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does anyone have Paper Pendulum Clock kit or pattern? I have a kind of kit book but it quality is bad. pls share if you have better. I really want to make this one. thank you!
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>>539497
>>539498
thank you. thank you very much!
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>>539499
no worries man, post it if you make it. i don't have what it takes
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>>539515
some man really did it. it only need some patience. and this clock work, real running
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>>539516
it will take time but yes !
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I'm doing it right now. Just starting tough.
One question, if anyone is building it too, do we have to make the markings for the scores on piece a-05 by ourselves? To fit in piece A-01?
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>>539515
is the same that a metallic pendulum clock... but in paper... soooo can give you a real accuracy
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Anybody knows about other funtional papercraft. I want to do more.
Also here is my progress (at least paper 6, tomorrow im gone print paper 7 and 8, 2 papers for day ) i hope in a month finish
Ignore the mistakes, im not from USA
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try gear heart and gear sphere. even harder than this.
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>>542304
and gear sphere
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>>542304
>>542305
please, please, anybody have those papercraft?
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look here. it have link for the whole parts for the gear heart
http://sabi996.deviantart.com/art/ Papercraft-Gear-Heart-Download-347989424
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Sorry but i do not understand this part , anybody can explain me?
For what is E6?
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Anybody knows about for what it is this piece?
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>>542312
I have the gear cube.
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>>542312
And the instructions.
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>>542629
Thank you so much, i can made this pieces of the clock, and i promise make the cube, this is my compromised
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Well, this is my progress, it was so hard, but im going finish, only some details,
The piece P1: the piee paper show 5 moldes, when you need 6, make a copy.
And in the intrucction, when you fusion the frame B the sighn of O11 and O10 is it grown, but is a mistake of number, nothing anymore.
About my frame, i started without gears becase the gears are little bend, the glue deformed the paper, so i make a corrections before the fusion of everything pieces.
Sorry for my grammar, im from ecuator.
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>>542853
nice work. keep doing this. good luck!
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Do not put L10, because with this piece, the anchor do not fits with the escapement, my solution is put L 10 and L11 together
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Here goes the weith.., really for me,was the most confusion step, for this reason, i made after of all
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>>542890
Good job. Can't wait to see the end result.
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I think your paper are too think. After your clock finish, hope still can move without any destruct.
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>>542896
i mean too thin.
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>>542890
Nice.
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>>542896
It is probably, in this case im going use stong material.
in this picture All the gears stay "in situ".
The frames suffer the most damage because i needed change for fit the sticks.
The only problem now is separate the gears of other gears.
And the anchor. RECOMENDATION. Do not glue L10, at least, not behind of the anchor, this piece is a long separate innecesary of the teeth of escapement
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Amazing work OP. Keep updating us, please!
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nice work !!! keep updating process pls. it very helpful
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>>542937
What paper are you using, if you think it's too thick for the mechanism would you suggest using thicker cardstock for the frame and lighter cardstock for the mechanisms? I'm very interested in making this but I live in a shit desert that relies on swamp coolers to fill the air with water and even cardstock warps inside.
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Hello it's me, the ecuatorian boy.
The road to this point was difficult,
The frames fuck everything.
The space between anchor and escapement (her teeth) not fits, yet.
Now i waiting for the dry off the glue.
And the munite hand, i recommend change the step 3 (on the step 38), cut one part of the asis ( or stick) and paste this inside the hole of 12teeth gear type b (the little gear front 48 teeth gear).
i think so, this is the real impulse of minute hand.
If you only put the minute hand on the asis, this roll without control because the gears more heavy behind them move the asis, and the minute hand, like light piece move on with the rhythm of the other gears.
Again, sorry for my grammar, i started learn with duolingo
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Hello my dear readers.
I belive, i am the only who support this thread alive.
Well, now i in stanby for the clock, only need rise the asis of ancora, everything else is fine, and the hour and minute hand goes in perfect sequence. Maybe later a take a picture.
Here is the gear sphere cube, the first parts. It is like a cupcake cover.
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wow! patient man :)) can you take pic about how the clock work? how can we run it?
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This is really cool! Learn how to make gifs or webm because we'd love to see the result in motion!
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>>543238
Relax dude, im going use format factory (transformation video), now i make the finals corrections and the pieces of gear sphere, wait 3 days or less, i promise
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Dear anon glad to see you build the Paper Clock. I have too started it but stopped a few months ago when my dog ruined part of it (my fault I tested the gears after putting the string on the mechanism and left it on the floor) This urges me to go back and finish it!
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>>543252
Thats incredible anon!
Good job
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>>543252
Looks beautiful. Great job anon
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>>542629

