The Band Should Slip Off But It Does The Opposite!

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    Crowned Pulleys do this bizarre counterintuitive thing. Instead of slipping off the curved surface, the band actually moves to the middle and stays there.
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  • @smartereveryday
    @smartereveryday 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6993

    SNATCH BLOCK!.... er... uh, I mean. . NOT A SNATCH BLOCK

    • @zarlus8
      @zarlus8 3 ปีที่แล้ว +161

      Still one of my favorite moments 😂

    • @ephjaymusic
      @ephjaymusic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Ayyyy!!!!! 🤣🤣🤣

    • @kikelabmor
      @kikelabmor 3 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      HAHA i was totally hoping to see this comment

    • @TheWaynester101
      @TheWaynester101 3 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      @@canofpulp screw you. Dont hate on him

    • @mwu365
      @mwu365 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      @@cbrooksusmc he's not

  • @xmtxx
    @xmtxx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +377

    That explains it..
    It don't remember what for, but a few years ago, I designed the concave thingy for a homemade belt system, and I couldn't understand why the belt was, always flying off.
    I had to put on guards to prevent it... It was a mess.
    Now I know. Thanks! :)

    • @SkandranonOwens
      @SkandranonOwens 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Would have been fun to watch that frustration

    • @victorhopper6774
      @victorhopper6774 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      reminds me of 45 years ago when i tried to square up a radial saw table with a square that wasn't square, drove me nuts.

  • @somedood9989
    @somedood9989 2 ปีที่แล้ว +118

    2:12
    "Our intuition is wrong."
    Learning physics summed up in one sentence.

  • @tyrind2001
    @tyrind2001 2 ปีที่แล้ว +234

    You've just turned everything around that i knew about conveyors. I work in the metal recycling industry and usually we have to track conveyors to keep them in line. Usually we tighten the side to make the conveyor move opposite of the side we tighten. Then we'd get some conveyors that just didn't seem to wanna do that. They'd move opposite the way they should and everyone was always confused about it and just chocked it up to basically being a odd quirky attribute of that particular conveyor.

    • @HydetheRapper
      @HydetheRapper 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      That’s awesome! It’s so fun to learn something that explains something you encountered in the past. Love that feeling. Like answering a question you’d forgotten you ever asked.

    • @stevewindisch2882
      @stevewindisch2882 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I'm wondering if the difference was how tight the particular conveyor was relative to the others. I'd guess a looser one would have the intuitive effect and a tighter one would have the effect described in this video. My thought is that looser would mean less grip and the belt would slide away from the crown while a tighter one would work its way up to the crown

    • @NoferTrunions
      @NoferTrunions 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Guessing, may be related to the great width of the belt. If there is bias in any of the belt physical properties, it may throw its behavior out the window. For example if the thickness varied linearly slightly across the width in which case the belt would now be a cone. (and of course just saying this out loud doesn't sound plausible LOL!)

    • @thomasphillips885
      @thomasphillips885 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Wait is it chalked up or chocked up?

    • @garramiro
      @garramiro 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Sometimes belt arent properly cut and even with a crown pulley you wont be able to fix the drift.

  • @TusharGoyal1997
    @TusharGoyal1997 3 ปีที่แล้ว +536

    That concave pulley clip really answered all lingering questions in one shot for me! Great work as always Steve!

    • @travcollier
      @travcollier 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Yes... I've done that wrong many times over the years, and now know why.

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      He really covered all the bases.

    • @LM_25_11
      @LM_25_11 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      This example is gold

  • @cogmonocle2140
    @cogmonocle2140 3 ปีที่แล้ว +799

    The instant a video starts talking about pulleys I'm already waiting for "SNATCH BLOCK"

    • @mikieswart
      @mikieswart 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      SNATCH BLOCK!

    • @-NGC-6302-
      @-NGC-6302- 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      No exceptions

    • @Feefa99
      @Feefa99 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      S N A T C H B L O C K !!!

    • @NemoConsequentae
      @NemoConsequentae 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Exactly where my mind went as well!
      I laughed when it cut to _SNATCHBLOCK!_

    • @Antifuzz1
      @Antifuzz1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Laminar flow!!!

  • @mikenolan4871
    @mikenolan4871 3 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    I've worked in manufacturing for years and have observed this effect on lots of conveyors, belt drives, belt sanders, etc. And this is the first real explanation I've heard. Thanks for clearing up something I've been mystified about!

    • @Hanoverauto
      @Hanoverauto 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The belts on such things as thrashing machines and circular saws, driven from the pulley wheel on a tractor, are often slack when running and are not elastic so this explanation doesn't fit.

    • @mikenolan4871
      @mikenolan4871 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@Hanoverauto I'd love to hear your alternative explanation.

