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Below are the general layout drawings. In addition to conventional drawings on paper, I also had a set done, full scale, in color, on mylar so one could see the design build up on successive layers as the pages are laid one upon the other. There are not, nor will there ever actually be, a full set of specific construction drawings. The fabricator will be determining tooth and pinion counts as he designs each subsystem. In fact the only subsystem we have full construction schematic for (as opposed to drawings) is for the orrery as this was provided from an existing movement. Nonetheless, there are enough renderings to give the reader a good idea of the clock. Please be aware that what you see is only about 1/3 of the full complexity that will be the final product. Since the clock is created 'as we go along' there will be variations, from these initial drawings. While it might have been possible to put to paper the very last detail, it was agreed that for a 'one off' design of this complexity it would be too time consuming and probably futile. Besides there are too many unknowns in such a novel and complex project to attempt this.
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