How Does a Clicky Pen Work?

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8 жыл бұрын

Even if you've taken one of these apart - it's still hard to understand how it works! Lucky for us, we've got 3D animation on our side.
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@Christopher-lh2ff 5 жыл бұрын

I only knew this from the hours of boredom school has brought me😂

@JaredOwen 5 жыл бұрын

🤣

@thesaltwizard3212 5 жыл бұрын

LMAO SAME except for y the jagged edges part

@theriseofthefreg2687 5 жыл бұрын

So true.

@AndersonChan 5 жыл бұрын

Korokiin same

@coosta6147 5 жыл бұрын

Same

@richiie8024 4 жыл бұрын

0:28 lmao like we didnt know that from school boredom lol

@reddskyy9133 4 жыл бұрын

Today I was so bored I tried speed running assembling and disassembling my mechanical pencil

@Yuglooc 4 жыл бұрын

Yo same dude I did that once and I challenged my classmates.

@MasterBeiberEverything 4 жыл бұрын

i never did this huh

@crazycat1380 4 жыл бұрын

Anyone who's ever had one of those in school has taken it apart *ATLEAST* once

@skanyone2602 3 жыл бұрын

@@crazycat1380 Yeah! I sometimes broke it... So many lost springs and cams...

@HenkdeYouTubesteen 5 жыл бұрын

This is the video I've been looking for since I was a 5y old

@JaredOwen 5 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help!

@Enzi_Meteori_902 4 жыл бұрын

@@JaredOwen when is space shuttle animation? Suggestion:how bladeless fans work

@catmagedsproductions1998 3 жыл бұрын

So we are both 10?

@charmin6657 4 жыл бұрын

Kid who takes apart pen at school: *the expert*

@EHMM 3 жыл бұрын

Yes i am the expert

@sonetagu1337 3 жыл бұрын

*WE*

@CatsForLife21 3 жыл бұрын

Kid who can fix it again.. Proffessional mashAllah

@pinngg6907 3 жыл бұрын

Me: Oh no my pen dry *proceed to take it apart XD

@Magst3r1 5 жыл бұрын

I opened a pen once and i rearanged some of the stuff and somehow made a small canon lol

@Juan-ng7rs 5 жыл бұрын

I did too, but i found out about it from my friend

@benharris211 5 жыл бұрын

At school, I think we made a similar item of what your describing. We called them penetrators. Get it? We took out the ink cartridge and flipped it so it came out of the back of the pen. Next we either got rubber bands or the built in spring and attached in a way so that when we pulled the back of cartridge and released it would 'fire.' They were extremely lethal. After one or two were made, the whole grade caught on so we went to the shops buying the items needed to make them. One day we had a relief teacher, an old lady with a temper. Some idiots started firing the ink cartridges at her, thankfully missing, but hit the data projector screen instead. They got caught, and the teachers did a search of our bags and pencil cases, one kid had an assembly line in his bag for mass production. So, yeah that was grade 8 for me. We didn't have school shootings, we had penetrators.

@aspodermousstoplight100 5 жыл бұрын

Me too, but with a led one.

@xeno4445 5 жыл бұрын

pretty sure all you need to do is put the spring before the cartridge

@rumahhafidzahbekasi1354 5 жыл бұрын

@@benharris211 what? The kid has an asembly line on his backpack?

@x-90 4 жыл бұрын

I’m pretty sure if you had these in an American School you took these apart and acted like an Engineer dissecting this thing

@KingxTankboyx 4 жыл бұрын

X-90 i did that

@spektr_ 4 жыл бұрын

X-90 i did that

@Vettel5 4 жыл бұрын

X-90 i did that

@1974moumita 4 жыл бұрын

Mine doesnt open, I have to cut through

@Chris-uu9ce 4 жыл бұрын

i did that

@jinmoraleda1982 4 жыл бұрын

You didnt need to teach me the parts, i already knew when i was in school

@phyrojazeargon3072 4 жыл бұрын

Then why the hell are you here? 👊

@pinngg6907 3 жыл бұрын

@@phyrojazeargon3072 "curious"

@Warhorse26 6 жыл бұрын

Ok... I've used these pens my entire life and I have never been more fascinated about them until just now. Amazing video man! I've watched a lot of your stuff and I absolutely love every one :D Keep up the great work!

@yneshAshanti 2 жыл бұрын

I know right. Did feel kinda embarrassed not knowing how these everyday things worked!

