Printed Clocks

Hello. I have assembled and tested all the gear assemblies per the instructions and still cannot get the clock to run. I have increases the weight to probably close to 20 lbs and the only way the pendlum will continue to stay running is if I apply pressure to gear 7 to create more force. The pendulum free swing test went for about 10 minutes so that seems okay. Where and why do I seem to have so much friction loss. All the gear assemblies spin freely on the shafts. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Tim Jones

Steve,

I am working on the SP4B kit and have printed all the parts, I purchased the hardware kit from you also. I am working on the assembly checks and the shaft for the pendulum seems short. The distance between the bearing in the front and back is 3” and the shaft is only 3”. Also the stack up for the escapement and bushing is nearly 3” so it seems I need a longer shaft or something. Has anyone else noted this or did I do something wrong?

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