Good morning everyone. i have the large easy build clock and i cannot seam to get it running correctly. i have made sure that the bearings cleaned. have put the gears in one set at a time. and put the face on to make sure that the gears are not binding. when i have them all in and the weight on the clock and no pendulum it spins for a while and then stops. currently i have reprinted most of the gears out of pla+, working on getting the rest printed out. i have upload 2 videos that show what i am talking about. the weight is the 2.8 with an extension and it has 1.5 bottles of bb's in it. the files are larger than allowed here so i will put a google link on here. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Etn1UwumKs6gd6EwQM1bTfs6e-lyIx-8?usp=drive_link thanks again
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using the 8 day option
updated the link also the gears are drilled frame too got it running to a certian degree but the hands dont move had it set at 115 pm and took dogs out and it was still there its now 1.43 pmhttps://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Etn1UwumKs6gd6EwQM1bTfs6e-lyIx-8?usp=sharing
The video is restricted.
From the description, there is friction in the gear train somewhere. The assembly pre-checks cover many of the possible sources. Here are some of the most common things to check.
1) Make sure every gear spins easily on the arbors. 3D printed hole sizes are unpredictable, so every gear needs to be drilled to the proper size.
2) Arbors need to spin in the frame. The holes in the frame also need to be drilled out. This is most important for the right side with the escapement.
3) Gear stacks must not be pinched inside the frame. There must be a small amount of clearance for the gears to move from side to side between the two frame halves. This is called end shake.
4) Gears passing through the frame need to spin clearly. The gears to check on this clock are the hour hand gear passing through the dial and gear 9 passing through the front frame.
5) The escapement needs to spin freely on its arbor. The escapement sits between two components attached to the arbor using set screws. The escapement is so lightly loaded that a tiny bit of friction will cause the clock to stop.
Also, inspect the gears at the location where the clock stops during your gear spinning test. There may be a small blob. It helps to mark the gears with a dot or piece of tape where the clock stops. If it stops in the same spot repeatedly, then inspect that position.
What runtime option are you using?
Steve