for your consideration:

description at youtube.

Edited September 27, 201212 yr by KEvron

for your consideration:

description at youtube.

I think your work is simply beautiful and brilliant!!

you're really too kind, burf.

is there any better hobby than ours?

KEvron

Operating excavators is good fun from time to time but that is not really a hobby,I cant think of any thing which is better than lego (technic).

does it come with cup holders?

(i'm gonna get endless mileage outta that gag!)

KEvron

@ KEvron: Nice MOC, but can you make a Lego clock that can do this?

Edited December 9, 201113 yr by DLuders

Ah yes, build one of them that would be thinking out the clock a bit.

Great design. I hope you continue to post these and perhaps more detailed vids like with your last escapement.

Which design do you think is more robust? I have tried to make a few different escapement designs but they always end up being very finicky.

they always end up being very finicky.

exasperatingly so, yes. for years, i designed exclusively with the traditional anchor escapement.

it wasn't until last year that i tried my hand at something more mechanical, and i'll never go back. the arnfield is infinitely more reliable than any other escapement i've ever employed. i also recommend some form of knife edge suspension for the pendulum instead of an arbor (axle); it'll improve the peformance of the pendulum on a level of magnitude.

as for robust, i refer you to youtube user thebellsandwhistles' arnfield (a stunning piece!). he didn't realise that his unique design would incur serious wear; his arnie ran for a few months before the plastic dust, which had accumulated as a result of that wear, finally gummed the works. long story short: it'll run 'til you pack it full of sand!

if you've made serious efforts at designing a lego clock, then you should have a pretty good grasp of the physics involved, so i would strongly encourage you to give an arnfield a try. you'll find that tuning the arnfield is quite intuitive, for the most part, though it's not without its frustrations. nothing worthwhile ever is.

KEvron

Edited December 9, 201113 yr by KEvron

Thanks for the reply.

I have only ever seriously tried the traditional anchor escapement and although I have gotten it to work to some degree, I have never really been able to get it to run smoothly for more than an hour or two.

I have always wanted to try different types of escapements but have never really taken the leap. Your last few videos have given me ideas and I have started to gather the pieces together to give it a try.

@ KEvron: Nice MOC, but can you make a Lego clock that can do this?

thinking out the clock a bit.

he who would pun would pick a pocket. mods, can we get a ruling on this?!

KEvron