Introducing the "MIXIE" A DIY Steampunk, Backlit Digital Clock - Part 1

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  • @christianmccollum1028
    @christianmccollum1028 3 роки тому

    Glad to see someone else is as big a fan of Makita tools as I am. Fantastic machines and even better content; thanks for making this series, Mark.

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  3 роки тому

      Generally I go for Milwaukee but that little planer does a very good job given it's size and the surface finish is excellent. I think that Makita has a track record for durable tools at a reasonable price point. I have a very old Makita belt sander and a 1/2" router (I'm talking 40 years old) and they are still going strong.
      Regards,
      Mark

  • @TheKnacklersWorkshop
    @TheKnacklersWorkshop 3 роки тому +1

    Hello Mark,
    This will be a cool build with a mixture of all the skill you have...
    Take care.
    Paul,,

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  3 роки тому +1

      Thanks for that. Every now and then a project comes along that has just the right mix of elements to test out all your skills. I got most of the castings made today. Metal machining next.
      Regards,
      Mark

  • @Goman1244
    @Goman1244 3 роки тому

    I love your attention to details. That reflects in a quality product. Also, your editing of the video kept my interest during entire time. Looking forward to your next part.

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  3 роки тому

      Thanks Jim. More out tomorrow I hope.
      Regards,
      Mark

  • @peterhenning7330
    @peterhenning7330 3 роки тому +1

    Love ya work mister. Once a teacher always a teacher it would seem. Not a bad thing.

  • @glennstasse5698
    @glennstasse5698 3 роки тому

    I really like to work with multiple materials like wood and glass. But this clock covers a lot of ground! Very nice design and well executed as always. Inspiring.

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  3 роки тому

      Thanks for that. I seem to have acquired a lot of diverse tools and materials over the years and this project is a chance to showcase most of them. And, it tells the time!
      Regards,
      Mark

  • @CraigsWorkshop
    @CraigsWorkshop 3 роки тому

    Great to see some woodwork Preso! I will follow this build with interest, keen to see the wood grain on that after you put some finish on it.

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  3 роки тому

      It's going to take a lot of filling. I have been watching a lot of videos by David Tipton. He's the guy that restores old Australian radios and he uses a product called Aqua Coat for grain filling. It seems to be a really good filler but you cannot buy it in Bunnings.
      Regards,
      Mark

  • @nickhenscheid369
    @nickhenscheid369 3 роки тому +2

    Looks like something out of the "Myst" series of video games. Neat build!

    • @mhbh1979
      @mhbh1979 3 роки тому

      Hahaha, that's a blast from the past. Loved the first Myst. Ran it on a 486 SX25 that was later upgraded to a DX75. Oh the power🤣

  • @DougsMessyGarage
    @DougsMessyGarage 3 роки тому

    Very neat project. I'm looking forward to seeing the next installment.

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  3 роки тому +1

      Part 2 is out now.
      Regards,
      Mark

  • @OldIronMachineWorks
    @OldIronMachineWorks 3 роки тому

    Really enjoying your videos. And this one did not let me down, thanks for sharing Mark. Gary

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  3 роки тому

      Thank you! Cheers!
      Part 2 is out now.
      Regards,
      Mark

  • @roberteaster6655
    @roberteaster6655 3 роки тому

    I like how much detail you go into.

  • @grahamlucas6033
    @grahamlucas6033 3 роки тому

    Very nice Mark looking forward to next class haha

  • @MattysWorkshop
    @MattysWorkshop 3 роки тому +4

    Gday Preso, what an interesting build, the Cnc makes life easy, can’t wait for the bell to ring for the next class,

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  3 роки тому +1

      As I was standing around waiting for that machining cycle to finish I was wondering how I would have gone about cutting those openings using just hand tools. Maybe a first class woodcarver could do it but I don't think I'd even get close.
      Regards,
      Mark

  • @tobhomott
    @tobhomott 3 роки тому

    Cool! Looking forward to the next lesson 😁

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  3 роки тому +1

      Thanks for that. I did get most of the castings made today and although they ain't pretty they will do the job. Surprisingly, the mould that I just threw together at the last moment yielded the most successful casting.
      Regards,
      Mark

  • @Andrew_Fernie
    @Andrew_Fernie 3 роки тому +1

    Well that turned out lovely Mark. I remember now why I moved away from playing with wood - it makes such a damn mess ! Looking forward to the next video as always.

