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  • Published on Apr 14, 2026

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  • @RJMBricks
    @RJMBricks 2 months ago +5203

    This is insane bro, so well done!

  • @saladin_code
    @saladin_code 2 months ago +739

    This is exactly how games used to be made. Pushing outdated technology to its absolute limits. Building a typewriter purely out of LEGO bricks is genuinely impressive 😅

    • @cryfry2
      @cryfry2 21 day ago +4

      Well for their time it wasnt outdated, but they did indeed push it to the limit!

    • @L_J_G
      @L_J_G 16 days ago +1

      They still push art and graphics to the limits, just not so much gameplay

    • @moritakaishida7963
      @moritakaishida7963 5 days ago

      ​@L_J_G certain studios aren't pushing gameplay to its limit (ubisoft) plenty of modern games push gameplay and visuals to their fullest

  • @vroom_shroom
    @vroom_shroom 2 months ago +4615

    I wish you had left the rotated characters! I think it gives the "reply" letter a unique charm that can only be produced by your typewriter. Amazing build!

    • @Kixunil
      @Kixunil 2 months ago +111

      Yes. And take a photo and mail it to them. Or mail them the physical piece.

    • @jasonhatt4295
      @jasonhatt4295 2 months ago +25

      Yeah it’s part of its charm!

    • @raellikesfries
      @raellikesfries 2 months ago +14

      Jesus loves you he died for you

    • @cattodoesthings
      @cattodoesthings 2 months ago

      @raellikesfriesstop forcing your religion into unrelated places. keep it in church

    • @nataliecoronado4206
      @nataliecoronado4206 2 months ago +31

      Freddie Mercury loves you more

  • @scottthompson4202
    @scottthompson4202 2 months ago +341

    What is Lego doing not hiring this guy.
    I’ve never seen something so impressive in my life.
    Literally have chills at the thought of the effort and ingenuity this build required.

    • @Someoldtom
      @Someoldtom Month ago +7

      le' go and hire the man

    • @Ancalagon76
      @Ancalagon76 29 days ago +14

      Because Lego does not want this. Lego wants easy designs with licences to sell to people expensively. Lego hates people who use their bricks several times for a multitude of models, or even their own designs. They used to be like that, but not anymore.

    • @IcyChillCoolGuy
      @IcyChillCoolGuy 15 days ago +3

      @Ancalagon76 Being this bitter and cynical is not good for your sense of logic at all, man. They may not manufacture designs like this, but an ingenious designer like this absolutely has the means to work within whatever Lego would need.

    • @PlutonicLabs
      @PlutonicLabs 13 days ago +1

      What makes it so great is the risk of failure.
      “What have you been working on for two months?”
      “I don’t want to talk about it, it was a bad idea.”

  • @miloudbenotmane18
    @miloudbenotmane18 2 months ago +2353

    Quite funny how it reminds me of those redstone contraptions in Minecraft

    • @Mougini
      @Mougini 2 months ago +5

      Lol

    • @videogamegooners
      @videogamegooners 2 months ago +56

      I was thinking the exact same thing I’ve made typing computers aswell and the thought process felt the same

    • @miloudbenotmane18
      @miloudbenotmane18 2 months ago +21

      @videogamegooners Perhaps you could use pistons and other blocks to create the same effect

    • @lh8474
      @lh8474 2 months ago +8

      it sounds like pistons!

    • @ThePhilosophical_Wolf
      @ThePhilosophical_Wolf 2 months ago +2

      Facts bro 😂 equally as confusing but satisfying results

  • @TypeOneSupernoah
    @TypeOneSupernoah 2 months ago +92

    At this point someone needs to award you an honorary mechanical engineering degree

  • @sergiomeyer
    @sergiomeyer 2 months ago +1766

    So, in many ways, this is actually a "typesetter" which is even more impressive. You can look up documentaries about them, specifically the NYT ones. Crazy complex and amazing machines.

    • @WashashoreProd
      @WashashoreProd 2 months ago +206

      Yep, he basically reinvented the Linotype. Which is damned impressive honestly.

    • @antonliakhovitch8306
      @antonliakhovitch8306 2 months ago +25

      ​@WashashoreProdIn the next episode, he makes TeX in the Lego Mindstorms NXT programming language

    • @jodu7809
      @jodu7809 2 months ago +6

      @WashashoreProd That's basically the comment I wanted to write, thanks for that :)

    • @typograf62
      @typograf62 2 months ago +18

      Absolutely like a Linotype - in principle. I am very impressed.