    • @roughsoleman
      @roughsoleman 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Hanoverauto Flat Pulleys on tractor takeoff

    • @21centdregs
      @21centdregs 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      that’s exactly what im trying to sort out. no belt sander has a stretchy belt, so why are they crowned? maybe there’s some tiny amount of stretch that seems imperceivable but idk about that, im still skeptical

    • @BigCrowsVideos
      @BigCrowsVideos 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Hanoverauto There is no such thing, as "absolutely slack", they all do stretch a little. Because they are more rigid, than a rubber band, the same force causes them to stretch by a little amount (in length) but the effect is the same

  • @AmeriBradeOfficial
    @AmeriBradeOfficial 3 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    Hey Steve! I've followed you for years, so it was super exciting to see our belt grinder in the video Tom sent you. I definitely didn't expect that when I started watching. Obviously, belt tracking is a phenomenon we spend a lot of time thinking about in belt sander design, so it was nice seeing someone explain the crowning effect scientifically. Home builders often run into problems when they add a tracking adjustment because the interaction with the crown isn't necessarily intuitive. The belt seems to ride to the high point of a crown, but it also looks like it rides down the slope when you tilt a wheel to adjust the tracking (as it does in the video Tom sent you). We have our own working theories on how crowning interacts with adjustable belt tracking, but I'm sure I would learn something and see it in a new light if you ever looked into it.
    Eric

    • @nenmaster5218
      @nenmaster5218 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This Channel here reminds me of Hbomberguy;
      my Favorite Place to learn.
      Well, that and Veritsaium.

    • @Lowezar
      @Lowezar 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      That ruzzian flag on your avatar though. :D

    • @EbonyPope
      @EbonyPope 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      4:45 Still don't understand why it would bow upwards. I don't see anything pushing "up" just material stretching along the line. He did a terrible job at explaining. Why would those for springs be pushed up? I don't see any deformation that would push them in that direction?

  • @nyx3748
    @nyx3748 3 ปีที่แล้ว +195

    I love how all the science communicators on youtube reference each other in their videos

    • @adamplace1414
      @adamplace1414 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      It's true. All my favorite channels are connected somehow, even ones I wouldn't think would be like Corridor (thru Tom Scott).
      Gotta say, though.. Destin is responsible for a lot of those connections.

    • @GodlikeIridium
      @GodlikeIridium 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Just the best ones 😉

    • @blindsightedkill
      @blindsightedkill 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      6 degrees of Kevin Bacon 🥓

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      They know what the people want.

    • @nyx3748
      @nyx3748 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@adamplace1414 Yeah, I got introduced to coridoor through the slo mo guys, who in turn I was introduced to ny Destin. His channel also introduced me to stuff made here. It's just amazing the community built around this people. I would like to add that PBS eons is another amazing channel, I don't exactly remember, but I think I got into it because I am an old vlogbrothers subscriber.

  • @justdoingodswork
    @justdoingodswork 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2021

    You can never miss "Destin", when you say snatch block

    • @GTechno13
      @GTechno13 3 ปีที่แล้ว +111

      LAMINAR FLOW!!!!!

    • @quinten70
      @quinten70 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yess

    • @howardbaxter2514
      @howardbaxter2514 3 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      Destin will forever be the Snatch Block and Laminar Flow guy in the Science/Engineering community. It’s, of course, all in good faith though.

    • @350speedfreak
      @350speedfreak 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      String trimmer fight announcer voice was the best.

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@350speedfreak Destin could do voice work.

  • @kevinsmith7959
    @kevinsmith7959 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Amazing!!! I have been working on a homemade conveyor and tracking was proving a problem. Based off this video, I wrapped layers of tape around one of the pullies (to make it convex) and it immediately started tracking perfectly! (And when I manually disrupt it, it returns to center.) Thank you!

  • @DavidCaldwell1
    @DavidCaldwell1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    When I did my degree (mechanical engineering, a long time ago) we spent half a lecture on this. The lecturer (a tenured professor) actually explained it in terms of velocity and angular acceleration of elements of the belt. I was more confused after than before. This deflection-based explanation is way better, and makes me wonder if the comparative angular acceleration explanation was just totally wrong. Also had no idea elastomer elasticity was from entropy... awesome

    • @somedragontoslay2579
      @somedragontoslay2579 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I have the impression both explanations are different ways to say the same. Like how LaGrangian mechanics end up being Newtonian mechanics just with another philosophical approach. I like Steve's explanation better, tho

    • @23Q19
      @23Q19 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I would agree with angular acceleration more... What he showed seemed to be true about rubber bands.. I wish he had gone into more explanation of practical example.. Sandpaper and leather belt are intuitively not stretchy... Both of which he showed video of though

  • @GW2_Live
    @GW2_Live 3 ปีที่แล้ว +516

    There is a pulley on my car that always bothered me that it's crowned, always felt like it was gonna be a problem one day. Guess I was wrong lol

    • @THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS
      @THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      The idler pulley!

