Disney bubble wand teardown

Подписаться 1,1 млн

Просмотров 72 тыс.

50% 1

The science involved in this unit is extraordinary. A lot of development and fine tuning must have been involved to create the correct flow and meniscus generation to create the continuous stream of tiny bubbles without any liquid getting down into the air blower section. I've just realised that the unit has a closed liquid loop, so it is actually using negative pressure to pull excess liquid back down to the reservoir.
I really don't recommend taking these to bits, as there are a lot of parts that go together in a very specific way. It's one of the most frustrating rebuilds I've done after a teardown video. (I normally rebuild the things I take apart.) On a plus note there was no glue involved in the construction at all.
This unit came from ASDA in the UK, which tends to stock similar stuff to Walmart.
Supporting the channel with a dollar or two on Patreon helps keep it independent of RU-vid's quirks, avoids intrusive mid-video adverts, gives early access, bonus footage and regular quiet Patreon live streams.
/ bigclive
#ElectronicsCreators

Наука

Опубликовано:

9 сен 2022

Ссылка:

Скачать:

Готовим ссылку...

Добавить в:

Мой плейлист

Посмотреть позже

Комментарии : 349

@oasntet Год назад

Wow, what a polite design. No heat staking, no one-way clips, no glue. It's like they made it just for you to take it apart and put it back together again without wrecking it in the process.

@KeozFPV Год назад

It was quite hard to put it back together, but yea i agree with you.

@debaucherynow9102 Год назад

I was hoping to see the struggle with the pump gears.. lol!

@keithking1985 Год назад

Yes I think your right there 😉

@MichaelOfRohan Год назад

"Heat staking" Oh, so those arent just press fit.. That makes sense now, never really thought about that process.

@nickloh912 Год назад

And no silly triangle drive or other such tamper-resistant screws! I remember some of my toys had them when I was a child and it was always a bit disappointing...

@Black3ternity Год назад

I was hoping for a Technology Connections moment when you explained the situation of tearing it down by saying "By the magic of buying two". Great video as always. I love these teardowns and explorations.

@jkobain Год назад

Love it when you take these apart - it means you will continue to buy them, make your neighbors smile and take them to bits. Not your neighbors, I mean.

@mikestrain4747 Год назад

The use of a single motor running everything to keep the air to pump to wiper ratio is somewhat old school but is a good reminder that looking back and combining the old and new is how to come up with some of the best ideas. I think this would be a great toy to give to a kid along with a tool kit or better yet would love to drop a number of these in a school play aria with some tools and just watch to see what kids just need to see what's inside because those are the kids i want to work with in the future

@reedyd Год назад

I reacted vocally when all the cogs fell out but well done! I was thinking I would like to see more items reassembled at the end when they have been non-destructively disassembled. If possible, please make this a feature of more videos! Quite reassuring and not-so-strangely satisfying. :D

@matthewellisor5835 Год назад

Maybe not-child-friendly on second channel having the series of reassembling with extra swearing, springs sproingin' and reversed wiring for your pleasure and at no additional cost!

@tonysheerness2427 Год назад

Did he buy two?

@jimjjewett Год назад

I would also like to see the reassembly process.

@tbelding Год назад

@@matthewellisor5835 Swearing required, or just optional?

@matthewellisor5835 Год назад

@@tbelding Like Daniel said...

@westelaudio943 Год назад

I remember in the late 1990s or early 2000s we had a cheap handgun-shaped bubble maker with a similar mechanism. However, it also had a gameboy-type speaker to make peculiar sounds while making bubbles. And after a while water ingressed and made the sound chip glitch out like crazy. Since the thing had no proper on-off switch, it would make weird sounds till the battery ran out.

@dsloop3907 Год назад

It did not sound like the possessed Linda Blair in the "Exorcist" did it?

@mickeygallo6586 Год назад

And, if it hasn't been mentioned before, I believe the bubble solution also acts as a lubricant for the mechanical parts.

