Two Antique Jacob's Ladders
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- Опубликовано: 3 фев 2015
- The Jacob's Ladder or Tumbling Blocks toy apparently dates back several centuries. A series of wooden or sometimes cardboard blocks have different pictures on the front and back. The blocks are held together with ribbons which allow the picture to change from one image to another when you tilt the top block. The toy gives the illusion that all the blocks are tumbling downwards.
The first toy is of a traditional design. he second one, called The American Beauty Show, also contains two sets of paper fans that alternately open, depending which way you tilt the toy. 
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That's some serious shit. When Tim says it's his favorite toy, you pay attention.
I know he's a little elderly but Time? Isn't that a little harsh?
The Great Gyrofluff Omg this has to be the greatest typo in the history of typos. I almost don't want to edit it. I totally meant Tim. I swear lmao.
He has said that about 40 times now.
Tim is love, Tim is life,
for those whom go agains't our great Collector Tim will be annihilated with content.
Anal is ok
I wish Tim was my eccentric uncle
He is, he's everyone's eccentric uncle
Oh, I know those five participants and they are: Miss Lead, Miss Understand, Miss Behave, Miss Represent and Miss Fortune.
The latter won that contest , if you want to know.
The MISSing portions are Miss Conduct, Miss Information and Miss Guided (she pulled out after realising she wasnt attractive enough to win).
Thank you for revealing these 2 evolved versions of this fabulous toy. I really had an A-HA moment
I have a similar toy, but instead of cards, each section is a wooden block, so that when it's flipped over and the blocks fall on each other, they make a clacking sound. It's called a Pata-Pata (for the sound it makes), and if my memory serves me right, I got it at the Japanese sector at Disney World's Epcot.
Had one too in London in the 1970s
I've been fascinated by the Jacob's ladder since i was 6 years old and I've made many versions of it throughout the years. I've found a tiny version (only 4 blocks) of it lately and naturally I needed to get hold of it and combine a few sets of them to create a much longer one. Has anyone ever made a Jacob's ladder out of acrylic? I think it'll be rather cool looking.
I fell in love with the beautiful gorgeous ladies.
+Rayhunter va va voom.
+Am Dolan Bagonzo!
I specifically liked the black face one
dayyuu racist!!!
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The repair work for pieces so old is highly impressive
Dem beauties, 10/10 wb
i found this unique toy in instagram..and thought of this man
opened youtube and searched jacobs ladder toy and here he comes.genius
Tim you have such awesome variety of toys and curiosities, that to call these your favorite must mean something!
Every toy is his favorite toy!
it would be cool if there was a jacob's ladder where there was a cop on one side and a bank robber on the other.
So thats what this is called! awesome, I had a couple of toys based on this, its amazing. Great play value
am I the only one who can fall asleep to the sound of his voice like it was nyquil?
i still don't know why i like watching this :P
ASMR triggers
Its interesting and his voice is hypnotic o.O
Joseph DiSalvo i got ASMR too! Haha
On yt the subject makes you click and the host makes you stay. Tim is quite a host.
I dont know either.. He is just stupendously cozy. Maybe its the simplicity and positive nature that just provides some kind of breather from the bombastic things one typically watches on youtube
simple mechanism yet amazing!
thanks for the inspiration Tim.
When I was a kid my grandfather showed one to me and I was amazed and messed with it for a long time.
Hey, Tim and I have the same favorite toy. Neat.
I am glad YT recommend me this channel.
Wow thats cool i have never seen one of these
Jacob’s ladders still amazes me as much as when I was a child.
boumbh have you still not realized how it works lol.
chrismechanic B I made some when I was a child, I know the principles, but I still fail to understand it as a whole. Maybe I’m just not willing to comprehend.
Wow I never knew what a Jacob's ladder was until now. Lovely pieces of antiquity.
very cool indeed!!!
Still don't know how it works
There is one thing attached to something with something, and then there is the opposite thing, that becomes something else when the whole thing moves...yes, I think that's all. Heh.
Arra Neon the ribbons are holding it in one direction and when you turn it the other piece slides across the ribbon and since one end is now not being held up it falls causing it to knock the other one down and make an elegant chain reaction
Arra Neon it's magic
Just look it up on wikipedia, it's hard to explain with just words, you need visual aides to explain it clearly.
Very curious indeed
Anyone who does not love Uncle Tim is simply mad!
India Kilo who's uncle tim?
jord4n369 the man in the video :-)
Very cool
Did anybody else expect the other type of Jacobs ladder and discovered these for the first time instead?....
I was waiting for someone to point it out
This is the best channel ever. Tim's the man!
aww how cool
For kids is when i grow up i wanna be an astronaut !
