"Alien Orreries" - 06/05/2019 Wheels & Gears
I knew that getting the pins perfectly straight, was going to be crucial, so I built a rudimentary drill press out of Meccano for my pendant motor.
It's not great, but I think it helped.
It's not great, but I think it helped.
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Realising that cutting 108 lengths of wire was going to be tedious, I cut 54 and bent them.
This was also useful to add some stability whilst soldering.
As it turned out, my soldering was not great and over the course of construction , I had to resolder a lot of pins that fell out.
This was also useful to add some stability whilst soldering.
As it turned out, my soldering was not great and over the course of construction , I had to resolder a lot of pins that fell out.
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I had decided to have a lantern gear for all 3 of the pieces I planned. However, whilst playing, I wondered if a round cage might work just as well.
I decided to construct one for the ring, which was going to look a bit cumbersome with a large lantern gear.
The picture above shows the first stage of construction. It worked wonderfully.
I decided to construct one for the ring, which was going to look a bit cumbersome with a large lantern gear.
The picture above shows the first stage of construction. It worked wonderfully.
