I could listen to this guy narrate my own murder and I'd still be interested.

@ShayBowskill

7 жыл бұрын

Hahaha I totally agree!

@Crlarl

7 жыл бұрын

If I was earing someone tell me how I was going to be murdered, I'd also pay close attention.

@munjee2

6 жыл бұрын

You should check out his audiobook

@catchamp1880

5 жыл бұрын

"Now, the murderer will attempt to dismber the corspe. You can see that he has expertly hidden it under the floor boards. Later, when the police investigate, he will crack."

@efeozylmaz1790

4 жыл бұрын

666 likes btw

This video is blatant click-bait

@engineerguyvideo

7 жыл бұрын

+Bloodbath and Beyond I liked this.

@lxgoodsell3617

7 жыл бұрын

Brilliant response.

@andysouthern1699

7 жыл бұрын

That' would be a great o-penning line.

@philliptune

7 жыл бұрын

Wah wah.

@danjbundrick

7 жыл бұрын

Bloodbath and Beyond HEYOOOOOOO!

Me: "Should I be so amazed by the fact that somebody actually came up with this, given how simple the mechanism ultimately is? All I know is that I could never have come up with it." Bill: "It took a team of 66 people to design this pen." Me: "Oh okay."

@lazyidealist

5 жыл бұрын

I went through exactly the same thought process.

@JohnSmith-lf8ks

5 жыл бұрын

Well, according to the patent it was the invention of a single person KENT RHOADES NOLAN who came up with this mechanism. So probably true that 66 people were involved involved in the design but knowing something about how inventing happens I also think that it was a single person who came up with the idea behind this mechanism.

@mikechurvis9995

5 жыл бұрын

There is nothing more difficult to forge than the illusion of simplicity.

@hiimapop7755

4 жыл бұрын

@@mikechurvis9995 Well said.

@greenaum

4 жыл бұрын

It's the really REALLY simple designs that take the most genius, a lot of the time. Certainly the most thinking.

Now this is what you call a smooth educational video. I love how his video are well paced, simple(without changing the vocabulary) and to the point. The visual demostrations are super clean.

@jimburnsjr.

6 жыл бұрын

agreed

Am i the only one who found this absolutely beautiful to watch?

@samborez8089

5 жыл бұрын

Nope,not the only one. This engineerguy is super!

@notahotshot

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, as evidenced by the fact that the video only garnered a single "like". 🙄

@ratitabaco

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, in 1.1M people who watched it, you're the only one

@ArnabBose

3 жыл бұрын

This is an unique comment to which the correct answer is "no", but the correct response is to thumbs up.

@canberradogfarts

3 жыл бұрын

No.

Dissected a lot of pens during classes when it was time to tune out. This illuminated a lot of my questions about oddball mechanisms I've found.

@pogogo51

7 жыл бұрын

XMR Films Same here. It took me a full day of ignoring classes to figure out how the three part rotating cam pen worked.

@ineffablemars

7 жыл бұрын

Lmao I did too.

To me, it’s sort of mind-blowing and fascinating how these every-day products take enormous engineering feats! Thank you for your work!

@AlexanderWebster_

4 ай бұрын

Exactly! People think just because so many things are common, that they are simple! Society has come a long way in technological advancements.

I've just watched an in-depth video about how mechanical pens work. Normally I'd ask myself what I'm doing with my life, but I found this interesting.

@Shineinpoverty

2 жыл бұрын

I have questions like this all the time. They just pop up in my head and I go to YT :)

I clicked this video so quickly when I saw it in my subscribe feed!

@MrGeekGamer

8 жыл бұрын

+Luke Beacon I clicked it four times...

@StraightOuttaJarhois

8 жыл бұрын

+MrGeekGamer I only pressed the mouse button twice, but it emitted four distinct clicking sounds.

@red13emerald

8 жыл бұрын

+StraightOuttaJarhois I thought you were joking for a second, but that's actually true. Never thought about it.

@smks8er

7 жыл бұрын

StraightOuttaJarhois next video: how a mouse button works!

