Curta mechanical pocket calculator - photos

[tmoore4748]

Maybe Clickspring will tackle building one (from scratch, naturally :-) after he finishes the Antikythera Mechanism build... I saw one of those a very long time ago; my dad worked at Kitt Peak Observatory and while visiting one day I met one of the astronomers, who had one (well used) on his desk next to his slide rule. No, he didn't let 10yo me play with it :-(

I think you just hit on something Chris might be interested in doing! I can't even imagine how cool it would be if he took on this one. Still desperately waiting for continuing episodes on the Antithykera Mechanism; what I like most about it, though, is his exploration of ancient tech, and how things might have been done, given materials at the time. Really cool stuff. Maybe we could encourage this mechanism for his next project.

[bruce.desertrat]

I hear you about the ancient technology side videos. I think I've watched the one about making the indexing plate a half dozen times.