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  • čas přidán 2. 08. 2022
  • Manual transmissions are fascinating. They are a simple solution to a complex problem packed into an ingenious mechanical package. In this video we will learn the theory behind how they work.
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Komentáře • 525

  • @thelightbrigadef4172
    @thelightbrigadef4172 Před 2 lety +2045

    It would be interesting having a clutch mechanism to separate the power output and isolated from the engine.

    • @AndrewAHayes
      @AndrewAHayes Před 2 lety +56

      I was about to say the exact same thing, I got my friends son a build your own model of a 4 stroke engine a few years ago and helped him build it, I had a fair idea of how everything mesh's together but seeing it up close relly brings it home.

    • @x2e4
      @x2e4 Před 2 lety +19

      He could've also made it a 5th gear transmission 😭

    • @Buy-n-large
      @Buy-n-large Před 2 lety +13

      That would only really be more helpful with a flywheel and running this at a higher speed

    • @MmMerrifield
      @MmMerrifield Před 2 lety +17

      He can simply turn off the power being that this is run by an electric motor, the clutch simply disconnects the motor from the transmission.

    • @goodnessgracious8819
      @goodnessgracious8819 Před 2 lety +1

      @@x2e4 my car says thank you

  • @jaredkennedy6576
    @jaredkennedy6576 Před 2 lety +505

    That's pretty cool. This would be representative of a very compact transmission like might be found in a motorcycle or early FWD car. A typical rear drive manual transmission has the input and output shafts on the same axis, with the power being sent down to a countershaft to select the ratios. The lowest reduction is usually at the rear of the case, as it puts a huge load on the shafts trying to push apart rather than rotate. You'll have first, second, third, and sometimes fourth as reduction gears, with the next gear being a direct connection between the input and output shafts. After this, you have overdrive gears, where the output spins faster than the input. This is usually in a second section of the transmission, behind an intermediate bearing plate as now pushing forces are getting higher again.

    • @josuevalar6465
      @josuevalar6465 Před 2 lety +17

      You seem knowledgeable about this, mind making a video explaining this?

    • @Papinak2
      @Papinak2 Před rokem +6

      That actually sound like a typical FWD gearbox, except for the 3 shaft design) - 4th gear is closest to the differential, moving away towards 1st, then behind a bearing plate is 5th and 6th (sometimes with additional bearing plate at the end of the shafts)

    • @MadScientist267
      @MadScientist267 Před rokem +2

      And reverse doesn't use a collar lol

  • @oats9036
    @oats9036 Před 2 lety +359

    My favorite printed gearbox is the sequential 7 speed w reverse. Don't remember the designer but he did an excellent job. Its a good design as you can scale it with realitive ease depending on your application. When printed with nylon it is strong enough to stick into an rc car. All I have tried so far is an electric motor however I think it can handle nitro as long as it isnt too small.

    • @lowen74s
      @lowen74s Před 2 lety +5

      That would be the F1 gearbox?

    • @jotham123
      @jotham123 Před 2 lety +6

      got a link for that ? would love to print one as educational tool

    • @lowen74s
      @lowen74s Před 2 lety

      czcams.com/video/s-vLN4YBRqs/video.html
      There are a few hours worth of content on this channel

    • @mAtT47739
      @mAtT47739 Před 2 lety +1

      I would love to see it as well

    • @thedudeamongmengs2051
      @thedudeamongmengs2051 Před 2 lety +3

      Even in weaker plastics, gearboxes like these can be surprisingly durable. Someone tested printed worm drive gears with and without grease and as long as they had grease, they could 8,000 rpm for a while with no visible wear. The actual numbers might have been higher but I haven't seen it in a while

  • @subatomicmolecules
    @subatomicmolecules Před 2 lety +193

    Amazing! If I had to suggest an improvement, the color coding could be improved. Everything perpetually connected to the driveshaft should stay blue, but everything connected to the output shaft should be red, so we can see better what's connected to what. The rings could be their own color like purple or something

  • @codingpupper3033
    @codingpupper3033 Před rokem +19

    I love how this video showed how simple a concept this is! So many other videos make it way more complicated

  • @themaskedmusician4846
    @themaskedmusician4846 Před 2 lety +17

    Thank you so much for the dedication to your videos and the quality of your videos. I enjoy them every time and i think you have some of the best quality descriptions in this sort of content area

  • @FilamentStories
    @FilamentStories Před 2 lety +152

    This is so beautifully explained and demonstrated. What a great video!

