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Speedy Builder5	29/01/2021 12:27:10
2878 forum posts 248 photos	I need say no more A writing automon
Bill Mull	29/01/2021 13:32:46
33 forum posts	That's fascinating.
David Noble	29/01/2021 15:19:25
402 forum posts 37 photos	Astonishing. David
Bill Phinn	29/01/2021 16:29:22
1076 forum posts 129 photos	I think all of us take it as read that our ancestors would have been amazed to see some of our present-day technology. I didn't think I could be equally amazed looking back at an example of theirs.
not done it yet	29/01/2021 16:32:47
7517 forum posts 20 photos	A member of our MES has several automatons. The complexity of some is amazing. Clearly not in that class but not so vey far off, with some of them.
Harry Wilkes	29/01/2021 16:37:39
1613 forum posts 72 photos	Posted by Speedy Builder5 on 29/01/2021 12:27:10: I need say no more A writing automon Thanks for the link H
vic newey	29/01/2021 16:48:32
347 forum posts 173 photos	Amazing, here is a 200 year old one of a Japanese warrior who takes an arrow from his quiver, notches it on the string & shoots it, if I recall correctly the things mechanism is mostly made of wood https://youtu.be/NyzPnl7cMuo
Steviegtr	29/01/2021 20:47:52
2668 forum posts 352 photos	Love the head & eye movement. You watch, someone will make a cnc version. Steve.
Roger Best	29/01/2021 23:46:13
406 forum posts 56 photos	Genius! Programmable, Slick mechanism that must have taken some serious ingenuity. Amazing.
Tim Stevens	30/01/2021 14:44:44
1779 forum posts 1 photos	Not only a cnc version, I expect a series of 3D printed commercial copies. Cheers, Tim

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