beeforpork an hour ago Maybe have a look at the Curta for inspiration of a mechanical calculator. There's a 3D printable version of it.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9uRckJLqLk https://wudev.digitaltorque.com/articles/curta-1/ donkeybeer 6 minutes ago Curta is over complicated. I eould rather focus on a design thats easily made with plywood and common wood tools.
donkeybeer 6 minutes ago Curta is over complicated. I eould rather focus on a design thats easily made with plywood and common wood tools.
mkreis an hour ago Reminds me of the purely mechanical computer Z1 with 16-word floating point memory, Keyboard and punch card reader: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z1_(computer)Would be interesting to reconstruct that using a 3D printer... if anyone has too mich time to spare.
orbital-decay an hour ago There are probably designs that are more print-friendly than gears (rod logic?). I wonder how far you could go with just a 3D printer if you really optimize for the efficiency.
Maybe have a look at the Curta for inspiration of a mechanical calculator. There's a 3D printable version of it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9uRckJLqLk https://wudev.digitaltorque.com/articles/curta-1/
Curta is over complicated. I eould rather focus on a design thats easily made with plywood and common wood tools.
Reminds me of the purely mechanical computer Z1 with 16-word floating point memory, Keyboard and punch card reader: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z1_(computer)
Would be interesting to reconstruct that using a 3D printer... if anyone has too mich time to spare.
There are probably designs that are more print-friendly than gears (rod logic?). I wonder how far you could go with just a 3D printer if you really optimize for the efficiency.