I Built an Entire Clock Mechanism to Prove this is Possible

You spin me round round, baby round round like a Pigeon.
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[@blip_bloop]

Negative pigeon space is the most Terry Pratchet sounding term I've heard all week

[@angelowentzler9961]

Fitting, because he looks JUST like I imagine Rincewind

[@carrik_caser]

Uri has serious Leonard of Quirm vibes

[@kgbhui]

​@@carrik_caser but sometimes a bit of Bergholt Stuttley Johnson shows through =D

[@Oldtanktapper]

@@kgbhuiI think all great inventors need a little bit of B. S. Johnson in their makeup.

[@gcewing]

It connects all the places in the universe where there aren't any pigeons.

[@Gilmar.Oliveira]

This is like watching Clicksprings, but from a parallel universe.

[@ianjackson8643]

Iknow he’ said bobs his uncle but if he starts to make his aunty kythera im out of here

[@lindboknifeandtool]

CrackSpring

[@marcao201266]

Assisto assiduamente o Uri Tuchman e Clicksprings. Ambos são ótimos.

[@AdVapidKudos]

Back Alley Clickspring.

[@ianjackson8643]

Iknow that uri said that bobs his uncle but I can’t wait for him to start to make his aunty kythera

[@LordHonkInc]

I love the evolution of "Can I make a gear with pigeon heads as teeth?" to "Oops, I accidentally made a clock"

[@amargasaurus5337]

#featurecreep

[@keilafleischbein59]

It's a cooo-cooo clock

[@TonyBullard]

6:30 "Let's not forget the hand of the clock which, obviously, is going to be a leg" Dammit Uri. I love you so much.

[@tomtomeire]

he is the best 💪

[@Nonononono_Ohno]

Shouldn't it be wings or feathers maybe?

[@luccadeahl5340]

@@Nonononono_Ohno leg

[@Nonononono_Ohno]

@@luccadeahl5340 Ok, but why? A clock has hands. What resembles hands more, in a pigeon? The wings, or the legs? Biologically, it's very clear that a bird's "arms" are its wings and not its legs.

[@GlutenEruption]

@@Nonononono_Ohno that's the joke, it's the exact last thing you'd expect as a hand.

[@rickmmakes]

Finally, a metric clock! Great work!

[@nknk314]

How can it be metric? It uses feet!

[@argumentfoireux1660]

@@nknk314 Yes but the foot counts in 10 toes and middle phalanges.

[@ethanhodges4283]

@@nknk314 Comedy gold

[@eric.is.online]

@@nknk314 🤣🤣🤣

[@Momo_Kawashima]

Every 10 seconds it's one minute. Every 10 minutes it's one hour. Every 10 hour it's one day. Every 10 days it's one week. Every 10 weeks it's one month. Every 10 months it's one year. It all makes sense now

[@InheritanceMachining]

It is accurate! It clearly shows how fast time flies in the shop! Best video I've seen all month (or probably longer).

[@urituchmanpigeon]

Thank you! Since it's only a minute dial, the weight falls all the way down in like 6 revolutions, so I have about 4 minutes to enjoy the ticking😅

[@beauwilliamson3628]

@@urituchmanpigeon perfect to time an egg

[@Yugemostsuj]

It's also counting down! Adding a bell to bottom of the weight or a periodic chime at 10 would be fun

[@thecarlob_007]

How is your pantograph practice sessions going so far?

[@k1ckyscotland988]

"I'm not a watch maker" ?. You make us watch!. Your videos are compelling.

[@jsihavealotofplaylists]

A make watcher

[@MrAlfredDM]

Funnily enough, 45 seconds is the amount of time you typically wait when blooming a pour over coffee. So essentially you've made a bloom clock! Congrats!

[@JohnDlugosz]

Mine's more like 30 seconds. But really, I just wait until the foaming stops.

[@Yugemostsuj]

And it's counting down, this would fit perfectly in an indie coffee place or just as a very interesting, questionably useful, fun item

[@japc958]

"I promise I'm not high" had me dead

[@derschwartzadder]

I'm not sure i believe him. ...

[@littlebacchus216]

I wish I was rich enough to have Uri build me odd mechanisms for a curiosity cabinet and see people struggle to work out the meaning / purpose of them all.

[@dieterlamm1819]

Great, the Monty Python of metal work 😀

[@foufou3616]

I thought the same thing, love this

[@stevesclocks]

There was a website long ago called Gary's Wooden Clocks. It said that since clocks only rotate in one direction, only one surface of each gear tooth actually matters. Make the back of the pigeon head follow an accurate gear tooth profile. The other gear tooth surface can contain the pigeon's beak. The gear should operate as accurately as a traditional involute gear in one direction. You have to flip over all the gears that rotate counter-clockwise.

