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March 25, 2017 2:50 AM   Subscribe

YouTube machinist This Old Tony reveals the true story behind Clickspring Chris's Antikythera project (previously)
posted by effbot (13 comments total) 20 users marked this as a favorite
 
This one single video has restored my faith in humanity... it had me laughing out loud.

This is the first time in my life where I realized that I'm in a very small niche market... I doubt that any of my real-life friends are in that same market.

This is what the internet enables... and it is awesome.

Now... how can we keep this creativity flowing, in spite of the walled gardens of Facebook, Twitter, etc?

I can't thank you enough for pointing me at this... seriously. That . was . awesome.
posted by MikeWarot at 5:44 AM on March 25, 2017 [3 favorites]


If my comments sit solo for a day.. I'm also a very niche target here on Metafilter... having everyone cater to my interests alone... is this what rich people feel like, all day, every day? (I mean, having cool stuff made just the way I like it)

Oh no... naval gazing... I'm halfway to .... who knows
posted by MikeWarot at 6:06 AM on March 25, 2017


Wow. The chillout edition of the clock build is wonderful.

I was not previously familiar with either Clickspring or This Old Tony. Thanks!
posted by rmd1023 at 7:10 AM on March 25, 2017


That was pretty damn adorable. Also, obviously NOT first time time travellers as they left Hitler alone.
posted by Samizdata at 7:27 AM on March 25, 2017


OK, so the Clickspring guy is going to manufacture the Antikythera mechanism with period appropriate tools only? That’s deeply impressive.
posted by pharm at 7:32 AM on March 25, 2017


I love This Old Tony- if you like this, you should check out his How It's Made-style video on Springs
posted by AaronRaphael at 7:39 AM on March 25, 2017 [2 favorites]


Oh OK, he’s not going to carry out the complete build with period appropriate tools, just some of it. (Still deeply impressive work of course, just not quite as nuts :) )
posted by pharm at 7:43 AM on March 25, 2017


This is probably the completely wrong reaction to the clip, but oh my god where could I buy one of those John Wilding large wheel skeleton clocks?

Google, amazon and ebay just show places to buy the plans, and I'm not sure my dad would still be around by the time I actually finished making it. Hell, I'm not sure I'd still be alive, even if quitting my job and training to become a clocksmith was a realistic goal. Not that I'm not now considering it...
posted by hobo gitano de queretaro at 8:59 AM on March 25, 2017 [1 favorite]


where could I buy one of those John Wilding large wheel skeleton clocks?

Action houses, maybe? They're not exactly mass produced.
posted by effbot at 9:11 AM on March 25, 2017


Yes! This Old Tony is amazing, even to me as someone utterly uninterested in the machining YouTube sphere, and with no knowledge of machining. His videos are just so damn entertaining as well as informative in an accessible way (well, not the one in the FPP so much I guess...) Video of lathe cutting us also somehow deeply satisfying on a primal level.
posted by Dysk at 9:31 AM on March 25, 2017


AvE for president!
posted by Zigurana at 12:18 PM on March 25, 2017 [1 favorite]


Action houses, maybe?

D'oh.
posted by effbot at 12:42 PM on March 25, 2017


I love This Old Tony and Clickspring, but this video is going to be way too inside YouTube machinist baseball for most folks. (Speaking of which: does anyone have recommendations for PoC/female machinists on YouTube? It feels like a very white male hobby and I'd like to mix it up a bit.)

Also, if you dig this style of video you should also check out Frank Howarth and Laura Kampf.
posted by phooky at 3:55 AM on March 26, 2017 [1 favorite]


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