Source: Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers
If you already know what a rose engine is, you may want to just scroll down to the videos and skip me blathering on about how incredibly cool they are. You’ll have to excuse my excitement as I was only recently introduced.
Last year, I visited Maker Faire Paris and had a wonderful time.
One of the exhibits that really caught my attention was operated by a group called Etto that had brought some antique rose engines. You could tell these machines were absolutely gorgeous even from across the room. Elegant curves, layered and nested brass lobes, and slowly spinning gears drew me in. As I got closer and closer, I finally saw that these machines were engraving Guilloché (intricate geometric patterns).Here are the machines from Maker Faire Paris:
In the time between my visit and finally sitting down to edit this footage, I could no longer remember what the machines were called. So I turned to the Internet….
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