Improved Ball clock with chime

This is the new and improved version of my compact ball clock with a chime feature. The changes are mainly there to address issues associated with the of the mechanical reliability and robustness against people "fiddling" with the clock while it is running.

[@TallBoyGareth1]

You should really start selling these I’d buy one

[@Marionaise]

2nd buyer arrived :) And he madi it 5 yrs ago! :D

[@tsorraught]

3RD buyer

[@kram152]

Sign me up 4th

[@Cowboy-Ben-Alman]

Same

[@Franklyn7895]

I'd be the 6th..

[@harrycharalambous1390]

If possible, would like to see more of the back end, the dynamics of the clock. But, fantastic craftsmanship. Thanks for sharing.

[@andrewyates89]

It is really difficult to photograph the inside workings with the clock assembled and running. I tried to put as much as possible of the mechanism out in the open on the front, and I cut holes in the front to show the epicyclic gear drive for the lifts. If you go back to my first iteration of the chiming ball clock on you tube, I was able to lift the bonnet and show the insides and that will give you some idea.

[@kaleygoode1681]

@@andrewyates89 Such a tease! 😂 Maybe make one out of transparent acrylic?

[@GinaMarieGuyette]

'Just for fun, I'm recording every 12 seconds with my clock' *I tip my hat to you sir*

[@vjsoeifi]

I really hope you end up either selling a kit, selling plans, or selling completed versions of these. I would love to have one. Awesome work.

[@zetacon4]

Your device is wonderfully complex and entertaining. I find your mechanical design to be very clever and shows a great deal of thought and planning. I think this clock is now one of my very favorite examples of beautiful mechanical time-keeping.

[@andrewyates89]

Thank you, I'm glad that you appreciate the design package.

[@leonardmilcin7798]

Marvelous. That's what free time was invented for.

[@AmigaA-or2hj]

I love clocks!!! Especially those with many dials, showing date, moon phrases, year, etc.

[@RickSaffery]

Your design approach is impressive as it is entertaining to watch. Thanks for sharing your creation along with some inspiration.

[@sirtanon1]

Outrageously cool. I love this! Outstanding work!

[@kentvandervelden]

Absolutely gorgeous. I can't imagine the effort involved here. Truly a work of love. Best wishes

[@andrewyates89]

Thank you. You clearly understand that a mechanical "engineer" is driven by his heart and not by commercial considerations.

[@FuriousPsyOp]

How someone dislike this? Good work, great brain... awesome

[@weirdsciencetv4999]

This is fantastic, like something doc brown would have had in back to the future.

[@tallpauldevaul6142]

That is totally cool. I wish my brain was that smart to make one of those clocks. Thanks for the laughs and video. You are a very smart man.

[@hansonquan1140]

I really like this clock, you've done an amazing job! It's the best I've seen!

[@dennishall6098]

Love unique and unusual clocks and timepieces, If more reliable one day Andrew I would be interested!

[@simonvanthoff]

WoW! Great work!! Wonderful clock and mechanism!

[@tmdpc]

This is amazing. Well done sir!

[@eduardu44xliv]

2015: No Wait 2016: Not Yet 2017: Just No 2018: I don't care 2019: Maybe, but no 2020: Ok, let's recommend this for a random guy in Brazil

[@Bobbingtonn]

I'm in the uk and recommended this now

[@ClaudioBottari]

Italy, up from the blue just now

[@CassioRogerioEskelsen]

Same here, another random guy in Brazil

[@LuisGustavoCoelho]

Maybe YT realized it's related to Wintergatan, another channel that I follow...

[@bunpeishiratori5849]

I watched a video about a clock about a month ago. I guess KZbin decided that I'm a guy who cares about clocks, so that's why they suggested this one.

[@pockydemon2741]

Simply Amazing. I wish i could build things like this. Fantastic Work

[@JohnSmith-hi2ry]

Thanks for making it and making the video of it. Great fun!

[@brunolips4739]

THIS CLOCK IS SIMPLY AMAZING

[@rhoadsballmachines1538]

This is wonderful! Love it!!!

[@tonyf1410]

That is amazing! Well done

[@titi08]

I do like what you did! I would like to make my own marble clock for years, and now, just after seen yours, I will have to make one with a chime.

[@natoescobedo7288]

Hola, sabes cómo se hacen? Me gustaría aprender.

[@fingerbonebill1040]

This is great. If I ever had this clock, I would film what happens at 1 o'clock.

[@MrFastFox666]

Wow, that's amazing. I didn't know this was a thing. I'd buy one if I could.

[@srirangarajnc]

absolutely beautiful!!

