Thread: Wood Clock Gears - Timer Selection?

Hi Nick, I made my first clock about 5 years ago, a simple plan as to understand the operation of a wooden clock, used solid timber, it worked .
My prized clock is this one , satin box wheels, lignum vitae bushes, arbors , timing wheel teeth and pallet, now 4+ years old, not showing any signs of wear, does the round of wood shows each year. see attachment.
I cannot see any problem using marine plywood for the wheels of your clock.
regards John.

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nickpullen
G'day Y'all,
Long ago and far away clocks were made of solid wood because plywood was to expensive. Some of those clocks are still around and a few are still running. I happen to be fortunate enough to have one of them. They had problems with splitting and warping from humidity changes. Thats why we use plywood today.
I also make wooden clocks because I like to. I don't like the Baltic Birch because it is to plain and bland. So I make my own plywood out of Maple or Walnut and cut the parts out of that.
I have lots of drops left from the cabinet shop so I cut them to 15 mm thick and edge glue then together and also butt gluing them for length, I then resaw them to 1 or 2 mm and then laminate them into plywood. If they have to many visable joints I slap a ;piece of veneer on them.
The hands on the left in the picture are solid Walnut, the ones in the middle are 4 ply 3.5mm thick and the ones on the right are 5 ply x 3.5 mm. If I wanted to use just veneer than I can get 12 ply in 3.5 mm
Regards
Joe