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Wanted to share an update to my last post on making an Alethiometer. I am making a rough draft ugly version before I work on improving the look.

I went to my library’s makerspace and used their 3D printer to print a dial face and motor supports for a box. I put a breadboard inside, soldered wiring for the motor, put the motor on top of the support while wiring, and attached the dial face on top. I also used their laser cutter to engrave and cut the symbol tiles from thin plywood and glued them into the pockets. I clipped and attached a clock hand, then plugged it in. There’s a button on the side you can touch to run it, and it did!

I like to think Kunrath was also doing this kind of prototyping before he crafted his final alethiometers.

Next step, figuring out the gears and the three symbol pointers.

Edit: link to the inspiration https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpL9xWBeznU

I came upon this blog post about growing figs by Rick Shory who is based in Portland and in it, he says to maximize fig production, “while [the branches] are still pliable, I spread them wide, nearly horizontal to the ground. After they put on some girth, they will stay in position.”

Has anyone else tried this with fig trees? How did it go? I planted a couple fig trees and one of them has multiple branches, so I was thinking of spreading them like this. He actually recommends planting them kind of sideways, but mine are already in the ground.