How to Make Knobs • Control Any Software - No Electronics Used!

[@Beeks81]

That VHS head control wheel must be the most satisfying control feel ever devised. Ball bearings, weighted knob, spring steel, and a roller switch that makes a relay click? *[chef's kiss]*

[@diegoteclas]

And it has momentum due the weight inertia., so you can give it a stronger turn for fast zooming

[@vikassm]

Gotta run find some VHS players at the junkyard 😂

[@vysakhak191]

Really liked the way he thought out solutions to solve problems. Instead of just showing the final product, you showed the entire journey and with that we were able to learn something. You got my sub❤️👍

[@vikassm]

^^exactly! I can't afford to buy a resolve color grading keyboard (don't use it enough). But making one like this? Certainly worthwhile at least for the wow factor🙂

[@DiyEcoProjects]

It amazing youve figured this out. Ive seen button boxes made with mini encoder circuits, but nothing from reusing old tech. Well done.

[@MrMann703]

This is now my favourite channel on KZbin

[@petergplus6667]

I am so glad I found this hilarious dude several years ago. Glad he is still going.

[@RulofMaker]

thanks Peter! don't worry many more video are coming for sure!

[@jameswyatt1304]

Ditto, but realized that it wasn't selected for "all" until now.

[@petergplus6667]

@@jameswyatt1304 What are you talking about?

[@jameswyatt1304]

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[@dbayboyds409]

I love the way you’ve shown the problem solving process. It’s so valuable to see the evolution of the design. Thank you!

[@yogspog]

This guy is so enthusiastic and excited to make his videos keep up the good work 👍🏻

[@tonytor53]

My father would be proud of you! I used to say "he preferred crank operated devices to electronics". He must be laughing on the other side!

[@cube.in.]

The difference between how "bad" your projects look and how well they work is almost an art form. You have a new subscriber.

[@flyingdutchman28]

Hey, just so you know I think something was changed in the KZbin algorithm because I had never been suggested one of your videos. Today I got a bunch of new channels and videos from people I didn’t know edited, including you. I promptly subscribed. Great video!

[@Rulof_Fai.da.Te_]

something than is finaly moving! :)

[@simonruszczak5563]

The first part of video gave me a flashback. In my teens in the 1980s I made a joystick for my Spectrum computer, 4 switches, 5 = right, 6 = down, 7 = up, 8 = right. It worked very well. Fun to make and better game playing. The second part, a flashback to my first employment after school, a panel builder/wirer.

[@captaindavejseddon7313]

This is a brilliant project and has so many applications. Gives me ideas for a custom control panel for the 1971 cruiser that I live on. Cruising and operating laptop keyboards at same time is a mission, so thankyou for the video :) Nice One

[@manousos7021]

Clicked for the man, stayed for the man. You are breathtaking my dude.

[@1987tomtomtom1987]

Love these videos. Really practical approach and achievable without having to learn programming

[@marwanbeaino5377]

Such a nice work ! The end result is very satisfying, BRAVO !

[@xvpower]

People like you would really shine in a post apocalypse scenario. Awesome project, very unusual (in a great way) thinking!

[@HDMensur]

it's a crime that youtube doesn't promote your videos any more! I went to your channel because I missed your content and then I saw that you have 5 new vids... KZbin didn't give me any notifications :& But keep up the great work! I love your videos!

[@goranjosic]

This is legendary!! 😄 At the beginning of the video I thought, "this is some rubbish recording, there is no chance that he will make buttons to control the software without using at least one Arduino"! At the end of the video, I can’t believe how everything works well and looks even better!! 😄👍

[@Rulof_Fai.da.Te_]

this comment is so stisfing! thancks!

[@joshmellon390]

I love the implementation of reused electronics. This thing is like the most hacked together rotary encoder I have ever seen, but it's operation provides the same function lol. Pretty cool man.

[@raycap]

The Matrix

[@KiloLima39]

Someone share this with Adam Savage. He’d love this.