I remember I disassembled my pen at school just to figure out how it works. And I did. It's really amazing how they thought of such mechanism. The side-click release/latch is pretty simple, but the cam design was what intrigued me the most.

@explodeygames7585

Жыл бұрын

But did you manage to reassemble it?

Fascinating. Both in its simplicity and ingenuity, but even more so, in manpower employed to design it. It'd never occurred to me just how many people were involved in designing something so ubiquitous, and seemingly simple. Thank you Mr Hammack, your videos, as always, are a most welcome highlight of my day.

awesome video!

@Xanifur

8 жыл бұрын

+TAOFLEDERMAUS Hi!

@SteveCrayons

8 жыл бұрын

+TAOFLEDERMAUS Thanks! That means a lot!

@HamRadioCrashCourse

8 жыл бұрын

+TAOFLEDERMAUS Love this channel! I've always taken pens apart to figure out how they work.

@HeatherSpoonheim

8 жыл бұрын

+TAOFLEDERMAUS I laugh every time I end up watching the same videos as you. I love your channel - and we seem to have the same taste in videos.

@taofledermaus

8 жыл бұрын

thanks Heather!

I could watch this guy explaining mundane objects all day.

@henryrichard7619

4 жыл бұрын

Palider we really don’t appreciate how much work goes in to making “mundane” objects work

@bentonrp

2 жыл бұрын

Like your face? :D Oooo, dayum sonnn! Straight up 90's burn! How does it feel, homie! How does it FEEL???

@bentonrp

2 жыл бұрын

@dang bro Now Dats What I Call Gangsta:1996!!!

0:00 Click pins. Oh Bill... (Reference to the end of his music box video.)

@danem2215

6 жыл бұрын

LyricWulf I just came to this video after that one and didn't even notice

@RSpudieD

6 жыл бұрын

yeah....

@DanteYewToob

5 жыл бұрын

Haha Bill is awesome, his bloopers are always great!

@michagrill9432

5 жыл бұрын

*_click pan_*

@georgez5891

5 жыл бұрын

Its some weird accent think where the vowels are swapped round

I never appreciated this. 66 people? wow

@andysouthern1699

7 жыл бұрын

1950's - 3D Cad, FEA and 3D Printing would take that to a team of about 12 now...

@brad3

5 жыл бұрын

I would have guessed that one person came up with this invention. But then again, Engineering is hard.

@TheCandoRailfan

4 жыл бұрын

They had 66 people, but only 10 or less were probably useful.

@raykent3211

4 жыл бұрын

I think that was the number for the whole pen, not just this bit. There are many aspects, such as weight, balance, contour, etc.

@NotMe35971

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheCandoRailfan Yeah, it must include all company employees, cleaners, night security, postal workers, Hotdog seller on the corner and of course main guy who invented mechanism.

The animation could not be better, that advanced viewer program really seems to work great. Awesome job guys !!!

Great video as always. You made something as basic as a pen so interesting to watch!

Back in the day, I asked my high school physics teacher how clicky pens work, and he said it was fairy magic. That lyin' sack o'...

@tylisirn

3 жыл бұрын

Let me translate: "It's not in the curriculum, so I don't know and we don't have time to investigate."

This is KZread gold. This video deserves an award.

When I was in Japan, I went to a store which had a very very extensive pen section. It was so interesting to see that each pen had a different clicking mechanism (perhaps because they each had their own patent, or maybe because it's fun to design mechanism, don't know) to accomplish the same thing -- I looked through those pens for an hour.

This video is meant for the %10 who don’t disassemble their own in class

@rexthegamergembox

3 жыл бұрын

more like 1%

@bentonrp

2 жыл бұрын

But it is incredible that Parker Company wasn't confident in ball points, despite the patented device, and didn't put their logo on the first ones. I wonder if those are worth something now...

I'm LOVING these animations!

Taking apart and figuring out how click pens work was one of my first forays into exploratory engineering when I was a young homeschooler. I got a lot of joy and nostalgia from watching this video. Thank you for making it.

