5:20 Jesus Christ… Who designed that camera shot? The walking up towards the scale model from the background while pulling back of the camera, making it appear to be a full scale elevator at first… Then we realize it’s just a model as he gets closer. That was a genius camera shot, a beautiful model, And flawless delivery by Hunkin. Truly a shot worthy of the most expensive documentary or Hollywood movie of the time.
I’d also love to see more and hear more about that giant microswitch model. Large scale electronic component models would be a perfect way to put my machining, welding, and casting equipment to good use. I teach a lot of people and stuff like that would really help get their attention, especially the younger folks.
Again you are the best. Gonna leave comments on every video to try to get your channel more views. Thanks so much Tim. Even subjects I think I know, I always learn something new.
An Amish family visited the big city for the first time and went shopping in a big multi-level mall. While the wife was looking at the ladies’ clothing, her husband and their eight year old son were amazed by the elevator. A stout older woman walked up and pressed a button. Shortly a bell rang and the doors opened. As they watched, she walked into the empty cab and the doors closed. A short time later, the bell rang again and a beautiful, slender woman in her twenties walked out. The father, astonished, said to his son, “Jacob, go get your mother!”
The (Otis) elevator is truly one of the greatest inventions of all time. Almost totally fail-safe, virtually idiot-proof. Not many inventions are like that. The Westinghouse air brake is one of the few others.
I remember when department stores had lift operators dressed in splendid uniforms and announced what goods were available on each floor. That means I must be old... Oh no!
Really made me smile as I saw Tim showing that very switch in one of his very recent videos. So glad YT suggested these videos to me. Watched some as a teenager.
A pity Express Lifts is no more they were very common in my youth, solidly built, reliable with, nice relay logic controls, and their oval design illuminated buttons iconic, (the windows in the Northampton Express Lift tower are the same shape)
Absolutely! I really wish they were still going. It was Britain’s lift company. There are still a few of their lifts around, but you have to search hard for them. Sorry to self promote, but I reckon you’d be interested in some of the videos on my channel if you’re interested in Express.
Better another person on the other end of the rope than a barrel of bricks! There are many versions, in both prose and song, of the humourous story of a bricklayer's mishaps.
For the last 50 years I’ve been a big fan of Otis Redding, as an 11 years old boy I was in a minority. I always wondered who Otis is the Otis lifts was as the name was rare in England at that time. Lifts safer than stairs? Not if you’re in it with John McClane it’s not! Another brilliant enlightening and educating episode. I don’t remember this one, I must have been working as a chef and not recorded it.
How to make elevators less busy Destination Dispatch (which didn’t exist back then) Make the elevators violently fast (have the speed in FPM be at least 4 times the height of the building)
@@shibolinemress8913 Yes, that is the song I'm referring to. It's a 4/4 time cover of Take 5 and the artist is Val Bennett and this cover version is called "The Russians Are Coming" czcams.com/video/pzqoqzSZkPs/video.html
I'm old. I know I'm old because I remember when The Learning Channel (TLC) had shows you could learn from, like this one. (Thinks) I wonder why I don't much TV anymore?
@@seikibrian8641 Im being facetious. But anyway seems most of the ones that are likely to get stuck are those shitty two-floor jobbers that don't get maintained.
I've been stuck a time or two, but only once did I have to wait more than a few minutes to get rescued. Thankfully I don't get claustrophobic unless there are too many other people in there with me.
Hydraulic lifts aren't totally dead. The El Cortez hotel in San Diego has / had one that was installed in the 1950s. It starts inside the lobby but from about the third floor it goes / went up the outside of the building. On a long-ago vacation, I rode in it to the restaurant at the top, where the view was fairly good.
There are still hydraulic lifts around, but the ones installed nowadays are not the in-ground hydraulic type, they are roped hydraulic, which means that the hydraulic is at the side of the lift shaft and when the hydraulic moves, it pulls the lift almost like a traction lift. Where I live, most lifts are mainly hydraulic and they are less than 25 years old, some are actually a couple of years old. The Motor Roomless (MRL) lift does seem to be the more popular choice these days.
Here's a diagram of a drum machine elevator (with) counterweights a rare mutation. www.elevatorbobs-elevator-pics.com/images2/Guess/drum_machine_3_sheaves2.gif
They are done by Tim (and someone else), if you look at his website I think it says cartoonist alongside inventor etc. If you have seen his work (clocks, various machines) they people on them have a distinctive look similar to the cartoons.
Some of the demonstrations are outrageous. Today's Health and safety people would have a fit. Brilliant!
I bet there would be no discoveries in case when health and safety would be implemented.
These shows just have so much charm.Something that is missing from todays television.
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You know @timhunkin1 still has an active youtube channel, where there are new installments of this sort of content.
