How to build a clock with visual aids and a video.
How to make a gear wall clock.
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Building a clock from scratch is complicated and mesmerizing.
The gear ratio between the weight drum and the escapement gear might be something like 500 1 as shown in the diagram below.
The most popular plans are clayton boyer clocks.
This article is about making a wooden gear clock from a plan purchased online.
This causes the clock gears to stop and start rotating every second.
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.
How wooden gear clocks work.
It will make one rotation every 60 seconds.
A hand made wooden clock is one of those projects i like to marvel at.
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Many pendulum clocks have the escape gear on the second hand axle.
As the pendulum swings back and forth it rotates the escape lever in and out of the escape gear.
Thankfully my buddy rick urschel is not nearly as impatient as i am.
This would give you a clock that you only had to rewind once a week or so.
How we test gear.
The tools required to make a wooden gear clock.