Two Week Update
Sharing this for anyone who is considering a clock. THis is my first ever 3D print experience.
Still enjoying printing. So many lessons learned by trial and error. No manual, and no other person to coach me. I had all the typical problems. I didn't know what I didn't know. Adhesion, positioning, adhesion, positioning, Z Offset. And using the 64G microSD card on a borrowed Creality Ender 3 Neo
1. Tonight, I discovered how to slow down the print speed. So far, that is working with the face in Compact Clock 16. I chose half speed because I've wasted two days printing frame parts that failed after hours. And another six tries that did not adhere. I'm hoping this will solve first layer adhesion. Slow learner. 2. Fitting the larger back frame onto the bed has proven very challenging. Creality slicer would not work for me. The slicer sees a small tab on the right bottom that it thinks is hanging over. The Cura slicer did not see the tab and has allowed the slicing operation. 3. I reprinted all the gears after I learned how to print at 0.16 and I had acquired some adhesion skills. This is per the building instruction. steve is right: I paraphrase: If you want a cool clock, build it better.
Probably two more days to print the frame at slow speed. 4. Now that I have some rudimentary skills I am eager to finish the first clock. I hope to reprint Clock 16 with higher quality and print the face with two or three colors (like the photos from StevesClocks.).
5. I am pleasaed. Sure, it was much more difficult than i expected, but not becasue of the clock. My problems were related to not having any help.
Onomas, glad to see you are having some success. I do not know where you live, but after 7+ years as a 3D printing hobbyist, my suggestion is to consider a new printer. I have replaced my printers as new better - and cheaper printers have become available. The Elegoo CC1 or CC2 are very reasonable and take care of many of the problems you have. I printed all of the frame parts for the SP17 clock on my Elegoo CC1. There are other inexpensive printers that work well. Depending on your finances the Snapmaker U1 is a 4 toolhead gem for under $1000.