Toucan, an electric wooden gear clock.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ม.ค. 2025
- Thanks to Clayton Boyer and those who helped design the Toucan. More below
Sorry about the Hum on the video cant figure out how to fix it.
I actually rewound the electromagnet three times, first time with plastic, second time I messed up on the soldering of the transistor, Dont put glue over the transistor until you know that it works properly, other wise its get messy when you have take it all apart and do it again.
I used Walnut for the frame, Bubinga for the clock face frame, Veneer for the top of the base plate and Buttons, Black walnut for the Toucan and for the beak I used Zebrawood. For the hands and Gears I used Baltic Birch Plywood.
I used my wife's oil from her sewing machine on the pendulum Toucan shaft as I didn't have any clock oil.
If the Pendulum is clunking, it needs adjusting, it just needs a gentle pulse for the pendulum to move.
Some things I didn't mention, I used a 8/32 tap for threading the top part of the pendulum and the weight shell and bob.
I increased the thickness/width of half the cannon pinion spacer to give the main wheel a little more stability, maybe not necessary but I did it as it also helps the grommet have more bite when tightening the cannon pinion to the shaft.
The Button on the intermediate is slightly larger to stop the hour wheel from creeping forward.
Super Glue, I hope I explained it properly, I took the pendulum bob off to fix the sloppines, I used the superglue the really runny one to wet the wood where the screw goes in, the super glue expands the wood or gets into the pores then dries and hardens slightly larger not much but enough so when I put my pendulum bob back on it fixed the sloppyness. - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
Absolutely EXCELLENT video! I had a huge grin all the way through it. Great explanations and demonstrations for what to do, and not do, building the Toucan. Very nice work, and your Toucan came out fantastic! Aloha. Clayton
@moalanikai Thanks Clayton, it's always fun to see the finished project ticking happily away on the shelf.
Thanks for putting the clock designs together for all of us to enjoy.
Cool clock and nice video! I like the ukulele strumming in the background!
All your videos are very good, and informative. I wish you had more!
Nice construction. One way to ensure 9v or anyother is to use a voltage regulator. A very simple and inexpensive one is the LM317. It is a 3 pin (legs) IC chip, and only a few external components (2 resistors and maby a capacitor) are needed to set the desired voltage.
Great Video Drew, Good explanations of the critical part,s of the build, That coil can be a bit fidlely, always nice to see Your videos, You do a Great job Putting them together..Tim
Amazing work! Beautiful clock!
Thanks for your comment
I used a Cardioid Condenser USB Microphone plugged in the back of my Mac.
Works O.K. It was better than yelling into the mike on top of the screen which I used to do
@61066clocks Thanks Tim, yup, that coil was a little fiddly, it was third time a charm for me, I just hand wound the coil in the end, it was easiest way of doing it.
Drew.
@adrianiredale Thanks Adrian, its always good to hear from you.
Wonderful tutorial as usual. I love listening to your explanations and usually learn something new from your videos. Oh - and nice clock too ....
Nice! I hadn't heard of a clock with an electromagnetic pendulum - probably better than winding it over an over like the one I've been working on...
Perfect work !
this is absolutely amazing, sir. :) master peace.
Absolutely excellent video!!! and I loved the uke in the backgroung. Good going! (that wouldn't be the Cutie Uke you are playing...would it?)
I thoroughly enjoyed this video and smiled all the way through. Such an enjoyable video. Thanks so much. Aloha. Clayton
Yes everything is included in the plans you buy from Clayton Boyer
@quilty1987 Thanks Clayton for your kind words
I decided to use my other hobby of playing the Ukulele in the background
Then I won'y get funny comments from TH-cam saying that I am
infringing on others copyright.
You could use an LM7809 regulator. These are pretty simple to apply, you may need to include a heat sink. The other better choice is to find a 9VDC wall-wart.
hola es un gran reloj me gustaría saber en donde consigo los planos para fabricarlo gracias
@guillaumeO7 Merci infiniment pour votre commentaire.
I hope the google translator worked properly.
I'm intrigued as to where you 'find' hard woods like baltic birch and others in the uk.. i thought is was only the usa that had an abundance of this wood for cheap money? Maybe i've missed something
@paxukulele thanks paxukulele, this is my other youtube site, my alias is The Ukuloonie.
The Ukulele is a great musical instrument and it fit well in the background of the video.
