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.
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1 mo on HNLessons from a Can Opener
1 mo on HNThe Life of a Bolt
1 mo on HNA380 Blade Off Test
1 mo on HNCrash Test 1959 Chevrolet Bel Air VS. 2009 Chevrolet Malibu (Frontal Offset) IIHS 50th Anniversary
1 mo on HNHybrid Power Split Device. eCVT transmission.
1 mo on HNThe Cubli: a cube that can jump up, balance, and 'walk'
1 mo on HNWhy Can't we Remake the Rocketdyne F1 Engine?
1 mo on HNMaking Money Flow: The MONIAC
1 mo on HNAuthorized Personnel Only - How to Start and Sync a 400,000 Watt Turbine Hydroelectric Generator
1 mo on HNAdam Savage's One Day Builds: Refrigerated Cooling Suit!
0 mo on HNControlled Demonstration of a Tank Trailer Vacuum Collapse by Wabash National
0 mo on HNTerry Davis Demos SimStructure (2016-08-25)
0 mo on HNWatch Bose's incredible electromagnetic car suspension system in action
0 mo on HNDouble Pendulum on a Cart
0 mo on HNEgg Drop From Space
0 mo on HNHow the 737 MAX 10 landing gear works
0 mo on HNXRS-2200 Linear Aerospike Engine Test fire at NASA Stennis Space Center (SSC)
0 mo on HNMarble adding machine
0 mo on HN[842] Picked in 2 Seconds! Amazon’s Choice “High Security Padlock”
0 mo on HNExplosive Bat: crushing MLB records. Ft: Smarter Every Day
0 mo on HNKraut Space Magic: the H&K G11
0 mo on HNDanny MacAskill Tests Santa Cruz Reserve Carbon Wheels
0 mo on HNGE Walking Truck - Cybernetic Anthropomorphous Machine (CAM) 1969.
0 mo on HNRailroad tank car vacuum implosion
0 mo on HNHow a Diesel-Electric Locomotive Works
0 mo on HNTriple Pendulum on a Cart
0 mo on HNATLAS AGENA ROCKET DEPRESSURIZES ON PAD, COLLAPSES AND TEARS ITSELF TO PIECES
0 mo on HN[844] No Picking Required: Amazon’s Defective Choice
0 mo on HNAn elevator that actually goes sideways
0 mo on HNTurbo Encabulator
0 mo on HNBoeing 737NG horizontal stabilizer jackscrew cycle
0 mo on HNEverything About Grain Bins (Farmers are Geniuses) - Smarter Every Day 218
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