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Assembling the Rokr Pendulum Clock Kit. 166 pieces including hardware and all the laser cut wooden parts that snap together. No glue for this kit and no batteries - it is a spring driven mechanical clock. I must say the the directions were very good and everything went together quite easily. Total build time not including breaks was 3 hours and 51 minutes. The only tricky part is getting it running smoothly. After finishing the clock, I couldn't get it to run for more than 5 minutes. Had to double check all my gears to make sure nothing was binding and had to precisely level the clock to keep it from stopping. From what I have read online about the kit - it takes awhile for the clock to "wear in" and find its stride. After doing some final adjustments the next morning, it has been running for over an hour so far and is pretty accurate for a wooden kit clock (the speed and be adjusted by raising or lowering a counterweight in the bottom of the pendulum. When everything is working as it should, the clock should run about 7 hours on a winding. Cool Intro - Stings by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) Twirly Tops by The Green Orbs used by permission from the YouTube Audio Library.
Wow!That is super cool.
Very cool steampunk looking clock. Did Santa bring this? I should think the leftover wood could make some wonderful art, as well.
The time lapse photography incorporating the electromechanical flip clock is sublimely inspired.
What do you do with these clocks you build? (Sell them, store them, give them away, wait till they break,????) I think it might take me 2 or 3 days to get it built and right (and forget the photography).
Can the wooden clock be lubricated with powdered graphite ?
A small amount of wax is supplied with the kit and the directions only suggest applying it to the teeth on the escapement wheel and the little arms on the pendulum (called pallets) that make contact with the escapement teeth. Some modelers apply wax to all the gears. Another suggestion for wooden clocks with hand cut gears is sealing all the gears with Danish Oil and applying spray-on dry lubricant to all moving parts. The gear teeth on this kit are extremely precise having been laser cut. My clock is running well now with only wax applied to the escapement parts. I am finding that it runs best on a full wind of the spring, but after a few hours it stops once the spring has lost some of its tension.
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