Organic Wooden Gear Clock
Moderators: HopefulSSer, admin
Organic Wooden Gear Clock
I thought I'd share my latest project. This was designed by Clayton Boyer. I purchased the plans. It runs fine except that it losses time every day. I'm still fiddle farting around with it. Even with the time issue I think it's a handsome kinetic sculpture. It will look fine hung on the wall. This is a motor driven remontoir clock with a balanced horizontal pendulum. It's cherry and Baltic birch plywood. (I had a few other pics but I always get that message that the file is too large and I'm not clever enough to know how to fix it) I'm trying to figure out how to make a 30 sec video of it because it's much better to see it in motion. I'll post a link to YouTube if I figure it out. Don't hold your breath. Thanks for looking.
- Attachments
-
- Organic WGC 90.jpg (133.29 KiB) Viewed 1852 times
-
- Organic WGC 452 - Copy.jpg (136.17 KiB) Viewed 1851 times
- JPG
- Platinum Member
- Posts: 34693
- Joined: Wed Dec 10, 2008 7:42 pm
- Location: Lexington, Ky (TAMECAT territory)
Re: Organic Wooden Gear Clock
Interesting pendulum adjustment!
Very nice work!!!!
How many hrs?
Very nice work!!!!
How many hrs?
╔═══╗
╟JPG ╢
╚═══╝
Goldie(Bought New SN 377425)/4" jointer/6" beltsander/12" planer/stripsander/bandsaw/powerstation /Scroll saw/Jig saw /Craftsman 10" ras/Craftsman 6" thicknessplaner/ Dayton10"tablesaw(restoredfromneighborstrashpile)/ Mark VII restoration in 'progress'/ 10E[/size](SN E3779) restoration in progress, a 510 on the back burner and a growing pile of items to be eventually returned to useful life. - aka Red Grange
╟JPG ╢
╚═══╝
Goldie(Bought New SN 377425)/4" jointer/6" beltsander/12" planer/stripsander/bandsaw/powerstation /Scroll saw/Jig saw /Craftsman 10" ras/Craftsman 6" thicknessplaner/ Dayton10"tablesaw(restoredfromneighborstrashpile)/ Mark VII restoration in 'progress'/ 10E[/size](SN E3779) restoration in progress, a 510 on the back burner and a growing pile of items to be eventually returned to useful life. - aka Red Grange
Re: Organic Wooden Gear Clock
Clock looks great! I went looking for the plans to have a look and came across the accuracy info. You probably have already seen this, but if not, here it is (see below). You can replace the wood pendulum with Invar steel (small coefficient of thermal expansion) to improve the clock accuracy. Otherwise, daily humidity variations will cause the clock to vary day to day. Very cool clock design...
https://lisaboyer.com/Claytonsite/organicclockpage1.htm
https://lisaboyer.com/Claytonsite/organicclockpage1.htm
RF Guy
Mark V 520 (Bought New '98) | 4" jointer | 6" beltsander | 12" planer | bandsaw | router table | speed reducer | univ. tool rest
Porter Cable 12" Compound Miter Saw | Rikon 8" Low Speed Bench Grinder w/CBN wheels | Jessem Clear-Cut TS™ Stock Guides
Festool (Emerald): DF 500 Q | RO 150 FEQ | OF 1400 EQ | TS 55 REQ | CT 26 E
DC3300 | Shopvac w/ClearVue CV06 Mini Cyclone | JDS AirTech 2000 | Sundstrom PAPR | Dylos DC1100 Pro particulate monitor
Mark V 520 (Bought New '98) | 4" jointer | 6" beltsander | 12" planer | bandsaw | router table | speed reducer | univ. tool rest
Porter Cable 12" Compound Miter Saw | Rikon 8" Low Speed Bench Grinder w/CBN wheels | Jessem Clear-Cut TS™ Stock Guides
Festool (Emerald): DF 500 Q | RO 150 FEQ | OF 1400 EQ | TS 55 REQ | CT 26 E
DC3300 | Shopvac w/ClearVue CV06 Mini Cyclone | JDS AirTech 2000 | Sundstrom PAPR | Dylos DC1100 Pro particulate monitor
Re: Organic Wooden Gear Clock
Nice work!
There used to be a 'horologist' member on this forum, but I haven't seen him in a long time.
I'll bet the sound is nice... maybe different wood species have different sounds too.
Thanks for sharing.
There used to be a 'horologist' member on this forum, but I haven't seen him in a long time.
I'll bet the sound is nice... maybe different wood species have different sounds too.
Thanks for sharing.
Re: Organic Wooden Gear Clock
I figured out how to get a short video on YouTube. You'll have to turn your volume up to hear it. Hope you can see it okay.
https://youtu.be/7ZTCwPmmPpU
https://youtu.be/7ZTCwPmmPpU
Last edited by berry on Tue Nov 24, 2020 12:53 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Re: Organic Wooden Gear Clock
Really cool clock! Thanks for the video!
- rjent
- Platinum Member
- Posts: 2121
- Joined: Fri Mar 14, 2014 3:00 pm
- Location: Hot Springs, New Mexico
Re: Organic Wooden Gear Clock
Probably 12
Outstanding job! That looks like a lot of fun to make
Dick
1965 Mark VII S/N 407684
1951 10 ER S/N ER 44570 -- Reborn 9/16/14
1950 10 ER S/N ER 33479 Reborn July 2016
1950 10 ER S/N ER 39671
1951 jigsaw X 2
1951 !0 ER #3 in rebuild
500, Jointer, Bsaw, Bsander, Planer
2014 Mark 7 W/Lift assist - 14 4" Jointer - DC3300
And a plethora of small stuff .....
"The trouble with quotes on the Internet is that you can never know if they are genuine." - Benjamin Franklin
1965 Mark VII S/N 407684
1951 10 ER S/N ER 44570 -- Reborn 9/16/14
1950 10 ER S/N ER 33479 Reborn July 2016
1950 10 ER S/N ER 39671
1951 jigsaw X 2
1951 !0 ER #3 in rebuild
500, Jointer, Bsaw, Bsander, Planer
2014 Mark 7 W/Lift assist - 14 4" Jointer - DC3300
And a plethora of small stuff .....
"The trouble with quotes on the Internet is that you can never know if they are genuine." - Benjamin Franklin