Original Author of Floating Clock: www.youtube.com/@shiura Thanks for creating Amazing Creation. Please checkout his channel, i just remix his design, all credit goes to him.

What I love most about it is the simplicity of the magnet. When seeing the thumbnail, i was already over engineering it in my head thinking about how the rotation of the minute hand would be geared up in the center so that it moved the hour one…

@nafiul.j

Жыл бұрын

me too . sometimes we just have to think a bit simply about stuff

@hglbrg

Жыл бұрын

ha! glad I wasn't the only one.

@the-shork

Жыл бұрын

I was a bit disappointed that it wasn't some kind of pulley system

@yobgodababua1862

Жыл бұрын

You were definitely not the only one. Bloody magnets.

@jakubkolcar6789

Жыл бұрын

exactly. I thought there was system of gears inside the minute hand, which would rotate the hour hand.

I love how this clock works. And it's actually far simpler than the appearance would suggest. Elegant and simple, very nice combination!

Magnets, that's a simple, yet elegant solution and way less complex than what I had in mind, which is running a thin rod through the center of the large arm and stick a diagonal gear to it which would spin the small arms diagonal gear

@supraaznpride

Жыл бұрын

Do both. Put the magnet into the minute hand and have that connected through gears to rotate the hour hand. That way it would be a true contactless floating clock.

@That_Awesome_Guy1

Жыл бұрын

My thoughts would be slightly more complicated, but would give a better illusion. Basically, you just glue the hands to two separate acrylic discs and then attach those discs to two gears like in the video. Then you can simply spin each gear independently which would rotate the glued hands. This would make it look like the hands are just floating there completely.

@vinno97

Жыл бұрын

@@That_Awesome_Guy1 What I like about this one is that there is no glare or anything at all. Maybe a tiny strip of acrylic through the diagonal for each of the handles would also work and be less noticable

@SaltyMikan

Жыл бұрын

@@supraaznpride That's not really possible, or at least, I would be very very impressed if that was ever stable

@gameworkerty

Жыл бұрын

@@That_Awesome_Guy1 no that would look like there are plastic hands glued to acrylic sheets

I love how simple yet mesmerizing the design is, like you wouldn't have expected this to work unless you had some engineering knowledge

This will be perfect for a school project. Loving it.

This is great for putting all the electronic at the bottom part. I thought there might be some wires in the upper ring.👍🏻

Absolutely ingenious. And a fantastic build, too!

Prefectly accurate! No seriously, looks amazing ;)

I desinged something very similar to this like 15 years ago. I never made it because 3D printing wasn't a thing back then and getting the parts made in a workshop would have cost $$$$$. How 3D printers have changed the world for the at-home designer!

@joel6376

Жыл бұрын

Prototyping is easier, for sure, so you could have worked out the kinks before ponying up the $$. But outside of printing circles I doubt many people want layer lines or nasty looking plastic as a clock, even if it is interesting.

@GamMngitSssEmoTionaL5953

3 ай бұрын

​@joel6376 indeed most to dont that's why you can easily and cheaply use electroplating to give it that nice smooth finish look 😎🙏

When I first saw the thumbnail I tried to take a guess at how this was made. So I thought I would use a couple of plexiglass circles with the clock hands glued on. Each circle has tooth gears on its edge, and those would be hidden by the outer wooden ring. Then the motor would be linked with them and hidden into the base. Cool to know that there was also a different way to make it!

its always hard to engineer something simpler , great job

Looks dope. Amazing work Wrench 👏👏

Nice idea. When designing a PCB that I know I won't be using connectors, I prefer providing a hole to have the wires pass through or a double hole to use a pvc wire strap.

@mareksvrcina5279

Жыл бұрын

This is THE ONE application that truly does require a PCB at all. I understand that this video isn't a PCB design lecture but rather an ad for a PCB manufacturer. Still, I think that it is quite silly.

Looks to be a fairly simple first 3d printing & soldering project, adding this to my backlog of projects.

Wow, your channel is like a hidden gem on KZread, keep up the great work!

Mind blown!!! Recently I saw a similar looking ring-clock but in a more classic fassion: there was a static vertical bar comming from the top of the ring to the center, holding a regular clock mechanism. When I saw it I thought it would be awesome if the minute hand was actually connected to the ring and moving, with an adjusted mechanism for the hour hand on the "center end" of the minute hand - a few days later I see this in my Recommended list :D Thank you Algorithm Overlord for that spark of joy! ;)

This project is great. It's one of those there where it's simple and makes sense, but it just messes with your mind.