  • @garagemonkeysan
    @garagemonkeysan 3 роки тому

    Great video, Professor. : ) Fascinating to watch. Mahalo for sharing! : ) 🐒

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  3 роки тому +1

      Glad you enjoyed it. So far everything is working out although I had a dumb failure on one of the moulds needed for the end castings today. I did recover with my dignity somewhat intact though.
      Regards,
      Mark

    • @garagemonkeysan
      @garagemonkeysan 3 роки тому

      @@Preso58 Always top notch projects and always interesting. 😊

  • @joell439
    @joell439 3 роки тому

    Wow - looks like a creative way to use all the tools in your shop. Looking forward to watching the whole series. Thanks Preso...... cheers. 👍👍😎👍👍

  • @mattymcsplatty5440
    @mattymcsplatty5440 3 роки тому

    Awesome stuff. You are one of the most under-rated machinist/engineer on youtube deserving 100 times the subs you have. I wish I discovered you a long time ago. Good thing is I can binge watch them all haha

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  3 роки тому

      Gee, I bet you say that to all the boys! 😁
      Regards,
      Mark

  • @howder1951
    @howder1951 3 роки тому

    Very creative design Preso, I have always liked steampunk genre, it is just so unnecessarily heavy industrial look. Enjoyed the build, cheers!

  • @DCT_Aaron_Engineering
    @DCT_Aaron_Engineering 3 роки тому

    What an excellent build Mark. G’day Mark. I just love the look and design of your clock (I did say clock). What a shame we can’t clone you. We need more D&T teachers like you in the system. Cheers Aaron 🍻

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  3 роки тому +1

      Thanks Aaron. I wish we could have had the opportunity to do this sort of project in the classroom. The closest I ever got to it was working on the F1 in Schools programme. We were doing many of the same skills but on a slightly smaller scale. I am hoping to do a video on what goes into to designing and making one of those little cars some time down the track.
      Regards,
      Mark

  • @ikeurb
    @ikeurb 3 роки тому

    That’s turning out nice! It’s going to look awesome and work great.

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  3 роки тому +1

      Thanks Ike. I had a bad day in the foundry yesterday which tends to shake one's confidence somewhat but I ended up with all the required castings so now I can move forward once again.
      Regards,
      Mark

    • @ikeurb
      @ikeurb 3 роки тому

      @@Preso58 Bad days happen. But mistakes allow us to learn more. Failures only happen when we quit. Otherwise, its just more data and learning.

  • @dale9896
    @dale9896 3 роки тому

    That was awesome mate, well done!

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  3 роки тому

      Glad you enjoyed it
      Regards,
      Mark

  • @Engineerd3d
    @Engineerd3d 3 роки тому

    Lovely work Mark.

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  3 роки тому

      Glad you enjoyed it
      Regards,
      Mark

  • @MrAlexhasker
    @MrAlexhasker 3 роки тому

    Thanks Mark - nice bit of lockdown inspiration

  • @thefixerofbrokenstuff
    @thefixerofbrokenstuff 3 роки тому +1

    Super duper. I didnt know you were the Australian version of Mr Pete.

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  3 роки тому

      That's it. Lyle and I pretty much followed the same career trajectory although he has nearly ten times more videos on his channel than I have!
      Regards,
      Mark

    • @thefixerofbrokenstuff
      @thefixerofbrokenstuff 3 роки тому

      @@Preso58 Ive started binge watching your stuff. Good content.

  • @myfordboy
    @myfordboy 3 роки тому +2

    Excellent work as always.

  • @SGS_Engineering
    @SGS_Engineering 3 роки тому

    Great vid Preso! Bravo! Looking fwd to the next lesson👍

  • @derekwilkinson7939
    @derekwilkinson7939 3 роки тому

    What a good video, very interesting.

  • @TheDeerInn
    @TheDeerInn 3 роки тому

    So far looking sooooo good!!!

  • @roylucas1027
    @roylucas1027 3 роки тому

    Fun, instructional video. Thank you.

  • @ParsMaker
    @ParsMaker 3 роки тому

    nice work,

  • @EmmaRitson
    @EmmaRitson 3 роки тому

    enjoying this series Presso.

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  3 роки тому

      Thanks Emma. I have just put in an order for a Prusa 3D Printer. I could be waiting for a while but I am keen to join the elite who own one!
      Regards,
      Mark

    • @EmmaRitson
      @EmmaRitson 3 роки тому

      @@Preso58 oh my god!! its been a revolution to me. ive been messing with printing nylon gears at the moment, isnt that far of happening reliably.

  • @ChatterontheWire
    @ChatterontheWire 3 роки тому

    looking forward to the finished product!

