This guy is a legend! I vividly remember his shows in the early 90's. Back then I was a 10/11 year old Dutch kid with only a limited understanding of the English language and there were no subtitles. Nevertheless, Tim and Rex managed explain the basics of how things work. I don't know why, but somehow I can hear "this is recorded on sticky tape and rust" as if I'm watching that episode right now. 😄
I really love playing with everything mechanical and electrical . I watched your videos 4 times. At least. I now the way must of those systems works But it’s still a pleasure to look at you explaining the Hole thing again. I made a long trip to visit the watch museum and the automated musical instruments, also amazing. I went to this museum and it was closed. For maintenance. But after they learned that my trip was more than 8 hours of plane plus few more by train to reach Suizerland they reopened the museum just for me for free. I was the happiest men on earth.
I have no want to meet ANY "celebrity". A bit of a disdain for most of them actually. I'd PAY to spend a couple hours touring Tim's shop and absorbing everything he had to impart. His videos are some of the absolutely best content available. And he imparts his knowledge for free! Thank you SO much and PLEASE continue, as is comfortable and enjoyable, to keep educating so many of us who absorb every video like a sponge. Oh how I wish I had such instruction as a child.
I've always wanted to do something with pneumatics - the action is so satisfying! You can get oil free compressors pretty cheaply nowadays - I think they use two or more diaphragms to avoid any friction surfaces that need lubricating
I have several oilless piston type compressors, all salvaged from wrecked cars with air suspension. One has been my tire inflator for the past 20 years, been run until it was smoking hot numerous times, generally abused, and still works like new. Most of them have an integrated solenoid bleed valve that's handy too.
Or compressors from used fridges and A/C units - They can be used either as a compressor or as a vacuum pump. However they won't last long without proper lubrication applied directly into the intake air...
As a maker, mad scientist, amateur scientist, professional engineer, and so on and so forth, I can hardly express how much your shows, both old and new, have enritched my life. Thank you!❤
You remind me so much of my grandfather. He was so smart and always in his shop devising clever devices of all sorts. He built a elevator in his house in later years and used paddle wheel pump and cold creek water to cool his house back in the 40's.
Tim mentioned vacuum bellows used in cars - my Land Rover used to have its cruise control throttle mechanism controlled that way. One might remember the old distributor vacuum advance too. The vacuum tube system for moving items around is used in the nuclear industry for moving radioactive canisters around quickly and without human contact (I forget but there is a university department in America that has a system that runs over a huge distance between labs). Perhaps Tim mentioned it but pneumatic systems work well in 'explosive' environments where the risk from an electrical spark would be a real problem! What a brilliant video - we are so lucky he is still broadcasting albeit on RUclips!
Great to see you back, I remember your TV series when we were all younger, and have loved your practical approach to passing on your knowledge and experiences ever since. Thank you...
I turned thirty last year. I really struggle to know who I am or what I want to do with my life. The one thing I've always been fascinated by, but for most of my life struggled with, was creation. Telling stories, making THINGS, anything at all, even pointless things. But so much that I've considered doing has been too complicated to even approach. Too scary to even research. The Secret Life Of vids are so satisfyingly done, spectacularly well explained to help demystify what might as well be magic if you don't look under the hood. Just want to say thank you for these. Really helps to show that taking the first steps into things like this isn't so hard at all.
Great to see Tim back doing at what he does best, entertaining through technology. I am still loving the Secret Life series as much I did when I was a kid. Absolutely brilliant.
8:35 Oh my I remember playing that one in London last year during September! I still have the 'nuclear waste' as a memento to the wonderful time I had. Thank you for your service Tim. Greetings from Germany!
Very good! I had a Ford that had pneumatic windscreen wipers, powered from the intake manifold vacuum. They stopped when going up-hill, due to a lowered vacuum!
I remember those - you had to slip the clutch and briefly rev the engine to get a quick wipe going uphill in the rain. VW had a system which worked off the air in the spare tyre. If you had to fit the spare then you had no wipers so I guess that Ford's method was less bad than the VW.
Wow, I had no idea you had more shows out! I have entire series of The Secret Life of Machines saved! As soon as i finished watching, I donated! I'm a Machine Operator at a factory and Pneumatics are used *extensively* both on the machine I run and elsewhere in the facility. They even have air-powered pumps called 'Sandpipers'.