@CheapCheerful Год назад

Amazes me how those 130 motors are still so ubiquitous, when I was a child in the 80s, and even today! Not many technologies have remained unchanged for so long.

@thegorgon7063 Год назад

As the saying goes if it ain't broke don't fix it. Cheap, uncomplicated and does the job for kids toys etc.

@RFC-3514 Год назад

I'm sure the "technology" has changed. They're probably a bit more efficient now, and cheaper to make, and designed to fail exactly 2 minutes after the warranty runs out. It's like AA batteries. There's no incentive to change the form factor, because it would require changing a lot of other stuff, but that doesn't mean they're manufactured exactly the same way they were 40 years ago.

@rakninja Год назад

there's actually a large number of chips that have remained relatively unchanged since the 70's or earlier, but are still used in a host of applications. for example the MOS 6502 (or the 65XX family if you want to get really specific) it was in use in a lot of computers and video game consoles from the late 70's through the mid 90's. it's still in use all over the place, with hundreds of millions estimated to be still made today.

@LakeNipissing Год назад

_"It can be made to explode if need be."_ The lady is a hero for requesting it.

@jkobain Год назад

They seem to be cleverly made, and advancing further on in construction. Good to see, good to see.

@redsaxmax Год назад

I admire your persistence in putting it back together again. When I saw all those cogs when you opened it I assumed it was done-for!

@BuyitFixit Год назад

Well Done Clive! Good Job on getting it all back together, especially when all the cogs fell out. I know exactly what it's like when trying to put things such as this back together!

@stevetobias4890 Год назад

I am surprised by the fact that you didn't take a photo of the circuit board. This has to be a first!

@stevetobias4890 Год назад

@@Okurka. lol, maybe

@derekloudon8731 Год назад

How refreshing to see a genuinely clever design that doesn’t rely on bodges to “make it work”

@ilkam.5820 Год назад

I've bought a bubble wand with the same kind of mechanism from Aldi-Sued in Germany for 5 €.back in june this year. So i think, the mechanism is not developed by Disney. It's only the design of the outer shell, which is licensed by Disney. Thanks for taking yours to bits, so i don't have to take mine apart.

@oljobo Год назад

I wish you could have shown us the wiper in action and a closer look to that mechanism. How fast does it run around? How high is that liquid level when operating? How does that "scoop effect" really work? I would love to 3D print a version of that mechanism 😊 #Lovebubbles

@RFC-3514 Год назад

I'm sure Steve Mould could 3D-print a transparent 2D version of it. :-P

@ScumfuckMcDoucheface Год назад

@@RFC-3514 hahahaha =)

@mduvigneaud Год назад

My guess is that as the pump moves liquid up one tube it's causing a slight negative pressure on the drain tube which will draw the excess liquid down from the top.

@blkmgk16 Год назад

You just described a parastolic pump which it is...yikes

@LordDragox412 Год назад

@@blkmgk16 Imagine trying to mock someone to make yourself look smart, while at the same time being so dumb that you didn't even understand their comment in the first place *and* you can't spell properly. Now *that* is yikes.

@waynejohnson1500 Год назад

@@blkmgk16 Peristaltic pump. But no the drain is not going through the pump. To me it looks like the intake to the wiper and drain are at the same place (180° opposite). The top area seems sealed so only a bit gets out to the wiper and the rest go right down through the drain again.

@mduvigneaud Год назад

@@waynejohnson1500 You said it better than I did. :)

@mduvigneaud Год назад

@@blkmgk16 What I was trying to say in my original comment is that I think the excess liquid doesn't just pour down the drain tube: it's drawn down because of the slight negative pressure that the pump causes in the bulb as it pushes fluid up the feed tube. I'm not entirely certain, so... it's just a guess.

@theturtlemoves3014 Год назад

The fun of living next to Clive - never knowing whether he'll put a hammer through a lithium battery, explosively deconstruct Mr Bunbuns, or give you a Disney wand to play with.

