How To Make a Mechanical Whale (automaton)

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  @Roycey77 · 4 years ago

  It moves with a stop-motion precision. Extraordinary.

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  @carolyncrider8217 · 1 year ago (edited)

  I felt like crying when you cut the whale in pieces. All I could think was how many hours you had spent to make it so realistic then chopped it up.  The whale became really real and  is phenomenal.

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  @simondixon2599 · 4 years ago

  I've never seen something so amazing created right before my eyes - fantastic job !!!

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  @davelevalley6511 · 1 year ago

  Perhaps the most beautiful hand crafted item I have ever seen on you tube. &nbsp;And the sound of the &nbsp;church bells ringing and dog barking in the background added to this superb video. I must watch this again and again. A masterpiece in the truest sense. Thankyou. <br>Subbed

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  @rafezetter8003 · 4 years ago (edited)

  That is just beautiful, and your methodology was clearly very meticulous and planned; I would be curious as to how many hours went into it. &nbsp;What I like the most is that you went for a bent wire armature which gives the whale some sideways movement as well as up and down - often you see these and they use a straight &quot;up and down&quot; system with different height &quot;cogs&quot; which doesn&apos;t give the same dynamic animation.

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• RI

  @rincewind549 · 4 years ago

  When artist and craftsman are born in the same person!

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• RY

  @RylaDuska · 4 years ago

  This is perfect. Poetic even. It was so beautiful to watch a masterpiece come to life.

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  @Sturmhut · 4 years ago

  This just made my day! Your ingenuity and craftsmanship is absolutely remarkable!

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• CA

  @carlafee5060 · 1 year ago

  I love carving and crafting with wood &nbsp;but not as good as he is. My hands won’t let me work with wood anymore and watching him brings back the feeling of working word . I can almost smell the wood so thank you for this video. Wow it’s beautiful

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  @sylvieshuu · 4 years ago

  That&apos;s incredible! I love how the movement of the whale resembles stop motion animation in real time! Absolutely beautiful automaton.

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  @StoneTitan · 4 years ago

  Impressive.<br>Looked better than I expected, and I could easily imagine that you&apos;ll make even better ones in the future.

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  @Jackie777 · 4 years ago

  I&apos;m... I&apos;m in love. With the craftsmanship, yes, but also editing, the way you quiet down the loud machinery, but add wind and rain, and your workplace, it looks so cosy, dude, you&apos;re like a ghibli character!<br>I&apos;m so glad I found you. You deserve the world.

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