| (Code: MP157) |
These instructions describe the construction of a model based on the original, designated H3, started in 1740 and took the originator, John Harrison, nearly nineteen years to build and adjust. He found that he just could not persuade the two large, heavy, circular balances to keep time well enough. Nevertheless, H3 incorporates two extremely important inventions both relevant today: the bimetallic strip (still in use worldwide in thermostats of all kinds) and the caged roller bearing, a device found in almost every modern machine
A 24 pages booklet describes the construction with technical data and parts list. A second 16 page booklet contains Isometric drawings and a separate sheet has reproductions of clock faces to cut out.
Please note these Model Plans are designed by individual Meccano modellers and may use parts not currently available. The level of instruction detail is dependent on the original modeller and varies from plan to plan. These are instructions only. |
| | (Code: MP79) | These instructions describe the method of construction of this electric re-wind weight driven clock. The builder will require experience of building similar models as these are basic instructions
8 pages of text, b/w photographs, diagrams There is no parts list. so the builder will require a stock of suitable parts.
Please note these Model Plans are designed by individual Meccano modellers and may use parts not currently available. The level of instruction detail is dependent on the original modeller and varies from plan to plan. These are instructions only. |
| | (Code: MP235) |
Instructions describing the construction of a model inspired by Geoff Wright's Grandfather Clock, through ingenuity this accurate and reliable clock is built using only the gears, sprocket wheels and other parts contained in a Set No. 9 plus a few extra nuts, bolts and washers. A 10lb weight powers the clock, giving a running time between windings of thirty hours.
For stability, the clock requires a wooden base, or Meccano one of the builder's own design.
32 pages of test, colour photographs and parts list, plus a separate 12 page book of diagrams
Please note these Model Plans are designed by individual Meccano modellers and may use parts not currently available. The level of instruction detail is dependent on the original modeller and varies from plan to plan. These are instructions only. |
| | (Code: MP267) |
These instructions are aimed at the modeller familiar with the Meccano system who is considering building his or her first clock, the plan is very detailed and clear, and apart from a length of braided nylon cord, the clock can be built entirely from standard parts.
Staightforward to construct, the six-foot high classical grandfather clock is easy to adjust and maintain, and has a French Brocot-style escapement fitted to the face of the dial, giving a view of the escapement’s action, which is normally hidden from view.
32 pages including text, 58 colour photographs and a parts list, plus a separately-stapled, 12-page booklet of isometric diagrams.
Please note these Model Plans are designed by individual Meccano modellers and may use parts not currently available. The level of instruction detail is dependent on the original modeller and varies from plan to plan. These are instructions only. |
| | (Code: MP179) | These instructions describe the construction of an accutate clock featuring a fascinating reliable and accurate escapment. Power is from a Huygens continuous chain weight driven mechanism, ensuring an even torque on the escape wheel, with an automatated electrically driven rewind mechanism which powers a remontiore or rewind mechanism. The clock is mounted in a case to accommodate the pendulum and weight.
These 24 page written instructions which include colour photographs and a parts list are supplimented with a 24 page booklet of exploded diagrams and a CD-ROM containing video and full resolution photographs.
Please note these Model Plans are designed by individual Meccano modellers and may use parts not currently available. The level of instruction detail is dependent on the original modeller and varies from plan to plan. These are instructions only. |
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