Clockmaking - How To Make A Clock In The Home Machine Shop - Part 4 - Cutting The Wheels
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- How To Make A Clock In The Home Machine Shop - Part 4, by Clickspring.
In this video I go through the setup for cutting clock wheels, and cut the teeth for the 3rd wheel of the John Wilding "Large Wheel Skeleton Clock" project..
This is basically a light milling operation, carried out on the lathe, using a cross-slide mounted vertical slide, a light duty milling spindle, and a Sherline motor/speed control.
I also introduce the latest acquisition for the shop - a Divisionmaster cnc indexer.
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Abbreviated Transcript:
00:24 As to why clockmakers call gears "wheels", I haven't really found a good answer, but if it has 20 or more teeth its called a wheel, and if it has less than 20, its called a pinion.
01:12 The face of the chuck can be trued up if needed, little glue is applied, and then the rough blank is held in place with the tailstock for a few minutes while it sets. Its sort of a modern version of the shellac wax chuck that watchmakers have traditionally used. I turned the blank to the correct outside diameter, and then drilled and bored the center hole.
02:16 I made an adaptor plate for a myford vertical slide to fit the cross-slide, and also a platform that'll hold the motor and speed control. A spindle is mounted on the vertical slide, and then indicated to be square.
02:40 The cutter is mounted on an arbor, and locked into the spindle, and then its lined up on the center of the work. In this case I'm using a centering button to identify the wheel center. The belt is tensioned to be tight at the full depth of cut, and thats the cutting setup all ready to go.
03:11 For dividing, I have these classic dividing plates, but the 290 tooth "Great Wheel" is a problem.
03:28 I had to make a few bits and pieces to make it work for my setup, like this expanding mandrel for the rear of the lathe, as well as support brackets. But this stuff only needs to be made once, and then its good to go for the future. So this is how the dividing mechanism fits onto my lathe.
04:15 The first step is to establish the correct depth of cut, and to do this, I took repeated cuts on either side of a single tooth, slightly lowering the cutter after each pass.
04:59 At that point, the cutter is at the correct depth to form the teeth, the vertical slide is locked, and then all of the teeth are cut in one pass. After all of the setup, the actual cutting of the teeth is pretty straight forward. The wheel can be taken off with a bit of heat.
06:21 Here's the arbor for the stop work wheels. These teeth are a little long, so I made this one thicker, and just machined it away along with the brass to keep the teeth well supported during the cutting; same goes for the escape wheel.
06:33 The center wheel arbor is fabricated from 2 parts, as is the arbor for the great wheel. Apart from size, its essentially same thing in each case. Some wheels require different profile cutters. The escape wheel for instance, and the ratchet.
07:03 large tooth pitch, so it required a custom cutter. I used this button tool to form the tooth profile, It also needed its own custom arbor to mount it into the spindle.
References:
John Wilding workshop and clock construction books:
www.ritetimepublishing.com/
Bill Smith, Master Clockmaker:
(Super Glue Arbor)
www.wrsmithtelegraphkeys.com
Lester Caine - Divisionmaster
medw.co.uk/wiki/DivisionMaster
How To Make A Clock In The Home Machine Shop - Part 4, by Clickspring. - วิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี
This is honestly what I love about TH-cam. Yes, you'll find people insulting each other's mothers over a video of a girl catching fire while twerking, but you can also find stuff like this. Informative, educational content that gets people really interested in trying new things and exploring crafts and passions and hobbies. It's the fusion of the best parts of the renaissance and information eras.
+Ash Menon Awesome to have your support Ash, I appreciate it. Hoping to get 2 more videos out before the end of the year, keep an eye out :)
I couldn't believe my eyes when the digital indexer perfectly lined up the first and the last tooth cut
EddvT I was kind of relieved too! Thanks for watching.
+EddvT There was no backlash too. If I were to do it I would have made the first two cuts and the last cut then worked backwards.
John Ridley, If you look closely to the video, you can actually see the devise adjusting for backlash (4:03, when turning backwards, it's going too far and then coming back to adjust for backlash and to have an accurate measurement going in the clockwise direction)
EddvT yes that was Magic.
