Manufacturing our first set of twelve paraconical pendulums!

Click here to see the detailed plans for our English-style paraconical pendulums.

This photo shows the L-shaped support pieces, raw cut with the bandsaw and not yet processed:


And here are the ring-shaped stirrups and the support bars - again, before final machining and polishing:


Here is Erskine the machinist, working upon one of the stirrup rings:


A photo of the twelve finished stirrup rings and their ancillary brass fittings, with one cylindrical brass bob:

A closeup of Erskine, the machinist from Barbados (no, it's not Tom Jones, although the resemblance has often been remarked upon!)


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