[@thefirstviolinist]

Why don't YOU share this with Adam Savage? :-D

[@colinwomble931]

I can't decide wether your crazy or genius but I love watching your videos, you have a true talent, keep it up pal

[@dj0ignacio]

Wow you’re English has gotten better!

[@bencenagy6638]

This gives Electronics, and engineering a whole new perspective imo, i loved this video. Definitely Subscribed!!

[@bobbythecajun7869]

My hero. This is great! To work the algorithm, you need comments. This one for example.

[@forsale313]

You have proved to me that some ideas I thought about WILL work. Thank you soooo much. You have a new subscriber. Thanks again.

[@headbanger1428]

This is pure madness! I had a smile on my face during the whole video. I love it! ❤️ Pure retro upcycling.

[@olliloc]

La migliore realizzazione che ti ho visto fare in termini di ingegno e precisione ! BRAVO rulof

[@Seegalgalguntijak]

What an amazing idea. This is the Italian version of Laura Kampf. Figuring out how to build things and then actually bring them into reality. I wouldn't have the patience for that, but it's quite amazing nonetheless!

[@Edward_Black_Rose]

Some time ago I made a joystick for a computer to play Mario using the same method with the keyboard board. This can be used to make keyboards and devices comfortable for people with disabilities. it is not so difficult to find the pins of the specific keys, you just don't have to remove the plastic pad under the keys and use a multimeter to measure the contacts under the key to which pin they go. I really like the design of your creation.

[@EspenStabforsmo]

I love the fact that you've put your t-shirt on inside-out at 4:25 - that's my kind of guy! Subscribed :)

[@Rulof_Fai.da.Te_]

hahahha do you make the same mistake?

[@EspenStabforsmo]

@@Rulof_Fai.da.Te_ Sure, all the time 😁. But if staying home, I don't care. And I also keep the right side clean a little longer... 😆

[@SurvivalHacking]

Non ti conoscevo, e devo dire che sei davvero grandissimo. Mi piace molto lo stile dei tuoi video e spieghi davvero molto bene, invidio anche la padronanza dell'Inglese, potessi farli anche io in Inglese.... Peccato per gli innumerevoli spot, non so se sei tu che puoi decidere le quantità ma in questo video sono state 6, una ogni 5 minuti, un pochino pressanti e si corre il rischio di irritare. Ora hai un nuovo follower :) Bravo davvero. P.S. secondo me recuperando da qualche vecchio apparecchio elettronico, avresti potuto trovare degli encoder, non quelli incrementali, ma ci sono proprio degli encoder che hanno 2 contatti, che si chiudono in base alla direzione e la loro chiusura è in sync con i dentelli. Comunque grande manualità e inventiva.

[@PlayNowWorkLater]

You have great enthusiasm and energy. Really enjoyed watching this project!

[@cinarsinan]

You deserve more than 1 like Rulof. Nicely done.

[@alimemari1646]

Appreciate the time and effort put in this video

[@ismaelgoldsteck5974]

I love your enthusiasm and how the project came out! But as a software developer this triggers me.

[@timecentral3134]

Throughout the video, i kept thinking "TEENSY"!!!!!!!!!!

[@ahmdabdallah5811]

What Is Islam? Islam is not just another religion. It is the same message preached by Moses, Jesus and Abraham. Islam literally means ‘submission to God’ and it teaches us to have a direct relationship with God. It reminds us that since God created us, no one should be worshipped except God alone. It also teaches that God is nothing like a human being or like anything that we can imagine. The concept of God is summarized in the Quran as: { “Say, He is God, the One. God, the Absolute. He does not give birth, nor was He born, and there is nothing like Him.”} (Quran 112:1-4) Becoming a Muslim is not turning your back to Jesus. Rather it’s going back to the original teachings of Jesus and obeying him

[@marc_frank]

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[@eagledee7753]

@@ahmdabdallah5811 Totally unrelated and unnecessary religious propaganda.

[@eagledee7753]

@@marc_frank Totally unrelated, unnecessary response to the previous religious propaganda with more religious propaganda.

