Fibre optic clock

I grok you, Jason.

Neil

Cyberpunk /= steanmpunk

Two great 'steampunk' book series (meant for teenagers but good for adults) are "His Dark Materials" and "The Hungry City" series. I suppose a lot of HG Wells, Jules Verne and some of Michael Moorcock's writing fits the genre too.

Enough OT from me too.

Neil

Derek,

Here is the opportunity of a lifetime !!

MichaelG.

I have just tuned into this thread and learnt a lot about steampunkery etc and I am also very pleased to be able to see such originality, creativity and brilliant craftsmanship, superb.

Alan

Derek,

Please forgive me for taking the thread off-topic, but;

Those with a taste for SteamPunk design, and Motorcycles, will probably like this.

MichaelG.

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 02/04/2014 12:45:44

Many thanks for the kind comments gents, I have no problems with things going OT now and then, it makes for interesting discussions, and, or a good laugh. Michael, I like the idea of the competition but max size for entries is only 30 x30x30 cm. now if that was cubic meters !!!!!. Neil, in an earlier post you made on this thread you said "not an easy option for a clock build " (or words to that effect). I now know the wisdom of that statement. Stew and Alan, the cheques are in the post.

Cheers Derek.

P.S. The clock is now finished, and when a pal of mine next pays me a visit he plans on taking some GOOD photos and a vid, so for those interested keep watching this space.

Derek,

Sorry, I missed the size limit [and also the fact that the competition closing date has already passed]

... I was in too much of a rush to let you know about it.

MiichaelG.

F Finished at last !!! I am afraid the photos are very poor (taken with an old mini Kodak) but I will post some better ones when my pal has been and taken some. The top one shows the fibre optics in place in the back of the clock face, the second one is the face in close-up. The white lights are the seconds, which move from the bottom to the top, fading out as they go, the red lights show the minutes, and the blue ones show the hours. I hope you like it, and can tell what time it was when I took the photos. I am hoping my pal will make a video when he comes which I will try to put on here.

Cheers Derek.

P.s. First photo is the real spaghetti junction.

It's wonderful Derek,

You should write it up for Diane and ME.

But have you been able to work out what the Krell used it for?

Neil

Edited By jason udall on 07/04/2014 22:48:11

Hi Folks, I think Jason is right, they were trying to rid their own planet of bankers & lawyers but were too late the sods had done for it, the ones left here went to work for "Tefal" designing electric irons.

Cheers Derek.

Hi Jason,

Yep, but it made me think of Forbidden Planet when I saw the finished article.

Don't get uppity, remember we are all the descendants of hairdressers and telephone sanitisers.

Neil

Well it's been a long time coming folks but here it is at last. The VID. Hope you like, although Ralph (the bloke who made the vid). is not too happy with it.

Cheers Dek

Edited By magpie on 22/04/2014 20:05:31

Edited By magpie on 22/04/2014 20:08:09

Good morning.

I have just come across this, having read another of Magpie's post and am really impressed by the quality of work and the overall design.

But......OK. I am happy to ask the question. How does it work?

Regards,

James

Edited By James Alford on 06/04/2018 07:39:10

Hi James. I hope you are still there. Sorry for the very long delay in answering but ill health has kept me off the site for a good while. The clock is driven by a synchronous motor which rotates various cylinders through ratchets and cams. The cylinders contain LEDs and a series of holes, as the cylinders rotate, the fibre optics are exposed in sequence to the light from the LEDs through the holes. I hope this makes sense, not sure if it does to me though.

Cheers, Derek.

And the interositor had a triangular screen.

Regards Ian

Welcome back, Derek, hope you're back in good health.

Neil

Thank you Neil. Health is not too bad, but not expecting too much improvement from here on in. Close to 79 now and things don't mend as fast as they used to.