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Made this a while back and forgot to post it. It was based off the Clayton Boyer #6 plan and heavily modified by me. It's an all wood geared clock that runs on gravity pulling down a 5 pound weight, it runs about 26 hours per wind up, keeps accurate time to within 2-3 minutes a day.

The frame is made of tiger maple and rosewood. the gears are made from baltic birch ply. the hands are made from bloodwood. the pendulum is rosewood and maple. the weight shell is a copper tube with 5 lbs of BBs (it's not attached in the picture)

Here is a video link of it in action when it had a test weight on it (PVC tube) and some other test parts, but it gives you the idea how it looks while working.

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Awesome!!! Could likely watch it run for hours :) Thanks for sharing…
 

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Great project, nice selection of woods. This would make a great shop clock, if a person cared what the time is when making sawdust.
 

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Great looking clock !!!
 

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I bet cutting all those gears on the scrollsaw was a bear, but your clock turned out great! I really love when you can see how a clock operates-beats the heck out of a digital one!

I wonder if you could improve the clock's accuracy by adjusting the weight of the weight shell? Just thinking out loud, I suppose…....!
 

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Really very artistic and creative for me! Fabulous and intricate work! Nicely done.
 

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Beautiful clock. Anything else you forgot to post??
 

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Ha! This poor forgotten piece… Very cool. Would love to see a video of this in action!
 

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here is the video of it in action, it's not the final version, it has a test weight of PVC tube and some other test parts, but it shows how it works:

 

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Very cool!
 

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Excellent work. I want to build one of these someday. The gear making seems very difficult. Is it loud while running (audible tick, etc)?
 

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Bobasuarus: i wouldn't say it's loud, but it does make the famous "tick"..."tock" noise as the escape wheel engage the pallets.

the gears look more tedious to make than they actually are. there are several ways to create them easier than you would think.
 

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I have been wanting to build a wood exposed gear clock like this forever now, but I am such a cheapskate I haven't purchased a plan yet. This one looks great!
 

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That's a great piece of engineering and craftsmanship. Just wonderful!!
 

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Impresive! Don't bother with 2 or 3 minutes per day.Lot of industrial clocks have more delay than that.
 

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Can't help myself, such a cool and interesting open concept build. I sure like this clock and woods chosen are perfect. On my bucket list.
 
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