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Building a hexadecimal wall clock to count down to the 2038 problem (y2k) (retr0.id)
submitted 1 year ago by Kayel@aussie.zone to c/diy@slrpnk.net
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Hi all, I'm reaching out to the community to help with the design of a hex clock.

I'm honestly very lost on where to start. My current plan is to buy some gears and make a large monstrosity which is unlikely to fit on a wall. Does anyone have a more elegant suggestion?

It's following the general design of a clock with two main differences:

  1. There are 256 seconds in the second hands rotation.
  2. There are 4 hands, the 4th of which measures ~136 years in a rotation.
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[โ€“] wetnoodle@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'd go with a flip clock so when we get to that day in 2038, the numbers just all flip back to 0

[โ€“] Kayel@aussie.zone 7 points 1 year ago

It also has the benefit of being mechanically easier to build haha