Thread: My Wooden geared clock

My clock is finally assembled and ticking! The new frame is sweet but the tallest rear members may need either fixing to the wall or a another piece screwed to them to keep the perfectly straight. The new coil housing is also great and I am pleased with the way it turned out. For some reason the pendulum's normal smooth path was way wonkey like it had been on the scotch for a couple of hours staggering through its path!!. I finally twigged to the fact that I had used metal screws to fix the coil housing to the clock frame and these were close enough to the magnet on the end of the pendulum to interfere with its swing. Pic one shows the brass socket head screw made early this morning.They seem to do the trick.
Finally I also realised that the escarpment seemed to be out of balance so I added a rather large clamp on the right side with has settled down the whole movement and timing. If the clamp solution still works in a couple of days I will replace it with something a little more engineered.
Next should be a slightly improved pendulum head to better support the pendulum rod.
More soon.

It's been a long road BUT WOW is the end result just simply beautiful and a credit to your persistence and craftsmanship.... Very well done.. Cheers crowie

Titanium and Aluminium (anodised in several colours) allen screws can be bought if needed.

The end is definitely in sight now, great going....


R

Yes I know that brass socket screws can be purchased but in lots of a 100! Anyway made these real quick. Russel you will be glad to know that I have installed a switch to isolate the second circuit, now my clock is running only on one circuit, accurately over the last couple of days!
Will now make an addition to the escarpment to balance out the swing a little. Thanks to everyone's encouragement its been a long road.


Dean.

Hi everyone just a quick update. The electronics in my clock has suffered some kind of voltage spike and I decided to send them back to the US for repair. Prior to this i had just designed and was testing an adjustable pedula balance that would make the pendulum swing symmetrical. It was working well until the voltage spike! The adjustable balances sit on the timing wheel shaft at the top of the clock. The small brass weights are independently adjustable up and down the rod. I realised that the whole set up was not symmetrical a few years back and tried weighting the bob on one side( a similar approach to balancing a car wheel ...sort of) to no avail. Here some pics of the design.






Dean.

Three years in the making this project....a huge credit to you Dean..... It'd be something to behold first hand.....

Hi all, its been like forever since I had a chance to post! I have finished the pinning of my frame. This allows the clock to be dismantled and "flat packed" if it needs to be moved. I have spent the day drilling out the lower frame that sits on the floor and pinning the brass rod into the frame. I have used 2.38 diameter ss rod and used my metal vice to force the rod into a 2mm hole. I have linished the timber member to remove the rod that was proud. I am quite happy with the finish I achieved with the curved members.
I have also replaced both of the circuits that was damaged due to over voltage issues....
more soon...

Dean.

Today I finally finished my install of the clock upstairs out of our damp garage. I finally figured out why it wouldn't run and re-adjusted the upper clock frame tensioner. Only a few turns of the bolt to free the gears up. Next up is a way to wind up the gears using an electric drill or something similar.... The pendula balancing weights work unreal and the clock seems to be keeping time.Very happy tonight.

Dean.

That is looking GREAT, Dean!

You need to treat us to a YouTube video clip of it in motion. That would be awesome!

Cheers
Walesey

Ok Walesey here is the video on youtube...enjoy..


Dean.

VERY NICE Dean! My mouth is watering, watching it. If it were in my house, I would spend HOURS just watching it.

Thanks for uploading the video

Cheers

Walesey

I have spent hours watching it....!

Dean.

The clock has been tocking quite nicely for about a week. However I have noticed a large crack in one of the gears and its in one of my favorite 7 piece gears. Havnt made one of these for ages...hope I can remember how to!


Dean