My Wooden geared clock

**1964deano** · 27th July 2013, 07:17 PM

Hi Timeless timber,
thanks for your lucid explanation of the structure of timber and how it behaves! I am impressed. In answer to your question great! but who knows in the long term. My first video shows the non-trisoloc design versus the trisoloc design. Both are not frozen. The second video features the isoloc design made from timber that was frozen. A good combination i think.

I had the idea of freezing the timber to effect the cell wall to slow down the amount of moisture absorbed until EMC is achieved. This idea is from the attached article I attached in post 324 or hereWooden clocks.pdf.
From observation the timber is no longer prone to as much movement like it used to be before freezing so this points to the cells no longer being able to exchange moisture through their lumins. The moisture is either trapped inside and unable to get out or prevented from getting in. I like your explanation; "Maybe altering the stability of the cell walls makes the timber less prone to expansion and contraction between seasons because its less rigidly constructed if the component cell walls are all burst". The gears are definitely more stable; I am not sure how it works but it does

The WA coastal sheoke (Acacia fraseriana) sounds interesting and will look into it for my next clock sextus. Is it readily available? Did you use plans for your clock?

cheers

Dean.

**1964deano** · 8th August 2013, 10:10 PM

The last week i have be remaking the coil housing. I should have a completed proto-type by the weekend. Tonight I started to pull down the electronics to migrate them to a new piece of alley. As usual i had a repair to do. In a recent house move i have lost my soldering iron and that rather useful box of solder etc. Luckily I have recently replaced them all so tonight i was able to quickly repair the broken wire to my circuit.

. My list seems endless....

Later

Dean.

**1964deano** · 22nd August 2013, 10:56 AM

Here are some finished pics of my coil housing. I am quiet pleased with the outcome. You can see one of the retaining washers has gaps in the base and one does not. I changed manufacturing methods to overcome this. The only other gap to address is the one between the upper cover and the front housing. To prevent this I have modified the front cover and included a rail to apply pressure when the plywood is glued to the body.

**1964deano** · 29th January 2014, 11:37 AM

Hi everyone Its been a while but we have brought one of these and all of my time has been taken up renovating. The second pic shows some woodwork that I have been doing; its a laminated beam in my roof so i could remove a wall that separates the kitchen from the lounge room. Anyway, very keen to continue on with what I enjoy most; clock making. Will try to get free in the next couple of months to post some pics. One of the reasons for taking the break is that we were given notice where we were living and I was right in the middle of making the clock frame. Not wanting to make a my clock frame too high for the place we were going to move into, I had to stop and see how things would unfold. They unfolded very nicely with the purchase of a house in Dundas Valley. As it turns out I decided to make the clock frame 2400 and our ceiling is 2430! Just enough to be able to get the frame in!.More hopefully soon.

Dean.

**rusel** · 29th January 2014, 02:39 PM

Good to hear from you.
Life must be flat out at this time. Your pics would not work for me just blank thought you should know.

R

**Walesey** · 29th January 2014, 03:08 PM

Yes. Good to hear from you Dean, and Happy New Year to all on the Forum! I got the pictures OK, but I am glad that I don't have to mow that slopey back yard you have there!

Cheers
Walesey

**rusel** · 29th January 2014, 03:31 PM

Yep got pics to work just hit refresh.
That double garage going to be the new man cave?

R

**1964deano** · 30th January 2014, 10:34 AM

Yes I have been flat out. I Spent 17hrs a day for the first 3 weeks before moving in. I am now slowly recovering. Next week I will be saking our roof myself as we were quoted $80 per/m to have someone do it! Yes my new man cave has a 10Ft high roof height! and has 2 tiltadoors at each end. Because my roof has no saking and no insulation at present I slept in the man cave last night; nice and cool! Tonight i will get my camping bed out instead of the floor!.
Dean.

**1964deano** · 2nd April 2014, 08:36 PM

Finally some progress on my clock! Originally a wall design I decided to make a frame to sit the clock in. The frame was largely finished until we had to move into our new house. Since Saturday I have finished mounting the coil housing and the rods that connect the frames together. Its almost ready to be a vertical clock again! Hopefully I can re-assemble over the weekend.

I like my new garage plenty of space to build!
Dean.

**jemijona** · 3rd April 2014, 04:05 PM

Originally Posted by 1964deano

I like my new garage plenty of space to build!
Dean.

Actually, you look a bit cramped for space. What looks like an old door sitting on some aquired milk crates as a work bench. lol

Cheers

**Walesey** · 3rd April 2014, 04:15 PM

Originally Posted by jemijona

Actually, you look a bit cramped for space. What looks like an old door sitting on some aquired milk crates as a work bench. lol

Cheers

That is not being "Cramped for space" Jemijona. That is just making the best use of the resources available to you! Much better idea than paying the Junk Man to remove the old door and milk crates, and then paying Mr Bunnings for a work bench.

When you have finished with the old door, you can build a Train Layout for the Grand kids!

Cheers
Walesey

**1964deano** · 3rd April 2014, 05:49 PM

Youve all seen the monty python skit that uses the word "luxury" a couple of times...well you should have seen my last garage. It was too small to even lay out the clock like it is in the picture.
Deano.

**1964deano** · 4th April 2014, 09:45 PM

Its the end of a big week for me and time for some more progress on the clock. Tonight the frame is assembled and I am ready to put the gears back in and get the beast ticking again. The new frame will allow my clock to be free standing and test the weight boxes I have designed.

Dean.

**1964deano** · 9th April 2014, 08:26 PM

Hi all,
would have liked to get my clock running again but I cant seem to find the power supply! Until then I am working on making some prototype weight boxs to replace the weights i am using in the pic below. Just wanted to know if anyone has used buck shot in their design as opposed to the rather expensive lead sheet at bunnings or have people used other metals instead.

Dean.

**NCArcher** · 9th April 2014, 08:29 PM

Lead is lead Dean. Buckshot would be fine. How much weight do you need?

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