@josephking6515 Год назад

Varity and surprise is the spice of life! 👍

@stevenspmd Год назад

That's mean Clive! .. taking toys away from your neighbors!

@rogerhargreaves2272 Год назад

That is actually quite a clever device. I can see potential for modifying it as well. I’m glad you put it back together as Steve & Beth seemed to be having great fun with it. Thanks Clive.

@radio-ged4626 Год назад

It's clever, but Walt doesn't want thawing out to see it. Well done on tearing down and rebuilding to working condition. Interesting to see how it works.

@cleyfaye Год назад

The "put back together" part at the end was a nice touch.

@nigozeroichi2501 Год назад

That is very well engineered, it does look like the air flow is sufficient to keep the bubble juice from going down the blow-hole, and is that a new bench top?

@bluephreakr Год назад

What a rollercoaster ride of emotions! I was really thinking Clive was going to destroy the damned thing like anything else he touches but turns out the ending was happy after all.

@boriss.861 Год назад

Clive from the Edinburgh Tattttooooo and the complexities of the new LED luminaires to the Disney Bubble Wand! Great!

@McTroyd Год назад

This is shockingly cool, and I'm glad you were able to get it back together again. Now we just need the 3D printing nerds to figure out how to make more, bigger bubbles. 😁👍

@Lumibear. Год назад

Well that was rather fascinating, what a refreshingly well engineered little article that is.

@ronaldmorrison2765 Год назад

You should never get too old to enjoy a bubble wand!

@theotherwalt Год назад

"bubble fluid" that made me laugh. I didn't recognize Clive's outdoor voice when the video started.

@michaelbuckley3808 Год назад

How incredibly complicated for a kid's toy. Truely an engineering work of art!

@kevinfarley6981 Год назад

To bits and back! A rare thing indeed. Cheers!

@bigclivedotcom Год назад

Most of the things I take apart in videos get reassembled.

@BritishEngineer Год назад

As I’ve been interested in electronic engineering from the age of five or six since I disassembled my grandfathers old rotary phone I’ve found myself curious at toys like this, I used to somehow find a way to disassemble things at school and nursery places and get into a lot of shenanigans like this. I’ve also been interested in electronic toys before the age of five, I also found myself skinning animatronic soft toys and removing the fur exposing the artificial puppetry mechanism aka “endoskeleton” I used to call it. It’s only been 11 years or so since then.

@dcallan812 Год назад

WHat a great work Meniscus is, I've not heard it for years. I know it ejects more bbbles form the tio bieng powered but I still enjoy a good old blow through the ring. 😊👌 interesting video 2x👍

@chrisg6597 Год назад

I never would have thought I would have heard the words Disney product and " Spreader Bar" 7:01 mentioned together.

@josephking6515 Год назад

The _spreader bar_ is to give you unfettered access to the bubble aperture. 😏

@phonotical Год назад

You are NEVER too old to use a Disney bubble wand!

@fuller9x Год назад

Most important question, can it be modified to be a woofle generator?

@dancoulson6579 Год назад

I like the idea that the spillover is replaced into the resivoire (spelling?). A cheaper toy would simply rely only on the airflow to make a mess everywhere.

@stuartmcphillie7300 Год назад

What a lovely little teardown and a lovely little clever toy

@JessHull Год назад

what a pleasantly surprising design. I'd like to see if this technique can be scaled up to make larger bubbles.

@daveseddon5227 Год назад

Disney has seemingly dozens of variations including musical ones - of course! Massive money spinner.

@FranklyPeetoons Год назад

Next project: An in-depth interview with each of the engineers involved in this design, along with an exhaustive examination of each of their academic credentials and a basic overview of the scientific principals involved in producing the desired result. Should be easy. Maybe a brisk, crowd-pleasing five-hour video.

@piconano Год назад

I was waiting for an automatic bubble maker toy for decades. Never thought it would be this clever.

@Cooper_42 Год назад

Also, what splendid buildings in the background.

