Testing a Lego-compatible Steel Axle
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ก.พ. 2019
- I bought a stainless steel axle and tested how well it performs in a simple Lego hoist.
How much better is it compared to a normal Lego plastic axle? Enjoy!
The axle specs:
Lego Technic compatible
19 Lego-studs long
stainless steel
bought from Brick Machine Shop on BrickLink (obsolete) store.bricklink.com/Eezo?item...
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"Give me a Lego motor, and I shall move the earth." - Aristotle
...... that wasn't Aristotle. that was Archimedes.
"Give me a place to stand and I will move the earth"
Edit: for all you undereducated twats trying to woosh me.... Get of Reddit, read a book, have a Coke, a smile, and shuddafackup
I have never seen a more intelligent quote in my life
give me a lever
long enough
and i can move
the world
With reliable wireing.
@@Lenny-nl1ce yea thats it my dad always uses it when I say he doesnt have enough strength.
"How am I to test the true power of my creation when the rest of the equipment keeps breaking around it?"
Simple way is buy an erectors set made of metal. Complex way, learn cad / cam and cnc machine a whole lego compatable gear box
Upgrade the rest of the equipment
@@vipervidsgamingplus5723 until the original creation breaks
When you only upgrade one Piece of gear
Imagine the day he finds steel lego bricks and gears. This man will make a fully working full scale elevator
Powered by 2 tini tiny lego motors
Cyberspino yes.
it is possible, only who would ride an elevator moving 0.01mm/s xD
how original.
Ecto Gaming 20 cargo elevator lmao
I was laughing harder every time the rope was upgraded. I legit thought we were gonna have to go all the way to carbon-nanotubes.
Chouci Vang e
Same. That was hilarious!
Yeah, I could just hear the SHIZA
@@KyoShinda457 "JOJO! TAKE MY LAST OF HAMON!!"
I didnt realy got it was he testing the rope or the metal gear?😂
You gotta love how the problem is not trying to get enough force , no, it’s trying to keep the line the force is being applied to from snapping .
Mr sans undertale funny eyes man*
Sansational.
That's engineering baybeeee, the problems you deal with are always the dumb shit you never wanted to deal with lol
Yes
Oh lord, if he gets steel gears on his hands, we'll have damn flat tvs.
DGD Alt they have them in the shop
i looked up "steel lego gears"
and i found lego metal gear solid
umm....
TheSupremePotato close enough
@@thesupremepotato7850 Metal? Gear?
Psycho Mantis?
*rope snaps, gets out 1mm stainless*
Me: oh, no...
*1mm snaps, gets out 2mm*
Me: You gonna be shitting me...
2mm: **breaks**
Him: fine *carbon nanotubes* it is
Ha lol
carbon nanotubes: **breaks**
Him: FINE **brings nuclear paste**
me: ,._. oh fv
yeah I was expecting him to just pull out like 3 cm stainless steel tubes
1% steel axle
69% wire changing
30% gears
nice
The normal plastic axle wouldve broke before 70kg
Nice
nice.
No this is wrong it should be 99% stuff and 1% other stuff
Appreciate the graph at the end, thanks
was just about to say! It's great to see the data quantified like that.
Ye loved it too
But the connected line 👀. A trend line would be better presentation as we all learned. Also multiple trials and data points would help solidify the trend and eliminate statistical noise
@@guitarfreak12396 Yea, if you wouldn't mind paying him to break some more in the process of finding averages. Each of those steel axles is $7-10
And with black background
If it continues like this, in 2 years he builds nuclear reactors from LEGO.
Right now he's just trying to find the right materials for it
Hey, a scout has done it.
5uperM it was with actual components though, not legos wtf lol
Few people know this, but the Large Hadron Collider is built out of LEGOs.
Y e s
A metal lego imagine stepping on that
I'd rather not.
So it's basically a knife
Hospital for sure
*Slowmotion LEGO Yoda Death Noise*
Well that's the Legos in hell
Lego motor: I am limited by the technology of my time
This guy: hold my determination
You know, the most impressive thing to me is that the lego pieces actually didn't break from this much weight on that rod.
ikr
Ikr, that thing lifted more than i weigh!
