My first gear, a deadbeat escapement gear for my clock

[pavlo]

Nice work.

Where do you get your ply from? I am making one of Clayton Boyer's clock designs but I have not been able to find someone that can supply the smallish pieces that I need.

[clockman]

The best ply for clock gears is not in my opinion marine ply but birch ply. I went to a wood stockist and bought two complete sheets of 1/4 and 1/2 inch (it will be metric but almost certainly equivalent) and get them to cut each board into four. This lets you get it home in the car! I then used the band saw to cut them up into usable bits in the workshop.

[eastgate]

Hi,

I would agree "birch ply" works best for me. I purchase mine from http://www.alwayshobbies.com/ . It comes in small sheets (metric sizes). It's more expensive than buying large sheets from specific wood stockists. the above company also stocks hardwoods in thin sheets which are an ideal size for cutting out clock hands.

Wickes stocks some thicknesses of birch plywood in larger sheets however I haven't checked the quality yet so cannot comment on its suitability for clock making http://www.wickes.co.uk/.

[clockman]

Hi, well the clock finally ticks and tocks too, now to sand it, stain it, and put it on the wall, as you can see the dead beat mechanism now works!

[pcstru]

Dunno if this will work, if it does it's my grasshopper escapement based clock taking it's first tick tock.