Thanks Anon, I have been looking for this one for a LONG time now.
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>>539497
>59 pages
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>>539515
The vast majority of stuff in a clock is just crap to display the time - that is, almost all the gears are there to divide down the amount of rotation. The fundamental accuracy (or lack) of a clock comes down to two or three main things: the escapement (the escape wheel + pallets), the pendulum, and what powers the escapement.

The escapement is the most critical piece; you have losses due to friction, to how the pallets and the wheel interact, recoil, etc. (See the fine wikipedia article for more detail.) With paper, you have less thermal expansion to worry about, but humidity levels can cause even bigger shifts in size.

For more technical details, I recommend the books "The Quest for Longitude" (Andrewes, ed; Harvard) or "Watchmaking" (George Daniels).
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>>542937
Holy crap anon, you are a madman. This would be challenging to make as a machinist, much less out of paper.
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>>543252
Clock looks awesome. What weight paper did you use and what are the general opinions on sticking paper together to thicken it?
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It is so many work, maybe before the end of this year i can finish the clock, all the problem is the escapement and the anchora, the teeth do not fit.
Another thing, you need 50 grames or more for the weith. And a stick for more resistence
About the gear sphere, i hate make all this axis.
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>>546309
its looks gr8
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>>546309
Looking good so far
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>>546309
Hi OP, I made this clock about 6 years ago as a gift for my father. From your pictures I don't think you have made the gears to a fine enough tolerance, are you flooding them with glue too? If a couple of teeth are wonky the mechanism will jam (as I found out) and you will need to use more weight to get it to turn causing the structure to bend.

I have also made the gear heart and this suffers from the same problem you need at most a 1.5mm tolerance on most pieces otherwise it will jam and bend.

Good luck friend.
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>>542439
E6 is a supporting piece, it allows you to mount the eyelet punched piece inside the gear for if you are using a hand eyelet punch. If you are using a vertical punch you can ignore it and make the gear completely.
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>>547348
Not Op but I plan on making this clock, what do you mean by the tolerances and flooding with glue?
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>>547401
For tolerances I mean that each tooth needs to be as close to the plan as possible, they mesh together very closely. You can flood the teeth with glue if you start to get lazy making the gears and try to rush. Best advice is to glue teeth in pairs at 180 degrees to each other and take it slow. Good luck.
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>>547453
I see, thanks anon
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROuPRs_rJi0
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Another anon trying to make this here, if I make the gears and harden them with a thin layer of diluted glue even if they don't warp will it mess up the tolerances?
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>>548616
You may need to lightly sand the gear teeth to make sure everything fits smoothly. The only two pieces that really matter in term of tolerances and fit are the anchor and escape wheel.
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>>548630
Nice, thanks Anon
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Really inspired by this thread. Would love to see the end result!
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Super neat
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>>546309
Any progress with this project? Did you finish it?
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>>550243
not yet dude, the ancora is a problem
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Yet another anon here. Thanks for this one guys. I just printed layout on flourescent orange/green alternating pieces. Hopefully i can finish this and show it off here sometime soon.
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>>539498
>Paper Pendulum Clock
Thanks
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Thanks again.
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You NEED to finish this!
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good thread
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http://jintrue.synology.me/VR/VR-OBJT/%ED%8E%98%EC%9D%B4%ED%8D%BC%20%EA%B8%B0%EA%B3%84%EC%8B%9D%20%EC%8B%9C%EA%B3%84/index.html
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Here's the essence of a clock, in only a few components: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGPjPKZ8sjU
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>>542937

why you're using regular papper? I'm always using bristol papper.
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I don't want this thread to die.
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>>560365
>>misclick to /po/ instead of /pol/
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>>560379
I'm rather enjoying my stay, I'd prefer not to see these currently.
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>>560379
>>560382
but that did make me chuckle so props to you
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This is really cool, definitely going to attempt it.