A genius. Lucky enough for us that he lives in Suffolk. Rex Garrod and Tim reflected true English inventiveness with that edge of strangeness! Rest in peace Rex, but long live (Sir) Tim!
Ah, a new Tom Hunkin Video! The Magic of Your Shows are Still There! You are the Common-Man's Treasure! I have been watching and following you since I was a young man, and we are kindred spirits in Tinkering! Even though I have been in industry and around pneumatics, I learned a few new things (as usual!). So thank You! When you pass, and go to heaven, may you have a fully outfitted-shop attached to a McMaster Carr warehouse!
As a child, I loved Tim and Rex in The Secret Life of Machines. As an adult, I'm in disbelief the YT algorithm did me such a solid as to show me this great man is still at it 35 years later!
A million things to watch on RUclips and I have already watched this particular episode at least6-8 times, not to mention how many times I have watched all Mr. Hunkins videos. I wish Rex was still here to be involved.
In all the time I have worked with pneumatics, there is only one hard and fast rule which has held true... the ideal gas law is a suggestion, Bernoullis principles are are a rule of thumb. However... "Whichever style of quick connect you bought, it isn't that one. Nor is the other style you have downstairs... it will always be the other kind that you didn't know existed until just now." holds true.
I hope to one day visit this arcade. These videos are so much more helpful than many others on YT. I love how it just comes down to his decades of practical experience (and it's broken up according to how he approaches making these machines).
Age counts big time. Unfortunately, most of the youtube makers are young (that in itself isn't a bad thing), but wisdom and experience is considerable more dense in older engineers!
I've been in engineering for 21 years, I should have been shown this as a training video as an apprentice! You've taught me things about components that we use but never really understood 😊
Fantastic stuff all round Tim, I remember watching you years ago on 'The secret life of... ' Your creations are brilliant! Thanks for all your videos and explanations.
Tim!! SO glad to see you again. I've shared a lovely many hours viewing your videos, new and old, with my aging father, as something to do with him that he laughs so heartily with. Thank you. You've reminded us both of my childhood with him, watching both weird British TV stuff (we're American) and these wonderful educational videos by very clever people in those times. It actually reminds me a lot of many other RUclips creators I've discovered lately, including yourself. Thank you very much. We love you and appreciate all your work, back then and now. You deserve all success possible.
I wish I could give you two thumbs up. I really enjoyed the secret life of machines years ago. It was my favorite TV show. Thank you for creating this series of videos to pass on your knowledge to those younger mechanically inclined folks today!
Tim, what a joy to watch this episode! I really like your clock in the London Zoo and can imagine the troubles you had to keep it running. 15 years outside is a challenge on it's own. I designed and build a lot too and experienced that time will wear stuff out eventually especially in harsh conditions like production lines or outside. I would try a Hydrovane compressor. They're not that expensive and are very durable. I own one for 20 years now and it never let me down. I buy a maintenance kit every year or so with a new air filter and new oil. Maybe a tip. Thank you for sharing all your knowledge and wonderful projects with us. All the best, Job
Thanks Tim for yet another brilliant insight in everyday items. Always entertaining and informative. Lovely to see the dedication to Rex & Graham. Watched your TV programmes when you were on C4. Under the pier show & Southwold are well worth a visit, you'll not be disappointed.
Thanks Tim. I'd not really thought about pneumatics for a long time. I had some pneumatic lego when I was a kid but that's really the only time I've played with it. Maybe I'll start using it in some projects now your video has refreshed my memory of it.
I had the early Lego Technic or Tech Set as it was then so I missed out on the pneumatic Lego Technic. Do they still include it in any sets or is everything screw jack driven?
I watched Secret Life series years ago and missed it when it went off the air. This week I stumbled across Tim’s RUclips channel and I have been on a binge ever since. Nice to see Tim still going strong. Can’t wait for future content!!!
as a professional mechatronics engineer I find this series of videos incredibly educational and what's more explained in very simple terms and practical. Thanks a lot for sharing your vast knowledge!! very cool arcade machines too!
Tim glad you are back. Absolutely made my day. Having a very hard time through bereavement and just rubbish work but this made me feel so full of happiness. I work in oil and gas, it’s all about control.Glad to see you doing what is brilliant… Love A xxx
I absolutely cannot describe how much I loved every minute of this video. "I love this tool, and would probably have never made these goats without it." I mean, *obviously*
My grandfather used to build ride-on steam Railway engines, he was a member of the North London Society of Model Engineers. I now find myself gravitating towards more and more mechanical engineering. I think you two would have gone well, both working out of a problem using experimentation. Glad to see you back. Ast...
