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What Will Makes
Добавлен 7 авг 2023
Hi! This is a portfolio of my projects.
If there is a thesis of my channel it is that objects are arguments: they encode a certain perspective about the world.
For more, check out my blog: whatwillmakes.com
If there is a thesis of my channel it is that objects are arguments: they encode a certain perspective about the world.
For more, check out my blog: whatwillmakes.com
How I built a Mechanical Calculator
How and why I built a mechanical calculator. Basing it on the Arithmometer, I built this calculator by hand out of mostly plywood. I suspect it is the first of its kind built in over 100 years. Working on and off, it took me 8 years.
The gear templates were generated using Matthias Wandel's gear generator program: woodgears.ca/gear/
For more, check out my blog: WhatWillMakes.com
00:00 - Intro
00:34 - Materializing Numbers
08:23 - Constructing the Calculator
21:13 - Demonstrating Its Functions
30:07 - History and Conclusions
Sources:
Arithmeum. Bonn, Germany.
Jones, Matthew L. Reckoning with matter: Calculating Machines, innovation, and thinking about thinking from Pascal to Babbage. Chicago, Illin...
The gear templates were generated using Matthias Wandel's gear generator program: woodgears.ca/gear/
For more, check out my blog: WhatWillMakes.com
00:00 - Intro
00:34 - Materializing Numbers
08:23 - Constructing the Calculator
21:13 - Demonstrating Its Functions
30:07 - History and Conclusions
Sources:
Arithmeum. Bonn, Germany.
Jones, Matthew L. Reckoning with matter: Calculating Machines, innovation, and thinking about thinking from Pascal to Babbage. Chicago, Illin...
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I made an Automaton
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The how, why, and history of my automaton! I made it over a period of like 7 years, working on and off on it. I could talk a lot more about the history of automata, and I glossed over some of the mechanism, but just ask me if you want to know more about it. Sources: On the history side the three books which I mainly draw from are Minsoo Kang's Sublime Dreams of Living Machines, the Automaton in...
Fantastic video! The story, the skill!
Inspiring video, how much did this all cost to make?
Beautiful work. Bach was a good choice as well.
Great work absolutely great ❤️
Absolutely mind blowing. Great Video!
Wow awesome video! Great job
Nice!!!
…wow… this is really awesome!
Awesome stuff man
What if you made the 10s place gear count down that way you don’t need intermediator gear
That would definitely work in the 2 digit model I made, but the reason I did not do that and just write the numbers going in the other direction for the 2nd wheel would be more important if I had been making a full sized Schickard or Pascaline: we want each input wheel to rotate the same way because then the user interacts with all of the input wheels in the same way. With the Schickard adder in particular you could also do subtraction and it would get confusing quickly which way is needed to rotate the wheels if every other one goes in the opposite direction. Thanks for the comment! - It gets to a core element of these machines, that every decimal column should behave the same internally and also externally to the user
Experience is the mother of wisdom.👍👍
that is simply awesome work. love it
Will, this is brilliant. Well done!
Thanks!
@longfuzzy1 perceptively pointed out that the diagram at 2:23 is incorrect, and (thanks to @JoEbY-X) should look like this: everycircuit.com/circuit/6458465803436032/automaton-motor Thanks so much @longfuzzy1 and @JoEbY-X!!
So I can make it even more accurate, could you tell me what voltage of DC you're using, and what model of DC motor you're using (so I can look up the specs)?
The voltage is 3 volts, and the motors were cheap 9 gram servos that I'd rewired to bypass the control circuitry, so I'm not really sure about the model or specs of the motors. Thanks again!
That's probably the most beautiful thing I've seen made of plywood. I felt slightly sad to see it be encased. Fascinated by this video. Thank you.
I feel like they need to show this video to elementary school students. This machine would help young students with their number sense. What a wonderful design!
You know, this is something I've always wanted to do. I even brought a shed load of Meccano ages back to get started. Though I could add and subtract, I could never multiply and divide. Its just a pity I'm not as clever as you. Can you now work on powers and roots? By the way I feel the artisans of the 18th C would have been much better employed working on this project than all their stupid automata whose underlying tech was just cams.
