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This workshop manual is a must for the clock repairer, and clockmaker. Detailed drawings and step by step photographs, supported by a carefully worded text illustrate the fabrication of every part of the clock. Even those who have no desire to build the clock will find the tooling and techniques of great help in their shop work. The text contains information for: Turning pivots by hand; extensive machining operations; wheel cutting; lantern pinion making; use of the fret saw; pouring lead pendulum bobs; the use of super glue for mounting small parts during machining operations; the use of Loctite 609 as a permanent bonding agent; making and using fly cutters; polishing brass and steel surfaces; blueing small steel parts; spoking wheels; making a wheel spoking template; using a dividing plate; extensive use of the watchmaker’s lathe; spinning metal; silver brazing; threading small holes, knurling; using sheet metal drills; making a dust cover from 1/8″ Plexiglas; bonding and polishing Plexiglas; broaching a square hole in a clock key; the use of stub arbors; super glue wheel cutting arbors; wheel train calculations; using the burnisher; using the adjusting rod; lacquering; cutting oil sinks; making a signet key; handmade reamers; a U.S., BA, and Metric small screw equivalent chart; using file buttons; and a full scale tear-out template for the sawing the clock plates. This clock, based on the pleasing lines of the Lyre, was designed and built by the author for entry in the annual Craft Contest of the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors (NAWCC) and won a gold in international competition for handmade clocks at the National Convention in Orlando, Florida. The clock is of English pattern, with spring and fusee drive, maintaining power, a one piece hand pierced skeleton dial, and unusual sun and planet pinion motion work. It is wound from the front, has an 8-day run, and stands 16″ above its black walnut base. The pendulum is rear mounted and has a heavy, brass shell bob poured with lead for high Q. A 1/8″ thick plastic cover protects it from dust. The escapement is an original design by the author and is of the spring pallet type. To enhance animation, it has been enlarged and brought forward of the front plate for ease of viewing. Its action is lively, positive, quiet, and endlessly fascinating. The escapement is an unusual spring pallet design by the author.
This is a 86-page, approximately 30,000-word, 256-photograph workshop manual for building the lyre skeleton clock.
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