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This is such an amazing tv show, so much good information but delivered in such a pleasant and charming way.
This show is what I always expected "how it's made" to be (and was always let down spectacularly). This show is so much better.
32:50 lifts still have hatches, they're kept locked. they can only be opened by the lift company for purposes such as moving long objects.
WAAAT no Hi-Viz vest, safety harness, eye protection, fire marshal? How did the UK survive during this savage period of history?
5:20 Jesus Christ… Who designed that camera shot? The walking up towards the scale model from the background while pulling back of the camera, making it appear to be a full scale elevator at first… Then we realize it’s just a model as he gets closer. That was a genius camera shot, a beautiful model, And flawless delivery by Hunkin.
Truly a shot worthy of the most expensive documentary or Hollywood movie of the time.
I’d also love to see more and hear more about that giant microswitch model. Large scale electronic component models would be a perfect way to put my machining, welding, and casting equipment to good use. I teach a lot of people and stuff like that would really help get their attention, especially the younger folks.
You can see that giant microswitch again here: czcams.com/video/bno0HeQfxrU/video.html
Always loved this show. Brings back memories of my college days in the 90s
Again you are the best. Gonna leave comments on every video to try to get your channel more views. Thanks so much Tim. Even subjects I think I know, I always learn something new.
This particular video isn’t from him. It’s an upload by someone else. :-)
Health & Safety? what's that? Used to watch these programs and still love them
An Amish family visited the big city for the first time and went shopping in a big multi-level mall. While the wife was looking at the ladies’ clothing, her husband and their eight year old son were amazed by the elevator. A stout older woman walked up and pressed a button. Shortly a bell rang and the doors opened. As they watched, she walked into the empty cab and the doors closed. A short time later, the bell rang again and a beautiful, slender woman in her twenties walked out. The father, astonished, said to his son, “Jacob, go get your mother!”
Even a Willy Wonka glass elevator at the end.
Rex can do everything. Such an awesome dude.
I love these segments. They're so informative and also very trippy.
The (Otis) elevator is truly one of the greatest inventions of all time. Almost totally fail-safe, virtually idiot-proof. Not many inventions are like that. The Westinghouse air brake is one of the few others.
So true. And what makes it even more admirable in my opinion is that it is so incredibly simple at the same time!
I remember when department stores had lift operators dressed in splendid uniforms and announced what goods were available on each floor.
That means I must be old... Oh no!
Yes, “curtains, soft furnishings, bed linens”. Even real department stores hardly exist any more.
I forgot about the test rig!! Awesome hydraulic power! That cable is HUGE!! Bang!
I love the off beat feel of this show.
Im slowly watching thdm all.
How would you like to walk up from WAAAAY DOWN THERE!
13:11 I bursted in laughter spotting that uSwitch!
So did I, since it looks like a huge version of a Honeywell V7 Micro-Switch!
Really made me smile as I saw Tim showing that very switch in one of his very recent videos. So glad YT suggested these videos to me. Watched some as a teenager.
A pity Express Lifts is no more they were very common in my youth,
solidly built, reliable with, nice relay logic controls,
and their oval design illuminated buttons iconic,
(the windows in the Northampton Express Lift tower are the same shape)
Absolutely! I really wish they were still going. It was Britain’s lift company. There are still a few of their lifts around, but you have to search hard for them. Sorry to self promote, but I reckon you’d be interested in some of the videos on my channel if you’re interested in Express.
8:45 ah that lovely KONE M chime
And the classic Westy bell at 17:44.
Better another person on the other end of the rope than a barrel of bricks!
There are many versions, in both prose and song,
of the humourous story of a bricklayer's mishaps.
The version I was introduced to finished with the line "I respectfully request sick leave".
Its a cruel twist of fate that Elijah Otis would never get to see his companies wild success. Thats really sad man.
I loved this show!
For the last 50 years I’ve been a big fan of Otis Redding, as an 11 years old boy I was in a minority. I always wondered who Otis is the Otis lifts was as the name was rare in England at that time.
Lifts safer than stairs? Not if you’re in it with John McClane it’s not!
Another brilliant enlightening and educating episode. I don’t remember this one, I must have been working as a chef and not recorded it.
brilliant series. really a work of art
How to make elevators less busy
Destination Dispatch (which didn’t exist back then)
Make the elevators violently fast (have the speed in FPM be at least 4 times the height of the building)
3:54 - I've watched this several times and only just noticed that at "Carriageworks" is spelt incorrectly.
YOU'RE spelled incorrectly.
Is it?
The wonders of life before spellcheck
I love your version of Dave Brubeck's "Take 5"! Very relaxing!
It's called "the Russians are coming" and the artist is Val Bennett
@@seanb2300 I meant the song at the outro, sorry.
