Astro-skeleton, Presentation video
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- Опубликовано: 19 дек 2021
- This video shows the completed Astro-skeleton project. The videos were taken October 2021. Debugging, durations trials and year end holidays will delay delivery until January or February 2022. One can see the entire project from the Index page here: www.my-time-machines.net/, and download a set of four articles here: www.my-time-machines.net/paper....
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I could sit and watch this masterpiece run all day. Such phenomenal craftsmanship and engineering.
I have been watching your channel with great interest since 2014. Congratulations on creating such a beautiful and interesting clock. This is truly a work of art! Every time I watch your videos, I remember the saying that “a thing of beauty is a joy forever”.
Thanks for the compliment. If interested you can see the entire build here: www.my-time-machines.net/astro_index.htm
Absolutely stunning and beautiful machine! The escapements, the pendulums, every single complication design (that BRILLIANT moon phase clock, and MY GOODNESS that orrery!), just every single detail is astounding and gorgeous to me.
I want to sit and admire this forever!
This awe inspiring. I just stumbled across your clock. I’m amazed it hasn’t gone absolutely viral like wintergatan. This piece is multiples more impressive.
I know of Martin Molin's Marble Machine and he has communicated to me on my creation. His machine is very popular partially because he has to physically interact with it to play the machine. It is visually and mechanically complex. The visuals are more eye catching as flying marbles are not something one often sees, and, of course, there's the music!
This machine, (I will try to be as unbiased as I can), has a different level of refinement as the parts are small and numerous at 8000. It is also all done in metal which is a more difficult material to work with. The finish is high quality with a mixture of gold and silver plate. It also took a lot of research into astronomy and its implications to translate 71 astronomical functions into mechanical representations. A lot of the machine was first created in mock ups made of plastic to test concepts before metal was cut. It took 12 years to build plus design time.
unimaginable work. a lot of work and knowledge. such a video deserves millions of views. I wish you new inspiration. my respect!!!
Thanks. But I think this is the last inspiration. Fifteen years id long enough!
This is absolutely incredible.
This is one of the most beautiful pieces of art I have seen in my life
This clock is absolutely incredible.
Hi, My father and I are mechanical watch repairers, I have repaired and seen thousands of watches but this Asronomy Skeleton Watch of yours is the most perfect mechanical I have ever seen. I congratulate you. I hope we can meet each other. It would be an honor to meet a genius master like you. Greetings and regards. Ankara Turkey
Hello Yavuz,
I'd be happy to see you if you ever visit the USA. Great to know there are people from all over the world looking at it!
The level of intricacy and complexity is just amazing. It blows my mind as a machine designer. This has got to be on a similar level of complexity as some IC chips or CPUs.....
It did take twelve years to construct plus another couple to conceive and design.
@@MarkFrankclocks that's amazing... It's not a surprise, it's truly a wonder
I can only assume this piece is priceless or at least exceptionally rare?
Yes, one of a kind. Took 2 years to design, 12 years to build.
@@MarkFrankclocks to call it exceptional or brilliant would be an understatement. It is a marvel, a masterpiece, a magnum opus
Thanks for your time⌚,that is a very good one
Can't wait for the .stl file to be released!
So great, I wish I have one
Dunno what to say.... remarkable? fantastic? amazing? genius?
Absolutelly beautiful. Is it a most complicated clock currently running? Pleasure to watch!
As I said before, still struggle to understand how something like this works with no form of motors or electronics! You really can do wonders with just weights and springs and centuries old technology.