    • @weasel.3683
      @weasel.3683 2 months ago

      ​@antonliakhovitch8306😰

  • @WhatsHappeningOnYouTube
    @WhatsHappeningOnYouTube 2 months ago +26

    Remember, you must only use your powers for good.

  • @miniskitproductions6955
    @miniskitproductions6955 2 months ago +1091

    Remember, switching to another key is faster than reloading

    • @SHOUTINGHETZEL
      @SHOUTINGHETZEL 2 months ago +22

      this is such a deep cut reference in a place so unrelated to the source 😂

    • @Sammuel_Ashmore
      @Sammuel_Ashmore 2 months ago +2

      @SHOUTINGHETZEL 100%

    • @Kixunil
      @Kixunil 2 months ago +3

      ​@SHOUTINGHETZEL funny, thanks to you, I learned that what I always did naturally is a meme.

    • @Dav1nc111
      @Dav1nc111 2 months ago +7

      i see another one of these comments im doxing istg

    • @Sammuel_Ashmore
      @Sammuel_Ashmore 2 months ago +9

      @Dav1nc111 Remember, switching to another key is faster than reloading....try me

  • @michelhv
    @michelhv 2 months ago +28

    It's even better than a typewriter, it's a freakin' Linotype machine!!

  • @Skinless-chan
    @Skinless-chan 2 months ago +1544

    You could make an ink ribbon type writer, but the only thing it would be able to type is “lego.”

    • @mtqrx
      @mtqrx 2 months ago +217

      type in braille! using the little studs!

    • @haelscheirs_haven
      @haelscheirs_haven 2 months ago +39

      An alternative would be to 3D-print type slug pieces, though of course, that wouldn't be "pure" Lego, but neither would the ribbon.

    • @Humansomeone1234
      @Humansomeone1234 2 months ago +71

      ​@mtqrx NOW THAT IS SMART AS HECK

    • @UnclePip
      @UnclePip 2 months ago +7

      And backwards only too

    • @ndavid42
      @ndavid42 2 months ago

      OӘƎ⅃

  • @queenofnewwestminster
    @queenofnewwestminster 2 months ago +40

    This was a genuine pleasure to stumble across, reminding me of the old days of RUclips. No sponsorships, no agendas, no corporate-mandated humour. Just a master builder doing what they do best for the sheer love of the craft. Namaste.

  • @tondahojer4015
    @tondahojer4015 2 months ago +558

    Replacing fuel rods in a nuclear power plant is less complicated than writing two lines of text on this Lego device, but nice job...

    • @demjandenes2803
      @demjandenes2803 2 months ago +38

      You shouldn’t give him ideas…

    • @mobbelldobbell
      @mobbelldobbell 2 months ago +19

      but at overheating, the Lego Typewriter is safer than a nuclear reactor.. .)

    • @fluffydoggo
      @fluffydoggo 2 months ago +4

      Wheres that nuclear physicist reaction guy when you need him

    • @theotherguyhere
      @theotherguyhere 2 months ago +18

      Next up: lego nuclear reactor

    • @mattheweagle223
      @mattheweagle223 2 months ago +5

      Nuclear power plants are incredibly simple

  • @THEGLOVE27
    @THEGLOVE27 11 days ago +7

    Why isn't bro working for LEGO rn
    LEGO HIRE HIM ALREADY

  • @adriann2649
    @adriann2649 2 months ago +603

    These projects demonstrate that Lego needs to hire people with new ideas.

    • @mobbelldobbell
      @mobbelldobbell 2 months ago +7

      sadly, Lego just needs to make money, nowadays.. They were better, until 10/15 years ago.

    • @kameronpeterson3601
      @kameronpeterson3601 2 months ago +48

      this lego model is impressive but is in no way structurally sound to lego's standard. that's the real reason this would never be an official lego set

    • @michaelsecker8653
      @michaelsecker8653 2 months ago +7

      @kameronpeterson3601 yeah it has a back. This is in no way structurally lego's standard.

    • @mattheweagle223
      @mattheweagle223 2 months ago +5

      As if they don't constantly. You got your application cast, hotshot?

