Walking Bob, An Acrobatic Gravity Escapement

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The pendulum arm picks the bob from the escape wheel and the weight of the bob impulses the pendulum. Before the pendulum reaches the end of its swing, the bob strikes the release arm and the escape wheel lifts the bob from the pendulum arm and back to its original position.

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  • @MA-dg1qr
    @MA-dg1qr2 жыл бұрын

    This is one of the most interesting escapements I have seen. I would love to be able to purchase plans to replicate this escapement.

  • @ThiagoBouzan
    @ThiagoBouzan3 жыл бұрын

    it seems that the pendulum will receive the same amount of impulse even if the power source was a spring!

  • @5naxalotl
    @5naxalotl3 жыл бұрын

    amazing. i could watch that all day. it reminds me of a computer operation, where a "token" is being passed around

  • @shoofle
    @shoofle5 жыл бұрын

    this is one of my favorite escapements i have ever seen!

  • @HiltonBenchley

    @HiltonBenchley

    3 жыл бұрын

    And it sounds good.

  • @philipbyrnes7501
    @philipbyrnes75016 жыл бұрын

    Very clever, well done, thank you

  • @truths.stranger5454
    @truths.stranger54546 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful.

  • @c0ldcity
    @c0ldcity4 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely beautiful escapement idea, wow! I hope it's a clock by now.

  • @nueschi
    @nueschi5 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant!

  • @benjaminbenavidesiglesias52
    @benjaminbenavidesiglesias524 жыл бұрын

    Very nice!! 🥇

  • @wiidlbeetle3857
    @wiidlbeetle38574 жыл бұрын

    Love it!

  • @julioemch
    @julioemch4 жыл бұрын

    I have fallen in love with your walking bob design. And I'm making a watch based on it. I'll leave you the link when I finish it. Very good your designs. A greeting.

  • @weerobot
    @weerobot3 жыл бұрын

    Awesome..

  • @GLSARTS
    @GLSARTS3 жыл бұрын

    Very interesting and beautiful escapement..

  • @Bigwingrider1800
    @Bigwingrider18005 жыл бұрын

    Way to think outside of the box...

  • @donaldasayers
    @donaldasayers8 жыл бұрын

    Nearly as detached as the much vaunted Arnfield escapement.

  • @rpraver1
    @rpraver17 жыл бұрын

    Any more in depth info on mechinism?

  • @rpraver1
    @rpraver13 жыл бұрын

    Any details on the construction?

  • @aaronspain1735
    @aaronspain17354 жыл бұрын

    I've almost got it working, although I have thought that for the past 2 days now. Surprisingly one of the most difficult projects I've done. Hoping to work or in with one of the linear legs of a rotary harmonograph I built. Just to see what happens. A bit frustrating so far. But thanks for the inspiration.

  • @dgreene909

    @dgreene909

    4 жыл бұрын

    Good luck!

  • @rmarbertin8131
    @rmarbertin81312 ай бұрын

    It's got a nice sound, but I don't see why. Is that from the base, creaking with the swing of the pendulum?

  • @user-rq9po2zv4k
    @user-rq9po2zv4k Жыл бұрын

    Дуже цікаво знати

  • @turboagua3188
    @turboagua31884 жыл бұрын

    👏👏👏👍

  • @associatedblacksheepandmisfits
    @associatedblacksheepandmisfits2 жыл бұрын

    Big swing ! Longer pendulum ?

  • @truths.stranger5454
    @truths.stranger54546 жыл бұрын

    what's adding energy to the pendulum? why doesn't lifting the bob slow it down?

  • @dgreene909

    @dgreene909

    6 жыл бұрын

    The pendulum arm picks the bob from the pinwheel and deposits it one pin lower. The drop from a higher pin to a lower one provides the energy to the pendulum. You are correct that lifting the bob does take energy away from the pendulum, but you get that energy back when the bob falls back to the pick position. Because the bob falls past the pick position to a lower pin, there is a net gain in pendulum energy. Once the bob trips the escape dog, the bob is lifted by the weight to the higher "pick" position for the cycle to begin again.

  • @robertlozyniak3661
    @robertlozyniak36613 жыл бұрын

    I wonder how long the magnets last.

  • @dgreene909

    @dgreene909

    3 жыл бұрын

    There are no magnets. The Bob is picked up on forks and rocks back under its own weight.

  • @mattw7949

    @mattw7949

    2 жыл бұрын

    Degreen909, I'd love some more details on this with the hopes of replicating it.

  • @Axgoodofdunemaul
    @Axgoodofdunemaul6 жыл бұрын

    The geek in me loves this stuff, but the ADD in me prevents me from participating.

  • @Bigwingrider1800
    @Bigwingrider18005 жыл бұрын

    i think it will stop eventually

  • @aaronspain1735

    @aaronspain1735

    4 жыл бұрын

    When the weight is suspended completely. But then you just wind it back up.

  • @bob2161

    @bob2161

    3 жыл бұрын

    Everything does . . . Eventually.

  • @heikkileivo
    @heikkileivo Жыл бұрын

    Brilliant!

  • @heikkileivo

    @heikkileivo

    Жыл бұрын

    My first impression: what a silly, overcompli... omg, this is ingenioius!

  • @dgreene909

    @dgreene909

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for your kind comment. Here is a link to a whimsical interpretation of this same escapement done by another KZreadr. kzread.info-DBl_Mvvz5A?feature=share.

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