@mikodesh 5 жыл бұрын

After i watch this video , i search for click pen . After found one its actually has a clear upperbarrel so i can see the mechanism. Yes its the same like the video said

@e1532 3 жыл бұрын

I had a pen like than once. Thats the main reason why i already know this stuff

@pinngg6907 3 жыл бұрын

same lol. I once had a clear clicky pen

@bookedsam Жыл бұрын

They're surprisingly robust for all these small plastic components. I took a crappy old pen and clicked it a couple hundred times then put it in water and it was fine

@Explore-Gobal 6 жыл бұрын

This is alien technology I tell ya, alien fer sure.

@crazywolfieleslie6662 4 жыл бұрын

R/woosh

@alexcerullo3143 4 жыл бұрын

Crazy Wolfie Leslie you don’t even know what r/whoosh is so stfu

@ripplewavess 4 жыл бұрын

Crazy Wolfie Leslie I bet your a stupid 5 year old lmao (KZfaq and Jared pls don’t report and remove me)

@KagemandenDK 4 жыл бұрын

@@crazywolfieleslie6662 Did you just woosh the guy that made the joke?

@llsanjeev 4 жыл бұрын

you under estimate the power of human brain

@KendallFalk 6 жыл бұрын

my god it took me like an hour to figure out how to put together a pen that was broken, the entire time I thought that the cam went on the top, nope! lol. I would have never guessed, so I took apart one of the other pens. Engineering ftw! It was a very satisfying feeling to get something to work again. That was a work out for my head.

@cubig9295 5 жыл бұрын

You could just buy another one if not you are broke!

@carageaelvis6321 5 жыл бұрын

man.. you are stupid

@deefee701 Жыл бұрын

I'm another person who wanted to fix my favourite pen that I dropped and broke. But the whole video was fascinating. I love pens. I hope you still enjoy making these animations.

@andrewslovak1 6 жыл бұрын

Dude these animations are incredible. Your video on the Apollo missions blew me away. I already knew everything in the video, but the animations were too good not to watch all the way through. Nicely done, you need more subs!

@JaredOwen 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Andrew - comments like these help me keep going!

@GeorgeCowsert 5 жыл бұрын

The best pens are the ones you can take apart to turn into cannons. Just put the spring between the button and the cam and hope the pen has some sort of lip that the cam fits behind but can be pushed past with enough force. The Pilot pens seem to be the best for this, but you'll need to do extra modifications if you don't want your parts to go missing.

@themandalorian9511 4 жыл бұрын

Jared writing the script: “Alright, what should my next video be on?” **clicks pen to start writing** **gasps** *I’VE GOT IT*

@JaredOwen 4 жыл бұрын

It almost happened like that😜

@pinngg6907 3 жыл бұрын

LMAO XD

@EGN.Academy 4 жыл бұрын

The Best demonstration clip about how the click pen works, very easy to understand... Bravo!!!

@BangMaster96 5 жыл бұрын

We take so much for granted. I would have never guessed that such mechanisms and physics go into making a pen. It's amazing, all the things we have in life today, that we don't truly appreciate.

@JaredOwen 5 жыл бұрын

It's pretty neat isn't it!

@yt_charchit 11 ай бұрын

@@JaredOwenindeed

@Peter78730 Жыл бұрын

Back in the 1950s we had push button light switches in our home. Press once for ON; press again for OFF. To make things more complicated, 120 volts was passing through there somewhere.

@vanderaraujo4230 4 жыл бұрын

Yours, is one of the best channels on the internet!!! Tkx!!!

@gyrocompa 7 жыл бұрын

Very instructive video, many sincere thanks for this amazing job. As everybody, I have used these items for decades without understanding how they work, but thanks to you, tonight I will go to bed smarter than when I got up this morning !

@karhukivi 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent! Thank you for putting so much time and work into this explanation!

@pinngg6907 3 жыл бұрын

Me, already opening clicky pens millions of times: *I'm 4 parallel universe ahead of you*

@sacha8972 2 жыл бұрын

I was trying to fix my clicky pen, all the videos out there only show the steps to follow for each model of pen without explaining the principle of the mechanism. So it doesn't help if your model is different. Your video is a universal help hahaha

@EazyEVM 2 жыл бұрын

This was so helpful! The 3-D imagery of the components allowed me to fix my dad's pen, which was given to him as a souvenir from my sister's trip to London. :-)

@imagesbyraphael 3 жыл бұрын

I was never aware of the hidden guide edges which prevents the cam from sliding back while the pen tip is extended. The other parts we can easily see when we pull the pen apart. Life mystery finally solved thank you. (This video also made me pull apart a pen I had on my desk!)