  • @Th3Su8
    @Th3Su8 3 роки тому

    This is a great start to what will be another awesome project. My only problem with it is that I am impatient, especially since you showed a rendering of what the finished project will look like. So... I am impatiently awaiting the next great installment of this adventure. Thank you and keep up the great work.

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  3 роки тому

      Thanks for that. Things are moving along quickly. I was able to get most of the castings made today and I will begin the machining shortly. I am hoping to have new episodes out weekly. You aren't the only impatient one. I'm keen to see it finished too.

  • @barrygerbracht5077
    @barrygerbracht5077 3 роки тому

    Cool clock project. I hate getting sawdust on my metalworking machines, but they are so much better for certain tasks like slotting blind holes in the mill and turning to specific diameters in the lathe that you just do it sometimes.

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  3 роки тому

      I built a wood shop at the rear of my main workshop to try to segregate the dust making machines from my metalworking equipment but if you don't own a CNC router you just have to make do.
      Regards,
      Mark

  • @KarlBunker
    @KarlBunker 3 роки тому

    Great stuff! I can't wait to see more of this project.

  • @CreaseysWorkshop
    @CreaseysWorkshop 3 роки тому

    This looks just like something Gary from Eccentric Engineering would make!
    Have a look at flip disc displays. They are fascinating.

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  3 роки тому

      Ha! I just checked them out. Very cool. Sort of like those old flight displays used in airport terminals.
      Regards,
      Mark

  • @SharkyMoto
    @SharkyMoto 3 роки тому +1

    i know its messy, but you should definitely cast one of those in brass, i liked how it looked in the render, and brass along with copper is a really good choice for steampunk stuff!

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  3 роки тому

      I have just finished the castings for the base and the end plates. I ended up casting them in aluminium, mainly because it takes less fuel to melt the metal but they will be finished in a replica brass powder coat.
      Regards,
      Mark

    • @SharkyMoto
      @SharkyMoto 3 роки тому

      @@Preso58 oh nice, well thats close enough i think and has the benefit of not oxidizing over time wich is nice too

  • @RustyGlovebox
    @RustyGlovebox 3 роки тому

    Great work !, It reminded me of something you might see in the H.G. Wells film "Time Machine" . First class job Sir. Cheers

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  3 роки тому +2

      Evidently, the Steampunk subculture was inspired by Jules Verne's novel 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. I think the Disney adaptation did a good job in portraying the Steampunk aesthetic. When I was a child we had boxes full of illustrated novels and "The Time Machine" was one of my favourites. I love that Victorian style of design when it's applied to scientific instruments and machinery.
      Regards,
      Mark.

  • @johanea
    @johanea 3 роки тому +1

    Back in my younger days, when schools were just that, schools educating us in various subjects, we had wood working and metal working from grade 7 to grade 9.
    Today that part of education is gone. Guess replaced by gender studies, safe spaces and pseudoscience.
    Anyway, metal part of my time in school stuck on me and my job is also my hobby.
    Pity you were not my teacher, you make some awesome stuff in your shop!
    Thanks for all your videos.

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  3 роки тому +3

      Thanks for that. I stay in touch with my former colleagues and I can tell you that in the eight or so years since I stepped away from the classroom I have seen the curriculum undergo some drastic changes. Some are the result of federal bureaucrats and some are the result of administrators at the school level forgetting that teaching is still the most important thing that teachers need to do. I could see the writing on the wall just before I retired. We were spending more and more time documenting student behaviour and quantifying test results. Meeting budget targets also led to students missing out. Often, successful but smaller sized classes were amalgamated into bigger classes and good programmes that were undersubscribed were cut. The Senior Graphics programme has now been abandoned in favour of "Design" a sort of watered down, generic introductory subject which does little to prepare students for tertiary studies like Architecture, Engineering and Graphic Design. Having said that, wood and metalwork will always be popular with students and at the end of the day we should all be learning to make things and to be able to use basic tools.
      Regards,
      Mark

  • @Watchyn_Yarwood
    @Watchyn_Yarwood 3 роки тому

    Finally! I've been waiting on another clock build! Oh, one suggestion for your next project: A dust collection system!

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  3 роки тому

      Good idea. I was coughing up yellow gunk for days after working with that wood.
      Regards,
      Mark

  • @Balsamancnc
    @Balsamancnc 3 роки тому

    Looks good Mark

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  3 роки тому

      Thanks Eric. I badly want to add an audible chime for the half hour and hour. I have the perfect audio sample for it. It comes from the beginning of a track by Neil Young called "Southern Pacific. ua-cam.com/video/ZOnESpYhLp4/v-deo.html Evidently it's possible to have the Node MCU play the file. I just have to work out how to integrate it with the clock function.
      Regards,
      Mark

    • @Balsamancnc
      @Balsamancnc 3 роки тому

      @@Preso58 Great idea, let me know how you make out with the audio file. I have read you can do it with an arduino SD card reader.

