And... I'm back! So today, I bring you the longest video in the world showing the mechanism I've created to lift and then release the all-important second counterweight. It's this weight that will positively drop the height sensing lever down onto the program wheel character tile, and so setting the height of the cam follower cradle to enable the machine to read and then write the programmed letter. Or something... This has been the biggest headache of the entire project so far, and it feels lik
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Hi there people of the world - we finally have a floating and rotating cam stack for my writing automata! So, having hit a brick wall with the mechanism, and consequently making the incredibly difficult and risky decision to do what amounted to a total mechanical reversal of the way the machine works, suddenly, with this major element working, I'm feeling far more confident that I'm now, finally, heading in the right direction at long last! There was quite a lot of effort and thought involved in
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Assembly time - with the secret ingredient! Onwards. 🤓 | Dave Goodchild - Antikythera and Automata Builds
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Todays professionally produced video is brought to you with added gym equipment!! The spring balance I've been building is now fitted in place, and, after a few days of doubt, it's now working (more or less) exactly at it should. I did need to alter it a bit since the last video once I started testing it properly. After a panic that it was horribly rough under load, the spring barrel is now fitted with proper bearings on which to run around the central spring barrel arbor. It now runs much, much
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I've spent the past few days assembling, disassembling, and adjusting the machine - over and over again - to finally get it working. I'm almost there after solving a problem that has been plaguing me for months. Friction in the pully on top of the cam stack that winches up one of the counterweights is, as it turns out, a bad thing! Anyway, I thought that I'd record and share one of the reassembly processes, all be it sped up at twice the actual speed. It also gives me an excuse to use a Sparks t
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Last minute adjustments/ construction/ panicky problem solving before @Automatafest 2025 kicks off tomorrow evening! I'm really looking forward to finally meeting lots of you good people face to face, rather than through phone messages and videos - it's going to be fun!! Right, where's my spanner... and maybe the really big hammer? See you all there. Onwards... to Hastings!! 🤓 | Dave Goodchild - Antikythera and Automata Builds
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Today, I am fitting a cam. And maybe a follower, with its pivot bracket. We shall see... Onwards! 🤓 | Dave Goodchild - Antikythera and Automata Builds
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Today, I am fitting a cam. And maybe a follower, with its pivot br…
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Yep, it's been a while, but an update on my writing automata is coming…
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Spring tension and anchor point modifications - that's what we nee…
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New bits are being fabricated, and progress is being made. I do love …
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The new spacer assembly is now finished and soldered together, an…
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With the latest batch of machines finally getting finished and shippe…
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The devil is in the detail... There's just so, so much detail... Hmm, spl…
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So, the system to tension and untension the springs for my cam …
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A quick update on the side project - a nice, simple, nine planet orrery! …
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It's a bit rambling and not filmed very well, but, as promised, here'…
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There's no fanfare, and maybe there should be, but if you stick with thi…
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Today, I shall mostly be eliminating excess play, or slack, or slop, or w…
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Final photos of a one of my machines shortly before packing i…
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I just thought that I'd share something a bit different today! Th…
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Thank you for sticking with me everybody... I think that I've finall…
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Hi everyone. Recently, a few folk who only started following me sin…
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