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Galileo Clock

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**NOTE:**
**A newer version 3.1 is available here: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5549040**

This is the design (made with OpenSCAD and fully customisable) of a functioning mechanical clock following the original ideas of Galileo Galilei dating back to 1600, that can be made on a laser cutter (with the addiction of standard bearings and a few other simple parts).

The oscillating mechanism uses a clever escapement system attributed to Galileo himself and also the first application of a pendulum to a clock (Galileo was the first to observe the isochronism of the pendulum, in 1602!)

The design has been modelled with OpenSCAD (sources included: two files form the BOSL library are also needed and are included here, just create a folder named "BOSL" and move them inside: constants.scad and involute_gears.scad), it can be animated to show the movements of all parts, and it is fully customisable. Generation of the DXF vector files is easily achieved by uncommenting the "projection"
Category
Engineering
Source
Thingiverse
Published
What you need to print this: Intermediate Low confidence
Single piece Hardware needed
Supports 1/3
Assembly 0/3
Settings 1/3
Bed size 0/3
Post-process 1/3
Printer
FDM / FFF
File format
STL
Material
Post-processing
Hardware
Software
Cura, PrusaSlicer, or similar
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