# Robert Murray-Smith: Latest YouTube Videos & Shorts

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As of 2026-10-29, Robert Murray-Smith has 594,000 subscribers, 83,215,715 total views, and 2,599 videos. It ranks #128,005 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ.

The most recent uploads from [Robert Murray-Smith](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingandtinkering/). Each video links to its own stats page. The page lists the rest of the channel's videos to signed-in vidIQ users.

## About this sample

- The latest upload vidIQ has for Robert Murray-Smith is “RIP Robert Murray-Smith (1963 - 2025)”, a long-form video published Oct 7, 2025.
- These are Robert Murray-Smith’s 48 most recent public uploads vidIQ has data for, published between Jun 13, 2025 and Oct 7, 2025 (48 long-form videos).
- Median views across these 48 uploads: 7,092. 24 videos are above that median and 24 below.
- Most viewed in the sample: “RIP Robert Murray-Smith (1963 - 2025)” (254,146 views, Oct 7, 2025). Least viewed: “2422 Impossible Gears 4” (3,152 views, Aug 14, 2025).
- Median length: 8:42 for 48 long-form videos.
- In this sample, Robert Murray-Smith’s consecutive uploads were a median of 2 days apart (shortest gap 1 day, longest 11 days).
- Views are lifetime totals as of Oct 29, 2026, so newer uploads have had less time to collect them. These figures describe only the videos listed here, not the whole channel, and do not show why any video performed as it did. Dates are UTC.

