Tuesday, January 1, 2019

Clock 4 detent works!

Remaking the detent a few times did the trick.  Each time it worked a little better than the one before, as I flushed out the bugs.  I had a scare where I damaged the gate, but a little super glue seems to be holding it together.  Here is the detent that finally does the job.


The detent properly releases one pin at a time when recoiled by hand with a weight of just about 2.2 lb on the great wheel.

I did not have to modify the pin wheel. It is helpful to have a banking so the detent is held in a convenient position if all the weight is removed.  This also gave a good opportunity for testing the winding mechanism, which does indeed work.

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