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Steve Guberman
Steve Guberman

Steve, Do you have a link to the EMT tube/pipe I need for the ball clock?

I see your screenshot in the documents, but I can't find that same listing on Amazon in the US. Can you share a link here? The closest I found is this one: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H84914HL/?coliid=I2ASU3G1PL2S17&colid=10KFES8JKEHMD&ref_=list_c_wl_lv_ov_lig_dp_it&th=1 Will this work? Thanks! Steve

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Steve
Steve
4 days ago

That is probably the correct material, but really expensive. The image showing the inside diameter of 1/2" is misleading. 1/2" EMT conduit has a cross sectional area of 1/2" with an ID of 0.622" and an OD of 0.706".


Any hardware store in the US will have it for a lower price. Home Depot has 5' lengths for $4.96 and 10' for $6.58.



Black and Blue colour theme

I've finally (almost) finished my Black and Blue build of the SP17.


The colour theme was inspired my the Panerai's Luminor Marina (PAM 0266) watch:


I wasn't at all sure if this colour scheme would work for such a clock but must say I'm most pleased with the result.

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Clock 17 files missing

Hi Steve, just went to re-download the cock 17 files from myminifactory, just rebuilt laptop to mint OS and had forgotten to backup these files, and no files there. any reason why ?

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Steve
Steve
Sep 11

I must have hit the "publish" button while MMF was still processing the zip file. I uploaded it again and it looks to be present this time.

SP17 Ball bearings getting stuck.

Has anyone had the same problem?
Has anyone had the same problem?

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Steve
Steve
Sep 10

I really like the metallic colors.


I sometimes get one or two individual balls left behind. They all start moving if the last one moves. Two possible causes for a chain of non-moving balls are surface imperfections or sticky residue. Some of the balls I received had an oily coating that could make the balls stick together. Try wiping them in a towel to see if it improves.


Designing the ball ramps was a tradeoff between slope and overall clock size. The upper ball ramp tracks have around a 3 degree slope. Making them steeper would have made the clock even taller than it already is.

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