Triaxial Tourbillon Clock Make/Mods

2/21/21
FYI, To keep more up to date with what I'm doing I started an Instagram page @mcmaven.pdx, where I'm posting some of my 3D printing and other designs that I haven't posted here.

Triaxial Tourbillon Clock Build Notes:

(Download the Triaxial Tourbillon Clock Build Notes PDF from the Thing Files page for the latest and more information.)

Overview of Triaxial makes:

This original Triaxial Tourbillon remix is weight driven and the STLs are versions of A26's design that I modified to add support for ball bearings and some other features. Given the plastic escapement parts this remix was never meant to keep correct time, also it is very inefficient so the weight only keeps it working for a couple of hours. Therefore it is not a practical clock. I designed the 'Triaxial Quartz Movement Upgrade', which replaces the clock face in this remix, so it could be used to display the correct time when it was hanging on a wall.

The weight in this remix is painful to wind, so make it easier to animate I designed the Motorized Astronomia. For the Motorized Astronomia I basically started with a clean slate. All of the parts have been redesigned, with no intention to be compatible with my original remix.

However, jdirgo has done some great things with his make of the Motorized Astronomia (https://www.thingiverse.com/make:892383). Adapting the the gear driven hands of the remix to the Motorized version, and making a carbon fiber balance wheel to allow it to tick at an…