You made it sound like the real thing Nice work. And your presentation allows others to replicate your creation. Now you get it to move the 60 second shaft move a 3600 second shaft for the 60 minute of one hour. Again nice work
Very cool, I remade this and added an hour hand by adding a corkscrew, 24 tooth, and 12 tooth gears to the minute hand. had trouble with the swinging thing (cant think of what its called at the moment) but was eventually able to get it working.
Hello Jukka, I'm sorry but I don't have any time to make a tutorial at the moment, but if you have Lego Digital Designer you can see the design files at www.alexallmont.com/files/Mini%20LEGO%20Clock/. There is also an Excel file in there that details all the bricks you need. Good luck!
I'm hoping to build this with my kids. Just ordered the parts and pieces from your list. Wish me luck! But I'm also wondering what you used for a weight?
If I recall correctly, I think I used a couple of LEGO technic wheels with a bit of BluTac hidden between them for extra weight! Good luck with the build :)
Hey Alex made this for my step son for his school project...I cant get it to work...what weight should be best used? and silly I know but how do you tie the weight on the wheel?
glenn mactaggert It was pretty heavy, maybe 4-6 technic truck wheels. All the counterweight bricks at the back just about kept it sitting steady. The string is fiddly.. knot it well around one of the pulley's holes and then you need to wind the cotton around a few times so it lies in the groove enough. I hope you get it working, it was a real fiddle!
Designing them takes ages because everything has to be tuned just right, lots of trial and error but it's addictive! Check out my tutorial on my vimeo channel: vimeo.com/36818280. Also search for 'lego clock escapement' on youtube, and you'll find lots of inspiring ideas
+Patrick Farrell It's not that accurate really! It has a very loud tick-tock sound and you can see the handle moving very sharply which is an indication of energy lost in the system. Consequently this only runs for a few minutes. Over the hundreds of years of clock design improvements, more and more efficient clock escapements were designed. Examples are grasshopper escapement and gravity escapement, which are more difficult to build with something as blocky as LEGO. Here's a video by +KEvronista using an Arnfield escapement: th-cam.com/video/lxAVy--IoBA/w-d-xo.html. It runs for around 30 hours, amazing for LEGO!
ThinkCleverAndSmart great stuff! I used some LEGO wheels because the rubber tyres are relatively heavy. If extra weight it needed I cheat with blu tack
CodyLegodude in the differential there is a little stub that the central bevel gear sits on. You can use that stub and inner dimensions of the differential (2x2 brick units) to fit various bits in. This one uses two round 2x2 plates to surround a 32034 pin connector (www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=32034). The diff usage comes from Robert Munafo's designs mrob.com/pub/lego/orrery.html
+Stewart Lindfield Thanks Stewart. I've got some plans I'll upload soon. If I don't get back to you in a few weeks drop me an email, I'm just off on holiday so may forget!
If I remember correctly I used 4 big wheels, but it wasn't quite enough, so I cheated and used blu tac as extra weight. The mechanism is not efficient, it needs a lot of weight and it wastes a lot of energy; you'll hear it thump quite loudly when the clock ticks!
I think it's four 12-axles long. If you have LEGO Digital Designer check out the plans at www.alexallmont.com/files/Mini%20LEGO%20Clock/Mini%20LEGO%20Clock.lxf
Jeton Oyunlar there is a weight attached to the pulley. You reel in the weight and let it go so it falls under gravity. The motion turns the mechanism around
This one runs purely on gravity and I wind it up by hand but I use motors in my other clocks with a computer controller to rewind. Check out the vimeo link in my comment below for an example of my motorised ones :)
+Karthick Kumar Hi Karthick. I should put a LEGO build plan together but I've been struggling with some of the LEGO digital editors to do this sort of fiddly design. I will see what I can do! For a general idea of how clocks work though please check out my LEGO clock build vimeo.com/36818280
Thank you :) It's not an accurate clock, it does tick roughy every second but the weight falls very quickly so it only runs for a few minutes - it's not very good for keeping time! The hands are just minutes and seconds.
This looks really great, I know this is an old video but I have never seen any other lego clock more compact than this!
Excellent use of worm gears.
Nice! I used your escapement in my own clock and it works perfectly!
Ye!Do a tutorial.
I tried to make one years ago, but had problems with the escapement. It seems the modern lego pieces make this much easier to do. Congrats!
You made it sound like the real thing Nice work. And your presentation allows others to replicate your creation. Now you get it to move the 60 second shaft move a 3600 second shaft for the 60 minute of one hour. Again nice work
Awesome :-) I like the open frame, you get to see more of the workings.
Very nice use of the Differential
nice little escapement
Very cool, I remade this and added an hour hand by adding a corkscrew, 24 tooth, and 12 tooth gears to the minute hand. had trouble with the swinging thing (cant think of what its called at the moment) but was eventually able to get it working.
DO TUTORIAL PLEASE
Hello Jukka, I'm sorry but I don't have any time to make a tutorial at the moment, but if you have Lego Digital Designer you can see the design files at www.alexallmont.com/files/Mini%20LEGO%20Clock/. There is also an Excel file in there that details all the bricks you need. Good luck!
Thank Alex times a ticking, I will try and guess my way through as part of the fun.
I made a working lego mini wind up clock
Just saw your LEGO clock, great work!
Sehr cool!!
I'm hoping to build this with my kids. Just ordered the parts and pieces from your list. Wish me luck! But I'm also wondering what you used for a weight?