The graphics, the work that went into this. Absolutely amazing channel

I never thought I would find the inside of a pen interesting. Thank you!

Its such simple items that we use pretty much everyday that have some of the most incredible engineering! Thank you so much bill for these truly wonderful videos. I look forward to the next video!!!

Great video! I remember just clicking my cheap retractable pen over and over again and watching the mechanisms at the top slowly rotate. Nice to see the mechanics explained so clearly.

I never thought the inner workings of a pen would be so fascinating..

This is really interesting. I once took a see through pen and tried to understand how it was operating, but the operation was so fast I had trouble seeing it. This video helps slow it down so I can understand what's going on. Thank you.

I have actually sat with a magnifying glass to figure this out, but it happened so quick I never really figured it out. I could tell the cam body went around and around, but couldn't work out the locking mechanism step by step action.

@Tyngdlyftning1

8 жыл бұрын

+lazygamerz i did the same during a slow class and i semi-figured it out. Altough i could never describe it as elouqently as Bill does.

I really admire the man Bill hammack. you are doing a incredible job.there is no annoying ads and very clean screen with very understandable animation and profound explanation.more interesting and informative is the way you put short history. hats off sir.

I really love these type of videos. I'm always amazed at just how complex these every day items are.

I always love your videos, the visuals used were great!

WOW. thanks for the animation. I always wondered how a pen stayed down once since i decided I wanted to learn mechanical engineering. also its quite interesting to know that 66 guys worked on this design.

This is the kind of stuff that inspires me to complete my Engineering. A great video explaining the function of something we use so often in our day to day lives, that it's overlooked most of the time. Keep producing such content Bill!

These renderings are beautiful to work through each of the motions, thank you for this.

Great video! Thanks!

This is awesome as usual, keep it up :)

This really puts into perspective how incredibly much time, planning and effort has been put into everyday objects. Looking around, I feel like we owe so much to all the engineer guys out there...

This is the best channel. Very few people can narrate this kind of content and keep it interesting, but I'm enthralled all the way through.

This guy has great stuff to hear.

@jimburnsjr.

6 жыл бұрын

ya he does

I figured out when I was taking a test. Got bored and decided to open up my pen.

@gordontang9640

7 жыл бұрын

I still can't find a pen that doesn't have tiny ass grooves

@bentonrp

2 жыл бұрын

Was the test on this patent? And did you tell the teacher when she handed you the test that you got an F on for being too distracted to finish, "It matters not whether it be noted; The knowledge hath been aquired." ?

I have one of the newer Parker jotter pens, and I absolutely love it. This video made me love it even more by learning the engineering that went into this beautiful pen.

I could never completely wrap my head around this concept. Amazingly well done video. Thanks!

Have you guys considered starting a Patreon campaign, like Crash Course, or Smarter Every Day?

thank you for this video, before this video my life had no purpose and each time i saw a pen i got jealous of you because you had the knowledge. now since you shared this knowledge with the world i found the meaning of life. Thank you sir for changing my life. 11/10 explain how pencils work next.

@ryaneros8548

8 жыл бұрын

Yeah this video inspired me to get my PhD in Pengineering

@devinpainter847

8 жыл бұрын

It change my life in so many ways i cant even thank you

@lightnindogfc4672

8 жыл бұрын

I agree, this video changed my life forever

@rileytheilen2039

8 жыл бұрын

Wow that video also changed my life I was just way to jealous whenever I saw pens

@cameronbittner1312

8 жыл бұрын

I strongly agree with your comment. The sheer feeling of amazement I experienced when I saw him clicking his beautiful retractable ballpoint pen really made me think about life in a different way. I honestly think that pens should be the standard method of transferring letters on to any surface. engineerguy has caused me to rethink everything on the planet. I need someone to recommend me the greatest pen brands available on the planet.

Funny, I have spent over an hour to understand how the retractable ballpoint pin worked, taking it apart, & drawing it out. Thanks for the video.

It is incredible how quickly this has become my favorite channel.

Spin off episode....the machines that test these mechanisms.

