Tag: the secret life of components

  • The Secret Life of Components: Springs

    The Secret Life of Components: Springs

    For springtime there’s nothing better to build with than springs

  • The Secret Life of Components: Switches

    The Secret Life of Components: Switches

    Before the Nintendo Switch there was the electrical mechanical switch. Tim Hunkin’s new video about the subject is out in his Secret Life of Components series above and we are about midway through the release schedule for these videos as they go up every Thursday. We are about midway through the series of eight episodes having…

  • The Secret Life of Components: Hinges

    The Secret Life of Components: Hinges

    Tim Hunkin’s ongoing series about the parts that he uses to make his contraptions continues in episode three: Hinges. Tim is an absolute legend and he can even make hinges interesting. The series has so far covered working with chains and LEDs. You can find out more about The Secret Life of Components at Hunkin’s…

  • The Secret Life of Components: LEDs

    The Secret Life of Components: LEDs

    The second in Tim Hunkin’s eight-episode series for makers, The Secret Life of Components, is up. This episode focuses on LEDs. A subject I finally know a tiny bit about because some mechanical keyboards can use them, but there is a lot more to learn from Hunkin about LEDs and he goes through a short…

  • The Secret Life of Components: Chain

    The first episode of Tim Hunkin’s The Secret Life of Components, which as you may have determined I am very happy to watch, is now available on Tim Hunkin’s YouTube channel. This first episode covers everything you need to know about working with chain to make things. The show’s creator and star, has this to…