  • @michaelmccleery3776
    @michaelmccleery3776 Před rokem +5

    One of the best basic explanations I've ever seen. Simple and direct with great visuals. I agree with some of the other comments about the clutch mechanism but I understand that would be best done in a follow up video. Keep up the good work!

  • @ABG_3D
    @ABG_3D Před 2 lety +64

    Such a great video with a fantastic explanation, well done.
    Do you have this transmission available for download ?
    I think that it will be a great project for kids to learn how a transmission works in conjunction with your video and explanation.
    Keep up the great work

  • @matejkovacevic2649
    @matejkovacevic2649 Před 2 lety +16

    CZcams is recommending this to me when i started working on my own 3D model of a manual transmision in cad which is scary and useful and btw you’re videos are awsome its a shame you dont get the support that you deserve

    • @markm0000
      @markm0000 Před 2 lety

      Microsoft is selling your date. All these tech giants are one and the same at this point.

  • @jacobcreech4382
    @jacobcreech4382 Před 2 lety +60

    Is there a link to the stl? Would love to print this myself

    • @tomsko863
      @tomsko863 Před 2 lety +4

      Agreed.

    • @TheTrex600ESP
      @TheTrex600ESP Před 2 lety +4

      Agreed!

    • @vjekoslavdiklic3575
      @vjekoslavdiklic3575 Před rokem

      you can buy it from here www.enginediy.com/products/3d-printed-manual-transmission-model-physics-experiment-teaching-model-educational-toy

  • @schmid1.079
    @schmid1.079 Před rokem +4

    Genuinely one of the best demonstrations of how a manual transmission works I have seen yet. Better than those fancy 3D animations for sure.
    Only thing missing is a clutch.

  • @tommybobommy9208
    @tommybobommy9208 Před rokem +1

    Awesome video! Helps a lot for a visual learner like myself, thank you for making this!!

  • @blueslimes9
    @blueslimes9 Před 2 lety +2

    Short, simple, amazing. Keep it up!

  • @Jack-kz4nb
    @Jack-kz4nb Před rokem +1

    Soo cool man been here since 90k but love your videos, learning more about 3d printing and physics then I thought.

  • @jacobholman6018
    @jacobholman6018 Před 2 lety +1

    What a great explanation of this process. Thank you!

  • @chiefdenis
    @chiefdenis Před 2 lety +1

    I love them for how simple and straightforward they are, you couldn't be more basic and direct if you tried.

  • @rogerairborne
    @rogerairborne Před rokem

    Very good info. Concise narrative and good camera work. Bravo!! Well done!

  • @newtybot
    @newtybot Před rokem +1

    I’m basically building a go-kart from scratch and this is exactly what I needed to see

  • @ReinQuest
    @ReinQuest Před 2 lety +25

    That explains this really well. Would be interesting if you expanded and added a clutch disconnect too. Just to see the extra level that adds.
    The clutch is not needed to shift but it’s cool too see.
    Something I don’t know now is how the synchronizer works.

    • @spacemanmat
      @spacemanmat Před 2 lety +11

      The red parts that slide are called a sleeves (there are 2) and the blue parts they engage with are called dog teeth (each gear has its own set of dog teeth). A synchro ring is attached to the front of the dog teeth, it can spin but if pushed towards the dog teeth it will grip. So when the sleeve is pushed, it initially hits the synchro ring and engages with it, at the same time the synchro ring grips and in turn spins the output shaft faster or slower to match the required speed. Once the speeds are matched (synchronised) then the sleeve can slide fully onto the dog teeth.

