What mechanism is this part of?

What mechanism is this part of?

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Simpo Two

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87,059 posts

272 months

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


cliffords

1,812 posts

30 months

Wednesday 18th October 2023
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Swordfsh descaler

Fast and Spurious

1,555 posts

95 months

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

sherman

13,823 posts

222 months

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

Actual

1,033 posts

113 months

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

Simpo Two

Original Poster:

87,059 posts

272 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

1,033 posts

113 months

Thursday 19th October 2023
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Must be something from Temu.

Simpo Two

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87,059 posts

272 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

2,121 posts

22 months

Thursday 19th October 2023
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Fascinating.

gifdy

2,073 posts

248 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

1,033 posts

113 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

7,932 posts

185 months

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

Pebbles167

3,773 posts

159 months

Thursday 19th October 2023
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Alien clutch friction plate

Super Sonic

7,250 posts

61 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

2,909 posts

217 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

186 posts

145 months

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