Reply To: Trying to learn about Clock Gears

[Chris TickTockParticipant @christicktock]

Thanks for posts to date all really helpful.

Firstly I think my plan of attack will be to make a copy of an existing brass wheel to get some experience grinding my own cutters and get familiar with my equipment.. For most clock repair work involving making a damaged wheel I suspect this would be the way to go.

Apparently many clock profiles described as cycloid may be ogival and not an epicycloid but curves. In fact I think there is a standard used which stipulates various appedundrum curves.

The question I need answering still is when should or in practical terms would a clock maker use cad to form the gear profile as opposed to either rule of thumb or just copying another.

Chris