Craynerd builds Wilding's - Woodward's Gearless Clock

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raynerd:
Thank you everyone for your interest and comments! I`ll tidy the wheel up tonight and then hopefully make the back stop pawl and supporting bracket. The wheel will then get mounted on the backplate and once the gathering pawl is made, I`ll be able to test it for counting out a minute.

Thanks again... :beer:

raynerd:
Cut the deeper tooth and made the mounting arbour this evening. Tapping the 12BA was a little hairy and I just managed to get the distance right so that the screw heads didn`t foul the wheel mounting post :ddb: Still needs more sanding and burnishing the top of the wheel but I think I`ll do that in a few evenings.

I must admit, I`m pretty please with it!! :ddb:

srm_92000:
So you should be Chris - nice work :thumbup:

When you cut the teeth did you do it in one pass or feed in a little on the y then take the several cuts using the x axis?

Just curious.

Steve.
:beer:

raynerd:
Steve, as instructed in the vast majority of literature that I have read, including John Wildings build notes and also Colin Throne's Clock making for the model engineer, I take the entire cut in one pass, nice a slowly. With this CZ120 engravers brass, with a nice sharp tool it is a little noisey (I think my machine could do with running a bit faster but I`m at top speed), the cut is very neat.

Thanks for your comment and your interest.

Chris

srm_92000:
Cheers Chris,

Going to have to be doing my Webster gears soon so planning ahead, though I'll probably half cheat and buy the cutters. ::)
We need a crossed fingers smiley :scratch:.
:proj:

Steve.

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