Steve,See http://www.britishtelephones.com/clocks/exchange.htm and http://www.britishtelephones.com/clocks/clock36.htmMight give you a few construction ideas.
"Ah, they don't make them like this any more. It's the wood, you know, you can't get the wood." H.Crun. 73 Martin G8BHC 2009/3/4 Steve Rooke <[email protected]> > Has anyone looked at locking an old mechanical clock to precise time? > What I'm thinking of is something like an old cuckoo clock. The rule > is that the clock remains basically standard and is only steered by > the external source, say, by a magnetic pulse to the pendulum, IE. no > physical connection. Obviously the correct period of the pulse would > have to fit the timing of the pendulum. OK, it seems pointless as you > can't read time with any real accuracy on something like a cuckoo > clock but I'm sure there is the likelihood of something like this > being done by someone like us. > > 73, > Steve > -- > Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV & G8KVD & JAKDTTNW > Omnium finis imminet > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > -- Martin Richmond-Hardy _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
