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What Do You Think of Wooden Gear Clocks?

I bet there are a bunch of different opinions

From the lens How to Make a Wooden Gear Clock.

I am so happy that so many of you have an interest in wooden gear clocks. I find the subject is fun to read about, but I would love to see more people sit down and start building one. Building a wooden clock feels like a right of passage to me. I would like to know what you think.

Maybe you collect clocks. Maybe you take pictures of interesting and different clocks. Maybe you just like to know how they work. I want to know these stories.

  • muhdraza May 22, 2012 @ 1:51 am | delete
    great work.. :))
  • bikerministry May 19, 2012 @ 2:08 pm | delete
    Awesome lens. Blessings.
  • magictricksdotcom May 5, 2012 @ 7:47 pm | delete
    Wow, there is sure a lot of info in this lens! I collect antique clocks, but I never thought of trying to make one myself, especially with wooden gears. Enjoyed the lens!
  • blazingzone Apr 11, 2012 @ 9:56 am | delete
    Great lens, good info.
  • dumutu Apr 3, 2012 @ 8:11 am | delete
    oh wow..... I want to have one......
  • KimGiancaterino Apr 1, 2012 @ 9:39 pm | delete
    Pretty amazing!
  • jordanmilesbasketballstuff Apr 1, 2012 @ 11:02 am | delete
    Such a great lens for wooden gear clock...Well done!
  • dannystaple Mar 30, 2012 @ 5:07 pm | delete
    Blesssed!
  • dannystaple Mar 30, 2012 @ 5:07 pm | delete
    I'd love to build a clock. I am always tinkering with machines and gadgets, and I am most interested in learning how to mill my own gears. I do have an advantage of living near the Kew Bridge Steam Museum where I can see many machines in action. You could do with managing your links a bit better - it looks like a spammy thing has crept in there. Now I may be able to get a small amount of time on a laser cutter - I'd love to see what I could do with one for gears. For getting to know gears, Lego has a good selection of things, but not an escapement, although I have seen Lego clocks.

    I don't like wearing watches, but if I did, it would be a visible movement type.
  • Virtue_Creations Mar 23, 2012 @ 5:48 am | delete
    Wonderful lens! Good luck with your ambition in building a wooden clock, it is something I would like to do also one day. :)
  • brynimagire Mar 21, 2012 @ 12:53 pm | delete
    Great information to making a clock. Great lens.!Thanks.
  • stewarc6 Mar 8, 2012 @ 3:21 pm | delete
    This is super interesting.
  • sidther Mar 1, 2012 @ 6:34 pm | delete
    came back with a quick blessing :) I still think this is super cool!
  • favored1 Feb 29, 2012 @ 3:53 pm | delete
    Very interesting work here. Now I only need a woodworker to do this stuff for me :)
  • howtotextagirlyoulike Feb 7, 2012 @ 9:21 am | delete
    My cell phone has a clock in it already! This is really cool though.
  • Tolovaj Feb 5, 2012 @ 4:35 am | delete
    They are great project. I think the biggest problem will be finding the right kind of wood. It must not be too hard, too soft, too elastic... You will probably have to 'invent' some special tools too (or at least adapt existing ones). Enjoy!
  • MelonyVaughan Feb 4, 2012 @ 8:17 pm | delete
    Great lens and wonderful links. Now all I need is to find some spare time...
  • navalava Feb 3, 2012 @ 1:57 pm | delete
    Great advices! Surtainly would love to try it. Thank you.
  • RandomChuck Jan 30, 2012 @ 2:26 am | delete
    This is a great lens. I have a Dremel that needs to be used, and this will help.
  • bloomingrose Jan 27, 2012 @ 2:16 pm | delete
    I thank I would enjoy doing this craft. Intriguing - and I would start with the cardboard modelling first.
  • ScrollSawChuck Jan 27, 2012 @ 2:00 pm | delete
    I have looked at the different books on wooden clock making, but haven't decided to give it a try yet. Maybe someday I will in as much as that kind of project would be real scroll saw art. Thanks for the great information.
  • sheezie77 Jan 27, 2012 @ 9:31 am | delete
    Very nice lens! thank you for sharing!
  • nikyweber Jan 27, 2012 @ 9:19 am | delete
    awesome lens! Squidlike!
  • Leilani-m Jan 26, 2012 @ 8:22 pm | delete
    Love this! I have to show it to my father, and I can bet that he will try to make wooden clock soon :)
  • PattB Jan 26, 2012 @ 1:55 pm | delete
    What a great lens! I've always love clocks, and want to learn about them. Your lens will help, thanks!
  • TeamSTM Jan 25, 2012 @ 9:34 am | delete
    When I was in Byscouts as a kid, I built a Wooden Gear Clock as a Project!

