[STATUS] - August 2017 (Update Aug 29th, 7:00pm AEST)

Clickspring

Wow - blued and gilded armour. That would have been something to see... Thank you for sharing mate :)

Luke Pettit

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Clickspring

Thanks Adam :)

Clickspring

Will do Ian :)

Ian Douglas

I'll be really looking forward to a video detailing the furnace and build components Chris, the longer and more detail the better mate!

Adam Seymour

For your historic layout fluid I think a possible suggestion would be a strong pigment (such as carbon black (India ink), indigo or red ochre) with a shellac and either an ethyl alcohol or methanol base. All of these ingredients would be historically plausible and I would imagine that the shellac would increase durability while the alcohol would speed up drying times.

Clickspring

Hey Drew, I had a local sheet metal shop make the basic cylinder, lid and hoop shapes from 0.8mm sheet metal. The drum and lid are lined with Kaowool (50mm), rigidised and then given a hotface of ITC100. The base is cast refractory and the burner is the standard Reil burner. The only difference from the normal burner arrangement is that I've cast a threaded fitting into the base, so that the tuyere is essentially integral to the base. I was shooting for a result that has a very low thermal mass, so that it heats up as fast as possible, and is light enough to be moved around easily, stacked on a shelf etc. So far its working out great. I will do a video showing it in detail it as soon as I can. Cheers mate :)

Drew

Chris, sounds like you built a new furnace and like it. Can you point us to the design you used?

Hi, any chance you let me know the name of the song from the brass pouring video? I know I've heard something like it before but I can't put my finger on it!

Clickspring

Hey Chris - I'm shooting for this one to be up for $3 Patrons by Monday night :)

Chris Talbot

Hi Chris, fantastic work with the very frequent updates, please keep them coming mate! Any hints as to when we might see the next main episode? I'm re-watching the earlier ones and the BSC videos as I type. :) I understand if you prefer to keep us in suspense though... Cheers!

David Paterson

Australian Jewellers supplies, <a href="http://www.jewellerssupplies.com.au/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://www.jewellerssupplies.com.au/</a> lots of stuff, but if you can get to the store in Sydney Mon-Fri they have a very wide selection of Valorbe files. very helpful over the phone as well. Hales also stock tools, including some of the lager sizes of good files - worth calling George White in Melbourne will cut brass etc provided you are happy with the standard width of the sheet. This makes them a pretty economical alternative to other suppliers. good delivery interstate and easy to deal with on phone.

Clickspring

Sure thing Lee, here is a copy/paste from another post: Gage plate: www.hales.com.au - A good range of high carbon steel plate stock, will do over the phone and post orders Silver Steel (drill rod) - Visit the local blackwoods to put in the order, they ship fairly quickly for an instore pickup Brass: www.georgeweston.com.au or www.geogewhite.com.au - Very expensive shipping from either BNE or MEL, but they carry everything you could ever want including bronze, copper etc Mild steel: www.mesupplies.com.au - Wayne is excellent for the small MS rod stock, small plate stock and other model engineering sized stock. Exotics like Invar etc: www.iantcobb.co.uk - Ian is excellent to deal with, carries a lot of the clock only stuff too like pivot steel, silvering compound, dial wax etc The other thing is to hit the local machine shops to see what they have sitting on their offcuts shelf. If you turn up with some folding, they often will let you have some of the best stuff for very little, particularly if you let them know you're a home machinist. Also find the local aluminium fabricators (boats builders, trailers etc) and do the same. Al is excellent for making adapter plates, stand offs etc as well as simple practice items, and its way easier (and cheaper) to source in our part of the world than steel. And lastly find the local sheet metal shop (ie the folks who work exclusively with sheet metal using a magna bend, spot welding etc to fabricate from sheet metal, not a general machine shop) You will get the 0.7mm to 4mm sheet stock very cheaply for making more substantial structures. Cheers, Chris.

Hi Chris Being new to this i was just wondering do you have a list of web addresses for the suppliers that you use for your raw stock, if so where could i find it , being new i just dont know where to start thanks in advance in that you will be able to help a fellow aussie out :) regards Lee

Clickspring

Hey Terry, the last time I purchased HSS for my gravers I got it from Enco. They got bought out by MSC a while back, so I guess start there? Cheers mate :)

Clickspring

Ha ha! its a rabbit hole Alex, but a fun one :)

Terry L Lembke

Hi Chris I sure like your projects . and will enjoy building them , One question I have , Our mutual departed friend bill smith used M46 tool steel for his gravers and he put the source in his books and gave me the phone # to them . I can't buy this steel anymore because they were bought by china and it was discontinued . is there another source for it that you use or know of sure want some . Thanks Chris . Have a great day

Alex

every video I watch brings me one step closer to another expensive hobby.

