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[STATUS] - March 2018 (Update March 29th, 8:00pm AEST)

🕑 Added 2018-03-05 08:18:35 +0000 UTC

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Clickspring

Hey Matt, yes brass is crazy expensive - I get most of the larger round stock from my local scrap metal depot - Its still expensive tho!

Matthew Thomas

Hey Chris, caught myself re-watching your clock series -- procrastinating from uni work like usual, and I had a question... That counter weight you formed from a large piece of brass round stock - that would have cost a fortune, how much was it and where'd you get it from?

Jrandom Bob

Yeah, having just bought one of those myself (and the BF-20 milling head) it is *almost* identical save a few features, so probably a slightly varied model out of the same factory.

Damien Miller

Vertex allegedly makes one (cat. no. V-407), but I haven't seen them for sale anywhere. (correction, Minitech has it: <a href="https://www.minitech.com.au/collet-chuck-er32-x-4mt-vertex)" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.minitech.com.au/collet-chuck-er32-x-4mt-vertex)</a>

Clickspring

Tracked one down from Gloster tooling, winging its way to me as I write :)

Clickspring

So far its encouraging, but I really want to spend a good couple of days on investigating the it thoroughly before commenting - will let you know :)

Iain Deas

lathe looks good, have fun getting a 4mt to er32 collet chuck for the headstock, i found one from CTC tools.

Iain Deas

i was thinking the same as i've got the optimum 2506, the optimum is a weiss rebadged im pretty sure?

Damien Miller

That Weiss looks like it identical to the Optimum-branded one I'm considering buying, so I'm very much looking forward to your video on it. How's the tailstock?

Justin Densmore

Well thank you for replying and trying to help. Oh i LOVED the skeleton clock you made mostly from brass. It really helped me pass tge time while i was in pt for a dislocation a couple years ago. Also i can't wait for the day that i can use the prints for the little hand vice. I took a manual machining class last year and LOVED it. Only wished I could have used that time to make that machine.

Justin Densmore

Hmmm... Must be something my phone is doing then. Like i see where you can click the attachment and download, but below there is that number of blank picture frames like if a picture link was broken or something. I'd send you a screen shot if I could

Clickspring

I'm not sure what it would be mate - I don't have any thumbnails at all when I view that part of the post in a browser, I see only the links.

Justin Densmore

Like on the March 18th update, you have 5 attachments. And below are the small blank picture's. So if there are viewable pictures, i have to download the link

Justin Densmore

So you know the pictures of your projects that are at the bottom of the description and updates you make that can be downloaded and enlarged. Well they are on average just a broken/blank image of a picture frame. I'd send you a screen shot if possible.

Clickspring

I don't quite follow what you mean Justin, can you give me some more detail?

Clickspring

Justin Densmore

I don't know why, but i can hardly ever see any of your thumbnail pics

John Lancashire

OK. I'll watch with interest.

Clickspring

Hey John, the pointers are set upon assembly - Cheers :)

John Lancashire

Great. Looks like you're building the Saros gears. What's your strategy for calibrating the machine once it's finished? Obviously you need to be able to move all the pointers to a specific start position on a specific date and synchronise that with the position of the lunar epicycle gearing on E. The only way to do that is to allow the pointers to be adjusted on their axles, but they can't be too slack because you need the axle to push the long pointers around the spiral. Remember - you're not allowed to use grubscrews!

Clickspring

Thank you mate, terrific to have you on board :)

John Lancashire

Great project by the way - it looks beautiful,

Clickspring

Hey John, yes I've corresponded with both - Cheers :)

John Lancashire

Hi Chris. Have you been in touch with Tony Freeth or Michael Wright about the design?

Clickspring

Hey Tom, there is still much ground to cover that will influence the final result, but I'll have a good idea of that cost in a modern context by the end of the project.

Tom Dunbar

Thinking about who had to file all the square holes got me thinking, do you have an estimate on how many skilled and unskilled hours it would take for a shop to produce one of these devices purely by hand? I'm wondering if you could estimate a 'cost' based on the parts and labor. I'm also wondering about this cost in a modern context. e.g. was the mechanism like buying a jet plane, a Ferrari, or a Lexus?