>this thread is two years old
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Just doing this right now, and I’m wondering - in the diagram for the 20 tooth gear, it appears that the gear front and back go through the outline of the teeth. Do I need to cut a flap for that, or do I just assemble it like the other gears?
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>>563254
"Go through"? C6 has extra bits that you fold over onto the teeth on each side. But that gear is constructed kind of strangely.
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>>550933
Did you ever have any success with this anon?
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>>562717
It does look cool, but looks way too complex for me. I've barely done any papercraft to begin with.
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hey!
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>>563382
im so tired, the pendulu, is very difficult, and yeap...like 3 years and i cant finish
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>>566406
Hang in there anon. I believe in you.
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Hope you can complete it one day! Somebody has to archive this thread ...
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>>566406
Damn, I wanted to build it. When I read your replies, now it seems impossible.
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>>566406
YOU CAN DO IT OP
GANBATE
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>>566406
Do it lad; by the power of wishing energy, I believe in you
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Ihr habt den Weg vom Wurme zum Menschen gemacht, und Vieles ist in euch noch Wurm. Einst wart ihr Affen, und auch jetzt ist der Mensch mehr Affe, als irgend ein Affe.
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>>566406
Ganbare kiddo.
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>>566409
https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm33364056
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>>566406
Come on anon, don't give up
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>>566406
Please dont give up after all this time...
I'm rooting for you anon!
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>>563503
Back to r9k
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H-03 are small parts for connecting the pieces of the large gears
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here's my test build. not using eyelets for this, also did some changes to templates to simplify the work. not working steadily yet, only for a couple of minutes. will introduce a few more tweaks soon
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>>572027
Holy fuck, you actually did. Good job anon! What sort of changes did you do to the templates?
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>>572028
I've changed several curved lines in templates to straight lines, where it doesn't influence the function. It's easier to cut and glue straight lines, obviously. Also, look at the teeth of the gears. They have new flaps design, so the flaps are bigger and easier to glue. This cuts time on glueing gears significantly
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>>572027
It looks like the gears only have one half of the teeth covered, on alternating sides?
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>>572054
yes, this was necessary to allow larger flaps. the original flaps design was a PITA to cut and glue. Larger tabs can be glued to the front, much faster and easier. To have a clean look you just need a second layer of them on the front side (didn't do it here, as this was an experimental build).
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>>573355
Please don't bump threads too quickly on /po/. It takes around 2 months for a thread to drop to page 10 here. The last post (>>572593) was barely a month old.
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>>573407
You're right. The problem is that I can't come here often and this is already on page 8. I really don't want this thread to die, I'm really sorry.
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wtf, why the fuck is /po/ so god damn fast! in only a single week this shit thread reached the 7th page, instead of the usual 60 days, holy mother of shiet!!!
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>>575008
Page 7 is practically the front page on /po/ standards compared to the other boards.
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>>575008
>>575008
more like 3 weeks sinces the post before yours is 22 days old.
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but why do all this when you can wear a digital watch on your wrist?
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Has anyone made one of the cardboard clocks before? This is my third time buying it because I messed up the first two. How do you keep the cardboard layers from warping? Should I not use white glue?
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>>577880
I tried the Wrebbit kit like 25 years ago; if it's still the same, the way I did it was to glue everything in the gear together *except* the hub in the middle, and then put the almost-complete gear under a couple of books to keep everything nice while drying. The frames are less critical to keep straight; really, it's the escapement that's the thing that's the most critical to get right.
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>>578027
its worth a try. I bought this 3 years ago and havent built it yet but the box is the same as the one I got in 1999 so it hasnt changed.
I just want to make a neat clock without the gears warping to hell
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Any updates OP?
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>>578063
Hello from 2020.
OP might even be dead at this point who knows
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>>545952
>It's like all of my fucking phobias and fears go not just to generational loss of pirated media, but all the way down to the accuracy of a second and the speed of light. Anon, my life was going great. You have put me in a solipsistic tail spin that will be haunting me for the next 30 to 70 years. What you have told me, is that I can't even trust the fundamental mechanics of time keeping.
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>>583141
Aw, no need for solipsism. Instead, consider that the fundamental basis of something might be subtle and easily overlooked in favor of its more flashy parts. (And that it took 150 years from the first scientific examination of pendulums to develop a stable clock to become useful for navigation.) What's really important is sometimes not obvious at all, and can be a long time in coming.
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4 years huh? Don't bury this yet. I am still planning on building this one day. When I have time.
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>>584455
This board is as fast as my dreams too
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Je viens de la terminer, un vrai plaisir à faire et en plus elle fonctionne
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>>591864
I am the one who ask for the kit at the beginning, such a long time since i ask for it. i didnt make it though, life busy and hard for me. But seem you guys really making progress, great to see that, lets keep this for another 5 years :D
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I want to build this in the summer
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The Historical preservation committee has inducted this into the archives for future generations to enjoy.
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>>542853
is that a bionicle toy?
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>>594869
Nah not really.
Only problem is that content stops flowing on the threads so it kinda dies but doesn't die in the system.
Just make new threads.
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>>566406
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It take months for a thread to end here, threads die in 15 minutes on pol.
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>>592777
Sadly I do not have time to build it this summer. Maybe next year
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hey everyone i really hate adding to the post count on such a historic thread but i edited the pdf to be printed on standard letter sized paper without having to scale the source (because it was sized for a4 paper which is very uncommon in north america)
have fun i plan to start this project soon. i'll make a new thread with my progress some day.
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>>596889
Good luck to you anon, by the way do you have the a4 version of this project?
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>>596942
see >>539497
>>539498
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>>597047
i guess i'm blind, thanks
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>>566406
please OP i believe in you, I saw this thread 5 years ago and I'll be here for 5 more, I hope you can finish this
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>>566406
anon don't give up
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>>566406
never give up fren
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Op Still building it?
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Is that thread about cracking some design software still up on /ic/?
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We all believe in you
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>>599603
this
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>>566406
Life is long. The longest thing you'll ever do.
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>>566406
>im so tired, the pendulu, is very difficult, and yeap...like 3 years and i cant finish
It's never too late anon

