Clockwerk 3-Axis Tourbillon 3D printed Grey PLA
Channel: Aaron Schwarz
Date: 24/03/2021

A Thingiverse 3-Axis Tourbillon printing project requiring a bunch of parts & special bearings & screws. It was a very cool thing to make, now a nifty decoration more than anything functional like a clock // https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1624844

Special thanks to Adam Wrigley the mechanical engineer creator of this amazing design & for sharing it + the how to make it video // 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5eEgUTiwqU

Handheld GoPro Hero 5 black edition, unedited, straight from the microsd card through my iMac via comcast to YouTube // No iMovie editing for once in, I can't remember since when // 

Not sure how many total hours, but around $75 in parts & lots of prints, I think 35 separate parts. Counting the screws ~99 parts. I was going to do a time lapse of how I made it, but glad I did not as that would have been more work than printing & assembling it. I did this project in stages, printing some parts one day & more another. Cutting the special metal rods at work. Ordering & waiting for the special bearings & screws on Amazon.

This is the most complex 3D printing project I have attempted on my Prusa Mini so far // not a notice operation though I only printed the parts once & they all worked together as a system on the first assembly which is downright amazing! The movement is not energy efficient by any means & more of an art part that can move if you will to show off the Tourbillon movement that you might normally only ever see in a wrist watch that costs more than most luxury cars // 

Sorry for the really rough video, I was really tired by the time I actually finished building it & just made a quick video to document that it works. Here you see me using my hands to power the movement!