Help! Remote controlled clock hands
I have a hat that I attached a working battery-operated clock to. I would like to know if someone could create something for my wrist to cause the clock on my head to change. Ideally it was cause the hands to spin rapidly clockwise, counter clockwise, and return to normal function. Extra bonus for being able to set the right time from wrist, but not super important if it's crazy more work.
I was thinking the wrist strap would have a Vortex Manipulator sort of look to it. The idea is that the hat and wrist item work together to be a time travel device. It's for a steampunk outfit.
Any one think this is possible? Thanks!
[EDIT: According to Radioshack, they believe I would need a special clock motor to accomplish this. Any idea of such a thing exists?]
I was thinking the wrist strap would have a Vortex Manipulator sort of look to it. The idea is that the hat and wrist item work together to be a time travel device. It's for a steampunk outfit.
Any one think this is possible? Thanks!
[EDIT: According to Radioshack, they believe I would need a special clock motor to accomplish this. Any idea of such a thing exists?]
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Kiteman
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Jan 31, 2013. 11:35 AMReplyIf you're going to spin clock habds at speed, you'll probably need to use a non-clock motor, which would be easy to control with simple switches.
hwiech (author)
in reply to Jan 31, 2013. 11:33 AMReply
Would it still keep time also?
Kiteman
in reply to Jan 31, 2013. 11:47 AMReplyNo, you'd probably need to have an Arduino or similar involved, which is not my area, I'm afraid.
hwiech (author)
in reply to Jan 31, 2013. 3:47 PMReply
Oh, I see. Thank you for replying. :)
Goodhart
in reply to Jan 31, 2013. 8:58 PMReplyWell, if you had a clock that has an "adjusting" knob on it, a reversible motor (and a gear) would do the trick with changing the time forward or backward, and then a remote control (wireless I presume) might be fashioned to make those adjustments. It isn't a project I would want to tackle though :-)
hwiech (author)
in reply to Feb 1, 2013. 8:35 AMReply
Makes sense. Thanks.
















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