For the clock at the zoo, I recommend a recently serviced older Hydrovane. They sit in filthy factories and run for decades with almost no maintenance.
An absolute masterclass. Loved every minute. Interesting I noticed because Tim is left handed I could imagine myself (right handed) handling the pneumatic tubes etc as he demonstrated their workings. I think I might wear my red boilersuit next time I watch. If only I really could be the wonderfully imaginative, artistic, amusing, engineering talented Mr Hunkin!
Could you make a video on sheet metal working, really wondering how you made those goats! Love the videos, I once made an interactive animatronic gromit (moving eyes, wagging tail etc) for a sculpture trail in bristol, its still in use 5 years later (9 hours a day). So can appreciate how hard it is to make reliable mechanisms that the public can be around. Would love to do something similar again one day. Hope to visit novelty automation one day.
A great sheet metal channel to watch is Ron Covel and he does sheet metal for Hot Rods and car restoration projects, so plenty of techniques to be learnt from him. Mark from Melbourne Australia
Legendary to see a new series! Also that pneumatic residential elevator near the end, wow!! Thanks for continuing to inspire, and sharing your knowledge and creative personality.
If you want to check out low pressure pneumatics, look at the W123 in your drive! The central locking is all vacuum powered. You'll find a huge vacuum tank at the top of the boot, and lines going to all the door and the fuel filler. A valve in the driver's door is connected to the lock plunger, and switches between 2 vacuum motors like the VW one you showed. There are other similar ones in the dashboard for the HVAC to move the blend doors. On an old diesel Mercedes there's a valve connected to the accelerator linkage which simulates a gas engine manifold vacuum, for the automatic transmission. I've taken mine apart, but still don't understand how it works. It must operate on a similar principal to the pressure regulator, but I don't see how it doesn't create a vacuum leak. My 1991 Benz adds to this a vacuum amplifier device which modifies the accelerator vacuum valve with boost pressure. The ignition switch is pneumatic too!
Back in the day in my Appalachian home you showed me the insides of things in a show on PBS. Coupled with The Way Things Work, it fueled my lifelong perpetual curiosities. Thank you.
in all sincerity tim... thank you for your works sir. it's been a pleasure to have followed your builds through the years. thank you for the continuity. such things are priceless sometimes. =dok=
Having worked in China I would suggest that you definitely get what you pay for. Their machine tools are 1/6 the price of Western machine tools and the last in production about 1/6 the time. This means you look at production lines and calculate at what point you wish to be in profit and be able to replace a tired for failing tool or machine. An excellent series and a must for every apprentice engineer to watch .
You are a national treasure. Wonderful insights into your creative process. Love your enthusiasm for all things material and artistic at the same time!
What a fascinating video Have loved your work since I was at school reading your cartoons in the Observer. It was the only reason my parents bought it. Thank you.
Friends and myself have been champing at the bit, since you announced the new series. Thanks for making them. Everyone, hit the like button and get these promoted to a wide audience. Let's educate the masses. I still use air tools, as I have so many.
I've been checking for a while for a new video 😂 fell in love with Tim when I was a kid watching Secret Life of Machines and I'm so glad he's still at it on RUclips. Would really like to get over to the UK one of these days and see the arcade.
Visited your arcade on Southwold pier last summer. Amazing! The kids loved it too, my daughter really enjoyed the dog walking simulator. Can't wait to go to your london arcade!
Tim. I think you’re somewhat unique on RUclips in providing not just a high-level how to but also a semi complete survey of the equipment involved. It is awesome! I was voided using pneumatics for years and having watched this I feel confident to be able to launch into my own projects. Thank you.
I so Love this guy. Can't believe he is still working hard for us. Thank you so much.
Agree, it's fantastic!
This guy is a legend! I vividly remember his shows in the early 90's. Back then I was a 10/11 year old Dutch kid with only a limited understanding of the English language and there were no subtitles. Nevertheless, Tim and Rex managed explain the basics of how things work.
I don't know why, but somehow I can hear "this is recorded on sticky tape and rust" as if I'm watching that episode right now. 😄
Totally agree, this is invaluable
Me too, only I was older. So much information
I really love playing with everything mechanical and electrical . I watched your videos 4 times. At least.
