I decided that I should rough cut out parts for the timer, and the file them to their final shape. This way, I should get finer control of the accuracy of the parts, and would avoid gouging them with the saw.
Anyhow, this is a time consuming proposition... Many hours of filing later, I have this (almost complete) pile of parts:
The gravity arms have yet to be filed, but they're not too critical. The
cycloidal gear teeth took a long time... much longer than the involute teeth on my previous clock. Also, I was very particular about the spokes.
I still have yet to cut the blocks that will hold the plates apart; I'm waiting until I finish assembling the drive pulley and ratchet since I'm a little unclear of how large that will be.
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