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40 lines
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# 24h Wall Clock
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![Cut 24h wall clock](24h_wall_clock_1024.jpg "Engraved and cut 24h wall clock with movement and hands installed")
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## Why?
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Couldn't find a wall clock design I liked so made my own.
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## No, but why?
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I like the idea of a timepiece with one revolution per day instead of the one we're used to.
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Clock face was designed in OpenSCAD as manually positioning hour segments and applying changes would be very cumbersome.
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12 on top due to personal preference: daytime on top, nighttime on bottom (as indicated by the sun and moon).
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## Engraving & Cutting with Laser
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As RDworks fails to properly read in the DXF exported by OpenSCAD, a detour through Inkscape is necessary (unless using Lightburn, I presume). If not using RDworks, skip following. From OpenSCAD export as SVG. In Inkscape save the exported SVG as a DXF file. That DXF file can be opened in RDworks. Same procedure has to be done with `part_clock_outline.scad` to use as a cutting outline.
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Tips:
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- Cut against the wood grain, not along (as in + not =).
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- Mask the board with tape (painters or masking tape, the paper kind). This way smoke and soot won't tarnish the board.
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On a 100W CO2 Laser With following properties:
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- Engraving layer: 350mm/s@30% power
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- Number edge cutting layer: 50mm/s@10%
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- Outline cutting layer: 25mm/s@45%
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Timing
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- Engraving took ~45 min
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- Number edge cutting ~3 min
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- Outline cutting \<1 min
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## Requirements
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For improved performance following are nice to have.
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### Clockwork
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Quartz movement with hands acquired from [Dan's Clock Shop](https://www.dansclockshop.com/product/id/141/24-hour-clock-movements/new-quartz-24-hour-clock-movement-mechanism-motor-130mm-black-metal-hands-for-24hr-dials) for £10GBP plus shipping and import taxes (<30€ in total).
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### Typeface
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Chose [Isonorm](https://www.fontshop.com/families/linotype-isonorm) typeface for numbers out of selection of typefaces ([Decimal](https://www.typography.com/fonts/decimal/how-to-use), [Interstate](https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/2247/interstate)) due to cleanliness, somewhat fixed width appearance and "objectivity". Of course you are fee to choose a typeface of your preference.
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## License
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[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) license.
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