[@IamNickDClements]

Hi Rulof, I really like your videos, I've been subscribed for several years. I just posted a video on my channel, very much inspired by this video. I wanted to show you that it is possible to use an old keyboard. It's just a process of tracing the lines of the 2 plastic sheets. It's pretty hard to do by hand with a marker, but if you scan them into a computer, you can basically just take the 'paint bucket' tool, click on the key/line you want to trace, and it highlights the whole line. Do this for each key you want to map, and in a few minutes, you have the pin combinations. The big advantage, other than the cost, of using the old keyboard circuit, over the keyboard pcb kit you used, is how small it is, allowing you to put it in pretty much any form factor you want.

[@Rulof_Fai.da.Te_]

thanks so mutch for talking about my video and channel ! great trick using the scanner and photoshop to trace the circuit! waing for part 2!!

[@IamNickDClements]

@@Rulof_Fai.da.Te_ You are very welcome, I'm really glad you liked it.

[@hlmartelli]

You got a new subscriber! I loved your video and your project! I use to fix things and create things reclycling parts as well and I fixed my car's trunk electric lock using the cable of a tooth brush, 2 little screws and 20 minutes epoxi glue. It's working as brand-new for the past 6 years, haha Awesome! :)

[@matyasnyilas]

How this video only has 3.2K likes? It's so underrated! :(

[@mohammedaljedaani5964]

Wow 🤩 that’s incredible!!! So smart device and so vintage looking 😍😍 loved it!! I wouldn’t mind purchasing it !!

[@martinhorner642]

This is absolutely not the way I would have done this, and I have created a very similar device. I am so much more impressed with your solution.

[@jek__]

Your look reminds me of a grown up samwise gamgee haha :) This is great! I love the idea of physically getting in there and changing the data to form in the way you want it to, rather than hooking up an arduino and letting the microchip handle it all. It's rare to find videos of people actually getting in there and doing it manually, makes me want to try myself

[@jacruce]

Great Video! This gave me an idea for a World of Warcraft keyboard.

[@eagledee7753]

Great video! mad skills and very enjoyable to watch, keep on the good job!!

[@tykobrising5339]

I like your way of solving problems! Nice video, I really hop KZbin won't keep me from your videos 😁

[@AccidentalScience]

The rotary knob is really cool.

[@nearemus]

Bruh... this is awesome! Good job, brother, really good job!

[@MilanGajicBuva]

What the hell .... i was like duuuude, finally another video ... turns out my notifications for your channel got turned off... i while ago i guess ! Dang!

[@vedranlatin1386]

By not using Arduino or similar device you've made it painfully complex and likely to prematurely wear out or break. BTW. there is a device that does exactly what you wanted and you probably have one on your desk - a mouse wheel. As an exercise in purely mechanical this project makes some kind of sense, but you should then showcase mechanism - not hide it. Also, you can easily solder onto old keyboard PCB. Scrape the conductive paint off, there's should be a normal trace underneath. Even if it's not, you can scrape off the green solder stop from the trace leading to in and solder a wire to it. Since it's looking like a standard 2.54m pitch you can also use an ISA slot from a motherboard or a floppy disk connector from and old-old PC, though they are getting a bit harder to find in trash. As for which contacts to close, that's easy. Just trace the lines from the button on the original keyboard membrane

[@RulofMaker]

i guess you havn't seen all the video... how can wear out??

[@vedranlatin1386]

@@RulofMaker I watched the video till the end. Mechanical switches will fail at a certain number of on-off cycles. This is true for both manual switches and relays. The number (for good swiches) can be high but not so high for this to never happen. For instance, good quality Omron switches in my Microsoft Explorer mouse lasted for some 20 years before I had to change one out, but unbranded crap in my robot vacuum failed (all 4 of them) in less then 5 years - say 100 cycles per session, 30 vacuuming session per year, that means they only lasted 1500 on-off cycles and that's generous. Bottom line, mechanical switches fail, that's one of the reasons mouse wheels use optical interrupt sensors. The other is you can get high actuation rates, so your wheel can detect very small movements and also very quick movements without loosing steps.