@altaccount4697 3 жыл бұрын

I'm building a revolver-style T-shirt air cannon for a robotics team. Thank you for explaining this mechanism so well, I'm planning use a modified one of these to rotate the revolver drum, driven by the barrel sliding forward and back. Cheers!

@rosered59 4 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU SO MUCH! I took apart a pen and couldn’t figure out how to put it back together and I watched this and put it back perfectly (I don’t know how though, the pen was so much different from the one showed but still a click pen) thank you 😊

@JaredOwen 4 жыл бұрын

Glad to help!

@saisaketh6601 3 жыл бұрын

It was interesting. Thank you, Jared Owen, for making this video because I use to think for hours to together thinking about a click pen.

@jenboyak 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks... Had a broken pen and this helped me realized another piece was at the bottom of my bag, now i have a working pen again!

@oliluhackle8930 5 жыл бұрын

i found a clicky pen that works in this exact way, and it's kinda clear, and i just watched it click and saw the cam rotate never noticed it before, that's really cool

@SidK26 7 жыл бұрын

kudos for you animation work and your efforts..it is simple, good and easier to understand. Never knew a clik pen had such good mechanism :)

@choco_matcha 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the very clear and comprehensive video. It actually gave me inspiration to fix my clicky pen! :)

@xdgamerkid Жыл бұрын

did you fix it?

@prashantppc 7 жыл бұрын

This is a really nice video. Now I know something I tried to know for so many years. Thanks a lot. Great way to explain really complex mechanism

@IAmzColbz 5 жыл бұрын

This kind of pen i understand, the type of ped i dont understand are the pens with the plastic wedge between the button and ink cartridge. It like switches sides and somehow is... idk blah

@user-wr2uy9pj4m 4 жыл бұрын

That's crazy!!! I was just thinking about that today at school!!!! I figured it out, but I'm still watching for some reason...

@chrishanner5242 7 жыл бұрын

excellent demonstration. I have a vintage clicky pen I'm trying to fix. now I know it's probably the cam that's messed up.

@danilookovic7971 Жыл бұрын

Watching this in school since that part behind got me curius.great tutorial

@Romualdomgn84 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for such short and clear explanation!

@EverythingbrothersYT 3 жыл бұрын

I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS FOR SO LONG!! AMAZING JOB

@jerichoabecia3542 5 жыл бұрын

I'm stuck at math class (my last period) clicking my pen again and again trying to figure out how it works , thank God I'm notified to you

@jessyjessy3110 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks I needed to fix my favorite pen, I literally just needed to watch 1 minute to fix it thanks for the vid buddy!

@normalstranger6482 25 күн бұрын

This is amazing, I never thought that so much engineering is used in a pen

@Bumblemotion 4 ай бұрын

Thank you. Everyone pen I disassembled had something covering this part

@VRWarLab 4 жыл бұрын

Very good animation, it explains the movement of the moving parts with very accurately!

@ebufi7957 4 ай бұрын

I follow the mechanisms as you stated and my pen works. Thank you

@jirkavebr-czmapper8059 5 жыл бұрын

I am fascinated how much people doesn't understand how something so easy as clicky pen works. Even kids in elementary school that disassembled it for few times can figure out how it works. But it's interesting to see it from the inside.

@JaredOwen 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your comment Jirka!

@viveksingh4 3 жыл бұрын

Too good.....I can't describe how good it is..... I just loved it

@rakeshkumar-zd8mj 5 жыл бұрын

hey man your videos are awesome.and the way you explain it is commendable.3D animation has revolutionised learing .with the help of this we can easily understand the complex mechanism.KZfaq is becoming the next school for students.keep it up.love from India💕

@Activistxpeace 2 жыл бұрын

In 0:37 seconds I was able to fix a click pen to the first time thank to you. That's the power of genius!

@notionSunday 8 жыл бұрын

Enjoyed it.. thanks. Nice work.

@joycehuang8965 7 жыл бұрын

Amazing video! Great work, really helped me understand how the pen works.

@gworxtaiwan402 4 жыл бұрын

I am trying to figure out how to make a jig in my tablesaw advance 6.25mm each time. Got my toothed rack and a rotating gear that mesh great. 2 days of tinkering with levers and springs later, it just might be this clicky pen video that solves my tooth by tooth advancement glitch! Subscribed.

@BlueyMcPhluey 7 жыл бұрын

phenomenal video, very thorough, thankyou

@ukcatsftw 11 ай бұрын

Thank you so mucho you saved my favorite pen’s life 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

@mutant3x17 4 жыл бұрын

Most hard working humans, bring one imagination out for long time, nice videos.....