The lego pieces
Is a
*PAID ACTOR...*
LEGO is without a doubt some of the highest quality toys you can buy. The tolerances on the product of LEGO are insanely tight, they are really serious about making the best toys they possibly can and making them as close to perfect as possible every time.
@@NATIK001 The tolerances may be tight, but its also whats chipping my fingers when a two by one gets stuck on another two by one
I think we all know what you need now…
… Metal Gear
This is already a weapon to surpass metal gear!
But would the gear be solid?
@@ScrotalSands YOU BET YOUR ASS IT'S SOLID!
solid
Functioning Metal Gear Rex built with Lego
Steel Axle: *And this is to go even FURTHER BEYOND!!!*
All the other equipment: "That damned Steel Axle. How many Times is he going to break our limits?!"
HAAAAAAAA THIS, THIS IS SUPER STEEL AXLE 3
Eh....What....he doing?
plus ultra?
I actually read "Steel Axe" on the title, so I watched the whole thing wondering when those legos would become an axe. Mildly satisfied.
"A string that can hold up to 33kg"
*breaks at 22*
"uh, so that was a fucking lie"
It's probably because of how tight the rope was being wrapped around the rod and the tightness of the knots. When ropes bend really sharp such as in the boline it'll break there or melt there before other areas in the rope. Certain knots are safer because of that
@@SDKlimber yeah, those ratings are only valid at a certain minimum corner radius
DAMN, just 11 KG shy.
Everyone else beat me to it, but because the rope is twisting over itself, over and over, you create a really sharp angle where it can and will break/rip/tear easier.
If you want a really good example, if you get a "flat" but durable rock, throw it, hit, whatever you want, very tough to break.
And then you put it so only half of it is hanging off of a table, and the other half is on the table, have a 5 year old come on over and he can probably break it with his *incredible might*.
Angles are OP. If you get a piece of paper, try to pull it apart, very difficult. Turn it 90 degrees, pull apart, easy tear. Physics :o
That rope probably is measured to sustain at most 35kg but they advertise 33kg as sometimes the rope comes out of slightly lower quality (not all ropes are equal), and they advertised "Max" because, as you see above, that's not an indication of where the rope breaks (if at a sharp degree/angle, different temperatures, humidity comes into effect when pushing something to it's extremes, etc. Good example of humidity would be difference in strength of wet and not wet rope, imagine a wooden branch. Have you ever tried snapping a dry branch and a semi-equal wet branch? Hint: dry branch snaps like a toothpick, wet branch you are better of cutting because that hoe ain't breaking. Bending? maybe.. breaking? nope).
"Lifting a Person with only a Lego Crane"-Video Please!
Lego Elevator in real life?
@@dra6o0n "Real Life Lego elevator powered by 10 Engines"
5:21 Well I guess its time for more Steel Axles
It can lift me
I second this!
Wait, he really broke a Steel wire with lego? Damn.
Nobody like this comment anymore!!!!
@@yulianairaisortizlira8078 why?
@@thehaloscrolls391 there was 69 likes
@@yulianairaisortizlira8078
130 now
"Hello, LEGO? Yes, I have this issue. I am using a 1mm steel wire and your plastic shit keeps ripping it. Yeah... yeah... u-huh... well yeah the next attempt was 100kg, or almost. Yeah... no... well it did NOT say on tje box it was not ment to be able to compete with construction grade winches. Yes... yeah ages 6 and up... no... well label it then! I mean if General Motors can do it, Scania can do it, so can you! Right. Uh-huh. Yes well it does not say "not to be used in outer space" so I am going for that next, thanks for the tip. Bye." *click*
well done.
underrated
At the Gym: „Dude, even a LEGO Crane lifts more than you!“
thats actually pretty sad lol
Ouch, that's quite the zinger
Holy shit the thing could almost lift me.
@@ultralowspekken If i recall correctly he has made stuff that pulls like 120 kg actually.
@@Mini-z1994 well then, that would lift me once and a fifth more.
Everyone : come on its just plastic
Lego : YOU UNDERSTIMATE MY POWER
Don’t try it anakin !
Obi wan Kenobi AAAAAAAAA
Ive learned more about mechanical engineering from lego than my college!
