Clock Software
For the software of the Topsy Turvy Clock the natural choice was to use the loader and tools provided by Arduino. This meant the coding would be in C++. It’s been a long time since I last used this language
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Other wierd and wonderful clocks
Whilst building the Topsy Turvy Clock, I’ve been on the lookout for other interesting clocks or other interesting clock modifications. There are quite a few examples of the Weasley Wizard Family Clock which has multiple hands to show the locations
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Car wheel removal
I have a small car which means that the spare wheel is hidden away in a hole under the floor of the boot. Down at the botton of this hole is a nut and threaded into this nut is a
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Tags: car, changing tyres, Ford Fiesta, wheel
Clock Numerals
To make the new numbers for the clock I considered a few options. Firstly I thought about simply chopping up the existing numbers and resoldering them in the new positions. The problem with this is that the numbers have been
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Materials: Cardboard
Tags: Numerials
Spindles finished
The final piece of mechanical engineering on the clock was the spindles. As previously mentioned I had a couple of different ideas on how these might work. I went with something roughtly like my second spindle design and that’s worked
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Clock PCB mounting
My plan to mount the printed circuit board onto the back of the clock was to use some screwed PCB mounts which were screwed onto double threaded woodscrews fixed into the back of the clock. I chopped the end of
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Materials: Sugru
Tags: pcb
Flea Finalist
My flea made it to the final of the Metal Masterpiece competition Post by The Metal Store UK.
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Tags: flea sculpture
Sheetmetal shears failure
Sheetmetal working is something that I’ve recently taken an interest in. A gift from work gained me a few pieces of equipment to allow me to expand my skills in this area. One of these is a small set of
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Tags: cutting, Sheetmetal, Tools
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Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
