PUSH LATCH Mechanisms (DIY!)

There's something magical about push-push latching mechanisms.
Or maybe it's just me.
Let's talk about them and build our own!
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[@Blackobluna]

Shoutout to the broken ashtray for blessing us with more TOT

[@mattfunk3821]

Rest in peace ashy!!

[@aholesahole]

And they say smoking is bad for you!

[@yourseveredhead]

What's really convenient about his wife's car is the ease of subscribing to TOT while adjusting the AC

[@LittleAussieRockets]

You have a subscribe button in your wife's car.... nice

[@DolfocarAli]

Will finally We were waiting for a new video for

[@dirtyrottenchristos]

When a man says he s gonna fix the ashtray, he’s gonna fix it ...no need to remind him every now and then the last four years

[@vannoo67]

So there's still a broken heart shaped path in her car?

[@sharpeguns1]

@ChrisHallett83 i would just glue it closed position, then say all done DEAREST. DUCT TAPE across the front are a few recommendations, sometimes just looking at it gets you another 4 years(never worked for me), but it may keep you out of Divorce court. Then there is I had to order parts. (Then there's that question) are the parts in yet, every day for 4 years. I think Divorce court is better. Just saying.

[@cmotdibbler4454]

Just run a couple of "precision" lag bolts in it.... all she said was it won't stay closed...

[@jimc3688]

Use magical magnets to keep it closed

[@KyleBrightman]

His wife drives a manual. More than can be said for me or my wife. Perfect Subscribe placement. I love the memes of our little ToT community.

[@generalralph6291]

"You are a prisoner of your own devices," said the spring to the latch. "Don't push me," said the latch. "I will follow my own path."

[@Dymitr_Nawrocki]

This is true example of describing machinist knowledge with poet words, the art i never knew i needed in my life.

[@generalralph6291]

@@Dymitr_Nawrocki Do you really work for Honda? What country?

[@Hoaxer51]

Do NOT, reminds me of an old song I once heard. All along the Watchtower, by Bob Dylan

[@jaytalbot1146]

And in the masters [garage] they gathered for the feast. They stab it with their steely [end mills] but they just can't kill the beast

[@Dymitr_Nawrocki]

@@generalralph6291 I don't work for honda, i just really like them and all vehicles i own are honda.

[@kaelin000]

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. Engineering: doing the same thing over and over and hoping for the same result...

[@jaryH3]

I am totally stealing these words of wisdom

[@GewelReal]

Same thing with programming

[@kaelin000]

@@GewelReal there will be no discussing of the black arts here. thank you.

[@lyteyearz5810]

@@kaelin000 😂😂

[@Iceflkn]

Epic genius level unlocked!

[@samuelkemp4557]

"My car is broke, can you fix it" 1 year later "Look at this latch I made"

[@BLenz-114]

Then 😤

[@creamshop]

a valuable argument to be made in front of a divorce court judge , lol

[@johndevries8759]

I opened this video and something about it just clicked.

[@paulketner5077]

I see what you did there. Way to keep it on track :)

[@tdscwhelan]

I should probably *fall in line* with these puns...that should get me *back on track*

[@TheBrokenLife]

Snappy comment!

[@samkurtz7540]

boooooooooooooooo

[@AndirHon]

Can we hold this conversation until next spring?

[@TacticalSuperMonkey]

TOT, in the time it’s taken you to to make this video i have bought a TIG welder, rewatched all of your TIG videos, taught myself to weld, and built a welding cart for my welder.

[@m0n4rch911]

It gets worst. Wait till ur googling amazon for a Lathe. Better do nice nice with the missus, think of it as early prep.

[@jorgeconcheyro]

Tony: you know you saved my butt when you taught how to make springs? A broomstick with a hole, a lot of soft steel wire, and 15 min later, my son's homework wireman was finished. Too bad I cannot add a picture of it in here. Thanks Tony!!!!!

[@toysareforboys1]

You can add a link to a pic, upload it somewhere and put the link in your comment.

[@sourbrothers73]

9:15 I'm really glad you took the time to show us all of the faces and angles of that work piece. It had some complex geometry!

[@StatisticalError82]

17:02 PLEASE get started on rotary dampers, I've genuinely always been curious about how they work

[@proto2580]

usually friction. Sometimes they use a fluid (extra fancy damper), so its fluid friction. I believe the swing out cup holders in the doors of my Lexus use this type. Cheaper ones just use sliding friction.

