THE VIDEO SHELF · mechanical components
The Secret Life of components. A series of eight guides for designers and makers by Tim Hunkin
The trailer for Tim Hunkin's series The Secret Life of Components, eight guides to mechanical and electromechanical parts for designers and makers.
Why HN readers recommended it
Recommended to people who like building things, as part of Hunkin's body of practical engineering explainers.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- tim hunkin
- Topic
- mechanical components
- Format
- tutorial
- Level
- intro
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2021–2025
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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Mr. Hunkin has been publishing a new Secret Life of Components series to youtube: [VIDEO] It is really great stuff if you enjoy building things.
nieksand on Hacker News · 2021-07
In The Secret Life of MachinesHis recent "Secret Life of Components" series covers lots of fascinating electromechanical tinkering, including many of the mechanisms in the Novelty Automation arcade machines: [VIDEO]
lukasschwab on Hacker News · 2025-10
In Novelty Automation
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