Trick Opening Boxes - Part 2

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  • čas přidán 31. 05. 2024
  • Here are some more trick opening boxes from Tim's collection.
    Firstly, a box that requires patience! Inside there is a small hour glass, or egg timer, and the box has to be stood in a certain position in order to allow the grains of sand to run through the hour glass. Once this has happened, the hour glass will tilt, and allow the box to open.
    The next two boxes involve the use of a device or tool. Firstly, a wooden box made to look like a large box of matches. In each end there is a drawer. However one of the drawers opens easily, while the other one is locked. The drawer that opens contains a single 'match' and this wooden match contains a small magnet in the head of the match. You have to take the match and 'strike' it against the side of the box, just like striking a real match, and the magnet will move part of the hidden mechanism, so that the second drawer will now open. Secondly, the little wooden barrel contains a marble, but there is no obvious was to get it out. The wooden stick you are given will fit through the hole on the lid, but that hole is far to small to allow the marble to pass through. The answer is - as ever - simple once you know how. There is a small indentation inside the bottom of the barrel, and when the marble is positioned in this indentation, you can insert the wooden stick, which is long enough to touch the marble. By squeezing the end of the wooden stick and the bottom of the barrel, and then turning, you are able to unscrew the bottom of the barrel. A most unusual solution.
    Tim then demonstrates a prototype box that a friend made, although it no longer works. Inside the lid, there was a free floating wheel containing a magnet. This wheel acted a bit like a compass, and you needed to turn the box to a particular compass direction. At this point, the wheel was in a particular position, which allowed the key to turn.
    Finally, another very unusual box which has a pneumatic mechanism. You need to blow into a small hole, while simultaneously sliding the two halves of the puzzle apart.
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Komentáře • 343

  • @lalalandd123
    @lalalandd123 Před 10 lety +454

    He must honestly be one of the happiest people on earth

    • @DeJayHank
      @DeJayHank Před 6 lety +37

      Or maybe that too is just one of his Grand Illusions

    • @griffgoldsteinreference
      @griffgoldsteinreference Před 3 lety +1

      I hope so

    • @DD-lu5ey
      @DD-lu5ey Před 3 lety

      We wil never know

    • @Gbaby34ful
      @Gbaby34ful Před 3 lety +2

      It's just CZcams bro you don't know his every day to day life loll

    • @Keallei
      @Keallei Před 3 lety

      And now I am happier as well.

  • @ObviousSchism
    @ObviousSchism Před 10 lety +436

    What a lovely idea

  • @samanthaB98
    @samanthaB98 Před 10 lety +394

    this man is the most endearing person i have ever seen

    • @DKNewHD
      @DKNewHD Před 10 lety +1

      Sunjay Patel I don't get your point...

    • @Mogliz0rz
      @Mogliz0rz Před 10 lety +17

      DKNew HD
      wow
      such understand
      so doge
      wow

    • @AMVfan37
      @AMVfan37 Před 9 lety +8

      When he dies a part of the happy corner of the internet will pass with him ;-;

    • @mickeymouse12678
      @mickeymouse12678 Před 9 lety +3

      ***** Tim is love. Tim is life.

  • @sufficientlyoldskool
    @sufficientlyoldskool Před 8 lety +90

    I wish he would do a longer segment on these trick boxes. They really do tickle my fancy.

    • @raymondo162
      @raymondo162 Před 7 lety +1

      It's worth looking on Google and YT. I saw a massive desk one time, with all sorts of secret compartments in it............on YT I think

  • @sevenjuicyboxofjoy8940
    @sevenjuicyboxofjoy8940 Před 8 lety +183

    i love his voice and way of expressing himself

  • @toitd5258
    @toitd5258 Před 8 lety +76

    The compass box is ingenious

  • @LaynieFingers
    @LaynieFingers Před 8 lety +29

    I love Tim! He seems like he really appreciates the childlike wonder and joy we all too often lose as we become adults. I'd love to sit down with him and just talk about what he's seen throughout his life

  • @jamesgreep9344
    @jamesgreep9344 Před 6 lety +110

    He should have a voice activated box that opens to "Heh."

  • @retromac2992
    @retromac2992 Před 10 lety +21

    I'd love this guy to do audiobooks. Not necessarily of this sort of stuff, just in general.

