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Mechanical & precision engineering Videos Recommended on Hacker News (141)

Mechanical & precision engineering is one of the 150 topics Hacker News readers organize their video recommendations around. These 141 videos each earned real recommendations in real HN threads between 2010 and 2026 — 375 recommendations in total — and they're ranked by how many separate months the community kept coming back to them, not by view count.

Mechanical engineering: machines, mechanisms, gears, precision design, flexures, hydraulics, thermodynamic machines, engineering failures, clever mechanical designs, how it works explainers.

Why HN keeps sending people here — on Around The Corner - How Differential Steering Works (1937): “this video explaining differentials is from 1937 and is a marvel of pedagogy” — an HN commenter, 2019.

15 mo on HN

Around The Corner - How Differential Steering Works (1937)

US Auto Industry
17 HN recommender · 2013–2024
12 mo on HN

Detergent packs are kinda wishy-washy (Dishwashers Explained)

Technology Connections
15 HN recommender · 2021–2025
12 mo on HN

Mechanical Computer (All Parts) - Basic Mechanisms In Fire Control Computers

Excelsior10000
13 HN recommender · 2014–2025
11 mo on HN

The Antique Toaster that's Better than Yours

Technology Connections
12 HN recommender · 2019–2025
11 mo on HN

U.S. NAVY BASIC MECHANISMS OF FIRE CONTROL COMPUTERS MECHANICAL COMPUTER INSTRUCTIONAL FILM 27794

PeriscopeFilm
11 HN recommender · 2018–2026
9 mo on HN

The Ingenious Design of the Aluminum Beverage Can

engineerguy
9 HN recommender · 2016–2026
9 mo on HN

Origins of Precision

Machine Thinking
11 HN recommender · 2019–2025
7 mo on HN

Elevator Hacking: From the Pit to the Penthouse

DeviantOllam
9 HN recommender · 2014–2026
6 mo on HN

(1/4) Intro/History: Introducing a 100-year-old mechanical computer

engineerguy
6 HN recommender · 2015–2023
6 mo on HN

The Hyperloop: BUSTED!

Thunderf00t
7 HN recommender · 2016–2023
6 mo on HN

DEF CON 22 - Deviant Ollam & Howard Payne - Elevator Hacking - From the Pit to the Penthouse

DEFCONConference
5 HN recommender · 2016–2026
5 mo on HN

[HOPE X] Elevator Hacking: From the Pit to the Penthouse

themarimbaincident
4 HN recommender · 2014–2023
5 mo on HN

How Differential Gear works (BEST Tutorial)

ConceptVBS
5 HN recommender · 2013–2020
5 mo on HN

Building The World's First Computer - Greeks, Clocks and Rockets - Antikythera Mechanism Episode 1

Clickspring
7 HN recommender · 2018–2024
6 mo on HN

Old-fashioned rice cookers are extremely clever

Technology Connections
6 HN recommender · 2020–2025
6 mo on HN

Old pinball machines are amazingly complex

Technology Connections
6 HN recommender · 2023–2026
5 mo on HN

The Most Powerful Computers You've Never Heard Of

Veritasium
6 HN recommender · 2021–2025
5 mo on HN

Spinning Levers - How A Transmission Works (1936)

US Auto Industry
5 HN recommender · 2018–2026
4 mo on HN

Control Bootcamp: Overview

Steve Brunton
4 HN recommender · 2020–2023
5 mo on HN

Drip Coffee Makers — super simple, super cheap

Technology Connections
7 HN recommender · 2022–2024
5 mo on HN

IBM Selectric Typewriter & its digital to analogue converter

engineerguy
4 HN recommender · 2016–2025
4 mo on HN

Is SpaceX's Raptor engine the king of rocket engines?

Everyday Astronaut
4 HN recommender · 2019–2022
5 mo on HN

BOLTR: DYSON HAIR DRYER. Is it WORTH the MONEY?

AvE
4 HN recommender · 2017–2023
4 mo on HN

Most People Don't Know How Bikes Work

Veritasium
7 HN recommender · 2021–2025
4 mo on HN

Building Prototypes Dan Gelbart part 1 of 18 Introduction

Dan Gelbart
4 HN recommender · 2015–2022
3 mo on HN

Giant Robot Project, Part 1

Jaimie Stuff
3 HN recommender · 2011–2020
4 mo on HN

"Turbo Encabulator" the Original

Dave Rondot
4 HN recommender · 2016–2026
3 mo on HN

Clockmaking - How To Make A Clock In The Home Machine Shop - Part 1 - Making The Clock Frames

Clickspring
3 HN recommender · 2017–2024
3 mo on HN

[1299] Unpickable Locks From Stuff Made Here

LockPickingLawyer
5 HN recommender · 2021–2022
4 mo on HN

The Fastest Maze-Solving Competition On Earth

Veritasium
5 HN recommender · 2023–2024
4 mo on HN

Construction of the 10000 year clock - Alexander Rose (SETI Talks)

SETI Institute
3 HN recommender · 2015–2019
3 mo on HN

KSP Doesn't Teach: Rocket Engine Plumbing

Scott Manley
3 HN recommender · 2019–2019
3 mo on HN

How to achieve nanometer precision in space?

Breaking Taps
4 HN recommender · 2022–2026
3 mo on HN

Why Machines That Bend Are Better

Veritasium
3 HN recommender · 2019–2021
3 mo on HN

The Secret Life of the Vacuum Cleaner - Remastered

tim hunkin
3 HN recommender · 2021–2026
3 mo on HN

Prius Hybrid Drive Explained

Niels Blaauw
3 HN recommender · 2019–2024