    • @alexanderunguez9633
      @alexanderunguez9633 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Well, it won't be a problem until your belt starts becoming brittle. I'd assume that when it loses elasticity that this crowning effect won't be as strong.

    • @wyattroncin941
      @wyattroncin941 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      ​@@alexanderunguez9633 nope, as long as there's even a very small amount of stretch and elasticity the belt will re-center. this works even on high strength fiber belts, such as aramid cloth, or even steel bands. there isn't a need for the belt to be highly elastic.

    • @alexanderunguez9633
      @alexanderunguez9633 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@wyattroncin941 That's neat!

    • @SUPRAMIKE18
      @SUPRAMIKE18 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I used to own a Chevy Blazer and the belt would constantly fall off, From what I've seen in this I should have put some crowned pulleys on it lol

  • @PlasmaChannel
    @PlasmaChannel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2106

    Hey now, this type of pulley system looks familiar ; P It's exactly what stabilizes the band on a Van De Graaff Generator.

    • @maze3836
      @maze3836 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Its you!

    • @nightrous3026
      @nightrous3026 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I was thinking the same thing Jay! Nvce to see ya! Tell me what you think of my high voltage stuff. I got vids on my channel.

    • @FIRE_STORMFOX-3692
      @FIRE_STORMFOX-3692 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hi man!

    • @JjMn1000
      @JjMn1000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      yes?
      Edit: why did i edit

    • @brandengillette7794
      @brandengillette7794 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I found the exact comment I was going to say. I'm glad it came from the plasma channel tho.

  • @sanveersookdawe
    @sanveersookdawe 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    "Just for completeness" is so satisfying. Thank you

  • @LFTRnow
    @LFTRnow 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

    Something else interesting (and entropy related) is when you stretch an elastic band, it gets hot. If you let it cool down and then retract it, the same area (middle mostly) that heated up will actually turn cool. Yes, it works like a refrigerant.

    • @robertellis6853
      @robertellis6853 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Didn't someone actually make a "refrigerator" using elastic bands stretching and contracting to illustrate that?

    • @ezet
      @ezet 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@robertellis6853 at least JoergSprave did an experiment where he cooled a can of beer 2 degrees Celsius by using a rubber band

  • @dynamicgecko1213
    @dynamicgecko1213 3 ปีที่แล้ว +690

    "Heat is just molecular jiggle"
    It's kind of unsettling how simple and accurate this is.

    • @MandelscapeDA
      @MandelscapeDA 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wow,
      Still NOT linear.....

    • @lordgarion514
      @lordgarion514 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Yep, and when you measure the temperature of something, you're actually measuring the kinetic energy of the atoms.

    • @mrmangoberry8394
      @mrmangoberry8394 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Sound is just wiggly air.

    • @jamirovega1332
      @jamirovega1332 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      My body does a lot of molecular jiggling but no one seems to think it's hot.

    • @lordgarion514
      @lordgarion514 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@jamirovega1332
      That's because to make it hot, you have to get your molecular jiggle in resonance with your macro wiggle. 🤓

  • @anna-graceschumann8869
    @anna-graceschumann8869 3 ปีที่แล้ว +220

    1:37 I was about to make a cheeky comment like, "What if we won't permit you?" I felt clever until you showed you're more clever...

    • @SreenikethanI
      @SreenikethanI 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      … but then you'd made THIS comment! So, win-win?

    • @Ni999
      @Ni999 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@SreenikethanI Nope.

    • @anna-graceschumann8869
      @anna-graceschumann8869 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@SreenikethanI That feels very gracious of you XD I just won't underestimate Steve's sense of humor ever again.

  • @ethanlewis1453
    @ethanlewis1453 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It was so polite of you to allow me to reject your anthropomorphism of the rubber band! Much appreciation!

  • @Grimmance
    @Grimmance 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Its a physical visible description of the bernouli principal (in reverse) the slower part of the elastic wants to move faster, while the faster part wants to be the same speed as the slower, so it all pushes towards the slowest lowest energy part.

  • @inspiringengineer
    @inspiringengineer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +902

    Anthropomorphising a rubber band is streching it a bit! ;)

    • @skeeterburke
      @skeeterburke 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      🏆🤦‍♀️🏆

    • @ViratKohli-jj3wj
      @ViratKohli-jj3wj 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Stop stop stop stop

    • @inspiringengineer
      @inspiringengineer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@ViratKohli-jj3wj LOL!

    • @jochemajendouz9271
      @jochemajendouz9271 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      That sounds like a line straight from a Terry Pratchett book..

    • @lonnyyoung4285
      @lonnyyoung4285 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Anthropomorphizing a rubber band is tight.

  • @raydunakin
    @raydunakin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1414

    I explore ghost towns and mining camps, and have seen a lot of old mines and mills which used belt-driven machinery. I have often wondered why the pulleys were slightly crowned. Now I finally know! Thanks!