[@Ky-lb5ts]

@@RulofMaker on one hand this is true and I have experienced this first hand as I had to replace both of the momentary switches in my driveway gate opener. (only after 10 years of daily use and being outside in 40C weather) On the OTHER hand the momentary switches like the ones in your control knob board, are generally quite inexpensive and easy to replace! (I bought mine for like under $10 total.)

[@iSlaVTeK]

Пока смотрел пришло ещё два метода, как определять направление вращения. Без использования магнитов. И даже с большей чувствительностью. И все также налоговые решения. Второй способ даже с регулировкой чувствительности) А так в общем - как всегда очень оригинальный проект с интересным исполнением 👍 Ps- и все не понимаю, почему так мало просмотров, YT вообще не рекомендует видео. Зашёл на канал, а там видео десять, которые я не видел. Если не больше. Печально

[@jimviau327]

Nice project. Very well done. You gave me an idea for a business.

[@bcook745]

You can make a quadrature decoder to determine the direction of rotation of the VCR motor with a D-Type Latch. Use one of the phases as 'Data', and the other phase as 'CLOCK'. And you can make a D-Type latch out of relays if you really want to. The direction signal can be 'used to enable the 'CLOCK' phase to trigger different keys based on direction of rotation. You can do all of this with relay logic.

[@SymbioticSense]

You've got a new subscriber! Awesome video!!

[@felixa695]

bravo Rulof ! Great thinking and craftsmanship :)

[@davidandrews8566]

A very ingenious project and no filthy arduino in sight

[@JorgeLuis80100]

This video was amazing!!! Great diy project!

[@0786momin0786]

It doesn't look good but it do the job and that's all we want. You are just like me not good at designing but good at making things work 😀 You got a new sub ✌️😊

[@sarimbinwaseem]

Where was I for such along time?? You are great... This is my first video watching

[@snelpiller]

Cool project Rulof, keep it going!

[@montanaharkin]

Awesome work! Love it! Keep up the projects.

[@bonamin]

This sir, is an awesome project. Love your take on this.

[@Julian_Bester]

You could have also used optical sensors for the sensor/switch for the rotary wheel instead of the momentary switch, that why there would be even less friction and a higher resolution in ur movement of the rotor knob! Great video! Well explained and fun project! Loved that it was all eletromechical! Interesting challenges!

[@johnkeller9290]

My friend, you will be very handy to have around if the fit ever hits the shan! Good stuff.

[@shann00143]

Good job rulof! 👏🏼

[@ryanb6456]

Nice brother good work love watching you videos

[@Kikutuca]

Amazing! Very nice result.

[@petventures]

You are amazing dude. Hope you're doing well.

[@fabrisfederico6407]

Non ho visto ancora il video ma sarà sempre uguale " Na bomba"

[@RulofMaker]

thanks! it's a bomb!

[@channelview8854]

The textbook way to sense the direction of rotation is to use a quadrature encoder. You could still use your wooden wheels and cherry switches. What you did was clever as hell though.

[@johgranger1304]

The secret is to input voltage in the graphite circuit and find the which header pins are high using a multi-meter while pressing keys. For the rotating knobs I would adapt an old mouse (those with a ball) so you can preserve some rotation accuracy.

[@ka_okai9]

very cool solution with the wooden gear am inspired very good channel also

[@jasonnora372]

Bent u nederlander?dit is de eerste video die ik van u zie en ik merk al op in uw accent😁😁

[@memylastname9972]

Very different take on automation which I liked. Thanks

[@Navuhodo1]

Очень увлекательное изобретение энкодера) С удовольствием посмотрел бы как ты изобретаешь велосипед)

[@airbaend]

Music a little too loud at 1:05, but oh lord I love this!!

[@klaernie]

Give the algorithm a break, it suggested this video to me right now. So as I enjoyed it, the algorithm knows what I like! Subbed and liked! Just one question: did you keep the relay intermediate step in the final version? Technically there shouldn't be any needed, one could wire the switches directly. Also it's a slight cheat to buy a mech keyboard pcb, which essentially is a micro controller with qmk flashed already. But overall I enjoyed watching your very valid process and approach.