Your fortune: Feliz Navidad!
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>>566406
And it's been three more years again, including two of the most agonizing and isolating ones ever, even for us.
I was in high school when you started this thread. I didn't even know about the infamous hacker then. You're thread is a nostalgia trip by itself.
I hope you're still working on your pendulum clock, /po/anon. I check in once in a while just to see how you're doing.
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I dont know why this OP is still alive. LMAO. is someone really making that clock? or we all just wait for some god come and save us all :D :D :D
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I hope OP survived the pandemic
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>>602040
This board is one of the few where requesting is allowed, and PDFs can be uploaded.
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>>602059
This must have been where it happened
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If it's not a 24 hours clock get it away from me
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>>566406
do it faggot
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keep it alive, no matter what
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>>602697
dont let the dream die
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>>539499
you're a great man, so thankful
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>>566406
Don't give up.
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>>540434
Yeah, you need to make the markings.
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Is this thread genuinely just being kept alive by a janny that deletes posts at random? I mean holy shit, they deleted some on-topic posts, but kept up a few off-topic ones seemingly at random. Like this guy replying to a deleted post >>603157 somehow survived a number of purges.
At least answer me first before deleting, I'll read the response in the archive.
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>>605271
>This Thread
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>>605458
Work.
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>>605300
hahahaha
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toasting in an epic bread
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God this thread gives me hopeium

Even though the op may be dead

I better get my shit together
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>>605458
Keeps and displays time, see this wiki

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clock
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>>605300
Gotta keep it alive
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This is a very bittersweet thread for me.
When this was posted, I was underage b&.

It's a weird fucking feeling, especially because I post on much faster boards. Over time though, I've found that my preferences shift to slower and slower boards.

