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Bindicating Yellow
A quartz clock with a modifed hour hand engages with a 28-tooth hand-cut wheel. See the set.
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Uploaded on Mar 4, 2012
In the Garage
I found the wooden base at a hardware store. I had planned to hang it on the wall but decided a...
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The Bindicator
Christchurch has kerbside wheelie bin collection; every week we can put out a small green-waste...
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Wheel Closeup
Tiny Hands
Closeup of the bent hour hand with a glued-on strip of styrene to extend the bar which...
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Uploaded on Mar 4, 2012
Pre-Assembly (Clock)
The clock mounted at the back of the rear plate (with a brass tube spacer).
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Pre-Assembly
I cut the final version of the plates from styrene. Standoffs as pillars. Short segments of styrene tubing as spacers
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Detent
I though quite a bit about how to make a detent. The wheel is not perfectly balanced and is free...
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Proof Of Concept
I used balsa to make the plates for a prototype to make sure the clock could turn the wheel.
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Cutting the Wheel
Preparing the Wheel
I laser printed the PostScript-generated wheel and glued it to a sheet of styrene.
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Uploaded on Mar 4, 2012
