# Clickspring YouTube channel

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/clickspring-youtube-channel/

12 people recommended Clickspring YouTube channel in Hacker News comments, 1 had mixed feelings and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 7 of 12 months, in 11 threads. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Detailed videos on machining and recreating historical mechanisms by a skilled machinist and watchmaker; the videos take a long time to watch.

Summary written by Claude from the comments below.

## Why people recommend it

- Recreates the Antikythera Mechanism (3 comments in the sample): "The thing that snapped me out of it was my awe in watching Clickspring (YT) try to recreate the Antikythera Mechanism." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48590251)) "Clickspring on YouTube has a whole series into construction methods likely used with the Antikythera mechanism" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46112352)) "One really interesting aspect of his Antikythera mechanism videos is that" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50010202))
- Skilled machinist and watchmaker (2 comments in the sample): "He's a master machinist, so he has fabulous insight into workholding, precision, etc." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50008475)) "he is a skilled watchmaker and he works with academics on actual reseach" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46319237))
- Shows tooling and construction methods (1 comment in the sample): "shows a lot of the tooling that could have been used to make it.  Well worth watching." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48315403))

## What people warn about

- Videos take a long time (1 comment in the sample): "My only complaint with Clickspring is that it takes so long." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50010808))

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## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Clickspring YouTube channel", https://hackerapproved.com/p/clickspring-youtube-channel/ (12 recommend, 1 mixed, 0 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.