I now the way must of those systems works
But it’s still a pleasure to look at you explaining the
Hole thing again. I made a long trip to visit the watch museum and the automated musical instruments, also amazing. I went to this museum and it was closed. For maintenance. But after they learned that my trip was more than 8 hours of plane plus few more by train to reach Suizerland they reopened the museum just for me for free. I was the happiest men on earth.
Welcome back Tim, absolutely overjoyed to see a new series and guaranteed there won’t be a better series of videos on YT in 2023. 😊
I can guarantee there will be nothing better than this on Television !
Looking younger than ever and just as entertaining. You and Rex got me into engineering. Hard to describe how grateful I am.
Same. I owe a lot to Tim and Rex.
May not be an expert in pneumatics, but a hero in our minds. The world NEEDS Tim.
I have always enjoyed Tim Hunkin's work. I have been a fan ever since watching the Secret Life of Machines series in the 1980's. Thanks Tim.
I'm an engineer and you are an absolute inspiration. I've also been to your attraction in London. I'll be bringing my daughter when she's born 🤣
I have no want to meet ANY "celebrity". A bit of a disdain for most of them actually. I'd PAY to spend a couple hours touring Tim's shop and absorbing everything he had to impart. His videos are some of the absolutely best content available. And he imparts his knowledge for free!
Thank you SO much and PLEASE continue, as is comfortable and enjoyable, to keep educating so many of us who absorb every video like a sponge. Oh how I wish I had such instruction as a child.
"Intermittent faults are always the worst"
I live by these words.
The bane of the electronic engineer
It's decided....your arcade is on my bucket list. People like you are the reason I want to make videos for edu-tainment purposes.
I've always wanted to do something with pneumatics - the action is so satisfying!
You can get oil free compressors pretty cheaply nowadays - I think they use two or more diaphragms to avoid any friction surfaces that need lubricating
I have several oilless piston type compressors, all salvaged from wrecked cars with air suspension. One has been my tire inflator for the past 20 years, been run until it was smoking hot numerous times, generally abused, and still works like new. Most of them have an integrated solenoid bleed valve that's handy too.
Nice to see you here Mike, it's a small world I guess
A Tim & Mike collaboration would be fascinating...
Or compressors from used fridges and A/C units - They can be used either as a compressor or as a vacuum pump.
However they won't last long without proper lubrication applied directly into the intake air...
that reed switch thing is the kind of secret knowledge we need Tim :D
Cylinders used to come with tie bars, reed switch could bolt to them.
@@flybobbie1449Still do
As a maker, mad scientist, amateur scientist, professional engineer, and so on and so forth, I can hardly express how much your shows, both old and new, have enritched my life. Thank you!❤
Thank you Tim, thank you so much for bringing joy into this world you are an amazing person.
You remind me so much of my grandfather. He was so smart and always in his shop devising clever devices of all sorts. He built a elevator in his house in later years and used paddle wheel pump and cold creek water to cool his house back in the 40's.
Bucketlist; visit his museum of oddities, loving it!
It is on my list too - this year hopefuly.
Tim mentioned vacuum bellows used in cars - my Land Rover used to have its cruise control throttle mechanism controlled that way. One might remember the old distributor vacuum advance too. The vacuum tube system for moving items around is used in the nuclear industry for moving radioactive canisters around quickly and without human contact (I forget but there is a university department in America that has a system that runs over a huge distance between labs). Perhaps Tim mentioned it but pneumatic systems work well in 'explosive' environments where the risk from an electrical spark would be a real problem! What a brilliant video - we are so lucky he is still broadcasting albeit on RUclips!
Great to see you back, I remember your TV series when we were all younger, and have loved your practical approach to passing on your knowledge and experiences ever since. Thank you...
When I grow up, I want to be as awesome as Tim Hunkin.( and so does my son!)
I could have done with this back in 1980s when I did pneumatics as part of O Level D&T. Great stuff!
I turned thirty last year. I really struggle to know who I am or what I want to do with my life. The one thing I've always been fascinated by, but for most of my life struggled with, was creation. Telling stories, making THINGS, anything at all, even pointless things. But so much that I've considered doing has been too complicated to even approach. Too scary to even research.
The Secret Life Of vids are so satisfyingly done, spectacularly well explained to help demystify what might as well be magic if you don't look under the hood.
Just want to say thank you for these. Really helps to show that taking the first steps into things like this isn't so hard at all.