[@railtransportvlogsnsw7775]

This is really amazing!!

[@tjtreinen7381]

Wow... that's totally fantastic... what skill...

[@jt3d867]

Absolutely ingenious,

[@steffen1182]

Good work. I am impressed.

[@mathewbudziszewski3594]

Heartbreaking that this clock is not available nor has anyone picked up production for it. Something this brilliant should be celebrated! It seems that several people are interested in the plans and production but honestly, this should be be "productionized" with a major manufacturer to share this fantastic design and remove the burden from you. Please reconsider as there is not much in this space that is available for people like me who are passionate about this type of engineering and design.

[@GSimon850]

I love clocks, thanks for sharing

[@LostDryerSocks]

I have no idea why I just watched this, but I'm glad I did. Cool thing!

[@BukuiZhao]

A lot better than your older one!

[@fdastoor1]

I too would love to see it in a kit

[@SuperMadpom]

Very smart and clever. Re the laser cutting if you can seal a cone with a hole just bigger than the beam infront of the lens hooked up to a compressed air supply that can jet through it at a decent velocity you can reduce the black edges to a pale brown colour. Laser cut stuff doesn't have to be black on the edges as the laser should be vaporising not burning its way through.

[@Gastritis2000]

Great clock!

[@3rdaxis649]

Wow that is fantastic!

[@eyeshowyou]

So beautiful

[@Sco77Rhys]

fantastic to watch. i would love to build one.

[@mangocrafters]

What an engineering *_marvel_*..

[@jtbthegamerandvlogger7942]

I could watch this ball clock for hours

[@ThunderBow98]

I would buy one of these if you ever mass sold them as assembly kits. Looks like so much fun!

[@andrewyates89]

Thanks. Who knows what the future holds.

[@fessit]

ingenious!

[@paulusdettmer1921]

That's very cool! I'd like to have one, too!

[@thestudioofparadise7863]

Magnificent.

[@eddiehoogstraten]

please start selling these, or make a tutorial on how to make these clocks ! its absolutly amazing !!!

[@Cruzie_06]

it's sad but i struggle from time to time to tell time with an analog clock. This is super easy to read and fun to look at.

[@pyk_]

I love the letterbox inside the pillarbox. It really gives it that late-90's "how the fuck does widescreen work" sort of feel.

[@tristangardner3889]

That's what I call creative.

[@TheAlby87Project]

May I give you a humble suggestion? The ball that triggers the chime unit should be carried on top about 5 minutes before the mark of the hour (chiming is prepared) (1:55, 2:55...), and held by a stop/post in the chime tray. Then, when a ball pass a press plate/button installed just before the hour tray, it releases the trigger ball and start chiming. This have two advantages: 1) The clocks start chiming when all the signaling balls are at the right place: at the first "bong" you can read the hour correctly, instead of waiting the signaling trays to be updated 2) The striking train is started by the time train, it's better conceptually than having the big minute wheel starting the chiming and having the signaling balls flowing in a non connected manner Otherwise, really nice clock! :D

[@natoescobedo7288]

Hola, me podrías decir cómo funciona en su parte de atrás? Me gustaría aprender, o si tienes para vender o sabes dónde venden, me gustaría comprar

[@averykie]

Nice clock

[@linkfan12346]

i would love one of these

[@buster6093]

Brilliant!

[@juliengamer32]

it would be a huge challenge to succeed in 3D printing this beautiful clock. It's unfortunate that for small problems of reliability, you have abandoned the project. This clock deserves to be supported ;) - If one day you have plans to recreate 3D parts, I'm interested.

[@hitesheswaralalsahu5220]

Great sir

[@justinaltemeier1533]

man I'd love a kit as well!!!

[@k.h.4698]

This is a modification made, essentially using the basics of the Ball Clock Kit, which you could buy in any hobby store in the 80s and 90s. In addition to ball bearings, they also had some with golf and tennis balls. They all disappeared now and they don’t manufacture them any more because people got rid of all of them. After a couple of sleepless nights, owners gladly couldn’t give them away fast enough at every garage sale or swap meet!

[@redalpha333]

KZbin seems to always wait 4 years to recommend these types videos then just two more weeks so I feel weird commenting on an old video

[@djlemut]

wow, very nice!!

[@danielgarofaloo]

Genius!

[@Frankovelli]

Really neat design. I know laser cutters and 3D printers are getting popular but I bet you'd still have a hit on your hands if you sold these as pre-cut kits.

[@WildlyStapled]

Thank you for sharing

[@copperboltwire320]

I'd want one!!!

