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Re: Working LEGO Clock Tower
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lugnet.technic
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Tue, 1 Apr 2003 16:19:21 GMT
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Chris Phillips writes:
> Inspired by the works of Leo Dorst and Eric Harshbarger, I set out to build
> a working clock mechanism in a form factor that could be displayed on a
> train layout. The result of this two-week effort is my LEGO Clock Tower,
> which made its debut on NELUG's train layout at the Greenberg train show
> this past weekend. Except for a two-pound weight and a length of cotton
> twine, the entire clock mechanism is made out of unmodified, non-electric
> LEGO pieces.
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> I am working on a complete write-up about this project, but here are a few
> preliminary pictures:
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=38950
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Have you considered making the tower more 'open', so people can see the
mechanism? Maybe build the clock faces using clear bricks?
This is too clever (and too much work!) to hide... :-)
JohnG, GMLTC
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| (...) As you might imagine, the gears are packed in there pretty tight. I built the tower from the outside in: I decided how large it could be before it would look out-of-scale and then I tried like crazy to fit four clock faces in there. This is (...) (21 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic)
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