    Thanks for this Lens and the Memories!! :D
  • seosmm Jan 25, 2012 @ 8:19 am | delete
    Very cool idea. Nice Lens!
  • flycatcher Jan 24, 2012 @ 3:45 pm | delete
    My inner hobby-geek is very happy to discover this lens. Cardboard, you say? I can make a cardboard clock? Hmmm... :)
  • armidabooks Jan 24, 2012 @ 3:00 pm | delete
    very cool lens.... well done
  • SayGuddaycom Jan 23, 2012 @ 5:00 pm | delete
    This is just about my favorite lens ever.
  • Ysis Jan 23, 2012 @ 4:44 am | delete
    I love gears, especially wooden ones. (I appreciated very muche the Da Vinci exhibition of his machines.) You have done a great work here and I wish you find the time and money to construct your own wooden gear clock. I'm sure you'll do.
  • miaponzo Jan 23, 2012 @ 1:56 am | delete
    These gears, clocks, and mechanisms look awesome!!! I have always wanted a watch that has the gears showing!!! Blessed!
  • Esteemmarketing Dec 30, 2011 @ 7:51 pm | delete
    This looks like fun
  • Kayin Dec 16, 2011 @ 9:46 am | delete
    Hey this is seriously good stuff you put up here! :)
  • Dec 1, 2011 @ 10:33 pm | delete
    Wow this is pretty cool!
  • CruiseReady Nov 20, 2011 @ 6:07 am | delete
    Fabulous lens! Making one of these wooden gear clocks must take a great deal of talent.
  • Danzuc Oct 13, 2011 @ 3:36 am | delete
    Neat lens. Wish I had the time and tools to build one.
  • Oct 7, 2011 @ 4:20 am | delete
    Awesome stuff - I love these types of things. Great instructions!
  • sidther Oct 2, 2011 @ 6:35 am | delete
    This is really cool! Thanks for sharing these helpful instructions on how to make a clock!
  • TheGourmetCoffeeGuy Oct 2, 2011 @ 1:26 am | delete
    Very interesting lens. Makes our family appreciate a mantel clock built by an ancestor by hand, lovely chimes and workmanship.
  • ModernChakra Oct 1, 2011 @ 11:09 pm | delete
    This was a very interesting post and I found myself spending the most time in the gears section. I never how cool combining so many different ratios can be, telling different phases or planets along with just second hours and minutes... calendars integrated, star chart. I love it... all through gears. Thanks for the resource!
  • legaleze Oct 1, 2011 @ 3:22 pm | delete
    what a fun project
  • cheech1981 Oct 1, 2011 @ 1:31 am | delete
    very cool...love projects like this
  • ellagis Sep 4, 2011 @ 12:42 pm | delete
    I love all kind of clocks, as I had a very old one in my parents' house, and I'd love to build one.... maybe one day....
  • RecipePublishing Aug 26, 2011 @ 11:34 am | delete
    Nice lens.
  • KarenCookieJar Aug 21, 2011 @ 7:04 am | delete
    I have always wanted to try building one of those clock making kits. They look like so much fun.
  • Lifeteam Aug 16, 2011 @ 7:55 am | delete
    Awesome! Certainly A wealth of subject specific information. Love it.
  • MichaelTJones Jul 29, 2011 @ 5:44 am | delete
    Really interesting lens! I will one day build a wooden clock also. This fascinates me!
    Do you know about the ancient "Antikythera mechanism" ?
    That truly mind boggling! Check it out!
  • bakerwoman Jul 28, 2011 @ 11:20 am | delete
    This is a fabulous lens. I love mechanical clock like the cuckoo clock I own from the Black Forest. It is an engineering marvel and so are your wooden gear clocks. Thanks for sharing and blessed by a SquidAngel. I am featuring this My Black Forest Cuckoo Clock.
  • paperfacets May 28, 2011 @ 12:12 pm | delete
    A few years ago I was obsessed with clocks and eBay. An Alarming combination.
  • jaystanley May 19, 2011 @ 3:32 pm | delete
    the inside of clocks, I always wondered how is equipped
  • TamaraKajari May 7, 2011 @ 1:30 pm | delete
    Fascinating idea for a lens Robert! I just love wood and just about anything made of wood. I'm not sure I'd be skilled enough to pull off a project like that, but it would definitely be exciting to try :)
  • sousababy May 6, 2011 @ 11:43 pm | delete
    Oh and congrats on your purple star, well deserved! Sincerely, Rose
  • sousababy May 6, 2011 @ 11:42 pm | delete
    Dear Robert, I responded to your comment on my lens, 'Brilliant Inventions you need NOW' with a link to this one. (RE: your interest in the white bedside table/dresser design). I can 'smell the wood burning' now. Don't work too hard, my Squidoo friend. You are just recovering from your Haiku challenge. Thank you for being an inspiration. Take good care, Rose
  • ---Chazz May 2, 2011 @ 2:23 pm | delete
    Wow! You must have incredible patience and skill! Awesome.
  • Philippians468 Apr 13, 2011 @ 10:15 pm | delete
    this is wonderful! i love DIY craft! cheers
  • SereneSea Apr 7, 2011 @ 1:14 am | delete
    Wow - that sounds so complicated, if you have done it than you are a real genius.
