A Wooden Clock
Complete long case clock
I designed and made this clock last year having been inspired years ago by a German Black Forest wooden clock I saw on my travels.
The mechanism is made from Beech, which has a nice close grain. The main gears are made from five segments of wood arranged to have the grain radiating out from the centre to ensure that the teeth are as strong as possible. The exception, because of the tooth shape, is the escapement gear wheel, which is made from a sandwich of veneers. It is weight driven, and lasts 30 hours between windings. An Oak pendulum and bob provides a surprising degree of accuracy (better than 1 minute per week).
The Long case was designed around the clock mechanism, but with the intention of making sure that all the hard work that went into the clock was clearly visible. The case is made from stained Oak and is in three detachable sections, base, trunk, and hood. The clock itself is also detachable for ease of maintenance and transportation.
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Complete long case clock
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Close-up of clock face
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Glass side panels
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Clock mechanism
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Close-up of the escapement
Comments
Nice work. Is that a 3 wheel design 60-15-60-15-60-16?
Thanks for your comment CMaxNavy. I have been looking at some of your clocks, and think I have a long way to go to get to your standard.
Regarding the gear configuration. I have a 60 tooth gear driven by the weight onto a 10 tooth pinion, then 60-10 again and 60-6 to the 30 tooth escapement gear. This gear rotates once per minute, so I can attach a small second hand to it's shaft.
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