Mark Frank | Astro-skeleton, fitting of the carrying frame to the clock demo. @MarkFrankclocks | Uploaded 3 years ago | Updated May 12 2024
This video shows the redesigned carrying frame, or sedan chair, for the clock. The old design required the removal of the pendulums and attached to the four main barrel arbors. The new design allows one to move the clock without the removal of the pendulums which is a delicate process requiring the removal of several other components. Initially the clock will be delivered without the pendulums and other com[plications attached and the carrying frame will be used to move it to a temporary table stand. A custom table will then be made once the ideal height is determined, and here is where the revised design will come in handy as the clock can be moved in one simple step to the permanent table. When carried with the clock complete the total weight is 204 lbs. (93kg), a hard but not insurmountable lift for two and easy for four people.
Furthermore this device connects to the machine via its main base frame rails instead of the four winding barrel arbors, eliminating any possibility of damage due to separation of the eight pillar uprights through which the barrel arbors pass and the main frame is attached from below to those pillars as well as any movement between them. Having the weight of the machine carried by the barrel arbors is an unnatural condition that is now avoided and instead is done through the frame where the support is intended. For further details please go to: http://www.my-time-machines.net/astro_02-21.htm .
This video shows the redesigned carrying frame, or sedan chair, for the clock. The old design required the removal of the pendulums and attached to the four main barrel arbors. The new design allows one to move the clock without the removal of the pendulums which is a delicate process requiring the removal of several other components. Initially the clock will be delivered without the pendulums and other com[plications attached and the carrying frame will be used to move it to a temporary table stand. A custom table will then be made once the ideal height is determined, and here is where the revised design will come in handy as the clock can be moved in one simple step to the permanent table. When carried with the clock complete the total weight is 204 lbs. (93kg), a hard but not insurmountable lift for two and easy for four people.
Furthermore this device connects to the machine via its main base frame rails instead of the four winding barrel arbors, eliminating any possibility of damage due to separation of the eight pillar uprights through which the barrel arbors pass and the main frame is attached from below to those pillars as well as any movement between them. Having the weight of the machine carried by the barrel arbors is an unnatural condition that is now avoided and instead is done through the frame where the support is intended. For further details please go to: http://www.my-time-machines.net/astro_02-21.htm .