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I know this is not exactly what the OP asked for but my favorite labour of love project is by a friend of my dad. He started in 1979 building this: http://000
by ThomPete 10y ago
I know this is not exactly what the OP asked for but my favorite labour of love project is by a friend of my dad.
He started in 1979 building this:
http://000fff.org/uploads/ur/IMG_1831.JPG http://000fff.org/uploads/ur/IMG_1831.JPG
http://000fff.org/uploads/ur/IMG_1832.JPG http://000fff.org/uploads/ur/IMG_1832.JPG
http://000fff.org/uploads/ur/IMG_1833.JPG http://000fff.org/uploads/ur/IMG_1833.JPG
http://000fff.org/uploads/ur/IMG_1834.JPG http://000fff.org/uploads/ur/IMG_1834.JPG
http://000fff.org/uploads/ur/IMG_1835.JPG http://000fff.org/uploads/ur/IMG_1835.JPG
http://000fff.org/uploads/ur/IMG_1836.JPG http://000fff.org/uploads/ur/IMG_1836.JPG
Everything is handmade as in everything.
One of the gears takes 400 years to rotate around it's own axis.
It's half size of this watch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jens_Olsen%27s_World_Clock https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jens_Olsen%27s_World_Clock
Besides that he managed to build a succesful security company, countless digital watches (big and small) and even a freaking small harbour and countless other things. He speaks assembler almost as well as he speaks his native language Danish which is why I feel ok posting about him in this thread :)
Claims that there are no modern day da Vinci does not apply to him.
- themartorana 10y agoI am such a mechanical clock/watch geek (WIS) and this is truly spectacular.
- ThomPete 10y agoI wish I could show you his other work.
- themartorana 10y agoMe too!
- tomcam 10y agoDon't stop yourself