Making time. ( a clock build time lapse )
 

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Meh...I build those all the time with my Harbor Freight corded hand drill and angle grinder! It takes a weekend. :D

Seriously...WOW! That was really cool! :eek:

I could have watched that for 1000 hours.
Thanks for posting it.

You can https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCworsKCR-Sx6R6-BnIjS2MA
Start at How To Make A Clock In The Home Machine Shop - Part 1 and go through to part 23

Wow! Pretty sure something like that is not in my budget....ever!

Anyone whats happening to the pieces he puts in he box of shavings when they change color?
Bill K

He does a extremely good job explaining the processes in his individual vids.

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Good Lord.

Who has that sort of time?

Amazing craftsman.

Excellent stuff. I envy anyone who has the time to do stuff like this.

Here's one of his smaller projects. "Clickspring: Milling a Fire Piston"

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Incredible!

Astounding. Amazing attention to detail there.

Every gear, even the spring and key to wind it made by hand. Unbelievable dedication.

What sort of money would something like this cost?

1k hrs X 120 shop rate .. ( math is hard ) LOL

I believe that the craftsman in question answers that in one of the vids info sections ....A ME professor

It is very cool that he is using 19thC methodologies. ( lots of sawing and filing )

A thousand hours using CAD and machines: Now I'm even more impressed by the craftsmen of the olden days than I used to be.

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Wow. Just wow....

Wow! Amazing. Thanks for posting the video of the bluing. I can see what I'll be doing over the Christmas holidays. Watching the rest of his videos. This may actually be better than watching the project Binky videos.

"Every now and then, there's a need to form a precise square hole, and often the quickest and easiest solution is to simply use needle files"

^ Right. That's how I always do it. :eek:

OK, I'm pretty sure, with all of the fancy equipment his videos and some guidance, I could make my own screw.

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But what I shudder to think about is the act of making several identical screws.

Even the screwdriver looks hand made.

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Oh good grief.
This guys mutant super power is making other guys feel like slackers.
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He uses a piece of string for the pendulum bearing. Is that common? It looks out of place.

19:59 in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3ZGlpDa-0g

Just unbelievable. Its so heartwarming to see what extremely skilled humans are capable of.

That video linked is only 12:32 long? Didn't see anything about pendulum bearing mentioned in it.

So how much investment do you think he has in his shop tools? I'm thinking $25k

Bad typing 10:59 (the 9 is next to the 0 and it's dark in here):)

I've spent entirely too much time on his You Tube channel.

Time to go out and do something ;)

no way
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I've read everything that I could find about this thing over the past couple of years. Anytime a new article pops up, I read it. I think that would be spectacular if he builds one.

I don't doubt the guys skills at replicating the Antikythera mechanism. I think I've already seen where someone had made a computer model.

I keep going back to these videos. Pure pornography.

Man, I wish I had the money and time.

My head hurts just thinking about how he made this.

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Preview of the time computer thingey

Way more than that...his cnc machine is worth more than that. Without tooling.

Watching a few more videos I think his mill is not CNC, just has a digital read-out. I still suspect he has more than $25k invested in tools.

His lathe and mill would cost more than $25k.

Just sent to my 80 yr old Dad. He is a ME and a machine tool junkie. I bet he watches this 3 times!
Thanks!

I haven't watched any of the Antikythera stuff since the preview and I finished the clock build.

Here he's hand-making hand cut files using mild steel and case hardening them.

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including a separate video on the case hardening process.

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Thanks for the update. I really like this guy because he holds nothing back. He gives us all of the information.

Just..wow!

Thank you very much.

Founder of the company I work for designed and built a clock totally from wood that ran on compressed air. It was on the wall in his office. He also had a display case of the wooden model prototypes of most of his designs. Most were fully functional despite being made from wood.

When working in the graphic arts department helped him make large photo prints to use as posters for trade shows. His dark room was in his basement. In order for the enlarger to work we cut a trap door in a closet so the top of the enlarger could extend far enough to make the large prints. We also designed and built a large photo processor to automatically develop the huge prints. He was happy that for the number of posters we made, our time and the materials including making the processor, etc. we still saved money compared to having the prints done professionally.

He talked about wanting to build an airplane powered by steam but never got around to doing it.