Exquisite. To have the hand to scribe and engrave and understand and use the machining principles is a gift.
This leaves me with one question.
What is a card press used for?
Or better yet, Why would you press cards?
Nicely flattened/stiffened playing cards equals better tricks.
It’s to keep them from curling when not in use. Too little or too much humidity in the air will make the cards curl which in turn makes them hard to deal, shuffle etc.Presses are favorites of Card Mechanics like Richard Turner-
Fabulous metal working – and unique design. I’ll wager he’s work earns some good money.
He’s Australian if I remember right, he also started building a working replica of the Antikythera Mechanism last year- https://youtu.be/ML4tw_UzqZE
I’ve always been fascinated with the Antikythera Mechanism, it’s amazing what the Ancient Greeks managed to accomplish in their day.
You think the Greeks did that eh?
Ya,I know Aliens
Ed, look up Greek Fire, an incendiary weapon used over some centuries and with devastating results against their enemies. A weapon attributed to Archimedes and as history proves, also used by the Byzantine Empire during the 7th Century but somehow now lost to antiquity.
Exquisite. To have the hand to scribe and engrave and understand and use the machining principles is a gift.
This leaves me with one question.
What is a card press used for?
Or better yet, Why would you press cards?
Nicely flattened/stiffened playing cards equals better tricks.
It’s to keep them from curling when not in use. Too little or too much humidity in the air will make the cards curl which in turn makes them hard to deal, shuffle etc.Presses are favorites of Card Mechanics like Richard Turner-
https://youtu.be/TwFIJyWKs1k
Fabulous metal working – and unique design. I’ll wager he’s work earns some good money.
He’s Australian if I remember right, he also started building a working replica of the Antikythera Mechanism last year-
https://youtu.be/ML4tw_UzqZE
I’ve always been fascinated with the Antikythera Mechanism, it’s amazing what the Ancient Greeks managed to accomplish in their day.
You think the Greeks did that eh?
Ya,I know Aliens
Ed, look up Greek Fire, an incendiary weapon used over some centuries and with devastating results against their enemies. A weapon attributed to Archimedes and as history proves, also used by the Byzantine Empire during the 7th Century but somehow now lost to antiquity.