  • ClinicallySignificantProductions Apr 2, 2011 @ 12:14 pm | delete
    Holy smokes that seems like it might be a lot of work. But it would be great to have the time (and patience) to do it wouldn't it?
  • UKGhostwriter Apr 2, 2011 @ 12:09 pm | delete
    I fully intend to have a go at one of the clocks
  • Stonecutter Mar 29, 2011 @ 8:02 pm | delete
    Wow, this looks very challenging but what a sense of accomplishment you would have after successfully completing and displaying one of these clocks. You really did a lot of research and presented this very well, Great Lens
  • ancoraimparo Mar 28, 2011 @ 5:44 pm | delete
    Now this is a woodworking project I could enjoy
  • jvsper63 Mar 22, 2011 @ 8:43 am | delete
    Lots of good information on teaching kids) Nicely done Great job Joni
  • JoshK47 Mar 17, 2011 @ 3:19 pm | delete
    This is really interesting, awesome lens!
  • UKGhostwriter Mar 17, 2011 @ 2:46 pm | delete
    Fantastic, really inspirational! excellent lens.
  • sousababy Mar 12, 2011 @ 8:46 am | delete
    Lensrolled to my: Healthy Gifts for 2011...Yay!, Squidoo people with a good heart (earn up to 278 points) and Healthy Gifts for Pets and People you Adore lenses. A wooden gear clock would make an wonderful keepsake. Who wouldn't want a handmade clock from their mom or dad to keep and give to a grandchild someday?
  • sousababy Mar 12, 2011 @ 8:41 am | delete
    Oh I love this . . I didn't think it was possible to do before I read this. What a fantastic project to teach the kids (just make sure to keep them away from the scroll saw, wear eye protection and gloves). I revere hand-crafted items so much more as I get older. Well researched and your explanations/video choices are easy to understand. Must put this one in the sidebar of my 'Squidoo people with a good heart' lens. Hope it helps! Rose
  • Feb 26, 2011 @ 8:16 pm | delete
    Wonderful Lens
  • TURCOLIVE Feb 24, 2011 @ 4:55 am | delete
    I think most importand thing in this project time and perseverance. I hope you complete you project.
  • jackiebolen Feb 16, 2011 @ 1:36 am | delete
    Very cool!
  • WordCustard Feb 15, 2011 @ 3:08 pm | delete
    This looks like a fun project and very informative. Congratulations on that purple star!
  • joanv334 Feb 4, 2011 @ 7:42 am | delete
    Hello, thanks for sharing!
  • skiesgreen Feb 1, 2011 @ 7:55 pm | delete
    Recently we had a DaVInci exhibition here in Canberra and it was fascinating to see the gears he worked out and applies to inventions. Great lens and featured on Motivation.
  • Gullkuken Jan 26, 2011 @ 7:18 pm | delete
    WOW! I am so glad I found this lens, I have favorites it and will use it as reference. I would really, REALLY like to try a project like this!
  • WindyWinters Jan 22, 2011 @ 12:46 pm | delete
    Congrats on your 1st Purple Star. This is a very Interesting project! It sure would be challenging to get the gears in the correct position. My dad and my hubby have made burl clocks (cut and finished the wood) but with a clock kit. :)
  • KM9999999 Jan 20, 2011 @ 10:56 pm | delete
    Very cool, but too tough for me to make.
  • Michey Dec 17, 2010 @ 3:20 pm | delete
    Oh! boy! this is too technical for me... LOL but I sprinkle Angel dust blessing the lens
    Happy Holiday to you!
  • LizMac60 Dec 17, 2010 @ 1:13 pm | delete
    This is such a good lens. My son, when he was about ten, was given a book from which you could make a cardboard clock. He never succeeded, being a little too young, but boy did he enjoy trying. I shall see if I can interest him in this lens now he is 38!! Blessed by a squid angel and featured on Me?!! A Squid Angel.
  • Spook Nov 23, 2010 @ 1:08 pm | delete
    Blimey, fierce difficult for someone with two left thumbs to understand. Merry Xmas. blessed by an Angel
  • fanfreluche Nov 1, 2010 @ 6:30 am | delete
    My grandfather did a lot of woodworking, I am sure he would have appreciate this. I don't think he ever did a clock like this.
  • Tipi Oct 14, 2010 @ 1:15 pm | delete
    Awesome lens and informative. Great topic and great lens!!! ~
  • Momsbusy247 Oct 3, 2010 @ 8:11 pm | delete
    I think it would be awesome to see and to make. I hope you get the time some day to make your clock. Good Luck. Be sure to post pictures once you do make it.
  • JoyfulPamela Mar 13, 2010 @ 5:41 am | delete
    Really cool! My son like to build ~ bet he'll love this idea!
  • eclecticeducation Mar 12, 2010 @ 10:28 pm | delete
    This is so cool! I know I would never do it. I'm not at all good with wood and hate knifes and saws, but the lens is really cool and if your good with wood working, it would be neat to do! Blessed by a Squid Angel.

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