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Hobbyist Builds Working Pendulum Clock from Empty Drink Cartons

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A maker has built a functioning pendulum clock largely out of empty drink cartons, along with skewers, paper straws, string, nut weights, and hot glue. The clock includes a pendulum, an escapement, and hands for seconds, minutes, and hours, and runs for roughly an hour. The gear and escapement design was developed with help from AI, which generated browser-based tools for creating templates and 3D-printable jigs. The project follows an earlier trash-based clock by the same builder, who also announced that a talk on the topic was accepted for the 40C3 conference.

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