[@Meeptome]

That was my first thought - follow an involute pattern only on meshing surfaces

[@Zer0ji]

To keep the spirit of the clock, the pigeon should be on the meshing face, and the perfectly fine gear surface should stay unused!

[@stevesclocks]

@@Zer0ji Sure, you could get it to work with the beak on the meshing face, but it won't be as efficient. The power transfer will vary depending on the position. Drive weight will need to be increased or runtime reduced for the clock to continue running through the weak phases. Running the pigeons backwards will have maximum efficiency through the complete rotation, so runtime can be increased.

[@redstonewarrior0152]

​@@stevesclocks That's the joke

[@elmomusk9952]

This is without a doubt one of the nicer pigeon-themed clocks ive seen.

[@cvoisineaddis]

Easily in the top 10 pigeon-themed clocks.

[@lornacy]

This could totally be a timer. The coolest timer ever. Forget cube timers now we have pigeon timers.

[@darynradcliffe2909]

Ideal for cooking pigeon eggs perhaps?

[@supplespecimen725]

A prank timer that looks like it counts down from 10 but actually takes 44.5 seconds

[@bernhardwagner5749]

As a watchmaker who built several clocks I can say, this is really great work!

[@dbaider9467]

It's nice watching an original genius at work. You read the books and immediately threw them all out.

[@fwiffo]

This is definitely the best video on KZbin about using pigeon-shaped gears in approximately a clock.

[@MrSoundman1955]

I just love the thickness of Uri materials. I'm going to make a delicate clock mechanism - and he whips out a piece of sea going brass a half inch thick! Truly a work of mechanical art as usual. Does it work? Yes it does. Does it have a purpose? Not in this universe ...

[@piparalegal2019]

Not me giggling at this very silly concept for a clock on a day when I'm feeling extra crummy from migraines! Thank you for the giggles! It's beautiful!

[@LeoScarpelli]

I cured my migraines with CoQ-10.

[@bigbossimmotal]

By far the coolest metric (10 hour), single footed, Pigeon themed, interference pendulum non-clocks I have ever seen! As always, it was a great video. The perfectly timed comedic pause at "the pendulum swings between the legs" had me spurting orange soda out of my nose! Fantastic work all the way around.

[@TheGrinningViking]

It's clearly imperial, it uses foot based measurements

[@bigbossimmotal]

@@TheGrinningViking OOOO, tricky. But there are 12 inches in a foot, not ten, and 12 hours on most clock faces, not ten. Sooo Metricerial? or Impetric?

[@flatwal]

I cant express how organic and natural this channel and man is, its just perfect!

[@davedavem]

I love that it counts 10 amounts of time 😆

[@svinkuk2652]

this thing is just fantastic in so many ways, it measures 44,5 seconds divided into tenths, and the second hand (or the two hundredths of 44,5 seconds-hand?) is a foot. And the only answer to the question "but why?" is "well you see, the gears are pigeons.." Bravo, sir

[@mumblbeebee6546]

Amazing how you managed to model the abrupt head movements of pigeons 😂 It’s sweet, and clever, and I already looking forward to whatever you do next!

[@capnskustomworks]

It’s a bendulum!!! 🥰🥰🥰 It turned out awesome!

[@HansWeberHimself]

That hurts so good.

[@LaserGadgets]

Saw the thumbnail and I was sure its clickspring, and then I see a Uri in its natural habitat :p

[@kode4420]

I've learned over the years if you expect it to work the first time it rarely will. It's better to remain sceptical because life likes to prove you wrong. Great video.👍

[@steveblake3141]

Met Uri at Maker Central last weekend. My meds were kicking my brains out my ears and I just gushed about loving his work and how it made me use more brass. He asked what projects, and for some reason I just stared and said "knives" in an unintentionally sinister moment of brain-fog (I do make other things I swear!). I went to leave before Uri called for security, but he stopped me and handed me a handmade paper postcard with a drawing of a pigeon he made. Everything Uri does is part of a wonderfully absurd world, and this clock is a perfect example of that.

[@richs5422]

The precision machining capabilities of your shop continue to improve, very well done! Love the pendulum.

[@osicighana4681]

"Thank you very much for watching"....should Uri have said...Thanks very much for Clocking!

