The teeth gaps look pushed out rather than cut out. I think I`ve made a huge error as I aligned the cutter and wheel on the x-axis and then fed the wheel straight into the cutter on the Y-axis. Consequently, is this not simply pusing out the groove rather than using the cutting angle and [...]
I wouldn`t call it a complete disaster, I did end up with something that loosely resembles a clock wheel but I have a long way to go so before I start! OK – so all the equipment was setup as shown in previous pictures. I also centered the cutter to the wheel centre and also [...]
I need something to back the whole thing so that the brass teeth don`t bend under the force of the cutter. I have decided to back it with a piece of sacrificial wood. The cutter will follow through the brass into the wood and so will support the teeth from bending. I`ve seen this used [...]
This is my first attempt at a wheel blank arbor. I`m sitting it straight into the 3MT of my Boxford headstock using a 2MT to 3MT sleeve. This will allow me to take it out of the lathe, remove the sleeve and transfer to my rotary table on my mill. I first started out by [...]
I have been doing some reading on Arbors in general and realise that my attempt was quite crude. I have since produced a better version of an arbor for holding the cutter. With the constant interrupted cut I decided I had room to fit a M3 screw off-centre so I have also included this in [...]
If I want to build a clock I need to understand wheels or gears! My plans specify the wheel Pitch circle diameter, number of teeth and module cutter to use. Consequently I`ll need to make the specific cutter determined by the “module”, so I decided to try and make a 0.8 module cutter and find [...]
Some manditory pictures of the workshop where all the action happens:
At the moment the machines and equipment I will be using are the Clarke cl300m lathe, a Boxford Model A lathe, a Chester Conquest mill and Vertex 4″ Rotary table. I will have to purchase a dividing attachment shortly (they are currently out of stock everywhere!) but I`ll be able to cut most of my [...]
After much thought and contemplation, discussing on various forums and with specific individulas, I have decided on Colin Thorne’s – Skeleton Timepiece. His design is elegant and more contempory than most and yet simple, or at least relatively.
I`ve been busy recently moving my shop down into our cellar. It is an old coal bunker that has been converted to a storage space and then I`ve put up some shelves and work surfaces, decent lighting, high security alarm and made it a nice little work space. It is amazing how much I`ve been [...]