3D printed clock, designed in Blender
Christoph Laimer designed a clock that’s almost entirely 3D printed on home printing gear (exclududing some metal parts).
Many have tried, but [Christoph Laimer] has succeeded in designing a working, (relatively) accurate clock nearly completely from 3D printed parts. Every gear, pulley, wheel and hand of [Christoph’s] clock is printed. Only a few screws, axles, a weight, and a string are non-printed. Even the crank to wind the clock is a 3D printed part.
[Christoph] designed his clock in Blender. It took quite a bit of design work to create parts that would work and be printable. Even more work was involved in printing over 100 failed prototype parts.
bravo!
That’s crazy!
Well done Christoph!
Is this a first?
I’m not 100% sure, but it’s the first time I’ve seen a fully functional 3d printed clock..
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:328569 – The direct link to files for printing the actual clock if people are interested.
Well done to Christoph for not only sharing the results but the files too!
Great, I added the link to the post.
Incredible! I’ve seen people make these out of lego blocks, but this takes it to a whole new level!
This clock is very decorative, it’s perfectly functional and for sure it has a great commercial value!