@@shibolinemress8913 Yes, that is the song I'm referring to. It's a 4/4 time cover of Take 5 and the artist is Val Bennett and this cover version is called "The Russians Are Coming" czcams.com/video/pzqoqzSZkPs/video.html
C'mon!! The best Two Out of Three?? I love his machines.
😂😂😂I love the tardis at the end. What a great video
I love the animations!
I'm old. I know I'm old because I remember when The Learning Channel (TLC) had shows you could learn from, like this one. (Thinks) I wonder why I don't much TV anymore?
I'm old too. I actually remember elevator operators.
The legend that is Ken Morse worked on this show.
Always love seeing his name pop up for obvious reasons. (No relation as far as I know!)
I watched something on YT the other week that was made in 1969 and his name was in the credits.
OMG! I want a giant model of a micro switch.
RIP Rex Garrod
Otis...classic. Or is it Ottis. One of my favourites. Rex!!? Are you ready?
22:18 - Best _SLoM_ animation *ever*. I think TLC cut this out of the original broadcast, though.
They had to for some of it because there was nudity lol
So agree. Big belly laughs over the stuck in the lift fantasies
6:39 So.... are you saying Rex is fat?
21:35 I don't want to be safe, I WANT TO GET OUT!
Get out only to fall to your death? Better to stay put and be safe.
@@seikibrian8641 Im being facetious. But anyway seems most of the ones that are likely to get stuck are those shitty two-floor jobbers that don't get maintained.
2:04 -- "WE'RE PANICKING! WOOOO!"
I always save up a smelly fart to let go just as I leave the lift (it's rude not to)!
🙃
I was stuck in a lift once.
I've been stuck a time or two, but only once did I have to wait more than a few minutes to get rescued. Thankfully I don't get claustrophobic unless there are too many other people in there with me.
One type of lift they failed to mention is the paternoster.
This is one of the best of the series!
But what about "The Wonkavator"?
There is humour in these episodes, just not spelled loudly into your face like in other CZcams videos.
ahaha very fun, silly, informative - what a cocktail!
I'll bet you wanted to include the paternoster in this piece.
"Carriages" was spelled incorrectly in "Otis Carriages"
8:45 - I JUST LOVE THAT CHIME
how true
Confirmed. Elevators in Japan are painfully slow.
Poor Otis
I had the feeling this was made in 1991, idk why.
They called the winth elisha.
What building is the show being presented from?
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Very useful vid.
Didn't take long for the hydraulic to die, MRLs all the way
Hydraulic lifts aren't totally dead.
The El Cortez hotel in San Diego has / had one that was installed in the 1950s.
It starts inside the lobby but from about the third floor it goes / went up the outside of the building.
On a long-ago vacation, I rode in it to the restaurant at the top, where the view was fairly good.
Our buildings at work, maybe 10 years old, all use piston lifts - due to cost mainly.
There are still hydraulic lifts around, but the ones installed nowadays are not the in-ground hydraulic type, they are roped hydraulic, which means that the hydraulic is at the side of the lift shaft and when the hydraulic moves, it pulls the lift almost like a traction lift. Where I live, most lifts are mainly hydraulic and they are less than 25 years old, some are actually a couple of years old. The Motor Roomless (MRL) lift does seem to be the more popular choice these days.
Otis.
22:32 WTH
Seriously...I mean I'm sure there are some guys that fantasize something like that but this is a learning show.
Here's a diagram of a drum machine elevator (with) counterweights a rare mutation. www.elevatorbobs-elevator-pics.com/images2/Guess/drum_machine_3_sheaves2.gif
1:15 😱
1:30 😅
That elevator didn't fly. I can tell.
Looks like it was on a crane, maybe the shot of rocket lift was a scale model
@@mrIceblink - Yeah, I wasn't being serious.
If it flies fast enough and makes funny noises, it's a tardis.
@@heronimousbrapson863 - interesting
Elevator go down the hole!!!
I was in a lift at Macy’s that kept zooming from floor to floor and not opening the doors, finally it did open and I couldn’t get out fast enough
1:26 wtf?!
i dont care
"lift" off
Although highly improbable, this has to be the worst elevator mishap depicted in a movie: czcams.com/video/cGy02Exgw44/video.html
Ok, for the most part I enjoyed this show....but those damn animations....what the hell?!?
Kevin Lowe They grow on you after awhile. Same characters throughout the series.
I love the animations!
They are done by Tim (and someone else), if you look at his website I think it says cartoonist alongside inventor etc. If you have seen his work (clocks, various machines) they people on them have a distinctive look similar to the cartoons.
The animations are excellent. A real joy.
Oh noes! A NOOOOOOOOOSE at 1:15! Guess this must be a racist show!