TREDECIMUS
A spherical weight clock
      Tredecimus is a spherical weight driven clock.

      
The pendulum is impulsed every 8 seconds.

       
A ball bearing drops every 4 mins 10 secs and is then lifted to the top of the drive wheel.

       
The motor used is a good as silent stepper motor which is controlled by an Arduino Nano and silentstepstick .
 
Escapement -  Drop weight

Drive   -  6 metal balls and motor powered ball lift

Runtime  -  Indefinite
TredecimusWYG
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COMPLETE KIT
    A complete kit of all the parts needed to make the Tredecimus, apart from the required standard USB charger.
€240

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TredecimusMotor
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MOTOR ASSEMBLY
     For those who are not too happy around wires and electronics, I will fully assemble and test the motor block, so all you need to do is add the wires from the USB charger.
    To see what is involved with the motor
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€40

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