Patron Exclusive Transparent Carburetor Livestream

This live stream was ace. Thanks again Destin.

MatteBush

wooooooo i received my trash pandas baseball today cheers from AUSTRALIA

Ben Oliver

Oh man wish I hadn’t missed it

Great work Destin!!!

Scroaty Ball Sac

Live review of the video was great! This carburetor video was one that really really clicked with me. I never even thought I could understand carbs and hadn't really thought about it much but now I get it. Thanks so much!

Absolutely loved this I work on classic cars as a hobby and have had to fight carb problems many times. This is a wonderful way to educate how this works. Thanks for all you do. Keep up the good work.

Hi Destin, next explore the genius that figured out how to get spark put of a 6 volt system. Makes us all feel kinda dumb, taking a distributor and a transformer to make a low voltage DC into a high voltage enough to create spark. What geniuses we had years ago. They were, as was said in "Ironman 2", "limited by the technology of my time". I kind of learned to appreciate that when I restored a 1951 Ford 8N tractor. Oh, hello from a Virginia boy.

John B. Leonard, Jr.

HI Destin, I was not able to watch the live stream during the day (I had a meeting at work) but I enjoyed watching it a few days later when I had some time to sit down and enjoy the stream. Please keep doing these for future video's, I think it is a great way for you to interact with your supporters and has great behind the scenes info.

Elmer Fud

Hi Destin, I loved the video on the transparent carburetor. It's a great way to learn about some of the systems we live with and workaround. I would love to see more about this interestingly simple subject. With all of the pressure changes how does the temperature change across the venturi? What fundamentally changes when you control the mixture by choking off the fuel line instead of the air, as they do in aircraft carburetors?

I don't understand the context of this comment but it made me laugh so thank you.

Jacob Schrag

I noticed that too thanks for the feedback!

Smarter Every Day

The live stream was fantastic! i had to leave about 40 minutes in and I came back today and finished it. This was a wonderful experience and I learned a lot, it reminds me of a special memory from my childhood. I grew up in Huntsville and when I was 9 we visited my grandparents in Memphis. My grandfather had an old Briggs & Straton mower that no longer ran. I asked if I could take it apart. I have always love learning how things work. Anyway, I took it completely apart. My goal was to have ALL screws removed. Dad and I had worked on may things before and had shown me how to lay out the parts so I knew the order to put them back together. I cleaned gunk off as I removed parts. The carb was a mess. When I put it back together it ran! I am blessed to have had a father who spent time with me, as you are.

Oh, and yes I have been an engineer in the auto industry for over 30 years....Suck, Squeeze, Bang, Blow!

So Destin, I was late to the live stream (watched the next day) so you probably have seen this... The How Things Work book volumes 1-4: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000K6VVAW/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_D4MACY0J4G9DMSMYYRCP?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

Loved the stream! BTW here's a neat trick to timelapse a resin print without spending a day editing the video: https://youtu.be/mCzHH3fE5V0?t=168

Miguel Angel Vilela

I thought I had that book set, but then I realized that mine is a two-volume set called "The Way Things Work" from 1971. But very similar. Two-color illustrations and single page explanations of a whole bunch of things. I'll have to see if it has a page on carburetors. It was a pleasure to have you narrate the video and be able to ask you questions. You'd dad is the bomb. And as a SW engineer, Python is a great beginner language. You should definitely try to make some time to learn it.

Austin Burnham

If you still haven't found the information about the book, it's from a four volume set released in 1969.

I absolutely loved the live chat and breakdown of the video. Once again, you managed to take something I have given exactly no thought to and make it fascinating. The interaction between you and your dad, and your obvious appreciation for him was absolutely adorable. I'd be very pleased to see more of this kind of stuff! Maybe some BTS breakdowns of what it's like to make your videos. Thank you! I'm honored to be a long-term Patreon. By the way, if you ever get tired of your dad, I'll take him. In a freakin heartbeat.

Andrew Phillips

Thanks for the live stream! I enjoyed where you would pin a comment and then respond to it at a more natural pause.

Dan & Jen Baizel

Sorry to hear about your Dad Rachael. Thank you for jumping on and participating!

Smarter Every Day

Thanks for the comment section! Glad I nailed the length of that Venturi, in retrospect I think your cutting board gave me a better sense of scale than I realized :P That see-through carb gave me an immensely better understanding of how they work, and a new appreciation. I had no idea engines moved that much air that quickly, and how well it atomized the fuel. An easy reminder as to why I'm a patron, great content that I always learn something from

Loved the bits with your sweet, southern dad. As a Bama girl who lost her dad recently, it was great to see the interaction between you two and learn at the same time.

Really enjoyed the livestream, plus the extra tidbits of information, and your comments that were like behind-the-scenes annotation :) The duration was a good length; but the shaky top view camera was a bit hard on my eyes. I'm sure you'll fix things as you do more streams :) Thanks for sharing with us Destin!