@Leahi84 Год назад

So glad you were able to put it back together. Now your neighbors can have fun again. Kinda sad that you're home again. I liked that hotel room/apartment counter top looking surface you were working on. Was easier on my eyes for some reason.

@tjmarx Год назад

I like the awkward couple in the back from frame. The guy is mirroring because he wants to fit in, and the woman just wants to be allowed to go inside and put down whatever she's holding in her bag. P.S. Nice folding hills hoist.

@DarenPage Год назад

Who else was screaming when Clive wrenched the case apart even though the last screw was still in? Did that actually strip it, or was it already stripped?

@bokkenka Год назад

A lovely, whimsical video. Tell Steve and Beth the internet says, "Hi!" It's been a while since we've seen a nice, long build video.

@JessicaFEREM Год назад

I had a pencil sharpener that was literally a brushed motor with a manual pencil sharpener with a cog that connects them, and it has a plastic tab sticking out of the pencil hole that directly connects the motor to the 4 AA batteries or barrel jack. it was all translucent like this where you could see all the inner workings. I love translucent plastic electronics.

@partytempo Год назад

The battery ribbon gives me nostalgia because it reminds me of cheap cassette players

@dav1dbone Год назад

The obvious improvement would be to hack it to make bigger bubbles, or maybe even adjustable control. As for flames and giggles you should definitely try some calcium carbide, that might be a interesting topic in itself to explain how the old gas lamps worked.

@connclissmann6514 Год назад

Elegant design! Many thanks for the video.

@oljobo Год назад

Great gadget! I want one! A tiny heater element in the airflow would make the bubbles RISE instead of fall (I think)

@Mike_Hughes Год назад

Fantastic idea ! - Then fill it with Petrol and give it to the kids... Fun for all the family to watch.

@stepheneyles2198 Год назад

Helium inlet port could be added in a suitable place!

@ben-- Год назад

@@stepheneyles2198 Helium is too expensive, Hydrogen would work just as well :D

@ben-- Год назад

@@GeneCash I think propane would make the bubbles fall to the ground, whereas hydrogen will float just like helium, but cheaper, and with the ability to make those bubbles into fireworks :D Not sure about butane though...

@Mike_Hughes Год назад

@@stepheneyles2198 NO ! - Let's make it HYDROGEN !! And don't forget the Spark Generator.

@RFC-3514 Год назад

2:33 - Typically ~40 years, for the average human. Unless you count leaking during initial assembly (i.e., the first 3 years or so).

@RFC-3514 Год назад

@@Okurka. - *_random (adjective):_*_ made, done, happening, or chosen without method or conscious decision._ Do you consciously control the output of every single orifice in your body?

@RFC-3514 Год назад

@@Okurka. - "That"...? I didn't describe the type of leaking _or_ the orifice. If you don't know which orifice is going to leak, it's a random orifice. When you sweat, for example (even if you can sort of predict that you're _going_ to sweat), are you in conscious control of which individual pores sweat comes out of?

@ethanpoole3443 Год назад

@@RFC-3514 Well, for the folks born without sweat glands I suspect that wouldn’t be much of an issue either. That said, a “leak” generally suggests that something is “leaking” something when or where it should not be (as in a loss of proper and expected containment…like a ship that just lost its drive shaft and has been left with a rather large and alarming hole where the shaft and prop used to be…THAT is a proper leak!), other wise that is normal expected behavior and not considered a leak. What you all seem to be discussing is an “expert”, a “has been drip under pressure”. Unless of course you really meant a “leek”, in which case it is something else altogether entirely, just so many layers to this riddle. 😊

@RFC-3514 Год назад

@@ethanpoole3443 - Hey, that's no way to talk about Prince Andrew.

@RFC-3514 Год назад

@@Okurka. - No, I'm saying by the time you're 40 you start having more difficulty predicting which orifice might be leaking next. The reference to sweat was simply an analogy, because you didn't seem to understand the meaning of "random orifice".

@hadibq Год назад

my first pumping system I've found in a magazine for kids was based on that system with little cylinders pressing the hose while turning a crank. the more rubbery the hose is the better. here the bubbling system is really the smart piece.

