It is really difficult to photograph the inside workings with the clock assembled and running. I tried to put as much as possible of the mechanism out in the open on the front, and I cut holes in the front to show the epicyclic gear drive for the lifts. If you go back to my first iteration of the chiming ball clock on you tube, I was able to lift the bonnet and show the insides and that will give you some idea.
Your device is wonderfully complex and entertaining. I find your mechanical design to be very clever and shows a great deal of thought and planning. I think this clock is now one of my very favorite examples of beautiful mechanical time-keeping.
Heartbreaking that this clock is not available nor has anyone picked up production for it. Something this brilliant should be celebrated! It seems that several people are interested in the plans and production but honestly, this should be be "productionized" with a major manufacturer to share this fantastic design and remove the burden from you. Please reconsider as there is not much in this space that is available for people like me who are passionate about this type of engineering and design.
I watched a video about a clock about a month ago. I guess TH-cam decided that I'm a guy who cares about clocks, so that's why they suggested this one.
Very smart and clever. Re the laser cutting if you can seal a cone with a hole just bigger than the beam infront of the lens hooked up to a compressed air supply that can jet through it at a decent velocity you can reduce the black edges to a pale brown colour. Laser cut stuff doesn't have to be black on the edges as the laser should be vaporising not burning its way through.
Kind regards from Germany. I stumbled across your video and am totally thrilled. Like many others, I would be interested in such a watch. Alternatively, a template to create it myself with the laser cutter.
May I give you a humble suggestion? The ball that triggers the chime unit should be carried on top about 5 minutes before the mark of the hour (chiming is prepared) (1:55, 2:55...), and held by a stop/post in the chime tray. Then, when a ball pass a press plate/button installed just before the hour tray, it releases the trigger ball and start chiming. This have two advantages: 1) The clocks start chiming when all the signaling balls are at the right place: at the first "bong" you can read the hour correctly, instead of waiting the signaling trays to be updated 2) The striking train is started by the time train, it's better conceptually than having the big minute wheel starting the chiming and having the signaling balls flowing in a non connected manner Otherwise, really nice clock! :D
This is a modification made, essentially using the basics of the Ball Clock Kit, which you could buy in any hobby store in the 80s and 90s. In addition to ball bearings, they also had some with golf and tennis balls. They all disappeared now and they don’t manufacture them any more because people got rid of all of them. After a couple of sleepless nights, owners gladly couldn’t give them away fast enough at every garage sale or swap meet!
This would be perfect for Waiting Rooms, the only problem would be trying to tear people away once their turn comes. You should sell them as a working unit, or in kit form. I'd buy one, and not just for a Waiting Room.
Really neat design. I know laser cutters and 3D printers are getting popular but I bet you'd still have a hit on your hands if you sold these as pre-cut kits.
Andrew, guess what? (It WAS in different colours) I saw the same design of this clock - and it's 1:00 drop, too! The videos were by Wolfspaw Woodworks.
it would be a huge challenge to succeed in 3D printing this beautiful clock. It's unfortunate that for small problems of reliability, you have abandoned the project. This clock deserves to be supported ;) - If one day you have plans to recreate 3D parts, I'm interested.
Do you have any plans or stl files that you would be willing to sell. This really is an incredible piece of work which I would love to attempt a build. thanks
Not proper plans as such - i.e. parts specifications, assembly plans and construction instructions. I have only the MDF cutout drawings. There are also a number of metal parts:- springs, the chime disk and striker, gear spindles, the motor, the balls, screws and nuts, etc.
Do you sell this? A kit would be great! Please let us know. FYI. There are a few companies such as “ Ugears” and “Rokr” that make wooden kits of many different mechanical things. I’m sure you could license a manufacturing agreement with them and cash in. I’m quite sure this would sell easily. Good luck
The big-ticket items are the synchronous drive motor, 40 bearing balls (15mm dia), the laser cutting, and the chime disc. Those costs would depend on your country of residence. The rest is small-change. I made this purely for my own entertainment and had no intention of making kits or completed models. The sale price of a ready-to-run production version (with replacement guarantee) would be decided very largely by the manpower hours of assembly and packaging and sales and marketing admin and servicing requests for spare parts. The sale price would therefore depend on the sales volume and that question is like asking "How long is a piece of string?".
Even if you chose to not sell the completed clocks, would it be possible to sell the CAD patterns to cut these out ourselves should we have a laser cutter? I would love to pay for even just the plans!
Hello Mr. Yates. This is the most amazing ball clock I have ever seen. Like others, I would love to purchase one. Do you plan to sell assembled ones at any point? Thank you!
I made five pre-production test units but after about a year, the wooden bearings had worn to the point where the ball-lifts were becoming unreliable. I feel that a clock has to be reliable for a lot longer than a year so I dropped the idea.