Great to see Tim back doing at what he does best, entertaining through technology. I am still loving the Secret Life series as much I did when I was a kid. Absolutely brilliant.
This man is a national treasure
One word sir, BRAVO! At the end of your videos I feel I have a PHD in the subject at hand. Thank you for the work and works you have done.
8:35 Oh my I remember playing that one in London last year during September! I still have the 'nuclear waste' as a memento to the wonderful time I had. Thank you for your service Tim. Greetings from Germany!
Very good!
I had a Ford that had pneumatic windscreen wipers, powered from the intake manifold vacuum.
They stopped when going up-hill, due to a lowered vacuum!
I remember those - you had to slip the clutch and briefly rev the engine to get a quick wipe going uphill in the rain. VW had a system which worked off the air in the spare tyre. If you had to fit the spare then you had no wipers so I guess that Ford's method was less bad than the VW.
Secret Life Of… still one of the best series on “television”. Wish you had been one of my teachers at school.
Finally got some time to sit down and enjoy this. Every video is such a treat. Thank you!
Wow, I had no idea you had more shows out! I have entire series of The Secret Life of Machines saved! As soon as i finished watching, I donated!
I'm a Machine Operator at a factory and Pneumatics are used *extensively* both on the machine I run and elsewhere in the facility. They even have air-powered pumps called 'Sandpipers'.
A genius. Lucky enough for us that he lives in Suffolk. Rex Garrod and Tim reflected true English inventiveness with that edge of strangeness! Rest in peace Rex, but long live (Sir) Tim!
Could watch these all day. Thanks Tim 🙂
it's a good day when there's a new Tim Hunkin video
Ah, a new Tom Hunkin Video! The Magic of Your Shows are Still There! You are the Common-Man's Treasure!
I have been watching and following you since I was a young man, and we are kindred spirits in Tinkering!
Even though I have been in industry and around pneumatics, I learned a few new things (as usual!). So thank You!
When you pass, and go to heaven, may you have a fully outfitted-shop attached to a McMaster Carr warehouse!
As a child, I loved Tim and Rex in The Secret Life of Machines.
As an adult, I'm in disbelief the YT algorithm did me such a solid as to show me this great man is still at it 35 years later!
I recognise that carpet in the background from about 25 years ago! 😁 Some hip dude and his friend was demonstrating vacuum cleaners on it! 😂
Thank you Mr Hunkin for sharing your knowledge and experience, and for filling the world with your unique brand of mechanical humour.
My favorite TV personality as a kid is now my favorite RUclipsr as an adult. Can’t get enough!
A million things to watch on RUclips and I have already watched this particular episode at least6-8 times, not to mention how many times I have watched all Mr. Hunkins videos. I wish Rex was still here to be involved.
In all the time I have worked with pneumatics, there is only one hard and fast rule which has held true... the ideal gas law is a suggestion, Bernoullis principles are are a rule of thumb. However...
"Whichever style of quick connect you bought, it isn't that one. Nor is the other style you have downstairs... it will always be the other kind that you didn't know existed until just now." holds true.
"All calls are charged at 1 Pound per second sounds about right". Cheers for the great content Engineer Hunkin!
I hope to one day visit this arcade. These videos are so much more helpful than many others on YT. I love how it just comes down to his decades of practical experience (and it's broken up according to how he approaches making these machines).
Age counts big time. Unfortunately, most of the youtube makers are young (that in itself isn't a bad thing), but wisdom and experience is considerable more dense in older engineers!
I've been in engineering for 21 years, I should have been shown this as a training video as an apprentice! You've taught me things about components that we use but never really understood 😊
More please! 30+ years and still a joy to watch.
so good to see Mr. Tim Hunkin continuing the series. Thank you.
Can I just say - you are an absolute delight Tim! I truly love your work.
Thanks to you and TSLotM I've understood how refrigerator works. Now I'm nearly 40 and still watch your videos on YT. Best wishes from Poland.
Dear Tim, it's so nice you're back ❤
I never forgot the few episodes of Secret Life of Machines that I saw in the 90s. This is a delightful blast from the past.
Thanks Tim, we all truly appreciate the effort you go to sharing your knowledge.
Fantastic stuff all round Tim, I remember watching you years ago on 'The secret life of... ' Your creations are brilliant! Thanks for all your videos and explanations.
