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    Default Gear Clock



    Ever since I setup the CNC machine and built the controller housing I have been playing around with various ideas. Wooden gear projects have been around for a long time, and lots of people have made conventional gear clocks. I wanted to do something a bit different. This project combines some electronics and lots of wood.

    Full project details can be found here:
    http://alan-parekh.com/projects/gear-clock/

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    I like it! Very cool! Is it your own design? I bet corian would make some nice gears.



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    Quote Originally Posted by jeffery71 View Post
    I like it! Very cool! Is it your own design? I bet corian would make some nice gears.



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    Hi Jeff,

    Corian would work great but it would much more expensive than the MDF that I made it with. Yes I designed the clock.

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    cool design. though im still uncertain at how to tell wht the time is



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    Hi HellPhish,

    Thanks for having a look. You just need to look at the top of the two gears. When the 12 and 0 are on top it is 12:00. It the first one is half way between 1 and 2 and the second one is at 30 it is 1:30.

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    Default Gear Clock Kit now available

    Hey Guys,

    The gear clock kit is now available and there is an electronic only option so that you can make the gears yourself using your own CNC machine.

    Have a look at the Gear Clock Kit options here:
    http://alan-parekh.vstore.ca/index.php/cPath/1_20

    And get the DFX and G-Code files for all of the gears here:
    http://alan-parekh.com/kits/gear-clock-kit

    In the manual the full schematic is provided and the PIC microcontroller firmware is also provided so if you are feeling adventurous you could build the entire thing from scratch.

    Regards,

    Alan Parekh









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