Spring 2024. The Meccano Clock Kit 2 was sold in the 1970s as a complete kit to build a striking clock using mainly standard Meccano parts. There was a handful of special parts included. I bought this back in the 1970s, built it once, then kept it. Now I’ve dusted it off and built it again. I can hear it ticking now as I type this. I keeps going for a couple of hours, until the weight hits the floor and it stops. If I mounted it in the stairwell to give the weight a longer drop, it would probably keep going for 8 or 12 hours, but it’s never going to manage 24 hours without ‘winding’. I say winding, but actually you have to raise the weights back up. It’s not particularly accurate! I’m still fettling it, as the striking isn’t working yet. It should strike once at 1 o’clock, twice at 2 etc. I may or may not eventually succeed at getting it to strike correctly.
Build notes
Not much to say, other than it needs a lot of fiddling to get it working properly. And sparing application of light machine oil.