    • @ByOutcast
      @ByOutcast 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      I do a lot of the drives for conveyors most of them are always crowned because of the belt wandering if it’s a long conveyor with a belt it’s likely to try and wander but with a crowned and lagged pulley it does pull it back to normality :)

    • @jonathanremruatkima5776
      @jonathanremruatkima5776 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      This was the most positive reply ive ever seen

    • @andrewsmith1735
      @andrewsmith1735 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The belt goes the direction it leaves the surface until balance or failure. Susually.

    • @grahampcharles
      @grahampcharles 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I'm trying to make a middle school lesson plan about this. Would you happen to have a photo of one of the antique crown pulleys you'd be willing to let me use?

    • @raydunakin
      @raydunakin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@grahampcharles I don't know if I have a suitable shot of a crowned pulley, but I'll go through some of my photos and see what I can find.

  • @thanksfernuthin
    @thanksfernuthin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I LOVE LOVE LOVE when you guys feature each other's work.

  • @WarriorNN
    @WarriorNN 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    The explanation and model with the beaded strings regarding entropy was pretty cool! Haven't seen it explained so easily before.

  • @FrozenFirestorm100
    @FrozenFirestorm100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    Hey thanks for this! I work on a plant where we have long conveyor belts. We crown the centre of our head pullies to help centre the belts and prevent them from running skew. Been using this method for years but now i understand why it works!!💪

  • @fromap16
    @fromap16 3 ปีที่แล้ว +380

    I was expecting Destin to jump and say "snatchblock" and he is there...less than a minute into the video...
    SNATCHBLOCK!

    • @TheAeonflux74
      @TheAeonflux74 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's not a snatch block. Alright?😎

    • @AaronzDad
      @AaronzDad 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheAeonflux74 SNATCHBLOCK!!!

    • @simontay4851
      @simontay4851 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      He didn't just say it, he's shouting.

  • @rybec
    @rybec 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    That was strange for me. When I first saw it, my intuition told me the band should ride up on the pulley, but at the same time that _felt_ unintuitive. Excellent explanation.
    Also worth noting: Take two tires and connect them with an axle, but leave them free spinning. Now, accelerate the system. Next, slow down one tire but not the other. The system will turn in the direction of the breaking tire, because there is more friction on that side.
    Now, you have a band across a curved pulley. When you stretch the band, the side that is further from the opposite end is pulled tighter and thus has more friction. This will turn the band in the direction of the tighter side.
    In short, there are probably two effects causing this behavior. The stretch widening the band on one side is one effect, but the asymmetrical friction is probably also causing the band to turn toward the higher portion of the pulley as well.

    • @trashes_to_treasures
      @trashes_to_treasures 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I was thinking of just this effect before I heard his explanation!

    • @VladSaveliev
      @VladSaveliev 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The “turning in the direction of higher friction side” feels like a better explanation than the one in the video. The one in the video only explains why the band’s width contracts.

  • @noahman27
    @noahman27 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Steve - i love your videos! Came here from Destin's channel. You guys are so great. Thanks for doin' what you're doing.

  • @manuelpena3988
    @manuelpena3988 3 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    I really like that every time you anthropomorfize anything ( a virus, an electron...) you say it at loud :)

  • @benjaminshropshire2900
    @benjaminshropshire2900 3 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    I suspect the spring demo would work better with a triangular lattice ... because hexagons are bestagons.

    • @martinschwaikert5433
      @martinschwaikert5433 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Fuck it seems like we do all get suggested the same videos 🤣

  • @Nikioko
    @Nikioko 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    0:12: No, when I think of a pulley, I think of any kind of wheel that redirects the force that is applied to a string. This apparatus has four pulleys, two fixed and two loose, and it is called a tackle, which in this case reduces the necessary force to 1/4 of the weight of the load.

  • @TannerSwizel
    @TannerSwizel 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wow, a mention of my two other favorite channels! I wish I had known of you 2 years ago as it happened, but I'm here now ☺️

  • @avenuex3731
    @avenuex3731 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    “Snatch Block!!!”

  • @AlipashaSadri
    @AlipashaSadri 3 ปีที่แล้ว +258

    I saw the title and the thumbnail and was like: "Duh! That's how Bandsaw blades are kept in place" (learned that from Matthias Wandel) Woodworkers ASSEMBLE! :D

    • @_rlb
      @_rlb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same here!

    • @trstquint7114
      @trstquint7114 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Exactly what I was also thinking about: my band saw. But never thought about it before in this way....

    • @earthbjornnahkaimurrao9542
      @earthbjornnahkaimurrao9542 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yes, Matthias is a wonderful physics teacher!

    • @trstquint7114
      @trstquint7114 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@earthbjornnahkaimurrao9542 Indeed.

    • @sbvera13
      @sbvera13 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You mean, "hopefully" kept in place :P

  • @marcoabduarte
    @marcoabduarte 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Mathias is amazing, i feel really Glad to see you recognizing his work.