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  3 роки тому

      @@Balsamancnc I just bought two DFPlayers which store the audio files and play them direct to an 8ohm speaker. I am totally unsure how to code it but if I commit to buying the hardware I will have to follow through.
      Regards,
      Mark

  • @MrRShoaf
    @MrRShoaf 3 роки тому +1

    Greetings from California.
    Wow so far out of alignment. Next up in the series indicator's for wood lathes and adjustable centers for the concentrically challenged.

  • @olfoundryman8418
    @olfoundryman8418 3 роки тому

    Good lord! That's a Hyco band saw in the background and here was me thinking I had the only working one in existence, Best $150.00 I ever spent - even has the 10:1 swing in reduction for steel cutting. Very definitely a relic from when things were actually made in Australia - sigh!... Martin

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  3 роки тому

      Martin, that Hyco belonged to my father. I was also able to buy a Hyco woodlathe of the same vintage.
      Regards,
      Mark

  • @DanoB71
    @DanoB71 3 роки тому

    excellent!

  • @marlobreding7402
    @marlobreding7402 3 роки тому

    If you're having problems with the board slipping as you're trying to glue them you can use an old Luther's trick for gluing fingerboards on guitar. It's simply a Brad driven in a short distance a clipped off with side cutters leaving a small point protruding less than 1mm. With a small amount of downward pressure will be sufficient to keep the material in place on clamp up.

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  3 роки тому +1

      That would do the trick. I recently saw another option which was to sprinkle salt onto the glue film. The salt crystals cancel out the slippery nature of the glue and holds the boards in place while the clamps go on.
      Regards,
      Mark

    • @marlobreding7402
      @marlobreding7402 3 роки тому

      @@Preso58 sounds like another trick to put it your bag.

  • @sheph7ceo799
    @sheph7ceo799 3 роки тому

    Very cool aesthetics for sure but I was hoping for a projecting clock, maybe next tme.

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  3 роки тому

      Maybe I can make up for it by including a steam chime for the hour and half hour? Plans are underway to include this feature!
      Regards,
      Mark

  • @pgs8597
    @pgs8597 3 роки тому

    G’day Presso, one day you’ll build a time machine. Oh! It is. Impressive build, but the dust, horrible. I’ll wait for your next instalment with N95 mask in hand, gotta use ‘em for something.
    Cheers
    Peter

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  3 роки тому

      Yes, we actually bought some N95 masks but have never had to use them. Maybe we don't go out often enough?
      Regards,
      Mark

  • @PatFarrellKTM
    @PatFarrellKTM 3 роки тому +1

    Are you going full RGB on the discombobulator? Maybe "15 minutes until alarm" or another color for tea time?

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  3 роки тому

      Pat, I badly want to add an hourly chime to the clock. I have an audio sample that comes from a Neil Young song called "Southern Pacific" ua-cam.com/video/ZOnESpYhLp4/v-deo.html The Node MCU microcontroller can play the sample but I have to work out how to integrate it with the clock.
      Regards,
      Mark

  • @kennethroth1739
    @kennethroth1739 3 роки тому

    What do you think of a light projector instead of your “disconbobulator”? It could project the time on a wall or ceiling. Makes it easy to know the time during the night; disappears during daylight.

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  3 роки тому

      Yeah, that'd work but this clock is for my study. I have another 7 segment display clock on my bedside table with a "night mode" which automatically dims the light.
      Regards,
      Mark

  • @misterbreakit2006
    @misterbreakit2006 3 роки тому

    Beautiful beaver work, even though it's in a dead tree carcass :) I'm interested in why you chose carpentry glue over 'poxy. Would it not have been better for turning, or is it one of those woods that doesn't take epoxy?

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  3 роки тому

      I used Gorilla PVA. It seems to give good results on the New Guinea rosewood. I generally don't use epoxy for bonding wood in applications like this. I have some but the PVA is pretty good if you have good mating surfaces.
      Regards,
      Mark

  • @trollforge
    @trollforge 3 роки тому

    Awesome!