[@n111254789]

Wish granted

[@MRCNC1967]

Tony, I can tell you're a very secure and happy man. A less secure specimen would have picked a larger prop.

[@TheBrokenLife]

...well, he does use giant TIG cups.

[@MrWeAllAreOne]

I recently bought some polish sausages that were 12" long. Maybe that would have been a bit too blatant for this video though lmao.

[@claeswikberg8958]

@@MrWeAllAreOne 12" that's not a sausage, it's a foot! (go metric go!)

[@stevenkelby2169]

@@claeswikberg8958 Mines only 2" but it smells like a foot. *ave

[@VincentGreene]

You're all missing the point. SHE hid it, that's HER sausage. OF COURSE Tony's is much bigger, no doubt used with great skill, and hidden in more traditional places.

[@galenquinlan4032]

(my nine-year-old seeing sausage being removed from a tool box...) "I don't get it. He always has a funny part. Where's the funny part?" (Me, trying to remove hot coffee from my sinuses and mustache...) "I'm not sure, son. (cough!). Go get ready for church". Thanks, Tony!

[@guytech7310]

Waiting for your nine year old to ask what does it mean in Sunday school!

[@Poppi2006]

So, did your son catch the subtle “subscribe”? I missed it this time.

[@facilis]

@@Poppi2006 It's there ;)

[@siddhartaperezrodriguez3238]

I didn't get the joke until just now

[@JasonAWilliams-IS]

@@Poppi2006 in the dash. Oh, I've said too much!

[@Bill.Pearson]

"So that's where she hid it." Tony--You owe me a keyboard.

[@ThefalleStrat]

Help me please, I don't get it. Propably because English isn't my native language

[@lucasvivante8988]

@@ThefalleStrat apparently hiding the sausage is an expression for having sex, didn't know either not my native language too

[@jaydaniels8698]

Do any of you know how long it takes to clean ice cream from a monitor ? a lot longer than it took to put it there!

[@chrisrage5836]

@@lucasvivante8988 the original phrase is "hide the salami" but work with what you have

[@ThefalleStrat]

@@lucasvivante8988 thanks

[@robdonaldson4837]

Love that “Premium feel” to the elevating welding table! Awesome job Tony.

[@RoisinT2]

I laughed so much at that! It sure did find way home xD

[@HaloWolf102]

I've been fascinated with these latches forever, and always wondered how they worked. Never would of thought my favorite KZbin would be the one to give me this knowledge I so wanted.

[@BoogieManPHD]

Every video I Laugh.... I learn... and I marvel in the beauty of your camera work. But your smashcuts are what makes these videos an actuall pleasure. One day.... in the not too distant future of this global pandemic.... the next wave of engineers and machinists will not only know what good camera work looks like.... but will hopefully also have learned what value a sense of humour offers all of us in life. Keep up the good work mate.... You are a beacon in the WTF darkness of 2nd lockdown... here in Melbourne "Down Under"!

[@markfryer9880]

I fully endorse the above statement. Thanks TOT for making Melbourne's second lock down just that little more tolerable.

[@dbayboyds409]

Beautifully said! Happy to watch it here in slightly less restricted Qld.

[@zorktxandnand3774]

C'mon, fixing parts of a car's interior is the most fun job ever! Invisible fasteners under fabric, cutting your hands at leats 3 times on sharp bits trying to undo that so-called click mechanism, and laying upside down over the driver and passenger seat to unplug that connector, while the handbrake lever is loosening your kidney stones. But at least when you got it all back together you can enjoy that new rattle between 2500 and 3800 RPM, witch is 90% of all driving. At least it now clicks properly...... to bad about something scraping it halve way so you have to help it along.

[@monchosalce]

Everything okay at home buddy?

[@daveunderwood6498]

@@monchosalce lol!

[@chaos.corner]

Don't forget all the plastic fittings and connectors that break as you pull things apart.

[@AHustleIsLikeASideOfFries]

@@chaos.corner I treat it like a guessing game, how many panel clips will I break this time? Will the panel kinda still stay on when I'm done?

[@dmclegg66]

Sounds like an f150 heater core replacement.

