Dear grandad, I love your channel. I have a 1 year old daughter and your channel gives me great ideas about how to make her fun. I will start with simple rubber band car projects and in time I will develop myself to complicated planes. Thank you for your great videos and your patience to reply all the comments. Best wishes from Istanbul!
Thanks again. I would have been happier if I could have made my own wheels but I had nothing suitable to give the level of grip required. Using toy car wheels feels like cheating to me.
Hi Allan, I always wonder what CZcams is up to with their algorithms when I get comments on the really old videos. 2014 when I could still sit at my desk in my work room 😁😆😜
Thanks. The performance kept improving as the band weakened. The technique is to stretch the band as you wind it onto the axle so you get more turns round it.
How did you attach that toothpick looking piece that catches on the rubber band to wind it around the axle? Looks like some hot-glue, but I don't know if you had a trick to get it to grip the axle more reliably. Neat little project.
Yes that will be hot glue. Just watched the video again and realised I must have cut that bit out when I was editing the video. I try to trim my videos to keep them under 5 minutes if possible.
I don't do full sized, I just do simple toys that can be made in an hour or so. Here is a large rubber band car czcams.com/video/DYCu4i1daPI/video.html
I would say this was a fun build but probably not going to do what you need for your project. In the video description there is a link to my rubber band car playlist where there are loads more designs that may be more useful.
+Anmol Oberoi I would expect the car to stand still with the wheels spinning because they would have no grip. You might get a better result if you run the car on carpet so the wheels have a chance to grip on something.
+GrandadIsAnOldMan thx for the input, I have a cart project due for my physics class, and I just had one more question, i need the cart to travel a distance of 10 m to get 100%, is there any type of wheels that you could recommenced other than bottle caps or actual wheels? Because i need to use reusable materials, thx for your help1
+Anmol Oberoi you are wasting your time if you are trying to do 10 metres with this little car. I have over 180 different videos in my Rubber Band Powered Car playlist - the link is in the video description. Here is a car that will will do 10 m czcams.com/video/pIO3FiHX4Oc/video.html
I would say this was a fun build but probably not going to do what you need for your project. In the video description there is a link to my rubber band car playlist where there are hundreds more designs that may be more useful, here is a simple example Rubber Band Powered Car 1 x size 64 - full length video czcams.com/video/pIO3FiHX4Oc/video.html
I don't think so, it would have some novelty value but not be very practical. I am not really into making things very small. I will put it on my list of things to do, but I doubt that I will get around to it any time soon. Any idea what sized paper clip you have in mind?
+Fatimah Azzahra I use dividers to draw the circle and scissors to cut them out. I replied to the original comment by posting on his channel discussion page as CZcams had prevented me replying directly here to the comment as he had blocked his replies. That was 11 months ago.
Short answer, no. To go all terrain would require a good powerful motor, proper gearing and proper wheels and tyres. All of those items would have to be bought ready made and would cost more than I am prepared to spend on my projects. It would probably be cheaper to buy a ready made kit. By coincidence I was watching this video by one of my new subscribers a few minutes ago and I like it. czcams.com/video/k8Q2l9JgPQw/video.html
+Ennis Rubio you may find reading the video description helpful as there is extra information in there. You can just wrap the rubber band round the back axle so it holds itself in place but in the video I simply glued a short stick to the axle. You can see it fairly clearly at 03:30
That is just one of those solar movers that have a small circuit powered by sunlight that makes it rock. I have removed the solar panel and it is powered by a potato battery that is just behind it in the picture. Here is a similar novelty made from scratch czcams.com/video/JfkOgoAgjE4/video.html
Jagan Kumar I am not sure I follow what you mean. Do you mean to make a solar mover work from gravity? The answer is no, unless you make a generator powered by a weight dropping under gravity and use that to power the circuit. Technically possible but not something I want to do at the moment.
Actually I want like the toy but without using any power source ? Is it possible ? or can i do using a small battery like thing ? Simple, toy using no power source or less !!
Jagan Kumar These are not really toys, they are not suitable for children to play with due to small parts and the plastic is not the right sort for play. However they are usually available in novelty shops. Every Christmas there seems to be a set of these Father Christmas, Reindeer, Penguin, Snowman. Around Halloween there will be a set with Witch, Pumpkin man, Skeleton. Other times of the year there are other themes. Here is a typical eBay listing www.ebay.com/itm/291379994430
@@datboi9316 small cars like this are harder to get running than bigger cars. Maybe try a bigger one first. There will be information in the video description.
@@datboi9316 you will have to be creative and search around for things that are tubes. Maybe an empty pen, some spray bottles have tubes inside. It depends how thick your axle is.
+HamzaEssam Omr take a credit card. Cut a rectangle out of one end. Glue a plastic tube across the front for the axle to go through. Glue two short pieces of plastic tube at the back either side of the space you cut out. Take a paperclip and straighten it out and then bend it into a U shape. Glue that under the front of the car and bend the U up so it stick up above the tube you already glued there. Take the wheels and axles from a toy car and push the axles through the plastic tubes and put the wheels back on. Attach a rubber band to the U of the paperclip. Pull the band to the back axle and wrap it round. Let it go and the car runs forward. In the video I glued a short bit of cane to the back axle to hook the band onto but you can just wrap the band round the axle so it covers itself and hold itself in place.