Clickspring

Certainly John, you can find it here: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/tools-glorious-3-14136290">https://www.patreon.com/posts/tools-glorious-3-14136290</a> - Cheers :)

john horton

Hi Chris, I am trying to find the video you did where you made your furnace. Can you point me in the right direction please?

Clickspring

Ha ha! - my last resort option David!

Clickspring

Ha ha! Thank you mate :)

Clickspring

Terrific suggestion mate, thank you - I have added it to the TGT list

David Paterson

Funny, I have just assembled a French clock with a lock plate strike, which has very much the same type of problem with only 4 wheels, and was thinking the same thing about Chris' challenge - could always do the setup and then engrave the plates (LOL)

David Paterson

Noice, eh as they say in your parts. Impressive fitting as always Chris.

Adam Seymour

Can I suggest a potential topic for your tgt segment? I think it would be really good to have one on the tools required for marking up (spring dividers, dogleg calipers and whatnot) and the basics of their operation. You make it look so effortless, but the amount of skill required to do it properly is sometimes understated. You have such a fantastic educational approach to your videography that it would be remiss not preserve it on the internet.

Kirk Jensen

Its funny... as i read your response, in my head i read it with an Australian accent :)

Clickspring

Yes the data is easily available today for setup - not quite good to go 'forever' once set tho. The ratios are extremely good in some respects, but not perfect. This is something I'm going to cover in detail towards the end of the series - Cheers :)

Kirk Jensen

It will be very interesting to me to see how the entire gear train is "timed" in the end. I guess you will consult an astrological expert to set the dials and indicators correctly the first time? after that its good to go forever?

Clickspring

ha ha! Cheers mate :)

Clickspring

Hey Gary, there is a menu on the left side of the page towards the top, underneath the words "Featured tags" - You can use those links to get to most of the posts - Cheers :)

SlowrTrfcKeepRght

Where do I find like a main menu of your projects? I've had to scroll through posts to find what I want. For example the Tools posts, scrolling through other posts to find what I wanted. Thanks Gary

Kevin Reardon

Looking forward to seeing it completed. Just remember to not take it to This Old Tony's ship, I mean shop.

Clickspring

I would love to have met him - I regularly re-read sections of "Gears From The Greeks" as part of the project, and it still hooks me every time.

Clickspring

Thank you mate, very much appreciated :)

Nelson Collar

that should have been "You are" I don't know where the I came from. Cheers

Nelson Collar

Looking forward to see the new videos. They are always packed with something special. I are an inspiration. Nelson

Nelson Collar

Chris

Bob Mackay

I am an enthusiast of the Antikythera machine and your amazing reconstruction project because Derek de Solla Price was a colleague of my father's. I met him in Yugoslavia as a child, way back when; all I can remember is that he had an amazing wristwatch, with dials for the sun and the moon. He was seriously into that stuff! Best wishes in all your work. Bob

Brian Clark

I would love to see Chris make some investment castings based on 3D printed models!

Clickspring

Awesome mate - will do my best to get the lathe one out this month :)

Brendan Murphy

Chris I am really looking forward to the upcoming tools glorious tools video about recommended shop equipment. I am thinking about making the plunge and buying a lathe and maybe a mill. Thanks for all the great content.

Clickspring

At present I have on the go: the AM & Fragments series, the BSC project, the next TGT episode ("which lathe to buy"), a new short skills series, and a new research paper idea - exhausted but loving it :)

Ryan Das

Are you just working on the Antikythera Mechanism(and its fragments)? Or do you have other projects?

Clickspring

So far the small parts vise is the clear standout in that regard - I'm amazed at how well it performs. Not quite ready to ditch the Panavise completely, but I can't remember the last time I used it... Cheers :)

Ralph McCoy

Agree

Ralph McCoy

AAH the smell of chips in the morning it smells like victory. Good on you Chris,!! Ralph

Stephen Swartz

Agreed

Ryan Das

Chris, are there any shop-made tools you prefer to their modern counterparts? You've said very good things about the wedge vise, as well as the manual dividing plate.

Boguslaw Smalec

Agree.

Andrew Barth

While I agree that the results would be incredible, I think part of his uniqueness is how he makes absolutely everything manually.

Glen Bertram (Stuff I Do)

I really think you should get a 3d printer, of all the people I've seen with one ( including myself) I don't think any of them could be as creative or as practical as I imagine you using one