(Nokia be like) U dare appose me mortal
Lego: all of this AND I'M ONLY USING 20% OF MY POWER
3:06
Achievement Unlocked:
Getting an Upgrade
that's Minecraft related
@@zettaton yes it is
Also it achievement get not achievement unlocked, its a reference to super mario sunshine
@@tl1882 bro, have you ever used an Xbox? It's always been Achievement Unlocked.
@@readalotknowalot on pc
Everyone: These creations are so hard!
Him: Just add those gears...
I'm scared of what you can do with a completely steel set of legos
Does this exist?
if u have tools u can make it exist. Just enough drill work with a certain diameter drill or just melt steel and cast in forms and u will have it.
It did exist. The online shop was closed for legal reasons. Lego sued them.
@@user-yb5cn3np5q Lego shouldn't have won that, their thing is made from a polymer, the other's was metal, not alike at all except maybe in looks, but that's surely not enough, apparently the court must have ruled otherwise, but doesn't mean they were right.
Sennaxm71 I’m pretty sure it’s because the design of Lego bricks are patented
Buys 2mm stainless steel wire
Clerk: What are you using this for?
Uh, its complicated
Spice Rice seems like a common thing that one might buy
@@andrewzhang1290 ik it's just my attempt to be funny lol
@@spicerice8116 did u say it for likes??
@@qwertyki9367 na I'm just not funny lol
I realize that youve probably never needed wire personally, so you would personally think its odd. Thats the humor in things, the personal viewpoint and how it conforms to your own. Its funny to somebody is all im saying dude friend.
I think having specialized steel bricks would be something I’m so down for. It would be great to see some Technic RC cars that can have enough speed to run on a highway like those high grade hobby rcs since plastic friction axels causing meltdowns would not be a problem, allowing lego RCs to have no limits
He lifted an entire person with F***ING LEGOS. "Mission passed. Respect"
Imagine falling down a well, and someone lifting you out with this thing
Will Oakes 😂😂🤣🤣 I would LOL in relief!
It is scary that it is actually possible
im only 62 kilos this could lift me lol
And you had to wait until he finished building it before he lifted you out lol
I'm 100 kg, better lose some weight just in case
Slowly but surely all lego, except the engine, will be replaced with steel
The Lego motors have plastic gears inside of them that'll need to be replaced. Then he can boost the power going to the motor, until the next point of failure is found.
@@DM-sm2ke the next point of failure will be the wooden frame
Steampunk style
Its called Meccano.
Yea, but thats the last one you would replace with steel
When you make a contraption out of legos so strong it bends literal steel
5:10 reminds me of the laugh of the dude that's like "OH NO NO NO NO NO, LOOK AT THE TOP OF HIS HEAD"
Are you seriously saying that one lego motor, stepped up with enough lego gears, could lift an entire person, and then some??
Very slowly
Yes, but only if you are very careful, any bounces or sideways movement would cause the entire thing to fail. Mechanical advantage using pulleys and gears can do amazing things.
yes but worm drives dont give enough torque that is the trade off.
I mean.... Technically a person can lift a planet, given that they have a long enough lever.
yes when its one but it has extreme diminishing returns this very channel proved that the regular gears give far more torque
steel rod bent
lego gears teeth slightly damaged
lego 1: steel 0
@Steve Brincat r/woooosh
@@wojtekpolska1013 You don't get to woosh, that's not how woosh works. Youre banned
@@candlestyx8517 that is how woooosh work, Josuto made a joke and Steve ruined fun saying all weight was on steel rod.
btw. r/itiswooooshwith4os
@@wojtekpolska1013 The woosh is for people who don't get the joke, and also this isn't reddit, so stop linking subreddits.
@@derdeutschewitz698 dude thease subs were made to post them when someone do dumb mistake, also you are one who dont get the joke - Josuto made a joke and Steve didnt understand it, so only dude who could be wooooshed is Steve
5:21 "Focus here..."
5:25 "Now focus here..."
5:29 "Focus on everything."
String: breaks
Motor: WHY MUST YOU FAIL ME SO OFTEN?
AYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
More like testing lego compatible steel wire
subbin everyone here that subs me bcz my bird is dead
@@abracara birds fucking suck
John Batts ok stop, idc that his bird is dead or about subs, but birds are the best pet ever, smartest and longest living thing you can get in your house and it can fly.
@@brettknapp9756 Everyone in TH-cam is a kid these days?
@@brettknapp9756 nah, birds suck and just live to shit on things from up high and make ugly noises. And they're incredibly stupid. If they were smart, they would use some evolution points and become dinosaurs again.... But alas, bird brains....
Just as the white yarn snapped I said to my self
„Ugh just use steel wire“
BEC: *whips out steel wire and proceeds snapping that too*
And then uses a freaking cable!
I'm so glad someone's gone to the effort of doing this. Thankyou. All the lego questions I didn't know I had, asnwered
I could build a tree, a tree house, and a tree house elevator, all out of LEGO and it would be glorious
This is about to get crazy
we need to give them what they want...
i like it
this is only getting started lego can hold a lot of weight
th-cam.com/video/1ySReBNDJBg/w-d-xo.html
I love the image of you having to repeatedly go into your hardware store to get tougher and tougher rope, just use braided steel wire
EDIT: oh, you did...
I think it's more about how nothing likes being bent around a radius that tight esp when there are sharp edges, you need something like tight fitting smooth metal sleeve to cover it
Also there are a lot more supports in your plastic bar test, the poor (now bent) stainless bar is blowing in the breeze in comparion
The one thing I've learned from this channel is, overall the more gears the better.
1965 people cut heads
2029 using Lego to tear bodies
Now do ALL steel axles, and multiple lifting points ;)
And lift a person
@@Henrix1998 This could already lift few kids.
or titanium
@@davidkinkade3884 it's realy expensive, otherwise he could do it
Try a salt wire
the fact that Lego can lift human weight turns the head
Why? It all depends on gearing. It could lift the Eifel tower with enough time.
@@txm100 This turned my head twice.
@@txm100 yes but you need *a lot* more lego bricks to support all that weight.
@@faselblaDer3te rip
Go to Zerobricks's channel, he made a lego 8x8 that could pull a small car
This dude is hilarious without saying a single word, his editing and motions alone are hilarious
Great video. Now I've discovered this and I'll use Lego stuff for gearbox of my RC scale tanks !
One strong boi vs one determined boi
centuries music video
Where is the fluffy Boi?!
5:16 me trying to keep my life together
underrated comment!
Gold
2:02 me trying to keep my life together
at least it keeps working
Absolutely underrated
Wow, this lego thing could have actually lifted me up!
Holy moly!
The fact that that little motor can literally pick me up is exciting
Everybody laughing until you realize this could pick a person up
With very thin safety margin, but I think this should be demonstrated.
Not me. Im about 120kgs
Hey boi I'm 8 hundred pounds
Well I'm 70kgs. I could be willing to make a demostration
I am 84kg, i am suprised and confused at the same time by legos now😂
Despite one of the pieces being steel, the extremely strong lego plastic holding the whole aparatus up is fairly impressive
Nicely said, *Pinkie Pie.*
want to start a flame war, pinky?
That is because all the legos are loaded in compression while the steel axel is loaded in sheer. Make a LEGO box and then stand on it. Then hold a much weight as you can and stand on it. The way legos are designed lends them to compression loading.
A standard LEGO brick can hold up to 600 lbs.
@@jimmylu9208 Up to 600 without deforming ?
Wow.. I actually learned something and had a laugh here! Nice demonstration!
Ah yes a complicated System of levers and pullies, my favorite(3:20)
2:03 thought I was watching how to basic for a second there
XD
That hand movement is so cute, honestly
Same
That? That right there was kiwami japan.
It's his brother, his more chill and calculating brother
That could literally lift me and my medium sized Golden Retriever.
It could lift a fully grown adult male
it can lift a fully overgrown (fat) adult male .
He should make this into the motor of a grapple hook. Mythbusters did a grapple hook motor test and it was super huge and bulky. Imagine the compact little motor we could use to lift us if we used this stuff.
Did somebody say, birthmark?
My favorite part was watching everything break before a proper result could be achieved. That's the fun part of experimenting, you never know how something is going to work before you try it.