    • @ragnarrothbard3418
      @ragnarrothbard3418 2 months ago +3

      Psh!! Some of the sets they're coming out with now are some of the best they've ever made.

  • @lanzrabe2914
    @lanzrabe2914 Month ago +9

    If this was an official lego set, I would buy it.

  • @scarymaster2045
    @scarymaster2045 2 months ago +670

    - ah dammit.
    - what happened?
    - I ran out of A's in my typewriter.
    - you mean ink? I can get you a new ink strip
    - no, I said A's... I'm also low on E's and N's

    • @NicolasSaudemont
      @NicolasSaudemont 2 months ago +59

      Shhhh don't say that too loud. HP might hear you and come to the idea of having different ink cartridges for each letter of each type font ! ;-)

    • @ZZ9HD
      @ZZ9HD 2 months ago

      I know what type of man you are

    • @AtomixKingg
      @AtomixKingg 2 months ago +23

      @NicolasSaudemont Can't press the letter E, you're out of A's... Fill the A cartridge before pressing E

    • @NicolasSaudemont
      @NicolasSaudemont 2 months ago +1

      @AtomixKingg 😂😂😂

    • @Andysan555
      @Andysan555 Month ago

      Very much reminds me of this sketch m.ruclips.net/video/twHczU64zy0/video.html&pp=ygUXdHdvIHJvbm5pZXMgbmV3cyBhdCB0ZW4%3D

  • @OidhcheMhath
    @OidhcheMhath Hour ago

    You should actually send the letter by mail to Lego. I'm sure they'd love it.

  • @jbrecken
    @jbrecken 2 months ago +569

    This is closer to a linotype machine than a typewriter.

    • @xeniartius
      @xeniartius 2 months ago +73

      and this whole design is due to the lack of a little bump on the letters.

    • @MarkEichin
      @MarkEichin 2 months ago +95

      Yes! I'm impressed that the constraints led to him solving a *much harder problem* :-)

    • @MrCyclos1985
      @MrCyclos1985 2 months ago +7

      I was actually commenting this, when I saw your comment. Thank you for bringing that up.

    • @cor7740
      @cor7740 2 months ago +45

      that is exactly what i was going to say. If anyine doesnt know what a linotype machine is and likes engineering stuff search for it on youtube, it is a worthwhile rabbit hole to fall dwn for an hour or so.

    • @Vahokif
      @Vahokif 2 months ago +10

      Which is even cooler!

  • @i_heart_my_fans
    @i_heart_my_fans Month ago +15

    16:15 and rubber bands

    • @24_7_EDIT
      @24_7_EDIT Month ago +1

      Lego has official rubber bands and other strings like he's used to pull the page up

    • @i_heart_my_fans
      @i_heart_my_fans Month ago

      ​@24_7_EDITok

  • @queerutopia
    @queerutopia 2 months ago +161

    i cought that 3 handed shot at 2:09 nice work

  • @bassett_green
    @bassett_green 2 months ago +3

    7:32 that rotation with the half arch is so elegant

  • @TheAdvertisement
    @TheAdvertisement 2 months ago +165

    A typewriter that loads its letters like staples and stamps them onto the paper is an AWESOME concept to do this in Lego amazing job dude.

    • @gavinriley5232
      @gavinriley5232 2 months ago +20

      There were things called "linotype" devices that actually worked this way

    • @chatter2765
      @chatter2765 2 months ago

      @gavinriley5232 Oh hey im not the only one who thought of it :D

  • @archiveprovider3981
    @archiveprovider3981 2 months ago +330

    I haven't watched the full video yet, but there actually is another way to get the alphabet in lego, even one with raised letters. That way is the lego braille set. Yes, the letters don't look like you're used to, but it technically is the full alphabet in raised lego tiles.

    • @saintapoc4031
      @saintapoc4031 2 months ago +28

      And if the keys are braille too then the seeing impaired can use it!

    • @jbcvdh6239
      @jbcvdh6239 2 months ago +6

      Well, “only Lego bricks” would not give enough credits to the rubber bands 😅….fantastic work!

    • @bigshot103
      @bigshot103 2 months ago

      @saintapoc4031 but they can’t see the final product if there are errors

    • @fintux
      @fintux 2 months ago +4

      Technically, you could also e.g. treat lego bricks as pixels and generate a font. But the typewriter would have to be huge and the letters would require a lot of force to stick.

