The videos on this channel are out takes from those on my website: www.my-time-machines.net.
They are primarily focused on a an astronomical skeleton clock I have commissioned for the past dozen years by a master clock maker in Australia. It will be one of the most complex skeleton clocks made and will have over 50 astronomical complications, 550 wheels and 8000 parts and will be completed in early 2020.
Other videos depict bank vault and safe time locks in my collection, primarily demonstrating their various functions. Other videos show skeleton clocks from the collection.
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The clock was built in Australia and was commissioned by me in the USA. This is now where the clock is located.
"OK, but can this thing actually tell the time of day?" "I... I don't know..." "What do you mean you don't know??? You made this thing!!!" "I don't know which of these faces tells time! The clock has so many hands and everything's spinning all the time!"
It’s a modern day equivalent of an antikithera mechanism
Wow!😮😎
Magnificent!🫨😎
And what happens when one of the single time movements fails to time out any override?.
Betapa rumit nya
❤❤👍👍
This is exquisite! Wow! I am building an optical mechanical planetarium projector from scratch. I am using what ever I can find as premade mechanical parts I can modify or build around to make it work. It's a kluged together Frankenstein by comparison. I want to build a grand orrery someday and this is very inspiring. I'll never reach this level of precision and craftsmanship in my remaining years. I am in awe, especially since it appears that the moons also have proper motion.
Yes the moons for Jupiter and Saturn are accurate. Also all the planets with elliptical orbits are accurate and have dials in French silver that show their aphelion and perihelion in millions of kilometers, mks and astronomical units, AU. Of course Saturn has its accurate tilt from the ecliptic, but also the planets of Mars and Jupiter have their minor tilts accurately depicted. The main dial is hand painted Chinese enamel with kiln firings for each color. The bezel in gold plate. You can follow the entire project here: www.my-time-machines.net/astro_index.htm and the page where the video was is here: www.my-time-machines.net/astro_07-19a.htm. Check out the demo video here: www.my-time-machines.net/astro_07-19.htm. Keep working at it, you are young and can achieve this and more if you are willing to get there.
Que increíble tus inventos de maquinas un abrazo fuerte desde el pais Ecuador y paises de hablahispana 🙂👏👏
sinceramente es impresionante, su creador es un genio.
espectacular, una verdadera obra de arte!
a true work of art
mind boggling work my guy. a true clockwork masterpiece
Beautiful
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.
And on this episode of Why Do I Like This? A rouleaux triangle does two gainers. Spring gets sprung. Satisfying clock noises. Surprise cameo of a washing machine chime.
Gonna need a movie that takes place in a giant city version of this
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).
I look at all these videos and I think... this can't possibly be all mechanical, there must be motors and chips running it somewhere... it really is amazing what you can do literally just powered by weights and springs.
Wonderful model! Who was the creator?
mark
Mark Frank
great model Mark
How do you dust it off?
It has a brass trimmed case.
Absolutely incredible, I could watch this for hours. Well done.
Me too.
I WILL SAY ONE THING, WHOEVER PUT US HERE, THEY PUT DIFFERENT RACES BUT IT SEEMS THAT THE SUPERIOR ONE ARE THE WHITE FOLKS, MAYBE LATER IN HISTORY ILL BE RIGHT
Thanks for sharing with the few of us who appreciate this ole junk. Haha!
I love it! That looks like the type of device my big dog would love to knock over.
Well, it'd have to be a pretty big dog as the clock weights a bit over 300 lbs.
Do you know where i can find resources on how to replace stuff like this? I have a customer that needs to replace their S&G 6242-002 but I have never messed with vault doors before.
I do not see that style in the catalog, 6242. Is this an old one or a modern one? A photo will help. You can find my email on my website.
Is there also a blog or forum, or just a youtube channel?
No blog or forum, but there is a website dedicated to the entire project from its first inception in 2003 through its delivery to me in July 2022. This link is to a month by month info on the construction with thousands of photos and videos, the index is here: www.my-time-machines.net/astro_index.htm . It has been published in several horological magazines here: www.my-time-machines.net/papers_and_presentations.htm .
@@MarkFrankclocks An "event log on the web", also known as "weblog", is the full name of "blog". :-)
What is something like this amazing thing worth. And is there anything out there for people that aren’t millionaires
Sadly, no there is nothing like this for those who cannot pay millions. This took two years to design, and a master horologist 12 years full time to make. The math demands this.
Wooowww !!!!!
Estamos viendo a un genio y solo tiene 6k de sub que injusta es la sociedad
I have always wanted to learn how to make this precious kind of machines ❤😭❤️ I used to think that the knowledge to make this kind of clocks and automatons ended up lost in time. It's mind-blowing for me to find someone else into this. ❤❤❤
So I was wondering why in this presentation why does the seconds hand seem to not be connected to the escapement. But when I first saw a video of this clock it looked like it was connected to the escapement. like it’s ticking like a quartz clock
Ahh. That's a great question. Our original design had the seconds hand jump every two seconds in the same manner as the pendulums that are two seconds. A direct connection. Unfortunately for reasons that are too complex to describe here, there were instabilities introduced which caused the seconds hand to act erratically; to sometimes "skate" running 3 seconds on a beat rather than two. Sometimes jam up. So we introduced what we call a 'reverse coup perdu' escapement. In a coup perdu escapement a 1/2 seconds pendulum is converted to a one second readout. Here we convert a two second escapement to one. I believe it is a unique invention we developed. You can see it here: www.my-time-machines.net/astro_04-21.htm and here: www.my-time-machines.net/astro_05-21.htm . I'm rather proud of this invention and it makes the seconds output look like a chronometer, but we retain all the advantages of a slower moving escapement in terms of wear and duration.
@@MarkFrankclocks how.. just how can I single man come up with such genius ways to solve problems. that is incredible thank you for replying and explaining it.
Thanks. The machine is like an onion, there are many layers to peel away and surprises waiting under each layer. For example, how do we obtain the reciprocal motion of a pair of compound pendulums that each weigh in at about 15 lbs. and which is virtually frictionless and requires no oil? One give away, it is not ball bearings, they do not work well in cases of reciprocal motion.
eres increible :0
Macakiux
Art yes but engineering at it's best.Blows my mind.
Wow, very good piece, a content creator made a video about this type of mechanism, his name is Macakiux and he mentioned you in his video
Can you send me a link? Thanks!
@@MarkFrankclocks Of course kzread.info/dash/bejne/oZ1_p9KLdZO5lbA.htmlsi=XR7KZYCXB3l-ICAe But it's in Spanish 😅
I want to know what could be a price for this machine ? I would like to buy one..... really and honest.
Greater than $2 million
I’ll happily sell my kidney and house for that
Saludos ❤
Vengo de parte de macakiux
Jaja yo también vengo de su video
venimoss
Vengo de parte de (Macakiux)
Vengo de parte de (MACAKIUX)
Macakiux
M A G N A N I M O!!!! E X C L S O!!! 😍😍😍😍😍🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤
It's amazing
Very nice
Eres arte produciendo maravillas
Vienes de con macakiux?
So easy mechanic but hardcore compression
Es increíble