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Ah, I see. What about those cheap "floating globe" or "levitron" desk knick-knacks? Do those maybe only work because they freely spin, whereas a clock could not
by CobrastanJorji 4y ago
Ah, I see. What about those cheap "floating globe" or "levitron" desk knick-knacks? Do those maybe only work because they freely spin, whereas a clock could not?
- CrazyStat 4y agoThey work because they have a reasonably large base and a reasonable stable thing floating. The clock hands aren't stationary, let alone stable, and since clocks are generally flat in one dimension you have pretty limited space to play with. The only way I've thought of to make it work would be to have a fairly large "hub" at the center of the floating thing, with the two hands coming out off the floating hub. But that would be much less visually impressive, I think. The hub would have to be large enough that the movement of the hands is relatively miniscule in terms of weight distribution.