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I was waiting for the carriage itself to pop out of the shaft or something, but no, just the buttons. I was disappointed at first, but then I scrolled through

I was waiting for the carriage itself to pop out of the shaft or something, but no, just the buttons. I was disappointed at first, but then I scrolled through the comments (I know, I know), and found a whole little community of people who found it similarly thrilling. And I dunno, I guess it's nice that we can have entire little communities of people devoted to little things like elevator design and mechanics! To them, a video (and elevator) like this truly IS Epic, as stated in the video!

petemir 3y ago
I was doing a 4-month internship a few years ago and was looking to remotely rent an apartment, which is the ideal opportunity to be scammed. As I was searching info about a possible unit, I found a YouTube video of someone showing the building's elevator. The video even had a dedication in the description. I was also surprised about this, so I entered this guy's ytb channel and it was filled with videos of other buildings' elevators in that and neighboring cities. That's how I discovered this community. It's always amusing to find out new niches some group of people care about, you can find the most amazing (and unexpected) things.
- xattt 3y ago
  In one video, he reveals that his grandmother accompanies him on his visits to various buildings. It’s nice to know that his family supports his endeavours, and not freaking out over how weird it is.
matthewdgreen 3y ago
If you’re looking for an exciting elevator, then you want Paternoster doorless elevators. https://youtu.be/Rvvbn7O1nus?si=kwZsCp4OtkRfhE9A https://youtu.be/Rvvbn7O1nus?si=kwZsCp4OtkRfhE9A
- xattt 3y ago
  I’m waiting for a real world implementation of an elevator that moves horizontally and vertically. There are a number of promo videos for it, but nothing actualized.
  - ahar083 3y ago
    The Schmid Peoplemover exists, and looks to be a one of a kind, it feels like these end up being more complex than it’s worth Tom Scott video here: https://youtu.be/A2g4u9F9i90 https://youtu.be/A2g4u9F9i90
  - AlgorithmicTime 3y ago
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- tcbawo 3y ago
  While watching that video, my first thought was about safeguards. Will it stop if obstructed? How often has someone gotten injured or killed by such a device?
  - avidiax 3y ago
    There are plenty of videos of people dying in regular elevators that lack the inner safety door. Typical is the someone wheels a large object like a trash bin or stacked boxes and then the edge catches on a landing and crushes an occupant against the top rear corner.
    - userbinator 3y ago
      Search for "klamrisk" to see an interesting warning sign about that.
  - explorigin 3y ago
    I get anxiety just watching these elevators. I'll take the stairs thanks.
- avidiax 3y ago
  I really want these to be a thing again. So many buildings have a pair of elevators that simply can't handle the various rushes during the day. Leave one traditional elevator for the edge cases, and replace the other with 2 or 4 paternoster cars.
  - Someone 3y ago
    > and replace the other with 2 or 4 paternoster cars. Why 2 or 4? The whole idea of a paternoster is that there always is a car at every floor (see the animation and videos at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paternoster_lift https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paternoster_lift) If there wasn’t, they would be really dangerous, as you could step into the elevator shaft while the nearest car was ten floors down.
    - avidiax 3y ago
      What I mean is that the paternoster is usually smaller than an elevator. So in the vertical footprint of a typical elevator, I think you could fit 1 or 2 paternosters (2 to 4 cars, since each paternoster has 1 car in each direction looking vertically).
- mwexler 3y ago
  I loved it's hackier relative, the Belt Manlift, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belt_manlift https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belt_manlift https://youtu.be/hI0klJJNLHA https://youtu.be/hI0klJJNLHA gives a view.
- throw7 3y ago
  I was too scared to try it while in the czech republic (brno).
- ChristianGeek 3y ago
  Too bad Americans can’t be trusted with these. (Source: am American.)

petemir 3y ago

I was doing a 4-month internship a few years ago and was looking to remotely rent an apartment, which is the ideal opportunity to be scammed. As I was searching info about a possible unit, I found a YouTube video of someone showing the building's elevator. The video even had a dedication in the description. I was also surprised about this, so I entered this guy's ytb channel and it was filled with videos of other buildings' elevators in that and neighboring cities. That's how I discovered this community. It's always amusing to find out new niches some group of people care about, you can find the most amazing (and unexpected) things.

xattt 3y ago
In one video, he reveals that his grandmother accompanies him on his visits to various buildings. It’s nice to know that his family supports his endeavours, and not freaking out over how weird it is.

matthewdgreen 3y ago

If you’re looking for an exciting elevator, then you want Paternoster doorless elevators. https://youtu.be/Rvvbn7O1nus?si=kwZsCp4OtkRfhE9A https://youtu.be/Rvvbn7O1nus?si=kwZsCp4OtkRfhE9A

xattt 3y ago
I’m waiting for a real world implementation of an elevator that moves horizontally and vertically. There are a number of promo videos for it, but nothing actualized.
- ahar083 3y ago
  The Schmid Peoplemover exists, and looks to be a one of a kind, it feels like these end up being more complex than it’s worth Tom Scott video here: https://youtu.be/A2g4u9F9i90 https://youtu.be/A2g4u9F9i90
- AlgorithmicTime 3y ago
  [dead]
tcbawo 3y ago
While watching that video, my first thought was about safeguards. Will it stop if obstructed? How often has someone gotten injured or killed by such a device?
- avidiax 3y ago
  There are plenty of videos of people dying in regular elevators that lack the inner safety door. Typical is the someone wheels a large object like a trash bin or stacked boxes and then the edge catches on a landing and crushes an occupant against the top rear corner.
  - userbinator 3y ago
    Search for "klamrisk" to see an interesting warning sign about that.
- explorigin 3y ago
  I get anxiety just watching these elevators. I'll take the stairs thanks.
avidiax 3y ago
I really want these to be a thing again. So many buildings have a pair of elevators that simply can't handle the various rushes during the day. Leave one traditional elevator for the edge cases, and replace the other with 2 or 4 paternoster cars.
- Someone 3y ago
  > and replace the other with 2 or 4 paternoster cars. Why 2 or 4? The whole idea of a paternoster is that there always is a car at every floor (see the animation and videos at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paternoster_lift https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paternoster_lift) If there wasn’t, they would be really dangerous, as you could step into the elevator shaft while the nearest car was ten floors down.
  - avidiax 3y ago
    What I mean is that the paternoster is usually smaller than an elevator. So in the vertical footprint of a typical elevator, I think you could fit 1 or 2 paternosters (2 to 4 cars, since each paternoster has 1 car in each direction looking vertically).
mwexler 3y ago
I loved it's hackier relative, the Belt Manlift, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belt_manlift https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belt_manlift https://youtu.be/hI0klJJNLHA https://youtu.be/hI0klJJNLHA gives a view.
throw7 3y ago
I was too scared to try it while in the czech republic (brno).
ChristianGeek 3y ago
Too bad Americans can’t be trusted with these. (Source: am American.)