Lego Egg Timer - Powered By Eggs!
Ғылым және технология
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Can we use eggs to time eggs? In this video, we use Lego to build a totally oversized machine to test this ridiculous concept.
This lego technic machine works sort of like a clock. An escapement mechanism only permits very slow rotation of the gears, creating a ‘tick-tock’ motion and sound. The sound itself is quite satisfying. Powering this mechanism is a belt that’s connected to a basket of eggs. This provides rotational energy via gravity as the eggs pull on the gears. If we set it up juuuust right, we can time the contraption to measure 6 minutes: egg-sactly what we need for a nice boiled egg. Unfortunately, for this machine, that means we need a lot of heigh. And now it takes up half my kitchen!
“But what if I want a hard-boiled egg??”, you say. “And what if I don’t want it to take up my entire kitchen?” Well I’ve got you covered. I also built a smaller version that can time up to 20 minutes on a single charge, allowing us to time anything up to 20 mins!
If you’d like to see more behind the scenes while I build these contraptions, and help me work on them, you can join my channel membership available under the video. I appreciate all the support everyone has given on this channel so far!
#lego #diy #build #egg #machine
Пікірлер: 51
“If it ain’t broke, break it and make it your own” 😂
@JamiesBrickJams
Жыл бұрын
Haha love it, that's a great motto 😂
While the first timer has a very inefficient escapement, I don't think I've ever seen a 2 tooth escape wheel before, so that's pretty impressive.
@JamiesBrickJams
Жыл бұрын
You're right, it's horribly inefficient! But that sort of adds to how absurd the whole thing is 😂
This timer is egg-celent
@JamiesBrickJams
Жыл бұрын
Crackin compliment, cheers :D
this is stupid in the best way possible. Well done. You earned a subscriber
@JamiesBrickJams
Жыл бұрын
Aw that's the best kind of compliment 🙏😄 I live and love to make stupid things. Thanks for joining!
Now make an egg generator so you can cook the egg with eggs
For Easter I made a Lego car to get an egg around a track
@JamiesBrickJams
Жыл бұрын
That's awesome! But why did the egg cross the track?
@fazented
Жыл бұрын
@@JamiesBrickJams That sounds like a setup to a joke...
well you know what they say, you cant make an egg timer without breaking a few eggs.
Well... I will try it my self with my eggs
@JamiesBrickJams
11 ай бұрын
Awesome, hope you do!
More weight on the pendulum would have slowed down the mechanism without need of all that hight!
@JamiesBrickJams
Жыл бұрын
True, I actually managed to get a further 1:3 gear ratio in there with more weight, but the eggs just weren't heavy enough to run it. And I really wanted it to run on eggs!
This vid was crackingly awesome =3
the fact that you used an egg timer to prop up a stopwatch on your phone lol
@JamiesBrickJams
Жыл бұрын
😅 Shhhhhh
I love the content man. Keep it up and you’ll make it big for sure
@JamiesBrickJams
11 ай бұрын
Appreciate it, thanks a lot 😊
u didnt soak the eggs in cold water when done v.
@tedgd2137
Жыл бұрын
oh wow i thought my youtube had broken
@JamiesBrickJams
Жыл бұрын
True .. like I said - I ain't no chef!
@theanonymusguy
Жыл бұрын
@@tedgd2137 idk i was procrastinating
lmfao thats sick
@JamiesBrickJams
Жыл бұрын
Aw cheers 😁🙏
Some sort of generator might be fun. Charge a phone with lego, maybe?
@JamiesBrickJams
11 ай бұрын
Love where your mind is at - I've got a gravity powered generator in concept right now!
now you're thinking with eggs
@JamiesBrickJams
Жыл бұрын
😁
I give a try will with my eggs 😄 Great vidieo👍
@JamiesBrickJams
11 ай бұрын
Thanks 😁🙏 And good luck for yours!
@akamekleinsman6537
11 ай бұрын
Thanks 😄👍
Hmm. Weirdly useful if you eat soft boiled eggs for some reason. Personally I boil eggs for exactly 1 reason. Deviled eggs, and the hard setting on the second mechanism is still a little light for that. Plus the lack of audio indicators on the second mechanism is annoying. I wish to see this idea fulfilled as a third mechanism that flips over the signs onto piano keys or something.
@JamiesBrickJams
Жыл бұрын
Flipping over piano keys is a fantastic idea, thanks for the suggestion! I'll certainly give that a go. Maybe even a pneumatic whistle or something
Is it made out of L"EGG"OS
@JamiesBrickJams
2 ай бұрын
😂 Damn, missed opportunity
that a fun thing, the small one is definitely better but less fun, lol
@JamiesBrickJams
Жыл бұрын
Haha yeah practical is rarely entertaining 😜 Much prefer stupid and pointless!
i love hard boiled eggs soft is kinda gross
JOIN THE EGG CLAN | | V
Bro has infinite legos 💀💀💀
@JamiesBrickJams
11 ай бұрын
I wish!
why is that pot so full jesus
@JamiesBrickJams
11 ай бұрын
For full eggy submersion 😁
Egg
@JamiesBrickJams
11 ай бұрын
🥚
not long enough for me
@JamiesBrickJams
2 ай бұрын
That's what she sai..... Wait nevermind