I wonder if one day, I'll only post on a ghost board, days between posts, nevermind replies.
Watching this thread makes me think about the heat death of the universe, and I'm a pretty comfy guy - I think that things are going to be alright, but this really puts everything into perspective.

Bless all those that read this post.
I'll try making this clock one day, mark my words.
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No clue sorry
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I can confirm posts are being deleted, my post saying
>this thread will get another 6 years
was deleted, why?
guarantee this post will get deleted too
which makes this thread a complete sham, if it survived 6 years on it own that would be something, but this isn't an achievement
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going through this archive this bread was a wild ride
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Hahaha what the fuck, was looking through /po/ like I do once in a blue moon and had to do a double take to check if it was the same thread I replied to years ago. Bless this board and everyone in it
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>>605802
Yeah it might as well be a sticky if it's manually being kept alive.
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People who were children when this thread was made are now old enough to legally shitpost. I hope OP succeeded in making his clock.
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>>605873
>mfw I was 16 when this thread was made.
Jesus fucking christ.
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>>606092
That's just not nice anon, I decided to make this one with my little sister and now I have to find my way around to explain what's happening on the last picrel.
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>>605873
>>606074
I was 15 years old when this was made, I am 21 years old right now. Man, I feel old.
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>>605850
the sticky is younger than this thread
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>>560365
I just came to say hi to our neighbors and see some awesome paper clocks.
>>555946
underrated
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>>606092
schway
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>>606360
I say this.
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>does anyone have Paper Pendulum Clock kit or pattern? I have a kind of kit book but it quality is bad. pls share if you have better. I really want to make this one. thank you!
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>>605873
>2004
>2016 - 2004 = 12 or 11 years old depending on the birthday
Yikes.
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wait you can upload pdf files?
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>>606902
You used to
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>>606902
How do I do this?
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>>606902
on /sci/ you can
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>>606902
Enabled on some boards, but I wouldn't trust a single on off of 4chan.
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Someone posted this in the middle of yesterday's raid, but I think it is a good resource.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPXsmAEFuP0
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>>607497
that would be the same clock as in >>583181
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So... is OP still here? How's his progress?
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>>607934
He’s “taking his time”
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>>607940
kek
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>>607940
booo
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OP should give an update on if he ever succeeded
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Hey guys, I just wanted to share mine. The video is from a science festival in which I explained to kids how clocks work. They were fascinated, and some of them were quite scared when I told them that I was going to charge its battery with water. It was a fun experience.

Note that the last frame is not glued so that it can be transported more easily.
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>>608272
This anon actually did it....
The thread can finally rest
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>>608272
Finally, someone delivered
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>>608335
No
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Holy fuck, awesome
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>>608272
ayy!! super cool to see one of these in action finally. good work anon!

also goddamn it's surreal to see a still active 4chan thread made in 2016. i know this board has always been slow but holy moly 6 years? doesn't feel like it's been that long.
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>>608272
fantastic work anon, you might come up with a couple nice printed panels for the front and use it like a normal clock if you can mount it somewhere at eye level, switch em out or make new ones whenever you're bored
wa la
paper faced paper made clock
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Someone has delivered the bread
Now make a collage out of the thread before It gets nuked
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>>608272
based
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is it ok to use 70 gsm a4 paper?
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>>608507
Depending on which part it is, you may need to laminate two sheets together or douse most of the paper in glue to get the needed rigidity, especially for the frame in general and the Frame A parts that support the weights (see instructions 36-38). For parts like the hands or other gears that aren't under much torque, 70gsm is probably fine.
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>>608272
after 6 years the prophecy is complete
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>>608272
Fuck this looks amazing anon
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if im not mistaken the red line from instructions are also glue lines?
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>>608272
Impressive, lets see OP's paper clock
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>>608272
holy fuck thats cool
that's ALL paper?! I know nothing about papercraft and am just here to pay my respects but god damn thats amazing.

