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Subject:	New Clock Escapement Design
Newsgroups:	lugnet.technic
Date:	Sun, 5 Nov 2000 22:16:39 GMT
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I came up with a simple way to make an escapement. This is the gizmo that regulates a geartrain with a pendulum, and it is used in clocks. I saw a very complicated escapement made of lego on the web (http://carol.wins.uva.nl/~leo/lego/escapement.html). This guy built a huge ratchet out of a bunch of parts. It looked very complicated and hard to build, but you could use it to make a mechanical clock (I saw one at: http://www.ericharshbarger.org/lego/clock.html). Mine doesn't use a ratchet, and it only uses a few parts, and it could be used as the basis for a mechanical clock. I have a picture and a movie of it in action: http://www.best.com/~amnon/Homepage/Games/Lego/escapement.jpg http://www.best.com/~amnon/Homepage/Games/Lego/escapement.avi

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		Re: New Clock Escapement Design
Great! Simple yet effective. Duq P.S. Has Leo seen this? "Amnon Silverstein" <amnon@best.com> wrote in message news:G3KoJr.KM6@lugnet.com... (...) huge (...) ratchet, (...) (24 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)

		Re: New Clock Escapement Design
Nice! I've been looking for good escapement designs, because I want to build a lego structure that is capable of lowering itself by means of its own weight, but at a set rate. A pendulum/escapement combination seems to be the best way to regulate (...) (24 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)

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