Built in the 1760's

[jimmya]

http://www.chonday.com/Videos/the-writer-automaton (http://www.chonday.com/Videos/the-writer-automaton)


Any one with files for this?

Jimmy

[myxpykalix]

kinda creepy...but ingenious. Just imagine if the guy who thought that up and created it was alive today using automation what he could invent!:eek:

[gpinard]

And we think were so smart:)

[kurt_rose]

Amazing. And he did it by candlelight with hand tools. Are we spoiled or what!

[scottp55]

I don't feel so smart after watching that!

[Howley]

Now that is True mechanical engineering!

[WoodMarvels.com]

My mind is blown... that's bloody amazing! I'm pretty sure the plans would require the complete dismantling of the boy which is never going to happen. This is a whole other level far beyond engineering genius!

Considering I never heard about this until now, makes you wonder what else is out there that's equally a mind blowing.

Thanks for sharing!

Jon

[WoodMarvels.com]

Not surprisingly, this isn't the only one he designed... he's got a whole family! Not only can the write pretty much anything but draw as well! Watch this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr0e_WsjkvY

Jon
ps: learning French is easier than building one of these things

[WoodMarvels.com]

Here is another made out of wood and string out in Japan!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5zYK9FxORI