Triaxial Motorized

thingiverse

This is a Motorized rendition of my original Triaxial Tourbillon Clock Make. The primary modifications are that this version uses stepper motors to drive the carrier, and it incorporates the Triaxial Quartz Movement Upgrade. Nonetheless, numerous subtle variations exist from the original Triaxial design. Here's a time-lapse video of the design: https://youtu.be/so1m_iGdigE, and a real-time video: https://youtu.be/2vyGcqjci-Q. 01/31/21 I posted three additional balance springs that are stiffer than the original to provide a faster tick rate. The cross-section of the original Balance Spring is 1.5x0.8mm, Balance Spring 2 is 2x1mm, and the Balance Spring 3 is 3x1mm. 10/25/20 I added the missing Fork Frame Shaft.STL file. It appears that Jacob & Co never creates an identical watch twice. There are almost as many variations of the Astromomia watch as there are pictures of it on the web. I based this Motorized version on the model of the Jacob & Co. Astromomia watch in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvx0jXbKkV0. Most of the clock face parts will be identical to those in the Quartz Upgrade, with this design featuring a variation of the clock face (Clock Face w Embedded Numerals) that can be printed in 2 colors where the second color determines the color of the numerals. I began this project over a year ago. My original "Motorized" design also used two motors; one to turn the Carriage, and the other to drive the clock hands. I never posted it because I wasn't able to get the code to reliably display the correct time with the Hands stepper after starting or stopping the Carriage stepper. I sent the Motorized STL files to ruzickjc (who is a more skilled coder than I am) to see if he could resolve the issue. His solution, as shown in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wt_mqIPkCwM&t=110s, was to eliminate the Hands stepper motor and use a Quartz Movement to keep accurate time, only utilizing the Carriage stepper motor. Note that the code developed by him for his video became the code for the Furious, with slight modifications becoming the code for this design. After seeing what he did, I created the Triaxial Quartz Movement Upgrade (https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3677946) for the original Triaxial to provide a clean design for incorporating a quartz movement. This version still uses 2 stepper motors but now run in parallel to drive the Carrier and provide additional torque. I want to thank ruzickjc, A26, Dexter_New_Materials, and bld. ruzickjc for his assistance with developing the code and the design changes he made to make the Motorized concept work. A26 whose original Triaxial design provided the inspiration for this design: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3061474. Dexter_New_Materials for the Moon model I remixed: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1014620, and bld for the Earth model I remixed: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:17336. 07/09/20 I updated the Astro_Motorized_Stepper_V2.ino file to fix a bug where the initial speed was too high. 06/21/20 I posted debugged files and Build Notes. Generally, any part ending in ' 2' is a part that I have modified during the debugging process. 07/09/20 I updated the Notes. Generally, any part ending in ' 2' is a part that I have modified during the debugging process. 06/18/20 I posted detailed drawings of the various assemblies. Note that these drawings apply to the debugged versions of the parts which I haven't yet posted. 06/17/20 I finally completed my debugging and it's working very well. Spoiler Alert: I made changes to about 25% of the parts. I will post the updated STL files in the next day or two. 06/05/20 Initial posting of un-debugged STL files.