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Nicely done Peter👍 Did you do the threading on a lathe?
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Peter that's very good, I really do like the grain of the wood. I wish I could have found some like that. But here's my effort and it road tests OK. Cheers John ![[Linked Image]](https://tm-img.com/images/2020/07/20/DSC02964rs.md.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](https://tm-img.com/images/2020/07/20/DSC02965rs.md.jpg)
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I like the clock. It took me a minute to work out why the dials were not in mph and rpm!!!
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![[Linked Image]](https://www.tm-img.com/images/2020/06/06/20200606_010318.jpg) The functioning "prototype". Still needs wood facia, dial bezels, glass and proper Speedo needles - the ones fitted are carved out of a piece of wooden cloths peg. I'm sure that committee would approve of the use of some wood  The lockdown has slowed down access to components and I have to wait until people get back to work in order to try and source the instrument spare parts to complete the clock. The program that drives the microcontroller is pretty much complete. It has a small Real Time Clock with a button cell battery to keep the time so that the clock hands automatically reset to the correct time at power up. It also automatically compensates for daylight savings time and advances and retards the hour on the appropriate dates and times. The next trick is to try to port it to a smaller microcontroller and try to power it with a rechargeable lithium battery. I suspect the current draw will be too much to effectively power it with a small battery pack. Well it has only taken me nearly 2 years  I still need to organise upholstered cover over the back to hide the "works". I will probably not worry about the battery as it seems to require more power than available with small lithium batteries that have. The real time clock has its own battery so it will always reset to the correct time if there is a power outage. My program for daylight saving adjustment is working too. ![[Linked Image]](https://www.tm-img.com/images/2022/04/09/photo_2022-04-09_16-17-37.jpg) Other than this, using variations of the program, I have built 2 digital alarm clocks and a talking clock that tells the time at the push of a button. The talking clock is for MIL who, at nearly 90, is almost blind.
Peter ![[Linked Image]](http://bradley.it/public_images/drive.jpg)
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Looks fab - like it a lot.
"Y mae dafad ddu ym mhob praidd"
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Well done. Great outcome.
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