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There are smart people in this world but there are very few who can combine intelligence with practicality. You are one of those few people with that skill
hello chris john craig here , am going to get straight to the point here, i have been looking for years and spoke to loads of people about how to make a model train go from "A" to "B" 12 inches roughly in 12 hours. And that being the hour hand and the same for the minute hand .
This project is to do with a fine art invention .
I do not know if you are electronically minded but what i have watched you do maybe could help me.
Your work to me is pure engineering expertise a work of art a work that is only i,d say there must be a limited amount of people who could do that. Fascinating
5:44 is so satisfying to see the final cut matching up perfectly.
That last cut must be incredibly satisfying knowing everything lined up perfectly!
+Aaron Anderson And a fair bit of relief too! Thanks for watching Aaron, I appreciate it :)
I love how the divider considers backlash, when you go back to the first tooth! Nice work mate! 10/10
I love the cute little noise it makes!
Going back to this video after 2.5 years (i wanted to see how the teeth were cut, and compare them to the teeth on the antitkethera mechanism) and you're much stiffer in this video. You've come a long way, Chris. Thanks again for making all these videos.
Ha ha! so long as I'm not going backwards! Cheers Charlotte :)
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Very nice work! Congratulations from Switzerland. Even in Switzerland, there are very few people beging able to do this kind of work nowadays. Real watchmakers. My father was one of Thema and calculated and made an entire pocketwatch by himself. And today, I only know one person who can do this. Englishmen are better watchmakers than swiss natives. The late George Harris, constructor of the reborn Omega in-house mouvements, is the most famous of them. Long live Britain!
much respect to the victorian generation for their exceptional clock making with what we would now consider primitive tools
I have absolutely no idea what's going on.. I've never machined a thing in my life.. but somehow this is very enjoyable to watch.
i absolutly love the fact that you can fabricate your own parts to get your lathe, the posibilities are endless
In about an hour in your channel, I've learned: superglue arbors, filing guides, polishing techniques and troubleshooting, bluing, videography, and probably a thousand things I haven't realized yet. Thank you.
+Spag The Maker Thanks very much for taking the time to watch :)
Oh boy, I will always be behind the eight ball with this type of set up! The cost alone means I have to get some dividing plates and do it the old fashioned way. I was excited because my new (old used) lathe arrives today. I need to learn to use the old stuff because it is more affordable than new everything you need to set up a shop. Thanks for sharing. I'm going to be grateful for my new old stuff and stay excited. All the best, Sean
A quick flashback from part 22, amazing job!
WOW! This is just amazing to me. I wish i had the knowledge to build clocks from scratch.
How To Make A Clock Part 4 - Cutting The Wheels.
In this video I go through the setup for cutting clock wheels, and cut the teeth for the 3rd wheel of the clock.
This is basically a light milling operation, carried out on the lathe, using a cross-slide mounted vertical slide, a light duty milling spindle, and a Sherline motor/speed control.
I also introduce the latest acquisition for the shop - a Divisionmaster cnc indexer.
#horology #machinist #Milling #Clock #Metalwork
Duuuude
And you have to check the maths necessary to multiply torque, velocity or divide a minute in 480 pulses. Its easy but you must calculate it.I already made gears by hand and calcultaed everything with a pencil, everything by hand without any error.
In German a gear is called a "Zahnrad", literally "tooth wheel". Maybe that is the source for clockmakers calling gears wheels...
Thank you so much! I could not figure out for the longest time how to machine "non-circles" into circles.
That moment when the last tooth is perfect. Hnnng
It's always exciting making that last cut, isn't it? I'm never quite sure if all is correct until I see those last teeth come out perfect! Great videos, thanks for making them.
WOW My late dad was a toolmaker and I am very impressed. We once made barrels like that with no spinning cutter. Broached them I guess you would say then ran one into another with valve lapping compound to make up for the quality of cut. Briavo Sir Wonderful work.
phooesnax Thanks for sharing that method; I'll keep it in mind for future work.
Now THIS is a high quality video along with a high quality channel
+NeXTSTORMING Great to have you watching :)
I've been wondering who you remind me of. After hearing you say "tooth" so many times, I've finally figured it out. You remind me of the dentist in Finding Nemo.
lovely work, beautiful process
Ahhh, the joys of high tech machines and tools. Gotta love technology...... and the things they will make. Sighhhhhhhhhhhh.......