    • @89BMW98
      @89BMW98 Před 2 lety

      This short video does a really good job illustrating synchronizers czcams.com/video/0Bqs-oHBBQk/video.html

    • @spicywolf6718
      @spicywolf6718 Před rokem +2

      At that point it would be easier to do a cutaway on a motorcycle transmission. Clutch basket is on the input shaft a single bearing width away from the box
      Constant mesh, straight cut dog box.
      Granted it has a shift drum to move the forks but it's all right there.

  • @swealf-nonofficial
    @swealf-nonofficial Před 2 lety

    Thank you for demystifying such an ingenious mechanism

  • @Relic67
    @Relic67 Před rokem

    Great video. Really helps me to understand. Thank you.

  • @Kovanoid
    @Kovanoid Před rokem

    I wish I could bring this into my classroom! What an awesome visual!

  • @mitsos306ify
    @mitsos306ify Před 2 lety

    Nice and clear!
    Great video!

  • @ThisIsMyYouTubeHandle69

    Great video and explanation

  • @Creation-mv2mv
    @Creation-mv2mv Před 2 lety +1

    man, you explained it so good.

  • @phoflex
    @phoflex Před rokem

    Beautiful work bro

  • @COMB0RICO
    @COMB0RICO Před rokem

    Great video. Thanks from Texas.

  • @Jim_One-wl4ke
    @Jim_One-wl4ke Před měsícem

    Good job explaining manual transmission. Thanks for sharing your design ❤

  • @Orthaluminox
    @Orthaluminox Před rokem

    This is friggen godly keep it up!

  • @willcal2738
    @willcal2738 Před 2 lety

    ive seen a bunch of these, but this one was the best

  • @randomanimatorandgamer9392

    Honestly this is very helpful for learning how a manual transmission works

  • @energyeve2152
    @energyeve2152 Před rokem

    This is neat! Thanks for sharing

  • @Janovich
    @Janovich Před rokem

    Thank you, amazing video

  • @joeylawell3590
    @joeylawell3590 Před 2 lety

    I was so intrested thankyou for explaining

  • @andrewcouto5620
    @andrewcouto5620 Před rokem

    Really cool. Thank-you!! I've always wanted to know

  • @andrewpetrov7646
    @andrewpetrov7646 Před 2 lety

    wow always wondered how they work nice vid

  • @DIYwithBatteries
    @DIYwithBatteries Před 2 lety

    Man you are a real 3d printer I mean look at bro... That looks really awesome bro well made 👍

  • @kerbacho1
    @kerbacho1 Před rokem +5

    I love how you simplified a very complex engineering problem into something dummies like me can understand. very good and educational video!

  • @shevetlevi2821
    @shevetlevi2821 Před rokem

    Really well done.

  • @awesomecronk7183
    @awesomecronk7183 Před 2 lety

    Excellent explanation!

  • @Nyx123321
    @Nyx123321 Před rokem

    Excellent model, waiting for stl :)

  • @thomasboilesen
    @thomasboilesen Před 2 lety

    Great explanation! Thank youi

  • @MrWhitty2000
    @MrWhitty2000 Před 2 lety

    Best explanation I've ever seen.

  • @supahfly_uk
    @supahfly_uk Před rokem

    i love the 3d printed model of it that's awesome well done ♥

  • @Hdtjdjbszh
    @Hdtjdjbszh Před rokem

    Linear boxes, like in motorcycle, are just as much fun. I love how the two systems both work great.

  • @stargazer59
    @stargazer59 Před rokem +4

    Hello,
    I love the video but it would have been even better if you explained how the red circle transmits the mechanics power from the driveline to the ouptut.
    Have a great day :)

    • @notsure6834
      @notsure6834 Před rokem

      If you closely at the output gear, it is connected to the middle gear, I suppose that by moving the red bit, he is making it so that the gears get linked, by making the red bit touch two gears.

  • @DoriansPortrait
    @DoriansPortrait Před rokem

    Thank you the video.

  • @currentcolt3655
    @currentcolt3655 Před rokem

    this video's on par with the old black and white demonstration video's from the 30's and 40's, nicely done.

  • @gmodesike
    @gmodesike Před 2 lety

    Awesome. Thanks!