Aye thanks
It was a fun clock to build
@Pokezden Merci beaucoup
Baltic birch ply 1/4inch to 1/2 inch
Neat clock. Did the instructions include theory of operation of the electronics? I am curious how the transistor triggers the coil to add energy to the pendulum.
Gracias jointheclubsmellypan, por contestar. Un saludo.
not sure where you get it in the uk
I am currently in Canada.
Perhaps in A hobby store. It's also known as Russian Baltic birch ply
Thanks very much, it's a cool talking piece
Hi can you give me circuit electromagnitic ?please
Can you give us the guide
how to turns coil
Hello, you can share the files of this project, I do not have the money to buy them / Hola, puedes compartir los archivos de este proyecto, es que no tengo el dinero para comprarlos
@trailkeeper Thanks
Unfortunatly I dont sell the plans you have to go to Clayton Boyers website and purchase the plans from him he has a variety of other plans available as well.
Can tell me what transistor you use ?
Hi,
What a wonderfull clock and video. I also purchased the plan fron Clayton but, cannot find electric wire length as mentionned. I found a store in MTL (Where I live MTL, Quebec) but the minimal length is around 1500 ft of 30ga wire. Is there a way to wind with the proper length from a bigger spool.
I'm anxious to start making my clock. I already did another one.
Regards. All help is appreciated.
I am not super technical in these things there are people who build contraptions with calculators attached that can count off the required length.
I went to the source and had to buy the three pack of different gauge wire and I used one of them and had two odd sizes of wire left over , I think I had to buy a couple of packs I can't remember, this is the summary of the package the source sells, I looked under magnet wire assortment.
'Magnet wire assortment. For coil winding. Includes 12m (40') spool of 22-gauge, 22m (75') spool of 26-gauge and 60m (200') spool of 30-gauge solid copper wire.'
Thanks for the comments. I did not want to buy kits that you mentionned since I would be left with two other coils wires that I would not use.
I will try and find a solution to this and post a suitable comment if I find one.
Regards,
I got a foot long ruler and wrapped 200' around it and then cut it. Then I made my coil from that wire
Patrick Dukes Thats a cool Idea and one way of doing it.
Christian Robline
I started on the clock. Took a while since I was doing major renos to my rentals. So now, I want to finish the clock before Christmas.
I have one question. Doing the coil, I found it hard to do it properly. Does it matter if it is not 100% perfect? Will it still work?
Txs.
@OregonDARRYL Aye thanks
It was a cool clock to build
WoodenLoon, thanks for your video, it inspired me to build one of these clocks. I am getting ready to wire up the coil and am a bit confused (by the plans) how the diode gets wired in? Any help would be appreciated. (am pretty sure I have the transistor figured out that was explained pretty well in my opinion.) Thanks
is it the black npn transistor that you have figured out ok.?
or the resistor on the outside that connects to your power supply.
I am not good at electronics so I am not a big help, sorry. so this is what I think it is you mean.
At 2.35 mins you see the base of my clock I created another recess for the screws so it looks like a battery connection one positive the other negative.
I connected the resistor to a piece of the positive wire by cutting off a little section and soldering it to the resistor, one on each end, then I connected the positive lead of the coil to a screw on the base, added the resistor to the connection and tightened the screw then I had another screw where the Risitor was connected to the positive lead of the power supply. all screwed on the bottom.
hope this helps.
@guillaumeO7 Merci beaucoup
I'm building my first Toucan & have watched your video many times. You did a fantastic job presenting your experiences . Could you elaborate on how you tested your electromagnetic coil for continuity? That's never mentioned in Clayton's plans. What numbers are you looking for across which solder points? Also, are the inner and outer coil windings in the same or opposite directions (or doesn't it matter)? Thanks.
thank you
@roman3of23 Thankyou
Three screw feet might be better than four.
Hola,
Lamentablemente no puedo enviar el plan para el electroimán cuando compré el plan de Clayton Boyer quien diseñó el reloj Toucan
Hay otro diseñador del reloj en (tiempos de madera. Com) que es de Alemania, diseñó un reloj llamado Quintus, un reloj de diseño increíble, desde él se puede comprar un coche fiable para el electroimán sólo 11 euros.
Espero que esto ayude
yup everything is included
hola
Buscar Clayton Boyer en Google le mostrará a su página web en la que vende planes para todos sus relojes.
I got these plans from Clayton Boyer he has many wood clock designs you can choose from.
Checkout his website it will be under lisaboyer(.)com
I would be Ok with the wood part, but winding my own electromagnet is a step too far.