  • @AndyLundell
    @AndyLundell Před 7 lety +2

    I like that Tim was prepared with a stronger magnet in case the match-stick box failed to perform. That's planning ahead.

  • @JohnJones-gu3rs
    @JohnJones-gu3rs Před 4 lety +5

    Nothing would make me happier than to think of an idea, and hear Tim say “what a lovely idea!” When he hears it

  • @nicholaskessler8353
    @nicholaskessler8353 Před 10 lety +4

    These boxes are absolutely amazing! I'm in the business and take great pleasure from repairing very old fountain pens and have come across several boxes like these in my antique store travels, but have never ventured far enough out of my comfort zone to actually buy one! Now, after watching these two videos, I feel like a fool and will be heading out tomorrow to see what I can find!
    Tim, if you ever read these comments, please know that I find your knowledge and enthusiasm for these objects to be a national treasure and sincerely hope your passion continues long into the future!

    • @Pomodorosan
      @Pomodorosan Před 2 lety +3

      Have you bought a puzzle box since?

  • @hadi96100
    @hadi96100 Před 10 lety +54

    I'm really addicted to your channel, and the weird thing is I don't know why...
    Thank you...

    • @happydappyman
      @happydappyman Před 10 lety +2

      Oh no! Now I'm stuck!!

    • @uromero2589
      @uromero2589 Před 10 lety +3

      I came I saw and I got stuck too

    • @kingsong0174
      @kingsong0174 Před 10 lety +2

      chuks6 same here

    • @iamTHExavier2
      @iamTHExavier2 Před 10 lety +2

      I feel you bro.

    • @MrFreefonix420
      @MrFreefonix420 Před 9 lety +2

      So far away from your family, from your friends, from everything you ever loved. But, for some reason you like it here. You feel something you can't quite put your finger on. Think about it for a second and maybe the word will come to you...... nostalgia.

  • @PokemustardtheSecond
    @PokemustardtheSecond Před 3 lety +4

    This guy makes me think of if Vsauce got more chill, older, and developed a habit of collecting little things

  • @SuperPiehouse
    @SuperPiehouse Před 3 lety +2

    the barrel one is one of the most outstanding boxes i have ever seen,! what a delightful design

  • @NoyzyBoyZ3
    @NoyzyBoyZ3 Před 8 lety +13

    Absolutely fascinating stuff! Where in the hell have I been all of my life?

  • @ansiaaa
    @ansiaaa Před 10 lety +3

    the magnetic orientation one really impressed me!

  • @thanxx
    @thanxx Před 11 lety

    This guy needs his own TV show.
    I could watch him all day.

  • @bZman
    @bZman Před 10 lety +12

    Tim is the coolest guy ever

  • @jgk381
    @jgk381 Před 10 lety

    Tim needs to be the new spokesman for Dos Equis because he is truly the most interesting man in the world.

  • @Bobbydog66
    @Bobbydog66 Před 10 lety

    That second to last proposed one, sounds like a cool geocache idea. These mechanisms are so ingenious.

  • @MadChrisp
    @MadChrisp Před 10 lety

    i cant stop watching these videos cause this guy is just so classy and poised!

  • @QxKV
    @QxKV Před 10 lety

    If they get a show on TV, that should be its name.

  • @jcreswick
    @jcreswick Před 9 lety

    This guy should have his own tv program! Very very entertaining thanks

  • @indoctrin8
    @indoctrin8 Před 10 lety +2

    This guy is brilliant!

  • @scarfguy5337
    @scarfguy5337 Před 6 lety +3

    I am officially in love with your content, you are amazing

  • @cubing1010
    @cubing1010 Před 10 lety

    All of them together. Now THAT would be great.

  • @remibenoit7210
    @remibenoit7210 Před 10 lety

    Tim is so awesome i cant stop watching the videos

  • @Ghostfoodftw
    @Ghostfoodftw Před 11 lety

    This man's voice makes me feel good. I want him to narrate everything.

  • @Krustycrabpizza35
    @Krustycrabpizza35 Před 5 lety +2

    You might say he has a magnetic personality.

  • @martinda7446
    @martinda7446 Před 10 lety +1

    It is so nice and refreshing that these wonderful videos are appreciated...count me in.

  • @robertbrookes2000
    @robertbrookes2000 Před 8 lety +10

    I wish I had a recreation of pandoras box from Professor Layton. With the scret compartment you open by rotating two people on the base sliding the sun, and blowing into a little hole. "when you and I meet when the sun rises and then the wind blows you will know my heart" something like that.

