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Print until it works.

One printer. Real engineering. As many versions as it takes.

We design things that move, hold, tick and fit, print them, watch them fail, and print them again until they work. You see the broken versions, the numbers behind the fix, and the final test that proves it.

Latest video
Render of the printed pendulum wall clock: black frame, yellow gears, white dial ring, red hands Video 1 Render

The pendulum wall clock. [TBD video title + link]

The first build video is in the edit.

Every build
  1. Idea
  2. Design
  3. Print
  4. Fail
  5. Fix
  6. Works
Projects

On the bench

Print files go up once a design is proven. Not before.

Printed pendulum clock hanging on a wall: white dial ring, red hands, yellow gears in a black frame
  • Clock
  • PLA
  • V1 died
  • V2 in build

Pendulum wall clock

Weight driven, Graham deadbeat escapement, open frame so every gear shows. Our own gears, nothing from a kit.

The build Files coming
  • Next

Next build

To be announced. [TBD]

About

Show the failures. End on the proof.

Every build gets a version number. V1 is the honest first try. When it breaks, we find out why, change what needs changing, and print V2. It ends when the thing passes a real test on camera, not when it looks nice on the desk.

Projects are clocks, mechanisms, tools and anything else worth overbuilding. Print files for our designs go up here and on the usual sharing sites.

New videos when they are finished, not when a calendar says so.

See the next one fail first

One build per video, from the first sketch to the proof test.