Hi Sam, thanks for commenting. Why would I want to put wax on the tyres? If you think it would improve the performance why not make one yourself and video it for us all to see. I can only test it over the 5 metres of my kitchen floor and it does that already.
+the epic gamer so get on and do it and show us the video, remember this one does 5 meters. If you read the video description you will see I made one from paperclips too.
+AnimeBoy EN (AnimeBoyEN) if you mean it goes forward first and then comes back it will be because you have tied the band to the back axle. It should be able to come loose when it gets to the end so the car can freewheel.
+AnimeBoy EN (AnimeBoyEN) I hope it does well for your project. In the picture right at the beginning of the video you can see the rubber has a loop on the end of it that hooks on to the little bit of toothpick stuck to the back axle. That means it can flick off easily when it is finished.
so boring
Fair enough, what would you rather be watching?
Dear grandad, I love your channel. I have a 1 year old daughter and your channel gives me great ideas about how to make her fun. I will start with simple rubber band car projects and in time I will develop myself to complicated planes. Thank you for your great videos and your patience to reply all the comments.
Best wishes from Istanbul!
Gurer Guncan thank you very much for your nice comment.
Preety cool! Nice little craft to build and I love the paperclip idea!
Thank you Eli.
That is great. I like the simplicity of it.
Thanks again. I would have been happier if I could have made my own wheels but I had nothing suitable to give the level of grip required. Using toy car wheels feels like cheating to me.
I like your these stuff .I am trying for this
+Me Punjab good luck
boy , that one was quick off the line and indeed is small.
Hi Allan, I always wonder what CZcams is up to with their algorithms when I get comments on the really old videos. 2014 when I could still sit at my desk in my work room 😁😆😜
awesome thanks,I am making one for my little bro!He will love it!
+SlimeCake good luck
Didnt it do well ! (Bruce Forsyth used to say something similar).
Very nice clean design too.
Thanks. The performance kept improving as the band weakened. The technique is to stretch the band as you wind it onto the axle so you get more turns round it.
How did you attach that toothpick looking piece that catches on the rubber band to wind it around the axle? Looks like some hot-glue, but I don't know if you had a trick to get it to grip the axle more reliably. Neat little project.
Yes that will be hot glue. Just watched the video again and realised I must have cut that bit out when I was editing the video. I try to trim my videos to keep them under 5 minutes if possible.
No worries, thanks for the reply.
PLease make a full sized cardboard car powered by something simple that a kid could do..... Plz reply if you like this........
I don't do full sized, I just do simple toys that can be made in an hour or so. Here is a large rubber band car czcams.com/video/DYCu4i1daPI/video.html
Well thank you for your rely!
And the link!
Whoa! That was a epic rubberband car! In the link!
It's pretty cool
I have a school project on doing this do you think this would be a good design
I would say this was a fun build but probably not going to do what you need for your project. In the video description there is a link to my rubber band car playlist where there are loads more designs that may be more useful.
YEEEEEEHHHHHSS
What do you think would happen if I used Coca-Cola bottle caps instead of tires? Would the results be significantly different?
+Anmol Oberoi I would expect the car to stand still with the wheels spinning because they would have no grip. You might get a better result if you run the car on carpet so the wheels have a chance to grip on something.
+GrandadIsAnOldMan thx for the input, I have a cart project due for my physics class, and I just had one more question, i need the cart to travel a distance of 10 m to get 100%, is there any type of wheels that you could recommenced other than bottle caps or actual wheels? Because i need to use reusable materials, thx for your help1
+Anmol Oberoi you are wasting your time if you are trying to do 10 metres with this little car. I have over 180 different videos in my Rubber Band Powered Car playlist - the link is in the video description. Here is a car that will will do 10 m czcams.com/video/pIO3FiHX4Oc/video.html
Nice 1 👍👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👏👏😀😀👌
Awesome
Thanks Tony 😊
Can it go a 6th meter? If some changes are made? Need it for a project
I would say this was a fun build but probably not going to do what you need for your project. In the video description there is a link to my rubber band car playlist where there are hundreds more designs that may be more useful, here is a simple example Rubber Band Powered Car 1 x size 64 - full length video czcams.com/video/pIO3FiHX4Oc/video.html
Can you make one the size of paper clip
I don't think so, it would have some novelty value but not be very practical. I am not really into making things very small. I will put it on my list of things to do, but I doubt that I will get around to it any time soon. Any idea what sized paper clip you have in mind?
How you cut the plastic card?,and what you use..??? Please need help here
+muhammadfikri wardhana I'm pretty sure he has his own fancy little cutting tool like he always does but scissors should work just fine
+Fatimah Azzahra I use dividers to draw the circle and scissors to cut them out. I replied to the original comment by posting on his channel discussion page as CZcams had prevented me replying directly here to the comment as he had blocked his replies. That was 11 months ago.