I remember when I realized something like this was possible! Glad someone who could make it did too! Edit: my idea used some form of mechanical linkage through the minute hand to drive the hour hand though

This feels like one of those magic tricks where it is actually even cooler when you know how it is done

Really clean build (and desk!)

Lovely design. 'prefectly accurate' gave me a chuckle

Wow that is amazing! I love it! I'd say you're pretty good at making things, aren't ye? Greetings from Ireland 🇮🇪

This Hollow Clock Idea is Amazing and I Definitely tried this Hollow Clock From My Home😉

@TheWrench

Жыл бұрын

Wonderful!

@Aries88064

Жыл бұрын

@@TheWrench ✌️

Really imaginative work. Looks great!

Great job, dude! That was amazing clock! I want to make it by myself, too!

Such an elegant design!

Looks very beautiful with a low cost raw material

More tiny pc builds pls

@3ddiy405

Жыл бұрын

More tiny WATERCOOLED pc builds pls

@FROZZTY-sc6wr

Жыл бұрын

Or Making a steamdeck

@ClosestNearUtopia

Жыл бұрын

I just wanted this, so I am happy.

I have no knowledge of 3D printing but the concept, design and manufacture of this clock is fantastic. Very impressed. 👌🙏

saw a version of that the other day, it had both hands mounted to an acrylic plate and being moved by magnets. but it was bulky af, probably so that the magnets don't interfere? this version is much more elegant!

This is a reproduction of Jefferson golden hour clock , very popular in US 1950 period. We can still get from US vintage market.

@sallerc

Жыл бұрын

Interesting, thx for the info

I like how clever but simple the magnet part is

How do you set it up initially? Do you somehow advance the minutes until it gets to the right time? A cool addition for the next revision would be to have two hall sensors at the bottom, so you know when the hour and minute hands cross the bottom part. Then you can make it self-correcting, but adding a wifi module and pulling time from the internet.

@therealjibrano

Жыл бұрын

lol found the engineer

@weiliangzhang2214

Жыл бұрын

simply set the position before putting the upper part on the base, then it will keep moving from there. you can see it at 4:35

@MrCreeper20k

Жыл бұрын

I hall sensor would definitely be best especially if the thing gets unplugged. I do think it's interesting though that a lengthy calibration could have it in tune enough for a year. If you assume one full rotation of the minute hand takes 5 seconds, then it would take 12 hours to simulate a year. So a 12 hour calibration process would have it guaranteed accurate for a year (assuming the motor does not change in efficiency, which is a big assumption).

@aonodensetsu

Жыл бұрын

@@MrCreeper20k or just recalibrate at 6:30 every day

@mr.cantillasz1912

Жыл бұрын

Goddamn MR Scientist sir👏

Would prefer a transparent backplate to mount both clock hands with magnets - takes away the stick-something-through-iness, but adds a lot optically I think

Amazing work bro!!!

Really cool design. And clean soldering on those small connections. I’m good at making a damn mess.

Very nice build... would you mind sharing the rotor cover with hour markings as well?

That was awesome clock. Simple and minimalist

Loved the hour hand mechanics

Sick design, good works

Insanely creative man!!!!

This is just wow! Amazing!

Cool project .... sweet use of the magnets

Really nice. Many congratulations. 👍

Wow! I was expecting an rotating "invisible" glass plate within the circle, but the magnet solution is much cooler!

Nice variation on a Jefferson Golden Hour Mystery Clock (which I have). The Jefferson has just a motor and the minute hand is geared to the hour hand which is locked to a glass disc that rotates smoothly without steps. The only thing in your very nice design I wondered about is why you glued a red minute hand to a black piece instead of just making that black piece red... but the engineering is ingenious simplicity.

@nicodanger13

Жыл бұрын

The black hand give the optical illusion to the red cover that is a little shorter than the main black hand... the end of the black is visually confused in the black ring and the red piece seem floating.

v cool, the effect is really striking, and i feel dumb for expecting some elaborate linkage or servo system and not just magnets

Thats so amazing!!

Please give this master piece 💕

Very genius design..i liked it 🔥

That is quite clever, but if I ever get around to making one, I think I'll limit it to two moving parts, or parhaps three, including a second hand. I'm not quite sure how easy that would be.

@maevwat

Жыл бұрын

you could layer 2 discs but friction will be a problem

I like it. I am wondering if you can take it a bit further and add a metal seconds hand and do the same thing gearing the magnet with the minutes hand. Making it a bit more of a floating realism effect? Maybe add lighting so the the effect looks more real to everyone that its floating in mid air. what a allusion. Thank for the KZread video.

