Making Metal Clockworks for Home Machinists

Author: Stan Bray
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
ISBN: 1607657309
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 202

Book Description
· An introductory guide to horology for beginners · Explains terms, general forms of clock construction, tools, materials, and methods · Learn the layout and creation of wheels, escapements, pinions, pendulums, and more · With expert advice, know the best ways to make specialized items

Making Clocks

Author: Stan Bray
Publisher: Workshop Practice
ISBN: 9781854862143
Category : Clock and watch making
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Stan Bray introduces the fascinating world of horology to the complete beginner. This book explains the terminology of the clockmaker and provides general details of clock construction including layout of wheels and escarpments, a number of the latter being described. Making of wheels, pinions, escarpments, plates, pendulums, weights, cases, hands and faces is described. The necessary tools and equipment are described with details of how to make specialized items and choice of most suitable materials for their construction.

Wheel & Pinion Cutting in Horology

Author: Malcolm Wild
Publisher: The Crowood Press
ISBN: 0719843618
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 731

Book Description
Many clock repairers carry out excellent work but avoid cutting their own wheels and pinions, fearing it is too complicated and involved. This book, written by an experienced clock and tool maker, dispels those fears and gives a step-by-step guide to an extremely satisfying aspect of horology. This book is written for both the amateur and professional involved in the making and restoring of clocks, and for anyone who intends to start building up a workshop and requires a guide to the equipment and how to use it.

Building an American Clock Movement

Author: Steven G. Conover
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780962476631
Category : Clock and watch making
Languages : en
Pages : 84

Book Description

Making Wooden Gear Clocks

Author: Editors of Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
ISBN: 1607658976
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 187

Book Description
Making a piece of wood move is fun, but making it tell time is truly amazing! Inside this book, you’ll find ingenious plans for creating awesome wooden machines that actually move and keep time. These working wooden wonders might just be the most enjoyable projects you ever build in your shop. Wooden gear clocks are not only fascinating to watch, but can be surprisingly accurate timepieces. Just don’t expect atomic precision—after all, they’re modeled on 17th-century technology! But as you build these scroll saw clocks you’ll use all of the basic principles that still govern mechanical clocks today. Six well-illustrated step-by-step scroll saw projects are arranged by skill level from beginner to advanced, and full-sized scroll saw patterns are attached to the book in a handy pouch. With a little perseverance, you’ll soon be ticking along happily with your own wooden clockworks. All you have to do is build them, wind them up, and let them run—no batteries required.

Regulator Clock Construction

Author: Peter Heimann
Publisher: Specialist Interest Model Books Limited
ISBN: 9781854862495
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 144

Book Description
Regulator Clock Construction describes the building of two different clock projects: an eight day regulator clock and a month going regulator clock and features full working drawings supported by detailed photographs and line drawings.

Clock and Watch Escapements

Author: W. J. Gazeley
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780709047384
Category : Clocks and watches
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
This book includes detailed instructions for making all types of escapements and for the location and correction of faults. The book is designed to appeal to those interested in the mechanisms of clocks and watches.

Basic Benchwork for Home Machinists

Author: Les Oldridge
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
ISBN: 1607657279
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 193

Book Description
· For apprentices and amateur metalworkers · A hands-on guide to engineering benchwork covering all the basics · Learn the skills and procedures for files, punches, hand filers, and more · Contains helpful diagrams, tables, and black and white photos · Begin a career in metalwork engineering and know the proper practices early on to avoid common mistakes

Sharpening Common Workshop Tools

Author: Marcus Bowman
Publisher: The Crowood Press
ISBN: 1785006681
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 649

Book Description
Using sharp tools is one of life's great joys. A sharp tool feels right; the job seems that much easier; and the quality of the cut usually means there is less work to do to produce a finished surface on the object. This book provides an understanding of what is involved in sharpening common workshop tools. With over 580 colour photographs and illustrations it covers sharpening techniques for the most commonly used tools - scissors, shears, knives, lathe tools and drills, screwdrivers, chisels and punches, along with the more specialist gravers and scrapers. Advice on types of abrasives, grades, grits and mesh sizes is given. It describes what happens during the sharpening process and provides practical guidance on using sharpening stones and grinding wheels on a bench grinder. Provides essential maintenance instructions such as how to restore the surface of a flat stone and the face of the wheel on a bench grinder. Finally, it gives advice on bench grinders, and includes examples of the use of readily available tools and accessories such as vee blocks, toolposts, collet holders, protractors and gauges.

Westermann Tables For The Metal Trade

Author: H. Jutz
Publisher: New Age International
ISBN: 8122417302
Category : Metallurgy
Languages : en
Pages : 13

Book Description
Materials Numerical Quantities-Forms Tables Compiled For The Metal Trade Are Dedicated To Vocational Schools As Well As To Practical Usage At The Job Site. Although The Tables Have Been Compiled For Use Primarily By The Apprentice, The Specialized Worker Will Also Find Them Useful. Every Effort Has Been Made To Shorten The Sometimes Tedious Operations And The Arrangement Of Subject Matter Is Such That Its Contents Are Readily Available To The Practical Man.Much Painstaking Effort Must Go In Compiling And Arranging Such Tables. Information Must Be So Selected That The Reader Can, From The Bulk Of Material, Easily Find Out The Subject Of His Interest. Often, A Decision Of Either Selecting An Item Or Rejecting It Proves Difficult. Too Much Material Packed Into Tabular Compilations Can Be As Harmful As The Omission Of Some Vital Pieces Of Information.Not Only The Selection But Also The Arrangement Of Material Requires Considerable Thought If The Contents Of The Tabular Compilations Have To Be Offered For Ready Reference. Only Then Can The Reader Decide Where To Look For Proper Information. The Principle Of Order Must Be Evident At Once.