@andysouthern1699

7 жыл бұрын

Sadly, they are quite mundane. Linear actuator with spring loaded pad, counter, and a guy who can go around 20-25 of those each day to see if it still works. They might put a second counter at the front to record the number of "extensions" (= 1/2 number of actuations) to show when the mech is starting to go. It's the test spec that is interesting.

This Old Tony from the future sent me here.

Great video! I'm reading your book these days, and I can hear your voice in every word.

This is such a simple product - but to just think of the hours people spent on designing and prototyping back in the 60's it's an amazing feat of Engg. As always a great pleasure listening to you describe every single last detail of this pen. Kudos :)

I wish my name was Steve Crayons.

@SteveCrayons

8 жыл бұрын

+ChipsAhoy Me too.

@lackadaisicaldreamer

8 жыл бұрын

+Steve Crayons lol

Am I the only one who took a clicky pen apart when I was a kid?

@killaddict12

8 жыл бұрын

nope, I've taken countless pens apart just to see how it worked back in 5th grade.

@edmanrapperu

8 жыл бұрын

Yes, you are the only one. No one else has ever done it. Congratulations.

@Youcanscienceit

8 жыл бұрын

+How To Make Sushi I did this a lot, mechanical pencil too. Still loved the detail in the video though.

@adam03753

8 жыл бұрын

+Ronald Raygun the phrase is like a rhetorical question. You can see more of these at Relatables.com, it's actually pretty fun reading them

@C4rn1fex01

8 жыл бұрын

+How To Make Sushi All I did in school was disassemble pens :P

I also love the stories behind the items you show.

Gosh I've been taking apart pens and putting them back together for ages and really happy to have the physical process of how the cam turns explained to me. The other day I took one apart that used another spring to complete a circuit when pressed making the pen glow.

It took 66 people to develop this thing? wow ...

@mrnat3058

7 жыл бұрын

Engineers, man.

@ShreyRupani

7 жыл бұрын

Christian Benedict Because understanding it once it is made is easy. Designing it from scratch, that is a different story. I wonder how many iterations the design went through to make this. Probably hundreds.

That moment when you ask ur friend to borrow a pen and you give it back in pieces ur friend be like: *;-;*

Sir, you are the Richard Feynman of engineering. What a perfect explanation.

I've taken a pen apart before, but this video and the animations explain some neat details I've never thought about. Love it.

holy shit did i just watch a video about rockets and space stations???? that was amazing !

"How It's Made" music playing in the background

I’ve been using Parker Jotters for years, so was thrilled to see this video. Well done!

The writing is really beautiful. "How the clicking of a pen". You should be extreamly proud of these videos. Wonderfully made.

would not mind seeing how the 1911 .45 ACP pistol works. Heck I'll bring mine and demonstrate it seemingly how I am already trained with it.

@GZA036

7 жыл бұрын

That thing is a masterpiece

Where can we suggest subjects? I think the ToastMaster is the cleverest invention of the 1930s. It self lowers, self raises and uses infrared to know when the toast is done.

@twifkak

8 жыл бұрын

I would love an exposition on those water bottles that let liquid out when you suck, but not when you squeeze.

@sc0tte1-416

8 жыл бұрын

+Walter Clark Wait, they had that stuff in the 30s but now in the 2000s im burning my toast? Is evolution going backwards?

@walterdennisclark

8 жыл бұрын

+sc0tte1 I know. That's why the thing is so incredible. No motors. Just rods of special metal that expands with heat. And a thermostat that looks at the toast. I found his email and suggested it, but like all famous youTubers, he never looks at suggestions.

@Polite_Cat

8 жыл бұрын

+Walter Clark WHaa? Since when did toasters have some sort of system that "looked" at the toast to see if it was done? I thought it was all just done via timers, as that seems to be the simplest way of doing it as all bread is mostly similar. Or are you referring to a specific toaster? I've never heard of the "toastmaster".. if so, why do modern toasters burn toast?

