I just built this kit the other day. Didn't work when i put the quarters in. A lot of people complain that it takes too much weight to get it to work, but the trick is all in that little knob that you wind up in between the 2 faces of the clock. When you put the knob on, make sure it's not touching the plastic frame behind it or it will cause too much friction and the quarters won't seem to be enough weight to activate the clock. If yours doesn't work, pull the wind up knob out a little so it's not touching the frame. I hope that made sense.
My instructions were written entirely in Chinese. Luckily the NUMBERS were in English. So I made it half way through assembly! Then I had to watch your video. Thanks for this video.
Complimenti sei stato bravo ad assemblare l'orologio di Leonardo Da Vinci. Ha progettato questo orologio nel 1700 DC, mai realizzato. Un suo compagno di scuola, poi laureato in meccanica a realizzare l'orologio a pendolo, perché era convinto che non avrebbe mai funzionato. Fu la sua fortuna.
C3 you leave the “tip” on the long arm, it causes the clock to spit out the entire piece. Cut it off. It’s the part touching your left index finger at 9:04.
Having the same issue, I can't tell if the issue Is the wheel not wanting to spin or if the wind up gear is too tight. If you ever find out let me know, I'll do the same.
I had the same problem and solved it by snapping off an extra piece of plastic that was attached to C3. That little piece of plastic stuck out and caught the cord and the other plastic pieces as the wheels/gears turned. Once that resistance was removed, the clock ran by itself with just the weight of a few coins.
@@DrBonnie247 I've done that as well but the clock still does not work with just coins, it needs quite a bit of weight and I can't seem to find which of the parts is causing this extra resistance. It's not c3 or c4
Ok how in the hell are you supposed to knot the damn string? The instructions are God awful and it looks like you just cut away from how to do it during the video
