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Re: Original Clock Design
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Wed, 13 Dec 2000 02:32:35 GMT
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That looks great, Amnon! You may also be able to get a second hand, using
the "diff thru the large turntable" technique. Check out Jennifer Clarke's
excavator for the details. Might look a bit cludgy, though...

http://www.telepresence.strath.ac.uk/jen/lego/

Regards,

ROSCO

Amnon Silverstein <amnon@best.com> wrote in message
news:G5HB4w.ME5@lugnet.com...
I have a working draft of a weight-powered pendulum clock made of Lego. I
keep improving it all the time, and I am going to make it strike the • hours,
but right now here is what I have.
It runs for 8 hours, it tells time, it can be rewound with a key, it can • be
set with a knob. It is powered by 2 pounds of weight and it sits on a • desk.
It is all Lego except for the weights, and all of the parts are in current
sets I think. I haven't finished calibrating it yet, so I am not sure how
accurate I can get it, but it is approximatly correct.
One feature it has that I haven't seen used is a super simple minutes ->
hours gearing with a 12 crown and a worm.
http://www.best.com/~amnon/Homepage/Games/LegoClocks/ClockDiagram.jpg

My Lego clocks page:
http://www.best.com/~amnon/Homepage/Games/LegoClocks/



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  Second Hand (Re: Original Clock Design)
 
I was thinking the same thing when I saw Issac Merkle's two-axles through a turntable. The second hand would have to be run off of the differential cage, because the minutes would be hard to sync since they would be advanced depending on what hour (...) (24 years ago, 13-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic)

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  Original Clock Design
 
I have a working draft of a weight-powered pendulum clock made of Lego. I keep improving it all the time, and I am going to make it strike the hours, but right now here is what I have. It runs for 8 hours, it tells time, it can be rewound with a (...) (24 years ago, 12-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic)  

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