The crown wheel is just a thin wooden plate with nails hammered in at opportune locations. (This is inspired by the mirror galvanometer and by the Lissajous figure maker I already had working. In order to keep the friction low, the verge (the rod) is hung on between two strings.
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I just wanted to construct the escapement, and so laid out some plans. It also seems to be the least tempermental, if somewhat inaccurate. The verge and foliot is the oldest form of escapement. I use it to help keep them on track when getting ready for bed. It's driven by one pound of stones and is attached to the hallway wall near my kids' bedroom. My second clock was a five minute timer with a double three-legged gravity escapement. It is driven by 10 lb of glass beads with two fall pulley, held by a friction barrel. The minute hand takes two hours to complete a cycle due to a counting error, but hour hand goes as normal. I designed the clock using Inkscape and used an involute profile on all wheels (probably horrifying proper horologists everywhere). It is a wooden clock with recoil anchor escapement, and will run for approximately 26 hours. This was my first successful longcase clock, and is in my dining room. Instead the teeth were metal studs - that's something I could build! I just assumed that was necessary! But, then I saw Brian Law's verge and foliot escapement, in which the crown wheel didn't involve cutting teeth. I figured that the reason for my failure was basically a lack of manufacturing tools - if you look around at others (for instance Gary Mahony, Brian Law, Ron Walters, Don Corson, or Clayton Boyer) who have built clocks in their workshops, you usually find a high degree of workmanship. However, I failed miserably: the device didn't move well and bound frequently. In high school, I tried to build an anchor escapement, which is probably the most common kind. Once you have constant motion, it's possible to time other motions. The nexus of the magic (so to speak) is the escapement, which converts a nearly constant force into a constant motion. (I grew up with carpentry and building circuits, neither usually has much motion.) Mechanical clocks just seem magical. I have been fascinated with mechanical devices, in part because they're tricky to build. Commericial users are kindly asked to contact me first.) (The content on these pages may be freely used for educational, noncommercial purposes provided appropriate references are provided.
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Feel free to contact me about my projects! I also have an online build log called "Engineering Mathematical Machines". However, I also have some more unusual (or at least more documented) interests as I describe here. I pursue some "typical" hobbies, such as playing the cello and studying languages.