September 26, 2018
Description
In Action:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ij9UewAz_rA
The Mechanism:
The title of this design (almost long enough to be a Lina Wertmuller film) pretty much says everything one needs to know. It uses an independent wheel (the rotation of the escape wheels is decoupled) escapement originally designed by George Daniels. Each one has a remontoire to distribute torque as the wheels rotate different amounts each tick. It is a tourbillon since the whole carriage spins to (in theory) average out gravitational errors on the balance spring. And it is geared so that (if adjusted to 14400 bph) the carriage spins at 1rpm (rather than 4rpm in model v).
Acknowledging:
George Daniels - for the original escapement concept combining the benefits of a detent escapement (radial thrust, reduced friction) with the lever escapement (self-starting, ease of use)
Derek Pratt - for the ingenious conception of the planetary/annular tourbillon arrangement to induce counter-rotation of the escape wheels (thereby permitting the use of a single going train)
Jo Prusa - for reasons that ought to be apparent to anyone on Thingiverse
Notes:
-This design requires the most precision of anything I've posted to date. Beware.
-The thinner parts mean that it cannot withstand very much torque from the mainspring, so while it is geared for one minute of rotation, I don't wind mine up for more than 25 seconds (unless one continuously winds it one click every ten seconds). I will continue to try to weaken (and lengthen) the mainspring or else make it weight driven or else add another remontoire to even out the force.
-The gear module used is substantially smaller. I usually try to go large enough to permit two perimeters in each tooth, but this seems to have worked without issue.
-I uploaded a few scad files if anyone wants to fiddle with tolerances and spring thicknesses
-Print both an escape wheel and its mirror, 2 x the escape wheel spoke sets, and one of everything else
Non-printed parts:
2mm metal shafts (filament shafts will not work)
2 x 608 bearing
Assembly notes:
(photos don't show the whole process since due to really tight tolerances, some subassemblies are not meant to come apart again)
License:
Creative Commons - Attribution - Non-Commercial