Today, for the first time, it’s been going continuously for over an hour without stopping, after some fairly brutal microsurgery on the gear train. Sometimes you gotta brute force this shit a bit
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I’ll measure this, but after first stall at 4:30, with each gentle impulse on rocker it went for a shorter interval each time. By the time it was ~1 minute, strength of initial impulse was determining the duration so pendulum was driving, not spring.
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I’m sciencing the shit out of this problem that Huygens cracked in 1658
Bringing up the rear of the scientific revolution like a boss.pic.twitter.com/njIIgjGPrP
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Looks like the spring is maybe not actually designed for 24h
Well let’s see how long I can get it to run, and how much energy is left in the spring when it runs out.
I’m guessing 5-6h with my slightly shoddy assembly, maybe 10-12 if perfectly assembled.https://twitter.com/Knipps/status/1306438464175403008 …Show this thread -
New record: 4:59....



Damn thing couldn’t scrape through to 5 huh
I’m gonna call this done. Looks like this is actually close to the spring limit. Probably only has another hour of juice left tops, if I keep rejogging the rockerShow this thread -
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