My mum bought me a marble/ball-bearing run for my birthday ~ it was mechanical model - construction kit of those thin plywood sheets that you push the parts out of the frames and assemble it ~ from ROKR. enjoyed doing that, and interesting to see you are also using the pre-cut-out plywood for your creation. You should do a smaller version of that for a hamster ~ they spend a lot of time running in their wheel as “apparently” need a lot of exercise, same thing with mice & gerbils. It would have to be electronically measured but you could put a motor on its edge as a generator and have it power itself 🤗. Odd to see you used a cat as a subject
There are so many cool principles in this project!! I have wondered for a long time how a distance measurement can be differentiated mechanically to become a velocity measurement. Thanks for showing that.
I love seeing videos like this. Very nice design. I want to get more into doing designs with gears, but watching you, I feel the American educational system has failed me.
I do not have any formal education for making these kinds of things - I mostly learned this from watching youtube videos. Start small and make something simple and and soon you will improve your skill to make more and more complex things. Each part here is really a simple bit but looks very complex when all put together. If something does not work do not give up, geared systems not working this first time is normal, just try again. If you really want to do it go for it!!!
I am not sure it is exactly proportional. It seems like it when once the ball governor has spun up past a certain amount but I at high speed I think the spring resists more - it could also only be that it is compressed too much and there is not enough physical space. But I do not really know.
@@Induku my current understanding is that it is more about the side-to-side movement being proportional to the angular velocity and the spring acts like a scaling factor
Fantastic clock. Brilliant design.
Love the chain clock! I was looking at your other items and they are very interesting. I may have to get the clock some day!
My mum bought me a marble/ball-bearing run for my birthday ~ it was mechanical model - construction kit of those thin plywood sheets that you push the parts out of the frames and assemble it ~ from ROKR. enjoyed doing that, and interesting to see you are also using the pre-cut-out plywood for your creation. You should do a smaller version of that for a hamster ~ they spend a lot of time running in their wheel as “apparently” need a lot of exercise, same thing with mice & gerbils. It would have to be electronically measured but you could put a motor on its edge as a generator and have it power itself 🤗. Odd to see you used a cat as a subject
It is a good idea, but I only had cats to work with and thus used them. I could have used humans but I am too lazy to run 😉
Very cool! I remember trying to make a mechanical clock out of cardstock paper in highschool and it seems like wood has some equally tricky qualities.
There are so many cool principles in this project!! I have wondered for a long time how a distance measurement can be differentiated mechanically to become a velocity measurement. Thanks for showing that.
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I love seeing videos like this. Very nice design. I want to get more into doing designs with gears, but watching you, I feel the American educational system has failed me.
I do not have any formal education for making these kinds of things - I mostly learned this from watching youtube videos. Start small and make something simple and and soon you will improve your skill to make more and more complex things. Each part here is really a simple bit but looks very complex when all put together. If something does not work do not give up, geared systems not working this first time is normal, just try again. If you really want to do it go for it!!!
This is so cool! Glad that post on reddit floated up far enough that I saw it.
Oooh bonus tip!
So the spring counter reacts to the acceleration proportionally like dampened proof mass?
I am not sure it is exactly proportional. It seems like it when once the ball governor has spun up past a certain amount but I at high speed I think the spring resists more - it could also only be that it is compressed too much and there is not enough physical space. But I do not really know.
@@Induku my current understanding is that it is more about the side-to-side movement being proportional to the angular velocity and the spring acts like a scaling factor
Sorry to see that your beard got caught in the spinning wheel.