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by Donovan Venuto
Thu Feb 14, 2013 4:52 am
Forum: User Photo's ( Show and Tell)
Topic: Another Wooden Clock + thoughts on making a Moon Dial
Replies: 5
Views: 11710

Re: Another Wooden Clock + thoughts on making a Moon Dial

Thanks for the complement. It is indeed laser cut.

To clarify, I want to create the typical Moon Dial as seen on many grandfather clocks.

I need a wheel which will rotate once every 59 days. 59 days is the length of two lunar cycles. On this wheel, I will place two pictures of the moon at ...
by Donovan Venuto
Thu Feb 14, 2013 4:16 am
Forum: User Photo's ( Show and Tell)
Topic: Another Wooden Clock + thoughts on making a Moon Dial
Replies: 5
Views: 11710

Another Wooden Clock + thoughts on making a Moon Dial

Here's my latest. It has a two second pendulum that ticks once per second. A hand is attached to the escape wheel to indicate the seconds. It has a running time of about 18 hours.

For my next clock, I will try to get the running time to be about 30 hours and to include a moon dial.

The lunar ...