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[STATUS] - Apr 2019 (Update Apr 22nd, 6:00pm AEST)

🕑 Added 2019-03-13 04:04:25 +0000 UTC

Comments

Clickspring

Thank you mate :)

Phil Sydor

Wow - another fantastic production. Both in terms of the metalworking and the quality of the video.

Maarten Daalder

So the chips themselves get magnetised due to being cut? (They are also standing up on the collet.) You'd think that due to the heat they would get scrambled.

Clickspring

Hi Ralph, not yet, I'm still working on the video. I have been updating this post without sending notifications so as not to spam inboxes - Cheers :)

Ralph McCoy

Is there a video for the 14/4/19 post. Also I am not getting notification

Clickspring

Terrific to hear that Luther :)

Luther

The discussion that takes place because of your videos on the development of ancient technology is wonderful. I teach Technology, Engineering, and Design classes in a small middle school, and it never fails, I will be told that aliens built the ancient world because humans could not have known how on their own. I always have to inform them others wise and your videos have helped a great deal in my never ending discussion.

Damien Miller

I think there's a variant of the three-plate method for squares/cubes. That's achievable with the most basic of tools.

Clickspring

Thank you mate, will do :)

Daniel peter Merry

Excellent answer chris, thanks. Keep up the good work with your projects, I love them!

Clickspring

Hey Danny, its a great question - the artifact record is very thin so its hard to nail down specifics, but it is possible to talk in broad generalities: The fundamental engineering concepts of flatness, perpendicularity etc extend back into earliest antiquity and are evidenced in the great monumental engineering works of the cultures of the Eastern Mediterranean, as well as in their civil engineering tools (eg ancient Egyptian surveying tools). Of particular relevance to the Antikythera research is that its clear that from about the 3rd century BC until (approx) Roman conquest/annexation of Egypt, rigorous scientific study was being conducted, and that (for a variety of reasons) the achievements from this period have been largely hidden from our present view. It is likely in my opinion that much of what we presently consider to be relatively recent original thought, is almost certainly re-discovery of previously held knowledge that was simply lost entirely, or transmitted in fragmentary form. I will cover this in more detail as the series progresses - Cheers :)

Daniel peter Merry

Hey Chris, i have a little question for you... I've been trying to find out how the very first right angle/ square was verified for precision engineering... now we know how a dead flat plane was created, with three lapping plates, and I figured the next logical step would be exact perpendicularity. Could you shed any light on how that would have been created before the times of complex machinery and measuring equipment? I thought you would be a great person to ask, you've certainly taught us all alot about ancient tooling. Thanks mate, thoroughly enjoy your content. Danny

Clickspring

Thank you Mike :)

Mike Palma

Don't need it but I respect the skill and craftsmanship. I bid along the way for a good cause. Cheers!

Stubbs

aaaaand, interestingly enough, if i use .com.my (malaysia) it shows up. crazy

Stubbs

Gone for me here in Malaysia for both .com and .com.au <a href="https://i.imgur.com/SSPA0oB.png" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://i.imgur.com/SSPA0oB.png</a>

Clickspring

Me too generally :)

Gregor Shapiro

I wish I needed it! Just as a beautiful thing on the mantelpiece is of course an alternative... But, though I love pretty things, I am a "Function over Form" guy (or think I am).

Clickspring

Ah terrific - thank you mate :)

Ashley Sommer

I'm in Brisbane. I worked it out. The difference is whether you view it on ebay.com or ebay.com.au Changing ebay.com in the url to ebay.com.au it now shows the links.