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I want to design and build a mechanical clock.
I have access to a 3D printer, so most parts can be manufactured that way.
I'm looking for resources (free books, if possible) to calculate. My other choice is just look for videos and blogs and make the calculations my self.
I have some experience with gear design.
Clock making general?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwMfkoUR8Yw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g-rlaZNAjU
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>>941184
>Clock making general?
So, is that your question?
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>>941184
What do you need to calculate?
Pendulum frequency depends on length and force from escapement also I guess.
To go from 1 second to 1 minute you need a gear ratio of 60:1 to go from minutes to hours you need a gear ratio of 60:1
There are probably a billion different escapements you can pick but I doubt you would find a book about it.
If you want to make the gears from scratch the only resource I know is woodgears.ca, guy is mentioned in diy regularly and he has some weird wooden shit.
If you want metal gears you need one of those machines to make them properly.
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http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:328569
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Disposable Gas Cylinders. 2016-02-04 04:51:53 Post No.941087
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Is there anything productive to do with these? Certainly can't refill them but they seem completely sturdy and rather well made to be truly disposable. I have a small pile I've refused to toss of empty propane cylinders of the torch and camping flavor.
My first though was to chop the top off and use it as the internal wall of a can crucible but you can only make so many of those before you have a hoarding problem.
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>>941087
>Certainly can't refill them
Refill them anyway?
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>>941087
You can refill the propane ones pretty easily.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/351249783517?ul_noapp=true&chn=ps&lpid=82
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Buy an oil filter cutter (big pipe cutter) take off the top, angle grind a shapr out of the side and put a candle in there paint and give as gifts
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Apologies if this is the wrong board,but is anyone familiar with this machinery? It's a pedinghaus pcd1100 drill.
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Check the Practical Machinist forums and ask specific questions after thorough lurking.
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I recently bought a wardrobe like the picture. Its antique and beat up quite a bit and I'd like to fix it up. Any suggestions on where I can get replacement parts/a new lock and key for the piece of furniture? I appreciate any advice.
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Pic of the one you own would be helpful.
Google the key descriptive words for the parts you need. and see if there is any that matches what you require, then look for suppliers or the manufacture
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>>941006
brettunsvillage (search on google) is a good place to start. they deal with trunk parts and handles, and have a lot of new old stock parts as well.
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Working on my own pic. I appreciate the responses!
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do you walk among these men?
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>>940957
>there is no mods
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Battery Charger RF Interference 2016-02-03 22:46:55 Post No.940920
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Battery Charger RF Interference
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When I plug my Milwaukee battery charger in at work, my boss' Makita radio goes to static. I've never had this problem when using a Milwaukee radio, and the Makita radio works fine with the Makita charger. So it looks like the switched mode power supply in the charger is causing rf noise that neither the radio or charger has adequate filtering to remove. I tried just moving the two away from each other, but there was no improvement in the sound, so it looks like the rf harmonics are traveling through the wires instead of just through the air. The two work fine when they're plugged into outlets on different circuits, but this isn't always possible. I was thinking that adding an rf choke into the power supply of the drill charger might fix this problem, or putting a large cap across the hot and neutral wires. I'm an electrician so I know how to safely work with electricity, but I don't know if this is going to work or if I'm gonna screw up my charger. Much thanks for any help.
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Does it mess with AM or FM?
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We've only used the radio on FM
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It's because hackers
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Does anyone know a way to get this rubber out?
Tried pressing and twisting to try and put it back in but unfortunately that won't work.. Perhaps something with heat?
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Blow it out with an air compressor on the barrel end
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>>940795
Coat hanger through the end, push it out.
or
Long screw into the other end, pull it out.
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>>940795
You could just go buy a fucking 50 pack because they're literally pennies to buy.
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scale modelling thread? scale modelling thread.
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/toy/ has some really good general thread for this.
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>>940724
good. i'm goink.
I need help to jailbreak my MacBookPro. or figuring out a way to get free content?
Thanks in advance
/picnotrelated
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>>940717
>pic definitely related
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>>940727
Lol
How can I give myself this hairstyle? I have the hair required for this, and I know this is made with mousse, damp hair and some wax. But I still cant get this. Someone please help
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>>940585
Not being bald would be a good start.
does anyone know how to unlock a ipod without knowing the passcode
>inb4 restore it
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>>940545
return it to the owner and ask him
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>>940545
Look for the sticky note containing passwords under the keyboard
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/diy/
I got this awesome root system from a job site a few weeks ago. Its been sitting for a while now cause I'm a little lost on what to do with it. Id love to keep it, but hard times have me living at home, so I can't feasibly base my master bedroom around it. I'll probably sell it to make a cool dollar. Possible ideas so far:
Clean, stain, lacquer. Sell as wall art.
Attempt to make a glass top coffee table.
Favorite idea so far, but maybe a lot more difficult. Find a way to run lights along the top and turn it into a sort of natural chandelier. Only concern is transferring power to the root without it looking like shit. Also, it may be like 40 pounds or so. Not sure if that's too heavy to hang.
tl;dr What do I do with this cool root system
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It's like a 3/10 on the root system coolness scale for me. Could probably find better driftwood at a big lake.
I would probably just make a fire with it. You could turn it into the base for a lamp I guess.
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>>940516
>root system
With bark?
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hi /diy/
I was planning on doing something like pic related, already got the light ready and now all I need is a a decent wooden cabinet/box. Any tips where to look for one?
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>>940388
find a hammer and saw, buddy
Im a computer engineering student living in a small apartment and im looking for some kind of DIY hobby to pick up. What are some cheap "fields" that don't involve computers/electronics?
I would love to build some small vehicles with wood but idk
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>>940305
Wooden sticks
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slightly involving electronics but ham radio/shortwave is always a good hobby, to truly answer your question I'd recommend dirt bikes
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Chemistry. Make drugs in your bathroom.
Need help. I'm trying to make a usb flash drive that will allow me to upload videos to VLC player in my iPhone 6s. Kind of like the pic but home made.
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What's wrong with related one?
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>>940109
You should just use a cheap otg cable for iphone.
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>>940109
Hope you got $5k for VID/PID shit.