Question though, if it's just paper how does it hold it's own weight? I mean, paper isn't well known for being a sturdy material
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>>608732
There are several things going on:
1) the directions do say to use slightly thicker paper than usual
2) the glue acts as a stiffener; glue+paper is a composite laminated material, essentially, and can stand up to force better than either material alone, and
3) a fold provides extra resilience along that axis; see the videos on "why folded pizza isn't floppy" or search for "gaussian curvature pizza" for more details (the fold restricts the degrees of freedom, more or less)
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How does this work without a battery?
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>>609163
It does have a battery, but it's not electric. See the water bottle hanging there? That's the (gravitational) battery.

When you lift an object, you are increasing its energy. If you then drop it, it will fall, releasing the energy.

That bottle over there is slowly falling (part of the mechanism of the clock is precisely ensuring that it will fall slowly and at a constant rate), giving its energy to the clock. When it gets to the floor, the clock will stop as the battery would be exhausted.
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>>608272
legendary thread
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>>608272
>It's real
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>>609518
the puffecy
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Performing a necropsy+attempting repair on a pocket watch taught me a couple things about clocks. I will someday make my own personal trip to paper clock mecca.
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>>608272
>he did it
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>>608272
wonderful machinery
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>>542554
I think that's the stand for the pendulum i'm pretty sure, I've actually made this piece some time ago.
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>>608272
holy fuck this is amazing!
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>>550933
Wow dude, i'm impressed. I couldn't get past this step, i definitely want to see the end result.
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>>610724
that's pretty nutty, thanks for posting
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>>605873
That's actually crazy, i was 14 when this thread was made.
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>>608272
This is the coolest thing I’ve ever seen. Bravo anon.
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>>609163
It's not powered, it's a mechanism anon.
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I'm so lucky I went to /po/ for the first time ever and saw THIS.
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>>608272
fucking amazing
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>>608272
amazing work anon, someone finally delivered!
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>>566406
Ganbare papercraft anon!
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Gonna try to build one too.
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>>610362
Necropsy and fixing pocket watch taught lessons on clocks.
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>>610362
I hope you make it.
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>>608272
These are so cool.
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>>610362
Can you post pictures?
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>>594438
the red thing?
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>>614180
Gravitational potential, a weight e.g. a bottle >>609223 that's manually rewind every now and then
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>>609163
its a pendulum. That's how It usually works without power
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>>609163
Its Like with pendulum scales can move for a long time
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>>609163
You can build it however you want
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>>608272
This fills me with hope for some reason
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>>610727
What kind of bird is this? A quetzal?
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>>608272
now paint it.
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Still can't wrap my head around how these things work.
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>>614722
How gears work or making paper gears?
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>>614722
its a complex timepiece
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>>609163
It just does because of pendulum mechanics ok
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>>614683
that would be soulless
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>>614378
The pendulum is to keep steady time. It's what lets the weight that powers the clock >>609223 fall at a controlled rate. Each swing of the pendulum allows the gears to advance one tick.
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>>609223
>It does have a battery, but it's not electric. See the water bottle hanging there? That's the (gravitational) battery.
You're being needlessly pedantic. It's not a battery BECAUSE it's not electric. When someone says "battery," like >>609163, they are obviously thinking of an electric battery.
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>>614776
not really
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>>614683
paper is the color
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you should color it
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>>615022
I think that would ruin it. The achievement is doing it in paper, so it should look like paper.
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>>615026
TSMT
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is it glued together?
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>>615152
It would probably use glue.
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what if you piece it like a puzzle
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>>615022
coloured paper, no post-assembly coloring
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>>615365
nah it's too white for that
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>>615380
white cardboard exists y'know
and the clock absolutely looks like it's made of that
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>>615022
He absolutely should never
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excellent craftsmanship on the sprokes.
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very nice impressive
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>>608272
very nice, good job
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>>614722
You put weight on a string and the gravity pulling on it will supply the force for the whole thing to work
Once the weight goes down enough, you will have to reset it
The rest is just gear fuckery
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>>615365
Could be cardboard, cardboard is pretty good since it's more durable than regular paper.
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Seriously, sometimes the internet can be something simply absurd, a topic with more than 7 years of existence around a paper pendulum, that's wonderful, haha
