This 'Do Nothing Machine' ACTUALLY DOES SOMETHING

Welcome to another episode of Scrap Mechanic! Today I am exploring a type of "do nothing" machine called the Trammel of Archimedes. Despite what its names indicate, it actually does have a useful function, and Archimedes may not have invented it...

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[crayder]

The Modpack has a "block" that has a sphere collision, would've been perfect for the ends. It's a full block diameter so it'd put everything where it needs to be. MIGHT have to make the whole slider out of them but best solution I can think of.

[Frank-zlrn]

Something tells me the sticking was probably made worse by the engine being on the end of the arm. The weight being so far from center caused more stress on the sliders and forced them out of the rails

[nixyndixy]

Hoping you have good day, Scrap Mechanist!
I've got 4 days before a lung transplant and the videos you and Kosmo post keep my spirits up!

Surgery went well!
Thank you all for your kind words!

[RythAnimations]

I'm so glad you started lengthening the bottom of the sliders, when it got stuck that was my first thought! I'd love to see you try making this as big as you can ♥️

[_miobrot_]

I actually made a piston engine using that setup, and I call them Tremmel Engines. They have SOOO much torque!

[TheTechAdmin]

This has to be my favorite video of yours.

The YouTube channel MakersMuse, where the guy has a book of mechanical inventions, and remakes them 3d printed; is what you should do in Scrap Mechanics!

[TheAlison]

2:49 this sort of device was used to draw graphs back in the day before computers. If you wanna find out who invented it you might wanna look into that. Decartes might have used then.

[TKMatthew]

I love this series and I enjoy your content. Keep up the good work. You are really talented both in music and your videos. Thank you.

[aaronmyhre]

I'm pretty sure part of the problem with creating a trammel where the force is not applied to the handle is that the bearings on the 2 arms are rotating at different speeds

[cyphi]

I think problem was bearings, as they are powered but expected to turn on different speeds in relation of position(since its elipse, not circle). Red block movement adds or remove speed of bearing, but since bearing is moving at constant speed, it gets stuck eventually.

[VONYX]

You could do a series where you find the best creations for a specific category in MMM and compete for first place. There could be a selection of 4/3 creations to choose from and you randomly decide the order people get to choose. This could apply to pretty much all the games you play on the channel!

[devinfremin]

AVE Mizar in TM.
"the AVE Mizar is a flying car that actually took to the skies. But rather than designing it from the ground-up, the creators of the Mizar just made a mashup of a Ford Pinto and a Cessna Skymaster. Unfortunately, instead of being the next step on the road to the future, the Mizar ended up filling the next page in an air crash investigator's notebook. The concept was for a modified Ford Pinto to drive to the airport, bolt on a set of wings and an engine, and take off. By using the car's engine as well as the propeller, it was capable of remarkably short take-off runs. Plus, by using all four wheels for braking, it needed less than 550 feet of runway to stop after landing, which is pretty remarkable. Unfortunately, despite claims to the contrary, the Skymaster—from which the wings and engine were taken—was never rated to carry the weight of a Pinto, let alone passengers and fuel. Add to that a poor structural design, bad welds (according to the National Transportation Safety Board), and an inexperienced pilot, and you get a tragic accident that kills the vehicle's creator—and the project along with him."
-From your loyal subscriber, AspieSpark

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Also, these are definitely the best (and only) ellipses I've seen in Scrap Mechanic.

[garretsmith]

The Trammell can be upgraded to have more tracks. Like 3 to 5 total moving pieces instead of just the 2 that go back and forth. And they make different shapes. I think it would be hard but cool

[tejogamer]

"A good place to start would be to put low friction blocks since we're gonna need some friction on this thing" - scrapman 2022 @ 3:55

[antonschmitz]

The last one was a perfect circle because the spudgun was in the middle between the bearings right?

[CamronJK]

I feel like a possible fix would be to have a track on top for one and on the bottom for the other, so they never have to leave their track to pass each other. A little less visually satisfying though.

[pocolyte]

Really really interesting video, cool to see the time and effort you put into researching and sharing what you found !
And your machine works very well considering the physics of scrap mechanic

It might be possible to make an even faster version of it by putting the moving yellow beam in between the two rails. With that setup you can make the rails without cutting them in the middle because they don't cross each other. With that you don't run into this problem where too many blocs are in contact.

But what you've done works perfectly, so there's no real need for improvement

[Glocktopus]

You are getting so good at these mechanisms scrapman! Keep up the great videos!!

[vrsbrazil]

I love the "mysterious" feeling, it makes my day. Thank you.