Greetings Mr. Yates. I love this improved ball clock design you've come up with. Very unique! What if you were able to substitute the high-wear parts with plastic? If it's cost-effective, it should be easy to cut or 3-D print parts that would last longer. Personally, I love seeing clockwork in action, and think it would be cool using clear plastic to show it off. Like a skeleton clock. Just a stray thought: maybe you could work a deal with the local high school wood-shop/metal-shop teacher to where the students could make them as a final assignment or extra credit product.
What about "tinning" the edges of any parts that come in contact with the balls? Metal on metal then would last much, much longer. You have a wonderful design here, it would be sad to just drop the idea of a production run.
Hello Mr. Yates, I'm really passionated with this design, I wonder if you have these models for sale?, Do you have any website? wonderful and espectacular work, Congratulations for all the improvements!!
Any chance you still have plans or details on this clock that you can share? I like the way you made this, particularly the chiming mechanism, and would love to see how you got some of the mechanisms to work, and implement them on my own clock. I'm also considering using a raspberry pi or something to give the clock an "off" mode to keep track of the time without running any of the mechanisms (that way I don't wake up in the middle of the night to fourteen or so balls being recycled).
The power source is a small, synchronous electric motor that rotates at an exact speed that is synchronized to the AC mains frequency. in most countries, the power station monitors the number of mains AC cycles and, at some stage during the night, the speed of the generators are manually increased or decreased appropriately to ensure that all the electric clocks in the country that used a synchronous motor are corrected for cycles that were either lost or gained during the past 24 hours.
If possible, would like to see more of the back end, the dynamics of the clock. But, fantastic craftsmanship. Thanks for sharing.
It is really difficult to photograph the inside workings with the clock assembled and running. I tried to put as much as possible of the mechanism out in the open on the front, and I cut holes in the front to show the epicyclic gear drive for the lifts. If you go back to my first iteration of the chiming ball clock on you tube, I was able to lift the bonnet and show the insides and that will give you some idea.
@@andrewyates89 Such a tease! 😂
Maybe make one out of transparent acrylic?
I am working on a new video to show the assembly process
@@kaleygoode1681 Really great idea!
You should really start selling these I’d buy one
2nd buyer arrived :)
And he madi it 5 yrs ago! :D
3RD buyer
Sign me up 4th
Same
I'd be the 6th..
Your device is wonderfully complex and entertaining. I find your mechanical design to be very clever and shows a great deal of thought and planning. I think this clock is now one of my very favorite examples of beautiful mechanical time-keeping.
Thank you, I'm glad that you appreciate the design package.
'Just for fun, I'm recording every 12 seconds with my clock' *I tip my hat to you sir*
Marvelous. That's what free time was invented for.
I really hope you end up either selling a kit, selling plans, or selling completed versions of these. I would love to have one. Awesome work.
I love clocks!!! Especially those with many dials, showing date, moon phrases, year, etc.
Heartbreaking that this clock is not available nor has anyone picked up production for it. Something this brilliant should be celebrated! It seems that several people are interested in the plans and production but honestly, this should be be "productionized" with a major manufacturer to share this fantastic design and remove the burden from you. Please reconsider as there is not much in this space that is available for people like me who are passionate about this type of engineering and design.
2015: No Wait
2016: Not Yet
2017: Just No
2018: I don't care
2019: Maybe, but no
2020: Ok, let's recommend this for a random guy in Brazil
I'm in the uk and recommended this now
Italy, up from the blue just now
Same here, another random guy in Brazil
Maybe YT realized it's related to Wintergatan, another channel that I follow...
I watched a video about a clock about a month ago. I guess TH-cam decided that I'm a guy who cares about clocks, so that's why they suggested this one.
This is fantastic, like something doc brown would have had in back to the future.
Thanks for making it and making the video of it. Great fun!
How someone dislike this? Good work, great brain... awesome
WoW! Great work!! Wonderful clock and mechanism!
Love unique and unusual clocks and timepieces, If more reliable one day Andrew I would be interested!
I have no idea why I just watched this, but I'm glad I did. Cool thing!
Your design approach is impressive as it is entertaining to watch. Thanks for sharing your creation along with some inspiration.
Absolutely gorgeous. I can't imagine the effort involved here. Truly a work of love. Best wishes
Thank you. You clearly understand that a mechanical "engineer" is driven by his heart and not by commercial considerations.
I would buy one of these if you ever mass sold them as assembly kits. Looks like so much fun!
Thanks. Who knows what the future holds.
Very smart and clever. Re the laser cutting if you can seal a cone with a hole just bigger than the beam infront of the lens hooked up to a compressed air supply that can jet through it at a decent velocity you can reduce the black edges to a pale brown colour. Laser cut stuff doesn't have to be black on the edges as the laser should be vaporising not burning its way through.
That is totally cool. I wish my brain was that smart to make one of those clocks. Thanks for the laughs and video. You are a very smart man.
