Clock building
Dec. 28th, 2009 09:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sawylSpent part of today helping with — oh, alright, building — the clock my nephew received for Christmas. I rather enjoyed it, but the instructions didn't seem to be terribly child friendly and I don't think the nephew would have been able to do it unaided.
Still, once I'd knocked the thing into shape, we talked about how it worked and what the different components were and how the different gears made the hands turn at different rates. I'm not sure he really shares my nerdish enthusiasm for these things, but it certainly inspired me: I spent the rest of the afternoon trying to construct a clock out of lego...
Still, once I'd knocked the thing into shape, we talked about how it worked and what the different components were and how the different gears made the hands turn at different rates. I'm not sure he really shares my nerdish enthusiasm for these things, but it certainly inspired me: I spent the rest of the afternoon trying to construct a clock out of lego...
