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Re:Show HN: Mechanical Computer Kit (Roons) by BlimpSpike on Thursday May 01, 2025 @01:57PM (#43861132)
How loud is it? Would it disrupt the whole office if I had it on my desk and occasionally played with it?

Very cool, I'll check back for the Kickstarter!

Re:Show HN: Mechanical Computer Kit (Roons) by uncial on Thursday May 01, 2025 @02:14PM (#43861336)
With the FDM-printed prototype version there's a noticeable "a mechanism is occuring" sound, largely due to layer lines. Tbh it's not too loud rn but I'm confident we can get it smooth and whisper-quiet using any vaguely sane manufacturing technique (defaulting to injection moulded ABS but we have some options). The marbles/roons themselves are silent, it's just a question of getting the barrel cams to play nice.
Re:Show HN: Mechanical Computer Kit (Roons) by thenthenthen on Thursday May 01, 2025 @02:35PM (#43861638)
The first idea that came to mind was, how to trigger sounds with these functions! Would be a mesmerising synth! Well done!