THIS CLOCK IS SIMPLY AMAZING
Outrageously cool. I love this! Outstanding work!
Wow... that's totally fantastic... what skill...
I do like what you did! I would like to make my own marble clock for years, and now, just after seen yours, I will have to make one with a chime.
Hola, sabes cómo se hacen? Me gustaría aprender.
Simply Amazing. I wish i could build things like this. Fantastic Work
I love the letterbox inside the pillarbox. It really gives it that late-90's "how the fuck does widescreen work" sort of feel.
Kind regards from Germany. I stumbled across your video and am totally thrilled. Like many others, I would be interested in such a watch. Alternatively, a template to create it myself with the laser cutter.
I am working on a new video for a making a simpler version that is potentially an easy -to-assemble kit
May I give you a humble suggestion? The ball that triggers the chime unit should be carried on top about 5 minutes before the mark of the hour (chiming is prepared) (1:55, 2:55...), and held by a stop/post in the chime tray. Then, when a ball pass a press plate/button installed just before the hour tray, it releases the trigger ball and start chiming. This have two advantages:
1) The clocks start chiming when all the signaling balls are at the right place: at the first "bong" you can read the hour correctly, instead of waiting the signaling trays to be updated
2) The striking train is started by the time train, it's better conceptually than having the big minute wheel starting the chiming and having the signaling balls flowing in a non connected manner
Otherwise, really nice clock! :D
Hola, me podrías decir cómo funciona en su parte de atrás? Me gustaría aprender, o si tienes para vender o sabes dónde venden, me gustaría comprar
I really like this clock, you've done an amazing job! It's the best I've seen!
This is amazing. Well done sir!
This is great.
If I ever had this clock, I would film what happens at 1 o'clock.
This is a modification made, essentially using the basics of the Ball Clock Kit, which you could buy in any hobby store in the 80s and 90s. In addition to ball bearings, they also had some with golf and tennis balls. They all disappeared now and they don’t manufacture them any more because people got rid of all of them. After a couple of sleepless nights, owners gladly couldn’t give them away fast enough at every garage sale or swap meet!
I could watch this ball clock for hours
Wow, that's amazing. I didn't know this was a thing. I'd buy one if I could.
A lot better than your older one!
Hi Andrew. Wonderful, truly wonderful. Would you mind sending or making available to download, the drawings please?
I too would love to see it in a kit
TH-cam seems to always wait 4 years to recommend these types videos then just two more weeks so I feel weird commenting on an old video
please start selling these, or make a tutorial on how to make these clocks ! its absolutly amazing !!!
That's what I call creative.
That is amazing! Well done
This is wonderful! Love it!!!
Good work. I am impressed.
This would be perfect for Waiting Rooms, the only problem would be trying to tear people away once their turn comes. You should sell them as a working unit, or in kit form. I'd buy one, and not just for a Waiting Room.
Really neat design. I know laser cutters and 3D printers are getting popular but I bet you'd still have a hit on your hands if you sold these as pre-cut kits.
I love clocks, thanks for sharing
it's sad but i struggle from time to time to tell time with an analog clock. This is super easy to read and fun to look at.
I don’t just want this. I need this
Absolutely ingenious,
Have you released the blueprints for this? It's gorgeous and I'd love to try making one!
Any chance you'll be making and selling these? I'd love to buy one!
Same here xD
Same this man could make some money selling these
lol at the time of seeing this, this comment is 4s old then ones 4 hours old another is 4 days old and the original is 4 years old
Hi Hi and yours is 48 minutes old: a multiple of 4.
@@TheEmeraldMenOfficial and yours is 14 hours ago, it has a 4 in it
fantastic to watch. i would love to build one.
Andrew, guess what?
(It WAS in different colours) I saw the same design of this clock - and it's 1:00 drop, too!
The videos were by Wolfspaw Woodworks.
ah yes, the clock and ball device
What an engineering *_marvel_*..
That's very cool! I'd like to have one, too!
Do you have instructions to build?
This is really amazing!!
absolutely beautiful!!
You know, Andrew, I wish I had this clock...
to film the 1 o'clock hour.
it would be a huge challenge to succeed in 3D printing this beautiful clock. It's unfortunate that for small problems of reliability, you have abandoned the project. This clock deserves to be supported ;) - If one day you have plans to recreate 3D parts, I'm interested.
Ever thought to have the plans configured for a 3D printer? That may work to resolve the issues with the year functional life.
Do you have any plans or stl files that you would be willing to sell. This really is an incredible piece of work which I would love to attempt a build. thanks
Si llegas a conseguir un archivo o alguna información sobre como se construyen, yo también estoy en la misma
Are these available for sale anywhere? My ballbearing time machine has given up the ghost and I'm looking for a new one
i would love one of these
Man this is really amazing. Please sell a kit or make the plans available!!
