Beautiful. Ironically, the more thought we put into a design, the simpler and simpler it becomes. At a certain point, you can streamline an idea to where it's so elegant that people will fail to see its complexity or significance at all, because it starts to look 'easy' or obvious. Cleverness gets taken for granted in this way. Often when we see brilliance in daily use it doesn't even register, as though we believe we could have thought about how to solve the problem ourselves. But if I'm honest, could I live ten lifetimes alone, I doubt whether I'd be able to invent the modern doorknob or a Bic lighter, let alone a filament light-bulb or a bicycle. Invention is a selection process: time spent while favoring small adaptations and subtracting the extraneous equals improvement. At least, I think that's the solution, but I'd have to think more about it!
@@pocket83squared thank you for this comment, I never really thought of the invention process in this way but I definitely agree. This will give me something to think deeply about today.
Fun little trick I've used in the past is to design a leaky air cylinder into the travel mechanism as a way to dampen the action so it isn't so cheap feeling.
Thank you for sharing this mechanism! Super useful content, I was actually looking for this exact type of thing and it just happened to show up on my youtube recommended. Subscribed. Keep these coming!
@AaronMedina-lt6fh hell yeah, it's awesome. had a quick look at ur other videos too, u currently studying engineering? all the videos remind me of my engineering machine dynamics unit, haha.
@@AaronMedina-lt6fh thats awesome! nope, i did robotics and mechatronics and finished this semester, got my graduation next week 😎 have an awesome final year! i loved mine 😊
Could you do a series on mechanical principles? Like a “build your own contraption” thing, where you present some ideas and core concepts, and then anyone who wants can go out into the world and use those principles to build something. I feel like that could be a good way to actually get people into mechanical engineering. Also, I think it would be interesting to see wood become a choice material for prototyping. The sense of having created something as opposed to loading a file up on a 3d rendering software and sending it to a printer sounds just… I dunno. I feel like it robs people of the actual experience of having to work with a material in order to utilize it. That, and I have a deep distaste for oil companies and plastic manufacturers. And I feel that this would drive the reconstitution and revitalization of deforested areas, which is desperately needed nowadays. Not enough trees, too many pollutants. Thoughts? Edit: …corrugated or stacked cardboard.
Beautiful. Ironically, the more thought we put into a design, the simpler and simpler it becomes. At a certain point, you can streamline an idea to where it's so elegant that people will fail to see its complexity or significance at all, because it starts to look 'easy' or obvious. Cleverness gets taken for granted in this way.
Often when we see brilliance in daily use it doesn't even register, as though we believe we could have thought about how to solve the problem ourselves. But if I'm honest, could I live ten lifetimes alone, I doubt whether I'd be able to invent the modern doorknob or a Bic lighter, let alone a filament light-bulb or a bicycle.
Invention is a selection process: time spent while favoring small adaptations and subtracting the extraneous equals improvement. At least, I think that's the solution, but I'd have to think more about it!
@@pocket83squared thank you for this comment, I never really thought of the invention process in this way but I definitely agree. This will give me something to think deeply about today.
Fun little trick I've used in the past is to design a leaky air cylinder into the travel mechanism as a way to dampen the action so it isn't so cheap feeling.
Is this to soften the motion at the end range? Can you explain how this works and the benefit it provides? Thanks!
Bro is the first person to put his mechanical degree to good use ❤
Haha thank you
Thank you for sharing this mechanism! Super useful content, I was actually looking for this exact type of thing and it just happened to show up on my youtube recommended. Subscribed. Keep these coming!
Thank you, I'm very glad that it provided some useful information
That box is fire
thank you sir
this helps so much!!
I'm glad it did, thanks for watching
this is bloody awesome man, great stuff
thank you im glad you like it
@AaronMedina-lt6fh hell yeah, it's awesome. had a quick look at ur other videos too, u currently studying engineering? all the videos remind me of my engineering machine dynamics unit, haha.
@@amelia.hitchcock Haha yea, 3rd year mechanical engineering, I just finished that same unit a few days ago. Are u in school for the same major?
@@AaronMedina-lt6fh thats awesome! nope, i did robotics and mechatronics and finished this semester, got my graduation next week 😎 have an awesome final year! i loved mine 😊
This looks great! You open to sharing either the STL or STEP file(s) of the push latch?
Could you do a series on mechanical principles? Like a “build your own contraption” thing, where you present some ideas and core concepts, and then anyone who wants can go out into the world and use those principles to build something. I feel like that could be a good way to actually get people into mechanical engineering.
Also, I think it would be interesting to see wood become a choice material for prototyping. The sense of having created something as opposed to loading a file up on a 3d rendering software and sending it to a printer sounds just… I dunno. I feel like it robs people of the actual experience of having to work with a material in order to utilize it. That, and I have a deep distaste for oil companies and plastic manufacturers.
And I feel that this would drive the reconstitution and revitalization of deforested areas, which is desperately needed nowadays.
Not enough trees, too many pollutants.
Thoughts?
Edit: …corrugated or stacked cardboard.
Nice
Thanks
Clever
thank you
Great,
which 3d printer are you using?
the bambulab A1, and I use their filament as well
@@AaronMedina-lt6fh nice
Aaron, sent you a message via your Etsy shop
Great mechanism, may i have your sldprt file for that😂🤔
Make more vids
sure I'll be uploading daily from now on
@@AaronMedina-lt6fh nice
noice