    • @barrettdecutler8979
      @barrettdecutler8979 2 months ago

      ​@jbcvdh6239Lego does make rubber bands with certain sets.

  • @gamebrogaming10111
    @gamebrogaming10111 2 months ago +7

    I'm in a Typography class, and we've been studying older typewriters, and this is almost like an automatic type setter with how you have all the individual word pieces.

  • @thelordofspyro
    @thelordofspyro 2 months ago +92

    Hey, i have a grate idea for a better mechanism to push the "paper" to the left:
    Use a Long brick with a lot of small 1x1 slopes on top of it (like a saw) now place another one facing the other direction on a small mechanism that presses the slope against the saw. The saw is connected to the sliding mechanism of the paper. Now use a rubber band that pulls the paper to the right, and another mechanism pushing against the teeth of the saw to the left. This mechanism is connected to the keys. Now everytime you press a key, the whole paper slides one stud to the left. The Saw makes sure that it doesnt slide back. Only if you press a new button, the first mechanism disengages from the saw and the whole thing slides back to the right being pulled by the rubber band!
    This should make your great typewriter even better!!!

    • @dmign
      @dmign 2 months ago +9

      grate idea

    • @ezraschroeder-m6w
      @ezraschroeder-m6w 2 months ago +1

      @dmignhaha

    • @Antoniusic
      @Antoniusic 2 months ago +2

      sounds like copying pen enabler, that pin that turns pen on or off, just modified, but yea

    • @iout
      @iout 2 months ago +4

      @ur_fav_music_artist
      It's a similar design, yes.
      What's being described here is an escapement mechanism. Two ratchets with a slight offset which limit how much movement a continuous impulse can provide on each activation.
      It is most famously the mechanism which makes to the tick-tock of a clock and is also the mechanism used for horizontal travel of the carriage in actual typewriters.
      LEGO even created one in their official typewriter set.
      Generally escapements are rotary, because they take up less space and have functionally infinite travel, and while they can be made in LEGO my biggest concern is getting precise stud intervals. A linear escapement as is being suggested here would be easier to get down to the stud level though.
      The only remaining concern I have is that cheese slopes may not have enough clutch power to avoid popping out, but you could possibly rectify that by building a larger escapement out of stronger pieces and using gear reduction to scale everything back down.

    • @sonickunckle
      @sonickunckle 2 months ago +1

      @iout Imo a rigid chain actuator maybe better because you can make it fully gear operated which allows you to get rid of rubber bands and fragile rack gears (the teethed bars), you can even make the same rigid chain to reset the paper tray back to the start of a row with no extra gear required

  • @the_eminent_Joshua_E_Hrouda

    Instead of using rubber bands, which eventually perish, perhaps you could use strings with pulleys. One string + one pulley = equivalent of 1 rubber band. The far end of the pulley is attached to a weight which hangs downwards like a stationary pendulum. Gravity pulls it down. The typewriter/typesetter would then be a much bigger/taller machine. With all the dozens of strings and weights.

  • @LEGOCOOKING
    @LEGOCOOKING 2 months ago +250

    This is so cool, your channel deserves more love!

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      @ShhedhGdgshd 2 months ago

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      @ShhedhGdgshd 2 months ago

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  • @NolanDecker-m4g
    @NolanDecker-m4g 2 months ago +6

    Insane! You should release an instruction manual for it!

  • @johnc4236
    @johnc4236 2 months ago +39

    I love that you kept the sideways letters in the video and didn't cut it to pretend performance was perfect. agree about leaving the letters sideways, too - unique charm indeed. earned a sub, amazing freaking work, omg.

  • @Orpheus_an_Artist
    @Orpheus_an_Artist 2 months ago +19

    14:10 whoa! what's that data-mosh-like effect? How'd you do that??

    • @Koushakur
      @Koushakur 2 months ago +5

      Video editing, masking off some parts until he doesn't on clips that overlap, that's kinda all there is to it conceptually

  • @nolamo5
    @nolamo5 2 months ago +24

    7:35
    Literally keeping an eye on it is genisus

  • @Eniac42
    @Eniac42 2 months ago +29

    12:23 Almost literally a Minecraft piston feed tape

  • @SJGamesNES
    @SJGamesNES 2 months ago +52

    15:28 you forgot the rubber band

  • @hfshim
    @hfshim 2 months ago +73

    This is like a linotype machine! LEGO linotype. Coooool.