[@MalikaSmile]

2:47 LOL "Push ones to get your point across, push again to just never mind and forget I ever brought it up."

[@bendoriot7069]

Lol

[@bstanley0072]

I’m glad you clarified “pawl’ in writing. I thought you had taken to giving things random names like “Paul” or “Stewart”!

[@Gottenhimfella]

I wondered if it had been called Saul until undergoing an epiphany to the road to da Nascars.

[@afnDavid]

Paul, Ringo, George, and John made some great music. While Stewart piloted a star ship!

[@stewartyates4510]

Who said my name

[@noahway13]

Paw?

[@Wander4P]

TOT is not only one of my favorite channels on KZbin, but one of my favorite shows of all time.

[@criggie]

Dang I was just perusing the archives, watching square broaching, and thinking "I hope TOT's okay...."

[@Tom-xn7zc]

I was thinking exactly the same! Feels like half a year of no uploads.. But finally there is one!

[@jamesbizs]

You might want to google the word perusing. It doesn’t mean what you think it means lol

[@thecrowcook]

@@jamesbizs is he not allowed to examine the video archive carefully or at length?

[@hondacota4rt]

And here we have the answer. He's definitely not okay. 😂

[@Mr-K-]

@@jamesbizs Just curious, What do you define Perusing as?

[@conkcat]

Why do I get excited when I see a new “ this old tony” clip, this man should be on TV, easy to understand, funny, subtle as a brick!. Man is pure genius

[@Gu1tarZer0]

"compression springs that have 0 body length haven't been invented yet" *laughs in magnet*

[@tykokavaak5784]

Glad I'm not the only one to catch this! (not that I thought I would be) But to be fair, I think he was only considering Springs, and not mechanisms that exhibit spring forces. ...Still, TOT should make another, but with opposing magnets now, as penance for his engineering transgressions.

[@yareyare_dechi]

yeah, but a spring can be used anywhere. a magnet will not be so great with electronics near by or if you dont want every big of iron filing ever to get jammed up in your junk

[@tykokavaak5784]

@@yareyare_dechi But the quality or trait we were concerned with was 'zero body length'. A situation where a helical metal spring can't be used. ;) Of course, different requirements dictate the choice of mechanism.

[@Gu1tarZer0]

@@yareyare_dechi very true, welders are magnets' worst enemy as well, too much heat or a zap in the wrong spot with the TIG and it's toast

[@robertcravens6336]

Zero body length only very briefly. The metal bits they will pick up will change that. Plus, think about how strong the magnets magnets would have to be to still be pushing significantly with the device open at the full 3 cm or so of travel. Gonna be fun trying to push those very close together!

[@joepie221]

I was very pleased when you "Unloosened" the spring and adjusted it. Well done. Stay well.

[@paulv8185]

This is awesome. Very rarely do you find an artist like this who is not only extremely well-versed in the subject matter -- but also (in this case) extremely entertaining. Laughed out loud several times. Thank you Tony...well done.

[@MapBot11]

You - "so that's where she hid it" Me - *Spits coffee all over my keyboard*

[@gumwap1]

I’m crying laughing 😂

[@steve_beatty]

@@gumwap1 dangit...beat me to it...lol..

[@DocMozi404]

Spit my coffee all over your keyboard too.

[@Shep01]

The joke was hiding the salami..... Get it?

[@steve_beatty]

@@Shep01 yes..thank you Captain Obvious...lol..

[@Toastedtasty42]

That's some good, clean Sunday morning dad humor and I f*cking love it

[@jeroenjeroen]

Just tried to explain my kids 20% of the jokes took me half an hour of pausing. You killed me with the backmirror though...

[@gorak9000]

Heh, I have to wonder how you explained hide the sausage to them...

[@oswaldjh]

@@gorak9000 I'm getting the popcorn, don't let him start until I get back.

[@kevinpacheco3303]

Any idea what’s up with the “granted” part? Was he just going to spell it out?

[@PaddyQuiggin]

@@kevinpacheco3303 the original is "if you assume you make an ass of U and me"

[@dtiydr]

"So that's where she hid it." My stomach hurt so bad!! xD

[@schmingusss]

La savacheecha

[@adairiandunlavy5454]

what? if you still know what you mean 5 months later pls tell me

[@ragemode4527]

they played "hiding salami" if you google it, you'll understand

[@travisbuildsthis8673]

Genius at work. I used to work directly with a group of machinists and I learned so much every single day. Hopefully you will get some young folks interested in this field. Excellent job sir, love the videos.