  • @screwsnutsandbolts
    @screwsnutsandbolts Před 2 lety

    Super videos ! 👍

  • @drewslinkard990
    @drewslinkard990 Před 2 lety +9

    Amazing video and super simple to follow allong! Is there a way to get the files for it? Id love to print one out myself

  • @amirhosseinmahmoudi9717

    Wow this is very very very good

  • @mooghead
    @mooghead Před rokem

    This is such a complicated way of explaining manual trasmission!

  • @TechsScience
    @TechsScience Před 2 lety +2

    It is Simply amazing

  • @ratthaks
    @ratthaks Před 6 měsíci

    So Cool. I Iove this.

  • @JoshuaRilliet
    @JoshuaRilliet Před 2 lety

    Super interesting 👍

  • @easy_3d
    @easy_3d Před 2 lety

    This is awesome

  • @alexk7977
    @alexk7977 Před rokem

    Excellent video! I would love to see how an automatic transmission works if you haven't already done that.

  • @malijames12
    @malijames12 Před rokem +1

    "We have to shift gears to keep the RPM at a reasonable level."
    *laughs in rotary*

  • @bengordillo1709
    @bengordillo1709 Před rokem +9

    Thats a fantastic little model! Is there a link to the stl files so people can make their own?

    • @connorwueller6109
      @connorwueller6109 Před rokem +1

      I think what he has in the video is really cool, if this gets a response that would be amazing, I’d love to build that.

  • @RandoniumTJ
    @RandoniumTJ Před 2 lety

    Thanks for such a cool demonstration. It has always been a huge curiosity of mine, how gears are being shifted in a moving car...

  • @juanmacias5922
    @juanmacias5922 Před 2 lety

    Super Cool!

  • @MidnightSt
    @MidnightSt Před rokem +2

    Awesome explanation, thanks, but I don't understand how does the red piece work - how is it connected to the shaft?

    • @LKRaider
      @LKRaider Před rokem +1

      Same question here. I assume it locks the output gear to the shaft somehow, otherwise the output gear is freely rotating.

    • @notsure6834
      @notsure6834 Před rokem

      @@LKRaider It's the red piece that's connecting the gears. Initially, the red piece is connected to the shaft, then it touches the moving gear and the shaft gear.

  • @fshfsh4345
    @fshfsh4345 Před 2 lety +7

    Is this model online somewhere for download?

  • @jorgengullstrand5988
    @jorgengullstrand5988 Před 2 lety +3

    Can we have the files so we can try it out ourselves?

  • @justusgehler392
    @justusgehler392 Před 2 lety

    This is nice Work there!
    I Hope You Can Upload the 3d files so I can recreate your transmission!

  • @norristiii
    @norristiii Před 2 lety

    Very cool.

  • @pontiacattack249
    @pontiacattack249 Před rokem

    That's a cool model

  • @hadri1
    @hadri1 Před rokem

    Wow thank you so much! So all the gears are always meshed together! The shift only connects one of the pairs to the output.
    It took this video for me to realize that the un connected gears were still spinning, just minding their own business at their own speed around the shaft. It’s an amazing design.
    I’d love to have that toy at home. Is it selling anywhere?

  • @ab3040
    @ab3040 Před rokem +2

    Teaching me more than my engineering professors

  • @thisishere3071
    @thisishere3071 Před rokem

    very cool

  • @victorpapaavp
    @victorpapaavp Před rokem

    This dramatically clarified how a transmission works to my chimp brain... thanks for the video!

  • @ShakirKhan-nn2og
    @ShakirKhan-nn2og Před 2 lety

    Great job you are genius 👍🌷🌹🌹💐💐

  • @jasonrhoades4122
    @jasonrhoades4122 Před 2 lety +1

    Thats a cool little model. You should release the stl files so we can print one. I'd love to have this on my desk.

  • @tilen3266
    @tilen3266 Před 2 lety +7

    I would love too see you push it to the limits. I think it would be pretty cool to see how much load and RPM such 3D printed gearbox can handle. (and yes I will subscribe with notifications too see if you actually do it) :).

  • @Window1322
    @Window1322 Před 2 lety +1

    Ngl i really want that manual gearbox demonstration

  • @fredyy
    @fredyy Před 2 lety +2

    Thank you for the interesting video, where can I find this model?

