Clock 17 The flying pendulum clock is a clock that uses a flying pendulum escapement mechanism. A small metal ball, connected by string wraps around one brass post, then unwinds before repeating on the other brass post.The flying pendulum clock was invented and patented in 1883 by Adler Christian Clausen and J. C. Slafter in Minneapolis. The clock was later called the Ignatz Flying pendulum clock after a character in the Krazy Kat comic have taken the original A C Clausen design and adapted it so that it could be constructed on one of the my earlier wooden wind up clock bases.The proportions of the flying escapement have however been maintained so that the originality of the original design is preserved.The Clock is relatively simple to build having only 5 actual gears, the pinions being replaced by pins set into the the gear sleeves.
The frame is constructed in the traditional manner with small wedges being used to holding the Front and Back frames tightly in position against the cross struts.
The clock was never really a good time keeper and this version is no different in that respect. It is a novelty really, but to watch it in operation is still fascinating.
The clock is driven by a spring mounted inside the bottom gear, giving you the convenience of being able to place the clock in any position within your home.
I have used miniature ball bearings to support all the shafts to reduce friction and ensure that the spring drive can run efficiently. The bearings can be obtained from www.technobotsonline.com
The spring ANS 12 was obtained from Cousins UK code number https://www.cousinsuk.com/catalog/clock-parts/american-ansonia-trifix-clock-mainsprings.
DXF, DWG 2D files, and the IGS and STP files that can be used with your CNC machine can be downloaded here for $26. You also get the unrestricted version of the PDF files that can be printed at full size.
Special offer you can get all of the 2D files of Clock 12 plus those for Clock 14,16 and Clock 17 as well for only $36.
Drawings for this clock in PDF format can be downloaded here. These free files are restricted so that you can only view them on screen but not print them. Clicking here will download the PDF file directly to your browser, may take a few moments so please be patient.
A sample from the DXF/DWG files is shown here. The actual files purchased above are included on one large sheet so that they may be directly loaded into your CAM program.
To print only a single item of the drawing to scale using Adobe Acrobat Reader, do the following:
Go to Edit, then click on Take a snapshot, move the cursor to the top left of the item you want to print and hold down the left mouse button whilst you drag a box around the item. The inside of the box turns blue and you can now go to File and then click on Print. This brings up the print dialogue, make sure Selected graphic is selected and that the Page scaling is set to None and the click on OK. As long as your printer is connected you will have printed the item at size. Do this for each item you want to cut out.