What mechanism is this part of?
What mechanism is this part of?
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Simpo Two

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90,892 posts

287 months

Wednesday 18th October 2023
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It's not an Antikythera mechanism, Enigma machine or Babbage Difference Engine...


cliffords

3,456 posts

45 months

Wednesday 18th October 2023
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Swordfsh descaler

Fast and Spurious

1,802 posts

110 months

Wednesday 18th October 2023
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cliffords said:
Swordfsh descaler
Would that be a sword with a full service history?

sherman

14,804 posts

237 months

Wednesday 18th October 2023
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It reminds me of a telephone exchange.

Actual

1,536 posts

128 months

Wednesday 18th October 2023
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It reminds me of a Daisywheel Printer

Simpo Two

Original Poster:

90,892 posts

287 months

Wednesday 18th October 2023
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I don't know what it is, but it's the next project for a bloke who's already built an Antikythera mechanism and wants a new challenge... spin

Actual

1,536 posts

128 months

Thursday 19th October 2023
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Must be something from Temu.

Simpo Two

Original Poster:

90,892 posts

287 months

Thursday 19th October 2023
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It was unveiled today:

'The Writer', an automaton built by Jaquet Droz, a Swiss watch maker, in around 1780. It's a machine in the shape of a small boy sitting at a table and holding a pen, and the mechanism concealed in his body allows the boy to write any preprogrammed sentence up to 40 characters long, and written over 2 or 3 lines.

https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/writer-automa...

LimmerickLad

5,914 posts

37 months

Thursday 19th October 2023
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Fascinating.

gifdy

2,077 posts

263 months

Thursday 19th October 2023
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Simpo Two said:
I don't know what it is, but it's the next project for a bloke who's already built an Antikythera mechanism and wants a new challenge... spin
Clickspring channel ?

Actual

1,536 posts

128 months

Thursday 19th October 2023
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Simpo Two said:
It was unveiled today:

'The Writer', an automaton built by Jaquet Droz, a Swiss watch maker, in around 1780. It's a machine in the shape of a small boy sitting at a table and holding a pen, and the mechanism concealed in his body allows the boy to write any preprogrammed sentence up to 40 characters long, and written over 2 or 3 lines.

https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/writer-automa...
So like a daisy wheel printer?

Stealthracer

8,311 posts

200 months

Thursday 19th October 2023
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Pretty obvious, it's an Alethiometer.

Pebbles167

4,386 posts

174 months

Thursday 19th October 2023
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Alien clutch friction plate

Super Sonic

11,795 posts

76 months

Thursday 19th October 2023
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Actual said:
So like a daisy wheel printer?
Only if a daisy wheel printer consists of a mechanical small boy with a concealed mechanism writing on a piece of paper with a pen and ink!

dukeboy749r

3,125 posts

232 months

Friday 20th October 2023
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Fantastic!

That must have caused a few heads to have exploded at the unveiling.

Not to mention the odd churchman making a scene about the Devil walking amongst them.

Darumvej

193 posts

160 months

Friday 20th October 2023
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Was the film Hugo based on this.