  • @trashcanthehole
    @trashcanthehole 2 months ago +2

    The mechanical freedom that LEGO provides you is simply amazing, of course when granted to right person. I'm engineer myself but I mostly work on my computer so there's pretty much no functional predicament when I'm dealing with physical products. How much force can that material hold? Is it resistant to wearing out? What is the optimal margin for functioning properly? What are the consistency and ideas that you can increase them. These technical issues are what makes these mechanical projects so unique and appealing.
    I haven't touched LEGO forever lol but this video makes me wonder how much joy I could get as an adult who can contrive a supposedly functional prototype and realize how much wrong and unaware of many errors that can happen during dealing with it.
    Others might think they are just playing around with their toys not knowingly how much depth they can provide and related to building stuffs in general.

  • @javierhillier4252
    @javierhillier4252 2 months ago +21

    Absolutely amazing project, reminds me of how early mechanical machines were made

  • @spencerblanchard480
    @spencerblanchard480 2 months ago +2

    11:15 this is my favorite part of the build. So clever

  • @JaydenSpeed67
    @JaydenSpeed67 2 months ago +8

    the fact that bro used to make cars and then a skateboard and even a pool table amazes me. like i didnt expect for the car guy to also be a typewriter guy!

  • @VinLim
    @VinLim 2 months ago +3

    Lego needs to feature this, so awe-inspiring!

  • @Fenrison-9fu
    @Fenrison-9fu 2 months ago +15

    This reminds me of those ancient videos of early lego youtube, where people built "factories" using the early lego mindstorms parts to make an automated factory that would build like tiny lego planes or cars or whatever. Has those same vibes but with the updated production quality expected of a modern video, and the nice touch that being totally mechanical like this, it feels more obtainable for most people to try and build something similar themselves. Kudos! Very great video!

  • @calebcurby8925
    @calebcurby8925 2 months ago +1

    When you accidentally reinvent the Line-O-Type machine with LEGO. Seriously, truly a work of genius

  • @Skelton25
    @Skelton25 2 months ago +6

    Those 1970s tank tread links you looked at around the 10-minute mark work with a 9-tooth gear, meaning it's easy to misalign them when you put them on the axles. That might explain why the "paper" wouldn't stay straight.

  • @gunblazingmutant
    @gunblazingmutant 2 months ago +1

    It bewilders me how you can watch someone walk through the engineering process behind something just from them playing with Legos.

  • @linkser9739
    @linkser9739 2 months ago +5

    7:20 he uses arch btw

  • @Drifand0
    @Drifand0 2 months ago +2

    LEGO needs to make this the new lego set

  • @joecardboard
    @joecardboard 2 months ago +4

    I love how most of it is exposed so you can see how it works as it works

  • @TheEggroll4321
    @TheEggroll4321 11 days ago +9

    Kudos for showing the faults with it instead of editing it to look perfect

  • @haelscheirs_haven
    @haelscheirs_haven 2 months ago +13

    As someone who collects and fixes typewriters, that "consumable" carriage escapement and the manual winch carriage return were amusing sights. I feel like 1 by 1 cheese slopes would have helped in both cases to create a horizontal carriage rack and add alignment teeth to the side of the garage door page, unless there was a risk of the cheese slopes coming loose.

    • @northstarjakobs
      @northstarjakobs 2 months ago +1

      From one "outdated" writing technology enthusiast to another (fountain pen collector), hi! I actually own one typewriter-a Royal model with Magic Margins-that I found on the free table at the senior apartments where I worked at the time. It's in great shape, just needed a new ink ribbon. No clue why anyone would want to get rid of it, but I can hazard a guess.

  • @1997_DODGE_RAM_VAN
    @1997_DODGE_RAM_VAN 2 months ago +4

    criminally underrated video, somebody gotta promote this somewhere

  • @MastaRhee
    @MastaRhee 2 months ago +19

    should send the letter to lego. Personally liked the rotated letters, gave it a "diy mistakes still there but being figured out" type of vibe.