I’m mad impressed how strong Lego gears are!! 😮
i too, remember playing with titanium axels and seeing how much pressure they could withstand before everythingblew up, as a kid
start working with planetary/sun gear setups. you can get insane ratios and the stresses are evenly distributed
@@krisg822 LoL plastic has been proven many time to work in planetary gear sets.
@@krisg822 th-cam.com/video/b6cDOyxub8w/w-d-xo.html
Germany screw gears offer a lot of torque, I mean alot.
Summarize many mechanical subject s ,,gear ratio ,, mechanical testing ,, material properties, design,, lubrication,,,very good video for teaching
Awesome videos man I love the editing.
Get a machinist to make you a steel Lego set
that would be copyright infringement
applemacHATER
The designLEGO bricks was protected under a patent that had fully expired by 2011. The expiration of the patent means that anyone can make variations of parts that are similar to LEGO parts and make money off of it. In this case, we’re talking about making parts similar to LEGO parts, but made of metal instead of plastic. Regardless of how you look at it, it’s well within anyone’s right to make such a product so long as it’s not called simply “LEGO” but “lego style” or “lego-compatible” is fine.
Also, to point this out ahead of time, LEGO has tried to extend the patent and has made an attempt to trademark their products. On both attempts they were unsuccessful and were told they are not allowed to trademark their bricks due to the rules and regulations of how a trademark works.
@@NotXanthoceras i am aware patents run out and are costly to renew for some reason, but either way, i was jokin, ive built plenty of rip-off rc model planes and i enjoy the fact ive copied the design. lol
applemacHATER
Thanks for clarification, it’s hard to tell the intent/tone of what someone is saying through text alone.
mechano….
These axles are critical for some of my larger projects. The shear strength alone warrants their use! Thanks for letting me know the other benefits!
Oh so there is more of you, I thought this was an isolated case.
@Zombian The first: I’m not sure I understand...
I didn't understand why you were getting such good results with your plastic axle against the metal one until I noticed:
1. You have the weight spread out over two points on the plastic one.
2. The spacing between supports was longer for the metal one.
So, divide the results by two, and then again probably by three, for more comparable testing, meaning the plastic is probably only ~1/12th as strong, not half. Without measuring the distance I don't know, but it's definitely wider, which makes a difference expedentially.
“Honey a nuke is about to hit us”
“Don’t worry. Just get my LEGO set and I’ll build us a nuclear bunker”
This is more interesting than everything I've ever learned at school
Taikamuna why the hell are you everywhere
Maybe you chose the wrong field to study >.>
That's because school isn't about learning, it's about passing a stupid test and forgetting it again
That's sad
So true..
And there I thought 'what's the purpose of adding more gear ratio? Isn't it somehow useless?'
Andd then BAM! I was wrong! Makes me wonder what I learned from school is actually useful in life.. 😂😂
It's hard to belive how strong legos are, no wonder that it's your foot thats getting destroyed, not the lego
@@dodecahedron1 How fucking fat are people where you live??
@@darkinlp3300 Why would legos being designed for 500kg of pressure have anything to do with how much poeple weigh where he lives?
@@darkinlp3300 The average weight in europe is 70 kg, 5 times 70 equals 350.
500 > 350.
I fail to see the problem.
@@blazeblade3906 The average adult person weights 62kg, 500kg would be 8 times of that. 310kg is quite a difference from 500kg, you know.
@@_Snuker_ Because no place on earth has people that weigh 100kg on average.
I just discovered this channel and it's fascinating!!!
i wish i knew how to use gears and such! love your videos
[Strained Lego creaking noises]
Oh Hi jaska its corgi
When your toy can lift more than me xD
Oh no a crane is dying!
[Screams in LEGO]
wtf. That tiny toy lego motor can lift me up!!?!
Mad respect for motors.
A fucking lego motor.... ok What....
Should be mad respect for gear ratios. That’s the magic happening here
Theoretically you could even lift up your car with this motor
@@soulraizor1 theoretically even earth
@@nobodynew8128 Nope, because the gravity is pointing normal to earth and up and down is defined by it.
your videos are so funny cut, even without a single word :D
I love how the part is fully just trying to get something strong enough to test with not testing the axel yet
I think what impresses me the most is the insane amounts of stress you put on these things. There's just that insane crackling sound from all that stress just before something breaks.