  • @wolfkermek
    @wolfkermek 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The jiggling chains was such an intuitive visual model, amazing video yet again

  • @fabianpachano77
    @fabianpachano77 3 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    Just a recommendation, in the discretization you should use triangles instead of squares. This avoids the rotation of the individual elements at the nodes and produces a more accurate deformation of the whole system

    • @newton21989
      @newton21989 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      B E S T A G O N

    • @PaperKhaos
      @PaperKhaos 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      3TRI vs 4QUAD, reminds you of FEM

    • @inthegame1865
      @inthegame1865 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      FEM gang

  • @wouthartveld6226
    @wouthartveld6226 3 ปีที่แล้ว +277

    Steve Mould: "Heat is just molecular jiggle." 2021
    Definitely gonna remember that one😁

    • @TeslaElonSpaceXFan
      @TeslaElonSpaceXFan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Heat is just a particles movement speed. Its means, if u want reach 0K (absolute zero) u need stop all particles.

    • @kevinmcdonough9097
      @kevinmcdonough9097 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Search "Richard Feynman rubber bands" and you'll actually find a hilarious old video of the brilliant physicist explaining the rubber band phenomenon as jiggling strings. This video was clearly heavily inspired by that original. When Feynman wasn't inventing new physics, he was a huge fan of using accessible language and imagery to explain complex physics, including frequent references to jiggling atoms.

    • @Just_A_Dude
      @Just_A_Dude 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@TeslaElonSpaceXFan "Are you 0K?" "Yeah, I'm cool."

    • @hdezn26
      @hdezn26 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Just_A_Dude Nah, thats CoLD!

    • @techspot871
      @techspot871 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      My fingers have touched molecular jiggling food...and I didn't enjoy it.

  • @N1ghtR1der666
    @N1ghtR1der666 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    literally the first time i have ever followed up on a sponsor, what a good idea this blinkist is for those that want to know more but dont have the time to read! thank you

  • @anatexis_the_first
    @anatexis_the_first 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Haha, didn't expect the SNATCH BLOCK! scene with destin! :D got a good laugh out of that, thanks! Great video, man.
    On a sidenote, a video of Steve Mould anthropomorphizing random things is something we absolutely need :D

  • @ThioJoe
    @ThioJoe 3 ปีที่แล้ว +298

    With your explanation of rubber bands + the video of Richard Feynman explaining them, i think i finally get it

    • @zyansheep
      @zyansheep 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Didn't expect to see you here...

    • @Roriloty
      @Roriloty 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      doesn't expect you was here!

    • @nathanroberson
      @nathanroberson 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He is my favorite rubber band refrigerator designer. Feynman forever🌸

    • @MrDaniyalAh
      @MrDaniyalAh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Oh so the scammer is trying to learn some science now

    • @JabirAH
      @JabirAH 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Didn't expect to see you here... (3)

  • @mohammedumar1580
    @mohammedumar1580 3 ปีที่แล้ว +151

    5:14 are those the same metal beads you were using when you discovered the groundbreaking mould effect?! The greatest effect known to science.

    • @SteveMould
      @SteveMould  3 ปีที่แล้ว +97

      They are

    • @DavidGuild
      @DavidGuild 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@SteveMould Was this video just an excuse to play with them again?

    • @judgeomega
      @judgeomega 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@SteveMould you need to put those behind glass. such a historic artifact should be protected!

    • @BeheadedKamikaze
      @BeheadedKamikaze 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@judgeomega You would not have been able to experience their "molecular jiggle", were he to have done that

    • @leif1075
      @leif1075 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@SteveMould Hey you never responded to my comment on your other video. Hope you can respond when you can. Thanks.

  • @Kaanin
    @Kaanin ปีที่แล้ว

    This video helped me. The blade on my cheap, poorly made bandsaw kept slipping off due to some combination of misalignments that I couldn't quite sort out. I noticed the wheel holding the blade was flat and I remembered this video and so I used a knife and some sandpaper to reshape it to a crowned profile shape and voilà it fixed the issue!

  • @jerrywtt
    @jerrywtt 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    You’ve definitely succeeded in adding to Matthias Wandels video. Very informative and super enjoyable to watch!

    • @nenmaster5218
      @nenmaster5218 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      This Channel here reminds me of Hbomberguy;
      my Favorite Place to learn.
      Well, that and Veritsaium.

  • @bartmeeuwsen8880
    @bartmeeuwsen8880 3 ปีที่แล้ว +230

    Always get a good laugh out of Destin's snatch block clip

    • @AugustMcKenna
      @AugustMcKenna 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      SNATCH BLOCK!

    • @finnmcrae
      @finnmcrae 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I found it annoying by the end of the video 🙈

    • @mikieswart
      @mikieswart 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      SNATCH BLOCK!

