Beginner’s Clock Questions

[James AlfordParticipant @jamesalford67616]

For some years now, I have toyed with building a clock. Now that I have a lathe (Flexispeed), I have decided to have a go. I have a couple of other projects to complete first, so have time to get prepared.

I have seen several plans for wooden clocks, such as these two:

http://www.woodenclocks.co.uk/clock11.html

http://www.woodenclocks.co.uk/clock24-gravity-3.html

but the wheels are too large for the Flexispeed to manage.

I have a couple of questions: is it possible to simply scale down the size of the gears, leaving the swing of the pendulum as it is, or will this cause problems?

Alternatively,can anyone suggest an interesting looking, but relatively simple weight-driven clock suitable for a beginner with a small lathe?

Thank you.

JAmes.

[James AlfordParticipant @jamesalford67616]

[John HaineParticipant @johnhaine32865]

Gear size is unrelated to pendulum swing generally, except for the escapement wheel. However in wood it would get increasingly difficult to make smaller gears. I suggest you look at John Wilding designs, he has a design for a weight driven egg timer which is supposed to be easy to build as a starter.

[James AlfordParticipant @jamesalford67616]

John,

Thank you for your reply.

I forgot to say in my original post that I do want to build the clock in metal, not in wood.

Regards,

JAmes.

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