Thursday, December 24, 2009

Speed Metal Cuckoo Clock

Oh yes. The title says it all. Here's a cutaway view of what I'm envisioning:



I don't trust myself with fine clockwork mechanisms and all, so this is a primarily electromechancial thing. You know, servos and microprocessors and all. The two pucks in the top are continuous-rotation servos. At a chosen time, one rotates the outer track such that Guitar Man is outside; then, the other servo gets the inner track rotating. The bumps on the inner track make the Guitar Man's guitar wiggle or make his head bob. A speaker in the lower cabinet plays speed metal. The square thing in the back is some processor that controls the clock, the servos, and the speaker. Oh man you guys this is so cool so coooooooool.

Ethan R. is in cahoots on this one. He's got the greatest ideas here.