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		KaiserPro 17 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Converting a $3.88 analog clock from Walmart into ... its a fairly reliably stepper motor system. You're right it will degrade over time, you'd be surprised how many steps it can do before it degrades.

aidenn0 16 days ago [–]

I had a clock where the second hand was not properly balanced and it would miss steps fairly reliably in the second-half of the minute (when the heavier side of the hand was going up). I added some tape to the counterweight to fix it.

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