- Make the pinions have more than 6 leaves. Pinions with a small number of leaves are more difficult to cut, have more friction, and just cause more trouble. Cutting extra teeth on a larger gear is actually easier
- Be a little more careful with computing gear ratios, especially involving the action of the escapement. Although I got the minute hand wrong, I managed to make a second error in the motion work so the hour hand runs properly
- Make the pendulum longer than you'd expect to need -- you can always trim it back
- Although it seems unbalanced, consider putting the winding barrel at the top of the mechanism, to give more room for weight drop.
- Connecting the anchor without a crutch assembly works, although tolerances are probably improved by using one.
- Along those lines, mounting the pendulum in a pivot also seems to work but probably contributes excess friction
- Slipit!
Saturday, February 28, 2015
Wooden clock #1 lessons
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