Clickspring

Your support means a lot to me mate, thank you :)

Dan Cowsill

I didn't think anything could top the skeleton clock project. I was wrong. It's really amazing work you're doing here and I feel privileged to be a part of it in some small way. Thanks Chris.

Clickspring

Hey Neil, there is a bit of info here: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/tgt-1-shop-made-8384100">https://www.patreon.com/posts/tgt-1-shop-made-8384100</a> and I will be adding to this series as time permits. Cheers mate :)

Clickspring

Hey Adam - Yes they're both going live in a few minutes. I needed to keep them together because they are so closely related, hence the delay on the first one. Cheers :)

Clickspring

Hey Ralph, this is a status post to keep you updated through the month, between video releases. I update the post every few days with a bit of info on what I'm currently doing for the next video. Cheers mate :)

Chris - have you done a video of your workshop and tools? It's amazing what you turn out and I'd be curious to see how it's organized and what you can do with a relatively small selection of machine tools!

Adam Seymour

Hey Chris, the antikythera fragment #4 has been up for 3usd patreons for over a week, any chance us poor supporters can see it yet?

Ralph McCoy

Good day Chris, Pushed wrong button. Is this a video ?

Ralph McCoy

Good day Chris,

Clickspring

Thank you Marton, very much appreciate your support mate :)

Marton Nagy

It's amazing to see how much effort you put into this project and all the other. After binge-watching you other project where you've made the clock I couldn't think of not being a Patreon of you even if it's a small amount of money. Keep up the good work. Cheers

Clickspring

Cheers Gregor :)

Clickspring

Terrific to have you on board mate :)

Gregor Shapiro

I realize that bronze is expensive but the amount of care and energy and dedication you put into your efforts seems to me to warrant a better metal than brass. Keep up the excellent work and beautiful productions!

Paul Miller

great stuff! I'm a newer patron and love your vids. Super excited for the next installment

Clickspring

Probably best if I don't add it all up, I might give myself a bit of a fright :)

Clickspring

Ha ha! Wouldn't that be nice! They're pretty good for some things like the solvents, gas, CA glue. But no good for quality metals. I've copied this answer from another post from a few weeks back, but it covers most of the materials that I use frequently - Cheers mate :) ----------- Gage plate: www.hales.com.au - A good range of high carbon steel plate stock, will do over the phone and post orders Silver Steel (drill rod) - Visit the local blackwoods to put in the order, they ship fairly quickly for an instore pickup Brass: www.georgeweston.com.au or www.geogewhite.com.au - Very expensive shipping from either BNE or MEL, but they carry everything you could ever want including bronze, copper etc Mild steel: www.mesupplies.com.au - Wayne is excellent for the small MS rod stock, small plate stock and other model engineering sized stock. Exotics like Invar etc: www.iantcobb.co.uk - Ian is excellent to deal with, carries a lot of the clock only stuff too like pivot steel, silvering compound, dial wax etc The other thing is to hit the local machine shops to see what they have sitting on their offcuts shelf. If you turn up with some folding, they often will let you have some of the best stuff for very little, particularly if you let them know you're a home machinist. Also find the local aluminium fabricators (boats builders, trailers etc) and do the same. Al is excellent for making adapter plates, stand offs etc as well as simple practice items, and its way easier (and cheaper) to source in our part of the world than steel. And lastly find the local sheet metal shop (ie the folks who work exclusively with sheet metal using a magna bend, spot welding etc to fabricate from sheet metal, not a general machine shop) You will get the 0.7mm to 4mm sheet stock very cheaply for making more substantial structures. -----------

My name is Rick

Hey Chris, where do you buy your material? I doubt Bunnings stocks this sort of thing!

Dylan T

Would love to see a video on costs for a project like this.

Clickspring

I agree with you Chris, there had to be others. The adapted use of woodworking techniques in the known example also suggests to me that early gen prototypes would possibly have been made of cheaper material like wood, so therefore were unlikely to have survived long after creation. Michael Wright (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_T._Wright)" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_T._Wright)</a> has speculated that other bronze versions probably ended up being sold for scrap once they inevitably stopped working, such was the value of bronze in the day. And that the recovered wreck was "fortunate" to have been lost at sea, and out of reach. It would be most helpful if another were to be found, or even another descendant like the Byzantine Sundial Calendar. I think it remains a real possibility with the recent advances in sea floor mapping tech.

Chris

I look forward to every episode of this series so much. It's a beautiful machine, and wonderful to see it brought back to life. It makes one wonder why, or how, the technology didn't survive. This couldn't have been the only piece with such advanced workings - the maker would certainly have made simpler machines when learning the process.