[modeleng] Re: What do you make?
- From: "Brian Merrifield" <pprailway@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2004 23:07:13 +0100
What clock are you making, 0.3kg is not a lot to power a clock, 5kg would be
about right for a long case clock.
I built a gravity escapement time piece for my daughter as a wedding present
and when I realised the there was too much friction in the rear train for it
to run properly it went into the dustbin! The next day it came back out but
there wasn't very much worth salvaging so I started all over again and she
got the clock on her fist anniversary!
Brian
-----Original Message-----
From: modeleng-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:modeleng-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of Wilfried Vermeiren
Sent: 01 October 2004 12:07
To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [modeleng] Re: What do you make?
Errrr! How do you make 'arf a clock??
Al
--- Terry Lane <tel@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> All of the above ;-), well, actually I've only ever
> made 'arf a clock, but I
> will finish it one day.
Regarding the clock well you stop at the point where you discover it takes 5
kg to drive instead of the foreseen 0.3kg. By the way this does funny things
to the drive train.
What do you do?
Well this *** clock is on the bench and will be converted to axles on ball
bearings, the hot air engine runs on these and was a success.
On the field of the steamboat engine there is hope. Finally seem to have
found a suitable design for the boiler. It looks promising but the original
still has to be tested and proved so have to wait till summer to see the
outcome.
Meanwhile trying to collect free time. I keep it in a bucket till I have
gathered enough but there must be a hole somewhere in it.
Regards
Wilfried Vermeiren
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