The best series on YT!!! Nothing worse then trying to figure something out and the yahoo that your watching has never done it before
I love Tim, always have since I was a teenager I'm now 60 and still find him an exciting watch. A Fabulous fella.
Tim!! SO glad to see you again. I've shared a lovely many hours viewing your videos, new and old, with my aging father, as something to do with him that he laughs so heartily with. Thank you. You've reminded us both of my childhood with him, watching both weird British TV stuff (we're American) and these wonderful educational videos by very clever people in those times. It actually reminds me a lot of many other RUclips creators I've discovered lately, including yourself.
Thank you very much. We love you and appreciate all your work, back then and now. You deserve all success possible.
I don't even wait for the video to finish before hitting the thumbs up button. All Tim's videos are thumbs up worthy!
I wish I could give you two thumbs up. I really enjoyed the secret life of machines years ago. It was my favorite TV show. Thank you for creating this series of videos to pass on your knowledge to those younger mechanically inclined folks today!
A great pleasure to see what really works and the reliability of different systems. Decades of hands on experience. pure gold. Thank you Tim.
Tim, what a joy to watch this episode! I really like your clock in the London Zoo and can imagine the troubles you had to keep it running. 15 years outside is a challenge on it's own. I designed and build a lot too and experienced that time will wear stuff out eventually especially in harsh conditions like production lines or outside. I would try a Hydrovane compressor. They're not that expensive and are very durable. I own one for 20 years now and it never let me down. I buy a maintenance kit every year or so with a new air filter and new oil. Maybe a tip. Thank you for sharing all your knowledge and wonderful projects with us. All the best, Job
Thanks Tim for yet another brilliant insight in everyday items.
Always entertaining and informative.
Lovely to see the dedication to Rex & Graham.
Watched your TV programmes when you were on C4.
Under the pier show & Southwold are well worth a visit, you'll not be disappointed.
I love your arcade machines, I haven't seen anything like that here in the US in a long time. Wonderfully creative.
New Tim video… I feel like I’m 8 again back in 85’
Thanks Tim. I'd not really thought about pneumatics for a long time. I had some pneumatic lego when I was a kid but that's really the only time I've played with it. Maybe I'll start using it in some projects now your video has refreshed my memory of it.
I had the early Lego Technic or Tech Set as it was then so I missed out on the pneumatic Lego Technic. Do they still include it in any sets or is everything screw jack driven?
I watched Secret Life series years ago and missed it when it went off the air. This week I stumbled across Tim’s RUclips channel and I have been on a binge ever since. Nice to see Tim still going strong. Can’t wait for future content!!!
I cannot express my appreciation to you for making this video enough. A million thanks good sir.
Brilliant video! Makes me want to play with these things. Thank you
as a professional mechatronics engineer I find this series of videos incredibly educational and what's more explained in very simple terms and practical. Thanks a lot for sharing your vast knowledge!! very cool arcade machines too!
Tim glad you are back. Absolutely made my day. Having a very hard time through bereavement and just rubbish work but this made me feel so full of happiness. I work in oil and gas, it’s all about control.Glad to see you doing what is brilliant… Love A xxx
I absolutely cannot describe how much I loved every minute of this video.
"I love this tool, and would probably have never made these goats without it." I mean, *obviously*
Happy 2023 Tim, from an Englishman making armour in a French forest.
I just downed tools for this... and that is the rule! 🇬🇧⚒️🏆
I learned several things I will utilize in my projects. Tim, your videos are an example of what RUclips should be!
Fantastic! Some I knew, lots I didn't. Great tips too. Still educating me after 30 + years, thank you 😊
Superb, thanks Tim. Let's not forget the pneumatics that Rex used on Brum and his robots, all very effective.
My grandfather used to build ride-on steam Railway engines, he was a member of the North London Society of Model Engineers. I now find myself gravitating towards more and more mechanical engineering. I think you two would have gone well, both working out of a problem using experimentation. Glad to see you back. Ast...
Electro -manuafcturing will be a great career and I would include learning to code aswell and you will never be out of a job :)
This is the crash course into pneumatics I needed. Thank you for putting in the time and effort to share you knowledge.
I would love to take the mantle, in due time of course. I still have a ton to learn but we need more people like Tim Hunkin in this world!
Wonderful to have you back Tim! We've missed you 😃
For the clock at the zoo, I recommend a recently serviced older Hydrovane. They sit in filthy factories and run for decades with almost no maintenance.
