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Re: Thank God my clock works!
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lugnet.technic
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Wed, 12 Dec 2001 03:32:28 GMT
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"Chris Daniel" <ldaniel2@prodigy.net> wrote in message
> The clock itself is the first part and it is regulated by a pallet and a
> 84 toothed escapement(2 42 tooth lego gears from the 1970's gear set • 001,the
> pallets are built with 2 1x2 tripple slopes)which is synchronized threw a
> quickrelease to a second hand.
I'm dying to see the details of that escapement!!! Let us know if you get a
.dat done of just that! I started a clock, and gave up after realizing I'd
never get the efficiency I needed using an axle-sprocket based
escapement.... You are a genius to put the old 42 tooth gears to work.
28 hours!!! That's got to be a lego record. How's the accuracy?
Bravo! I'm writing santa now to let him know I want the .dat file for this
clock :-)
Simeon
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 | | Re: Thank God my clock works!
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| The bob I used on the pendulem is for the time being only adjustable by standard lego spaceing so for the time being after a 24 hour run my clock is off by 4 minutes I've uploaded a .dat of the pallets I used. (URL) I need help finding or makeing (...) (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Thank God my clock works!
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| About a year and a half ago I became obsessed with the desire to build a functional mechanical clock out of legos. Somehow I was able to get my friend Scott cought up in the madness. After 2 previous versions and many frustrations and a few months (...) (23 years ago, 8-Dec-01, to lugnet.technic)
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