Great day for Lucy Beharrell and Will Beharrell on their 9th wedding anniversary. Anyone listening would have heard the clock strike 9 - at 1pm! Thanks for winding too .
22 Aug 2013 [11:06]
GCR=43.9s (midnight last night was 43.8s) - looking good. Note that speed change due to diameter change on second layer is sqrt(140mm/135mm) = 1.019 (first layer diameter = 135mm, wire diameter = 5mm, drag goes as speed squared) so we expect perhaps GCR=44.7s later on as the weights descend. Air density effects, summer vs winter, max density on a dry cold day is 1.27 and min density on a hot humid day 1.14 is see [link] so the range is sqrt(1.27/1.14)=1.055 and that is about a 2.4s range from extremes.
21 Aug 2013 [18:37]
full wind as well, Imogen Newman watching on ... holding the tubes.
21 Aug 2013 [18:37]
Note cheese weights: TC1-20.5kg TC2-22.7kg TC3-22.7kg TC4-22.2kg TC5-20.3kg + two new ones 21.5kg + 21.5kg StJ1-20.2kg StJ2-22.9kg StJ3-22.1kg StJ4-20.5kg + two new ones 21.1kg + 21.7kg. Extra weights are thick-2.4kg and thin-0.7kg
21 Aug 2013 [18:33]
work with Graham Newman today slowing down the strike - TC strike 159kg to 128kg (5 original cheeses + 5 thicks), StJ strike 137kg to 110kg (4 original cheeses + 5 thicks + 5 thins) Let us see what happens.
17 Aug 2013 [11:11]
Jonnie Hunt, Mael Thomas, Sandy Hunt, Qian Wang did a great job winding. Noon going+Strike time GCR = 40.6s - a bit too fast (note GCR stands for Great Court Run - historically it is around 44s, but changes made in 2007 need to be put right)).
11 Aug 2013 [11:24]
Monique Degimbe, Albert Renders, Annick Renders, Jean-Pierre Coulier hebben de klok opgewonden tijdens hun bezoek aan Pieter! (full marks to anyone who can read that...)
07 Aug 2013 [14:13]
the warm weather has made the first bell of the quarters not sound. We fixed that by a bit of deft metal bending - as I say, always use the right tool for the job (my feet).
07 Aug 2013 [14:12]
doing a bit of recording for The Naked Scientists @nakedscientists with Dominic Ford @dcf21 - a good excuse to do some winding! By the way, what is the terminal velocity of a penny?
04 Aug 2013 [11:59]
Thanks Hilary Costello for winding - good Sunday exercise!
28 Jul 2013 [13:05]
Winding thanks Pieter Coulier, though jet lagged.
21 Jul 2013 [11:17]
Winders today Matilda Sleigh, Elliott Sleigh, Sarah Lavelle, James Sleigh - hot work!
14 Jul 2013 [13:00]
Thanks to Rick Lupton for winding - even hotter. Fantastic temperature compensation in this rising heat [link]
07 Jul 2013 [11:05]
top up wind par Lucie Delpeuch et Jonnie Hunt - hot work
06 Jul 2013 [11:17]
Great that Pieter Coulier has learnt the ropes and is now on my list of winders!
29 Jun 2013 [10:36]
winding after Sam Coxs graduation yesterday. Also with Steve Cox, Penny Cox and Patrick Cox - who will work our a Raspberry Pi app for me!
26 Jun 2013 [09:24]
also winding (and playing BOGIES) Anna Towriss, Ute Towriss, Ed Few, Paul Joyce, Rupert Gatti Caz King
26 Jun 2013 [09:24]
The first game of BOGIES ever in the clock tower! benjamin rose, mossy forbes, jennifer leek, hester stewart, joe evans Great fun!
26 Jun 2013 [09:24]
ADJUST: +300 ms/day to 35600
24 Jun 2013 [21:17]
SPICE meeting today, so winders were James Talbot, Matt Causier, Clare Causier, Ming Jin Tang and others Andy Elson, Simon Driscoll, Matt Watson, Tanya Gray, Hilary Costello, Scott Osprey, Don Grainger, Rob McPheat, Tony Cox,James McGregor, Francis Pope, Dan Peters