Coooool
Thank you
can you make some really easy car who can moving at all terrain
Short answer, no. To go all terrain would require a good powerful motor, proper gearing and proper wheels and tyres. All of those items would have to be bought ready made and would cost more than I am prepared to spend on my projects. It would probably be cheaper to buy a ready made kit. By coincidence I was watching this video by one of my new subscribers a few minutes ago and I like it. czcams.com/video/k8Q2l9JgPQw/video.html
Hi hell yeh nice
If you liked this car then you will probably like this one too
Rubber Band Powered Paper Clip Car
czcams.com/video/54pQXtLDw5k/video.html
Thx a lot
How did you make the latch to hook up the rubber band
+Ennis Rubio you may find reading the video description helpful as there is extra information in there. You can just wrap the rubber band round the back axle so it holds itself in place but in the video I simply glued a short stick to the axle. You can see it fairly clearly at 03:30
+GrandadIsAnOldMan thanks !!
Hey I got a question
How to do the toy which is shaking in this video.
please explain.. pls... pls...
That is just one of those solar movers that have a small circuit powered by sunlight that makes it rock. I have removed the solar panel and it is powered by a potato battery that is just behind it in the picture. Here is a similar novelty made from scratch czcams.com/video/JfkOgoAgjE4/video.html
thank u !!!
Cant we do with the help of gravity alone ??
please do like that
Jagan Kumar I am not sure I follow what you mean. Do you mean to make a solar mover work from gravity? The answer is no, unless you make a generator powered by a weight dropping under gravity and use that to power the circuit. Technically possible but not something I want to do at the moment.
Actually I want like the toy but without using any power source ? Is it possible ?
or can i do using a small battery like thing ?
Simple, toy using no power source or less !!
Jagan Kumar These are not really toys, they are not suitable for children to play with due to small parts and the plastic is not the right sort for play. However they are usually available in novelty shops. Every Christmas there seems to be a set of these Father Christmas, Reindeer, Penguin, Snowman. Around Halloween there will be a set with Witch, Pumpkin man, Skeleton. Other times of the year there are other themes. Here is a typical eBay listing www.ebay.com/itm/291379994430
i try this
+huzaifa hassan the main point is not to over power it. You need a very light rubber band or you will just spin the wheels and it will go nowhere.
Thx
:-)
i made one of those my self
How far did you manage to make it go?
@@GrandadIsAnOldMan i failed for the 4th time :(
@@datboi9316 small cars like this are harder to get running than bigger cars. Maybe try a bigger one first. There will be information in the video description.
@@GrandadIsAnOldMan thx for the tips btw what things can i use to substitute the wheel hole that hold the wheel to the car instead of straw?
@@datboi9316 you will have to be creative and search around for things that are tubes. Maybe an empty pen, some spray bottles have tubes inside. It depends how thick your axle is.
You need to make a car out of a computer
Please write the steps to me. Video's not working.
+HamzaEssam Omr take a credit card. Cut a rectangle out of one end. Glue a plastic tube across the front for the axle to go through. Glue two short pieces of plastic tube at the back either side of the space you cut out. Take a paperclip and straighten it out and then bend it into a U shape. Glue that under the front of the car and bend the U up so it stick up above the tube you already glued there. Take the wheels and axles from a toy car and push the axles through the plastic tubes and put the wheels back on. Attach a rubber band to the U of the paperclip. Pull the band to the back axle and wrap it round. Let it go and the car runs forward.
In the video I glued a short bit of cane to the back axle to hook the band onto but you can just wrap the band round the axle so it covers itself and hold itself in place.
Can you make the fastest one please!!!!
The fasted one what?
GrandadIsAnOldMan the fastest rubber band car
Justin Gerrity 0:44 the moving snowman 😂
game gamr lol
Justin Gerrity hi
Put wax on the tires
Hi Sam, thanks for commenting. Why would I want to put wax on the tyres? If you think it would improve the performance why not make one yourself and video it for us all to see. I can only test it over the 5 metres of my kitchen floor and it does that already.
I could make a smaller one
+the epic gamer so get on and do it and show us the video, remember this one does 5 meters. If you read the video description you will see I made one from paperclips too.
cool!
Hi
Mack a LPS car
+Khawla Nasser sorry I have no idea what "Mack a LPS car" means?
I ruined a good car to do a fail one xD
+jeanpaulkhoueiry u (jp87) bad luck. It probably looked easier to do than it was in real life. What was the problem?
I made one but it reverse after i released it
How to prevent it?
+AnimeBoy EN (AnimeBoyEN) wind it up the other way or turn it over
+AnimeBoy EN (AnimeBoyEN) if you mean it goes forward first and then comes back it will be because you have tied the band to the back axle. It should be able to come loose when it gets to the end so the car can freewheel.
+GrandadIsAnOldMan i see thank you then! Had to make it for our project
+AnimeBoy EN (AnimeBoyEN) I hope it does well for your project. In the picture right at the beginning of the video you can see the rubber has a loop on the end of it that hooks on to the little bit of toothpick stuck to the back axle. That means it can flick off easily when it is finished.
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