[sudo-discuss] Building a Pendulum Clock

[Adam Munich]

The usb has always been loose, it is a feature of USB type A.

just use a very good cable and don't wiggle it.


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On Mon, Jun 17, 2019 at 10:35 PM Marc Juul <marc at juul.io> wrote:

> There is an issue with the laser cutter but rumor has it that it's
> just a loose USB connector so feel free to re-solder it or replace it
> and you should be good to go.
>
> On 6/17/19, Adam Munich <me at adammunich.com> wrote:
> > Laser cutter should be operable --ask rayc, he was the last to use it.
> >
> > For your own sanity I would recommend making the movement gears
> themselves
> > out of PMMA, wood has a tendency to get stuck.
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> > On Mon, Jun 17, 2019 at 12:00 PM Ryan <yandoryn at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Hey y'all! Long time, but I'm thinking my health is finally getting to
> >> the
> >> point where I might be able to grace the halls of sudo once more.
> >>
> >> Next term, I'll be taking diffeq, and part of the class is coming up
> with
> >> real-world applications of differential equations and then solving them.
> >> I
> >> came to the conclusion pretty quickly that I also wanted to build
> >> something, and while dreaming of cat toys and thinking about pendulums,
> I
> >> realized I was missing the obvious solution: pendulum clocks.
> >>
> >> There are quite a few resources out there for building a pendulum clock,
> >> some of them 3D printable and some of them wooden, but I was leaning
> more
> >> towards doing one in wood, although possibly printing the timing wheel,
> >> then sharpening it down more precisely by hand.
> >>
> >> I'm currently looking at basing it off of these plans:
> >> http://www.woodenclocks.co.uk/Clock%207-PR-3.PDF
> >>
> >> So my questions are:
> >>
> >> Does anyone have any experience with clock building?
> >> How is the laser cutter functioning currently?
> >> Are there any issues a novice clockbuilder should look out for?
> >> What questions haven't I thought of?
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