[@nicholascrow7405]

So, This old tony just made a Clickspring video?

[@BRUXXUS]

Well... someone has to. 😋

[@sydneyshinshi]

Im feeling a bit sad. Clickspring is letting Australia down. We only had one KZbin god and he has gone missing.

[@thomascarrigan7832]

@@sydneyshinshi He does put some stuff on his patreon for $1 a month which is pretty worth it imo

[@nictinkers]

@@sydneyshinshi Mighty Car Mods and PaskMakes a joke to you bro?

[@somerandomnification]

@@sydneyshinshi Don't worry, Chris will be back. Until then, we've still got Andrew Ucles...

[@MrDigitalCypher]

Mr Tony, your are a joy and a scholar! That missing sausage joke change my hole attitude this morning. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!

[@svtirefire]

Changed your "hole" attitude... I don't know if you meant to, but you made a funny.

[@not-himx5593]

@@svtirefire need to do it for 7 days it will make ur whole week

[@skrymerU]

The way tot explaineds thing makes it so easy to understand. I love it.

[@richardmoore8090]

I spent 2 months trying to take apart every push- push latch i could get my hands on for a a project i was working on, this would have been quite helpful back then. Love this video. In the end the push-push mechanism was replaced by something different but i still enjoyed watching you make this.

[@patbollin]

Your dry sense of humor got me in the first few seconds, and your knowledge kept me to the end. Thanks for the knowledge and fun.

[@Iwoodlikethat]

I like that this was a latch video and there was a definite focus on the smooth closing drawer

[@dakarpsi]

"If you don't understand something your best recourse is to destroy it" The AvE motto

[@ahvavee]

As opposed to the quazi motto. 😁

[@timothyball3144]

@@ahvavee I had a hunch about that.

[@GeorgeDolbier]

Particle physics in a nutshell...

[@Storebrand_]

-Communists on the topic of Capitalism

[@Dardrum]

Klingon mentality

[@matthewcarpenter4716]

TONY! I love making things and your videos are very entertaining. The only thing that bothers me at this time is that my primary medium for making things is mainly wood or plastics. I can't afford a milling lathe or anything like that. But dang it, your entertainment value is so addictive. I think when I first discovered your channel I binge watched each of your videos in one sitting. I have to say that this time one of your jokes almost made my coffee come out of my nose. It was so subtle and just crazy funny at the same time. "So that's where she hid it." OMG I WAS DYING FROM LAUGHTER!!!! Thank you for brightening my morning and justifying my subscription to your channel

[@richardperrettwatchmaker]

Just found your channel and subscribed within two minutes! Much to learn from your engineering and film making skills ... going to study your previous videos now. Great channel!

[@antsmith3284]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO! I had watched the engineer guy's video on the retractable pen before this, but you explained the concept behind the push latch in such an easily digestible format. I'm working on a personal project, and this helped a lot.

[@CetoFreakingKaiba]

god the subtlety of the jokes and the casual voice always gets me. Also I think I need a new brain because these mechanisms burnt the one I currently have

[@mikecurtin9831]

Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most.

[@clementdarchez2473]

17:31 This old Subscribe button! It was a premium feature back in the day with A/C in cars. Your wife is lucky.

[@N.Cognito]

One of my favorite parts of a ToT video is finding the hidden "subscribe" .

[@Harty1275]

I didn't see it the first three times.

[@plymouth-hl20ton37]

Did you notice in the reflection of the mirror was in the mirror mr. Pete ,a bomb 79, Stefan from Germany

[@guytech7310]

I think in ToT's home, every button and now has a "Subscribe" label. Microwave, lights switches, TV remote control. You name it.

[@Tango_November]

I’d love to see a vid like this on rotary dampers

[@millomweb]

Used centuries ago on old timers.

[@AHustleIsLikeASideOfFries]

Didn't you hear him? He plainly said "don't get me started...."

[@NickC84]

Holy hell, two years later I finished watching this video. That spring making setup is awesome. I knew you could make springs on the lathe but didn't think of doing it like that.

