I have recently built one of these (I intend to post a video soon). I had the same issue with the motor needing several tries before it found a stable position. It seems to help if you add a large capactor (such as 2200uF) across the motor terminals as then it runs for a bit longer and stops more smoothly.
Thanks for the feedback! Seems like you have it figured out. But just a heads up - Clayton emailed me about a detent that can be added to this clock. It's basically a small arm that mounts in front of the motor, engaging the gears of the minute wheel, preventing the motor from falling back down. It's works perfect. I can't post photos here in these comments, but if you are interested maybe email Clayton regarding this detent component. And be sure to post when your video is up. I'd love to see it!
@@briangray5067 Thanks for the info. I had thought about something like this myself but not yet worked out the details. I'll certainly mail Clayton and see what he says.
It depends upon how much weight you can engineer the clock to run on. If you can engineer the clock to run without any weights, I'd say around 3 months. If you need to add significant weight, about 1 months. Mine runs for about 2 months on one battery. The more weight, the more the motor has to work.
This is gorgeous. I need to keep rewatching the video to catch all the nifty tricks, or just for pleasure. Bloody marvelous.
Thanks!
Video très pedagogique ! Super merci beaucoup pour le partage !
Beautiful clock
You have many talents! That’s awesome Brian.
Thanks!
I have recently built one of these (I intend to post a video soon). I had the same issue with the motor needing several tries before it found a stable position. It seems to help if you add a large capactor (such as 2200uF) across the motor terminals as then it runs for a bit longer and stops more smoothly.
Thanks for the feedback! Seems like you have it figured out. But just a heads up - Clayton emailed me about a detent that can be added to this clock. It's basically a small arm that mounts in front of the motor, engaging the gears of the minute wheel, preventing the motor from falling back down. It's works perfect. I can't post photos here in these comments, but if you are interested maybe email Clayton regarding this detent component. And be sure to post when your video is up. I'd love to see it!
@@briangray5067 Thanks for the info. I had thought about something like this myself but not yet worked out the details. I'll certainly mail Clayton and see what he says.
Brilliant
Is that a crank shaft of a bike.
Hi, how long the battery last?
It depends upon how much weight you can engineer the clock to run on. If you can engineer the clock to run without any weights, I'd say around 3 months. If you need to add significant weight, about 1 months. Mine runs for about 2 months on one battery. The more weight, the more the motor has to work.
@@briangray5067 thanks a lot, have a great day Brian