    • @Robert_McGarry_Poems
      @Robert_McGarry_Poems 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      snatch block
      SNATCH BLOCK
      *SNATCH BLOCK*

    • @simontay4851
      @simontay4851 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He's not funny, he's annoying. I couldn't finish watching Destin's video about that. He's too shouty and overly dramatic.

  • @edplume7580
    @edplume7580 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    "And just for completion..." Oooh yeah. I like the way you try not to leave loose ends. Your videos are well-packaged.

  • @typebin
    @typebin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Simple yet very effective principle. I first experienced this when I made my own lathe. I needed a set of transmission pulleys and I decided to make them myself. I first tried flat ones. After few trials, I realized the belt climbs(!) the pulley and thus convex-shaped ones self-align the belt. Without any flange, it was very easy to turn with my lathe in a short time with minimal material loss. Still it worked really good. The belt slipped off only when the chuck stall accidentally with too much cutting force.

  • @at6727
    @at6727 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    i once saw ur video when this was a small channel.... but now Steve is close to 1 million!!!! congrats!!

  • @acn1580
    @acn1580 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Steve, you are by far one of the best educators on youtube. I love a lot of the popular ones, Tom Scott, Kyle Hill, Destin and Derek Muller, etc. But every video you make I find myself going "Ohhh! Of course!" at some point in time. And your curiosity and passion for things that we otherwise just kinda take for granted is infectious. Thanks for what you do.

  • @ThePlyb
    @ThePlyb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    This entire channel is basically the "why" game kids play, I love it

    • @kimarna
      @kimarna 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      "why" should always be encouraged

    • @Brib8888
      @Brib8888 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@kimarna seriously, literally all decisions should have a "why" behind them. It's my favorite thing to ask when someone gets mad at me xd

  • @rashiro7262
    @rashiro7262 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I don't know if my explanation is correct but I think the reason the band doesn't fall of is the following: the part of the rubber-band that is closer to the middle is stretched more, therefore it has to cover more distance compared to the part of the band further away from the middle. This creates and internal stress in the band that pulls it towards the middle.

  • @charlesalderman6237
    @charlesalderman6237 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Many years ago Mr. Wizard did something similar. If you connect two identical balloons with a valve, the air flows from the less inflated to the more inflated balloon. The rubber mass is more dense in the less inflated balloon, and the contraction force is greater

    • @charlesalderman6237
      @charlesalderman6237 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Similarly, the less stretched side of the rubber band is pushed toward the more stretched side

  • @likithstochastic
    @likithstochastic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Rubber band chain analogy is the best part of this video. 5:35 pretty much explains everything!

  • @superjugy
    @superjugy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +162

    "SNATCHBLOCK!" Hahahaha, I died with those clips. loved that episode.

  • @GodmanchesterGoblin
    @GodmanchesterGoblin 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was the first time I have understood how crowned pullies and belts work, and I have been aware of them for around 50 years... Great video! Thanks.

  • @sternwheeler
    @sternwheeler 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I fix old audio equipment as a hobby. Old cassette decks, turntables, open reel tape decks, etc. Crowned pulleys are common, and I’ve always known THAT they work, but now I understand why. Thank you!

  • @TheDevice9
    @TheDevice9 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    This seems entirely intuitive to me because I worked with belts and pulleys on newspaper presses and delivery systems for a long time. It was a common practice to move the belt position a bit by adding a small piece of tape to one side of the pulley. Or shift the the entire web of paper passing between press units by putting a small piece of tape on a roller that is acting as a pulley guiding the web. I always imagined it had to do with changing the diameter of the pulley on one side, making the belt 'climb' to the high side but I never thought a lot about exactly why it did this. I imagined it pulling harder on one side of the belt. It sounds like I was making it into a sort of crowned pulley, or altering the crown of a that type of pulley.

  • @jhonbus
    @jhonbus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    I hear that Continuum of Springiness are releasing a new album this year.

    • @P_Ezi
      @P_Ezi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Maybe they can get Molecular Jiggle to open for them.

    • @TheRealInscrutable
      @TheRealInscrutable 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Are they heavy metal?

    • @rogermccaslin5963
      @rogermccaslin5963 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes. Pent Up Energy is the follow up to their debut album Spring Sprang Sprung.

    • @simontay4851
      @simontay4851 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Are boing boing and twang some of the tracks.

  • @conkerthesquirrel4331
    @conkerthesquirrel4331 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    omg... the snatchblock at 6:20ish got me good. I literally laughed out loud. Didn't expect that one. Thanks for sharing your knowledge, Steve! I just instinctively click when i see your videos now. Doesn't matter what its about, my brain knows i want it :-P

  • @yoavmatia
    @yoavmatia 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    you are a brilliant science communicator! proud to be a Patreon of yours.

  • @Mike__B
    @Mike__B 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    I used to tell my students that you can actually feel the entropy change in a stretched rubber band as a temperature change, by using your lip as a thermometer as that part of your body is much more sensitive to changes in temperature. So fun to see a room of students stretching and relaxing rubber bands and claiming "I can feel it warmer/cooler!!"

