Automate playing a grandfather clock's chimes using a raspberry pi and some stepper motors.
This is part of my ongoing project to build a working Weasley Clock. That project is now feature complete (notice I didn't say "done") and installed in my home.
I plan to enhance to clock by re-installing the Westminster chimes that came with the grandfather clock I used to house my Weasley Clock.
I'm keeping a running Build Log to augment the resources in this README.
The grandmother/grandfather clock came with a set of chimes. I plan to integrate them once I have the clock mechanism finished. I found an example implementation.
- https://hackaday.io/project/10771-audible-notifications-by-a-grandfathers-clock
- https://github.com/borazslo/GPIOChimes
- https://www.theclockdepot.com/grandfather_clocks_manual.html
- http://dhenshaw.net/art/judge/start.html
- https://hackaday.com/2017/11/17/modernizing-a-170-year-old-antique-grandfather-clock/#more-281875
- https://timesavers.com/c-1158662-clock-repair-replacement-parts-wheels-wheel-blanks-motion-works-fans-relate-center-wheels.html
Possibly drive with existing chime timing with a stepper motor. Possible hardware for attaching a motor to the existing chime mechanism.