The tools required to make a wooden gear clock.
How to make a gear wall clock.
The gear ratio between the weight drum and the escapement gear might be something like 500 1 as shown in the diagram below.
I m not sure i have enough patience to cut out one wooden gear let alone the multitude required to construct a fully functional clock.
That is what we are going to do.
Many pendulum clocks have the escape gear on the second hand axle.
How to build a clock with visual aids and a video.
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A hand made wooden clock is one of those projects i like to marvel at.
This would give you a clock that you only had to rewind once a week or so.
Enabling you to make a beautiful wooden clock that will be both an heirloom and a conversation piece.
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The most popular plans are clayton boyer clocks.
Thankfully my buddy rick urschel is not nearly as impatient as i am.
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.
Building a clock from scratch is complicated and mesmerizing.
It will make one rotation every 60 seconds.
This article is about making a wooden gear clock from a plan purchased online.
As the pendulum swings back and forth it rotates the escape lever in and out of the escape gear.