Gear almost finished

After two weeks of sculpting away at the spokes of this gear with a grinding tool I’m still not finished. This will officially be the longest I’ve ever spent on one gear…by a lot. And after all is said and done there will still be those who ask “Where do you buy your gears”. 


As you can see from the pictures I’m getting pretty close. There’s still one spoke to be finished and I’ll want to refine everything. I can’t wait to apply the patina to this gear and let the depth come out, but you know, patience and all that.


Next week there should be a finished center-gear, along with the start of the 2nd gear in the train.