These are my posts sharing the story and CAD files for my (first) recreation of the Antikythera Mechanism. My second version is in-work, now that I have my Lasersaur to help with prototyping.
Presenting: The Antikythera Mechanism
Update June 2015: I’m revisiting this project to finally get it to a version where it can be manufactured at home. Check greekgears.com for future updates. The Antikythera Mechanism is the world’s first known mechanical computer, used by ancient Greeks to predict the path of planets in the sky, the dates of eclipses, lunar […]
CAD files for the Antikythera Mechanism
Update June 2015: I’m revisiting this project to finally get it to a version where it can be manufactured at home. Check greekgears.com for future updates. I have also withdrawn the files and re-released them under a similar noncommercial license. Update June 2016: Haven’t forgotten about this project, but I’m back in grad school so free time […]