  • @SethCocker05
    @SethCocker05 Před 2 lety +1

    Man, that's some skill, shifting without the clutch 🥶

  • @maluch792
    @maluch792 Před rokem

    i felt like watching a commercial but actually learned something

  • @drbonko4114
    @drbonko4114 Před rokem

    great video but i was laughing when i read "do not put fingers in gears" and then you said "look what happens when i put my fingers in the gears"

  • @noOtherFs
    @noOtherFs Před rokem +1

    I've been to a lot of these "How manual gearbox works" videos, and I understand how they work, but what I never understood is how the parts are assembled and how that relates to how it works

  • @SocialistSean
    @SocialistSean Před 2 lety +1

    I clicked on this video interested in this 3D printed mechanism and just learned how to drive a manual

  • @tonychesser8710
    @tonychesser8710 Před rokem +1

    A common trend in transmissions, these days, is a double-clutch multi-shaft transmission (sometimes known as a DSG). Would love to see a 3D-printed version of one of these.

  • @ChristmasEve777
    @ChristmasEve777 Před 10 měsíci

    This direct connection between the wheels (via the output shaft) and the engine is why you can start a car with a manual transmission by pushing it (or as it starts to roll down a hill) and then popping the clutch (esp. in 1st or Rev) and then quickly pushing the clutch back in before it stalls again. I used to do this just for the heck of it in my driveway because it wasn't completely flat - I'd pop the clutch in reverse... never wore out my clutch either.

  • @alexalekos
    @alexalekos Před rokem

    nice demonstration
    now please do the same for automatic transmission

  • @JH_HAY
    @JH_HAY Před 2 lety

    That’s so cool! What was the print time?

  • @gaw5024
    @gaw5024 Před 2 lety +6

    The 3rd gear also represents an overdrive ratio. The output shaft turns faster than the input.

  • @ironwolf3699
    @ironwolf3699 Před 2 lety

    wow perfect rev match.

  • @Girtharmstrong69
    @Girtharmstrong69 Před rokem

    The people that come up with with stuff are something else

  • @SOLIDSNAKE.
    @SOLIDSNAKE. Před rokem +1

    Feels good driving manual

  • @msthalamus2172
    @msthalamus2172 Před rokem +1

    Curious how many people watching this have ever actually driven a car with a *true* manual transmission, one with no computer involvement whatsoever. I learned on a '74 Toyota Corolla, with manual *everything*. Its clutch was incredibly unforgiving. If you were off in your timing by just a little tiny bit, the whole jalopy would start to seize, jerking the car forward and backward violently until the engine died. I have to say that learning on that beast made every other car, stick or not, I drove after that an utterly trivial undertaking!

    • @ivancho5854
      @ivancho5854 Před rokem

      Almost all cars (and every single van/truck) outside of North America have manual transmission. EVs are gearless. I think that the reason that the American drivers prefer automatic transmissions is ultimately due to cheaper energy costs in the US.
      All the best.

  • @Michu131564
    @Michu131564 Před 2 lety +1

    I still don't understeand how that works but it is a cool video

  • @insectorchid2237
    @insectorchid2237 Před 2 lety +3

    is there a link the the stl?

  • @riversarcadereview385

    looks good although the geartrain is usually in a straight line and not side by side and hi gear is usually 1:1 especially on a 3-speed.

  • @itsthem5699
    @itsthem5699 Před rokem

    I would've loved to have this as a toy growing up.

  • @akrumshaham6659
    @akrumshaham6659 Před rokem +1

    When you say “connected” does that mean the specified gears are touching and the rest are not but spinning freely?

  • @benjaminshields9421
    @benjaminshields9421 Před rokem

    Do you have a link to the model for this? Its beautifully designed!

  • @robertdefoe2396
    @robertdefoe2396 Před rokem

    I printed a sequential gear box although seeing how you built your gear meshes, I feel it may need some upgrades.

  • @brendonfleetwood6069
    @brendonfleetwood6069 Před rokem

    Very well explained. Please could you share the name of the software that you used in the video