    • @chaos.corner
      @chaos.corner 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Someone tried to make an elastic band refrigerator. Didn't work out too well as I recall but interesting nonetheless.

    • @kevinthealienfpv
      @kevinthealienfpv 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@chaos.corner Not sure if they were the only ones who did it, but the Myth busters did that. I remember the whole whacky contraption with tons of rubber bands designed to stretch outside the "refrigerator" and contract inside.
      I too remember it not working particularly well, but it did create a (neglible) temperature difference.

    • @chaos.corner
      @chaos.corner 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@kevinthealienfpv I looked it up. It was on the TH-cam channel "applied science".

    • @gabem949
      @gabem949 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@chaos.corner i watched a video about that a long long time ago lol

  • @mollago
    @mollago 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    "Heat is just molecular jiggle"

  • @ColMcWillis
    @ColMcWillis 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Huge fan of Matthias's builds, especially his Pantograph routers

  • @JasonBolte
    @JasonBolte 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great explanation! That makes it easy to understand now. Thanks for posting this.

  • @WarpRulez
    @WarpRulez 3 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    "When you extend it, it wants to be short again."
    "You are anthropomorphizing an inanimate object."
    "Ok, I'll put it in terms you'll understand: A shorter rubber band is energetically favorable."

    • @birdlady2725
      @birdlady2725 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think I'm a reincarnated rubber band Lol! Short....

  • @buzzzysin
    @buzzzysin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    "Atomic Jiggle" is my new favourite word for thermal energy

    • @theincapable
      @theincapable 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      What you probably mean by heat is called thermal energy in physics. Thermal energy is what is already there in contrast to heat which is the energy that is transferred.
      But the latter would also make sense for atomic jiggle / jiggling. So maybe this what you meant all along.

    • @kevinbryan9620
      @kevinbryan9620 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Atomic Jiggle sounds like a physicist's dance move

    • @birdlady2725
      @birdlady2725 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      New bumper sticker for menopausal women Lol! "Going through an increased Atomic Jiggle. Beware."

    • @buzzzysin
      @buzzzysin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@theincapable thanks, been a "hot" minute since my last physics lesson

  • @randomusername396
    @randomusername396 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I respect you so much for always trying to give credit to the other people who have also made videos about whatever the topic is. It's something not many people do on TH-cam.

  • @Aaron.Reichert
    @Aaron.Reichert 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    10 months after I origionally watched this and it just now became relevant to something I am designing for my brother.
    Thanks!

  • @mandisaplaylist
    @mandisaplaylist 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    5:18 This entropy has a name, it is called "mixing entropy". When you stretch the rubber, it unmixes (due to becoming ordered in the direction of stretching) and the heat will then remix it back.

    • @theincapable
      @theincapable 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Isn't entropy always connected to some kind of mixing / dispersion?

    • @birdlady2725
      @birdlady2725 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It is amazing. I wish I had had YT when I was young, as it seems I am understanding more by the way these show n tell ways so not so bright people like me can understand better. Thank you for taking the time to teach.

  • @tubewatcher77
    @tubewatcher77 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I was always wondering, when I saw old pictures about machines with transmission belts, why they wouldn't slip off easily. Because I couldn't see a rim on the wheels.

  • @kennethsizer6217
    @kennethsizer6217 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Was NOT expecting the SNATCH BLOCK cameo. ❤❤❤
    That made my day!

  • @derrickj.freeman276
    @derrickj.freeman276 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for this explanation of a concept.

  • @ZopcsakFeri
    @ZopcsakFeri 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Matthias Wandel's video is so old it's Mouldy now! :D
    But I do remember his explanation back then and it was fantastic! He basically tele-fixed my bandsaw! He is the most underrated youtuber that has ever existed, more people should be aware of his works

  • @nizarch22
    @nizarch22 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You can see he's starting to get into creating prototypes of concepts more and more frequently as time moves on. Everyone loves that.

  • @SinisterCity
    @SinisterCity 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The clips of Destin was hilarious. Love both of your channels.

  • @chriscubbernuss3288
    @chriscubbernuss3288 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This was a great collaboration with Destin. You guys should work together more often.

  • @atuttle
    @atuttle 3 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    SNATCH BLOCK! Also, Bandsaws use crowned pulleys on the wheels.

    • @ps.2
      @ps.2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Does this really work with a bandsaw? As the video demonstrates, the self-centering property seems to be caused by elasticity, and bandsaws have very little of that.

    • @fewwiggle
      @fewwiggle 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wheels?

    • @atuttle
      @atuttle 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ps.2 They may be there for different reasons, but bandsaw wheels are definitely crowned.