  • @Grabgamez
    @Grabgamez 2 months ago +1

    We need this man working for Lego designs so everyone can build these

  • @neothermic1
    @neothermic1 2 months ago +4

    As others have noted, an escapement wheel would make the paper movement a bit easier, but also with relation to the rotated letters, designing a mechanism that could either force a rotation always or eliminate the first rotation would've let you at least ensure alignment at the paper. But either way this is fantastic!

  • @guysandbricks
    @guysandbricks 2 months ago +3

    Man, I’m speechless. This is the work of a genius!

  • @nlz_moto
    @nlz_moto 2 months ago +8

    4:54 i actually have that buisness card holder set, i got it when it was new for christmas

  • @hantupriasolo
    @hantupriasolo Month ago +4

    This is one of the best mechanical lego build i ever seen in RUclips! Well Done!

  • @Amanitamamyoutubeacc
    @Amanitamamyoutubeacc 2 months ago +7

    inkredibly would be a good pun

  • @xavier4313
    @xavier4313 2 months ago +1

    The quality and hardwork is exceptional lego should see this video atleast...

  • @XMarkxyz
    @XMarkxyz 2 months ago +5

    That's actually quite similar to how linotypes work, linotypes were big machines which were used in newspaper's printing, they would cast a single line of lead character by character, the mold were kept in a magazine, selected and then by a ramp sent to the casting part; give it a look, really fascinating

  • @RalphVB
    @RalphVB 2 months ago +1

    everything done mechanically is absolutely mindblowing

  • @CJ_in_Seattle
    @CJ_in_Seattle 2 months ago +4

    @12:58 If you just trying to see it.

  • @holographicsol2747
    @holographicsol2747 2 months ago +1

    Sweet. I remember buying a vintage type writer in 98 at a junk sale, when I was 10 years old on my birthday, but my mum made me return it when she realized I had bought it. They have always interested me.

  • @GamerX-2000
    @GamerX-2000 2 months ago +3

    4:21 was hanging out with some friends and they had a set of rainbow loom things so I decided to make one of those bracelets again! It was a lot of fun! I also surprised my friends with how quickly I made one, and I was kinda confused because I disassembled it and reassembled it like 3 times because of mistakes or changes in ideas before I finished.

  • @Keaton_Ambrose
    @Keaton_Ambrose 2 months ago +1

    14:08 the editing on the assembly of the yellow parts is WILD for such a quick shot

  • @kessku1484
    @kessku1484 2 months ago +4

    I’ve never wanted a Lego Set more than this one! Building it is only half the reward. Then you get to actually use it. This is creativity plus genius! U sir are simply top shelf!

  • @ErgoSumbody
    @ErgoSumbody Month ago

    The amount of skill and problem-solving here is astounding!

  • @alm5992
    @alm5992 2 months ago +6

    Finished build looks like a typewriter with a truck engine attached!

  • @MazzVrz568
    @MazzVrz568 2 months ago +1

    Even if you don't use it every day, the idea is awesome

  • @andrewpackham8236
    @andrewpackham8236 2 months ago +4

    You had me hooked from start to finish, that was incredible. And a perfect blend of storytelling, building, timelapse, and beauty shots. Bravo!

  • @LAPCGames
    @LAPCGames 2 months ago +1

    While I was making marble circuit in legos, this guy made a typewriter
    we are not the same, you have so much talent!

  • @bobwithsilliness
    @bobwithsilliness 2 months ago +8

    15:46 SIGMA

  • @larryk731
    @larryk731 2 months ago +1

    You are both a mechanical genius and genuinely insane. Brilliant work

  • @ArtDiariess
    @ArtDiariess 2 months ago +6

    OMG I have been wanting a video for a lego typewrtter for awhile!!! THANK YOU!!!

  • @CoolAlex-lb7ts
    @CoolAlex-lb7ts 2 months ago +1

    *Lego ideas looking REAAALLLL good*

  • @Sillyguyman
    @Sillyguyman 2 months ago +4

    This is so impressive! This deserves more love!

  • @JaapWillem1990
    @JaapWillem1990 2 months ago +1

    Ah, the effort that went into this build is insane!

  • @homohumanoperson4565
    @homohumanoperson4565 2 months ago +14

    4:39 What's the name of this song?