If I recall correctly, I think I used a couple of LEGO technic wheels with a bit of BluTac hidden between them for extra weight! Good luck with the build :)
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Can you also make tutorial?
i love legos
how do i make this
Can you make a tutorial
can you make a video about how to make this?
Tutorial?
instructions???
If you increase the gear ratio on the weight, would that in theory increase the duration of the clock?
please do tutorial
It is very creative
Hey Alex made this for my step son for his school project...I cant get it to work...what weight should be best used? and silly I know but how do you tie the weight on the wheel?
glenn mactaggert It was pretty heavy, maybe 4-6 technic truck wheels. All the counterweight bricks at the back just about kept it sitting steady. The string is fiddly.. knot it well around one of the pulley's holes and then you need to wind the cotton around a few times so it lies in the groove enough. I hope you get it working, it was a real fiddle!
Make a tutorial! Everyone wants one! 😡😡😡
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Are clocks hard to build??? they sure look like they would be!
Designing them takes ages because everything has to be tuned just right, lots of trial and error but it's addictive! Check out my tutorial on my vimeo channel: vimeo.com/36818280. Also search for 'lego clock escapement' on youtube, and you'll find lots of inspiring ideas
Thanks for the inspiration
Is this work exactly like the same clock?
That is incredibly awesome. It seems to be a lot more accurate than most Lego clocks I have seen. What is the longest time it can run for?
+Patrick Farrell It's not that accurate really! It has a very loud tick-tock sound and you can see the handle moving very sharply which is an indication of energy lost in the system. Consequently this only runs for a few minutes. Over the hundreds of years of clock design improvements, more and more efficient clock escapements were designed. Examples are grasshopper escapement and gravity escapement, which are more difficult to build with something as blocky as LEGO. Here's a video by +KEvronista using an Arnfield escapement: th-cam.com/video/lxAVy--IoBA/w-d-xo.html. It runs for around 30 hours, amazing for LEGO!
I built one and it works! But what did you use as pendulum?
ThinkCleverAndSmart great stuff! I used some LEGO wheels because the rubber tyres are relatively heavy. If extra weight it needed I cheat with blu tack
Alex Allmont Ok, I have to try thinner ones as they collide with the bigger weight connected to the string all the time! :)
How did you make the co-axle hand with a differential?
CodyLegodude in the differential there is a little stub that the central bevel gear sits on. You can use that stub and inner dimensions of the differential (2x2 brick units) to fit various bits in. This one uses two round 2x2 plates to surround a 32034 pin connector (www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=32034). The diff usage comes from Robert Munafo's designs mrob.com/pub/lego/orrery.html
Do you have drawings or detailing on how to make this, it's brilliant and I'd like to have a go at building it.
+Stewart Lindfield Thanks Stewart. I've got some plans I'll upload soon. If I don't get back to you in a few weeks drop me an email, I'm just off on holiday so may forget!
I've uploaded the plans to www.alexallmont.com/files/Mini%20LEGO%20Clock/Mini%20LEGO%20Clock.lxf
+Alex Allmont
Many thanks Alex, my mission is on so I will enjoy the challenge.
Im right lego tires are the weight
Im making that now
What did you use for a weight?
Its on my channel
Make a clip how it is done!
this is sick!
looks kol but wer is minit hand
How heavy is the weight you used
If I remember correctly I used 4 big wheels, but it wasn't quite enough, so I cheated and used blu tac as extra weight. The mechanism is not efficient, it needs a lot of weight and it wastes a lot of energy; you'll hear it thump quite loudly when the clock ticks!
how much long your pendulum?
(I try to make it correct ticking time.
but it all ways falling to make it. )
I think it's four 12-axles long. If you have LEGO Digital Designer check out the plans at www.alexallmont.com/files/Mini%20LEGO%20Clock/Mini%20LEGO%20Clock.lxf
Alex Allmont thank you! !! (Wow,Your correct, I have "ldd"file reader. )
So,I'll try to make It(I'm Referencing your idea.)
Thanks to for the inspiration
Where is the motor?
Jeton Oyunlar there is a weight attached to the pulley. You reel in the weight and let it go so it falls under gravity. The motion turns the mechanism around
+Alex Allmont How did you build this??
Thanks
do you need a motor or something else for this clock?
This one runs purely on gravity and I wind it up by hand but I use motors in my other clocks with a computer controller to rewind. Check out the vimeo link in my comment below for an example of my motorised ones :)
Tutorial!!!!
Can you please make a tutorial for this
+Karthick Kumar Hi Karthick. I should put a LEGO build plan together but I've been struggling with some of the LEGO digital editors to do this sort of fiddly design. I will see what I can do! For a general idea of how clocks work though please check out my LEGO clock build vimeo.com/36818280
Thank you for escapment i thik its a etectrical quartz clock and im cliked beacuse im bored but then i seen its not a quartz clock thank youuuuy
How long is the pendulum?
Karol Urbański from memory it's 4 x 12 long axles with some wheels on the end. I think there might be some blu tack on there as weight too!
does it Keep correctly in time? and does it have only minutes and seconds hand?
And its awesome :D
Thank you :) It's not an accurate clock, it does tick roughy every second but the weight falls very quickly so it only runs for a few minutes - it's not very good for keeping time! The hands are just minutes and seconds.
Alex Allmont ahh...ok! Thanks :)
tutorial please!
गियर कहा मिलते है कोई तो बताओ
What
TUTORIAAAL!!!
Your very good and btw,you can use your brain
90th Comment!
ok... sad
You are very good and I think if you do it, I will subscribe to your channel!
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