[@AIRJordan0225]

So a good portion of my entertainment in general comes from KZbin. With that being said, you somehow have the best channel that I have ever found in my years of conquest for free entertainment. Keep it up!

[@Stu_2112]

I am a pretty new convert to TOT (i know, where the hell have I been all this time) but I just love the clever edits and sense of humour (that should give away my nationality!). It's a very addictive channel. Thanks for the content

[@SDogo]

try some AvE too :D

[@JackFlashTech]

ToT is very understanding of other nationalities. Every so often,, he throws in an “aluminium,” just to make sure everyone feels welcome.

[@Leo-mu8kn]

@@JackFlashTech lmfao

[@oskarkiesewalter2866]

Hell yes, finally a new episode of find the hidden "subscribe"

[@roscothefirst4712]

Subtle wasn't it 👍🦖

[@rodslogic4350]

17:34

[@TreyCook21]

I'll be honest, I missed it. Thanks for the timestamp.

[@Manski_123]

@@TreyCook21 You only think you missed...that's the genius! 😉

[@TreyCook21]

@@Manski_123 I've been subscribed for a year and didn't even know it... Dang it, Tony!

[@MyClutteredGarage]

In 10th grade biology class I was taking apart a click pen when the teacher called on me to explain meiosis. Unfortunately I had no idea. But I did learn how a click pen worked that day. Thanks for the bit of high school PTSD.

[@thedudeamongmengs2051]

This leaves an important question. Did you get up and explain how a click pen works?

[@MyClutteredGarage]

Thedudeamongmen Gs - if I only had the courage I have now I would have said, “I don’t know, but I can tell you how a click pen works”. Then I would have spent the rest of the day in the principal’s office. 😄

[@KISHORENEDUMARAN]

really appreciate that you redid the cam path for slightly better quality. awesome explanation too

[@bishopp14]

This is easily one of my top 5 favorite "how it works/how to make your own" KZbin videos of all time!

[@davepost7675]

This Old Tony shows up on KZbin homepage....STOP EVERYTHING! I'll be back in 19 minutes.

[@criggie]

Watch on 2x speed and see it in 9.5 minutes, or watch twice in 19 minutes.

[@AnatoFIN]

@@criggie I don't get this? Here time pauses and wife stop naging when I start watching. Afterwards I release wife out of potato cellar. :-)

[@theophilusthistler5885]

As far as your Mrs' car ash tray is concerned, at least in my experience (mostly Japanese and Korean cars) if you pop and lift out the ash tray then under the spring there is generally a screw, two or three. If you remove the spring/catcher the space in volume can near double. Now with the spring and retention gone if you want a catch to stop the whole drawer sliding out loose in your hand then a couple nubs of epoxied plastic or aluminium sheet (natural to the insert removal as normal) should do the trick. Dremel some slits in the frot top of the ash tray bay and depending on the dash etc layout can be repourposed as USB cable management.

[@firstmkb]

Alternately, a big glob of epoxy will keep it from ever opening again, which is a more permanent fix.

[@MJ-nb1qn]

I vote for Duck Tape!

[@walkingcontradiction223]

@@MJ-nb1qn Quack!

[@JamesBarthelemy]

Great demonstration! I would think term wise, for the first metal latch you did the cut out on, the names would be lever and fence respectively. To borrow the terms from locksmithing, those parts really act and resemble lever lock parts.

[@sharpeguns1]

So I'm sorry dearest, I called the LOCKSMITH TO FIX IT, I'm in with that.

[@noise-86]

I was hoping for him to call them the latch and the catch

[@blieufour]

I haven't seen every video you have ever made, but Ive seen a lot of them. This is one of the Best!

[@oddjobbobb]

Glad you’re back This Old Tony!! I have wondered how that sunglasses hold in my wife’s car worked. She forbade me from investigating when we drove the car out of the dealer’s lot, so I have only been able to marvel at and wonder about it when I am a passenger. Now I have something to tell her about her car next road trip we take. Hopefully I will be able to make the explanation last long enough so I don’t have to hear about sally married to jack where she works, blah blah blah. A double gift from your single YT! Thank you again!!

[@extrasleepy1796]

Ah yes, hide the sausage... when i was young i would play the game for hours. Now that im older and more experienced i can finish a game in less than 2 min.

