How critical is it for all the racks to start with the same tooth profile? As in all starting at the peak or trough of a tooth, I mean. Because just because they're the same length of rack doesn't mean they start at the same point. Or is it not that big a deal, because of the amount of movement they're doing in the final door?

OK, I JUST got to the part where you explain that it's important, but how critical is it, exactly? Because the locking pins still register and lock, even if it's not perfectly even. So is it just esthetic (matters for transparent lock), or mechanically significant for the actual locking function?

Can you grind each rack down to the peak or trough at the racking end before turning the pin end? Would that be accurate enough? (I'm thinking peak is better, gives you a little further extension of the pins when locking the vault.)

time to retire the mouth interface and go to the mk 42 LOL

teeth on both sides of the pins?

Personally, don’t work on too many watches however I do have a 1944 K-31 Schmidt Ruben I could use some help with!……lol

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Is the book you have still in print/copyright? If not, your local library might be able to assist you in scanning the entire book. Many books on esoteric technical subjects are being lost because they were printed in small quantities and they aren't collected because their authors are unknown. This is especially true of books in languages other than English, just because printing quantities were even smaller.

@@kschleic9053 I think it's not still published in France and Switzerland, most of my watchmaking colleagues have a copy, not sure about the USA. As for the scan, I have everything I need in my workshop to take care of it.

Yeah a book in french is going to be super helpful and the hours of time trying to understand it is going to be doubly good... smh

Appreciate that!

I think many of us like some workshop ASMR haha, the best part about it is I really don't mind if the neighbors are remodeling their home

If they get to do some laser etching/cleaning, I'd listen to that all day. Guaranteed, he'd make that thing sing.

Totally get that! I find Adam’s builds really relaxing and compelling. 👌🏻👌🏻

Nevwr say never... jork

imagination? he is literally trying to copy something from a game.

@@thomgizziz He isn't copying something from a game lol.

@@thomgizziz This is not related to the fallout collaboration, started before that, and it is an absolute little piece of art :)

That workshop is my nirvana.🙏🏼

I want a similar one for measuring fibers, thread, and yarn for my medieval fiber arts. Talk about some engineering marvels, medieval weaving and knitting creators were some badass engineers.

AvEs "Not to be operated by fkwits" would be equally appropriate lol

I have stickers next to all my machines saying ; "This machine does not know the difference between metal and flesh. Nor does it care." But now I want those stickers as well!

I went for the "It's nothing personal, it does that to anyone and anything."

I've got a graphic pictorial sticker on my Table Saw that says, "Remove Head From Ass Before Using This Machine." Same idea.

is it designed to perform psychological experiments on adam? lol

The video! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/f6uKi5ZeppyXgo0.htmlfeature=shared

@@tested I'm trying to finish this video. You're not helping my ADD. Damn you! Lol

It looks like an early prototype for an arc-reactor.

was wandering what that was so a big thank you

Unless it's compromised like our mathematical system is!!

Unless it's compromised like our mathematical system is!!

Some of us would use it more if we could. Most people, like me, who bake seriously use metric because it scales better. But society is still stuck in imperial units. 😔

@@armedvsokord Companies that do precision machining would beg to differ. They use thousands of an inch.

@@thomgizziz no they don´t, look at NASA for example they use metric, and every big companie that does precision work uses metric. And i tell you exactly why, only 3.5 country's in the world use your lunatic method of measuring things: USA, Myanmar, Liberia and the United Kingdom has a mix, everybody else (191 countrys ) uses metric. So if you need to order parts or give instructions it´s easier to just use metric.

2nd this request!

no, no it doesn't. Watching a person make a new high tech invention would be nothing like watching a dude try and blunder through replicating something from a game.

​@@thomgizziz hold up. From a game? He's building a vault door based on real vault doors used by banks. The other thing I do agree with in theory though. In practice, watching someone inventing something like an arc reactor would be super boring, but it's obviously played up in the work of fiction to show he's smart instead of saying it. Which a certain tabletop war gaming company could learn a thing or two from.

You know what is better than that is understanding what you have to do and doing it right the first time with a good plan and not trying to wing it and make a bunch of mistakes. You are trying to pretend that the way you think is a good thing when it is clearly not.

@@thomgizziz "clearly not" interesting opinion. Otoh, figuring things out as you go is a fun way to learn new things. Yeah, sometimes you try something and it doesn't work out. Sometimes it does. You learn things either way. Sometimes you figure on doing it one way, based on what you've done in the past or what others have done or whatever, but then get an idea part way through and try something new. Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't. He's building a vault purely for the joy of it. A tiny, but functional vault. He doesn't NEED it. He's not selling it. It's not part of some other production. There's no specs he's required to follow. He's so excited about the gears he cut. Not because he had it all figured out and knew exactly how it should be done, but because he'd never done it before and he tried it and it worked. If you've never tried to do something you've never tried before, just for the fun of it, I highly recommend it. It's so incredibly rewarding to have a thing that you did that you hadn't done before.

​@@thomgizziz Yours is worse, with the way you think you can only ever make things that others have precisely detailed before you. Prototyping is all about iterative design and the resilience to deal with your "mistakes" while you discover and learn a better approach. Finding enjoyment in that process is even better.

Ikr, I was under the same impression when they dropped the 1st video and was all excited. Nevertheless, it’s a vault door so…

@@_Khan-Solo_ it's still neat what he is making, surprised he didn't try to tie into all the Fallout hubaloo

What about the fact that the pins are screwed onto the racks -- wouldn't that give enough flexibility in final "height" to account for small discrepancies in the rack teeth?

​@@coil780it can, but having the first tooth start at the same position will ensure no single rack will undo or bottom out before the rest. The threads themselves will just account for the position of the pin at its full stroke

Don't mind me, just need to think about 15 different things real quick. And I'm back.