For me is: when i'm gonna grow old i wanna be like this guy
Seriously now, i'm so passionate about these things i think of making my own shop.
Did you?
Hiroyuki Kama yeah I would really like to know
yeah did you?
JAcob's ladder is mine favorite too.
so cool just wonder how they work .
Two pairs of strings (on one side there's only one string) holding up each card on both side, and as you flip the first one it will cause the next one to flip and propagate down the line.
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jacob%27s_Ladder_2.jpg
HugeStallionCock Just buy one and you will understand how it works. Buy a cheap one they are like $2 on amazon.
I've actually always wanted to know what his favorite toy was
Tim,
Thanks so much for your wonderful channel. I'm a visual artist and am working on a "book arts" piece. The format of the "International Beauty Show" that you featured is intriguing and would be perfect for what I'm trying to design. Do you have any idea as to how it was made? If not, can you refer me to any sources that might be of help?
Thanks again and cheers,
Marie
This is fucking magic to me.
Hello! I know this is an old post but I just found it during a search for how to make jacob's ladders. I'm working on a photo project and would like to make a jacob's ladder out of them, but instructions I've found have shown three ribbons, with one in the middle over where the photo would be. Since you've repaired this and presumably know how it goes together, would you be able to give me some tips on how to keep the ribbons just on the sides?
Part two: what I would really love to do is make it in two directions- where you could make them drop like this vertically but also horizontally. Is that something you think would be possible or is that a pipe dream because of the mechanics of the thing?
Sorry for the long comment, but your passion and expertise are inspiring! Thank you for showing such beautiful examples of these very cool toys.
I wish Tim would show us the restoration
For kids Toys > smartphone/tablets...
I think I can try recreate one
RIP Morgan
is the two officer version only using TWO ribbons instead of the normal three? any required changes in how you attach the outer two ribbons? also, how are the ribbons attached to the blocks on that long clacking one from Germany?
could you make the endless London into a giant Jacobs ladder??
Where does he get those wonderful toys???
He should get gauge blocks
Those are like magic lol
How do you make this type of ladder without having ribbon down the middle?
what is this ancient alien voodoo technology?!
very interesting. so that's how the people back then survived without internet
How does that work
where can you get one of those
I have a Jacobs ladder with Chinese drawings and writing and different colored papers in between. It's very very old. I have been trying to do d out where I can get it looked out maybe how much it's worth. Do you have any suggestions?
hm... how does it work?
Now I find out what these things are actually called. I have one from Mexico.
I went to selly manor with my school and we got for free and I bought one (Modern)
His favorite movie must be Toy Story
Jacob makes a nice ladder, but I wouldn’t climb them.
"WATER FROM THE NILE"
What does Tim's favourite toy really look like? :D
''I was asked by someone to repair this'' ''So i did, and so i kept it''
heh.
.... I was hoping for the electronic Jacobs ladder....
i though the same
Are you sure -The third picture from the top at 1:13- is of -someone dressed up for Mardi Gras?- It kinda looks like a geisha or a meiko (a geisha in training.)
Xaxton Revolution it's from 1850s America
Ohh I had one of these,
I think I broke it, And then threw it away.
The 1st one.
I'm the only one watching in 2019 And that is on 2020
why Indian solder is shorter than the British one?
I thought a jacobs ladder what sumthin else 😮
i have one
:c his face looks so sad all the time
How does this relate to Jacobs ladder can someone tell me ? Is it based off the motion or ? & I'm sure we are talking about the physics jacobs ladder not the biblical Jacob's Ladder in the book of Genesis. If it's based of the physic Jacob ladder motion it should be going up not down... Really confused...
WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS SORCERY!?
I'll explain it to you if delete this comment and replace it with one that doesn't have swearing in it.
My name is Jacob
Why is the volume so low
Never mind
Dee Pierson found out about the wonders of volume control?
Lol no something happed with my volume
B)
How the hell...
Aren’t jacobs ladders in animal crossing
that's me name
Imagine how many ladies he got
1:20 i think i like the american flag sude more
I thought Jacobs Ladders were electrical things?
that second one, it looks like the flags have 50 stars, but in the 1850s, America didnt have 50 states.
If you look closer the flags on the cover have about 9 stars each and the ones that fan out have over 60 stars. So clearly neither were meant to be an actual accurate representation of the current flag.
he said it was made in the 1850s thoguh
Minotaur Gaming The current flag when the ladder was made which would have had 30-33 stars.
i know that...
Oh dear... pinup soldiers
Don’t copy write him
Be dat first comment B)
Not even close. And no one gives a shit. Fuck off with this bullshit spam!
Y u mad? (;
Great way to hide porn posters a century ago
Second one looks like some kind of ww2 propaganda