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OK Kevin, now you are ready for a wooden gear clock!!!! Malc
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My task is complete! Clock now fully working and installed. I hope you have enjoyed the journey as much as I have making it. Unfortunately I have now got the taste for clocks and am pouring over plans for the next one, a grandfather to stand in my hall. It is fitted with the complex 'Grasshopper' escapement and I think will test my scrolling skills to the limit. Final two videos are in this post. Malc
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I don't know about 100 hours I think, and yes I already have the plans for a second one, it uses the complicated 'Grasshopper' escapement invented by John Harrison the clock maker that won the Londitude prize in the eighteenth century. It is called Tertius and you can see it here http://www.woodentimes.com/ Malc
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Coming along, nearly finished now, about a week of testing then it can be moved to it's final position. I think 'er indoors will be pleased to have my building jig out of the dining room! Time keeping is about two minutes a day at the moment but I know I can get it much better that that. I will post pictures of her when she is in situ on the wall. Note it is changing to a her as I become more endeared with her. Malc
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Hope this works, never uploaded a video before. This is the drive train working, next I will move onto the clock train, then start adjusting the pendulum Malc
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Its coming on! All the gears now run with each other, some still need staining and the teeth polishing but we are getting there!! Malc
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I have made several of these and the small round ones, they are always received well. Malc
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Barry, most of the main parts now cut, about twenty hours so far. Now the real work starts. I am cutting a new frame for it as the pine one I cut seems too weak along the grain. I will cut the two piece frame in 18mm MDF to see how it works, if this is ok I will cut one in oak. First I need to get each gear and it's pinion to run in balance and with its partner. This will involve smoe careful sanding anf polishing. I am a long way from finishing. Will keep you informed Malc
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Some more bits! Escapement wheel stained, center wheel, third wheel, several pinions, wind click mechanism, pendulum rod and centre of pendulum bob, pendulum crutch. Still lot to do, then a lot of sanding and polishing. Malc
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Most of the external cutting is done with a 14 tpi band saw blade, internal on my scrollsaw using a No.5 Olson blade. The 'roundness' is assured by rotating the wheel against a vertical sander. he final adjustments are done using good old 600 grit sandpaper and a vernier calliper. The inspiration came from the fact as an ex marine engineer I am fascinated with anything which rotates with precision. Plus a degree of masochistic insanity!
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I have cut the escape wheel pinion and the third wheel. Now comes the long work of getting the two to run together, it will involve slowly rotating the pair and removing any imperfections from their teeth then sanding each tooth with 400grit sandpaper and finally polishing each tooth, probably about four hours work. Malc
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First wheel cut, the escapement wheel about eight inches diameter cut to within 1/64 inch. Malc
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Plans have arrived, just under two weeks from hawaii to UK. Excellent service. Clayton said allow 4-6 weeks. Plans run to eighteen pages plus eight pages of instructions. Will be spending the next few nights reading and rereading them! Will order the ply need later today. I will be posting my progress as I go along. I will also be keeping a detailed record of my progress plus hours spent which may be of help to any others mad enough to attempt one of these! malc
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I buy mine online from http://www.inwoodmodels.co.uk/ good price and fast delivery. Malc
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Funny how it just seems to come right, I would be scared to look at my first attempt, well done. Malc
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I have just ordered the plans for Clayton Boyer's Number Six Clock. Has anyone made this? Malc
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Yes. it is birch stained walnut Malc
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Frieke, they are teriffic!!! Malc
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Great cutting are you sure you are a beginner???? Malc
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Love the cat!! great bird box, just have to keep cat and birds apart!!!! Malc
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This is a jewellery box I made for 'er indoors. To justify all the hours I spend in my shed! Malc
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Hello sheila, that is excellent. Malc
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When I started I couldn't cut either straight or in circles, then one day I found that I could, it just seems to come, keep going and it will come! Malc
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Well done Dan, I have just started doing some farmers markets in our local village, average about £25 per show, table cost a very reasonable £3 only started to do them because house was filling up with cuttings. Malc
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Thats great Kevin...not sure it will fit in a slot machine though!!! Malc