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This is a neat video that shows how carburetors work. This guy builds a simple see through carburetor, and then uses a high speed camera to show how the fuel atomizes. Watch till the end as the its pretty neat to see all this action in slow motion from dufferent angles. It really helps to demonstrate what is happening inside any carb at its basic level.

It's interesting to visually see what is happening vs just theory of what is happening.

Especially the shots where they do the closeup on the fuel stream.

I had actually seen this video before, but quite a while back. It is awesome to see the basic concepts at work.

I think I have a ways to go and a lot to learn before I’d take on rebuilding my carburetor.

Had also stumbled over this a year or two ago but good to see again in slow-motion action what we're often glib about. Like steam power and rockets, carburetors are simple in theory, but detailed in execution. Just look at any compound Doble steam car, a "modern" (late 1920s-on) steam locomotive, Thor, Atlas-Agena, Titan, Saturn rocket from the Cape, or Carter, Holley, Rochester four-barrel carb.

Thank you, sir.