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DABs Clocks is a collection of hand made, one of a kind devices that each display time in unconventional and interesting ways. These time pieces are both functionally and aesthetically pleasing. I design and build some of my clocks without any assistance. For others I turn to Guy Marsden for the engineering and fabrication phase. In these situations I bring a concept to Guy and through an iterative and collaborative process I'll eventually create a 3D representation of the clock that Guy will build.
Cylinder (LGC) Clock
Uses the electronics from LGC but replaces individual NeoPixels with Dotstar strips. There are 12 clear acrylic discs that are frosted around the outside perimeter and separated by spacer discs (made from wood or opaque black acrylic). The Dotstar strips (hatched blue) are snugly held in place inside a trough cut into the disc. The wires (red) are fed through the center hole (shown as a light grey tube). The discs are assembled from the bottom up. Three rigid rods running the length of the stack are used to align all discs. Rods have threaded ends so the entire stack can be "clamped" together. There may be a thin clear silicon sheet/gasket placed between the spacer discs and clear acrylic discs in order to prevent light leak. If black acrylic is used for spacer discs the base and top cap could be made from wood. The top cap would hide the ends of the threaded rods and be glued to the top of the stack of acrylic discs.
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