[@TheLaughingDove]

Listen I love pigeons but that pendulum arm is SENDING ME. Flipping brilliant little art piece

[@pel6413]

14:17... I'm... I can't stop laughing... My sides... 😂

[@hellsingmongrel]

XD I didn't even have to click on the timestamp, I knew exactly what this was referring to. That part was so good!

[@loc4l4rtist71]

“Blalalalulululululuululululululu”

[@madsjohannesheftholmnielse9479]

Uri, the most chaotic and brilliant creator online😂😉 I love the learning/mistakes, a clock, turning from 10-1, with an upside down 6 as 9❤️

[@F.O.Cause.U.S]

Uri is awesome i started watching him many, many years ago. He shows his mistakes, issues, problems and shows that things don't always go smooth. The way his mind and humor is just what i need some days.

[@linlinn_png]

WOW I just discovered your channel and my heart is fulfilled. The brilliant creations, the impeccable editing, your personality and voice! I love it!

[@TheMilkman710]

Never have I ever felt like I could build a clock, until now. Ive watched people build clocks before but i still didnt understand how it worked. After wathing this, i have a much better grasp on the mechanics.

[@martinpanev6651]

I saw this on Patreon and I couldnt help but watch it again here! Love the Clickspring-on-crack energy, Uri!! Really fills the Antikythera shaped hole in my heart! Another awesome project as always!

[@MoonLitChild]

One day he will, on a whim decide to re-make the Antikythera Mechanism. It'll happen, give him time.

[@martinpanev6651]

@@MoonLitChild I cant wait to see that

[@jackplant9232]

Clickspring is still working on the Antikythera mechanism, there was a very long time where there wasn't much video content on it as he was working on the paper he was writing regarding his discoveries over how it works. Now he is mostly done with that side of things, the pace is picking up on the mechanism itself and the video making, craftsmanship does take time though, I wonder how long it took to create the original mechanism?

[@martinpanev6651]

Ive been looking at all of the updates on his patreon for a while, I am really getting excited to see what it will look like when its finished! I really cannot imagine how long it would have taken for an ancient craftsman to do!

[@freemansame8062]

Amazing job, this is One of my favorite channels !

[@geo34south]

Just wanted to say, I love your shenanigans and your style. Your age old beauty and artistry which you build into your projects and your passion for the wood and metals you use, all of which represent your trademark, is lost in today’s manufacturing and design and your channel is certainly a breath of fresh air! Please keep your often quirky but very inspirational videos coming and don’t change a thing!❤

[@derekturner3272]

I love your videos. So much skill and thought there, but the zany sense of humor just makes my week. "We'll have a hand, which obviously will be a leg". This will forever be stuck in my brain when I need a silent and private chuckle. Thanks.

[@nilsdm]

This gear design would be perfect to make a hand cranked whisk.

[@CraftiXWorkshop]

Out of literally anything this ma could have made he made a gear out of pigeons. Total legend.

[@thomashverring9484]

Aw man, this was a great video! Your eye for the absurd coupled with your sense of humor is just brilliant, like 14:18. I love it. And on top of that you are an excellent artist and craftsman. Also, props for the clocked screws!

[@lisabenden]

I don't know how I got to your video... but I love it. XD The timing of your editing is so engaging, and I love your sense of humor.

[@billorted3699]

WOOOO You rock Uri!

[@jordanezell5132]

Well done.

[@mortonuser]

I love showing all the errors and returns of your work, while cutting out any boring stuff. It is quite entertaining and educational at once. Nice work (and also the clock) .

[@SeraphimKnight]

It was fun watching Uri do egregious things with hand tools, but I feel like getting real machine tools has truly unlock the shenanigan potential in him.

[@Keeneyes4utube]

God Bless you Uri, you're an agent of chaos and I am all for it.

[@cashel1111]

you have a knack for finding the perfect middle ground between over complicating it and just winging it also that pantograph is very clever!

[@TommyJobson]

Super cool! I love the tooth profile idea, thinking outside the box. Congratulations on becoming a fully fledged horologistish.

[@wesleydabes9107]

Uri, you inspire me so much! Thank you for making these videos and contraptions!

[@mkjzb]

Very good show buddy. I'm a machinist by trade and I admire watching you work and love that you talk about your mistakes as well. 😊

[@sleethmitchell]

the entire presentation is humbling. thanks!

[@austingeorge6659]

Even just the first minute of the video I've already laughed 3 times! I have a very goofy sense of humor. Love this!!

[@MattariOnline]

Gorgeous piece, love the bend in the pendulum actually, and I love that the pigeons actually have 3 stages: cavity entry, middle cavity, and cavity exit.

