"phenotyp" (phenotyp)
06/14/2018 at 13:55 • Filed to: design, engineering
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"phenotyp" (phenotyp)
06/14/2018 at 13:55 • Filed to: design, engineering | 16
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Y’know, just your average Thursday morning when you work with the most amazing people on the most crazy things. Like a 27000-year astronomical clock and orrery up through Saturn, including major moons on each planet.
The 4-foot brass disc is still in the works, had to get a goddamn shipyard to source the brass, and find a genius in Wisconsin who can mill the detail, ink, and finish the metal, and ship it back intact.
It’s... not Bezos-level, but it’s as close as I’ve got at the moment.
(unedited phone photos)
CaptDale - is secretly British
> phenotyp
06/14/2018 at 14:01 |
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Does it account for moon movement? Like how our Moon is slowly moving away?
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phenotyp
> CaptDale - is secretly British
06/14/2018 at 14:03 |
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I hope the gears don’t drift over the lifespan, but I can’t account for metal wear.
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CaptDale - is secretly British
> phenotyp
06/14/2018 at 14:08 |
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Would be cool if there was a way to drop in spacers over time to account for planetary drift
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phenotyp
> CaptDale - is secretly British
06/14/2018 at 14:10 |
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Well... give it a few years, we’ll see how much the teeth in the gears wears down, I guess. I mean, it’s only meant to last like 16,000 years.
We’ll see.
TorqueToYield
> phenotyp
06/14/2018 at 14:13 |
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Bezos and giant clocks you say?
atfsgeoff
> phenotyp
06/14/2018 at 14:18 |
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This kind of thing is so aspirational that for a fleeting moment, humanity doesn’t seem so bad.
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phenotyp
> TorqueToYield
06/14/2018 at 14:18 |
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That is the reference.
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phenotyp
> atfsgeoff
06/14/2018 at 14:21 |
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It’s a total fuck-you-money kinda project. But it’s 100% good-hearted. Super nerd, nerding out, and actually making something real.
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atfsgeoff
> phenotyp
06/14/2018 at 14:25 |
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It’s a chance to reach out and touch the distant future in a way few ever do.
user314
> phenotyp
06/14/2018 at 14:48 |
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I can’t help but think of the clockwork droids from “ The Girl in the Fireplace ” whenever I see gears like that.
“Oh, you are beautiful! No really, you are, you’re gorgeous! Space-age clockwork, I love it, I’ve got chills! Listen, I mean this from the heart- and by the way, count those- it would be a crime, it would be an act of vandalism to disassemble you. But that won’t stop me.”
So Shiney. So Chrome! So Frunky
> phenotyp
06/14/2018 at 14:50 |
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It’s....beautiful!!!!!
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phenotyp
> user314
06/14/2018 at 15:05 |
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more like the Dark Crystal:
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user314
> phenotyp
06/14/2018 at 15:06 |
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Yes! That too!
AMGtech - now with more recalls!
> TorqueToYield
06/14/2018 at 15:24 |
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Fake news. There are no mountains in Texas!
HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
> phenotyp
06/14/2018 at 16:51 |
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I thought this was another fancy chandelier