Absolutely brilliant.
These clock making videos are legendary good! Hope your channel grows like mad! Looking forward to more videos to come!
/Daniel
Switch & Lever Thanks Daniel, I hope it does too! I really enjoy your video's too. That bird house video is just great. Cheers, Chris.
i don't do any of this. love your videos though. i think i just enjoy listening/watching people explain stuff and they don't stumble through it. they're informed and blah blah blah...you get where i'm going with this. keep it up :D
TheHomelessNinja You bet :) Thanks for the kind words, more on the way, Chris.
I have no reason to watch this, but I thoroughly enjoy it.
Garrett Gill That's reason enough for me! Thanks Garrett.
A moment of silence for those who didn't liked this video...this is more amazing then making of blue screws!
5:46..... the last cut is so satisfying 😧
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this playlist is my "sit back and take things slow" watch list, when i need to slow down and relax i watch these
amazing work!
Awesome video, thanks for sharing!
This is immensely satisfying to watch (pardon the pun) it's setting off my ASMR :-)
PURE MAGIC!
To me you are a Wizard
You are wonderful and professional 10:10
your work is unreal! your very talented
+John Ther Thanks very much for taking the time to watch John :)
Excellent attention to detail. Perfection, nothing less. Nice music; it doesn't make it painful to watch. Subscribing. Nice camera also.
5:44 is so satisfying.
You've got the coolest toys, dude.
+BearKenster Thanks for watching :)
Дякую вам за працю 😊
Great video, thanks
Bravo! Thumbs up for idea and work.
Apuk Eldar Thanks for watching Apuk.
Amazing work, well done.
+Adrian Williams Cheers Adrian, thanks for watching.
what a beauty
yay, new toys!!!!!!!!
Great setup for cutting teeth!
William Garrett Thanks for watching William!
At 5:45 DAT PRECISION....
Brilliant !!
I wish I had a machine shop like that to play around with.
If I win the lottery, I know what I'll buy xD
+MrAntiKnowledge It will be money well spent! Thanks for watching :)
I'm too mathematically retarded to build a clock. But I love watching the process. Machining is art done precisely and practically.
It has a lot of math but its simple, there are much more complex mathematic things.
About art, maching etc,,, the beautifull thing is , you learn doing.
@@Limou551 agreed, you do learn a lot of mathematics during the path of becoming an engineer, but it's not difficult.
beautify done!
damn there is something about those facing cuts.. it must very satisfying doing those!
+Paul Avesaath It really is! Machining is great therapy! Thanks for watching mate.
I wish I have a lathe machine to play with
I can't understand why somepeople put dislikes to this masterpiece...
I think the dislikes are coming from people who are expecting to see a step-by-step video on how to make a clock out of some cardboard, bubblegum and lint :)
@@deniskobozev3916 You're probably right. I've seen a lot of complaints in channels like this that doing the work requires tooling.
Well, let's go to the lathe. Marry Christmas.
super awesome!
5:45 THE SATISFACTION
Sory, but you - AMAZING !!!
you best!👍👍👍
A lot of work put into this specifically for our enjoyment and gaining knowledge. Well done! This stuff is really intriguing, how's the job market as far as this kind of work goes?
bonito saludos desde Ecuador
Thanks!
Cheers mate :)
wow you are amazing.......
You are awesome you can make a mini brass watch
05:50 I guess cutting the very last tooth is very exciting. Does it all come together? If the mechanism is only a tiny bit off, say 0.01 mm times 290, you will end up with half a tooth. So the accuracy with it cuts that last tooth is pretty impressive. By the way, I saw the motor compensate for the slack when returning to the first tooth in the trial cut, nice!
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Perfect bluing technique at 4:07.
What's "bluing"? And what is that paint made of?
Do you think you could make a FULL and IN DEPTH guide on how to make a wrist watch? It would be really helpful. Thanks
nice
I made Wilding's wooden clock. It was a nightmare because wood is not either level or straight. Now making the Isaacs clock out of plastic, because brass is unobtainium where I live (Alaska). I have a small lathe (Taig/Peatol) and a Proxxon mill. Had to build a dividing head before I could cut gears. But it is not the result, it is the journey. I also have built my own cutters. I would be very interested in more detail on your button profiler for custom cutters. Thesr videos are magnificent; please keep them coming.
