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Re: Tick Tock.... The Flying Octopus Clock
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lugnet.technic
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Thu, 10 Apr 2008 02:33:45 GMT
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In lugnet.announce, Chris Daniel wrote:
> Hello, I just finished a new Lego clock. It is driven by a 6lbs weight. It has
> a run time of about 25 hours. It chimes the hour on the hour. All pieces are
> Lego except the chime, the weight, & the 80lbs test fireline. I'm going to make
> a mlcad file when I have a chance. Accuracy is good at +- 2 minutes a day. The
> clock has 1.5 second period swing. That means it swings 57,600 times a day!
> Thanks to Amnon Silverstein http://popbubble.com/Lego/LegoClocks/ for helping me
> with the chimer.
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> Brickshelf photos, videos, & info
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?m=banana
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> Youtube videos,
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KnNjIRbPXA
> &
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GggcgNNkxWo
That is wonderful! Having been bit by the LEGO clock bug myself once, and
knowing how difficult it is to get any sort of accuracy with a LEGO-ized clock,
I'm totally impressed with your solution
And it looks fantastic!
Very nicely done!
Dave K
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