Past a major milestone today – The clock has run continuously for over 24 hours and is still running with a strong “tick”. My experience is that once a clock runs for a day all the “problem teeth” have been corrected and it will continue to run indefinitely.
Today, I cut the other side (the walnut side) of the torsional pendulum on the CNC router. Next step is to glue the parts together and sand the surface smooth.
As the surface finish is not as good as I would like, I am thinking about making a fixture to hold the torsional pendulum halves in my lathe to speed up sanding.
Tomorrow, I plan to start assemble the torsional pendulum and perhaps make the final parts needed for the clock, the arbor end caps.
Highly impressive you did that so quickly
As you going to sell it?
What does indefinitely mean?
I hope you offer courses
Thanks for the showcase you really helped during this time
Thanks – Yes, construction has proceeded quickly as I do not have many distractions at present and have been able to concentrate on constructing the clock. However, I still have to finish the clock which will take considerable time and effort. I fear that I am going to struggle writing interesting blog posts on the finishing process – sand, lacquer, wait for lacquer to dry, sand, lacquer, wait for lacquer to dry……
The clock will be for sale when it is finished and I have run it for a few weeks to check it out.
Small imperfections on the wheel teeth cause the clock to stop running. Once these teeth have been corrected it will run “indefinitely” as long as it is wound. This clock is wound by an electric motor in the “remontoire” arm which is powered by a standard 9 volt battery. My previous clock recently stopped after running for about 6 months because the battery ran flat, however, the batter was used when I installed it so I do not know how long it would have run on a fresh battery. I estimate it will be 9 to 12 months.
I have not thought about offering a course, or how I would do it… a physical course or a virtual course ?
Glad that the post are helpful… I have enjoyed documenting and commenting on the construction.