Hi Tim, thanks for making a new series. Such a brilliant deep dive into pneumatics, I didn't know they came in such small packages 🙂
An absolute masterclass. Loved every minute. Interesting I noticed because Tim is left handed I could imagine myself (right handed) handling the pneumatic tubes etc as he demonstrated their workings. I think I might wear my red boilersuit next time I watch. If only I really could be the wonderfully imaginative, artistic, amusing, engineering talented Mr Hunkin!
This was a delightful surprise to see uploaded!
Amazing episode, thank you! Gonna watch this again tonight with my kids :)
Thank you Tim, these videos are simply brilliant, a goldmine of information
Could you make a video on sheet metal working, really wondering how you made those goats! Love the videos, I once made an interactive animatronic gromit (moving eyes, wagging tail etc) for a sculpture trail in bristol, its still in use 5 years later (9 hours a day). So can appreciate how hard it is to make reliable mechanisms that the public can be around. Would love to do something similar again one day. Hope to visit novelty automation one day.
A great sheet metal channel to watch is Ron Covel and he does sheet metal for Hot Rods and car restoration projects, so plenty of techniques to be learnt from him.
Mark from Melbourne Australia
Legendary to see a new series! Also that pneumatic residential elevator near the end, wow!! Thanks for continuing to inspire, and sharing your knowledge and creative personality.
TIM! I am overjoyed by your return.
Nice to see you back Tim, absolutely love this series, old and new. Thank you so much for sharing, hope you're keeping well
If you want to check out low pressure pneumatics, look at the W123 in your drive! The central locking is all vacuum powered. You'll find a huge vacuum tank at the top of the boot, and lines going to all the door and the fuel filler. A valve in the driver's door is connected to the lock plunger, and switches between 2 vacuum motors like the VW one you showed. There are other similar ones in the dashboard for the HVAC to move the blend doors.
On an old diesel Mercedes there's a valve connected to the accelerator linkage which simulates a gas engine manifold vacuum, for the automatic transmission. I've taken mine apart, but still don't understand how it works. It must operate on a similar principal to the pressure regulator, but I don't see how it doesn't create a vacuum leak. My 1991 Benz adds to this a vacuum amplifier device which modifies the accelerator vacuum valve with boost pressure. The ignition switch is pneumatic too!
Back in the day in my Appalachian home you showed me the insides of things in a show on PBS. Coupled with The Way Things Work, it fueled my lifelong perpetual curiosities. Thank you.
in all sincerity tim...
thank you for your works sir.
it's been a pleasure to have followed your builds through the years.
thank you for the continuity. such things are priceless sometimes.
=dok=
Having worked in China I would suggest that you definitely get what you pay for. Their machine tools are 1/6 the price of Western machine tools and the last in production about 1/6 the time. This means you look at production lines and calculate at what point you wish to be in profit and be able to replace a tired for failing tool or machine. An excellent series and a must for every apprentice engineer to watch .
Great to see new episodes in my feed. Thank you Tim.
Many thanks Tim. You were and continue to be an inspiration and great educator.
You are a national treasure. Wonderful insights into your creative process. Love your enthusiasm for all things material and artistic at the same time!
What a fascinating video Have loved your work since I was at school reading your cartoons in the Observer. It was the only reason my parents bought it. Thank you.
Friends and myself have been champing at the bit, since you announced the new series. Thanks for making them.
Everyone, hit the like button and get these promoted to a wide audience. Let's educate the masses.
I still use air tools, as I have so many.
Great to see you again Tim, very informative...... thank you so much I always enjoy your videos 😀
I did'nt know about the magnets in the pistons, very cool. That clock is a master peice.
I've been checking for a while for a new video 😂 fell in love with Tim when I was a kid watching Secret Life of Machines and I'm so glad he's still at it on RUclips. Would really like to get over to the UK one of these days and see the arcade.
Visited your arcade on Southwold pier last summer. Amazing!
The kids loved it too, my daughter really enjoyed the dog walking simulator.
Can't wait to go to your london arcade!
Wonderfully entertaining and informative Tim. Many thanks for your continued work
Thanks for putting these videos up, very informative and inspirational. The 55 minutes of the video just flew by, thanks for putting this online.
Tim. I think you’re somewhat unique on RUclips in providing not just a high-level how to but also a semi complete survey of the equipment involved. It is awesome! I was voided using pneumatics for years and having watched this I feel confident to be able to launch into my own projects. Thank you.