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First plans iteration
04/16/2024 at 06:44 • 0 commentsYesterday, I finished a first iteration of the plans, containing most of the parts. The back frame, the fingers and some miscellaneous parts like spacers are still missing, I should add at least the back plane before my nephews birthday to be able to partially assemble the clock as we are going.
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The escapement prototype - a prequel
04/16/2024 at 06:42 • 0 commentsA few weeks ago, I already build a prototype for the escapement mechanism, as that was the part that I was most unsure of getting right. It worked out okay, I got it to run on a 13 g weight on a 10 cm lever arm, resulting in a torque of about 13 Nm on the escapement wheel. I calculated that to maintain that torque I would need a weight of about 10 kg to have the clock run for 24 h (which is or at lease was my self-set goal). So there is definitely room for improvement, but I see the first and biggest obstacle as overcome. Below you can see a video of the prototype in action: