I have a working clock. It’s not all feature laden, like some clocks (you have to reprogram it to set the time) but it works. It’s still dim, but I have a batch of LEDs on the way to fix that, and all the hard stuff is out of the way.
Pictures:
The first image is a long exposure to show the hands (it’s 10:17 pm). The second shows the main board, the motor control, and the 18 miles of wire I used to connect the LEDs. In the lower left of the 2nd image you can see the (slightly bluish) infra-red LED used to determine RPM and disc position.
Next up, the ability to -set- the clock.