Making an Enigma machine 

When I was 13, there were no "laser cutters" or CAD files... We were lucky to find a sharp rock to sharpen our spears!! Well done you! Lots of problems to solve and lots of solutions found! That's what it's all about!! Sincere congratulations for completing your version of Enigma.

Now you just need the rotors to step when you press a key

Would ya be willing to share the designs for this machine?

This is absolutely sick Andrew! I wanted to ask as a few people may also want to know. Do you still have and blueprints or instructions/documents from when you built this, that you can share with us for those who would also like to try and make one? This again was truly amazing! Hope you see this comment!

That's pretty cool I am actually on the process of trying to build one and this video gave me a pretty good look at the inside

Post the build plans and a link to a lot the files!

I hope this comes back as a children's toy. 4:20 minor error

So y'know those things you make as a kid that as you near the end of your highschool days you remain proud as shit to have made. This should definitely be one of those.

Very good work,why two lamps lights when you press one key?!! I think there is a false circuit in this plan

very good! The only mistake is that two lights glow when a button is pressed. If you had used SPDT switches, you could have overcome this issue. Also, only prototype enigmas had numbers on the rotors, you should have had letters. But otherwise, an amazing build! Keep up the good work.

Why do 2 letters light up on the lamp panel when you just press 1 letter on the keyboard?

This is amazing 🙌🙌🙌 I hope you don’t find my commment rude but shouldn’t the rotors turn after every keystroke?

Excelente proyecto felicidades!

Great, nice work, but when "welding" two wires together it is called soldering

dude good job

Its very impressive bro thnx

This is incredible 😱

Increíble!! Me encanta

Could you tell me the method you used to reliably line up every of the connections in between the rotors? I can see some springs, but is that all there is to it? How did you get all of those springs to line up with the other nodes and establish a connection so well?

I LOVE IT! VERY WELL DONE!

Need to make two of them to send and recieve messages

Hi, liked your video a lot. One question. Do you still have the corelldraw files? If yes, would you be so kind to post them? It would help a lot for people who would like to make this project.

Wow, impressive. I´d like to create this machine by myself but yeah what can I say, I don´t have the resources. The online simulation will do for me then...

Very impressive! How did you find out how to build it?

okay..............okay.................im officially impressed! Well done guys!!!

Even though it's german device from world war 2 and was used by them Stalin approves no gulag for you

In the Game Silenthunter 5 Wolves of steel is a Enigma Maschine with code books and you get BDU massages to decode

Other people at this age may not be able to tie their shoes and this little guy makes enigma machines...

Fantastic

This 13 year old kid sure was diligent in his work. But we don't see the machine rotate with the keystrokes we have to rotate the wheels by hand and 2 lights came on we pressed down on 1 of the keys that's a no no

Just brilliant!

Andrew, this is so kool, your amazing 😉! Now my questions please! What type of 3D printer did you use? Next, I am sure your have detailed plans, with wiring diagrams. Pleased, I am a follower of you and would like to emulate your machine and you so please, let’s make contact so that I can begin the process of building an Enigma Machine?

Outstanding, Next stop MIT.

Wow! You build in Home? Congratulations!

please give wiring diagram (full)

Hi Andrew. I am currently a student studying cyber security and I find cryptography fascinating. After researching I found out about the enigma machine, which led me to your video. I was wondering if you could help with constructing my own in the form of answering some questions I have.

Is this costum made or did you order ready parts? I am in the prosses of making my own but i cant make the ring metal contact points. Can you give me an advice?

Does not seem the original operation. The rotors must advance one step each time a button is pressed

Without the plugboard this machine is incredibly easy to break.

Why are the circles blue in the drawings?

Excellent Work - So cool. :)

That is cool but you left out the plug board?

Very cool design and perfect level of detail for a school project. What was the software used for the sketches?

Hi Andrew mate, I don’t know if you are still active on here but we are currently doing a project and we’re looking at building one of these is there any way you can get in contact with me thanks

do the rotors turn by every touch on the alfabeth ?

Where can I get the wiring plan of the rotors and reflector? Could you please lead me to a source?

Sir, can I have the blueprint of it?

Do the wheels rotate after being pressed?

Hi Andrew! I've just seen the video and it was absolutely amazing! I'm writing to you because I'm currently on my final school project, here in Spain we call it "Research Work" (Trabajo de recerca). I'm doing the project about the criptography, and I nees to do a practical part, so finding and finding I found that video, and I'm interested in trying to build a machine like yours. But first, I need to know what your budget was, how many time did you have to build the machine and finally, if it is very difficult to reach your result? I'm 17 and I don't have many idea of programming, so I'm a bit lost of how and where to start. It would be amazing and I would be so glad if you could write me back and talk a little bit, and if possible, to keep in touch so this way u could help me and advise me. Thanks for everything!

Hey I would like to make one on my own for a school project but I don’t really know where to start. Is it possible to get a file of the parts you used or a list of things you need to make it. And how to you get the wires to work (how are they assembled) I would love the help

What about the jumper wires that you could change as well?

Bro puedes hacer un video de las conexiones de los rotores, las bombillas y las teclas xfa, no creo que sea tan difícil, lograste replicar la máquina enigma, xfa me e suscrito a tu canal, me harías muy feliz si lo haces, gracias saludos desde México

in future, kindergarten kids rebuild a classic iphone in class.

podrías pasarme los planos?

Hi, I'm a high school teacher. I would like the model to teach. Is STL available? thank you for answer

the brits cant crack this in a thousand years time!

Cool! What the music playing?

jenial excelente

Genial.

Hi andrew, can you leave the lazer cuter files?

Éxito!! excelente vídeo de ciencia

Nice video I assume you meant "soldering" when saying "welding". Just wanted to let you know for future videos :)

Why do two bulbs come on when a key is pressed? That's not how the machine worked!!

C'est moi Dylan de la 4eme 3

Bravo, belle réalisation et belle école de patience et de persévérance. Pour la petite histoire, la machine ENIGMA comportait des éléments de chiffrement supplémentaires. Je recommande cette vidéo qui est très bien faite pour découvrir les dessous d'ENIGMA et de son fonctionnement. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ybkkiGtJmkM.html

Я бы купил такую

Помоему этот агрегат неправильно работает. При кодировании, выдает несколько букв. На оригинале, барабаны смещались, при нажатии. А так, смысла нет от этого. Я давно пробовал сделать....но так и ушел проект на чердак в долгий ящик

Жалкое подобие! У оригинальной шифровальной машины кодовые диски проворачивались на 1 позицию при каждом нажатии и дополнительно были ручные пеерключатели. Один и тот-же текст, шифровали по разному, для разных подразделений. В результате шли как бы разные радиограммы, но немецким фашистам передавался один приказ. Это многократно затрудняло расшифровку, но не спасло немцев от поражения Советским Союзом! A pathetic imitation! The original encryption machine had code disks that rotated by 1 position with each press, and additionally had manual switches. The same text was encrypted differently for different units. As a result, different radiograms were sent, but the German fascists were given the same order. This made decryption much more difficult, but did not save the Germans from defeat by the Soviet Union!