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mnelson3
Feb 29, 2024
In Printed Clocks
Hey Steve, where did you source the 1/32" felt as used in your Coup Perdu clock?
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mnelson3
Dec 18, 2023
In Electric Clocks
Steve, do you have a suggested methodology for chasing down a situation in which some gear(s) are making a clicking sound, and sometimes the gear train is totally stopped. Yet when I run the gears by hand, I notice none of those things. Disclosure: the clock fell off a short table onto the floor, but I did not see any visible signs of damage. Prior to the fall, the clock ran flawlessly. thanks Mike
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mnelson3
Dec 04, 2023
In Printed Clocks
Steve, what color/brand of filament did you use for the sp12 as shown in your video thereof? thanks Mike
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mnelson3
May 21, 2023
In Crazy Ideas
Steve, since you are into gears and stepper motors and arduinos and 3d printing, have you ever considered designing a small robot?
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mnelson3
May 16, 2023
In Show and Tell
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mnelson3
May 14, 2023
In Electric Clocks
Steve, in your assembly instructions for the large crazy gear clock, gear 3b-15 appears in two different places, once on page 51 and once on page 52. Since there is only one gear 3b-15 I'm guessing this is an error?
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mnelson3
May 12, 2023
In General Discussion
Steve, now that I am almost finished with the 3rd of your clocks, I want to give you a shout out for your really excellent documentation. Those docs have made building your clocks a delight. Now if Prusa would just hurry up and release the faster firmware for the MK4!
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mnelson3
May 10, 2023
In Electric Clocks
can you pls point out which pins on the silent shield are used to set the speed...thanks
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mnelson3
May 09, 2023
In Electric Clocks
version 2 of the spade minute hand is a different shape than versions 0 and 1. It prints outline rather than filled in. Perhaps the wrong file?
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mnelson3
May 07, 2023
In Wood Gear Clocks
Steve, as you consider wood clock plans, pls keep in mind that some of us cut them with a laser printer/cutter. Thickness isn't usually an issue because it is easy enough to laminate thinner pieces. Similarly I cut and splice to create pieces otherwise too large for my printer. I've been using either baltic birch or hardwood veneer on mdf for my clocks, most of which are Clayton Boyer design.
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mnelson3
Apr 30, 2023
In Electric Clocks
Altho I really like the large silent clock, but it would be nice if it had a tick tock option; perhaps impulse the second hand to move and tick once every second instead of running smoothly? The nano may have enough room to add a tick program and drive a tiny speaker. My wife said upon seeing the silent clock for the first time: "what, a clock that doesn't tick!" I'm sure it is a personal preference thing but thought I'd mention it.
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mnelson3
Apr 29, 2023
In Electric Clocks
Steve, now doing final assembly on this clock, and discovered that the hour and minute hands are an extremely loose fit on their respective shafts. I printed them with 14 perimeters so I could print all 3 hands at the same time. Could that be the problem? The second hand fits fine however. Thanks
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mnelson3
Apr 25, 2023
In Electric Clocks
Hi Steve, Received your assembled circuit board today, but it did not come with any jumpers. Should they have been included? Thanks Mike
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mnelson3
Apr 22, 2023
In Electric Clocks
Steve, I am encountering a strange printing glitch on the white layers on the large silent clock: namely the white layers print smoothly until the last few layers where it develops what might best be described as a wrinkled appearance between 8-12 oclock and between 3-6 oclock...tried twice with two different white filaments to same result...using your recommended printer settings but with the change from 5 to 4 perimeters...wonder if you have any ideas on what might be the cause? thanks Mike
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mnelson3
Apr 17, 2023
In Electric Clocks
I note that you call out 14 perimeters for the second hand; what do you recommend using for the minute and hour hands? thanks
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mnelson3
Apr 15, 2023
In Electric Clocks
the list of parts in the docs on page 20 do not quite match the list of parts in the stl download...for example, none of the gears listed in the doc on page 20 show up by the same name in the stl download list...is there an update that might address this issue?
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mnelson3
Apr 04, 2023
In Electric Clocks
so I learned 1- that xcrun is not needed, just cancel the dialog that comes up offering to install it 2-that it is better to load a sketch than it is to copy and paste 3-that the sketch works better if all the jumpers have been installed--somehow I missed one 4-and works even better if none of the jumpers are installed with cold solder joints! bottom line, success--stepper motor is running now on upload from macintosh
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mnelson3
Apr 04, 2023
In Electric Clocks
you show a short jumper just above the text "vmot gets shorted to vcc" for edit 5; but looking at the two thru hole places where one end of the jumper goes, I don't see any traces feeding those two holes, so I don't see how that jumper could do anything
jumper wiring for red board
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mnelson3
Apr 03, 2023
In Electric Clocks
apparently this popup message is unique to macintosh; it has been reported as an issue by several people, but I don't yet see a fix...someone did note that installing the code does work, but it is very large... may be time to switch over to windows mode, sigh
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