Making Wooden Gear Clocks: 6 Cool Contraptions That Really Keep Time

Name: Making Wooden Gear Clocks: 6 Cool Contraptions That Really Keep Time
Brand: FOX CHAPEL PUBLISHING
SKU: 90487
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Make ingenious wooden gear clocks that actually move and keep time, with 6 step-by-step projects arranged by skill level, plus a full-size pull-out pattern pack.

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 clocks you'll use all of the basic principles that still govern mechanical clocks today.

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Making a piece of wood move is fun, but making it tell time is truly amazing!

7 step-by-step projects, arranged by skill level from beginner to advanced

6 different clocks, including a 30-Hour Gear Clock, Flying Pendulum Clock, and Electromagnetic Gear Clock, plus a bonus project for a kinetic sculpture

Full-size pull-out pattern pack is included, attached to the book in a handy pouch

Complete patterns, material lists, and instructions so woodworkers of any ability can successfully build a clock

Fun, ingenious plans to make a simple wooden machine with your own two hands that actually moves and keeps time

Handmade clocks make wonderful gifts and are popular items at arts & crafts fairs

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Brand: Fox Chapel Publishing

Item Weight: 1.31 lb

Item Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.5 inches

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Great tool!

Good quality foam clay

Unlike any air dry clay I've used .
Very easy to manipulate , doesn't stick to your fingers .
Can be made into paper thin sheets that hold their shape .

Thick sections will take well over 24 hours to dry out ; high water weight when fresh .
Evaporation slows down considerably once the outer " crust " dries on thick pieces .

After 24 hours @ 78 degrees and about 60% humidity , the 3.1 gram sample I experimented with weighs 1.2 grams .
.. and after 48 hrs weighs just 1/2 gram ,, and I don't think it's fully dry yet .

Definitely worth the price .
Very versatile .

My only complaint is the bag it comes in .
It is a zipper lock bag but you need to remove a fair amount of the product before you'll be able to engage the zipper .
It's stuffed full when new .
I fit the bag into a plastic container ( Folgers coffee 43.5oz can ) with an inch of water at the bottom to ensure it doesn't dry out until I use enough to be able to close the bag .
Most likely keep it in that can regardless , just to be safe .

Quality miniature model paint

This stuff is comparable to Vallejo paints which everyone in the hobby already knows are tried and true. I honestly would not be able to tell the difference between the 2 brands looking at a finished model or trying to paint with it. The price is about the same but this includes slightly bigger bottles with a better design on the lid and seem to come with a plastic mixer ball already inside but its hard to tell for sure. This paint set also includes a paint thinner and cleaner for airbrushing. Its really hard to beat the price and value of this paint set for anyone wanting to have a quality paint job on something. I would say its near impossible.

Making Wooden Gear Clocks: 6 Cool Contraptions That Really Keep Time

Make ingenious wooden gear clocks that actually move and keep time, with 6 step-by-step projects arranged by skill level, plus a full-size pull-out pattern pack.

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