Thanks for the kind words! There is a method to do roots on this machine (and I guess powers are just repeated multiplications? so it kinda does do them). I disagree with your point about automata though. My other video actually addresses precisely how automata-making (and cams/pinned drums) influenced computer technology (ruclips.net/video/gxT8TfI5DaE/видео.htmlfeature=shared). They did not use "just cams" but rather the complicated automata of Vaucanson as well as Maillardet and the Jacquet-Drozs used reprogrammable sorts of pinned barrels. But moreover, the artisans were not solely deciding what projects they worked on, but rather responding to the larger market and interests of patrons. I appreciate your thoughts though!
@ thanks, I have more reading to do.
I see 355/113 and immediately think "hold up, I can smell what this guy's cookin' ".
Just spent hours at the museum in Bonn and two days later this shows up! Thanks for the work, all along my visit i thought about how could i make one and this is the perfect video!!!
Can you align all the screw heads so they are straight on the top cover.
The quality of the Videography, Camera operation, Filmmaking, voice over etc and video editing is equally high. These skills must make you qualify for many jobs in the video industry.
Incredible
Extremely impressive
Apart from being a hell of a craftsperson, you're also a hell of a storyteller. Well done. Hoping that continuing to produce high quality, engaging and engaged videos like this is healthy for you and gives you something back. It has certainly given me a lot to think about.
Thanks so much for the kind words and encouragement!
Can it run Doom?
Awesome video. Also you look like Daniel Jones
Wow, that is really cool device, and impressed by the work put into making it - though when I looked at the initial thumbnail image, I thought it was a foosball table. ;)
Wow!
Great explanation. Obvious improvements would be automatic resets on the results and turns displays and automatic movement of the sliding section for multiplying and division.
This is remarkable.
pretty cool
When the modern computers were initially created, they were massive. They required a large room with a great amount of air conditioning to keep them from overheating. It was initially believed that computers would only be owned by countries. We've come a long way!
Maybe the most advanced mechical analogue computer ever invented😁 This is such amezing ingenious but also a logical design. You only need do need to know how to use that system for mutiplication and subtraction etc… Still through this is mind blowing technology from the 17th century.
Now onto the babbage difference engine
Of course I don't mean his race, I mean his brains and manner.
Why can't there be more people in the world like this man, and lots fewer of most of the other kinds?
Amazing engineering but that's a huge calculator 😅 Just a note, you speak very quickly, my mum would have no chance of understanding or keeping up with you. Although if you spoke a tad slower she wouldn't have a problem. I'm sure she's not the only one. Kinda sounds like you're running some of the video at 1.5x speed. And sometimes you don't sound quite so quick.
Thanks! Yeah it definitely doesn't fit in a pocket! None of the video of me talking, or the voiceovers, are sped up, but I'm realizing I talk too quickly. Apologies for that. Thanks for the feedback though! I'll keep it in mind when I'm next filming
aah yes, "certainty" but there arent any springs for the input carriage ;) what if someone set in between 5 and 6?
The base plate of the results carriage indexes into gaps on the wall that the carriage rests on, so it can't really be put in between 5 and 6. When it's in the right position it falls into place unmistakably. Thanks for the question!
Your eight years are about the same duration as Leo Goolden's Tally Ho rebuild. Wonderfully clear exposition and excellent craftsmanship in wood.
What Mr. Gerhardinger (Will) displays is not the object but the purity of thought! This is philosophy prior to specialized schools. Philosophy is about questions not answers and we have finally encountered an original philosopher living among us. More questions please!
9:29 i don't think i've ever seen a chain and sprockets made out of wood!! beautifully elegant
This guy is a freaking genius! It shows the power of good old fashioned ingenuity and know how! This is probably the most impressive build project on RUclips!
Absolutely wonderful and inspirational project!
So. Subbed to see what Will makes next time :3 @TechTangents ought to pay a visit here. This video actually perfectly underpins his work on mechanical calculators.
Ain’t no way this guy has less than 5k subs
Best RUclips recommendation by a long margin, I enjoyed every second of it! One quick question: is there a specific reason why you didn't add a knob or handle on your resetting mechanism instead of opening it and poking it with an Allen key?
Thanks!! Yeah I need to fasten a post of some sort onto the zeroing rack so I don't need to use a key. I'm just a little worried about that post holding up to the forces, there might be some weird torque? That mechanism needs refined still, but it works well-enough as is. Thanks for the question!
You explained this very well. Thanks
This is amazing, I loved learning how it works, totally ingenious!
The way he was speaking feels like if he had enough we would all be cooked, and the genius of this build is definitely backing that up. Edit: just subbed
So incredible