Project: Clockwork

[blueonblack]

It is in fact a Yamaha motorcycle sprocket, +rep to both of you.

[The boy 4rm oz]

Lol thanks for the rep.

[mittelmeier]

Thanks for the rep. I can't wait to see what this mod looks like done. Anything with gears has to be good.

[jdbnsn]

haha! I used a cycle sprocket in your header too!

[Ichbin]

You have to tell me where you found those gears! Loving the idea, I really want to see how this turns out.

[blueonblack]

You have to tell me where you found those gears! Loving the idea, I really want to see how this turns out.

I bought one batch on Ebay. I bought one wind-up alarm clock at a flea market and two wind-up wall clocks at two other flea markets, and one last movement at a local clock shop (he gave it to me for free!). The sprocket was Ebay also.

[PartyLikeARockstar]

+ Rep for the idea, and subscribed.

[blueonblack]

Okay, I've been thinking about the interior on this thing (more than I want to, actually), and I would like to make my hard drives match the rest of the scheme. I'll be doing this with the optical drives by removing the outer cover and painting it, but I'm understandably hesitant to do that with a hard drive.

My thought was to make a custom cover for them that sits inside the tower and hides them from view. My concern is heat. It would most likely be made of wood, not the world's best conductor of heat. Anyone have any input on this? Should I leave a minimum clearance around them for air flow? Is this not advisable at all? I saw slamaa made one for his hard drive in his Welcome to Rapture mod but it was a metal cover.

Anyone?

[The boy 4rm oz]

I would use alu regardless, you can then paint it or get a adhesive vinyl so you can get your desired effect. As for airflow, if the alu fits snugly enough it will act as a heatsink.

[blueonblack]

I would use alu regardless, you can then paint it or get a adhesive vinyl so you can get your desired effect. As for airflow, if the alu fits snugly enough it will act as a heatsink.

Thanks for the input, I've started thinking about maybe a mesh cover of some kind. That would hide the shiny drive while still allowing heat to radiate. I would have to find just the right mesh, though. We'll see.

I've decided to stop worrying about the finish and the drive tower for now and start working on the geartrain. That will be the most difficult and most interesting part of the whole project anyway.