Tick Tock Make It Not Stop: Crafting a Wooden Clock (Galileo Escapement)

I take you through my process of designing and building a wooden mechanical clock from scratch, gears and all. I settle on a Galileo Escapement with a pendulum, making a gravity powered pendulum clock.
Nothing about this is practical, a laser cutter or 3D printer would do all of this much better, but where's the fun in that?
I faced a bunch of challenges (of my own making) like too much friction, parts not staying put, and my initial design struggling. Part of this is because the easier to build cycloid gear needs tight tolerances, unlike the more common but harder to design involute gears.
I switched up my approach, opted for a design that didn't need super precise parts, and other improvements:
- Galileo Escapement design with peg escapement wheel, much better ratios and tolerances.
- Used brass rods to cut down on friction.
- Secondary weight on string to provide constant tension.
- 5:15 ~ 1:3 gear reduction to power supply gear = longer run time.
- Pendulum arm with adjustable position strike plates let me fine tune.
- Axle supported on front and back with bearings, much more stable.
After some trial and error, and a lot of cutting and assembling, I got it to work. The clock runs for a solid half hour. This project was quite a lot of fun, and we end up with a pretty neat piece that I'm proud to show off.
Perhaps next time I'll aim for a new more robust design, let me know if what you think!
00:00 Intro
00:26 Anchor Escapement
01:03 Initial Results
01:17 Galileo Escapement
01:41 CAD
02:17 Build
03:23 Results

[@michaelflores3767]

I had been thinking of doing wooden mechanical clock work as a hobby myself. Pretty cool. I'm sure the fun part was the process of trial and error and finally having successful results.

[@satellitesam]

Thanks! Yes, the fun of figuring it out yourself is the best part for me

[@pappysproductions]

That was awesome. Have u considered a 3D printer? They're about $170 on Amazon.

[@satellitesam]

Thanks! I used to have a cheap FDM 3d printer years ago, super useful for prototyping, I'm really interested by the resin based printers so might try it one of these days when I have more space

[@jeanpaulmifsud3204]

Cool ❤

[@satellitesam]

Thanks for watching!

[@KENANDBEN098]

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