Thread: New clock design ....Be part of it.

I also prefer the second one. Am undecided about the orientation though. Having one set rotated may make it more stable, or not
This clock is looking great. You are doing a great job Russell.

Well I'm for No 1.
I like that the circles "feet" keep the circle theme going.
It also gives me other ways to mount it to the wall so no-one sees how.
I'd go for small keyholes cut in the back circle and the centre of the third circle and slide clock over screws heads in the wall.

The other set look like someone got the clock and then fudged up something to mount it. I don't want to see how its mounted.

What would you guys think if the 4 circles had teeth like the gears?

Peter

Russell which method of mounting is the strongest? How much weight will be needed to make it run. ? These questions may be more important than form at this stage.
Dean.

It sounds like the method of mounting the raised version is split. If there is enough space on the ply we may be able to have both available to choice from.

Peter your key hole thought is a good one. At the moment I just had a screw head showing on the top of the back frame and going into the wall. I to do like hidden fixing and the ability to take down the clock with out using tools.
I will take these suggestion back to the drawing board for a bit more thought.

Dean I am hoping that it will run with 5kg of weight but it might be more. There is only one way to find out...make one... just need to get the design to a complete alpha stage then we start cutting wood.

Russell

I got to spend most of today on the clock today, so got some thing sorted out.
First I went with Peter's suggestion and come up with a hidden mounting using the cones as in first pic. It has a cut away section showing the key hole mount, these will need to be glue together but there will be a recces in the tops of each one to line them up,
Next pic shows what I thought at the time was all the plywood parts for one of these clocks. I let you have a go at picking out the missing parts....

Last pic shows the panels layout for cutting. This is by no means yet near putting it in the cnc and there it is. I have to go through all the parts and put tabs in so it does not fall apart. These tab will be 0.5mm high and most larger part need 4 tabs, some 2, tiny ones 1. This take some gcoding as my gcode generator does not have a tab function so it has to be done in CAD first then gcode a second time to get the tabs. This is after going through and checking sizing of all the key parts... Measure twice = less stuff ups and there is still some holes need to be dog boned still.

If you look closely you will see two rockers included as this will be the first thing to wear out, so there is two.
You will also see a second set of hands in light blue for the moment I used a repeat of the first one just for size but a second design will need to be settled upon soon.......Hint hint....

You might think there a little space here and there.....
I still have to fit in some jigs that will help in putting the clock together and I would like to put some cutouts for the brass parts to fit into.
I haven't decided whether to label the plywood or just make a printed sheet for identifying the parts.
The test is for those who have been following closely is can you identerfy every part....and if I am missing any LET ME KNOW

Russell

Studying closely, will report back later.

Hi
Been a while but that's life. Just finished replacing the bearings in the spindle plus some re engineering also took some time. The first test cut was clock parts out of some scrape ply. This was to check sizing and the fit of parts that go together. Found few error in the gcode these are easy to fix.
Photos
1 panel 1 out of router Note the numbers for the small face are in the wrong spot,,, that is what happens when you start with out touching off in the right place
2 shows the fitting together of the cross bkt and back frame, a nice push fit after a light sanding off the furry bits. On the finish clock these will be glued also.
3 a very close up of the remains of the tab after cutting it free of the panel. A few rubs with the sand paper... all gone
4 the dial face fits together well with a little tap with a block with off cut as protection and it very snug fit
5 small dial face look the part only if it had numbers
6 all the parts ruffly lay out.

More to come

Russell

Looks good,
Those little tags are nothing to get rid of which is a nice feature.
Just a hint it goes 9,10,11 not 9,10,12 (ha ha).
You seem have come a long way, From what I read in the cnc forums its not easy, although you say its an easyy fix for your numbers.

Looking good
Peter

Awesom Russell keep going!
Dean.

Great stuff Rusel.

Cheers

Great work Rusel.
Even that small trial assembly looks fantastic.

Its going to look so cool.

Thanks for the encouragement guys...
Got the test panel 2 and 3 done see atttached
pic 1096 is panel 2 which has the top frame, one of the large hands on it. Spot the problem with clock face segment 3? There have been many of these little things have been pick up with these test panels
pic 1097 is panel 3 this took some time to get the cone mounts to fit into the waste with in the gears. This saved a lot of space. _Fly_ can you see your key hole design in these pieces?
Pic 1105 show a cone mount not sanded and fitted yet but how they will stack up and fit into one another

Hope to get panels 4 & 5 done this week between other jobs

Russell

Looking nice