Hand Made Wooden Grandfather Clock

[thepresident1981]

wow im doing the same thing Wheels: 64 90 40 48 50 (x5) pinnions 12 8 16 10 5(x5) i was planing on mine run for about 333days :D

[insolvancy]

Do you have any videos of the construction?

[turdsarewet]

good job man how or where did you get your gears?

[ggreshamyak]

@turdsarewet I designed the gears with CAD and then cut them with a scroll saw.

[odmcarp]

good job !!!

[bestamerica]

wow very pretty wooden clock,,,

but be carefully that too many termites will love it to eat this wooden clock

[NOMADdaf]

are the gears and all wood???

[Rumbata6]

Cool!How Can i Build my own? Please Tell Me!!!

[Elainiwen]

Very unique skeleton clock... it must also be very calming that it's around. And it would be the one of the centerpieces as well. :)

[HossHossHossHossHoss]

Very nice job, couple questions, how much weight do you have in the weight bobs or what ever they are called, And what did you use for bushings and axles for the gears. I can't find any pipe that fits inside other pipe to make my own. Any ideas will greatly help out,

[ggreshamyak]

Its been a while since I made this one but I think the weight was about 25 pounds. with the pully system it works out to about 5 pounds driving the gear train. This one runs for 8 days. As for the bushings and arbors, I used RC car wheel bearings for the bushings and solid brass rod for the arbors.

[JghEsq]

nicely done - impressive -meticulous, love it

[ralphcanoes]

I want to build one?

[a10fjet]

the long pendulum looks like it is very stressful on the escapement but i dont know the clock is yours =] nice work! beautiful

[matt9741399]

Why would a long pendulum put stress on the escapement mechanism?

[ggreshamyak]

You're correct, it wouldn't put any more stress on the escapement than a shorter simple pendulum with the same period. The action is very smooth and the torque required for the escapement to keep the pendulum in motion is .05 ounces.

[sooth15]

Nice. How long is the pendulum? It has a nice slow ticking.

[ggreshamyak]

Thanks. The pendulum is just under 7 feet long. It has a two second period. I don't think I will make another one like it. With the slow period and the compound design, it is very difficult to get the the length and balance correct. I think I will stick to simple pendulums from now on.

[Clockmaker46]

Nice work gg!