> Nice!

Thanks. The one I'm working on at the moment is the one with
the open-frame gears. Decided that cutting and polishing well-
matched involute teeth in thick end-grain hardwood is not how I
want to spend my day (after day after day) so I'm going to spend
some time at a 3D printing club. Plan is to print a set of teeth rings
that can be used to make silicone moulds for epoxy or polyester.

The clock will still be overwhelmingly wood, it'll just have resin
inserts. I think it's a reasonable compromise. They'll look better,
run better, wear better, and it's much more economic (bugger
integrity !!)

>  Ever run across one of these?
>=20
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchronome

I've seen an article about a super-accurate lab clock with a pendulum
in a vacuum, so it's probably that one although I didn't remember
the name

There are horologists who spend waaaaaaaaaaaaay more time
than I do on some very elaborate mechanisms. I'm not devoted
to any particular past-time, I dabble all over the place

Joe
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