He doesn’t want to accept that it’s too powerful.
This video really drives home how much force his creations undergo
More like testing protectice covers and strings. Awesome video man!
If you managed to make all gears, axles and bricks out of steel... Imagine the possibilities!
Full size lego electric car 😎😎
@@romantom8101 I agree. It's not LEGO then, it isn't comparable, and pointless for this channel. He replaced the axle to steel to try to get an A to B comparison from his other videos since that was one of the earliest failure modes (same with the twine). If you change everything to not LEGO, then it's not LEGO, and it shouldn't be on this channel. There are other channels for that. You can get a HUGE variety of metal gears (100's of different grades of steel, aluminum, brass, etc.) that are way better designed than the Lego gear profile. They make gears for every specific situation you can think of. There is a reason people dont put LEGO gears in anything other than LEGO MOC. These are good for (relatively) low torque, low speed, low impact situations.
@@romantom8101 That ruins the entire experiment tho. If all the Lego pieces were made out of a different material, such as steel, then it would still be Lego
Alex Dodge If all of the lego pieces were made of steel, they wouldn’t fit together very well... and then you’d just be playing with ordinary metal gears and shafts
@@DangItshere Simply put Tesla.
This is some pretty epic content, keep it up
0:02
That is quite possibly the best opening joke you've ever made. XD
2:02 _frustrates in Lego_
That's racist
@@vincentdreemurr i am offenset by your irrespponsible use of this therm
@@cristianmurgociu4569 that's intolerant.
@@iminsecurebut1215 XD
Cristian Murgociu bruh u fail english or something?
Can we just acknowledge the fact that lego can lift 100+ Kg’s?
Aka a full grown adult
@@CarlJohnson-mf4qd adults even weigh averagely way below 100kg
@@katchper948 say that to americans
Funny because Americans don't know what kilograms are
@@XynRemained lol
The fact a single lego motor can lift me is awesome!
Beautiful editing
Any lego contraption this guy makes is a weapon to surpass metal gear
Even though it was a plastic gear, imagine if it was metal gear
Obsidian Crown solid
5:35 Panther's transmision when driver tries to use neutral drive (1944 Colorised)
All those moments when the wires and tubing broke is funny.
wow, amazing how just a few pieces of plastic in the right spot changes the proportion of force applied so much
The passive aggression in this video is astounding 🤣
No I think it's just aggression lol
The whole time I was screaming for him to use parachute cord.
Actually, it wouldn't fair that well either, all the strong lines are not very flexible, here we see failure from flexing, not standard breakage.
Also too thick
Isnt it tension tho ?
why do i love watching this so much ?
Why am I watching this at 2 A.M. I’ve never seen a lego video in my life but youtube still knows what I’ll like 😯
I want to recommend using bumpers to cover the axles, so the gears cant slip
I came here to say this. The fast and loose fingers crossed spacing methods here made me so anxious
Tabris exceptional iq
Imagine him inventing an elevator. The terrified audiences faces, when they learn, that 10 people are lifted by 2 small motors, which can fit in your hand :D
Upd: wow, thanks for all the upvotes. My first ever comment which got so popular
TheGuy very slow elevator
And lego bricks xd
1 millimeter per hour
Technically possible. But it will be the slowest elevator *ever*
I have a feeling with about 30-40 xl motors or 60-80 m motors it would be at a decent speed but the real trick would be making the platform as well as getting it approved by an elevator inspector
This was so entertaining compared to the other ones.
I loved this so much
Everyone: wow thats cool how is he Engineering al this stuff
2:28 MEHRZWECK-SCHNUR
its a german, riddle solved
He's actually Finnish, you see it in his About secrion
Schnur(шнур) - means "rope" on Russian lol
It's not too hard, just gears upon gears upon gears, obviously you need to know how to fit them but that's more LEGO knowledge than engineering
GERMAN ENGINEERING IS THE BEST IN THE WORLD!
@@guyinbluu what I was waiting for