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Specifications:
· Dials
1. Seconds
2. Minutes
3. Hours
4. Day/Night
5. Day of Week
6. Day of Month
· Material
o Wood (Western Australian Sheoak and Jarrah),
o A piece of string, Lead Weight, Pendulum Spring.
· Run Time
o 48 Hours.
· Accuracy
o Less than five seconds per 48 hours.
o Temperature stability less than 10 seconds per season.
· Dimension
o Height 180 cm, Width 52cm, Dial 40cm Diameter.
· Parts
o 290
· Drawings
o 136
· Design, Drafting and Manufacture Period
· 3,000 Hours over a 2.5 years.
Email drawing questions to: nick.andronis@l-3com.com
Clock Builders
First clock build from the drawings January 2001 "Terry Hurley from West
Yorkshire England" terryhurley@3thecopse.fsworld.co.uk
First 3D drawings August 2005 "Stephan" stephanpjacques-@yahoo.ca
November 2006 "Stephan" Stefan.Wegscheider@web.de
October 2008 "Peter" pahpbourne@iinet.net
July 2009 "Tim" TJPUIG@aol.com
November 2009 Solid Works "Miguel" miguel.adad@otecnica.es
November 2009 Auto Desk Inventor rendering of "Miguel’s Solid Works
February 2010 “Cliff” chd444@hotmail.com
June 2011 “Steve” rvsteve@msn.com
Dec 2012 “Mathew” Westrich, Matthew [Matthew.Westrich@harley-davidson.com]
Other Clocks
Consciousness test
The clock has turned out to be a bit of a "consciousness test". The clock is displayed in a prominent position in our entry hall. Only one in 30 new visitors (mostly my kid’s friends) notices that it’s there. The following comments have been received.
BIZARRE COMMENTS
- "What color are you going to paint it?" (Mother in-law).
- "I'm sure you can buy another one." The escapement took three
months to build and broke when a bicycle fell on it. (A
mother from our school who believes that any problem can be solved with a
credit card).
- "That's nice. Where do the batteries go?" (Another
Mother from the school).
- "Where does the cuckoo bird come out?" (Another mother).
- "Yeah. I've already seen one of those at a
Pemberton gallery." (You guessed it, another mother).
- "Nice. So what kit did you assemble from?"
(Next door neighbour.)
- "You could display it at a craft fair. You know the ones they have every
week end in car parks." (Brother in-law).
- "I'm sorry sir. I only value recognized brands 'Yah, Sniff'. Maybe a craft dealer could provide an estimate"
(Internationally renowned clock valuation expert).
- "Have you seen the clock in the reception area Elyne?
No! That's nice. That corner needed some decorating" I displayed the clock
at work for one day. (Female Engineer.)
- "Could you make me a small wall clock? It should take you less than 1/4
of the time it took you to build the big one." (Sister
in law).
- "Could you find some drawings for the clock, some where? I would like to build one too." (Drunk uncle).
- "The wood you have used to make the clock is reconstituted chip
board. I know! It's the stuff they make packing cases out of. You can't fool
me, it's chip board!" (Brother in-law's friend).
NEGATIVE COMMENTS
Received many negative comments from work
colleagues.
POSITIVE COMMENTS
- " I've been in the business for over twenty
years and occasionally you get to value some outstanding pieces. This is one of
those". (Insurance valuer).
- Out of over 100 people that have seen the clock only two have understood the
effort required to design and build the clock. Both were mathematicians.
END of LIFE CRISIS
- Every few months I receive an email from someone with same story.
“I’ve recently retired and I would like to make something to leave my
family (Before I die)". .
- This is called the end of life crisis. I had my end of life crisis when I was
40 and I vaguely remember having my mid life crisis when I was 14 where I was
overcome with a desire to wear gold chains, drive red sports cars and date
women 20 years younger.
- The question is "What comes after the End of Life Crisis?"
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