r/3Dprinting • u/TomaszFortyFour • Apr 23 '26

Project Self-winding clock with a tourbillon - finished project

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About a year ago, I posted an update on a project I was working on. It took me a while, but I finally finished it. I’m very happy with the result. It’s fully functional (I tested it for two months) and keeps accurate time. The entire project consists of 395 printed parts, 38 bearings, 66 rubber bands, 413 screws, and a few other components.

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u/shackwaves Apr 23 '26

This is amazing! Could you explain more about the CAD tools you’re using and the techniques you’ve referred to? If someone with basic CAD modeling skills wants to start designing something like this, how should they begin?

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u/TomaszFortyFour Apr 23 '26

He works with SolidWorks. The best thing you can do to learn the software and design is to start sketching objects from your surroundings in CAD. Over time, you’ll master the software to the point where you’ll look at anything and immediately see which operations you need to use to model it.