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A David Walter Double Pendulum Clock – Part 12, the Support Plates
Every week we are seeing more of David's work on his new double pendulum clock.
This is a short installment. Heavy work.
- Installment 1 – Introduction and Cutting out the plates
- Installment 2 – Making the Barrel
- Installment 3 – The Suspension
- Installment 4 – Invar Pendulum Parts
- Installment 5 – Making the Wheels
- Installment 6 – Completing the Barrels, Cutting some Pinions
- Installment 7 – The Escape Wheels
- Installment 8 – The Mean/Solar Movement Main Train
- Installment 9 – The Equation Wheel
- Installment 10 - The Equation Movement is Finished
- Installment 11 - Making a Cock
Making the large support plates and the corresponding adjusting screws.
The support plates are 20mm thick brass. You can imagine the weight, 30 pounds each.
This is a change of pace from the fine movement work.
The movement plate adjusting screws are used to set the movements level in two planes. Once the plates are set
locking screws will clamp the front movement in place.
The support plates with the adjusting screws fitted and the suspension bracket mounted.
The adjusting screws showing where the lock nuts hold in place the two plates.
This message has been edited by DonCorson on 2015-09-22 01:24:43
A David Walter Double Pendulum Clock – Part 12, the Support Plates
Every week we are seeing more of David's work on his new double pendulum clock. This is a short installment. Heavy work. For those of you who didn't see the earlier installments of this series, you can catch up by looking here: - Installment 1 – Introduct...
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