Clickspring YouTube channel
Hacker ApprovedRanked 10 of 48 YouTube channels by recommenders
People recommend it for detailed videos on machining and recreating historical mechanisms, made by a skilled machinist and watchmaker. The most common caveat is that the videos take a long time to watch.
People recommend it for detailed videos on machining and recreating historical mechanisms, made by a skilled machinist and watchmaker. The most common caveat is that the videos take a long time to watch.
13 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 13
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 7 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 13 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 7 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Recreates the Antikythera Mechanism
“The thing that snapped me out of it was my awe in watching Clickspring (YT) try to recreate the Antikythera Mechanism.”
Comment from 18 Jun 2026 in “Notes from Tired Egyptian Whose Job Is Explaining That Humans Built the Pyramids” “Clickspring on YouTube has a whole series into construction methods likely used with the Antikythera mechanism”
Comment from 1 Dec 2025 in “Historic Engineering Wonders: Photos That Reveal How They Pulled It Off” “One really interesting aspect of his Antikythera mechanism videos is that”
Comment from 8 Oct 2026 in “Archaeologists Are Reconstructing the 'Invisible' Technologies of the Stone Age” Skilled machinist and watchmaker
“He's a master machinist, so he has fabulous insight into workholding, precision, etc.”
Comment from 8 Oct 2026 in “Archaeologists Are Reconstructing the 'Invisible' Technologies of the Stone Age” “he is a skilled watchmaker and he works with academics on actual reseach”
Comment from 18 Dec 2025 in “Beginning January 2026, all ACM publications will be made open access” Shows tooling and construction methods
“Clickspring on YouTube has a whole series into construction methods likely used with the Antikythera mechanism”
Comment from 1 Dec 2025 in “Historic Engineering Wonders: Photos That Reveal How They Pulled It Off” “shows a lot of the tooling that could have been used to make it. Well worth watching.”
Comment from 28 May 2026 in “The Antikythera Mechanism”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Videos take a long time
“My only complaint with Clickspring is that it takes so long.”
Comment from 8 Oct 2026 in “Archaeologists Are Reconstructing the 'Invisible' Technologies of the Stone Age”
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What people said
10 of the 15 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“My only complaint with Clickspring is that it takes so long.”
“One really interesting aspect of his Antikythera mechanism videos is that”
“now i'm subscribed and will have to watch this again”
“He's a master machinist, so he has fabulous insight into workholding, precision, etc.”
“Blondihacks is a favourite along w/ Clickspring and Pask Makes.”
“The thing that snapped me out of it was my awe in watching Clickspring (YT) try to recreate the Antikythera Mechanism.”
“shows a lot of the tooling that could have been used to make it. Well worth watching.”
“he is a skilled watchmaker and he works with academics on actual reseach”
“Obligatory link to ClickSpring”
“Clickspring on YouTube has a whole series into construction methods likely used with the Antikythera mechanism”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.