[time-nuts] Odd request

[tom]

mark,
   look at a cheap kitchen clock that runs on a battery and uses a 1pps to 
move the second hand which moves gears for the rest.
tom w0kgw

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Amos" <mark.amos at toast.net>
To: <time-nuts at febo.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 3:50 PM
Subject: [time-nuts] Odd request


> Time-nuts
>
> I appreciate the comments regarding horological obsession.  Mine started 
> with a desire for an accurate master
> oscillator for my ham shack (built and use a couple Shera GPSDO's) and has 
> blossomed into a much broader interest
> in time (Ex tempus, sapientia?)
>
> This has led me to a silly quest.  I'd like to use a traditional clock 
> face and hands as an output device for a
> 1PPS signal from my GPSDO.
>
> I know this is a very broad question, but does anyone have advice on where 
> I might start hacking (or making) a
> mechanical clock face to accomplish this? Is there a simple clock design 
> that I could start with to build my own?
> Maybe replacing a pendulum or escapement with a solenoid?  Any examples to 
> work from?
>
> Mark
>
>
>
>
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