[time-nuts] Sidereal timekeeping

Magnus Danielson magnus at rubidium.dyndns.org
Sun May 15 22:10:25 UTC 2011


On 05/16/2011 12:01 AM, iovane at inwind.it wrote:
>> I think you're right that you can't drag a 32768 crystal down by one
>> part in 365.  Maybe you could do it by opening the can and putting some
>> mass on the crystal resonator?
>
> Some mass should be removed, not added. I was considering this possibility.
> They exist some so called "tuning fork" crystals that might allow for this.
> And
> they are very cheap. One could buy a batch of them for a few $ and have a
> try.
> What do you think?

You only need to carve away sufficiently for being able to pull the 
rest. If they are cheap you can buy a bunch and afford to go too far on 
a few attempts. At least it would be a bit unique by todays standards.

Cheers,
Magnus




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