[@johnsalmons9222]

2 min? Havent done it twice for years

[@SwapPartLLC]

It's a race, and my competitive nature will not allow me to lose.

[@dave8191]

These days it takes me all night to do what I used to do all night.

[@samueltaylor4989]

Sorry dear, it would take a couple hours to get into the dash and fix the ashtray, so I’m just going to go into the basement and spend 8 hours making a useless clicking mechanism..... 😂😂

[@myhandlehasbeenmishandled]

Useless? This just gave me an idea how to make bench dogs pop out of their dog holes.

[@flatlinesup]

"Empty Can of Sprite and a Shoe" was one of my punk rock band names back when I was in the USN.

[@802Garage]

That's funny because "Drunk Dancing Cone Variant" was mine!

[@MouZ245]

The end made me laugh way to hard. I just love your humor even though my hands haven't touched a workbench in 10 years. Nice editing as well. I even re-watch some of your videos just because of the high quality puns.

[@duuusty_w]

This is my first comment on KZbin...ever, but I couldn't help myself. THANK YOU! HAHAHA! You explain the darndest things with such a great sense of dry humor and knowledge, so thank you. Truly Inspiring. Worth saving up the 14 years of not commenting on a KZbin for this.

[@your_utube]

Priceless take-away: "I'm sure there is a heart-shaped track in there somewhere" I guess that is an apt description of me dear Old Tony, when it comes to my wife, I am that shape. She pushes the right buttons and I spring into action.

[@millomweb]

If that happened to me, my legs would likely fall off.

[@mulgerbill]

Soooo Who else smashes the ol' like button before they hit play when it's a TOT?

[@gertskjlstrup1804]

anyone who has seen one episode of ToT!!!!!! They are catchy

[@aserta]

I do that to all of my subscriptions. It's basic KZbin etiquette to give a like before you watch, take it if you disagree, or dislike if it's a really bad move.

[@chrismiles462]

Is this the new version of “## people missed the like button” or “whose watching this in 2016”

[@lucasc5622]

Chris Miles yeah it’s super annoying, stop begging for likes

[@NN_NumbNuts]

Usually that's me........this time though I hit dislike within 3 minutes

[@aserta]

16:33 the flat one used to be used in old laptops. The PCMCIA cards. I still have the mechanism somewhere in my house, always thought it was a very cool little device. All metal, very compact (two such tray mechanisms would fit over my pinky finger (or one cm))and they worked flawlessly for almost two decades before i parted out the laptop. One other place this push latch mechanism was used, but AFAIK very briefly, was when we used to have electronic typewriters. I'm not 100% sure, i never took that one apart, but the mechanism for the floppy disk was unlike the conventional ones (push button release) and it would allow you to release the disk without pushing the button, just depressing it. I think it was a SHARP one, but eh, it's been almost twice my life so far, since i've used that machine. Yeah, this was a great episode, this is one of those mechanisms you never look at, but that have a million and one applications you'd never suspect. I guess it's the little things we miss, that make our lives easier.

[@BillyONeal]

People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms

[@fltchr4449]

So if you used the SHARP when you were 5 you are almost 15 now?

[@JayFude]

Yep! The mechanism was used on the shift lock key! Good catch.

[@PKMartin]

Oh God that acronym is giving me flashbacks to 2004, trying to find drivers to get a Windows ME (!) laptop to connect to my college's Wifi with a PCMCIA wifi card, then giving up on that and getting a 10/100 card to plug it into the ethernet jack. Then I upgraded to a new machine with XP x64 (!!) and had the same dance all over again because there weren't 64 bit drivers for... anything.

[@MongoLloyd74]

That is, without question, the most expertly crafted 'hide the sausage' reference I've ever had the pleasure to witness. Thank you, sir!

[@robertfleischmann4119]

Yup - I laughed for several minutes at that one!

[@robertqueberg4612]

Hi Tony, I have enjoyed several of your shows in the past. This one tripped my trigger, and therefore I subscribed. Nicely done.

[@aidaneloff5357]

17:33 It’s a relief to see we’re not the only Tuscon owners with a broken ash tray

[@jimmydiresta]

That sharpie !!! 😎

[@MrWeAllAreOne]

All morning playing "hide the sausage" 😂😂😂😂😂🤣

[@daver.2871]

That was probably the best delivery of the old hide-the-sausage gag I have ever seen. Bravo!

