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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This is one of the most interesting escapements I have seen. I would love to be able to purchase plans to replicate this escapement.
it seems that the pendulum will receive the same amount of impulse even if the power source was a spring!
amazing. i could watch that all day. it reminds me of a computer operation, where a "token" is being passed around
this is one of my favorite escapements i have ever seen!
@HiltonBenchley
3 жыл бұрын
And it sounds good.
Very clever, well done, thank you
Beautiful.
Absolutely beautiful escapement idea, wow! I hope it's a clock by now.
Brilliant!
Very nice!! 🥇
Love it!
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.
Awesome..
Very interesting and beautiful escapement..
Way to think outside of the box...
Nearly as detached as the much vaunted Arnfield escapement.
Any more in depth info on mechinism?
Any details on the construction?
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
4 жыл бұрын
Good luck!
It's got a nice sound, but I don't see why. Is that from the base, creaking with the swing of the pendulum?
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Big swing ! Longer pendulum ?
what's adding energy to the pendulum? why doesn't lifting the bob slow it down?
@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.
I wonder how long the magnets last.
@dgreene909
3 жыл бұрын
There are no magnets. The Bob is picked up on forks and rocks back under its own weight.
@mattw7949
2 жыл бұрын
Degreen909, I'd love some more details on this with the hopes of replicating it.
The geek in me loves this stuff, but the ADD in me prevents me from participating.
i think it will stop eventually
@aaronspain1735
4 жыл бұрын
When the weight is suspended completely. But then you just wind it back up.
@bob2161
3 жыл бұрын
Everything does . . . Eventually.
Brilliant!
@heikkileivo
Жыл бұрын
My first impression: what a silly, overcompli... omg, this is ingenioius!
@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.