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46:07Speedrunning 30yrs of lithography technology
1.91M viewsBreaking Taps speedruns 30 years of lithography technology at home.
13:12Cutting Metal inside an Electron Microscope
1.92M viewsCutting metal inside a scanning electron microscope to watch chip formation at the microscale.
22:05DIY Scanning Laser Microscope
491K viewsBuilding a scanning laser microscope: confocal principles, scanning optics and image formation.
21:48DIY Semiconductor Patterning
336K viewsPatterning semiconductors at home: photoresist, exposure and etching on silicon.
35:11Designing Space Hardware is Hard
872K viewsWhy designing space hardware is hard, from a former space engineer.
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24:37Drawing Microscopic Patterns with Electrons
198K viewsElectron-beam lithography with a scanning electron microscope: drawing microscopic patterns.
11:07How to achieve nanometer precision in space?
749K viewsHow engineers achieve nanometre positioning for space telescopes and instruments: flexures, actuators and metrology.
28:31I made a liquid metal electric thruster
864K viewsBuilding a liquid-metal electrospray thruster: the physics of field-emission electric propulsion.
16:19NASA's clever technique to make combustion chambers
1.6M viewsNASA's technique for making rocket combustion chambers.
19:31The Micro Mechanisms in Your Phone
1.31M viewsThe micro mechanisms in your phone, under the microscope.
13:32Ultralight Metallic Microlattices
145K viewsUltralight metallic microlattices: making hollow nickel lattices and why they are so light and strong.
14:12Why aren't Gold Nanoparticles Gold?
132K viewsWhy gold nanoparticles look red: surface plasmon resonance explained and demonstrated.
22:401,000,000x Magnification with Atomic Force Microscope
550K viewsBuilding and using an atomic force microscope.
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18:353D Printing Optomechanical Components
68.5K viewsA 19-minute video from Breaking Taps's catalogue; the title names its topic.
10:063D printed tool rack for my ISO30 ATC Spindle
14K viewsA 10-minute video from Breaking Taps's catalogue; the title names its topic.
19:21A Taig MicroMill followed me home
26K viewsA 19-minute video from Breaking Taps's catalogue; the title names its topic.
12:39A motor with no moving parts (sorta)
697K viewsA 13-minute video from Breaking Taps's catalogue; the title names its topic.
7:10Analog Nanotechnology
73.5K viewsA 7-minute video from Breaking Taps's catalogue; the title names its topic.
13:34As the Rotary Table Turns - "Quick-change" Overarm - Part 2.
4.84K viewsA 14-minute video from Breaking Taps's catalogue; the title names its topic.
22:52Avid CNC Benchtop Pro - Aluminum chatter analysis
70.1K viewsA 23-minute video from Breaking Taps's catalogue; the title names its topic.
11:08CNC'ing a Motor Mount - Brushless Motor Upgrade Part 2
8.46K viewsA 11-minute video from Breaking Taps's catalogue; the title names its topic.
11:52Can we cut steel on a desktop gantry router?
253K viewsA 12-minute video from Breaking Taps's catalogue; the title names its topic.
18:24Copper metalization with a diode laser
126K viewsA 18-minute video from Breaking Taps's catalogue; the title names its topic.
13:07Cut anything, even diamond
1.25M viewsA 13-minute video from Breaking Taps's catalogue; the title names its topic.
14:22DIY Leather Flip Flops
44.4K viewsA 14-minute video from Breaking Taps's catalogue; the title names its topic.
15:30DIY Metal-on-Glass traces
106K viewsA 16-minute video from Breaking Taps's catalogue; the title names its topic.
10:42Does it sew? Testing out the motorized leather patcher
65.9K viewsA 11-minute video from Breaking Taps's catalogue; the title names its topic.
9:11Endmill chatter at 20,000 Frames-per-Second
208K viewsA 9-minute video from Breaking Taps's catalogue; the title names its topic.
17:37Extracting Microplastics with Olive Oil
A 18-minute video from Breaking Taps's catalogue; the title names its topic.
8:41Fruit Fly inside an Electron Microscope
A 9-minute video from Breaking Taps's catalogue; the title names its topic.