[@draztiqmeshaz6226]

I was just trying to find out anything I could about these--well, actually about spring-loaded detents like they use on pop-up tent skeletons, but I didn't know what the flip they call them, when, by some gastronomical coincidence, I happened upon the 12th video of yours I've seen today while eating lunch. "Maybe I'll make something like this push-latch instead", I was saying to myself when the video ended and the first suggestion that came up was for SPRING-LOADED DETENTS. What the frick that's actually amazing! Glad I was paying attention. Oh, and thank you. You're adding years to my life with all the laughter. Hopefully the ratio at which it's pulled from yours is generous.

[@YTWAGNERM1]

Really profound: "If you don't understand something your best course of action is to destroy it" . Almost as good as the one from David Jones: "Don't turn it on, take it apaaaaaart!" =P

[@LordDragox412]

They used that catchphrase a lot during witch hunts.

[@Shroommduke]

@@LordDragox412 "if you don't understand it, taker her apaaaaaat!" or if your Canadian "apooooot"!

[@aaronjohnson4604]

I laughed so hard at the second cam path!!! Also, I'm just getting into after effects, I was most impressed by the bouncing ball!!!! (and you thought no one would notice!)

[@StefanGotteswinter]

Sir, there is a invoice inbound to you, for the use of my image.

[@ThisOldTony]

I know you'd had a couple, but that picture was from the day we all got together to go pay your invoice.

[@garyroberts8428]

It's been a while since your last visit but it was worth it. You were firing on all comedic cylinders this time.

[@QuesoDePalo]

I love that there are other people in the world who will sit and actuate a mechanical system just because it feels good.

[@ronevans4772]

Second laugh out loud was the "subscribe" button on your hvac control!

[@FroggyMosh]

Prfftt... I had to go back. But doesn't your car have a subscribe button? Mine blinks when close to a channel. It reminds me Every time I go anywhere near a bridge, like an incessant 5 year old.

[@xedasxedas]

Is that an american thing? Here in europe (the country) our cars already have emojy buttons build in the dash boards.

[@lolzlarkin3059]

There's one in every episode.

[@resipsaloquitur13]

Re: Compression spring with no body length. Air.

[@DemodiX]

But can you compress air indefinitely?

[@robertcravens6336]

@@DemodiX Compress it enough and it will liquefy, and then you're pretty much done.

[@rapzeh4]

Infinite pressure? A Big Bang occurs every time you compress it?

[@HululusLabs]

Magnets. Always the answer

[@mtnbkr5478]

I was actually thinking gravity, though problems could arise from orientation.

[@Timmysteve]

Great video! Thanks, this was both informative and entertaining. I enjoyed the amount of detail you put into describing these fundamental concepts, that made it very easy to follow.

[@clintonwaters3280]

always finish watching your videos with a smile on my face. Keep making awesome content!

[@paddymesser]

I designed a simmilar mechanism today, rememberd your video and used it as reference. Thanks TOT ❤ U made this a lot easier!

[@BiggMo]

Kinda reminds me of a joke I heard years ago. “Why are parents so good at pushing your buttons? Because they installed them!” Tony, what kinda devilish parenting are you latching onto with that device?

[@tomf3150]

A kitty launcher ?

[@shrikedecil]

@@tomf3150 That's not sufficiently Tony. Maybe ... a kitty *powered* kitty launcher?

[@KalijahAnderson]

0:40 and I'm dieing of laughter. That was one of the best joke deliveries I've seen in a long time.

[@christophpoll784]

Tony, please call Martin from Wintergatan! I somehow have the feeling you are loosing your marbles, he may help! Great video by the way!

[@amartini51]

Martin is an expert at losing marbles!

[@PratyushTewari]

Some times you can anticipate that what you are going to do is not going to happen but your still want to watch and see how creatively you make it funny. e.g. the table push at the end was really funny and I appreciate you make that! Thank you.

[@KunsthandwerkBenner]

Nice to watch a professional channel and get some inspiration for my unprofessional channel. Well done.

