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"Organic" is done and mounted! When I installed the heat pump head I left room. This fills that space as planned, completing my shop office. It works, could tell the time accurately, and sounds great. I've done two passes at setting the beat, but the Home Assistant display below shows the time anyway. This wall combines the old and the new.
The left weight is a small bottle with ferrite core memor
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The pieces for Belt Clock are slowly coming together. The Escape mechanism works now that I've tried several dozen positions for the parts. The Intermediate wheel is printed, the Minute wheel is on the printer now.
I'm getting more comfortable and faster in #FreeCAD All the wheels are now designed. I still need to develop and design the support structures.
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Sometimes (often!) the simplest solution is the best. I woke this morning with a simple, and it turns out, effective solution to the Belt Clock tensioning issue. A simple pivoting lever arm with a small weight at the end solved the problem.
It was so effective I did the same for the Hour wheel. There I didn't even need a weight, since only a single belt needs to kept under mild tension.
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Unexpected side-effects strike again! I totally forgot to allow for asymmetrical torque on the Intermediate wheel. So now I have to design some way for the Intermediate wheel assembly to maintain tension but also remain aligned.
I'll put it aside from the conscious mind for now, and hope for a solution to spring up, well-formed, in the morning.
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"Organic" is done and mounted! When I installed the heat pump head I left room. This fills that space as planned, completing my shop office. It works, could tell the time accurately, and sounds great. I've done two passes at setting the beat, but the Home Assistant display below…
Sometimes (often!) the simplest solution is the best. I woke this morning with a simple, and it turns out, effective solution to the Belt Clock tensioning issue. A simple pivoting lever arm with a small weight at the end solved the problem…
Unexpected side-effects strike again! I totally forgot to allow for asymmetrical torque on the Intermediate wheel. So now I have to design some way for the Intermediate wheel assembly to maintain tension but also remain aligned.
I'll put i…
The pieces for Belt Clock are slowly coming together. The Escape mechanism works now that I've tried several dozen positions for the parts. The Intermediate wheel is printed, the Minute wheel is on the printer now.
I'm getting more comfort…
The escape wheel just came off the printer. It's good.
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I'm planning on a 730 mm pendulum with 70 BPM. That requires 35 teeth on the escape wheel to give 1 RPM. I chose a 47 tooth pinion for the GT2 belt. That will go to an intermediate wheel with 282 teeth on the wheel and a 31 tooth pinion.
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After building 3 of Clayton Boyer's clock designs plus his hygrometer, I decided to design a clock of my own. It'll be a large wall-mounted contraption. Instead of traditional gears, I'm using GT2 timing belts to create the rotation period…
Clayton Boyer's "Toucan" clock is done! And working! As a clock! "Solaris" is a fine wall sculpture, "Organic" runs but not necessarily as a clock, but "Toucan" was only out a few minutes this morning!
This is a magnetically impulsed Walki…
My fourth Clayton Boyer project is "Toucan". It's a walking escapement, magnetic impulse-powered clock.
There were already a couple of stumbles. I had a piece of Purpleheart which was marginally thick enough for resawing. Unfortunately the…
"Organic" is working. Sort of. It's still on the assembly stand, although the wall location is marked. The hour hand isn't moving and it needs a bit more weight on the motor arm. The pendulum frequency is close. Only an extended run (with …
I picked up Joule's ashes today. She'll be back with her brother.
Meanwhile, back in the shop, "Organic" is progressing. Over the past few days I cut all the brass rods and tubes, and printed some end caps and washers. Today I mounted some…
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