@ygoroak Год назад

It looks like the pump also creates a negative pressure on the reservoir, that helps to suck the liquid back.

@Petertronic Год назад

Must have been fun working on the R&D for this product, I wonder how many design iterations and refinements were required.

@pileofstuff Год назад

"it can be made to explode" "well, you're the man for that"

@BritishEngineer Год назад

The only occasions I’ve seen a peristaltic pump in intravenous machines and also in quite decent end printers to pump excess ink from the drain sponge.

@shaunclarke94 Год назад

Another use case is for the acid pump on pool salt water chlorinators.

@bettyswallocks6411 Год назад

We have a kinda desktop purple & pink dragon thing that produces loads of bubbles very quickly. One of the cats thinks it’s cool to chase bubbles and can’t understand why they disappear, while the other thinks they taste awful. If it’s not flushed through after use, it can get a bit gacked up.

@gavincurtis Год назад

Clive's Bubble Wand affection is noted. Glad it went all back together for more fun.

@assassinlexx1993 Год назад

With a small control of propane at the air intake. To enjoy bubble fire balls. Kitchen gloves are a must.

@BRUXXUS Год назад

Well, this was a delight! Also... I'd love a fire version, please. haha

@Skarflite Год назад

I make my own bubble liquid and grom experience surface tension will keep the liquid moving in a uniform way. Its neet what you can make the liquid do if you add more of the polymer agent. Also. Woody.

@oliverstewart4459 Год назад

Ooooh we have had loads of these fr9m disney world and many times iv taken them apart to fix them. They are great. Love the video

@charlesmoore456 Год назад

I have a cat who LOVES bubbles. This might be overkill for him though. He usually goes after only the last bubble floating. Happy Battle of Lake Erie Day!!!

@benbaselet2026 Год назад

Pretty complicated plastic moldings and delicatey things in a simple thing. Now take it apart again to add more LEDs for extra magical powers and UVC disinfection on the go for the kids to enjoy!

@d.t.4523 Год назад

For the best flaming bubbles, I recommend diesel in the fluid holder and an injector for wiffle gas into the star housing. Good luck.

@Richardincancale Год назад

Needs a butane can at the bottom and the LEDs replaced with a HV spark generator to make flaming bubbles!

@DesignedbyWill2084 Год назад

The engineering behind this almost makes up for the ridiculous prices. Most of their toys have lights so they can be enjoyed day or night. Helps keep the 'kids' occupied for a full day in the park.

@Ad-gn8pl Год назад

Go on a Haven/Parkdean holiday and every other kid is walking around with one of these things in the show every night. Not Disney branded but certainly not cheap and designed to last a few days longer than the holiday!

@johnmorgan1629 Год назад

I'm forever blowing bubbles, pretty bubbles in the air, especially now Clive has managed to put it back together.

@ReverendFlatus Год назад

Right at the end of the video you can see into the top and there were several bubbles being emitted per wipe of the arm. I think this is how liquid is prevented from running into the blower. The minuscus of liquid is used up before the wiper gets round again, as long as the flow is slow enough.

@frankowalker4662 Год назад

What a lot of engineering. Brilliant.

@jaylittleton1 Год назад

When A Thing so so good that it is deserving of BigClive's time and effort to put back together.

@markharrisllb Год назад

When I was a child bubbles were basically watered down washing up liquid with a little wand that you blew yourself. If I remember rightly they were 6d which was my entire spending money and meant no 3d Lucky Bag, a Penny Arrowbar and 2d to spend in the penny tray.

@mark314158 Год назад

No Beano for 3d?

@markharrisllb Год назад

@@mark314158 That was delivered by the paperboy, though I moved over to Wizzer and Chips when it came out and then Look - In. My brother, who is now a PhD Engineer, got Tell Me Why, I think our different paths were marked at an early age. I also used to read my sister’s Jackie, you can ask me any question you want about The Osmonds, David Essex or David Cassidy… all except who blacked out one of Donny's teeth on her poster, we don’t have a statute of limitations in England and definitely not in my family!

