonstration!!
Thank you again keep up the great work simplicity keeps the mind young!
+chris capobianco Thanks
Thank youu!! Very informative and just explained simple but thorough. This is going to help me with my test I'm about to take for BioManufacturing
Great MrPete, Many thanks from a mechanical engineering student.
Excellent presentation! Thank you!
Awesome Mr. Pete. I usually am the guy wondering how things work, taking things apart, etc, but it never occurred to me to consider a pressure gauge for some reason. I use them all the time, but had no idea how they worked.
This is how things should be taught. Simplicity is key.
absolutly never before seen on youtube....thank you so much
You're very welcome!
I knew how they work...But now I know how they are calibrated Thanks for the Very detailed video !!!
+not2fast4u2c Thanks
Very detailed explanation, beautifully captured to video. Thanks
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thank you so much for making this video, sir. i have an essay on how the guage work and i've never touched one before so i had to seek youtube's help.
you are the excellent teacher, the explanations and the reasons are head on. i am mechanical engineering student and your channel is the best one to get the practical knowledge. thanks a lot.
That's really awesome! Never before have I seen how these work. I can't wait to see your other videos as well. Thank you for creating these very educating videos.
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This helps me with my science exam! Thanks for making this video! :)
Thanks for this practical presentation. I want to observe how you are applying pressure to the pressure gauge.
Excellent tutorial as usual mrpete. regards from the UK
+Gary C Thanks
Loved it, thanks... helps me understand some of the theory concepts for my forthcoming IE exam
Great analogy with the party favor, Mr. Pete. Pretty interesting engineering when you think of it. The radial travel of a specific type of formed copper tube expanding/contracting in some preconceived pattern, translated by gear ratios, and the linear linkage/ adjustments to a rotating shaft, needle and linear scale...impressive. Eddie currents are another favorite. Thanks!
+pjsalchemy Thanks
This is great. I've never taken one of these apart. Now I know how to make an adjustible pressure switch.
Excellent presentation.
Excellent presentation, thank you, sir.
Another top-notch presentation ... Clearly, you were, and still are, a superb teacher.
+carver3419 Thanks
Very educational and very good quality.
Thank you, it's a very helpful demo for my class.
Much vivider than 2D images on the textbook.
Thanks, I'm glad I clarified it for you
Ok ok. You got my curiosity up. I did a search on "bourdon tube". I'd post a link to why I now remember why I became a guitarist/musician instead of an engineer, but youtube won't let me. But then, each choice of a vocation will sometimes lead you to the same reality. In this case.... Berelli Lagreen. However..that's a whole 'nuther animal. Never the less.. thanks Mr. Pete.. I learned something. Which at 71 defy's the axiom of.."ya can't teach an old dog..." well...you know.
+Martin Walters Thanks for watching
Thank you Sir....Well Done ... Again thanks for showing the inner workings of bourdon tube ... very much appreciated.
You are an excellent teacher and all of your teaching videos are going to live ever...
+rrangana11 Thank you
What a wonderful legacy you are leaving for future generations. Highest regards to you for sharing your time, knowledge and skills with the whole world!
Very useful and informative video, thank you for your time and endeavour.
What a great subject. They just get better.
Thanks for your time.
+Lee Waterman Thanks
Thank you for explaining that. Very easy to understand now.
Another great video. Thanks for posting.
Excellent! Thank you for sharing.
Very good explanation 👍 very helpful, thanks
Thank you so much for this
in-depth informative explanation.
I hope all your videos are like this as I’ve just subscribed.
You explain things to us like my father used to, the do’s don’ts why’s and why not’s and all the outcomes.
Please stay well and keep educating us with your videos.
I’m 60 now and still learning,
What a wonderful world.
Kindest regards
Ash from Scotland 🏴
I’m glad you like the video, and thank you for subscribing. You have 1400 videos to watch.
Fantastic video, very informative.
Very fascinating device!
Good job man seeing this for the first time
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Great informative and entertaining video!
Quality video. Happy valentines day!
+Ron Icard Thanks
Excellent!
enjoyable!
fantastic!
amazing!
Spent a considerable portion of my wage slave years in a fossil power plant in the Apple.
There were large "steam" gauges in the various boiler control rooms with drum pressure brought right down to the back of the board. Woowie! By the time I retired in 2000 that was all replaced by local pressure transducers mounted locally with a 4-20 ma current loop output into various electronic "stuff".
Thanks for posting this video! very useful! Exellent explanations and views!
Thanks! I love the old, ornate, fancy pressure gauges. I have a 6" Ashcroft air gauge that is probably 50 or more years old.
+davida1hiwaaynet Thanks
Thanks for sharing , I had no Idea of how they worked.
EXCELLENT PRESENTATION AND VERY PRACTICAL
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Very interesting, I did not know that. Thanks as always Mr. Pete!
+ShysterLawyer Thanks
Thanks, Peter, very helpful video!!!
Glad it was helpful!
I like this pretty well. shows detail to students.
Nice demonstration
Aree chacha OP!!
such videos are really helpful
Love ❤ from INDIA 🇮🇳
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Again a very interesting video.The picture quality and camera work are excellent.
The gauge looked very good quality to say it was cheap, not like fancy looking plastic crap we are forced to buy nowadays.
Thanks for sharing.
+Nodrog Awson Thanks
Amazing.. Superb explanation sir.
Amazing! I'm currently studying Chemical Engineering and this is really helpful for me. Thanks!
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wow it was awesome. it cleared my doubt of bourdan tube. and how it works.
Great video. Thanks.
This was very helpful! Something my aviation school failed to elaborate on....Thanks!
Thanks
Very nice demonstration and explanation! Have never pulled one apart to see how it worked! I grew up in Amboy, IL on my parents farm. (just north of you on route 52) my high school shop/welding/carpentry teacher was just like you. Very talented at explaining and teaching young minds. Mark Streit was his name. Keep up the vids. I live in Indianapolis,In now. I always pass by your town on our way to my parents and say " theirs mr Petes place!" 👍🏻
+Cory Fredericks Been thru Amboy many times
Great video
Great video Two thumbs up!
thanks so much for this video. useful and informative. and yes, never seen one like it in you tube
Thanks for that. Great video!!
It's quiet awesome, as i wondered how did such tings work since longtime now, and now i remember that i've already seen such mechanism pictures but forgot them. Very inspiring, it gimmes some ideas now about making some, calibrate them approximately following another one as a reference pressure gauge, and digitize the apparatus with some potentiometer, to plug that on a microcontroler for cheap. Thanks !
+Okto Putsch They already exist. A common usage is automotive oil pressure gauge.
Mike (o\!/o)
Moholo 88 Thanks :) (but i just found that fun as a project)
+Okto Putsch Thanks
thanks alot . fun watching!
Mr Pete, Another great demonstration. It was nice to see the made in USA on the face plate. Now if only our recent political movements were as smooth as the movement in this instrument .
+Todd Anonymous True
What a Exellent video! Thank you so much!!
Very interesting. Our friend AvE tested failure point on one of these and it went many many times past its range before the tube bursted.
+phooesnax Cody'sLab opens one up and discusses its workings in his video "Oversized Pressure Gauge"
+Neds Head I'll check it out