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Offline KB

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-The Hour Glass-
« on: April 12, 2018, 08:23:33 PM »
Here is a little story I wrote about making an hour glass.

The machining starts at 7:30

[youtube1]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMeloyV3ow0[/youtube1]

Offline zeeprogrammer

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Re: -The Hour Glass-
« Reply #1 on: April 12, 2018, 09:40:58 PM »
 :ThumbsUp: That makes a nice gift.
Carl (aka Zee) Will sometimes respond to 'hey' but never 'hey you'.
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Re: -The Hour Glass-
« Reply #2 on: April 12, 2018, 09:45:28 PM »
That was just a little shocking when your "third hand" appeared!  Then he started talking and it made more sense.  :Lol:

Nice little project.

Offline Lew Hartswick

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Re: -The Hour Glass-
« Reply #3 on: April 13, 2018, 01:07:06 PM »
That looks more like a 3 minute glass.  I thought you were going to scale it up to an hour and make the glass part.
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Re: -The Hour Glass-
« Reply #4 on: April 13, 2018, 03:15:51 PM »
Thanks Zee.

Bent, ha, yes I'm having some fun with the boys in the shop.

Lew, yes it is just a little guy, I have wanted to do some glass blowing... Sorry for the misleading title.

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Re: -The Hour Glass-
« Reply #5 on: April 13, 2018, 10:52:37 PM »
Hmm, or start with a pair of these, and join them with a suitable machined fitting.  Said fitting could also have a conical needle valve, to adjust flow for calibrating the time?

https://www.coleparmer.com/i/cole-parmer-elements-volumetric-flask-glass-with-glass-stopper-1000-ml-1-pk/3450287?PubID=UX&persist=true&ip=no&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIweqtn5242gIV0KZpCh3BEQXGEAYYASABEgKdyPD_BwE


 

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