I cut the gears as best I could…
using a sprocket as a template, I traced the outline of 6 teeth onto some paper. I then traced it onto the clock. i didn’t have a drill press, or the right size bit, so I free-handed the holes, then used the band saw, and the dremel. It went back on the lathe to turn off the gouges I made with the drill, and to get a final sanding on the face. I used Minwax furniture wax.
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and waxed:
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robogreg
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#1 posted 1264 days ago
That looks fantastic. The reason I have been working on a cnc router is so I can do work like this, I can’t imagine doing this by hand
Ryan Brown
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#2 posted 1263 days ago
Try this next time!
http://woodgears.ca/gear_cutting/template.html
The website is run buy a dude who is an engineer/programmer/woodworker. He’s even got some tutorials on ways to easily cut gear teeth with some jigs.
Good luck!
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CaptainSkully
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#3 posted 1259 days ago
I just read “Longitude” about the carpenter that made the first marine chronometer, and almost completely out of wood. Excellent read, and it’s given me the clock bug. I’ve got a ton of projects to do before anything like that, but I’m still percolating on a wooden clock “someday”. Fortunately, we have a ton of magnificent examples on LJ’s. Keep us posted on your awesome project!
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