Anna

That was awesome! Thanks for setting everything up for the livestream. I'd appreceate a big "TODAY" in the anouncement message next time ;) allmost missed it since I wasn't reading too carefully... Thank you Destin, you've been shaping the way I handle learning towards the understanding direction ever since I started following your videos years ago. I beleve, that shaped the way I think as an engineer myself today.

Livestream was great! I loved all the little comments you had about the video, it was neat seeing your perspective on things. One comment is that you seemed to want to "fill the silence" with things when you don't always have to. Sometimes it's fine to just chill and wait for chat to start responding to you after the delay! I hope that helps, I'm not a streamer or anything, but I thought you did really well. :)

It really was great to watch you commenting how that video was „born“ 😃 Have a good one! Now I have to get some sleep (its 0.30 a.m. here in🇨🇭) 😴

Alain Keusen

Great live stream!

I'd love to participate in more of these in the future. Loved the extra engineering bits of wisdom and conversations. There were times we couldn't read the pinned comment because only one line was visible.

Hey Destin, I didn't get to catch most of the stream today but really enjoyed the end. I'm very excited for more of the baseball cannon and very happy to hear there should be some coming.

That was fun. Thank you for inviting us, Destin!

Oh; vapour lock is where the fuel changes state in the fuel delivery system; ie the fuel transitions from liquid to gas before reaching the fuel pump. As the pump is designed to move a liquid, not a gas, the fuel system gets starved. The advent of in-tank fuel pumps has mostly eradicated vapour lock from modern vehicles except in ‘perfect storm’ scenarios

Christopher Gedrim

The live was great. You did just fine

Travis Macie

I really liked the livestream! It was fun to hear the commentary of the information you wanted to include or update. You also asked about Python. I wrote a program to email my Mother In Law a picture of me everyday because she "forgot I was a person" once. I like to tease her about it occasionally.

Eric H

Great job on the live stream!! Really enjoyed it!!

wizardfusion

Great stream, and great video. It’s funny that an old guy like me only thinks of carburetors in cars, not lawn and garden stuff, but cars haven’t actually had carbs in years. The high speed shots were fascinating. Thanks.

Keith Johnson

The livestream was great! I will be looking forward to them in the future!

Addison Gilbert

Loved it Destin, thanks! I really liked this "behind the scenes" format, especially for a live stream. It really brought out your passion for what you do and seeing the interaction with your dad was heart warming.

You did a great job today. The 'coffee cam' needs a more stable mount, but other than that I really enjoyed it.

Kevin Albers

My only recommendation would be better stabilization on the top-down camera. It was pretty wobbly at times. Other than that, everything was spectacular!

The livestream was perfect!

Christopher Gedrim

The float keeps a constant quantity of fuel for the jet to siphon from. The flow through a jet depends on the difference in height between the exit in the venturi and the top of the fuel level in the "bowl". If the fluid in the bowl were to drop, it would supply substantially less fuel for the same throttle setting, causing a lean condition. It doesn't look like its doing anything because as fuel is used, the float drops enough to allow more fuel in to replace the fuel pulled through the jet.

Josh Murphy

I have a question for you about your homemade carburetor. What was the purpose of your float? It Didn’t seem like it was working properly.

It was really cool to see the fuel's momentum causing it to shoot up into the Venturi between intake strokes. My brain always processed carburetors from the standpoint of a continuous flow of air. I suppose after you get enough cylinders, the overlapping intake strokes eventually produce a more constant flow of air. Would be interesting to see how the clear carburetor works when you put a vacuum cleaner up to it (using non flammable 'fuel') and then adjust the choke and throttle to observe the behavior of the jet.

Josh Murphy

I love the videos with your father in them! This one and the pecan videos were AWESOME. He is brilliant and you are blessed to have such a great man as your father.

Derek

I'm certainly going to try to be there. Depends on if I can find a chance to step away from work for a bit. One benefit of working from home since last March.

I'll bite. As the choke gets more closed the Venturi experiences lower pressure allowing for more fuel in the mixture. At the same time as the choke gets more closed less air gets in the mixture. Still can be used as a throttle but the performance will be limited as the optimal mix will most probably not match the open choke "open throttle" position as the choke configuration will be designed to have room towards the fuel rich and air rich configurations in all operating conditions. It will probably be tricky to start under certain situations that require a good mix. Although I could be totally wrong.

Ivan Miranda

Won't make it, but love the idea!

Jonathan Bates

Wish I could join but… I’m in UTC +7 so 4am. Maybe next time!

Insidehardware

I posted this on the live stream, but seeing as it is 5 hours early, I figure there is a chance it may get lost, so I will go ahead and post here as well: ​I will go ahead and prime the pump for discussion (pun intended). I am interested in why you can't use the choke as a throttle. It seems by limiting incoming air you are also limiting the power of the venturi and thus the amount of fuel coming in.

Ok but I want a full body shot

This just got me hyped for the rest of the day! Can’t wait!

I'll be there

Jon Hesse