Did you ever make plans available?
Not proper plans as such - i.e. parts specifications, assembly plans and construction instructions. I have only the MDF cutout drawings. There are also a number of metal parts:- springs, the chime disk and striker, gear spindles, the motor, the balls, screws and nuts, etc.
What did you use for chiming - a bell? Or chiming rod?
Do you sell this? A kit would be great! Please let us know. FYI. There are a few companies such as “ Ugears” and “Rokr” that make wooden kits of many different mechanical things. I’m sure you could license a manufacturing agreement with them and cash in. I’m quite sure this would sell easily. Good luck
Mr, Yates. Can you make a video explain the mechanism or show us woodwork plan.
Good bedside time peice with clock
I can barely comprehend the logic behind this.
I would love to make some longevity improvements and make my own. Could you please share the cut out patterns?
Got plans to put the plans up?
What does it cost you to make, and how much would you sell one for?
The big-ticket items are the synchronous drive motor, 40 bearing balls (15mm dia), the laser cutting, and the chime disc. Those costs would depend on your country of residence. The rest is small-change. I made this purely for my own entertainment and had no intention of making kits or completed models.
The sale price of a ready-to-run production version (with replacement guarantee) would be decided very largely by the manpower hours of assembly and packaging and sales and marketing admin and servicing requests for spare parts. The sale price would therefore depend on the sales volume and that question is like asking "How long is a piece of string?".
Even if you chose to not sell the completed clocks, would it be possible to sell the CAD patterns to cut these out ourselves should we have a laser cutter? I would love to pay for even just the plans!
Great clock!
It’s veeerrryy B-E-A UTIFUL 💓💗👏🏻👏🏻🥰💕💞💛❤️😍💖!!
Wrist watch version please ......
Seeing that this is all laser cut, perhaps you would consider producing kits for sale.
Hello Mr. Yates. This is the most amazing ball clock I have ever seen. Like others, I would love to purchase one. Do you plan to sell assembled ones at any point? Thank you!
I made five pre-production test units but after about a year, the wooden bearings had worn to the point where the ball-lifts were becoming unreliable. I feel that a clock has to be reliable for a lot longer than a year so I dropped the idea.
Greetings Mr. Yates. I love this improved ball clock design you've come up with. Very unique!
What if you were able to substitute the high-wear parts with plastic? If it's cost-effective, it should be easy to cut or 3-D print parts that would last longer. Personally, I love seeing clockwork in action, and think it would be cool using clear plastic to show it off. Like a skeleton clock.
Just a stray thought: maybe you could work a deal with the local high school wood-shop/metal-shop teacher to where the students could make them as a final assignment or extra credit product.
What about "tinning" the edges of any parts that come in contact with the balls? Metal on metal then would last much, much longer. You have a wonderful design here, it would be sad to just drop the idea of a production run.
No, I made the clock just for my own satisfaction. I published the video to give other folk ideas of how it could be done.
Feel free to run with your good ideas. I have moved onto other things that interest me.
Beautiful work. You could set up a webcam and live stream this.
So beautiful
Nice clock
man I'd love a kit as well!!!
Is this available in a kit form? If not you should, you will make a fortune.
Thanks, David. I'll pass on the fortune opportunity, but you are very welcome to design a kit version and make your own fortune.
ingenious!
Can u buy these some where
Wow that is fantastic!
Where can I get it from
Hello Mr. Yates, I'm really passionated with this design, I wonder if you have these models for sale?, Do you have any website? wonderful and espectacular work, Congratulations for all the improvements!!
Have one of the early ones but have lost the how to use-is there any instruction pamphlets on it avalble
So amazing! When available a kit to buy and build ourselves?
Thank you for sharing
How much time did you spend building it?
Would it be possible to get the vector file so I can laser cut this? Awesome stuff
I love the project. Do you have a build plan you would share? I teach wood shop in high school and this would be an awesome class project. Thanks
Hola, estoy interesado en aprender como se arma uno, pudiste aprender?
Any chance you still have plans or details on this clock that you can share? I like the way you made this, particularly the chiming mechanism, and would love to see how you got some of the mechanisms to work, and implement them on my own clock. I'm also considering using a raspberry pi or something to give the clock an "off" mode to keep track of the time without running any of the mechanisms (that way I don't wake up in the middle of the night to fourteen or so balls being recycled).
Are you going to make this kit for us to make purchase of chiming ball CLOCK?
What really makes that clock work?
The power source is a small, synchronous electric motor that rotates at an exact speed that is synchronized to the AC mains frequency. in most countries, the power station monitors the number of mains AC cycles and, at some stage during the night, the speed of the generators are manually increased or decreased appropriately to ensure that all the electric clocks in the country that used a synchronous motor are corrected for cycles that were either lost or gained during the past 24 hours.