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4:36A Custom DTI Dial: Dividing on a Myford Super 7
A 5-minute video from chronovaengineering: “A Custom DTI Dial: Dividing on a Myford Super 7”.
7:17A Handmade Antikythera Mechanism: Rediscovering an Ancient Greek Enigma
A 7-minute video from chronovaengineering: “A Handmade Antikythera Mechanism: Rediscovering an Ancient Greek Enigma”.
9:45A New Kind of Bearing
3.76M viewsAsks what practical purpose a bearing sliced in half could serve, then designs and machines the resulting split bearing.
5:42A Pencil Upgrade: Woodturning on a Mini Lathe
23.5K viewsA short woodturning project that turns a plain pencil into a nicer one on a mini lathe, showing blank prep.
16:27Attempting to Make the World's Smallest* Electric Motor
3.43M viewsSets out to machine a working electric motor at the smallest scale the shop can manage, explaining winding.
27:41Building a Bimetallic Tea Monitoring Mechanism
617K viewsInvents a mechanism that uses a bimetallic strip to signal when tea has cooled to drinking temperature, covering thermal expansion.
14:55Building a Micro-Drilling Machine
565K viewsBuilds a sensitive micro-drilling machine for tiny holes, explaining why small drills break and how feel, runout and spindle design are handled.
25:37Building a Novel Tendon Actuator
441K viewsPrototypes a tendon-driven actuator, explaining the mechanics of cable-driven motion and the design iterations needed to make it work.
21:05Building an Interplanetary Clock
216K viewsDesigns a clock whose gear trains track planetary periods, working out the ratios and then cutting the gears and frames on manual machines.
12:44Does Obsidian Really Form the Sharpest Edge?
2.35M viewsTests the claim that obsidian makes the sharpest edge by knapping a blade and comparing it with steel edges under magnification, a small.
3:11Grinding D-Bits for Engraving and Micro-Milling
A 3-minute video from chronovaengineering: “Grinding D-Bits for Engraving and Micro-Milling”.
18:07Honey, I Shrunk the Steam Engine
594K viewsMachines a miniature working steam engine, showing how cylinder.
4:56How To Regrind Drill Bits Using a Quorn Tool & Cutter Grinder
A 5-minute video from chronovaengineering: “How To Regrind Drill Bits Using a Quorn Tool & Cutter Grinder”.
10:14How is a Watch Powered? | Pocket Watch Ep. 7
191K viewsEpisode 7 of the pocket-watch build explains how a mainspring stores and releases energy through the barrel and gear train.
7:25In Defence of the 4-Way: Myford Toolholding
58K viewsMakes the practical case for the humble four-way toolpost on a Myford lathe versus quick-change systems, covering rigidity.
20:05Inventing the Adjustable Allen Key | Toolroom Takeover 2025
1.94M viewsDesigns and machines an adjustable Allen key as an entry in the Toolroom Takeover collaboration, walking through the mechanism's concept.
11:40Machining Miniscule Watch Parts | Pocket Watch Ep. 4
105K viewsTurns and finishes sub-millimetre watch components in episode 4 of the pocket-watch build.
8:32Machining a Next-Gen Spinal Implant: My PhD in 9 minutes
408K viewsSummarises the creator's PhD by machining the next-generation spinal implant he researched.
6:14Machining a Resettable Dial for a Myford Leadscrew Handwheel
44.9K viewsA focused shop project: machining a resettable graduated dial for a Myford leadscrew handwheel.
9:58Machining a Watch Mainplate | Pocket Watch Ep. 5
63K viewsEpisode 5 of the pocket-watch series machines the mainplate that locates every other part.
22:02Machining an Award with a Magic Trick | IMI Sloan Science Prize
A 22-minute video from chronovaengineering: “Machining an Award with a Magic Trick | IMI Sloan Science Prize”.
13:14Machining an Upgrade for my Electric Guitar
57.4K viewsApplies machinist skills to an electric guitar, designing and machining a custom upgrade part and explaining how it is fitted.
6:42Machining the Antikythera Moon Mechanism
23.8K viewsMachines a working model of the Antikythera mechanism's lunar gearing.
14:20Making a Dodecahedron on a Manual Lathe
431K viewsTurns a regular dodecahedron on a manual lathe, explaining the indexing jig and angles needed to cut twelve matching faces.
18:50Making a Tiny Orrery
374K viewsBuilds a small mechanical orrery, calculating gear ratios for the planets' orbits and machining the trains.
19:50Making a Tourbillon Bridge, Click & Clickspring | Pocket Watch Ep. 1
93.1K viewsOpens the pocket-watch build by machining the tourbillon bridge, click and clickspring.
10:59Making a Tourbillon Cage | Pocket Watch Ep. 3
100K viewsPocket Watch episode 3 builds the tourbillon cage, explaining why the rotating carriage was invented to average out positional errors and how its.
12:30Making a Watch Winding Mechanism | Pocket Watch Ep. 6
77.2K viewsEpisode 6 makes the keyless winding works that let the crown wind the mainspring, explaining the gear and clutch logic as each wheel is produced.
27:06Making the World's Smallest Beam Stirling Engine
3.47M viewsAttempts a record-small beam Stirling engine, explaining the hot-air cycle, why friction dominates at this scale.
15:20Reinventing the Pencil Sharpener
4.6M viewsRedesigns the pencil sharpener from first principles, exploring blade geometry and feed mechanisms and machining a working alternative.
15:02Restoring a Vintage Watchmaker's Lathe
308K viewsRestores an old watchmaker's lathe to working order, covering disassembly, cleaning.
2:53Sharpening the Flutes on a Milling Cutter
A 3-minute video from chronovaengineering: “Sharpening the Flutes on a Milling Cutter”.
3:55Spherical Turning on a Manual Lathe
A 4-minute video from chronovaengineering: “Spherical Turning on a Manual Lathe”.
16:14The "Impossible" Scribe
716K viewsBuilds a marking scribe with a mechanism that looks impossible at first glance, then reveals and machines the trick behind it.
6:50The Myford Super 7 Lathe: An Introduction
138K viewsIntroduces the Myford Super 7 lathe, its controls, capabilities and history.
11:05Using a Pantograph to Make Watch Parts | Pocket Watch Ep. 2
104K viewsUses a pantograph engraver to reproduce watch parts from a large template in episode 2 of the pocket-watch build.