    • @zbabz858
      @zbabz858 Před 3 lety

      I love that box, it was so beautiful, I really wanted one

  • @Meagain921
    @Meagain921 Před 10 lety

    Great presentation, and lots of food for thought for this box maker. Many thanks.

  • @Magpie1701
    @Magpie1701 Před 10 lety +7

    WHAT A LOVELY IDEA

  • @Dead_Akimbo
    @Dead_Akimbo Před 7 lety

    I like this guy. he seems like someone who'd enjoy a good intellectual talk

    • @raymondo162
      @raymondo162 Před 7 lety

      I doubt it - He's too busy playing with his toys!! I'd love to go round to his house and play toys. He's got soooo many you'd be there for days!!

    • @Dead_Akimbo
      @Dead_Akimbo Před 7 lety +1

      Raymond Ashby yeah that sounds about right 😂

  • @jasonbentley2819
    @jasonbentley2819 Před 9 lety

    The magnet operated one at 2:40 is actually really cool.

  • @thanxx
    @thanxx Před 11 lety

    hed make a damn fine salesman.
    Id listen to him intensely then buy everything he had :-)

  • @ChristinaKilgore
    @ChristinaKilgore Před 7 lety +2

    this would be cool to have a wedding ring put inside with a little note saying "will you marry me" or something like that.
    Get quite a surprise when you finally open it.

    • @freeziboi3249
      @freeziboi3249 Před 7 lety +6

      Mavu-in Kirugoa Unless the never figure it out.

    • @raymondo162
      @raymondo162 Před 7 lety +2

      Zakkerly what I thought. BAD idea Mavu, it could ruin your life

    • @davidb5205
      @davidb5205 Před 7 lety +2

      If they can't figure it out, then they're not The One™ for you.

  • @mitigatedrisk4264
    @mitigatedrisk4264 Před 7 lety

    I just discovered this guy's channel half an hour ago and I am hooked for life. Somebody help me.

  • @BetaBRSRKR
    @BetaBRSRKR Před 9 lety +78

    "You could hide your weed in there!"

    • @czechmex88
      @czechmex88 Před 8 lety

      +Travis Carson (BetaBerserker) "Not a lot of people know this, but"

  • @businessaccount9933
    @businessaccount9933 Před 7 lety

    I love you Tim, you make life worth living with your lovely ideas :))))

  • @MsLondondude
    @MsLondondude Před 11 lety

    I was thinking the exact same thing. He should be a presenter for sure. I think he would be a great success

  • @pvictor4580
    @pvictor4580 Před 7 lety

    Tim, I believe you would love Geocaching. It is basically like a scavenger hunt across the globe. Look it up. Some are puzzles and right up your alley as we say in the states.😀

  • @raymondo162
    @raymondo162 Před 7 lety +2

    Love the voice-activated box. If you keep a packet of cullinary seeds in the box - you could say: "Open sesame," .... ".........seeeeeds"

  • @121mendez
    @121mendez Před 12 lety

    The spinning one from part 1
    and the timer one from this part are the best!

  • @TheTaskmaster
    @TheTaskmaster Před 11 lety

    hope no demons getcha. take it easy with those puzzle boxes

  • @GabrielKnightz
    @GabrielKnightz Před 12 lety +1

    I really love these.

  • @Jarkkis123
    @Jarkkis123 Před 12 lety

    Amazing! Just think if you combine all the different methods of opening the box.. The possibilities are endless.

  • @grazfraz3759
    @grazfraz3759 Před 8 lety +29

    3:31 hehe

  • @tabaron3334
    @tabaron3334 Před 10 lety

    Brilliant entertainment Tim, I'm finding this video unusually interesting, these boxes are really quite spectacular.

  • @flaimgames6589
    @flaimgames6589 Před 8 lety

    this channel is amazing. I hope this channel gets reconized more and gains more popularity too.

  • @Zigberdfrojd
    @Zigberdfrojd Před 11 lety +1

    Was thinking about that...What a lovely idea!

  • @desertfox2020
    @desertfox2020 Před 11 lety

    But you can watch him all day on here! CZcams is much more convenient than television.

  • @BayuFauzi
    @BayuFauzi Před 10 lety +1

    what a lovely idea!