Juan Rivero Thanks very much for the encouragement Juan. Agreed on the journey; nothing quite like making your own tools to get the job done. I will do a video on the button tools, as well as some other custom cutter types. The to-do list of video's is getting longer, so it will probably be a while! Thanks very much for watching.
Sublime.
+blipblip88 Thank you for tuning in, I appreciate it.
Your videos are really awesome. You are slowly turning into my favorite channel on machining. Do you think it is possible to make all of these wheels and pinions only on scroll saw like the wood - geared clocks are made? I know it would take a long time to complete but is it doable?
Great video. I can just imagine how you feel when you cut that last tooth and it's perfect ;)
How do you know if the engravers brass is perfectly flat?
Hey can you please make a video on how to design clock spring and gears.
It's funny, being a designer and a machinist, I gaze over the shoulder of different people who do both and wonder why our styles differ. I am a watchmaker as a hobby, and appreciate the time and effort that goes into these projects. As for the cutouts, my mind went to a rotation table, 6", with a sacrificial aluminum plate. I would have cut the inner holes with a boring head. I would have milled the the concentric arcs near the outside with a milling bit. The same bit would have done the struts in the same operation. You would have to sneak up on them, as aggressive milling would have side loaded the brass and chattered. The glue would help this out. I don't file that much, relying on a good milling bit or sharpened tool bit to get the finish. I do use steel wool in the edges to soften then and polish brass, plastics, aluminum, or even titanium. Thanks for the videos, very hypnotic, cheers.
Click, now that's indexing! My my, look at the time...
KillerKane Ha ha! Makes it so much more enjoyable. And there's less chance of absent minded operator mistakes! Thanks again for watching mate :)
I personally would have loved to see a couple of the teeth from differently shaped ones to get a general idea of what was happening to form those shapes.
Is there anything that CA can't do? Another excellent video. Scott
Thanks for watching Scott. Yes CA is magic stuff. I recently learned that the original inventors rejected it as anything useful, because it stuck to everything!
you are a mazing👍
+Salaam Adil Cheers Salaam, thanks for watching :)
Oh great
cool
Great skills on display, a true master craftsman a pleasure to watch, I live in Adelaide where did you purchase your digital division master indexer, and price, thanks David
Picked it up here: medw.co.uk/wiki/DivisionMaster thanks for watching
This is such a nice video. I am just wandering, if the brass plate don’t need to be flattened or milled before start making wheel
Chris, this series is most interesting and informative, but how do you hold the mainspring to the barrel?
Hey Sam, there's a hook on the inside of the barrel, Cheers
As always great video .. My workshop is getting there ... where can I get only the division master controller (or plans to make one) ? The other parts I can make myself
Охренеть!!! Как круто!!! Я в детстве мечтал стать часовым мастером!
Remarkable! I simply love your one-button method of cutter profiling. Could you provide a link to more detail on how to establish the button diameter and infeed, etc?
+ExtantFrodo2 I tend to follow WR (Bill) Smiths methods of wheel cutting, he has published a lot of outstanding workshop manuals and construction books: www.wrsmithclocks.com/books.htm
please make a video on how to make a wind up motor
Wow... This is amazing! Is all of these tools your own? Or do you use a workshop? Must be quite expensive with all these machines. But god damn amazing :)
Want to make something really cool 😎?
Look at a "Herbert Arnold Zenit burner", it's a Glassworks glassworking torch made in Germany that is quintessence of torches and is a stunning piece of craftsmanship.
I believe you could make something similar
I love the digital indexer can i asked where you purchased that. What a great bit of kit. And im loving your channel. 👍👍👍👍
medw.co.uk/wiki/DivisionMaster - Cheers :)
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Such clarity! May I ask what camera are you using?
Thx
+Michael Aitchison Panasonic HC X920, thanks for watching
Sir can make another video for TOOL DEMONSTRATION
HOW TO SHARP TURNING TOOL FOR BETTER FINISHING
What is the music used in this video? It's very relaxing. All of his videos are fascinating and kinda relaxing.
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