For those curious: a tourbillon mechanism changes the orientation of the balance wheel (the one that spins back and forth on a spring to replace a pendulum), so that the influence of gravity is canceled over time.
They're obsolete since manufacturing got a lot more precise and lighter hairsprings became available, but they're neat to look at so some luxury watches have them.
Yes surely. In real clocks the escapement mechanism both controls the gears and gives little pushes to the balance wheel + hairspring to keep them energized. There are videos on youtube explaining how.
Love that! Would be neat to order the parts in metal and build that too. I wonder hwo accurate it is, or could be with parts ordered like that. And what the difference in accuracy of the two would be. At least before the plastic one got worn down more.
As someone with 3d printers, it looks more like 2, maximum 3 full spools for the whole thing. So, like 40 or 50 bucks at the high end for the filaments I tend to get
Wrong, I bet they spent less than $70 on filament. That’s mostly hollowed out printed parts, no crazy color changing parts that cause excess waste either.
BrengKapiteinKoekTerug
I am really not impressed by 3D prints unless it is a single print that works straight off the plate.
This is just precision engineering without the requirement of actually being good at machining the parts.
Eyhlix
"Why have a tourbillion when we can have a... tourmillion?
ByThePowerOfSCIENCE
For those curious: a tourbillon mechanism changes the orientation of the balance wheel (the one that spins back and forth on a spring to replace a pendulum), so that the influence of gravity is canceled over time.
They're obsolete since manufacturing got a lot more precise and lighter hairsprings became available, but they're neat to look at so some luxury watches have them.
MagnumRadhard
https://media1.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1czN3NTAzaG51bWJ1cTZ0bGQzaHRrY3F6bXBlYnc0MmttdzJ4Zm93MiZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/3og0IRsFTJ3hAyKKm4/200w.webp
stercusmoriturussum
For evyryone looking for the (presumable) source: https://www.myminifactory.com/frontier/an-experimental-triple-axis-escapement-clock-5508
quietwalker
There we go, that's the good shit! Thanks!
mystik42
Is there an outside energy source? I can't imagine the spring has enough energy to run this for more than a few minutes
ByThePowerOfSCIENCE
Yes surely. In real clocks the escapement mechanism both controls the gears and gives little pushes to the balance wheel + hairspring to keep them energized. There are videos on youtube explaining how.
LadyNetrex
Love that! Would be neat to order the parts in metal and build that too. I wonder hwo accurate it is, or could be with parts ordered like that. And what the difference in accuracy of the two would be. At least before the plastic one got worn down more.
jimhotep
Hmm, this would be an interesting project for my CNC.
tomaszfortyfour
weeks of making the parts
nintendolunchbox
I have a tiny part of that as well. Just one part that spins in 3 orientations
IliveIdyeIliveagain
By any chance are you a time traveler OP?
tomaszfortyfour
You know that I can’t tell
ALTEFFFOUR
Technically we're all time travelers.
gtotherizzle
I wish I knew how to work my 3d printer
gobblinal
There's a TON of info online. YouTube videos have been especially helpful.
TheFuckfaceWhisperer
Did you try turning it off and back on again?
EggFooYung
Spent more money than a luxury watch just on filament.
StVincentFleet
Kindly go fuck yourself and let people have a hobby.
ProfessorMatt
Could be worse. Could be LEGO.
ByThePowerOfSCIENCE
$10-15 / kilo
ShipForBrains
As someone with 3d printers, it looks more like 2, maximum 3 full spools for the whole thing. So, like 40 or 50 bucks at the high end for the filaments I tend to get
Itry2dostuff
Wrong, I bet they spent less than $70 on filament. That’s mostly hollowed out printed parts, no crazy color changing parts that cause excess waste either.
4charactersorlongerwasalreadytaken
Looks like it could reverse the flow of time.
dethloc
Great, now we are going to have a Morlock infestation to deal with
tomaszfortyfour
Or jump to other one
Raventhief
Dude, if you can use this thing to get to another timeline, then get going and don't look back. Save yourself!
tomaszfortyfour
Was there…here is best
Raventhief
That's a horrifying thought.