Modern cuckoo clock - mechanic sound - Cuconi Toni

Cuckoo Cuconi – by Toni 😉 clock (version 1.0) is my take on a timeless classic – featuring a modern, designed case, pendulum, hands, dial, and more. 🕰✨

The internal mechanics, including the cuckoo bird, was purchased for just 15 €, while everything visible on the outside was fully designed by me. It took several months and multiple prototypes to perfectly adapt my design to the mechanism. Initially, I planned to build the bird mechanics myself, but due to time constraints, I opted for a pre-made solution. ⏳🔧

The project is now finalised, and the clock is already hanging in four apartments. Every hour from 6 AM to 9 PM, the bird emerges and calls out the number of the hour. The soft chirping of the bird combined with the cuckoo's call is very pleasant. 🕊🔊 Everyone who has seen and heard the clock in real life so far has loved it and would like to have one themselves. 😍💬

Already running with a better pendulum… see video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmGpJL6bTBg

Unfortunately, my 3D printer (250 x 250) was too small, so I had to split some components into two parts. The main house is now available as a single part House_XL.stl/.3mf for big printers.

For those who want to build this clock, a detailed assembly guide is now finished - see below 📏🖨 You can find the mechanics on a platform (large A………) with many sellers - see picture.

Assembly instructions v0.95:

Step 1. Print all necessary parts. I printed several extra small parts.

Step 2. Take the two house parts and attach them using the six clips. Note that the clips are not symmetrical and have a ridge at the top. Glue is recommended, but be careful not to use too much. This happened to me, and you can slightly see it from the front.

Step 3. Take the two roof parts and glue them together on the top side.

Step 4. Adjust the angle of the roof on the complete house. Then, glue the roof onto the house. The rear edges should be of equal length.

Step 5. Once the glue has dried – my glue took 10-15 minutes – you can continue with the clock face. I also used glue for the four large lines, eight small lines, and finally the house ring.

In the two pictures, you can see the excess glue on the house… don’t do the same ;-)

Step 6. Now you can prepare the mechanism you purchased. Secure the clockwork with the nut and two washers. Remove the electronics from the side.

Step 7. Install the electronics in the printed case in the same way as before.

Step 8. Wait until all glue has dried, then you can install the mechanism into the complete printed house.

Step 9. Attach the printed hour hand and then the minute hand to the clockwork.

Step 10. Adjust the purchased mechanism - cuckoo clock setup

a) Open the battery cover and turn the time setting knob as shown in the drawing above for the present time.

b) Insert 1 UM-3 size “AA” battery and 2 UM-2 size “C” batteries into the battery compartments.

c) Close the battery cover.
 

d) How to set the cuckoo voice singing:
Push the “set” button 0 ~ 23 times for the proper cuckoo voice singing. 

Push 0 times if it is 5:00.

Push 1 time if it is 6:00…

e) Volume switch: slide to MIN/OFF/MAX.

f) Demo button: push to listen to the bird chirp.
 
Stay tuned for the next completely redesigned version – it will be worth the wait! ⏰🎶

Feel free to check out my other designs here -->
https://makerworld.com/en/@Toni_ThesBer/upload

Happy printing
Toni :-)

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Cuckoo Cuconi – by Toni 😉 (version 1.0) is my take on a timeless classic – featuring a modern, self-designed case, pendulum, hands, dial, and more. 🕰✨

The internal mechanics, including the cuckoo bird, was purchased for just 15 €, while everything visible on the outside was fully designed by me. It took several months and numerous prototypes to perfectly adapt my design to the mechanism. Originally, I wanted to build the bird mechanism myself, but due to time constraints, I opted for a pre-made solution. ⏳🔧

The project is now finalised and the clock is already hanging in four apartments. Every hour from 6 AM to 9 PM, the bird emerges and calls out the number of the hour. The soft chirping of the bird combined with the cuckoo's call is very pleasant. 🕊🔊 Everyone who has seen and heard the clock in real life so far has loved it and would like to have one themselves. 😍💬

Unfortunately, my 3D printer (250 x 250) was too small, so I had to split some components into two parts. The main house is now available as a single part House_XL.stl/.3mf for big printers.

For those who want to build this clock, a detailed assembly guide is now available - see above in English. 📏🖨 You can find the mechanics on a platform with many sellers (large A………) - see picture.

Stay tuned for the next completely redesigned version – it will be even more worth the wait! ⏰🎶

I'm always happy to receive a „Download”, „Like”, „Make”, or a „⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐” rating!

Feel free to check out my other designs here -->
https://makerworld.com/en/@Toni_ThesBer/upload

Happy printing
Toni :-)