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The Antikythera Mechanism Episode 9 - Making The Epicyclic Pin and Slot Gearing

Clickspring · demo · Watch on YouTube

Mechanical & precision engineeringWoodworking, metalworking & workshop skills

What it is

Clickspring makes the pin-and-slot epicyclic gearing of the Antikythera Mechanism, the module modelling the Moon's variable motion in the Greek theory, by hand.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Recommended as a beautiful explanation of how the mechanism models the Moon's uneven motion.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2020, last 2022

What HN commenters said

  1. “the video does a better job of explaining it (within the first minute)”

    Shows pin-and-slot gearing modeling the moon's uneven orbital motion

    falcolas, 2020-02 · Recommendation · in “Gears”

  2. “Perhaps the most beautiful part of the mechanism is the modelling of the motion of the Moon”

    Detailed explanation of how the mechanism models the Moon's motion

    utopcell, 2021-07 · Recommendation · in “The Antikythera Mechanism”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: antikythera, clockmaking, gearing, ancient greece, machining

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