There's a great series of videos from a clockmaker on youtube and his own
site:
http://clickspring.weebly.com/
These are probably the best produced how-to videos I've seen on youtube on
any subject. Highly recommended.
Matt
On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 3:57 PM, Bob Camp wrote:
> Hi
>
> In s
Hi
In some ways this is like:
I can buy tubes of paint and some brushes down at Hobby Lobby.
That’s what I need to paint the next Mona Lisa.
While that’s all quite true, it’s not the whole story :)
There’s an enormous amount of training and experience that goes into fitting
this
sort of thi
Hi,
In all reality, achieving these results without decades of experience is
probably unlikely. That said, are the specific plans available or
published anywhere? Is is possible that someone willing to build and
tinker could make a 'functional' copy of this unit?
I would guess that not all o
I saw Harrison's number one (its replica?) at Greenwich some time ago. It is a
dual pendulum, 180 out of phase. I remember a lot of springs.
Don
Peter Torry
> You could always use the traditional method of piercing saw and files.
> Thinking about it I suppose files were the original milling machin
You could always use the traditional method of piercing saw and files.
Thinking about it I suppose files were the original milling machine. Be
aware that the horological approach is different from the engineering
approach and there are numerous traps waiting for the unwary. Harrison
and Marti
Perhaps it is not a good analogy, but I think of
the cesium beam tube in the 5071A. The plans
alone are very non-trivial. Then there are
a bunch of proprietary machining details that
I can't disclose, that are way beyond the
merely having access to a CNC tool. The
systematic error due to the CB
Hi
I suspect you could buy quite a few nice new high end cars for the price of
that
clock.
Bob
> On Apr 20, 2015, at 3:59 AM, Attila Kinali wrote:
>
> Moin,
>
> On Mon, 20 Apr 2015 00:40:06 -0700
> "Tom Van Baak" wrote:
>
>> Mechanical, yes. Home brew, no. It is an absolutely stunning clo
On 4/20/15 12:59 AM, Attila Kinali wrote:
Moin,
On Mon, 20 Apr 2015 00:40:06 -0700
"Tom Van Baak" wrote:
Mechanical, yes. Home brew, no. It is an absolutely stunning clock,
both in beauty and performance.
Given the fact that a CNC milling machine can be bought quite cheaply
today, i would s
On Mon, 20 Apr 2015 09:59:06 +0200
Attila Kinali wrote:
> > Mechanical, yes. Home brew, no. It is an absolutely stunning clock,
> > both in beauty and performance.
>
> Given the fact that a CNC milling machine can be bought quite cheaply
> today, i would say that homebrew is easily possible. All
Moin,
On Mon, 20 Apr 2015 00:40:06 -0700
"Tom Van Baak" wrote:
> Mechanical, yes. Home brew, no. It is an absolutely stunning clock,
> both in beauty and performance.
Given the fact that a CNC milling machine can be bought quite cheaply
today, i would say that homebrew is easily possible. All
: "Perry Sandeen via time-nuts"
To:
Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2015 10:55 PM
Subject: [time-nuts] New +/- 1 sec in 100 days mech clock
List,
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3045499/Longitude-clock-stuns-experts-keeping-accurate-second-100-days-300-years-designed.html
Personally
List,
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3045499/Longitude-clock-stuns-experts-keeping-accurate-second-100-days-300-years-designed.html
Personally I’m blown away howsomeone can homer brew a mechanical clock like
this.
Regards,
Perrier
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