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Re: Technic Pendulum Clock progress
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lugnet.technic
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Tue, 30 Jan 2001 07:56:16 GMT
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> The spool needs to be carefully wound, or the
> string can get pinched,
> Amnon
I set up a winder for a spool, I used a worm gear with a 1/5 ratio to the spool
when you wind the wheight the string travels down the spool evenly. I got
the idea from a hose winder. but unlike a hose winder the lego spool does
not travel up and down the spool in otherwords the string doesen't change
directions. I would e_mail u a picture but my camera isn't working.
Chris
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 | | Re: Technic Pendulum Clock progress
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| You could have 2 worm gears side by side turning in opposite directions and have a bar below that which pushes the string against one or the other in turn. I looked at this for my crane spooler, but couldn't get it to work neatly because of the high (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Technic Pendulum Clock progress
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| I finally got my clock to run for a solid 24 hours (plus only a few more minutes until the weights hit the floor.). It ran the whole period non-stop, and I didn't touch it until it finished its run. It was 15 minutes slow by the end of this period, (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jan-01, to lugnet.technic)
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