Monday, March 6, 2017

Clock #3 next steps

Just a brief note about the next steps for Clock #3:
  1. Coarsely plant the wheels (on paper) to get an idea of the size of the back plate
  2. Roughly design the hands and chapter ring.
  3. Design the mounting shelf to fit the rough back plate design.  Do not forget room for (a) the hands, (b) the chapter ring, (c) the drive weight and cord, (d) the rack counterweight, and (e) the side brackets.
  4. Cut the shelf and brackets
  5. Cut the back plate and mount it to the shelf.  Do not cut recesses for the wheels yet!
  6. Design and cut all cocks.  I expect two cocks: (a) center wheel and (b) detent.  But the (c) winding arbor might need one as well.
  7. Cut the chapter ring and the two hands.
  8. With the cocks mounted, drill the center wheel arbor pivot
  9. Plant the wheels on the back plate in their final positions, starting from the center pivot hole.
  10. Recess the back plate and any cocks.
  11. Plant the arbors.
  12. Assemble!

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