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How's this for ingenuity? Not radio related but definitely technically advanced.
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Return to top of page · Post #: 1 · Written at 8:34:41 PM on 19 October 2015.
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Location: Latham, ACT
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Return to top of page · Post #: 2 · Written at 8:52:51 PM on 19 October 2015.
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Location: Naremburn, NSW
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It'd be nice to have the time to make something like that. It wouldn't have been a weekend project, that is for sure. ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾ A valve a day keeps the transistor away... |
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Return to top of page · Post #: 3 · Written at 10:45:06 PM on 19 October 2015.
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Location: Latham, ACT
Member since 21 February 2015 Member #: 1705 Postcount: 2155 |
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It dates back to the time Australia was discovered. |
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Return to top of page · Post #: 4 · Written at 12:16:02 PM on 21 October 2015.
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Location: Bathurst, NSW
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Completely amazing that people in the 1700's could make such things. There are other automatons and watched a documentary on how they were made and worked. |
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Return to top of page · Post #: 5 · Written at 10:39:19 PM on 24 October 2015.
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Location: Somewhere, USA
Member since 22 October 2013 Member #: 1437 Postcount: 896 |
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I am surprised the logistics ever worked to bring parts together at a geolocation even before the makers assemble things like that. |
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Return to top of page · Post #: 6 · Written at 8:25:32 AM on 4 January 2023.
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Location: Latham, ACT
Member since 21 February 2015 Member #: 1705 Postcount: 2155 |
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I just noticed that the original link in this thread had changed so I updated it! Enjoy! |
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Return to top of page · Post #: 7 · Written at 9:22:56 AM on 4 January 2023.
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Location: Latham, ACT
Member since 21 February 2015 Member #: 1705 Postcount: 2155 |
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More works from the same artist |
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