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Slightly Offtopic: If you are interested in how similar devices might have been made 100s and 1000s of years ago you should check out the latest videos on the
by yoodenvranx 9y ago
Slightly Offtopic:
If you are interested in how similar devices might have been made 100s and 1000s of years ago you should check out the latest videos on the Clickspring Youtube Channel [1]. Chris is building a copy of the Antikythera mechanism (mostly) without using modern tools and he is doing a stellar job.
The quality of his videos and his attention to detail is _amazing_! If you are into this kind of stuff you will most likely end up binge watching his whole channel over the weekend.
[1] https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCworsKCR-Sx6R6-BnIjS2MA https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCworsKCR-Sx6R6-BnIjS2MA
- moftz 9y agoI see him using a mill and lathe multiple times. He even uses a CNC at least once in part 5. All the machinery he uses would have been something available to a machinist in the 50s. He's not using a plasma cutter but he's using relatively modern tools that an ancient greek bronzesmith couldn't even dream of.
- yoodenvranx 9y agoThat's why I wrote "... (mostly) ..." ;) I think he just uses the Mill and the CNC to speed things up, but some parts (like the gears) he does completeley by hand with a file even though he could do it way faster and more precise on a mill.