Machining a replica of the Antikythera mechanism. Truly amazing

[RustyBin5]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ML4tw_...2&index=2&t=0s

Many of you will have heard of this amazing artifact. Essentially an astrological computer using gearing similar to modern watchmaking. The artifact was made over 2000 yrs ago which is simply mind blowing in itself but this series of videos shows just how advanced the item was both in terms of the knowledge required, the skills and tools used, and the sheer craftsmanship involved. I’m sure you will enjoy it - there are 7 videos done and I think 2 more to come. Enjoy

[Chairman LMAO]

Great link. Fascinating, I'll follow from now on. I could watch that level of craftsmanship all day.

Thanks for posting.

[RustyBin5]

Great link. Fascinating, I'll follow from now on. I could watch that level of craftsmanship all day.

Thanks for posting.

Ye I’ve watched the first 7. Prob is with that amount of labour intensive work it tends to be a while between vids

[PickleB]

Ye I’ve watched the first 7. Prob is with that amount of labour intensive work it tends to be a while between vids

While you wait for the next one:

[Ivor the Engine]

Just watched two episodes. Very interesting and a well made piece of content.

[Parabola]

Brilliant

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[Seang]

Clickspirng is a fantastic YouTube channel. The clock build series is well worth catching up on

[Skier]

Well, there goes most of this evening. I love this stuff and was blown away when I saw a program on how the whole mechanism was scanned, worked out and reconstructed a few years ago.

[henryviii]

Thanks for sharing. This is absolutely fascinating! Love this guy's skill...incredible hand finishing on some of those parts.

[stix]

Thanks.

[jameswrx]

It is pretty cool, I found it a while back and binge watched his videos.

Only trouble is his voice is very soothing and I often found myself waking up with a crooked neck, slumped over on the sofa at 2am!

I do love YouTube though, it’s why I watch hardly any regular TV these days. I’d urge anyone who hasn’t to get something decent setup on their TV to watch YouTube, PS4 is excellent and fast (a lot of the smart TV YouTube apps are slow and will put you off) But it’s incredible and I sub to loads of my interests and just watch whatever I’m interested in rather than a load of rubbish.

[Shrek]

Thanks for pointing this out - absolutely fascinating.

[Geralt]

Clickspirng is a fantastic YouTube channel. The clock build series is well worth catching up on

You're not wrong! Very addictive. Just spend an hour watching the clock build when I should have been doing other stuff...

[ILoveWatches]

wow, very impressing. thanks for sharing!

[cf31bloobird]

That's some skills there .... I've never heard of the Antikythera Mechanism before, I'll be taking a look at those 7 episodes this evening

Great post!

[PickleB]

That's some skills there .... I've never heard of the Antikythera Mechanism before, I'll be taking a look at those 7 episodes this evening

Great post!

A little background for you: