Clockmaking - How To Make A Clock In The Home Machine Shop - Part 1 - Making The Clock Frames on HackerTube: recommended by 3 Hacker News commenters across 3 separate months, 2017–2024.
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The first episode of Clickspring's series building a John Wilding skeleton clock from raw stock in a home machine shop. It covers making the frames along with the tools needed for the job.
Recommended as an absorbing masterpiece of craftsmanship, often raised in threads about watches and clockmaking.
“It's also a masterpiece, just in a different medium”
3 Hacker News comments link this video. Each one links back to its thread.
This is lovely! While there's a lot of watch content on YouTube, I'm amazed that no one has called out Clickspring's skeleton clock build. It's also a masterpiece, just in a different medium: Full build playlist: [link] Direct link to the first episode: ▶ this video
in “Mechanical Watch” · View on HN
For those wondering about Clickspring, here is a link: ▶ this video I advise you not to click on it. It will eat up your time and it takes your complete attention.
in “One of the most complex wristwatches ever made” · View on HN
Specifically this playlist where he builds a desk clock in an estimated 1000 hours: ▶ this video The last video in the series summaries everything in 12 minutes: [link]
in “Making a watch from scratch” · View on HN