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One of my favorite parts of the clockmaking process is making the gears. This video shows some of the techniques I like to use.
The gear I'm making in this video is for "The Grasmere Commission".
To cut the teeth for the gear, I use a setup created by W.R. Smith in which the brass gear is actually super-glued onto an aluminum cylinder, which has been faced and grooved. This method ensures accurate concentricity between the center hole and the O.D. of the gear, since they’re both machined during the same setup.
One thing to note…Before I can put this gear to work in the finished clock, it needs to be balanced. That part is shown in this video: https://youtu.be/7ENlC_qBrc8?si=Dz66F4MVpuG9Imv4
