Clockwork Library & Printable Clock Script

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This project won the Pattywac Makerbot United Challenge for collaborative design. The creator expresses their gratitude to their team. They provide links to a video of the first ticking powered escapement mechanism and a warning about bugs that have been fixed since the release. The latest version of the clock is available on GitHub, while the current 8-gear clock can be found on Thingiverse. RustedRobot has assisted in debugging the clock. Another warning states that this project is derived from the printable clock proof of concept and the escapement library. The creator mentions that Cory Doctorow from Boing Boing featured their clock. They have cleaned up the code, moved gear work into a library, and added modules for laying out parts and visualizing print volumes. The new configuration allows for more shaft diameter. To print the clock, one must print each STL file or fiddle with the script, use assembled() to check work, and generate new STLs for printing with laidOutToPrint(). They suspect the escapement needs fine-tuning but is backward compatible with this design.