  • @bobvines00
    @bobvines00 3 роки тому

    Mark, would the trick of sprinkling a bit of table salt in the wood joints prevent the sliding you discussed?
    Edit: Would a hand-held shop-vac nozzle near the cutter be worth using to reduce the "free" fine dust when turning the wood cylinder on the metal lathe? (No criticizing here, just ideas that popped into my [non-woodworking] head during the video. ;) I'm looking forward to the next videos in this series!

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  3 роки тому +1

      I do have a shop vac and you are correct that it would have picked up the really fine dust. I guess I was too lazy to go and buy some new bags for it. The one currently in the machine is nearly full! I have yet to try the salt crystal trick. As it turned out the wood was fairly easy to keep aligned for that job but I have had situations where it skids around all over the place. It seems to be worse on longer joints with lots of surface area.
      Regards,
      Mark

  • @ydonl
    @ydonl 3 роки тому

    Vacuum often helps with sawdust!

  • @CapeCodCNC
    @CapeCodCNC 3 роки тому

    Will the discombobulator blink with the seconds? We are going to have to get you a Syil X7 like Aaron!

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  3 роки тому

      I believe the extra LED on the end of the chain doesn't blink but it's probably doable in the code. It's not my area though. I would have to ask my friendly code guy in Canada to help out with it. Could I use a Syil X7? Absolutely!
      Regards,
      Mark

  • @davidcashin9194
    @davidcashin9194 3 роки тому

    Trick clock will be back for next lesson !!!!!

  • @slypig24
    @slypig24 3 роки тому

    It will be interesting to see how the WiFi controller works.

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  3 роки тому

      Interestingly, that's the easiest part of the whole build. It takes about three minutes to flash the memory in the Node MCU and then it just runs indefinitely. Of course, it just turns into a dumb sculpture without a WiFi signal.
      Regards,
      Mark

  • @anonymousgeorge4321
    @anonymousgeorge4321 3 роки тому

    In my experience, boilers are rarely made from wood. Why didn't you use a length of iron pipe for the enclosure?

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  3 роки тому

      I guess the whole Steampunk thing is about recycling found objects into machines. I was able to go to a place in New Zealand called Oamaru which is the self proclaimed Steampunk capital of the world. They have a full street of shops most of which date back to Victorian times and a museum full of Steampunk artefacts. They were made from everything from tea kettles to bulldozer parts. The materials didn't seem to matter, it was the overall form and detail that mattered. As it turns out, many steam boilers were lagged in wood planking as a form of insulation. I like the warmth of the wood in the design but these things are highly personal and I could imagine it made entirely from copper or steel. Could be heavy though.
      Regards,
      Mark

  • @roundtuitracingaz132
    @roundtuitracingaz132 3 роки тому

    Now you need to make a steam powered generator to power it to complete the package. Nice SSS (shop safety shorts).

    • @KarlBunker
      @KarlBunker 3 роки тому

      I think those were PPL (Personal Protective Lederhosen).

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  3 роки тому

      In the middle of our summer when I started that project. There's no way I'm getting kitted out in overalls and/or an apron! 😁
      Regards,
      Mark

  • @whiteblock8
    @whiteblock8 3 роки тому +1

    this reminds me of ,the diagonal steamtrap, catch it on youtube jimmy elis version best.

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  3 роки тому +1

      I just watched it. I'm not sure if the accent made if funnier but it's a good bit of fun.
      Regards,
      Mark

  • @scruffy6151
    @scruffy6151 3 роки тому

    👍👍

  • @chrisleech1565
    @chrisleech1565 3 роки тому

    I wouldn't know where to begin. Lets say I am glad its in your capable hands. And STEAM stands for? Google isn't helping. What I was told once was: Science, Technology, Electricity, A____ and Math so what is the A for? I am lazy tonight :-)

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  3 роки тому

      It was only about 15 years ago that we started talking about STEM in schools. That was accepted as Science Technology, Engineering and Maths. Then they started adding the Arts in there as well. I'm not sure if they go together really. I did work on a very good STEM project called F1 in Schools and I am hoping to do a video on it sometime this year.
      Regards,
      Mark

  • @bobweiram6321
    @bobweiram6321 3 роки тому

    Ironically, the table saw is the most dangerous machine in your shop.

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  3 роки тому

      Absolutely. I always treat that monster with respect.
      Regards,
      Mark

  • @chrischapel9165
    @chrischapel9165 3 роки тому

    Hmmm the end plate pattern has a certain feminine quality to it...LOL

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  3 роки тому

      Who doesn't like curves? Curvy is good! 😁
      Regards,
      Mark

  • @jdmccorful
    @jdmccorful 3 роки тому

    Really cool project. Enjoyed the looksee. Thanks.