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@infinitepcg@lemmy.world to 3DPrinting@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year ago

I made a 3D printed mechanical digital clock

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I made a 3D printed mechanical digital clock

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@infinitepcg@lemmy.world to 3DPrinting@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year ago
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  • LazaroFilm
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    55•1 year ago

    Really nice! Paint the side edges of the segments a different color and you’ll get a cool appearing color effect.

    • @asbestos@lemmy.world
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      7•1 year ago

      That’s such a great idea. Even better, use white filament for the the 1st layer and use another color filament for all the other layers.

      • anguo
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        6•1 year ago

        Probably at least the first 2 layers, if you dont want to see the next color through it.

  • @b000rg@midwest.social
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    17•1 year ago

    Apparently similarly mechanically powered displays involving cams to actuate number segments were pretty popular back in the day. Here’s a YouTube video I came across one day a while back about one: https://youtu.be/TANe2d0VTGQ?si=unBJmfzs6A_7PWkM

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    • @ryo@lemmy.eco.br
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      1•1 year ago

      I got irrationally angry that the first digit in the clock could only be 1 or nothing until I saw the actual mechanism and realized that they did that to probably save on material.

  • SatansMaggotyCumFart
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    7•1 year ago

    This is an analog clock in the style of a digital one.

    • @infinitepcg@lemmy.worldOP
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      20•1 year ago

      It is digital because it has digits instead of pointers. It is also digital in the sense that it has discrete states.

  • @CaptDust@sh.itjust.works
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    7•1 year ago

    The internal gearing is awesome, good stuff op

  • @can@sh.itjust.works
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    6•1 year ago

    I adore the gear reveal

  • @tyler@programming.dev
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    5•1 year ago

    Looks pretty similar to jbv creative’s segmented display.

    https://youtube.com/shorts/Qp8f7RycBFY

    https://youtube.com/shorts/_KyDzKArXak

    • @infinitepcg@lemmy.worldOP
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      5•1 year ago

      Yep, but I made mine first 😬 I believe we were both inspired by the work of Karakurist.

      • @CaptDust@sh.itjust.works
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        4•1 year ago

        I like yours better than both, the way your design pushes and pulls the segments is wonderful.

        • @infinitepcg@lemmy.worldOP
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          2•1 year ago

          I got that idea from this design.

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  • @Reawake9179@lemmy.kde.social
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    4•1 year ago

    Wow good job, love the idea and execution

  • @fubarx@lemmy.ml
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    3•1 year ago

    Outstanding!

    Watching it, my first thought was if it could also be used as s display for a large calculator? Guessing the computation part would require electronics, but then again, there used to be geared tabletop calculators.

    Very nice work.

    • @SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world
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      6•1 year ago

      There were purely mechanical calculators back in the day.

      They were absolutely massive.

      • @cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de
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        1•1 year ago

        They could be made fairly small. The Curta calculator was hand held. Unfortunately, they are very expensive now, but there is a simulator online if you want to play with one.

    • @infinitepcg@lemmy.worldOP
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      4•1 year ago

      Yes, absolutely. Just needs one motor per digit.

  • @colourlesspony@pawb.social
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    3•1 year ago

    Wow! That is super cool!

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  • Corroded
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    2•1 year ago

    Is it as loud as it seems in the video?

    • @infinitepcg@lemmy.worldOP
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      6•1 year ago

      The video exagerates it a bit. But it is audible. Of course the clock will only move once a minute.

      • @RamSwamson@lemmy.sdf.org
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        4•1 year ago

        That’s like, damn near 60 times an hour

    • Uninvited Guest
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      2•1 year ago

      I’m curious about this too!

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