Walking Bob, An Acrobatic Gravity Escapement
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ก.ย. 2014
- The pendulum arm picks the bob from the escape wheel and the weight of the bob impulses the pendulum. Before the pendulum reaches the end of its swing, the bob strikes the release arm and the escape wheel lifts the bob from the pendulum arm and back to its original position.
- แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
This is one of the most interesting escapements I have seen. I would love to be able to purchase plans to replicate this escapement.
it seems that the pendulum will receive the same amount of impulse even if the power source was a spring!
Very clever, well done, thank you
Beautiful.
this is one of my favorite escapements i have ever seen!
And it sounds good.
amazing. i could watch that all day. it reminds me of a computer operation, where a "token" is being passed around
Absolutely beautiful escapement idea, wow! I hope it's a clock by now.
I have fallen in love with your walking bob design. And I'm making a watch based on it. I'll leave you the link when I finish it. Very good your designs. A greeting.
Brilliant!
Love it!
Very nice!! 🥇
Awesome..
Very interesting and beautiful escapement..
Any more in depth info on mechinism?
Way to think outside of the box...
Nearly as detached as the much vaunted Arnfield escapement.
Any details on the construction?
I've almost got it working, although I have thought that for the past 2 days now. Surprisingly one of the most difficult projects I've done. Hoping to work or in with one of the linear legs of a rotary harmonograph I built. Just to see what happens. A bit frustrating so far. But thanks for the inspiration.
Good luck!
Big swing ! Longer pendulum ?
It's got a nice sound, but I don't see why. Is that from the base, creaking with the swing of the pendulum?
Дуже цікаво знати
👏👏👏👍
what's adding energy to the pendulum? why doesn't lifting the bob slow it down?
The pendulum arm picks the bob from the pinwheel and deposits it one pin lower. The drop from a higher pin to a lower one provides the energy to the pendulum. You are correct that lifting the bob does take energy away from the pendulum, but you get that energy back when the bob falls back to the pick position. Because the bob falls past the pick position to a lower pin, there is a net gain in pendulum energy. Once the bob trips the escape dog, the bob is lifted by the weight to the higher "pick" position for the cycle to begin again.
The geek in me loves this stuff, but the ADD in me prevents me from participating.
I wonder how long the magnets last.
There are no magnets. The Bob is picked up on forks and rocks back under its own weight.
Degreen909, I'd love some more details on this with the hopes of replicating it.
i think it will stop eventually
When the weight is suspended completely. But then you just wind it back up.
Everything does . . . Eventually.
Brilliant!
My first impression: what a silly, overcompli... omg, this is ingenioius!
Thank you for your kind comment. Here is a link to a whimsical interpretation of this same escapement done by another TH-camr. th-cam.com/users/shorts-DBl_Mvvz5A?feature=share.