3D Printing a working mechanical Clock
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ต.ค. 2013
- Shows a mechanical Clock, created with a 3D-Printer. Illustrates, how the design was done with Blender, the printing process, the assembly, and the final run.
Blender- and STL-files can be downloaded here:
www.thingiverse.com/thing:328569 - วิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี
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This is a beautiful addition to the internet!
It's hard to appreciate designs like this as you don't see the failed parts that are slightly misaligned or simply don't fit. The box of waste is what really demonstrates the frustration of the process.
Thanks for the clock!
Very nice job (finally). And the speed the printer churns out parts, that box of 'duds' must represent a mass of time expended; blood; sweat; and tears. I salute your dedication
Nice job. Must have taken many hours, both in Blender and afterword. I like the pulley mechanism that the weight hangs from, much better than having the weight hanging down one side with a counterweight hanging down the other side. I'm going to have to remember that trick. Thanks!
What an amazing project! I'm so glad you got it working after all those failed experiments!
Wow, absolutely amazing! A lovely timepiece!
This clock is amazing! Very well done! But I must commend you on the video as well. Your video is really well made. I like how you demonstrated the clock, showed the blender software, and also a time lapse of the assembly. Thank you for explaining how the whole thing works.
And lastly, I can say I fully appreciate the very end where you showed how many iterations of pieces you had to go through to arrive at a working product.
Awesome!!!!
Christoph, thanks very much for this model. I am currently about 1/2 way printing this on my mendel prusa and I am delighted by your attention to detail, and design-for-3D-printing details. I look forward to designs in the near future that have snap-fit details similar to injection molded parts, and minimal use of fasteners.
I am still in process of printing mine and hope to be done today or tomorrow. Thanks so much for providing this! I have always wanted to build a mechanical clock. This is the most awesome thing I have printed with my 3D printer, thus far.
Wicked skills all around. Impressive! Thanks for posting this.
Beautiful! Mechanical art? Amazing, thank you for sharing!
wow this is the coolest design i have seen
amazing, you did that in blender, I used blender for animation, video editing, rendering and some simple 3D printing stuff, but never something that complicated, nice work!
Beautiful. A work of art.
i'm printing right now your clock, really a great project, thank you!
Wow, this is a great project - thanks for showing it!
Great project! Very good to learn how a clock mechanism functions.
Building this beauty as we speak. Robox Dual making larger parts and FormLabs 1+ for the smaller components. Interesting little engineering project to see if I can add my own ultra low power micro-controller POWERED by the escapement mechanism (no battery, just charging a capacitor) to dampen the balance wheel to keep it synchronized to the crystal reference it is powering. Gravity powered by the weights, the balance spring is the main oscillator kept in check by a quartz crystal reference and no battery of any kind. Lots of little precision ball bearings to minimize friction and hopefully have a real conversation piece and plastic heirloom functional clock as well. Kudos to this gorgeous design and thanks for making it available.
This is very beautiful. Amazing talent and ingenuity.
I'm geeking out so hard to this. Awesome video!
This is fantastic, and a 3D printing milestone I will remember. The next one will be when I see a working 3D printed wrist or pocket watch!
Luke Perkin not to mention a lot of money from wasted pla
Christoph! this is amazing work! keep it up.
this needs more views. excellent job! I have wanted to do something like this for some time, and possibly cast the parts in aluminum.
This is inspiring and helpful. Thank you.
beautiful work mate
this is incredible! love that 1940's style face too.
this is very cool. i'm looking at getting a printer this week, might have to try this out, thanks for sharing your hard work.
Fantastic project
Fantastic work! I love this.
Amazing stuff!!
Amazing Work!! I am doing this in 2017... Thanks!
Wow, so cool! Great work!
Excellent work!
just amazing !
Superb video! The clock is impressive, but I am also impressed with your video editing.
All successes come with a box of failures. Great work. I always use Blender....does everything I need and more.
Wow. Really impressive
Great work! simply amazing i'm thinking maybe can a motor be added to the system in order to make it run longer?
Proud of you for your great work !
Brilliant!, you are a master designer.
Hi Christoph, Just realized that you made the files available, but I still would be pleased to pay you for them and sell them for you. People don't understand the incredible amount of work and engineering that goes into a product like this, not to mention debugging and jigging things. Great Job!
Hi Francois. I don't intend to earn money with selling that clock model, because I wouldn't be able to provide appropriate support if there are issues. I'm happy with glory and honor. Feel free to sell the files or any printed parts, if the general clock design remains my intellectual property.
Great work and thanks for sharing! Very cool!!
Super cool design. Have you thought of using fusion 360 seems like it would allow for a more precise design? I’m trying to make my own clock and was wondering how did you go about designing the mainspring and hairspring? Any help would be greatly appreciated
Thank you very much for your demonstration and explanation!
This is incredible! Just optained a cheap 3D printer, i think i am eventually going to try this! :)
Will probably take me a couple of weeks to print though :)
Oh my god! This is amazing!
AWESOME MAN !!!
creative you are , good job
Great Job!!!
this is amazing
This is probably the coolest thing I have seen 3D printed. And you did a great job putting the video together. Thanks so much for sharing. What are the chances a novice 3D printer could replicate the clock?
Amazing work! I will give it a try some day :)
this is awesome! keep it up!
Brilliant!
very nice and interesting model. Nice job. Congrats.
that is amazing! I'm printing one asap
Really impressive.
Amazing!
Beautiful. Thank you for sharing
that is so amazing and cool and it works
Great job man 👍
amazing bro
I can't even make a milkshake in blender. A clock . amazing build
You can make the time last longer with 70 cm if you run the string back up to a smaller spool on the same axis. Allowing the string already used to come back up and give the weight more space.
