Show and Tell - let us know what you're doing!

**Kitwn** · 13-05-2020

Originally Posted by Sterob

Very nice Kit!

Thanks Sterob! it came out well.

**Kitwn** · 13-05-2020

After proving the machine could do a decent jon of the calendar I tried a much simpler but more telling test of it's basic geometry. I cut a 150mm disc and a 150.4mm circular hole out of 6mm MDF to see if the disc would rotate in the hole. Does it cut circles or ovals?

The disc was a close fit in the hole and rotates 360 degrees with a little variation of stiffness as it goes. My digital calipers claim the disc diameter varies between 149.8 and 150.2mm. Not the height of modern engineering but certainly acceptable for this low budget machine and adequate for my wood-cutting needs.

Accuracy could probably be improved by looking at areas where stifness could be improved and spending some time repeating the alignment procedure from last week with some finer shim material. For now I just want to get on with making stuff with it!

Kit

**Kitwn** · 18-10-2021

This project has been on and off the back burner more times than granny's kettle, but I have at last built the final prototype of the circular clock mentioned way back up this thread, now called the Orion (getting the right name is critical, obviously). Now I'm confident the design works reliably and can actually be cut on the router and put together fairly easily I'm going to move on to building some in Australian hardwoods and see if I can make a quid.

The clock is powered by a standard USB phone charger and is controlled by an Arduino microcontroller. Despite all the moving parts being made of wood it runs with the accuracy of a quartz watch.

**Ollie78** · 23-10-2021

Nice work Kitwn, it has such a relaxing sound to the machanism. Could be really fancy in various shiny hardwoods.

Ollie

**JAZZCNC** · 24-10-2021

I would blow that bloody thing off the wall, I hate ticking clocks, lives flashing by fast enough without those bleeding things reminding me...

But nice job kit.

**Kitwn** · 25-10-2021

Originally Posted by JAZZCNC

I would blow that bloody thing off the wall, I hate ticking clocks, lives flashing by fast enough without those bleeding things reminding me...

But nice job kit.

This clock has a calming 60 bpm tick to remind you of your mother's resting heart beat from when you were in the womb! You can fit felt pads to quieten it though.

And I agree about life flashing by too quickly!

**Kitwn** · 06-10-2022

I decided to enter this year's Great Guitar Build Off to give myself a kick up the backside and get on with an idea I've been mulling over for a while. Here's the final entry video.

**AndyGuid** · 06-10-2022

Thanks Kit for another interesting and informative video.

**AndyUK** · 06-10-2022

Fantastic build and video Kit! There are a number of techniques I'm going to have to emulate now; particularly the epoxy inlay and the photograph tracing to get the design in.

Fingers crossed for your entry.