I liked the video, but I applaud the effort. The accuracy was exceptional for the time period, and I think it lends itself to the notion that as humans we don't need such a fine toothed comb to go through our daily lives. What's 5 minutes here and there :) My favourite line from the movie Remo Williams the Adventure Begins is, "The watch is a confidence trick invented by the Swiss."
I've never heard that pronunciation of the word "Gemini" before. Also great video I love little complicated things like this. Looking forward to the build!
It's the actual Latin and it's learned everywhere in its proper form except in USA (and likely UK, Canada and Australia) where people just don't know what it sounds like or flat refuse to pronounce it properly.
I don't know who you are, what you do, but I came across this video, and I had to subscribe because I loved your talent and your humor! Thanks for this awesome video.
Clickspring-level is like one new video every 8 months. I don't have that patience. But then again the end production and craftsmanship is well worth the wait.
@@urituchmanpigeon Well, I approve whole heartedly. I also approve of... your sliding entrances, your mixture of useful and decorative projects, your cat, your honesty in admitting errors, your ability to turn those errors around and the simple truth that watching a craftsman using fine motor skills is endlessly entertaining. RU-vid is a sea of cheap irrelevance, but your channel is an island of honest fascination. Raising a glass to you.
You are a marvellous person Uri. And your channel and content is superb! I work with restoring antique and vintage furniture and gadgets but your channel has really inspired me to work more on my personal projects and inventions. So thanks for that :)
You might also be interested in making an equinoctial ring dial. They look super cool and sciencey and there's some very simple and beautiful reasoning behind how they work. I just thought I would mention it in case you've never heard of equinoctial ring dials.
Not only do I think this is a really cool machine, but the hands you added to it make it that much better. I also like the little history lesson with the numbers. What an exciting project!
I always wanted to know how the astrolabes work, so thanks for explaining it, I'm looking forward to this project, an hopefully more advanced explanations of the other functions once you complete it!
Thank You Uri. Great video and I liked your 'mashing' the sky down graphically, and your explanation was excellent. I wonder if anyone has a designed a southern hemisphere Astrolabe (I'm in Australia).
Really interesting project. Gives me some clickspring vibes with your beautiful engraving work. I am really looking forward to see what you come up with. Hiwever I am sure it will be beautiful. Furthermore the device itself has some weird similarities with a smith diagram, mainly used in RF electronics, really interesting. With best regards from Germany,
my friend you have your work cut out for you . how ever i have seen your amazing work and have no doubt you will do it . very cool idea . love it when people bring back the past in modern art .
Bravo, in a few short minutes you have explained a great deal about one aspect of the astrolabe. Your discussion as to how it is constructed is well done. However, there is an ancient tradition that holds that the Astrolabe, an analogical computer, can actually perform one thousand operations. One of them is the ability to chart the astrological course of a man's life. Flip the astrolabe to the other side and with the sun's help, you can find the exact time of day.
Make it so! - Can't wait to see it finished but i love watching you work Uri. Many talents must mean you are blessed. PS - you really have the slide together, love it!
I always wondered if I had missed the video where you put blue felt on the tool rests.. and then I remembered they were painted green! Damn that's clever- Well done!
Education and entertaining. Your video production is really coming along in leaps and bounds, and your apparent confidence in what you've said is building with every new post. Keep up the good work!
The best channel I've ever watched !!! I could watch your videos several times even with my 11 and 6 years old kids :) What kind of software you use in this video? Keep the good work ...
I really look forward to seeing you do this. Your creativity and curiosity are what compelled me to subscribe to this channel. I can't wait to see progress on this!
Just imagine how hard it would be to invent the astrolabe from scratch today, then imagine doing it without the internet. I'm amazed by our predecessors accomplishments.
Really looking forward to this project, I actually have a neat antique astrolabe one that I picked up in an antiques shop in Fez, Marocko. It's the most precious thing I own. It has five different interchangeable backplates, I have no Idea what the other plates are used to calculate, but that could be something to include in your version. You could even devise your own plates for all sorts of silly and interesting calculations.
Uh oh. Someone’s trying to pick a fight with Clickspring. This series is going to be very cool. I’ve always wondered how astrolabes worked. Thanks for sharing this.
If you like everything Astro...May I suggest the free software called SpaceEngine! An entire explorable universe fully simulated! Definitely check out some videos of it at the least. It simulates entire galaxies of planets and stars...including our own! You’re able to zoom all the way down to the ground on each and every planet. It’s immense. It’s free and developed by a single man. Don’t need a super computer either! It’s runs good on most modern computers. It’s one of my all time favorite pieces of software.
Great video But just to rectify information, Arabic letters had a calculation method called "Al Jomal" calculation which is basically each letter (or group of letters) represented by numbers ... it's an equation that you need to know it's basic and then you can use it to calculate the represented letter values It used for so many things, one of those usages it was very clever way to minimize number of digits need to be written in a very small area
to the comment readers, the HA' letter isn't the fifth letter in the arabic alphabet, But it is the same shape as the number five... amazing work Uri, you just got subscriber # 71,000
This was a fantastic break down, I learned a lot and let out a wheeze laughing at your animated foot. I can't wait to see your version with the lovely engravings on it.
Dude, you're a mad man! I loved the the "hat tip" to Monty Python that you threw in there. Thank you and keep making your videos, you're an amazing craftsman!
Happy new year 👍 looking forward to more of your wonderful videos in 2019. Where are you from Uri? I’ve been trying to work it out from your accent but I’m still not sure lol