@RalfSchultz Год назад

Thanks for the advise. If I ever get a Disney Bubble Wand, I'll refrain from taking it apart.. :D

@JamesAllmond Год назад

Bravo, get them one too! Shoot, I still have one of those silly helicopter with ground sensor drone like toys you tested years ago...

@jsyaprudin4294 Год назад

We are never to old for Buble launcher

@cato451 Год назад

Very good design. Thanks!

@keithking1985 Год назад

Thank Clive 😊 🇮🇪👍

@Jack-V-Man Год назад

My dad literally just had a heart attack on a mountain, and because i was trying to get sober and he still drank i hadn't talked to him in that last few months of his life (as he was healthy! And I was trying to stay sober.). After I got sober, i was gonna help him. I've been relapsing more but, i mean of course. Anyways So messed up. he was barely 60, and VERY healthy (besides some drinks). Ugh. I bring this up as at his funeral... of allllllllllll the things I could have been thinking of, I was thinking about YOUR mum, and your story with her (i listned to all of it many times to prep myself... turns out I didnt need it...). Idk why your mum and you popped in my head, but yall did. Greif is weird. Cheers friend.

@empathicallyyours4937 Год назад

There are a couple of new ones of this model for $25 each, so then you would need to pay for shipping from USA to the UK; otherwise, the shipping is free inside USA

@terryeleeemail Год назад

Good one Clive.

@sfred Год назад

My daughter has a dollar store bubble gun that uses a similar mechanism, but it's got a small blower driven by pulling the trigger with no fan at all in the bubble mechanism. The bubble generator is very similar.

@wisher21uk Год назад

Looks like fun I might buy one lol thanks Clive

@danielbjohnson Год назад

Also the parasitic pump is just a gear squeezing the tube. they are like 20-30 usd, so alot of profit for R&D. Not every Disney gadget is so smart. We got the spray bottle mist fan, and it's really just a fan on top of a spray bottle. And half the time your spray hits the fan blades.

@1800Supreme Год назад

Please give us a closer look it looks very interesting. Thank you.

@richardbriansmith8562 Год назад

Awesome Video big clive

@Lizlodude Год назад

"It could be made to shoot flames if you want" I aspire to be this friend

@bobminchin Год назад

Fascinating!

@jasonkuehl639 Год назад

I desperately want to see this crossed with Mr. Whoofler!

@CyberlightFG Год назад

You are never too old to make bubbles

@josephking6515 Год назад

Trouble is at my age the _bubbles_ tend to have lumps dammit. 😱

@cyberwomble7524 Год назад

I wonder if it's worth seeking out some West Ham bubble makers, of which there must be many (and hopefully of a variety that'll be intriguing to you). Off to Amazon to take a look.

@raymitchell9736 Год назад

I'm surprised your neighbors let you anywhere near their beloved Disney bubble blower... I wondered if maybe they don't your channel? LOL... Clive you set that expectation up beautifully that it was going to be destructively torn to bits and quite possibly modified to pump out exploding bubbles with throwing flames... yes, that would definitely not be kid friendly 🔥🤣

@10lauset Год назад

Cheers to you. ..

@brucereichert6509 Год назад

When I was younger and didn't care to know better, me and a few friends got 2 kids bubble blowers with concentrated dish soap and gasoline. We pointed them at our bonfire and watched the bubbles go up in flames. We had fun, but should have thought about the consequences if things went wrong.

@JonathanCorwin Год назад

I'm hoping for a "It can shoot flames if you want" follow up video

@bmay8818 Год назад

These things are a horror for me. I'm probably the only person on earth who has a quasi-phobia of soap suds, bubbles, and foam. No really, I do! The thought of a bubble bath really freaks me out, and one of my worst fears is the water in the shower turning off (for whatever reason) whilst I've got soap on me. But anyway, yes, that's a very clever design (for a torture machine)!