There was a "The Amateur Scientist" article in the September 1974 issue of Scientific American on "A venerable clock is made highly accurate by equipping it with quartz-crystal works" which shows how to drive a pendulum clock with a crystal oscillator. I have a PDF I can email (16MB) if you are interested.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Amos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 4:50 PM Subject: [time-nuts] Odd request > Time-nuts > > I appreciate the comments regarding horological obsession. Mine started > with a desire for an accurate master > oscillator for my ham shack (built and use a couple Shera GPSDO's) and has > blossomed into a much broader interest > in time (Ex tempus, sapientia?) > > This has led me to a silly quest. I'd like to use a traditional clock > face and hands as an output device for a > 1PPS signal from my GPSDO. > > I know this is a very broad question, but does anyone have advice on where > I might start hacking (or making) a > mechanical clock face to accomplish this? Is there a simple clock design > that I could start with to build my own? > Maybe replacing a pendulum or escapement with a solenoid? Any examples to > work from? > > Mark > > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > --------------------------------- Need a quick answer? Get one in minutes from people who know. Ask your question on Yahoo! Answers. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list [email protected] https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
