WatchTech - A David Walter Double Pendulum Clock

A David Walter Double Pendulum Clock – Part 16, The Case

Dec 17, 2015,05:20 AM

David's next report: " - The last 2 weeks have seen a bit of several things done, the main
portion was fitting the large brass movement support plates to the case."

For those of you who didn't see the earlier installments of this series, you can catch up by looking here:
    - Installment 1 – Introduction and Cutting out the plates
    - Installment 2 – Making the Barrel
    - Installment 3 – The Suspension
    - Installment 4 – Invar Pendulum Parts
    - Installment 5 – Making the Wheels
    - Installment 6 – Completing the Barrels, Cutting some Pinions
    - Installment 7 – The Escape Wheels
    - Installment 8 – The Mean/Solar Movement Main Train
    - Installment 9 – The Equation Wheel
    - Installment 10 - The Equation Movement is Finished
    - Installment 11 - Making a Cock
    - Installment 12 - The Support Plates
    - Installment 13 - Perpetual and more
    - Installment 14 - The Planisphere
- Installment 15 - The Sidereal Train

"The case is only a few weeks away from completion, then it is away for polishing.
Once the brass plates were installed to the back board the ebony inlays lines can be cut into the backboard.
The photos show the case with the brass support plates and both movements in place and
details of the plinth and the upper moldings. You will notice the upper and lower convex and concave moldings have
been veneered in Flame mahogany so the pattern is continuous, this is no easy task to veneer curved shapes.

The brass support plates are now mounted to my test wall awaiting completion of the escapements and the initial start up."

I'm looking forward to some pictures of the finishing the escapements.

This message has been edited by DonCorson on 2015-12-17 05:23:07

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