@charanckck 3 жыл бұрын

Easy to understand. Thank you

@PaperCircle 4 жыл бұрын

I swear i feel like Owen teaches me more stuff then my school

@maysanatomy Жыл бұрын

Hey this video helped me fix my broken pen. Thank you :)

@PiyushSharma-gw8od 2 жыл бұрын

I always wanted to know about the principle working inside the body, Thankyou for this informative video.

@AncientWisdom222 Жыл бұрын

Very beautifully explained.

@jaffaji 11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for the knowledge. Great animation.

@timread2623 6 жыл бұрын

hey brother happy thanksgiving best of luck to you all the love to you

@imranhaider8248 2 жыл бұрын

Your Videos are worth watching.. just Astonishing work💥💥

@RealRedcodi 5 жыл бұрын

I have spent so much time at school taking them apart, and rebuilding them. Lol I actually found out how they work last month.

@pardeepjatwer4764 3 жыл бұрын

Hello sir I am pradeep jatwer From india I am fully not understand in English But watch your video And something something I know Your audio But your animation video is very Help full For knowledge Thanks 😊👍

@hedgehoglinzilou7 3 жыл бұрын

this helped me so much, i've been stuck on how to fix my pen for months, it wouldn't click in, thx

@LauraEllen999 7 жыл бұрын

This was awesome, thank you.

@jmacjames8871 4 жыл бұрын

This video found me when I needed it most.

@fidogyrenuzanon2335 10 ай бұрын

He should do a video series on how a modern car works. That should give him plenty of content between the engine structure, the door mechanisms, the windshield mechanisms, the gearbox, etc. Plus, he can use the car radio/GPS to take a break on the car and explain how they work.

@XaxtonRevolution2 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for making this video. I’ve always wondered about this, before I saw this, I thought that maybe it had two cams and each cam was the same kind of cam that’s converts the linear motion on a steam locomotive. I thought that the button press moved the cam, which converted the linear motion into rotational motion, and that that rotational motion turn a wheel whose rotation was restricted to one direction via a ratchet, and the movement of that wheel was attached to a second cam, which converted the rotational movement back into a linear movement. But I was always dubious of that, because these pens never get jammed. So thanks for clearing that up.

@daburgerbandit1598 3 жыл бұрын

I've watched too much Neebs Gaming... I hear that song, and I picture a guy slowly climbing a ladder.

@laurenpayne4322 2 жыл бұрын

Your videos are so helpful thank you

@inventorbrothers7053 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome video! Thank you!

@bxella6942 3 жыл бұрын

Thank thank you I did not know what was the cam for, you saved my life Because my favourite pen fell apart.thank you 😊

@sanatanrakshak3726 5 жыл бұрын

Really appreciate your work. Thanks for educating us.

@JaredOwen 5 жыл бұрын

Your welcome!

@caderbavahsiddicl6414 3 жыл бұрын

Thank for this video brother... And for all your very interesting video...

@mystic3549 2 жыл бұрын

omg...never before i realised that :) great job

@Orangelina29 3 жыл бұрын

Jared Owen, you are so talented and gifted 😊

@TerryRoyer 8 жыл бұрын

Nice, very informative, I had always wondered how all those parts worked together

@JaredOwen 8 жыл бұрын

+Terry Royer Thanks a lot! Videos like this are a lot of fun to make.

@cuatropolis2881 4 жыл бұрын

You Sir are a genious, thanks for such nice animation

@intandiana2786 4 жыл бұрын

I already know this because I was bored waiting for others to finish their paper in an exam but I just watched it because the animation is cool

@brendanfan3245 3 жыл бұрын

that is an amazing explanation! Thank you!

@jaisubu26 6 жыл бұрын

Neatly explained. Thanks!

@gtothes_lbrg 2 жыл бұрын

Your video saves me from suffering after I’ve fixed my broken pen for half an hour. Thank you very much!

@JaredOwen 2 жыл бұрын

Glad to help😀

@moose200 4 жыл бұрын

For some reason in sixth grade I was really fascinated in mechanisms that don’t involve lectricity. Most have spring and cams in them but I was just like I NEED TO KNOw

@leo-the-truck7672 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Jared, you have to explained the mechanism very clear and simple to understand, thank you for that. Just wonder if you could make the same for twist pen mechanism and lipstick mechanism too, as there is no such video on youtube. thanks

@accountwith16chr44 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jared! IT really helped me

@SteveInSunnyCA 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video. Can you also create a video on the various types of compact alternate-action, push-button electrical switches in the tail end of flashlights?