    • @martinusmagneson
      @martinusmagneson 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@ps.2 The bands of a bandsaw are very elastic, you're just not strong enough to notice :)

    • @Lizlodude
      @Lizlodude 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@ps.2 Everything is elastic if you try hard enough ;)

  • @DrakiniteOfficial
    @DrakiniteOfficial 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Steve, you are so good at taking complex phenomena and explaining them with easy to understand, real world analogies and models. You're one of my favorite creators. Thanks for being such a great educator and making such fantastic content.

  • @mliittsc63
    @mliittsc63 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Funny, I've thought about this before in the context of the leather belts that were used up until the early 20th century in industrial or farm machinery, and never created a satisfying answer for myself. Until I looked at the thumbnail for this video and saw that the belt was a rubber band. I just never thought of the leather belt as being elastic. If you think about the friction increasing as the band moves toward the center it makes perfect sense.

  • @cthecheese1620
    @cthecheese1620 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Those "SNATCH BLOCK!" clips were golden. I've only been able to say "SNATCH BLOCK!" two times in real life, but I swear I will do it every time I can.

  • @williamreynolds6132
    @williamreynolds6132 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I pictured Destin getting a good laugh out of this video. You’re both so great at presenting a topic/concept.

  • @Myopicvisions
    @Myopicvisions 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    As a woodworker, I learned about this when I bought my first bandsaw. The wheels are "crowned" and we adjust the angle of one of the wheels to center the part of the blade we want to ride on the crown.

    • @DanHoke
      @DanHoke 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's interesting to me that this works even though the bandsaw blade is a fairly rigid structure.

    • @garethbaus5471
      @garethbaus5471 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@DanHoke most 2x72 belts are also pretty stiff.

    • @legionofanon
      @legionofanon 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Horizontal band saws are just like vertical saws, but with a twist

  • @electronale
    @electronale 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    thank you so so so much for this! i was looking for this kind of pulley for my 3dprinter belt. now they dont slip from the gantry! thank you so much!

  • @nonelost1
    @nonelost1 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This explains why some vacuums have roller brushes like this. The belt never slips off.

  • @kenf2662
    @kenf2662 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    We have been crowning wheels for bandsaw blades for years, amazing how engineering works

  • @guilhermetorresj
    @guilhermetorresj 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    4:57 That explanation kinda of fits most of what happens in our universe, if you think about it.

  • @Hahahahaaahaahaa
    @Hahahahaaahaahaa 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    There's no reason why this should be so interesting. Well done!

  • @testiesmcgee9019
    @testiesmcgee9019 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Matthias is an incredible creator. I love his vaned extraction blowers etc

  • @CuriousDoc
    @CuriousDoc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Cheers for the blinkist recommendation Steve. I sometimes skip over sponsored content but I found blinkist really useful over the past few months to digest content :)

  • @tjlambaes
    @tjlambaes 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    As someone who has built conveyors for years I will say that crown pulleys are very important in keeping the belts running true.

  • @slimslimonstar8454
    @slimslimonstar8454 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Lots of conveyor belts at work have a crowned side, but this explaination of that is pretty cool.

  • @altoidyoda
    @altoidyoda 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    As soon as I saw this I thought of Matthias Wandel. I've watched every single one of his videos at least 3 times. Marathoned his content multiple times.

  • @soreg666alex
    @soreg666alex 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    5:00
    I heard "elastic bands are made of rubber witches" and was like "what?"

    • @cemcankaya6178
      @cemcankaya6178 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Issa "pöllymar"

    • @bleepbloop269
      @bleepbloop269 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      😂 same and I can’t unhear it

    • @PadraigTomas
      @PadraigTomas 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Does he mean the sort of witch that wears rubber? Isn't that kinda weird?

  • @GrubbyZebra
    @GrubbyZebra 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I always knew these were self-centering (since seeing them on my hoover), now I know why!

  • @that_one_dude_3541
    @that_one_dude_3541 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    you're so close to one million subs! cant wait for your milestone!!

  • @AntonioClaudioMichael
    @AntonioClaudioMichael 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very intriguing video and awesome explanation

  • @thevisionary2007
    @thevisionary2007 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Steve: Snatchblock
    My brain:SNATCHBLOCK!!
    A few Milliseconds later...
    Dustin: SNATCHBLOCK!!

  • @radicalxedward8047
    @radicalxedward8047 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I hate when reviewers, science channels, etc say they avoid covering stuff other people have already covered.
    I watch that channel because I like the way they explain things or their presentation style or because I wouldn’t think to learn about that topic otherwise, etc. like I never would have thought to look up an 11 year old video about crowned pulleys but it’s an interesting thing.
    I wish youtubers would just talk about stuff they find interesting rather than worrying so much about what other youtubers are doing.

    • @SteveMould
      @SteveMould  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Interesting perspective, thank you. I'm going to take that on board.

  • @2000heshe
    @2000heshe 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    where have you been in my school days, beautiful job

  • @bartk07
    @bartk07 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    From the bandsaw to the entropy in 8 minutes. Brilliant!