[@oldrageface8706]

Oh my... I'm a ballpoint pen collector, I've got more than 300 pens. What fascinates me is exactly the push mechanism! Take a look at the Swedish Ballograf pens. Their model Epoca is what got me into collecting pens, I was just hooked by its mechanism. It's a teeny bit similar to the "drunken dancing cone" at 3:52, and they give a life long warranty on the mechanism :D

[@dtm765]

This is "Neon Soft Touch Harvey Pen"

[@stfuyfc69420]

"Did i ever tell you the definition of insanity?" 1:12

[@djordjeblaga7815]

*Far Cry 3 flashback intensifies*

[@FroggyMosh]

Vaas was a magnificent villain. Fight me, chat!

[@MrTarfu]

@@djordjeblaga7815 I got through it my first time so didn't get what was happening with that scene until I was watching my cousin play it and kept hearing that over and over lol

[@matthewpeterson3329]

@Lassi Kinnunen brilliant. But only for the drawer where my wife keeps the corkscrew.

[@gluino]

I want to see a few kinds of dampers dissected and explained. e.g. Blum rectangular soft-close pistons for cabinet hinges, soft-closing toilet seat covers.

[@hellelujahh]

Yes! They're fascinating!

[@klinky]

I read that as "bum rectangular", which would be quite the device.

[@wellscampbell9858]

Soft-closing toilet seat covers are terrible for one's nervous system and may cause PTSD. Let me explain. We got them when the baby came. All was well; safe, quiet and convenient, no conked baby-head. Then I went back out into the world, and having been thoroughly conditioned by the better half to CLOSE THE DANG LID I would do as I do at home, and swat the lid firmly as I turned to walk away. KABLAMALAMALAM!!! now I'm a trembling wreck...

[@hellelujahh]

@@wellscampbell9858 I had that heart attack when mine got misaligned and stopped working... Such treason!

[@1BCamden]

Back again three years later, can’t believe I didn’t comment back then. Love it

[@weirdunclejames8775]

The only youtuber that can grab my attention enough for me to learn something.

[@Roblecop]

"This Old Tony: Making everyday things more interesting one video at a time." Love this video! Id love to see a "Where are they now?" video about all of the various projects you've done lol. Im curious if the square block from the squaring stock video is still a cube; or if it got sacrificed to a project

[@bpccmath251calculusiihitch4]

9:17 Enjoyed the block soft-shoe routine.

[@robhimself79]

I'm beyond exceedingly okayish. Thanks for asking! This was dangerously close to an ASMR video with all the clicking.

[@ObeyCamp]

Latches like these are brilliant inventions. I love it. They're on par with brilliant inventions like pulleys and snatch blocks. I'll say it again: absolutely _brilliant_ . You might say "but how is it so brilliant? They're extremely simple." That's WHY they're brilliant. They're simple. True, a lot of people "could've" invented them, but they didn't. Furthermore, never forget that SIMPLICITY is the _cornerstone_ of brilliance. Simplicity (that functions well,) is much more difficult to achieve than complexity. In reality, anyone could come up with some over complicated, convoluted device to perform this task, however, it takes a kind of brilliance to invent something so simplistic to performs the same task. Simpler is always better. Less energy and raw materials are required to build the simple thing, and the simple thing has less moving parts that can and eventually will fail. Simple, functional inventions are brilliant and awesome and I can't even imagine not being fascinated by such things. They're the best!

[@trindleshadowmane2495]

Ok not gonna lie, opening joke took me a few seconds......you have earned my respect good sir!

[@mandomandoman2]

im going around my house showing everyone that sausage bit and now the whole house is in a roar of laughter 😂😂😂

[@tankerkiller125]

Instant fast click upon notification, so worth it as usual

[@BigHeretic]

*tankerkiller125* Do you suppose that the Like button has a heart shaped groove behind it?

[@davidgrover5996]

Oddly enough I was wondering how latching mechanisms work and how to make plutonium from locally sourced materials.

[@gonzos-twin]

FBI is on the way

[@sinisterthoughts2896]

Ah, philo.

[@guytech7310]

That's pretty easy. Mine some Uranium ore & smelt it Form into rods and insert into a graphite pile to enable nuclear reactions to occur. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Pile-1

[@bradwallace5344]

I love the condescending tone of this video. Good to have you back.

[@Radiotexas]

Dang! After we found the sausage, I got my RELEASE. Then I LATCHED onto this neat video! Great job. Especially liked the spring winding! Thanks Tony!