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>>615237
What type of glue?
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>>616992
>nearly 8
I'm... old now? Man, I remember when this thread was new.
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>>616992
Rumors say we will finally have a Paper Pendulum Clock kit when this thread is over
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>>617254
Same man
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interesting
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Would this be too much to tackle for my first project?
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>>617275
Look at the image and ask yourself the question again
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>>617302
Would this be too much to tackle for my first project??
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>>617303
No
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>>617303
yeah no, easy, good luck
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>>617303
Well considering what I have read it appears to be high difficulty.
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>>617337
Maybe like 4 weeks or a month
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>>617316
Thanks
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Is this a beginner friendly project?
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>>617360
If your talented enough, yes.
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>>542305
That’s not a sphere doe
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I tried doing something similar but my hand was so sweaty it crumbled within minutes
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>>542305
>spehere
>clearly a cube
smartest /po/tard
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>>572037
That's so smart anon! Almost didn't noticed the teeth of the gears
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Damn this thread has a multi years logn averarching plot and everything. An 8 year long project to make a clock out of paper for some reason I will never understand. Bravo anyway.
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I am honored I can stand with all you anons and present^^ something holesome to the world. Ty and gn anons
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>>610495
hideous
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>>617582
Why would they be dead? That's an odd thing to say, anon.
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>>617587
It's entirely possible
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>>617588
Don’t even talk to me unless you’ve lurked longer than cheemzy
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Still ticking along I see. Magnificent
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>>617631
Won't be long now
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This thread is about to experience its 7th Christmas soon
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Is a working clock the most complex thing possible to make from paper?
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>>617845
A working car would be far more complicated
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Goodbye, Paper Clock
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>>617913
It will probably take another year before it actually dies.
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>>608272
Just started getting into /po/. How many years until I'm at this level?
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I've had this thread bookmarked for quite a while now. Looking at it in the archive tells a sad story of obsession and mental illness. I'm not sad to see it finally go, but it is a shame that it ends like this.
https://archived.moe/po/thread/539494/
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>>618177
Can I get a QRD on what you mean by that?
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Paying my respects to this legendary thread.
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posting in le epic thread
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I can't believe internet archeologists will write thesis's on all this crap hundreds of years from now.
Get a job nerd.
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RIP, sweet prince
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>>619467
The posts I linked were literally the 1st, 2nd, and 4th posts in the entire thread (the first two were also pdfs relevant to the thread topic). Well this thread is dying anyways so whatever. F to a legendary thread.
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>>539499
Reposting the Paper Clock
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>>539499
And there's the second half.
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witnessed
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there's something poetic about attempting to suspend a thread about a clock in time forever
whether it be a well-refined sense of irony or a perverse sense of nostalgia
in the 24 hours since /po/ harbour, I've had some time to meditate on it, and although the raiding and the spamming and the flooding probably isn't the right way to pay respects to what has been a collective curiosity of the entire image board, continuing to bastardise the thread, up to and including the removal of posts that are actually crucial to the topic of the thread, seemingly just to spite the people that came to pay their respects, flies directly in the face of not just this website and how it was designed, but the very concept of linear time itself

and so, I shall leave you with this
Boethius, mid-century Roman philosopher, theorized that time was a wheel
>"Inconstancy is my very essence" says the wheel
>"Cast yourself up on my spokes if you like, but don't complain when you are cast back down into the depths"
>"Good times pass away, but then so do the bad"
>"Mutability is our tragedy, but it is also our hope"
>"The worst of times, like the best, is always slipping away"

it's over
I said what I said
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>>619512
The only way this thread is going to die is if we come together to make our own pendulum clock and post our daily progress here so that this thread can finally die the way it started. I'll try to see about making something about mine unique though. We must break the time loop.
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>>619581
it took years for OP to return with his finished clock
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looks fun, op! might try something like this in the future but i have no paper to make one at the moment
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>>539494
no i dont sadly
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>>577635
For the craftsmanship.
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>>539494
based pend clock enjoyer
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>>608272
oh my science this is epic.
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>>539494
Sweet dreams, based thread...
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>>539494
Any simpler projects I can do to build up to something like this?
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>>619620
The thread may have a couple months before it reaches the end of the catalogue.



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