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Permalink Reply by Chuck Knight on -
Welcome, Daniel. It's very nice to meet you!
A clockmaker! One of my favorite topics. I've studied and even attempted gear hobbing, and even clockmaking. I just love clockwork mechanisms, but I always fail when making the escapement. It seems to require more precision than I can muster.
Any hints for someone who has yet to bring one to life?
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Permalink Reply by Daniel Martin Sturman on -
Angle and spacing on escapement teeth is critical. if they are off it will run away or not move. Which do they usually do?
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Permalink Reply by Chuck Knight on
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It never moves. I know this can be an issue of depth, or or angle, or of friction as well.
Say, you don't have a drawing for a grasshopper, do you? I have the design PDF, but without a practical model it's all theory.
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Permalink Reply by Daniel Martin Sturman on
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grasshopper is pretty complex. I have messed with deadbeat escapements. the teeth on the escapement are cut at two different angles, the deeper ones to hold the gear and the outer one is cut for " impulse" to keep the pendulum going.
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Permalink Reply by Chuck Knight on
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I've tried basic deadbeat, and even recoil escapements. Graham is a "simple" one. But I never seem to end up with a successful escapement.
The grasshopper is of particular interest to me, because my interest lies in woodworks. Very beautiful, but very high friction, which is not a weakness of the grasshopper. Harrison was a genius.
Wouldn't mind a Grimthorpe gravity escapement, either...or a MacDowall single pin, but talk about something that's *deceptively* simple looking. Wow,
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Permalink Reply by Daniel Martin Sturman on
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I dont think the actual design is the problem, build one and adjust the tooth angle a tiny tiny bit at a time.
If it has a pendulum make sure it is heavy enough.
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