Wheel & Pinion Cutting in Horology

Wheel & Pinion Cutting in Horology

Author: Malcolm Wild

Publisher: The Crowood Press

Published: 2001-07-23

Total Pages: 731

ISBN-13: 0719843618

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Many clock repairers carry out excellent work but avoid cutting their own wheels and pinions, fearing it is too complicated and involved. This book, written by an experienced clock and tool maker, dispels those fears and gives a step-by-step guide to an extremely satisfying aspect of horology. This book is written for both the amateur and professional involved in the making and restoring of clocks, and for anyone who intends to start building up a workshop and requires a guide to the equipment and how to use it.


Making an Eight Day Longcase Clock

Making an Eight Day Longcase Clock

Author: Alan Timmins

Publisher:

Published: 1981

Total Pages: 104

ISBN-13: 9780905100371

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Gør-det-selv vejledning i fremstilling af såvel urværk som urkassen til standure af den engelske type (grandfather clocks)


Clock and Watch Escapements

Clock and Watch Escapements

Author: W. J. Gazeley

Publisher:

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780709047384

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This book includes detailed instructions for making all types of escapements and for the location and correction of faults. The book is designed to appeal to those interested in the mechanisms of clocks and watches.


Metal Turning on the Lathe

Metal Turning on the Lathe

Author: David A Clark

Publisher: Crowood

Published: 2013-08-31

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 1847976417

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The lathe is an essential tool for all but the most basic of workshops. It enables the engineer to produce turned components to a high degree of accuracy. Often called the 'king of machine tools', it is also very versatile and can be used to make a wide range of engineering components. This new book shows you how to make full use of your lathe safely and effectively in your workshop. Topics covered include: A guide to choosing a lathe looking at different sizes and features available; Advice on installing and maintaining a lathe, selecting and sharpening tools, and working with chucks; Instruction on a range of techniques ranging from how to hold work in a collet through to cutting a screw thread. A new and practical guide to this essential tool, the lathe, aimed at both the aspiring and experienced engineers, modelmakers and horologists, Metal Turning on the Lathe gives advice on choosing, installing, maintaining and using a lathe safely and effectively in your workshop and is superbly illustrated with 239 colour illustrations. David Clark has spent over 30 years in the engineering industry and is the editor of Model Engineer and Model Engineers' Workshop.


Making Wooden Gear Clocks

Making Wooden Gear Clocks

Author: Editors of Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts

Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing

Published: 2016-02-23

Total Pages: 187

ISBN-13: 1607658976

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Making a piece of wood move is fun, but making it tell time is truly amazing! Inside this book, you’ll find ingenious plans for creating awesome wooden machines that actually move and keep time. These working wooden wonders might just be the most enjoyable projects you ever build in your shop. Wooden gear clocks are not only fascinating to watch, but can be surprisingly accurate timepieces. Just don’t expect atomic precision—after all, they’re modeled on 17th-century technology! But as you build these scroll saw clocks you’ll use all of the basic principles that still govern mechanical clocks today. Six well-illustrated step-by-step scroll saw projects are arranged by skill level from beginner to advanced, and full-sized scroll saw patterns are attached to the book in a handy pouch. With a little perseverance, you’ll soon be ticking along happily with your own wooden clockworks. All you have to do is build them, wind them up, and let them run—no batteries required.


Finger Rings

Finger Rings

Author: Diana Scarisbrick

Publisher:

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 88

ISBN-13:

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Few personal possessions have the resonance of finger rings, whether they serve as symbols of marriage, office, status or, in some cases, as token of hidden political or religious beliefs. This attractive volume provides an illustrated catalogue of the rings in the collection of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. These rings, which were worn by both men and women and range from the familiar to the bizarre in type, include examples from many different cultures across the centuries, including Egyptian, Minoan, Etruscan, Greek, Roman and, particularly medieval rings. All are illustrated with colour photographs with facing description. An initial discussion explains the terminology of ring studies and outlines changes in type, function and fashion.