  • @avalonjustin
    @avalonjustin Před 2 lety

    These are so fun and clever!

  • @TheSpiritOtter
    @TheSpiritOtter Před 3 lety

    When Tim was opening the first box all I could think was "sand from the Sahara"

  • @adenowirus
    @adenowirus Před 4 lety

    I have an old DIY book with instructions for a box you would open with a 4.5 volt lantern battery. It looked like a box with a bunch of nails hammered all the way in, two of which were connected to an electromagnetic coil inside. When you touch the contacts of the battery to the right pair of nails the coil pulls out the rod holding the box shut.

  • @dthoma812
    @dthoma812 Před 7 lety

    This guy is like the amazing reptile scientist dad from A Series of Unfortunate Events

  • @minnsminns
    @minnsminns Před 10 lety

    Haha, love these videos and this guy is awesome.
    I have one of these boxes from Morocco that you slide to release a key and then slide to reveal a key hole.
    Gonna make the "centrifugal" one he showed in the other video when I have some time free.

  • @TheTaskmaster
    @TheTaskmaster Před 11 lety

    these are incredible. i feel like they belong in the world of Zelda or something

  • @Steviearmitage007
    @Steviearmitage007 Před 6 lety

    Excellent Series

  • @curry4life10
    @curry4life10 Před 11 lety

    i agree cause i have been watching these for like an hour now

  • @Koyavi
    @Koyavi Před 10 lety +1

    After watching so many videos, I've finally realised that his accent reminds me of Stephen Fry.

  • @diandrematthews914
    @diandrematthews914 Před 7 lety

    Tim is the goat!

  • @BellsShop
    @BellsShop Před 11 lety

    You need to make a wooden box-lock fit tight enough so it would open only in Californian humidity ^^

  • @elrojoJazz
    @elrojoJazz Před 10 lety

    Amazing idea's! yet so simple!

    • @elrojoJazz
      @elrojoJazz Před 10 lety +1

      I love that None of his toys require corporate greed batteries!

  • @fcycles
    @fcycles Před 10 lety

    I can imagine a golden age of making that kind of boxes where it could have been use to transport secret messages safely.

  • @lberg7513
    @lberg7513 Před 7 lety

    realy with his lovely ideas make me relax

  • @JimTheZombieHunter
    @JimTheZombieHunter Před 10 lety

    Fascinating. i wonder how many of these "toy" mechanisms have rich historical significance?

  • @s28400
    @s28400 Před 11 lety

    what a lovely idea...

  • @Bizzbew
    @Bizzbew Před 11 lety

    his voice is so calming

  • @dminiri
    @dminiri Před 7 lety

    Thank u mister u made me smarter. made my brain to think out of the box.. all the best :)

  • @olddominictoo349
    @olddominictoo349 Před 9 lety +3

    I know this is a very old video, but I have been looking since soon after this video came out where I could find that magnetic match box. I have tries everything, and searching what is written on the box comes up with either other boxes or completely irrelevant things. Would anyone else know where to get one of these?

  • @MB-st7be
    @MB-st7be Před 2 lety

    Wow I'd love to see that compass mechanism explained in full

  • @luckyazian13
    @luckyazian13 Před 11 lety

    The next Bob Ross.

  • @Siberius-
    @Siberius- Před 6 lety

    Pretty sure the voice recognition lock mentioned at the end has been seen on countless children's diaries for a very long time now lol. I remember them in the 90s when I was a wee lad..

  • @Alexgt117
    @Alexgt117 Před 11 lety

    I like this guy.

  • @ImCommodities
    @ImCommodities Před 8 lety +31

    "I don't think any other puzzle has been made of this sort" all I can think is Uhh don't they use that exact puzzle on prescription bottles?

    • @aphresuax
      @aphresuax Před 3 lety

      They don't expect to do the same thing with lock boxes.

  • @ishatonyou29
    @ishatonyou29 Před 11 lety +1

    Most interesting, bravo good sir.......bravo

  • @aggirl1236
    @aggirl1236 Před 7 lety +1

    he's like a grandfather figure

  • @mrkiky
    @mrkiky Před 8 lety

    The satnav idea is pretty cool. You could easily do it with an small arduino and a gps chip. The lid could have a solar cell hidden behind some jewelry looking decorations so you wouldn't need to actually charge the box, just hold it in the sun.

