Galileo's Pendulum Clock
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I've included new pictures to help with the assembly. Look at the washer spacing for the pendulum and escapement mechanism. Also note that the escapement requires a piece to be glued to it above to enable it to work. It is the small rectangle in the plans.
Finally, I recommend playing a little with the exact placement of the two catches on the pendulum. This model is designed to fit very snugly around the 1/4" dowel and I would adjust it manually until I got it to work correctly and then I'd use a spot of super glue to hold it in place once it is working.
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What software did you use? I'm having trouble finding decent software that does gears.
I love this project but cannot get the dxf to open... anyone else have this problem?
Hi.
We are students of Politecnico in Milan and we are writing you to ask you some informations about Galileo Pendulum's because we are doing a project for PLM course; so can you give us the shares and measures of each part of the pendulum?
Thank You for your attention.
Great project. Ive cut all the pieces but like the others Im not quite sure how to put it together. Do the cogs on the escapement wheel stick out both sides? There appears to be a pawl on either side of this wheel. A video of the movement would be useful. Ive made a Pro Desktop version to check movements if anyone is interested in having it.
I just cut out all the pieces! But I have no idea how to put all the pieces together. ZombieCat, can you help me? Can anyone help?
This is awesome, I got the dwg file and I plan on laser cutting it soon. Can you provide more detailed assembly instructions? It would help along with the picture of the drawing you posted. I imagine other than the laser cut parts you would need some strings and some kind of weights. Thanks so much very cool clock, cant wait to build.
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