Finally got back to the clock after about 2 months of really doing nothing with it. I looked at the pieces I made that are horizontal crossbars in the middle of the clock. These pieces will ultimately hold uprights which in turn will hold the axles of the clock. Anyway, I was a bit put off by the shape of the pieces. They were too thick and too uneven.
The main reason that they were poorly formed was that I made them part of the time while demoing at events. When I do that, I tend to rush so that observers can see more "action." Anyway, I took the time to clean up one of the two pieces this afternoon. It looks much better now. I started on the second piece but my arm has lost some of its endurance so I had to break after only about 2 hours worth of work.
A chronicle of my attempts to create an early clock using only traditional techniques.
Friday, March 17, 2006
Taking long breaks has advantages and disadvantages...
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If I got too tired banging out sparks at demonstrations, I would cast a few dozen .69 caliber lead musket balls. Then I would hand them out to kids and tell them that they were "colonial jawbreakers", and there was bubble gum in the center. Ha ha! (not really, that's just my inner Shel Silverstein talking...)
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