One thing I remember from when I built this a few years ago is the amount of weight inserted in the pendulum as indicated in the instructions was OK at 12g . However the amount of weight needed to operate the gearing as indicated in the instructions was a bit off.
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The coin used for weight is changed with the length of a pendulum.
Nomal (250mm length of pendulum)= about 9g
Three optional parts are used. (1m length of pendulum) = about 18g
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I needed 40g to get the machine to work without stopping before the end of the string was reached.
Make sure the frame is level port & starboard and fore & aft, and make sure the frame is square. Those parameters greatly improve the performance.
