The clock frame is finished!
The holes in the plates were carefully drilled to accommodate the clock-train, along with the holes for the pillars that hold the main plates together. Then the pillars were turned and tapped, the plate screws were made, and voila!
I actually wanted to show the drilling operation on the mill, but the truth is I kinda got mentally lost in the work and forgot to drag out the camera. It’s a pretty straightforward drilling & reaming job, although it does require all of my concentration. Those holes need to be perfect, because they hold the arbors for the gears…and the distance between the gears is crucial.
This part of the process starts to get fun for me, primarily because the clock starts to take shape in three dimensional space. I have the gears cut, and I can see the first ticks (my favorite part) right down the road.
