More than you ever wanted to know about tape

Describing tapes used for prototyping or engineering of designs. Including engineering characteristics commonly overlooked in tapes as engineering materials. I hope this video can help students generate more reliable designs and builds!

My Amazon Tape List:

At-home tapes you can also find at your local stores, and Specialty means I never saw it in a store.

[At Home Tapes]

[Specialty Tapes]

Chapters
0:00 introduction
00:57 Wire Harness Tape
03:11 Medical tape
08:10 High Temperature Screen Printing Tape (PET)
14:00 sealing ports
14:40 electrical tape - drawbacks
15:25 positioning with fluid
17:20 fiberglass work
18:48 work with thermocouples
23:00 aluminum foil tape
23:44 infrared measurement
25:30 masking tape
28:20 double-sided mounting tapes
32:06 tape off for cutting
34:00 round tube marking
36:42 Self-fusing Silicone Tape
38:48 mesh tapes
43:50 fiber reinforced plastic tape
46:00 packing tape (underrated)
48:15 duct tape (useless)
49:20 gaffers tape
52:00 PTFE pipe thread tape
59:10 vinyl pinstripe tape
1:01:05 hot melt tape
1:02:24 double sided foam tape
1:06:40 vibration damping
1:09:08 broad poly tape

[masongarcia]

Did I expect to watch a 1 hour video video on tape today? No. Did I enjoy my time here? ABSOLUTELY!

[AlbertoNoys]

Nobody in my life is going to understand, but this is going straight to my top 5 favorite YouTube videos.

[TheKohlwebb]

Let’s get some individual videos for adhesives, lubricants, fasteners, etc. I’m hooked.

[k-or]

(reads title & length) YOU UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF MY AUTISM

[_GOD_HAND_]

Finally another person out there whose esoteric knowledge of tape rivals my own. It's a small but sticky brotherhood.

[isabelapiva]

Btw this is exactly the right amount of stuff I ever wanted to learn about tape

[orbik_fin]

1) Good information density: no unnecessary chitchat or other pauses, clean presentation style. 2) Good image and audio quality - items well focused and lit, camera is steady, no external noises, or excessive reverb or echo.
It's extremely uncommon to have all these qualities coincide.

[luamanlabs]

“More than you ever wanted to know about tape”

You mean exactly the right amount I wanted to know about tape

[songbirdrosa]

My neurodivergent brain took "more than you ever wanted to know" as a direct challenge, and now I'm utterly gripped (pun intended). Well played, sir

[spambot]

don't forget to retrieve the foam tape from inside your drill press

[Uncreeperble]

I'm sick- I don't have enough energy to do university stuff, and don't want to be bored out of my mind with movies. THIS WAS THE BEST VIDEO EVER.

[willadams]

As a fellow tape enthusiast I have to add a few of my own favorite tapes.
Rubber splicing tape: this is actually what you called self fusing silicone tape, both exist but the actual silicone stuff is pretty crap compared to the rubber splicing tape except when you need very high temps.
Teflon film tape: Available in both pure teflon with a silicone adhesive so very high temp all around and also with fiberglass reinforcement, reasonably affordable if you buy it on aliexpress or similar, of course high temp, low friction, resistant to all the chemicals, often called "millionaire's tape" because the name brand stuff can be silly expensive
UHMWPE tape: sold as "drawer slider tape" so you can make anything low friction and somewhat wear resistant if used correctly
EMI shielding tape: very fine metal fabric with adhesive, pretty niche use but handy sometimes as it's better in some ways than aluminum or copper foil tape.

[giddybots]

7 minutes in and I can tell I'll soon have a very large Amazon order of nothing but tape. I will regret nothing.

[JKTCGMV]

When I worked at JPL we used a special kapton tape variant that was designed not to off gas in a vacuum. We referred to it as the JPL tape to differentiate it from regular kapton tape.

Saving this video for reference

[KNfLrPn]

FYI tip: to get YouTube to mark the chapters on the video progress bar, make the first timestamp 00:00

[_milkysoup]

The serrated edges on medical tape is likely to stop the fabric from fraying too. As you can see when you rip it, the adhesive isn’t enough to keep the fibers fully attached.

[joeo]

Stupid Google algorithm saying "hey you are a nerd, watch this 1hr video about tape."
I'm thinking nah, this will be lame.
Guy that made the video says I won't even watch it in one sitting.
Yet Here I am at the end thinking about replaying to make sure I got it all.

[johnrobinson]

This is the sort of knowledge that you just can't get anywhere else. Practical, straight to the point, and explained so well that anyone who watches a few times (consider it a reference video) will be able to pick the right tape for the job every time. Thank you!

[speedfreakpsycho]

This video feels like the video of why we loved youtube back in the days. 🎉

[neverendingstudent]

As a technically oriented autism spectrum individual: thank you for this hour plus of technical information about tape! I learned a fair bit of new information and enjoyed the process of doing so.