After a lot of planning, figuring out gear placement, and CAD drawing, I now have all the parts cut out for “Synodic 17” (working title). One note - I was still on the fence about which design I wanted to use for the small spire over the middle dial. I figured out a pretty simple solution to make both so that I could swap them out and compare. Sometimes it’s difficult to visualize things with a drawing, so hopefully the choice will become clear once they’re fully sculpted.
I also have the gears for the moon-phase cut, and most of the going train (the main set of gears for the time).
The fabrication starts to get fun at this point. I still have some gears to cut, but the part where I get to start assembling it is in the near future.