[@Thebasicmaker]

Hey Rulof you speak a good English man! Complimenti!

[@alcidesmarcano]

Awesome man! You are a genius!!!

[@ondrejruzicka9686]

It would be good idea to add flyback diodes to the relay coils, it is a good practice. It eliminates any voltage spikes which are generated when the relay coil is deenergised.

[@RulofMaker]

very good advice! thanks!!

[@ondrejruzicka9686]

:) I like your solution btw, it was very creative. It probably would be much easier using microcontroller, but this has something to it. Also for some simpler tasks it will be very possible to use the original keyboard PCBs, I believe these black contacts are just carbon plated, when you scrape it off, it will be normal copper, which you can solder wires onto.

[@Dami574]

I believe that by changing the cover to the video you could get a lot more views. I didn't expect something like this from the video cover. Perhaps an image of the finished project would attract the attention of many editors.

[@E.lectricityNorth]

You must be descended from Leonardo DaVinci...amazing inventions! Great insight.

[@vmdsb]

you are amazing, outstanding work.

[@rizkyp]

That jogwheel must be satisfying.

[@holymegadave]

New sub! I want this for my sim cockpit :)

[@azyfloof]

You could have done this with an Arduino Micro and a couple of rotary encoders, BUT I'm glad you didn't because I love this out-of-the-box thinking! Also the relays clicking is *immensely* satisfying :D You remind me of SA Maker, which is awesome :)

[@JohnDlugosz]

I use a Contour (brand name) Shuttle / Jog controller that cost less than $100. I've had it for fifteen years I think. It has 15 buttons, an outer ring that snaps back to the center, and a central knob that spins freely.

[@neurojunction8013]

9:25 Shouldn't the power generated by the motor invert when you turn it in one direction? I feel like there's got to be a way to do it from there. Maybe swap the polarity of the cables on one of the relays and put diodes ... somewhere? maybe on the negative to prevent the circuit from completing and triggering the relay? I think that would also protect it so power couldn't run up the negative line. I'm pretty green as far as EE stuff goes but in my head this makes sense lol

[@agonymobile]

Man, loved your way of primitive technology ⚙ But the first things I learned about Arduino is Encoders and I used mouse wheel 🎡 for it One Arduino can save your time and do it all. P.S. Add a wooden cap over the video head for a better look, or 3D print since you're familiar with designing. All love from Iraq

[@funkysod]

Supercool project! Thanks!

[@professord8888]

Oh man, I am 1 minute in, if this really is doable this will be SOO cool!

[@pierpaologiamello]

Sei sempre il migliore 🙌

[@donaldhenke2750]

cool video man. keep it up. thanks

[@ezz-eldineissa9889]

I love your work!!

[@earlgrayman982]

Brilliant! Love it but you should build in some safety features because you're running alternating current through that box. If something should touch something else you don't want to get electrocuted.

[@Budreaux1973]

Iam your god I think you missed something in the video. His original idea was to use the vcr read head as a source for the relay which would have output a small ac voltage. He changed this to the micro switch method using a dc supply and abandoning the read head connector altogether.

[@newmonengineering]

Very cool project! Great job.

[@DiyEcoProjects]

Hi Rulof, hows it going in Italy? hope things are good for you and family. Happy new year bro. Here in the Uk its crazy, many lock downs and censorship. Find thing need to get out in nature and be grounded. Too much in the mind. Project this year is building a boat, and so will be using some of your tips. Might even make a sail for a kayak :) All the best, kieron UK

[@RCAVDH]

Brilliant, thanks for sharing!

[@3_TM]

Wow, cool! Is it much faster to work with it? Thanks for sharing!

[@SteelBlueVision]

Looks interesting, but look into solid state relays. Those mechanical relays won't last very long being constantly open and closed.

[@TechBuild]

Great concept!

[@mahdinazari3961]

Nice project Also try using solid state relays instead of mechanical relays because in this case mechanical relays will wear out pretty fast

[@Rulof_Fai.da.Te_]

great sdvice thanks!