K'nex Grandfather Clock

self designed clock. runs for about 3 hours. acurate to the mintue.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• knex
• clock
• grandfather
• pendulum

[olympicstyles]

wait the second hand, its moving.... whatever its still really cool.

[uky231]

ya the second hand moves just like an hour hand. it takes to long to notice though.

[uky231]

when i say second i mean 2nd

[plantmant]

does it use a motor?

[uky231]

no motor it runs on that jug of water hanging from it

[jakesllama]

mine chimes every minute

[uky231]

i checked your page and you dont have one

[MarijnvdZaag]

I can't help but notice that this clock does not run clockwise. Anyway: it's not even possible to make a 1:12 gear ratio with any combination of the three different K'nex gears. That's quite a problem if you wanna power both hands with one source, since one has to go 12 times as fast as the other.

[BlueJays0830]

K'nex actually made a Grandfather Clock set for 16+ with over 9,000 pieces, and it stands over 6 feet tall and the clock actually tells the real time. It is for $999.99. Go to knex.com for more information

[dragodroper]

it comes with a jug of water?

[Scerab]

my best one runs for 4 and a half minutes and doesn't have any hands, although it does take about 1 second per tick. how do you get more then one hand to run at once? and how do you get it to run on a very high gear ratio? we stacked ours up with weight and it still wouldn't run when geared down using 3 big gears and 2 small gears. if we got it to work then it would probably run for close to an hour.

[MrSmashCat]

I am making a clock of my own, but it only goes for 30 minutes, how can I make it go longer? By the way, great job!

[TheScorpization]

woah dude awesome clock :)

[plantmant]

nice