Roger Wood's latest steampunk assemblage clock

Posted by Cory Doctorow, January 7, 2008 10:42 PM | permalink

My pal Roger Wood is a mad assemblage sculptor in Toronto who makes gorgeous steampunky kinetic clocks. Every day or two, he sends out a "newsletter" to his friends with a picture of his latest -- check this one out. I already own three of Roger's clocks (and they're among my favorite objects in the whole world), but I'm tempted to get a fourth. He's just brilliant. Link

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#1 posted by Dave X

, January 8, 2008 6:55 AM

Gotta admit, it looks like Thifthorror to me...

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#2 posted by JamesMason , January 8, 2008 9:29 AM

The oversized second hand and the thin elongated spring the clock is mounted on makes it look like it might wiggle around all the time. That could be kind of cool. Or it could be aggravating.

I'm also not sure if that would have an effect on how well it keeps time. I suppose it's possible the added weight the motor has to lift going from 30-60 would be compensated by restraining it when it goes from 0-30. But maybe not.

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#3 posted by Jon L , January 9, 2008 4:19 AM

Well that's a feather on the end of the second hand. The motor shouldn't have too hard a job lifting that. It should be light as an er... feather!