{"id":27,"date":"2011-11-30T19:51:52","date_gmt":"2011-12-01T03:51:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.robotbrigade.com\/?p=27"},"modified":"2011-11-30T19:51:52","modified_gmt":"2011-12-01T03:51:52","slug":"clock-project-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.robotbrigade.com\/?p=27","title":{"rendered":"Clock project Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This is the first of several posts about an entry that I am making for the Buildlounge.com laser cutter contest. \u00a0The end goal here is to have a clock that has no moving parts and no electronics that still manages to tell the time accurately. \u00a0 This will be something of a modern-day sundial except that it will display the time indoors. \u00a0 The way that it will do this is it will have a box that sits outside. \u00a0 The box will have a hole in it that allows a beam of sunlight to pass through to a series of optical fibers mounted in the back of it. \u00a0 These fibers will run to the back of the clock face and will back light a frosted piece of glass to indicate the time. \u00a0 This first video shows how I cut the face of the clock out of a sheet of aluminum.<\/p>\n