This is a great clock and i have had fun building it but, i have ran into a problem. Everything is together and the weight is on but its not turning the gears. I was wondering if this is a problem with the spring or if 600g isn't enough for the simple ratchet mechanism
Almost finished this print well done on your work.. excellent stuff
Amazing work Sir! is it possible to install a tourbillon or any kind of complication in that clock?
Superb! Thank you so much for sharing!
very cool
the best ever 3d print i have seen😘
amazing!
nice work my friend👍👍
Fantastic, I want to printed your clock
I can't believe you used Blender for this! Must've taken ages, and would have been a lot easier in a CAD software like Inventor or Solidworks.
Nonetheless, this is an amazing design :)
+ISeeFurther when I saw the blender clip, I mouthed "wow" to myself. I've made very basic 3d printed designs in Blender (little figures and such), but getting precise mechanical parts modelled up must have been an absolute nightmare.
Using OpenSCAD to "program" gears is the easiest way I've found so far
+Gareth Crispin (MrHolozip) initially I found it indeed painful with Blender. But finally I got the "trick" how to use the array-modifier for gear-teeth. Now I'm using Fusion 360 - it has a very convenient script to generate involute gears, however if you need to tune the tooth shape, it is equally clumsy like Blender.
If you want to use Open source software like "Blender", you can use "FreeCAD". Also I think there are mods for blender that make it better for CAD with things like dimensioning being added.
Anyways thanks for sharing this wonderful project with us!
Astounded, that you pulled it off with blender!
@@ChristophLaimer if you add a planetary gears to slow down the soeed at what the weight drops cant you increase the clocks runtime between winds?
great video
It is beautiful.
I plan to print this clock
What part can i tune if the clock speed is not accurate?
Any ideas on storing more energy to let it run little over 24 hrs?
great!
thanks for sharing
Nice!
ty for the desing
That's absolutely awesome, you created a clockwork mechanism, stunning. (are you a clockmaker by trade?)
Is there anyway to print even the metal parts? I know you can do screws and nuts and bolt and Taulman's nylon 910 would be strong enough for that, so how about the pins also from nylon? Is there a reason you chose metal pins and screws or is it just a structural consideration? 910 wasn't available when you made this video.
Either way, what a lovely project. Thanks for sharing it. :)
Great work man. I wonder if you can build a wrest mechanical watch using material other than plastic. Also, what printer (model) did you use for this? Great job!
Hi, I really like the design and would like to 3d print and use the clock. However I would like to know how I could enhance the runtime. Maybe with a different pully system?
That is so cool
pretty nice job here, and seems very educative to do :)
Hope you'll find a way to make the working time go a little longer ;)
Wel done anyway and thanks for the video ;)
Just beautiful! You do such great work. I love your clock! Wish it had more than 2 hours of weight time. Maybe if the barrel was larger... would be interesting to know how to get more time from one winding.
really a very nicely designed mechanical part! I was really looking forward to it and invested many hours in printing and post-processing...I don't know what I'm doing wrong, because unfortunately the escapement mechanism just doesn't work for me! the spring doesn't fit either, has hardly any tension and looks different than in your video...a shame :( still a great job because it worked for you.
just found the clock on thingivers and am planning on trying it.
question: how to make adjustments if the timing is off?? im used to these types of escapement clocks having pendulums to adjust up and down to speed or slow the escapement. if this one comes off the printer not accurate, how would you adjust it? preload on the spring, maybe? idk
Good Job 👍
I love it, it's so cool, where can I buy it? thanks
That's pretty neat. If you had a regular pendulum, you could get more accurate timing with a sliding weight to help adjust the escapement period. Looks like this one uses a balance wheel, so the method of correcting that doesn't seem so obvious. (Maybe an adjustable friction brake perhaps?)
Friction has not much influence on the timing. The combination of spring strength and the mass distribution from the balance wheel are relevant: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balance_wheel#Period_of_oscillation
On some watches I've looked at, they seem to have a rotatable lever thingy to alter the effective working length of the balance-wheel spring ??
i have printed and built the clock, looks wonderful but, am having trouble making it tick. Any idea how much weight you added to the escapement balance? and what positions. looks like something at top, bottom, left and right?
Ottimo lavoro. Ho costruito l' orologio grazie ai modelli riportati in rete. Alla fine mi sono però accorto che la molla di 'SCAPPAMENTO' non può essere realizzata in PLA perchè troppo flessibile e a conti fatti i componenti dello scappamento (molla e bilanciere) sono stati progettati in materiale PLA. Sono al momento allo studio di una modifica da apportare per far funzionare l' Orologio. Grazie comunque per i modelli che sono per me stati uno stimolo a costruire un orologio e anche capire il funzionamento dal punto di vista fisico.
Thanks for such a great project.🥰 It will be a great birthday present, but I can print all parts 50% smaller so that the model has shrunk by half ? Sorry my english is not that good (Germany) 😅
WOW Amaziing job done
Greate job!
Nice job! Are you sharing your design(s)?
Wow! superb :-)
awesome !! thank you
Hi. First of all I want to tell that this is one of the best project that I've seen.
I just want to ask you, what is the diameter and lenght of shaft thaht you been using ?
I'm curious on the 2 hr run time, could it be extended with a heavier weight and a more sophisticated block and tackle setup?
excelent !!!!
Oh man, youre an absolute genius !
Im an watch-enthusiast, especially mechanical watches so i found you by your 3D printed torubillion! And im absolute blown out of my mind.
I wish i could have one of these watches! Unfortunately im an absolute No-Printing guy, though im very interested in that topic.
What would you say, is it necessary to print this watch with the same printer model like you?
Is the tourbillion needs an better printer, because of its fineness?
*wow "100 useless parts"!