Pastel Purple Pendulum Power

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Mainly an experiment in printing involute gears has been conducted. They turned out so well that I've designed a frame and so forth for a wall-mounted weight-driven pendulum clock. Some pastel purple ABS filament was bought, which I despise, but felt compelled to use up doing something. A artistic brick wall has been reached. Several "chapter rings" are available, which is a tradition for this type of regulator clock, but a normal face with two clock hands is too dull and more interesting designs are needed. Should the clock run counterclockwise or have a twenty-four hour dial? Tides or a face with times of the day such as eat, sleep, work (nap) etcetera were considered. Possibly the hands stay still and the face rotates. Maybe someone in the Thingiverse community has a design idea. The clock itself ticks nicely and runs with only about 700 grams driving force. The pendulum rod is a carbon fiber rod, and the pivots (axles) are also carbon fiber and run in a simple cone-shaped hole in the frame. The result is quite low friction, and the wheels spin freely. The anchor escapement was designed following instructions in Gazeley's book on clock restoration. It took some experimenting to get this bit right. A spring for the pendulum is half a razor blade cemented into the printed support. This is tried and tested by many others and works fine. Clock making requires a lot of patience and is very fiddly, as you have to print the bits separately! But it's quite cool to make a clock. A killer idea for the clock face would be most welcome.