The tools required to make a wooden gear clock.
How to make a gear wall clock.
Many pendulum clocks have the escape gear on the second hand axle.
This causes the clock gears to stop and start rotating every second.
Building a clock from scratch is complicated and mesmerizing.
How we test gear.
Enabling you to make a beautiful wooden clock that will be both an heirloom and a conversation piece.
Thankfully my buddy rick urschel is not nearly as impatient as i am.
It will make one rotation every 60 seconds.
The most popular plans are clayton boyer clocks.
How to build a clock with visual aids and a video.
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How wooden gear clocks work.
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That is what we are going to do.
This would give you a clock that you only had to rewind once a week or so.
As discussed in how gear ratios work you can create a high ratio gear train that causes the drum to make perhaps one turn every six to 12 hours.
A hand made wooden clock is one of those projects i like to marvel at.
As the pendulum swings back and forth it rotates the escape lever in and out of the escape gear.