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Re: Striking Lego Clock
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lugnet.technic
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Wed, 17 Jan 2001 02:13:10 GMT
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That is so cool! Thanks for sharing the picture!
Build On!
John Matthews
Amnon Silverstein <amnon@best.com> wrote in message
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> Ok, after tinkering with this for months, I finally have a complete Lego
> clock that strikes the hours! It is completely mechanical, and • non-electric.
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> It features:
> 375:1 gear ratio
> 8 hours running time
> 3 lbs clock weights and 2 lbs striking weights.
> Strikes on the hour, about once per second, as many times as required to
> indicate the hour.
> Uses all Lego parts, Lego string etc, with the exception of the bell which
> came from an old telephone and the weights, which are 1 lb lead bars.
>
> http://www.best.com/~amnon/Homepage/Games/LegoClocks/StrikingClock.jpg
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| (...) Yup. Somehow it reminds me of the "robot" crane vehicle and cardiogram type device in the old ideas books. I'd like to echo Duq's request for more explanation of the various sub components :-) Jennifer Clark (24 years ago, 17-Jan-01, to lugnet.technic)
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| Ok, after tinkering with this for months, I finally have a complete Lego clock that strikes the hours! It is completely mechanical, and non-electric. It features: 375:1 gear ratio 8 hours running time 3 lbs clock weights and 2 lbs striking weights. (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.technic) !
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