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"How I built a Mechanical Calculator [out of wood]" | WhatWillMakes
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Otter Raft lemmy.ca otters_raft@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2025-02-27
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Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0pJST5mL3A

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How and why I built a mechanical calculator. Basing it on the Arithmometer, I built this calculator by hand out of mostly plywood. I suspect it is the first of its kind built in over 100 years. Working on and off, it took me 8 years.
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