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Re: New Clock Escapement Design
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lugnet.technic
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Thu, 9 Nov 2000 06:50:55 GMT
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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 the speed of a mechanical process (without
motors).
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Paul Davidson
Amnon Silverstein <amnon@best.com> wrote in message
news:G3KoJr.KM6@lugnet.com...
> 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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