[@sturestensson9187]

I really needed some joy tonight, and here is Uri, delivering as always! Much love!

[@BakeBakePi]

Incredible video! It turned out so well!

[@WizardKingCorey]

One of the best videos I've watched in a very long time. Keep being you, I love this video.

[@jessie8488]

This is so amazing. I love this guy, he inspires me

[@wilbur9416]

You are a mad mad man. Love it, love the craftsmanship and tools.

[@Vidmir69]

You are brilliant, such a joy to watch or even clock.

[@hugojcardoso]

Thank you for bringing so much fun into the world.

[@lik3th3hamm3r]

Everytime Uri uploads it is just Delightful! Thank you!

[@theoldantleredmyth]

Uri, I just want to say that I deeply appreciate your particular breed of insanity, level of commitment to absurdism, and all around funky point of view. Thank you for being you, and for sharing you wackiness with everyone!

[@nickalasmontano1496]

I love your videos. Not only the projects you make, but you are very good at showing the journey along the way in an interesting and fun way.

[@mootavic4973]

I haven't watched a youtube video that made me smile the whole way through in years. I loved everything about this mate, great work.

[@goten2831]

your sense of humor is refreshing and hilarious, amazing creation and video btw. Can't wait to see more

[@mishal5918]

every thing about your work is just amazing, the perfection, the dedication, and just pure beauty

[@rhpsoregon]

Uri, you are a mad genius. I love your projects. Sometimes useful, often not, but always a work of art. I can't wait for your next one.

[@memor5514]

Your videos are so good an unique youtube and the world needs more of this.

[@createinside4613]

i am a watchmaker and loooove this. you are skilled and a great guy! all you have to set now is the "reperé" which is the same amount of time between the tic and tocs (bendulum swing left an right)

[@bwie2503]

this whole thing feels so whimsical you are so entertaining

[@GentlemensWatchServices]

As a member of watchmakers corner I can assure you we fully approve of this work.

[@kitnoki]

I just wanted to say, your selection of music over the machining segments is FANTASTIC.

[@Ron-rs2zl]

I thought so, too.

[@janjoska2549]

This content has everything. Thank you

[@shaneebley6053]

So very artistic !! You are a visionary and a true Mechanical Artist. 👍😊

[@JosephCornishV]

Excellent proof of concept. I like the stylized gears and bent pendulum arm solution.

[@TiMCrafters]

I recently discovered your channel. It is like a breath of fresh air. Amazing content. Love your videos

[@DannyDierickx]

Love your determination ! Good work !

[@patrickmeyer1967]

And now we have "Tuchman Time" !!! Love it!!

[@rens9313]

Dude you energy! You are my new favorite YT-er.

[@AlexBrugh]

Thanks for showing the mistakes and setbacks. I really enjoyed the journey

[@mikulasbim2658]

this is beyond art its so much good

[@ulischmidt03]

I love how the numbers are organized counterclockwise where as the hand goes clockwise, also only goes up to 10

[@John-we7qr]

I love how creative you are

[@ethansmit159]

That was great, nicely done

[@z3099943]

Thank you Uri, great entertainment.

[@luishion]

I sware i saw clock mechanism and thought i was going to see you handcraft a clock. Didnt even think twice about it. I know how involved clock mechanisms are. The tiny details of every gear moving in harmony. This is how highly i think of your skill as a maker. This was amazing too. Its always a treat to see you in action and fun too.

[@RaiOuArt]

This is one of the most fascinatingly interesting videos I've seen

[@adamm4158]

Great video Uri 🍻 thanks for your incredible imagination and personality!

[@eikehenke4176]

Unglaublich gut! Bin gespannt ob und wann eine "echte wunderschöne" Uhr kommt! 🤘🤘🤘

[@Wintergatan_2]

Love your work 🙏

[@urituchmanpigeon]

Thank you! That means a lot!

[@katycervera5734]

This is just incredible, thank u

[@behindthemistakes]

The motion of that pigeon gear made me think of the piegon head movement when they walk. Love it!

[@stevenbarber3902]

I love all of your videos but this has to be one of my favorites. Wonderful job

[@natsterjam]

LEG END! Love your uploads Uri, thank you for the entertainment AND learning. 👍 🐦‍

[@cowcrapper]

Excellent work and also excellent demonstration on how an escapement works.

[@nicholashamblin3600]

On a heavy clock mechanism like this I often thought it would be interesting to add a small flywheel at a very high RPM from the clock tick containing magnets for a small generator. I would imagine that it would over a single drop potentially charge a flashlight or maybe your phone 5%.

[@pel6413]

"check out my green socks"