The Toucan Wooden Clock

[Ray]

Finally finished my clock project that I started over the winter. The clock is completely built from scratch. It's made entirely out of wood except for brass rods and tubes uses as shafts and axles and a hand wound magnet and sensing coil, wound with 400 feet of magnet wire.

Plans and blueprints were designed by Clayton Boyer.

Here's a link to a quick 30 second video of it in action:
http://youtu.be/wCkvXLN6iZs

And a picture:

Ray

[DWSudekum]

My my Ray that is one GORGEOUS clock.  What woods did you use?  Does it keep good time?  Thanks for sharing this work of art with us.

DW

[Ray]

Thanks DW!
Most of the gears are Baltic Birch plywood for stability, but a couple of the small pinions are padauk. The rest of the frame and base are walnut except for a thin top layer on the base that was made from Koa. It covers the magnetic coil and has to be thin. The hands are rosewood.

It's been keeping decent time so far, but I need to tweak the adjustments. It's been running a little fast by about two minutes per hour. The speed can be adjusted by moving the weighted bob and/or adding or removing lead shot.

I don't really expect it to be perfectly reliable over the long hall though. Being made of wood it's going to be susceptible to temperature and humidity I would think.

[frankorona]

?Wow! Amazing work, looks wonderful, thanks for sharing.

[gordster]

Just plain Dynamite  Ray...what a nice job....you no longer need a TV set.....You can watch the clock and Aquarium. .Gordie

[newfie]

great job thanks for sharing

[pierre62]

Wonderfull job thanks for sharing

[Caribbean Scroller]

You did an outstanding job. love it.

[pddesertrat]

That is a beauty!  Great craftsmanship.  Love the choices of wood.  Not sure I would have the patience to accomplish that. 

[wombatie]

Wow that is truly remarkable.

Marg

[shissta]

Great looking clock. Never tried cutting anything like that but might have to give it a try.

[EIEIO]

Slick. I always wanted to build a clock. Looks like a good winter-long project.

[Keefie]

That is just MAGNIFICENT ,  awesome work

[Rover2]

Great looking piece of work.  I have plans for other types of clocks but nothing like yours.  May get to work on one of them this winter.  Great job and thanks for sharing with us.

Al

[EIEIO]

Is the electromagnet battery powered?
I wonder if tying the electromagnet to the power system 60 Hz (count down 60 or 120 cycles then pulse the magnet) would force the clock to stay synched. That would hold you within a second or two per month.