Hi Nick, Many thanks, I'm hoping to get a bit of good press from it :)
The Beam engine is actually driven by a small electric motor ( out of an old turntable as it has all the speed controller electronics built in to the rear of the motor ) it is hidden away inside a brass mainspring housing, the drive wheel engages with the flywheel of the Beam engine. It is made to look like the engine is turning a small dynamo that powers the clock. The clock is located in a public area, so for Health and safety reasons I could not have any sources of ignition, or risk it setting off any fire alarms. The Steam is just mist, you can get these piezo based water mister things that produce a fog out of water, I just re engineered one to suit the clock, the brass cylinder underneath contains a water reservoir. In answer to Terry's question, the Humidity in Singapore where the clock is located is usually 80% plus so I don't think it will add much. It is more a novelty feature and doesn't run all the time, just on a 30 second timer when you press a button on the side. Paul On Wednesday, 18 February 2015 11:56:08 UTC, Nick wrote: > That's lovely Paul - very well done ! > > Is the beam engine driven by compressed air or a meths > burner/similar/whatever... > > Nick > >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/6ad4fb67-a415-4e46-9b0d-b0fd7ffc9ee0%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
