New Tim Hunkin "Secret Life" Series incoming!!! - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: mikeselectricstuff
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 25, 2021, 06:44:08 pm
content: Many UK people here will know and love Tim's "Secret Life of Machines" series.He's just announced something new, coming very soon!https://youtu.be/6JAgXz6xO0s

author: JohnnyMalaria
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 25, 2021, 06:51:37 pm
content: That's fantastic. I remember his original TV series and binged-watched them recently. Glad to know this will be on YT.Anyone who has never seen the originals, check them out!

author: MikeK
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 25, 2021, 08:28:32 pm
content: Exxxxxcellent. Really enjoyed his series on PBS years ago.

author: Fred27
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 25, 2021, 08:39:13 pm
content: Really looking forward to this. I must watch SLoM with my boys - see if they like it as much as I did.

author: MathWizard
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 25, 2021, 08:59:58 pm
content: I love that show, I can't remember when I 1st saw it on youtube, but it was only a few years ago. I wished there was a lot more.

author: Buriedcode
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 25, 2021, 09:17:20 pm
content: Wow, flashbacks... I remember sending off for the news-paper-like-format of his hand drawn diagrams. And I still ahve a casio watch with a polarizer removed so it can only be read with sunglasses.The man is a national treasure. I'll be honest, since Rex Garrod passed, I had kind of forgotten about him

author: CJay
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 25, 2021, 09:23:52 pm
content: Quote from: mikeselectricstuff on February 25, 2021, 06:44:08 pmI'm pretty sure I've mentioned it here before but it'll stand a repeat, the original series and more are all linked from his website.https://www.timhunkin.com/control/n_tv_index.htm

author: pardo-bsso
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 25, 2021, 10:18:42 pm
content: Weee this is going to be a great year!I remember fondly seeing the videos about how a sewing machine works some time ago.

author: Cerebus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 26, 2021, 12:18:55 am
content: Quote from: JohnnyMalaria on February 25, 2021, 06:51:37 pmOriginalTV Series? Ha!Iremember theoriginal, his cartoon series in the Observer back in the 1970s. Mandatory reading back then as far as I was concerned.

author: Cerebus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 04, 2021, 07:42:29 pm
content: And the first episode is up:

author: Fred27
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 07, 2021, 07:47:33 pm
content: The original series has also been remastered with added recent commentary. All episodes linked here:https://www.timhunkin.com/41_slom1.htm

author: rob.manderson
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 08, 2021, 01:20:32 am
content: Just watched the first installment. I now know more about chains and toothed belts than I ever did before. I'll probably never need to know any of it but it was a wonderful experience learning it. Marvellous stuff.

author: nctnico
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 08, 2021, 05:29:27 pm
content: I skipped through the 'Chain video' myself and it is interesting for people wanting to build something. These kind of videos make Youtube a treasure trove of information about all kinds of engineering and craftmanship.A big 'thank you' to Mike for starting this thread

author: Zero999
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 08, 2021, 10:28:51 pm
content: I'll have to watch it tomorrow, when I have the time, as it's getting late now.I remember the original programme very well, even though I was a child at the time. It was fascinating. They should have made more.

author: JohnnyMalaria
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 09, 2021, 01:36:53 pm
content: Quote from: tim hunkin on YouTube

author: DenzilPenberthy
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 09, 2021, 02:56:16 pm
content: This is very exciting!I was given a copy of his book "The Rudiments of Wisdom" when I was a kid and must have read it 1000 times cover to cover. I built several contraptions from it.I remember watching the Secret Life of Machines on engines in a science lesson at school, aged 12, and went straight home and built a petrol and sparkplug powered scaffold tube potato artillery gun

author: mikeselectricstuff
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 09, 2021, 05:19:40 pm
content: Quote from: JohnnyMalaria on March 09, 2021, 01:36:53 pmThe remasters are already available :https://www.timhunkin.com/41_slom1.htm

author: Fred27
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 09, 2021, 06:38:52 pm
content: Those remaster are linked from timhunkin.com but are unlisted on YouTube. I think maybe I stumbled over them before the official launch.

author: andy2000
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 09, 2021, 08:08:39 pm
content: I've been a fan of The Secret Life of Machines since I first saw it as a kid on Discovery. It's nice to finally have a decent quality copy of it. The previous files (including the ones on Archive.org, and Tim's own site) were low resolution, over compressed, and worst of all, the 25 fps video had been encoded at 30 fps, resulting in jerky motion.

author: SolderSucker
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 11, 2021, 10:18:28 am
content: Second episode is now up: LEDs -Fantastic as always from Tim.

author: SolderSucker
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 11, 2021, 10:26:49 am
content: Here's the page that links to all of the remastered episodes (which, until today, I wasn't aware existed):https://www.timhunkin.com/a243_Secret-Life-of-Machines-intro.htmTruly wonderful stuff.

author: oPossum
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 02, 2022, 09:11:11 am
content: Tim is back with a second series.

author: eti
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 02, 2022, 09:30:03 pm
content: Tim is one of our wonderfully eccentric, unpretentious English fellows. He is a marvel, and I love his style, and have since I watched him and Rex on Channel 4 UK, first broadcast back in the 90s.