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[STATUS] - June 2019 (Update June 11th, 6:00pm AEST)

🕑 Added 2019-05-12 11:12:39 +0000 UTC

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Clickspring

Thank you mate :)

Sean Kirby

Add my vote to those saying take whatever time is needed to do whatever it is you are doing, Chris. :-)

Clickspring

Cheers mate :)

Graeme Brumfitt

Gday Chris, With you all the way. But get a move on... I jest Dude it takes as long as it takes and I know we will all be thankful, all the best G :)

Clickspring

Thank you Bill :)

Bill Yester

Kevin doesn’t speak for all Americans, I for one am most patient when it comes to your magnificent craftsmanship. 😊 Having followed you for several years, I know the wait will be worthwhile!

Clickspring

Thank you mate :)

Kevin Reardon

My only real complaint is that you do such beautiful work. Yes, The Antikythera was my main reason to donate to your efforts, but you are improving your skills so much. Yes, I'm impatient, but then I'm an American so you are just you get used to that. We want it all now, and then change our minds in a few seconds.

Clickspring

Actually its become a little more complex than that - Yes the engraving is a big part of the next few videos, but I have something rather interesting in the pipeline that is holding up the rest of the build. There is a process around discussing it that I have to follow before I can fully give you all of the detail, and I am well into that process at the moment - but it means that I have to hold off on the next few Antikythera videos for now - all of this will make perfect sense when you get the info, and I assure you it will be worth the wait :) In the meantime I'm prototyping the next Patron series project, and also knocking over a cool collab project.

Kevin Reardon

I realize the effort now is to engrave the Antikythera Greek, but what is the status?

Clickspring

Hi Andrew, you can drop into the discord server and read the recorded chat at any time, and do please feel free to ask any questions either here, on discord or the reddit - Cheers :)

Andrew Smith

Any chance the polishing discussion is recorded somewhere ? I didn't read the discord server link until too late. I want to learn more about brass polishing as I'm finding it difficult to source new brass and am using plate from a scrap yard.

Dallin Durham

Oh, great! Can't wait for that video!

Clickspring

Hello mate - I have a video in the works on the turning tech that I think was likely used for the mechanism - Cheers :)

Dallin Durham

Hey Chris, I have been giving the tool turning technology of the ancient Greeks a fair bit of thought and I was wondering if a treadle lathe would have existed in that era? If so, would you consider doing a video or two on a treadle lathe build?

Clickspring

Yes defintely Philip - I'm still prototyping the overall design of the device, but the acorn has made the cut for the eventual video :)

Philip Bouchon

i hope your going to show us how to cut the lovely pattern into the top of the acorn!?

Boguslaw Smalec

Yes! The discord server! That will be an ultimate university of ancient technology :)

Clickspring

Lots of very careful polishing :) This was a tricky one to keep from rolling the many facets and edges

THOMAS ASPLUND

Wow chris. Love these short videos, they keep me motivated to always improve my skills. So I have to ask, how do you get intricate shapes like that acorn to such a high finish?

Jeff Armstrong

If he's trying to make the others look bad; he's succeeding.

Clifton Ballad

The acorn/egg is magnificent

robert dawson

Hmmmm, what would be cool, challenging, have lots of wheels and pinions, and handle looking thingies? Perhaps balance beam weights for Harrison's H1?

Paul Devey

That looks like a cute pawn.

Ralph McCoy

Chris you are an early riser Remember this : The early bird gets the worm BUT it is the 2nd mouse that gets the cheese

Clickspring

Hi Ralph, anywhere between 5 and 15 degrees will do the job - providing its giving clearance to the cut, you're good to go - Cheers :)

Ralph McCoy

Chris, sorry went to you tube and asked the same ? and one of your videos came up 3 years ago, plus others But the relief angle how is that number figured out ?? 10 , 8, degrees ?? Ralph

Marco Vujevic

Even your 25 second videos are polished and have soundtrack and outro. Are your trying to make all other youtubers look bad? :)

Boguslaw Smalec

Hmmm.. its from brass so it would not be a 3d vice swivel.. maybe a handle ? But for what? Let start guessing people :)

Ralph McCoy

Chris, your form tools are made from tool steel ?? When making a FT do you do it in steps meaning do you have just the final form tool or do you make a series to ease into the final form. That would make a interesting tool video.