cbehnke
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I got into hobby woodworking a few years ago because I wanted to make wooden geared clocks. Recently I saw some wooden pens and I loved 'em and decided to make a few. I make some boxes now and then, but I love my clocks. Here is one I did a few months ago.
The body is Tiger maple with Rosewood accents. I think I used Bloodwood for the hands...I forget, it was from some free scraps I received. The gears are Baltic Birch ply.
The clock is showing 7:02 in the picture. The clock runs on a gravity system, you can't see it, but there is a 6 lb weight hanging from it that drives the gear train.
The large "C" shaped piece near the bottom of the clock gently rocks back and forth and engages the sawtooth looking gear and lets the gear train slowly unwind in a precisely controlled fashion...and that's how it works. any questions?
The body is Tiger maple with Rosewood accents. I think I used Bloodwood for the hands...I forget, it was from some free scraps I received. The gears are Baltic Birch ply.
The clock is showing 7:02 in the picture. The clock runs on a gravity system, you can't see it, but there is a 6 lb weight hanging from it that drives the gear train.
The large "C" shaped piece near the bottom of the clock gently rocks back and forth and engages the sawtooth looking gear and lets the gear train slowly unwind in a precisely controlled fashion...and that's how it works. any questions?
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