    • @Steaphan9
      @Steaphan9 Před 8 lety

      +mrkiky That is what I was thinking. But to make it even more frustrating to those trying to open it, make the box big and made out of the same material as gun safes. That way if someone tries to break the box out of frustration, they can't.

  • @pothepandasemporium8616

    0:13 Sand Timer Box: A trick box with a sand timer inside to make it open the lid.
    1:25 Karakuri Match Box: A faux matchbox with fake matches to open the lid.
    1:52 Barrel Box: Unscrew the stick to open the barrel box.
    2:29 Magnetic Orientation Box: Inside, there is a magnet to help it open when pointed to a certain direction.
    3:15 Blowing Puzzle Box: A doughnut-shaped box to blow with to unlock it.

  • @nitin9485
    @nitin9485 Před 7 lety

    Tim sure know how to give hard blows

  • @Andytlp
    @Andytlp Před 11 lety

    he was part of some tv program now hes retired :D But if he had a show i would watch it, it's very interesting, to kids for obvious reasons and adults who are still child at heart.

  • @missunknown5572
    @missunknown5572 Před 7 lety

    Interesting video

  • @natalieadams9039
    @natalieadams9039 Před 11 lety

    what a lovely vocie you have

  • @biesmusik
    @biesmusik Před 9 lety

    this is good stuff

  • @VoltisArt
    @VoltisArt Před 11 lety

    It would include a GPS locator like the kind in cell phones and navigation systems. One has to be at the "home position" in order for the electronics to allow you to open it.

  • @poppedweasel
    @poppedweasel Před 8 lety +1

    ".... and this delightful little item is a lament configuration... heh, wow"

  • @Kabitu1
    @Kabitu1 Před 11 lety

    Ive heard of these gps-based boxes, you can buy them for the sake of giving a special gift. When pressing a button on the lid, a screen will display the distance to the target, and the receiver then have to figure out where he is supposed to take the box for it to open. Thus you give the gift of an object and a journey all at once.

  • @Hobypyrocom
    @Hobypyrocom Před 11 lety

    the idea that you have about making a box open on voice recognition is quite easy to be made this days :) mini android tv pc + mic + electromagnetic lock + simple mosfet driver all in all around $100USD it will be able to be controlled by an android phone too :)

  • @BellsShop
    @BellsShop Před 11 lety

    I knew it! I knew that someone will point it here! :P

  • @jeffo9396
    @jeffo9396 Před 6 lety +1

    2:38 Try getting that one past the TSA.

  • @leonfalco6
    @leonfalco6 Před 8 lety +20

    who is this guy? and how did i find him?

    • @K10ESW
      @K10ESW Před 8 lety +35

      Tim & destiny

  • @SirDubmonster
    @SirDubmonster Před 9 lety

    I have a nice maple box where you have to flip it upside down and then move a little piece and it opens😄

  • @nitroshortbus5625
    @nitroshortbus5625 Před 6 lety +1

    I got a tool to open them all. I apply the same tool I used to make a square peg fit into round hole. It will get into most cars and homes as well. Yelling Bam, Bam, Bam, seems to help?

  • @TheDetonadoBR
    @TheDetonadoBR Před 7 lety

    2:29 does anyone know where can i get one of those magnetic orientation boxes or how can i build one?
    Does anyone know the history behind them? I couldn't find nothing about them on google

  • @kaimonington
    @kaimonington Před 10 lety +20

    I want to know which box Tim hides all his weed

    • @DjRuccy
      @DjRuccy Před 8 lety +1

      Kai Hammond
      What if I told you not everyone smokes weed!

    • @kaimonington
      @kaimonington Před 8 lety

      Dj Ruccy I never said they do. I'm just saying Tim loves a cheeky toke on some of dat piff green goddess.

    • @kaimonington
      @kaimonington Před 8 lety +1

      Dj Ruccy why are you being so judgemental? I'm actually a really cool guy

    • @DjRuccy
      @DjRuccy Před 8 lety +1

      Kai Hammond
      Because potheads judge sober people.

    • @kaimonington
      @kaimonington Před 8 lety

      Dj Ruccy Two wrongs don't make a right

  • @ravenundergroundtv
    @ravenundergroundtv Před 11 lety

    The real question is; Why is the rest of the world NOT watching this?

  • @rickl2834
    @rickl2834 Před 6 lety

    Where did you get the one where it depends on the compass orientation?