Thoughts:
* I admire you for building your own.
* Replace the link between positive and negative clock plates with a crank
and cams that smoothly moves both plates.
* Clock drive could use ball bearings on the cam surfaces:
http://www.vxb.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc
* Plan ahead so it can be motor driven.
* Add a switch or optical interrupter on one flip-flop to automatically
shut-off motor after computation.
* Teflon sleeves on the logic and clock rods might reduce friction.
* Instead of using bumps to keep the flip-flops in their correct locations
during vibration, maybe use magnetic repulsion to maintain a small force
away from the center position.

Send photos.

-Bob S.



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I am thinking 8 flip-flops (the sliding 1's and 0's) and at least 20 logic
banks (clock rods).
Any thoughts on this?

Andries