[@Visionery1]

This would be perfect for Waiting Rooms, the only problem would be trying to tear people away once their turn comes. You should sell them as a working unit, or in kit form. I'd buy one, and not just for a Waiting Room.

[@KaiDon1]

Genious !

[@giovannifilippi]

Man this is really amazing. Please sell a kit or make the plans available!!

[@maximumdosage]

I don’t just want this. I need this

[@irgendwerausbayern1999]

That's interesting!

[@mazingerz9118]

Nice :)

[@potterfandf]

Any chance you still have plans or details on this clock that you can share? I like the way you made this, particularly the chiming mechanism, and would love to see how you got some of the mechanisms to work, and implement them on my own clock. I'm also considering using a raspberry pi or something to give the clock an "off" mode to keep track of the time without running any of the mechanisms (that way I don't wake up in the middle of the night to fourteen or so balls being recycled).

[@collinpribula3270]

It’s veeerrryy B-E-A UTIFUL 💓💗👏🏻👏🏻🥰💕💞💛❤️😍💖!!

[@geoffgeoff143]

Good bedside time peice with clock

[@urquizaramiro]

Fantastic work there somewhere where I can get the plans to create? Thank you!

[@LycosHayes]

Ever thought to have the plans configured for a 3D printer? That may work to resolve the issues with the year functional life.

[@raphaelhenning6834]

Hi Mr. Yates, I´d like too know how i could have the plans of this incredible machine. I love it so much!!!

[@laSourcedeMigl]

So amazing! When available a kit to buy and build ourselves?

[@fingerbonebill1040]

You know, Andrew, I wish I had this clock... to film the 1 o'clock hour.

[@presto709]

Great work. Have you ever worked on a Pachinko machine? I've restored two of them and I love to see how they work. Very similar to a ball clock

[@pattyjay9999]

To Kool!

[@agarirate0483]

Mr, Yates. Can you make a video explain the mechanism or show us woodwork plan.

[@scottnathanson]

I would love to make some longevity improvements and make my own. Could you please share the cut out patterns?

[@tomneilson9501]

ah yes, the clock and ball device

[@Flaffi78]

Do you have instructions to build?

[@silentvoidx9267]

nice pc case bro

[@tomasgonda1250]

What did you use for chiming - a bell? Or chiming rod?

[@jejoisland9182]

just wow

[@darrenkarp170]

Hi Andrew. Wonderful, truly wonderful. Would you mind sending or making available to download, the drawings please?

[@tylerlandon2406]

any plans available yet? would love to make one for christmas

[@riddledtv]

Beautiful work. You could set up a webcam and live stream this.

[@alanmartin2753]

Hello Mr. Yates. This is the most amazing ball clock I have ever seen. Like others, I would love to purchase one. Do you plan to sell assembled ones at any point? Thank you!

[@andrewyates89]

I made five pre-production test units but after about a year, the wooden bearings had worn to the point where the ball-lifts were becoming unreliable. I feel that a clock has to be reliable for a lot longer than a year so I dropped the idea.

[@cameronfarley5910]

Greetings Mr. Yates. I love this improved ball clock design you've come up with. Very unique! What if you were able to substitute the high-wear parts with plastic? If it's cost-effective, it should be easy to cut or 3-D print parts that would last longer. Personally, I love seeing clockwork in action, and think it would be cool using clear plastic to show it off. Like a skeleton clock. Just a stray thought: maybe you could work a deal with the local high school wood-shop/metal-shop teacher to where the students could make them as a final assignment or extra credit product.

[@DeeZaster76]

What about "tinning" the edges of any parts that come in contact with the balls? Metal on metal then would last much, much longer. You have a wonderful design here, it would be sad to just drop the idea of a production run.

[@andrewyates89]

No, I made the clock just for my own satisfaction. I published the video to give other folk ideas of how it could be done.

[@andrewyates89]

Feel free to run with your good ideas. I have moved onto other things that interest me.

[@tambambam]

Mr. Yates, Do you plan on making plans or kits available?

[@LuizAntonioPiccoJunior]

muito foda , show de bola

[@nickk1994]

Literalmente

[@atog2074]

WOW just found this video also like many others here would love to have a plan for it laser cutting it out of wood or Acrylic would be awesome

[@ertagon]

I can barely comprehend the logic behind this.

[@ExelArts]

thats cool i want one but in black with the numbers in blue

[@nukelukas]

Somebody should make this idea for 3D printing and up to date DIY manufacturing

[@DanielleMoren]

Would it be possible to get the vector file so I can laser cut this? Awesome stuff

[@skunksrus007]

How much time did you spend building it?