## Recent uploads

| Video | Published (UTC) | Format | Views | Duration | Outlier score |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [RIP Robert Murray-Smith (1963 - 2025)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingandtinkering/videos/GhramXiUrY4/) | 2025-10-07 | Long-form | 254,146 | 7:47 | 21.72x |
| [2440 My Last Video](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingandtinkering/videos/_RSiVrCsVH4/) | 2025-09-26 | Long-form | 184,996 | 1:28 | 25.95x |
| [2439 Archimedean Spiral Gears - A Freecad Tutorial](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingandtinkering/videos/vHfrToXS0ow/) | 2025-09-22 | Long-form | 14,534 | 13:04 | 1.96x |
| [2432 Hemi Spherical Gears](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingandtinkering/videos/frnnaCs-fhA/) | 2025-09-19 | Long-form | 9,185 | 3:36 | 1.47x |
| [2438 The Hypocycloid Clamp - Compass or Robot Hand?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingandtinkering/videos/3lrLd8jcR9k/) | 2025-09-17 | Long-form | 12,805 | 6:58 | 2.05x |
| [2437 The Hypocycloid Hyperdrive - 1500 to 1 With Only 3 Gears](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingandtinkering/videos/eswr22C7lXU/) | 2025-09-15 | Long-form | 13,749 | 11:14 | 2.61x |
| [2435 How I Do Projects](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingandtinkering/videos/VX0C3wjxe2k/) | 2025-09-12 | Long-form | 5,537 | 17:05 | 1.05x |
| [2436 A Variable Stroke Piston](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingandtinkering/videos/awB0opmaoL4/) | 2025-09-10 | Long-form | 10,002 | 6:13 | 1.53x |
| [2434 The Archimedes Differential](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingandtinkering/videos/mRD7qVjp7dk/) | 2025-09-08 | Long-form | 8,814 | 5:47 | 1.38x |
| [2433 The V Gate Generator](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingandtinkering/videos/kYorVfc8OPw/) | 2025-09-05 | Long-form | 27,633 | 8:42 | 4.84x |
| [2431 Printing The V Gate On The Anycubic Kobra S1 #Anycubic #Anycubic10thAnniversary #LoveAndShare](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingandtinkering/videos/v-51AOzCzJc/) | 2025-09-03 | Long-form | 3,462 | 5:53 | - |
| [2430 The Anycubic Kobra S1 Combo #Anycubic #Anycubic10thAnniversary #LoveAndShare #AnycubicDream](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingandtinkering/videos/n8JRnB6JlZw/) | 2025-09-01 | Long-form | 3,707 | 20:11 | - |
| [2429 Freecad And The Fusee - Springs And Spirals In Freecad](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingandtinkering/videos/9Uqd-zuwpfg/) | 2025-08-29 | Long-form | 3,174 | 11:04 | - |
| [2428 A Magnet Powered Catapult](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingandtinkering/videos/txWqoSgq1K4/) | 2025-08-27 | Long-form | 4,491 | 5:30 | 1.07x |
| [2427 Da Vinci's Catapult](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingandtinkering/videos/yvDYvhY7GTs/) | 2025-08-25 | Long-form | 6,127 | 11:46 | 1.46x |
| [2426 A Simple Solar System - The Switch Gear](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingandtinkering/videos/8jbUflrEh3w/) | 2025-08-22 | Long-form | 15,997 | 10:43 | 3.88x |
| [2424 A Simple Solar System - Batteries And Cables](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingandtinkering/videos/IKlNGq32Yp0/) | 2025-08-20 | Long-form | 17,145 | 15:23 | 4.16x |
| [2425 How The Impossible Gears Work](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingandtinkering/videos/ABzqADa9bs4/) | 2025-08-18 | Long-form | 4,860 | 7:46 | 1.18x |
| [2423 Impossible Gears 5](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingandtinkering/videos/BPY8k2_zMi8/) | 2025-08-15 | Long-form | 3,633 | 4:43 | - |
| [2422 Impossible Gears 4](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingandtinkering/videos/dO5yrayCyQ8/) | 2025-08-14 | Long-form | 3,152 | 4:36 | - |
| [2421 Impossible Gears 3](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingandtinkering/videos/q-agFgQO_0w/) | 2025-08-13 | Long-form | 3,568 | 5:03 | - |
| [2420 Impossible Gears 2](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingandtinkering/videos/rZZSsRyEsMA/) | 2025-08-12 | Long-form | 3,703 | 3:05 | - |
| [2419 Impossible Gears](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingandtinkering/videos/mwqndaGZQ4M/) | 2025-08-11 | Long-form | 6,119 | 7:24 | - |
| [2413 Ideas To Reality](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingandtinkering/videos/tYqCH9GuHLs/) | 2025-08-08 | Long-form | 6,805 | 10:15 | 1.05x |
| [2418 How To Fit 34V DC Lights on A 12V DC System](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingandtinkering/videos/vhkqtvrnjE4/) | 2025-08-06 | Long-form | 6,569 | 6:43 | 1.02x |
| [2417 A Position Sensor From A Mouse](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingandtinkering/videos/E7kENcCznYg/) | 2025-08-04 | Long-form | 23,724 | 12:01 | 3.44x |
| [2416 Building A Simple Solar System - Installing The Panels](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingandtinkering/videos/_7THdb_VBag/) | 2025-08-01 | Long-form | 12,806 | 14:02 | 2.22x |
| [2145 The Importance Of Understanding Systems](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingandtinkering/videos/aVpG_MlHWCY/) | 2025-07-30 | Long-form | 7,813 | 13:06 | 1.44x |
| [2414 Putting In A Simple Solar System](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingandtinkering/videos/0twod1taGeI/) | 2025-07-28 | Long-form | 26,743 | 16:58 | 4.68x |
| [2412 The Nu Vinci CVT with Ping Pong Balls](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingandtinkering/videos/3rPKZXmBueM/) | 2025-07-25 | Long-form | 5,734 | 11:49 | 1.03x |
| [2411 Ping Pong Ball Planetary Gear](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingandtinkering/videos/Po0bZfzQnPU/) | 2025-07-23 | Long-form | 6,342 | 11:34 | 1.13x |
| [2409 Friction Drives](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingandtinkering/videos/3IAdAL0LCp8/) | 2025-07-21 | Long-form | 5,954 | 8:01 | 1x |
| [2410 What To Take Away From Videos And Comments](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingandtinkering/videos/eYh5sy1Fn68/) | 2025-07-18 | Long-form | 3,643 | 8:53 | - |
| [2408 Tusi Couple Print Plate](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingandtinkering/videos/aNuwUXqYWY8/) | 2025-07-16 | Long-form | 4,665 | 8:23 | - |
| [2407 Curing Backlash And A Zero Backlash Worm Drive](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingandtinkering/videos/GHaZm3DCWCE/) | 2025-07-14 | Long-form | 10,291 | 6:16 | 1.59x |
| [2406 Hypocycloids, The Goodman Mechanism And Rethinking Core XY For 3D Printing](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingandtinkering/videos/1TLIBy63BPs/) | 2025-07-11 | Long-form | 5,877 | 10:10 | - |
| [2405 The Floating Rack And FreeCAD Gears](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingandtinkering/videos/utprwFg4fUY/) | 2025-07-09 | Long-form | 6,034 | 8:43 | - |
| [2404 The Feather Turbine - Build And Quick Test #flashforge #ad5x](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingandtinkering/videos/IAxob2sbG84/) | 2025-07-07 | Long-form | 11,971 | 8:42 | 1.39x |
| [2403 The Feather Blade Wind Turbine - FreeCAD Curved Shapes Workbench Introduction](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingandtinkering/videos/RmpjOtOza2Q/) | 2025-07-04 | Long-form | 7,379 | 12:04 | - |
| [2402 Canoes And Wind Turbine Blades - Lofting And The Curves Workbench In FreeCAD](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingandtinkering/videos/NayMIO0GyPI/) | 2025-07-02 | Long-form | 5,784 | 20:04 | - |
| [2400 Combined Clutch And CVT For A Bicycle](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingandtinkering/videos/jXxYeycCPUE/) | 2025-06-30 | Long-form | 9,757 | 8:14 | 1.07x |
| [2399 The Variable Reciprocating Rack](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingandtinkering/videos/fRVzO5W9rHY/) | 2025-06-27 | Long-form | 5,550 | 5:29 | - |
| [2398 The Reciprocating Rack](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingandtinkering/videos/5wSiNpLpJIw/) | 2025-06-25 | Long-form | 6,367 | 8:52 | - |
| [2397 The Nutation Drive](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingandtinkering/videos/aTdgwBtfpHc/) | 2025-06-23 | Long-form | 49,212 | 7:55 | 4.68x |
| [2392 The Variable Hypocycloid](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingandtinkering/videos/zzdOSxIejfo/) | 2025-06-20 | Long-form | 46,085 | 7:23 | 4.49x |
| [2396 What I found Out About the Makera Carvera Air Desktop CNC Machine #Makera #Makeradesktop #CNC](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingandtinkering/videos/wn-624F0BRw/) | 2025-06-18 | Long-form | 13,332 | 19:18 | 1.37x |
| [2935 Carvera Air And The 4th Axis #Makera #Makeradesktop #CNC](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingandtinkering/videos/-w5JYRUH5Yc/) | 2025-06-16 | Long-form | 8,601 | 11:28 | 1.01x |
| [2934 Using The Carvera Air Desktop CNC #Makera #Makeradesktop #CNC](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingandtinkering/videos/oqchsXGGhsY/) | 2025-06-13 | Long-form | 11,651 | 14:17 | 1.34x |

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