The Wooden Gear Clock

While most of the hours spent on this project involved the scrollsaw, I turned the clock face, the weight body, the pendulum bob, the grooves in the pulleys, and the ornamental buttons on the shafts and hands on the lathe. Putting tacky stick-on numbers on the clock face just didn’t seem right; instead, I made a segmented ring of red oak and walnut to give the face a modern, clean look. The clock has been ticking away for several years now, with only occasional adjustments due to temperature or humidity changes in the room. The Clayton Boyer-designed clock is 54 inches high, with a face that is 11 inches in diameter.