@walterdennisclark

8 жыл бұрын

+kekejojo1212 Glad you asked. Yes today they are timed, but the original Toastmaster patent had four mirrors that allowed a thermostat to ONLY see the surface of the toast; not the heating elements. When the toast radiated some amount of heat, it triggered the thermostat and the heater was turned off. That meant the mechanism that kept the toast down cooled down and the toast slowly rose. It took about 7 seconds to rise up instead of popping up which is probably what most people want.

The best explanatory video maker of KZread, hands down. Awesome videos, Bill!

Great video and animation as always. I looked up how click pens worked before but nowhere can I fine a more straightforward and clear explanation.

Did he say "pen" or "pin"?

@mrnat3058

7 жыл бұрын

We'll never know.

@Crlarl

7 жыл бұрын

Pan.

Who's here from This Old tony's video? :D

Taking a pen apart and putting it back together is the first right of passage that an engineering takes

Amazing! I've always taken the simple click pen for granted but inside it really is a marvel of mechanical engineering.

That is too much makeup, its not theatre

@funnyvideohaha5337

8 жыл бұрын

rude

@seannelson9998

8 жыл бұрын

+teekanne15 Even if it's true, a private message would have been more appropriate.

@trw45q

8 жыл бұрын

lol :P

@Raptorman0909

5 жыл бұрын

Says the guy wearing a chicken outfit!

Beautiful renders and animations. I've always wondered how this mechanism works, thank you.

Very well done. A masterful mix of editing, dialogue and information. Bravo.

Great video. I did not know click pens were so excellently designed. Simple, but effective.

Your passion for engineering inspires me. Thanks.

I can’t wait for a video from the engineer guy explaining how the paper clip works… I have no doubt it will be every bit as fascinating as this one!

I'm working on a project that's going to rely on a very similar mechanism - I needed this. Very clear video, thank you!

This video still looks "new" in 2023. Just shows the quality of engineerguy's videos.

Idk what this guy has on KZread but his channel is the only one I've ever seen that doesn't begin with ads and the videos aren't long enough for any to interrupt them. ??

The Parker Jotter has always been my grandmother's favorite pen! So much so that I recall buying her one as gift several years ago. I never knew that Parker invented the first retractable pen nor that the Jotter design was that very pen. Now I HAVE to have one LOL.

You guys always do such a wonderful job explaining the genius beyond everyday products.

this channel has got to be one of my favorites whenever im bored and wanting to learn something. stay awesome Engineering guy, I hope to learn many more things!

EngineeringGuy, you should call yourself EngineeringSir. Because these videos inspire respect. Not only from their content and the thought process they represent, But also from the meticulous way they're put together. Thank you

Hi Bill, I'm a pen collector and found your video extremely interesting and informative. The Parker Jotter was my first "nice" pen, and helped planted the seed of my love for the hobby. Thanks for making the time to produce these videos. I enjoy them immensely.

@KOR.8341

Жыл бұрын

aren't you the guy with the command and conquer quotes?

Another great video sir. TY and the crew for making them. Springs. The unsung hero of so many mechanical devices.

What a lovely peace of history I would like to own a pen like that for myself ! Great video thanks -Uriel

Awesome as always! No bloopers at the end however, I enjoy those as much as the video itself!

This was the most educational thing for me this week. Amazing.

Who would have thought this could have been so interesting. Thanks for this awesome video. Can't wait for many more of these.

This vid helped me repair my Parker Jotter pen. Thank you!

Absolutely brilliant animations! Well done as always.

I modeled this in a SolidWorks motion study once. I can't believe how creative the designers of this mechanism were!

Could not been easier to understand with your explanations and unbelievable great illustrations!!! Huge cred!!

This is the video that caused me to subscribe. I've been an exclusive fountain pen user for 4 years now, but I'd love to get my hands on a '51 Jotter. That's a sexy pen.

This guy is every engineers guru. Would love to have him teach in my eng. training program.

What a delightful video! I would love to see more of the same, examining other everyday objects.

This Video is just impeccable, the visuals are just outstanding!

This is amazing. Such beauty in an everyday pen.