Making Wooden Gear Clocks

Very well written and illustrated book. Contains pretty much everything you need to make one of the six wooden geared clocks contained in the book. The material list is very complete and well documented. Of course if you don't like any of the wooden clocks contained in this book it may be of limited value except for the concepts and ideas contained in the book. The only negative may be that the plans are on both sides of the paper so you have to make copies to make the clock, and you can't really cut the plan up to make the copies because they overlap on both sides. So, you have to manage a large sheet of paper to make partial copies. Some of the copies can be on one normal size sheet of paper and if you are limited to 8 1/2 x 11 size paper you will have to tape some pieces of the plan drawing together. Since many of the measurements are critical you must be very careful putting the pieces of the plan together. The clock plans are quite diverse so hopefully you can find a clock you like. Definitely a book I wold recommend for beginner or intermediate clock builders to build or just find out how wooden clocks are made.

Yes, this is what I was looking for and a good book. It has the plans including the full size patterns it promised. Pictures inside are in color and instructions are actually fairly decent. Most of the projects in this book can be built with a scroll saw and a drill press (plus lots of filing and sanding) yet.... There are a couple instances like the gear machine where other tools like a mill and lathe are used which isn't cool, because those are expensive and this book is advertised as a scroll saw book. however, with a little diligence a person could construct all the projects with a scroll saw and hand tools. I've only built one wood gear clock so far (from another set of plans) and will give fair warning as best I can:) to cut an accurate wooden gear takes patience, but can it be done on a scroll saw. I'm giving this book 5 stars because: it has a couple plans in it that I really like and are well designed, It has few to no literary rivals as nobody else who offers wood gear clock plans has published a book for woodworkers, it is priced very competitively compared to other plans you might find online, and I do think it is a fun hobby.

Nice collection of six clock projects at different levels of difficulty, and one gear mechanism that sits and spins doing nothing in particular. The language is clear, the assembly process is very well laid out in exploded drawings and full-sized patterns for each clock are in a separate paper pouch. (If you are buying this book used, be aware that these may be missing and their lack will be a complication--regrettable pun intended--for your clockmaking experience.) Unlike one other poorly titled book, this volume is entirely about making the clock mechanism from wood; do not buy it looking for clock cases and then post unhappy reviews when you find no one is telling you how to make a glorified box.Not present here is technical or design process information, and some of the language the authors use is different from usual practice. However, it is a nice change of pace finding a competent book oriented at those more interested in making a working mechanism than anything else, which is precisely what this book enables.

Nice details good plans

I have looked through this book and I cannot wait to start building one of these clocks the book has what the clocks look like finished as well as the blueprints for them I can't wait to work on one

Been wanting to make wood gear clocks for over a decade. This makes it feel very attainable, at a great price.

To effectively use these plans, you would have to buy 2 copies of the book, or go to a large-format copier service. I got these scanned to painstakingly convert to SVG format. The publisher should make these available in proper DXF, SVG, or STL format, or you can buy them directly from one of the authors on his web site (for a lot more).

This book has detailed plans for clocks from some of the best clock designers. I am well along on building my first clock. Maybe more when it is finished.