    • @gsmarchini
      @gsmarchini 2 months ago +1

      wanna know too

    • @CosmicBit128
      @CosmicBit128 2 months ago

      ​@gsmarchini my dumb ahh thought this was the name

    • @astrostyle124
      @astrostyle124 2 months ago +1

      Id use Shazam but it isn’t the best especially when someone’s talking over the music

    • @uwiwiow7184
      @uwiwiow7184 29 days ago

      i dont know what the name is, but i know its a huapango (the genre)

  • @yetcha
    @yetcha 2 months ago

    Les réflexions d'ingéniérie sont phénoménales ! Bravo !!!

  • @TechyBen
    @TechyBen 2 months ago +18

    12:00 Illegal LEGO spotted!

    • @CatCheshire
      @CatCheshire Month ago

      It's not "illegal Lego" it's "illegal Lego technic"
      XP

  • @cy4n_knight_q8
    @cy4n_knight_q8 2 months ago +2

    This is much more simple than I expected

  • @RoboBricksPortuguese
    @RoboBricksPortuguese 2 months ago +21

    LEGO nunca foi tão bem usado

  • @monsterblogger1630
    @monsterblogger1630 2 months ago +1

    I love when people try and create technology using weird stuff, it makes you imagine an alt future where this was a conventional typewriter design, with all the fumbles and issues of such a product would have.

  • @CreativeMindstorms
    @CreativeMindstorms 2 months ago +4

    What an insane project to just casually put out here.
    I am beyond impressed with this!

  • @brunocarrasco9447
    @brunocarrasco9447 2 months ago +1

    congratulations, this is amazing.
    i hope LEGO sees this project

  • @pressxfor7219
    @pressxfor7219 2 months ago +36

    1:15 the z is upside down

  • @Facebook2
    @Facebook2 2 months ago +2

    This is awesome! The whole video is so uplifting, I couldn't even stop smiling. No unneccessary screaming, no jumpcuts for no reason, and it was entertaining the whole time. Keep up the good work!

  • @Jacob-yg7lz
    @Jacob-yg7lz 2 months ago +13

    8:15 Rather than beefing up the parts, you could instead make it so that the force used to press in the letters is separate from the force that's used to press down the keys.That way, rather than the forces running through the entire key mechanism, they can instead go through one single reinforced mechanism. For example, you could have a bunch of rubber bands storing up a lot of force (You could disguise this mechanism as a return bar), and then have the keys simply trigger an escapement mechanism that lets out a little bit of that force at a time to run the letter press mechanism. It will also have the benefit of making the keys easier to press!

    • @KareemTrades
      @KareemTrades 2 months ago

      Bro is Albert ensteinsa😂😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉🎉

  • @Rubiksrat
    @Rubiksrat 2 months ago +2

    Mythic home page pull

  • @Kael-j8f
    @Kael-j8f 2 months ago +19

    16:17 and 20 rubber band

  • @TypewriterChicago
    @TypewriterChicago 2 months ago

    As a professional in the typewriter industry, and a lover of lego, I am deeply impressed! Thank you so much for sharing this! You may be intrigued to know that there are a LOT of people who still use and need a typewriter every day.

  • @daviddevries3034
    @daviddevries3034 2 months ago +14

    10:46 how did you do this shot??

  • @RhodaGordiones
    @RhodaGordiones 26 days ago +1

    I can feel his happiness in his voice from his huge success❤

  • @mrbanana7110
    @mrbanana7110 2 months ago +14

    16:15 rubber bands:😢

  • @KK-rv5ee
    @KK-rv5ee 2 months ago +1

    His right, Lego is all about breaking them and making better artworks. My mom never understood, she glued all my hard works, she broke my best one, the giant lucky block! You’re supposed to open every part, now nothing opens.😢

  • @tastypasta10
    @tastypasta10 2 months ago +3

    15:55 its finally built and he yaps less

  • @1videoshow
    @1videoshow 2 months ago +2

    Insane. You built a linotype kind of.

  • @SivaramVallinayagam
    @SivaramVallinayagam 2 months ago +1

    Bro is even admitting its shortcomings!! Great work man!!!

  • @Mrpuppypig
    @Mrpuppypig Month ago +1

    Lego needs to hire this man

  • @snozyoulose46
    @snozyoulose46 2 months ago +1

    I love the fact that it’s probably faster to just place the letters manually 😭

  • @rubi-2123
    @rubi-2123 2 months ago +1

    Good job Ethan, especially on the garage door mechanism, smart