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Mon, 3 Apr 2000 21:43:20 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, William M. Leue writes:
> d. A decent escapement mechanism. The things that people have been building
> are ingenious but basically hideous, IMHO.
I'm working on a clock which uses a 6 tooth escapement made from 6 of the new
quarter-oval brackets. The short sides of the brackets are pinned to a hub
made of medium pulleys. It's a bit hard to get the spacing of the little
ratchet mechanism right, but the escapement runs smoothly. It could use more
than 6 teeth, but with enough gearing the clock hands should turn at the right
speed.
Phil
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| Well, Nicky, it kinda depends on how many gears you are thinking of when you say 'and so on...'. I can think of a couple of solutions to this problem, none of them very compact or tidy. If you wanted to turn a large number of gears (or other rotary (...) (24 years ago, 2-Apr-00, to lugnet.technic)
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