There are many examples of complex clocks beginning in the 14th century. Their work is superb and decoratively unmatched even by today's standards. It simply took the builders a lot longer to make unless they created a consortium (which was almost always the case). One man rarely has all the skills needed to build a monumental machine. Another wonderful machine, not a clock, but the fastest calculator in the 17th century by Muriel in 1859, do give it a look. In chronological order, noteworthy clocks are:
Giovanni Dondi, Italy, 1365-1381, 16 years, one man, skeleton
Eberhard Baldewein, Germany, 1563-68, 6 years, several people
Phillip Mathias Hahn, Germany, 1739-1790
Johann Georg Nestfell, Germany, 1757-1763. 6 years, skeleton
Marie Antoinette clock, Abraham Louis Breguet, 1783, 44 years, Musée d'Orsay in Paris
Antide Janvier, France, Chef d’ Overe, 1789-1801, consortium, 12 years
Paul Pouvillon, Nogent-sur-oise, France, 1918-1939, 21 years, one man, skeleton
Daniel Vachery, France, 1938-1967, 29 years, one man, partial skeleton
Rasmus Sørnes Clock, Norway, 1946-1966, over 20 years, one man, skeleton
Jens Olsen, Denmark, designed over 50 years, built 1944-1955, 11 years, by consortium of 10 people, skeleton
Hans Lang, Germany, 1986, one man
Türler, Switzerland, 1986-1995. 9 years, commissioned by Franz Türler, designed by Dr. Ludwig Oechslin; built by; Jörg Spöring, skeleton. The clock stands 2.2 meters or just over 7 feet in height. It contains 1.2 tons of brass and 251 wheels on 155 pinions.
Astronomical Skeleton Clock, 2003-2021, actual build time 12 years, one man and commissioner (me).
Hello mark, I was wondering If there is a place to view any of your creations in the USA?
You should make a difference engine next!
This reminds me of the anyithithera but if it was built in the rennasaunce
Would be amazing to have the schematics to 3D print this
How do I make one/ where do I get one lmao. I really want a clock like this. It is absolutely incredible
Oh my goodness.... How... HOW??
2 years of designing, 12 years of building, and a lot of clockmaking skill
how much does this clock cost i don't want to buy it probably you won't sell it either but if you now assume that the materials and work involved would cost you how much you would sell it (how many gears are there actually in this clock)
Any way to get ahold of you? I've got some questions about S&G~
My email is at my website. www.mt-time-machines.net
@@MarkFrankclocks I have sent an email :)
Still, in Australia, I thought it was finally shipped to US !
Magnificent! Super proud to have owned a Mark Frank’s tower clock!!!
Did you made this clock ?
No. I had a hand in the design, but this was a commission I made from a superior clockmaker, Buchanan of Chelmsford, out of Australia. it has taken over 12 years to build.
Why Copper and not Steel ?
Can you tell me what is copper on the machine?
@@MarkFrankclocks From its color, I thought all parts, gears and others are from copper, isn't it?
The main body of the machine, base, frames and pillars are brass. The larger, lower train wheels are made of pink bronze, while the smaller and behind-the-dial complications wheels are brass. I wanted all wheels in pink bronze but this material is much harder and thus machine than brass, there are after all over 500 wheels in the machine. All silver colored steel are made of stainless steel. Half of the wheels run in dry jeweled bearings since they are lightly loaded and turn less than one rotation per hour. Faster turning and/or heavier loaded wheels run in ceramic bearings which need no oil. The escapement is Harrison's oil-free design. This makes the machine a dry runner. Oil is the greatest source of failure in clocks as it dries out or collects dirt turning it into a grinding paste on the arbor's pivots. As Breguet is purported have said" Give me the perfect oil and I will give you the perfect watch". Of course if one can build a device requiring no oil - that's the perfect situation.
@@MarkFrankclocks Thank you for the detailed reply. It is really a MASTERPIECE. I'm not specialized in machines or watches, but I love to watch extraordinary machines working, I've enjoyed every second watching the full length of your video, this is a very innovative hard work, thank you for sharing this work.
@@MarkFrankclocks how is the polish maintained? Where is this beautiful clock today?
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What powers it? 440 ac?
It's driven on 4 remontoire weight drives that are automatically rewound by 4 springs, I believe. It looks to be entirely mechanical.
What is the source of all the background broadband noise? It randomly varies in intensity, I’m assuming it is building ventilation nose and it does guiet down considerably several minutes into the video.
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