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Re: LEGO grandfather clock
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lugnet.general, lugnet.build
Date: 
Thu, 20 Jan 2000 21:17:29 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Eric Harshbarger writes:

Folks,

All had been quiet with my LEGO sculpting recently, but now
I offer my grandest creation to date...

[drumroll]...

http://www.ericharshbarger.org/lego/clock.html

tick, tock,

eric

Very, very nice!  Well done!

Now, your next project is to hook up a MindStorms RCX with a rotational
sensor, to calibrate the grandfather clock with the RCX's internal clock.
And, automatically wind the clock after a certain number of hours...
<kidding!!>

JohnG, GMLTC
  (lose the '.nospam' to reply...)



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  Re: LEGO grandfather clock
 
All kidding aside, if he put in an RCX that would do that, he could also have it chime with it's built in sound ability. Mike Poindexter John Gerlach <john.gerlach@bestbu...om.nospam> wrote in message news:FonKH5.GIJ@lugnet.com... (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
  Using an RCX
 
Good idea, I have built a prototype pendulum clock using the RCX that has a realistic tick tock sound and swinging pendulum. Instead of weights it uses the RCX to give the pendulum a 'kick' every second, this allows it to run indefinetly. Now I just (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)

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  LEGO grandfather clock
 
Folks, All had been quiet with my LEGO sculpting recently, but now I offer my grandest creation to date... [drumroll]... (URL) tock, eric (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)

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