Incrível, você acabou de ganhar mais um inscrito no canal

I have a Vintage 1950s Jefferson Art Deco Golden Hour Mystery Clock. It works differently but gives the same illusion.

Amazing work and awesome product 👌

Hey! Wrench I love watching your videos, and I am also kept creating such DIY stuff inspired by you the thing is nowadays I am planning to mod and convert my old boring pc cabinet to a very interesting and my most favourite theme that is IRONMAN theme pc cabinet and I actually have planned everything very nicely, the place where I stuck is that I want a miniature of an ARC-REACTOR at the front side of my cabinet which should look similar to the one in the movies and also glows like the same bluish color whenever I want. Some miniatures are actually available at online sites but they are not like same or either so costly, so its my request that please can you help me with some of your views and ideas with this and creating an ARC-REACTOR which is non-3d printed, cheap cost ,looks and glows same, easily usable, less problematic. Thank you. LOVE YOU 3000💙💛❤.

I just searched the video to know the mechanism behind the slow moving hand , Then the use of magnets just blowen my Mind.Hats off to ur engineering n idea

@Starburry11

Күн бұрын

it wasnt his idea the original creator didnt get credited until only a month ago

Such a lovely and my favourite 😍 channel in my school days onwards

love the idea, thank you for sharing with us

Love the idea of magnets - possibly next idea is glue the centre onto the back .... ?

Nice video, well done, thank you for sharing it with us :)

That’s beautiful. How did you make the hands take steps in the end?

This channel has really grown since the last time I've seen it. I still remember the mini pc video lol.

I mean.... the clock is pretty cool, but the title seems to be taking a bit too much credit for this project and the comment section seems to have missed that too.

@DavidPlass

3 ай бұрын

I thought the same thing. They found the design online and reproduced it.

i have been here since 2019, gotta say the video quality has improved

Aa it used magnets for the hour dial. I think it could be made with just gears running through the minute dial too. Nifty project

Great video and a super cool clock. I've got a Jefferson golden hour mystery clock that's almost 70 years old. It's still working fine and keeps good time with its 50Hz replacement motor. The principle is the same but the Jefferson has style as well as function.

@frikkiesmit327

Жыл бұрын

Sounds interresting

@lrvogt1257

Жыл бұрын

I have one too. It's a real art deco eye catcher.

to have both hands floating separately from the frame, you could spin the actual plexiglass for one hand, and use magnets for the other

Genius, elegance.

nice, slight improvement suggestion : to have the black circle on the other side, that way we don't see the circle moving

I love this one . For real

took me a second to realize the gear teeth spacing of the black gear is wider than the red to account for the different speeds the minuet hand and hour hand travel at. Super genius.

Great engineering bro 😁

That looks dope❤

Very creative work 👍😊👍 Like so much..! Make minet ring transparent polymer for more realistic hollow effect..!

Seesh this is fire bro you need more subs work herd you have the things needed to grow too

Whoa that clock is sick

I have to print this!!!!!! Amazing

not only that, but most of the parts were printed out, this shows how the early thinkers improved on previous ideas to continue the flow>, vwd, u need to create akit for us non coders n makers> this probably the best diyp out there>

Just an FYI, the minute hand STL in your google drive is currently downloading as the upgraded base STL

Great type of IInovation 🔥

Very nice what software did you use to design the crown and worm gears?

this design would look amazing as a wristwatch

Really Amazing bro... 👏👏👏

Nice projec it will be perfect with some led lignts

Thank you rajaj! That was very entertaining

@TheWrench

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Very good idea. I'll make it. Thank you.

Prefectly accurate indeed

Good piece simple and smart engineering

Very nice. Can you please tell me the name of the soldering iron?

coolest thing ive ever seen

Amazing brother 😍❤️🎊🎊🎊

looks awesome

Love it keep up da good work

@TheWrench

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

If the connection from the outer ring to the minute hand was transparent, it would really look like magic

@afeez.awoyemi

Жыл бұрын

You're a genius!

@winstontippens002

Жыл бұрын

No, the black material should be tranparent then both the hour and minute hand would look like they're floating

@winstontippens002

Жыл бұрын

Sorry, Frank Roquemore, you are correct. Only realised now that the mintue hand is the one that has the black material

Brilliant work, dude! Really well done!!! 😃 Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

@TheWrench

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Bro, you tooo

@elingrome5853

Жыл бұрын

"stay safe" - from clocks?

@TheRealGigaCat

Жыл бұрын

@@elingrome5853 are you bald? because your head seems to be very aerodynamic.

@elingrome5853

Жыл бұрын

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Short crisp intelligent ,both video and invention

This is awesome!

so sick I'm gonna make one