Using Charcoal, Salt & Iron To Make Files, Reamers & Saws - Experimental Archaeology

#antikytheramechanism Hey folks, What can a single Antikythera mechanism component tell us about the cutting tools of the day? Time for a deep dive, do please enjoy! Cheers, Chris. Join YouTube Channel Memberships here:    / @clickspring   Become a Clickspring Patron here:   / membership   ________________________________________________________ A very special thank you to Patrons: Sinking Valley Woodworks (http://www.sinkingvalleywoodworks.com) Glenn Trewitt Christopher Warnock Guy Loughridge Charles Frodsham & Co. Peter John Richardson Adam Slagle Robin Haerens Thomas Veilleux L'Enfant Watch Company C. A. Patrick Voigt Mark Coburn Bogdan Dan Steven R. Crider Gary Levario Pete Askew Jeff Armstrong Rudolph Bescherer Jr Jonathan Teegarden Robert Petz Ralph McCoy Jim Popwell Kaedenn Bradley Pirtle Alan Carey PaxAndromeda John A McCormick Thomas Eriksen John Maksim Michael Hardel RobinP556 Tim Ball TV Spiker985 Armagus Lea Bruder RuKiddin06 Armagus Steve Hossner Dominik Rogala Xanadu-King John S Dilsaver matt mcparland Eric Witte Peter Grant Michener Michael A Moran ________________________________________________________ Antikythera Mechanism raw CT data source: Antikythera Mechanism Research Project Antikythera CT Images Copyright © 2020, Budiselic, Thoeni, Dubno, Ramsey. All rights reserved. References/Further Reading: The Front Dial of the Antikythera Mechanism by Michael T. Wright: http://hist.science.online.fr/antikyt... THE ANTIKYTHERA MECHANISM AND THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE MOON-PHASE DISPLAY by M.T. Wright: http://hist.science.free.fr/antikythe... Wright, M T. (July 2002). "In the Steps of the Master Mechanic". Proc. Conf. Ancient Greece and the Modern World. Ancient Olympiai. pp. 86–97. University of Patras 2003. M.T. Wright & A.G. Bromley, "Towards a New Reconstruction of the Antikythera Mechanism", proc. conference Extraordinary Machines and Structures in Antiquity, Ancient Olympia (August 2001): M.T. Wright, "A Planetarium Display for the Antikythera Mechanism", Horological Journal, vol. 144 no. 5 (May 2002), pp. 169-173, and vol. 144 no.6 (June 2002), p. 193. The Moon Phase Anomaly in the Antikythera Mechanism by Christián C. Carman and Marcelo Di Cocco http://doi.org/2333.1/3ffbgd1v The History of the File: https://archive.org/details/fileitshi... Da Vinci File-Cutting Machine:    • Da Vinci File-Cutting Machine   Ken Hawley in action hand cutting files:    • Making Files by Hand   Theophilus: https://archive.org/details/ondiversa... Tools & Weapons, WM Flinders Petrie: https://ia803001.us.archive.org/27/it... The File: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_(tool) Bernot’s Patented File Cutting Machine: https://ia600101.us.archive.org/15/it... (fig 363)