Free the Nut! (Not What You Think)

This video was sponsored by Brilliant.

In this video I'm designing and machining a new take on the age old machinists' captive nut puzzle. The solution is not what you think!

#inheritancemachining #machineshop #hobbymachinist

Thank you again to the Micrometer level Patreon members listed at the end of the video!

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro
1:01 Insomnia
2:22 Schrödinger's Cat
5:28 Back On Center
7:42 A Fine Pairing
10:13 Best for Last
11:29 Nutty
15:34 Springy
17:11 The Key to it All
18:39 Another Crack
21:48 Third Time's the Charm
22:57 How Does it Do What it Does?
24:56 A Second Opinion

FAQ
Editing: Final Cut Pro X
Intro Song: Way Back Way Back When (Instrumental Version) - Gamma Skies

© 2023 Inheritance Machining, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

[urkince]

IM finally makes something that isn't more tools for his shop, and it's a completely frivolous toy. I absolutely love it

[andrewchapman]

Many builds on this channel can pretend they were made because they were useful, and not because you just wanted to make them. This is the strictest abider to the old maker's creed: he who dies with the most toys wins.

[ytadmin]

I love that your video intros are always about the video we are about to watch and not the same intro over and over. It's the extra things that set you and your craftsmanship apart.

[BetweenTheBorders]

There's something strangely beautiful about a chamfered hexagon.

[krisknowlton]

Gotta respect a guy who still uses a drawing board! I designed a log house a while back on the computer, then built the house. The house had a front porch that went the length of the house. It also had a couple of dormers on the roof. The dormer that was above the living room had to line up with the double window that was below since the living room was open all the way to the peak of the roof with an open loft on the back side of the house. Since it was all opened I built up scaffolding in the living room to make it safer and easier to work on the ceiling and build the dormer and finish it on the inside. We finally got finished and it was time to remove the scaffolding. I was pretty excited to go up on the loft and and take in the final result. My heart sank. The two windows were not aligned. You couldn't not see it. Here you have this beautiful tongue and groove ceiling with exposed beams and a massive stone fireplace and all you can see is the two windows not lining up. They were six inches off. I went back and measured everything according to the plans. The dimension for the lower window was wrong and I never caught it. It took me a long hard day to fix that screw up. And yes, I had to remove and put in new logs and cut logs to move the window over on a house that already had a roof on. The point is, I know the frustration of building something from the plans only to find out one of the dimensions was wrong.

[alfred]

Hey bud, I strongly request you make an unpickable lock and send it to lockpickinglawyer! It’ll be like the unstoppable force meeting the immovable object 🤩

[xverosity]

As a guy who loves puzzles, I can tell you that this is an amazing puzzle. It's innovative, well built and the solution is so unique that anyone would have fun while solving it. Also would have loved to see the assembly of the puzzle.

[duffshot]

Just for the record: When I weed-wack my sidewalk, I now internally refer to it as 'chamfering my lawn". Thank you. :)

[pyrk_]

I paused my work day to watch a 27 minute video about machining a puzzle... that's some captivating content.

[spygone]

This has become one of my favorite channels. You have great skills and a nice sense of humor all at once. Thanks for the wonderful entertainment. 👍

[rainbowllamas]

Im sure its been said before but I really appreciate the clearly hand-written closed captions. They’re so well paced and just absolutely perfect. Your work is not unnoticed. Have yourself another gold star 🌟

[bestbladerevah]

I am really thankful that you started doing YouTube and that I found you, especially since you live so close to me in Louisville. Even though I watch a couple of Maker Youtubers, you talking about how you inherited all his Machining tools and such. It got me inspired to get my career back to where I wanted to go when I graduated from Speed School in Mechanical specializing in Tooling. I now have a job as a Flat Die Tooling Engineer and already love it 10x more than my previous job as a general contractor/project manager. I don't know what it is but moving heavy metal and cutting parts down the the tenths just feels so good. This company started back in the 50's and they're still a little slow to progress and still have a lot of the old drafted blueprints that were done by hand and seeing you do it just makes it all the more better

[g.tucker]

Very devious!
I'd really love to see a left-hand thread for the internal joint. Almost everyone will try a typical unscrewing motion for the first move, so they'd be cranking the two halves together even harder.
Congrats on a beauty.

[SwitchAndLever]

It's actually really inspiring to see both your failures, and your reaction to them. I work as a prototype technician, essentially making one offs in a workshop all day long. People often ask me, seeing how much I curse and emote during my work day, why I do this if I don't enjoy it. While it's frustrating to scrap a part, it's still the most rewarding job I can imagine. I get to make cool stuff every day!

[AnInterwebPerson]

27 Minutes of excellent craftsmanship ahead, lets go!

[bwiltse]

I'm so glad that someone as talented as yourself is also capable of making "dumb" mistakes. Makes me feel significantly better about scrapping parts for my own projects 😆. Thanks for sharing all your projects with us and making them so intersting!

[cavemaneca]

I love this. It shows your skills at both machining and mechanical design, without being overly complex in either aspect.

[Thundermuffin]

This channel has skyrocketed faster than almost any other I can recall. Amazing craftsmanship in the shop and in the video world have both paid off tremendously. And you also happen to make some really dope stuff. So yeah, rock on!

[Tetrini]

i love how you actually explain what each step of the process is for

[athena]

thats an extremely satisfying and clever puzzle, from the outside it looks like magic, how the springiness from one cap is transferred across to the other