Cut this book into 160 pieces, glue them together, and have a paper clock operated by weights that keeps perfect time and can be rewound and regulated.
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116 of 116 people found the following review helpful
By "hazydavy"
Format:Paperback
I'm building this clock now, and having a ball. Nonetheless, I'm here ordering a second copy because I messed up a key part--you have to be extraordinarily precise in assembling this clock. I have a few bits of advice:
- Save yourself some shipping costs and order two of these now.
- Use Aileen's Tacky Glue as your adhesive.
- Use as little glue as possible (very little).
- Have lots of clamps and weights on hand. I am using spring clothespins and lots of coins. I think surgical hemostats would help a lot, if I had any.
- Be liberal with X-Acto blades. I may well use 50 on this project.
- Spend no more than an hour a day on this. Personally, if I spend more than that, I get impatient and make mistakes.
54 of 54 people found the following review helpful
By Peter Rowe
Format:Paperback
This project requires considerable time and patience but you *can* end up with a clock that really works. As previously mentioned I think the best strategy to to work about an hour or so each evening, it took me too months to complete the clock with extra hours on weekends. It works! The key is the gears. The main issue is the concentricity of the gear wheels -- in other words, their outer edge rotates a constant distance from the center. Get this wrong and the wheels will bind as they rotate against one another. Two problems: finding the center, and constructing the gear wheels consistently. The first gear you meet is the main drive wheel, it took me a week to construct. Put an axl in it and spin it to make sure it's concentric as you build. Make sure the inner mesh gears of the secondary gear (and others) are consistent (no teeth wider or narrower than others, trim them with a exacto knife if needed. Tip: they should be bent into an straight accordian shape before glue, this way you can see that all teetch are even. The main gear and secondary innner gear are most important -- up to the escapement. The later hand gears are no problem. Once complete you need to patch, trim, reposition axles, cut... Note that on the book cover the squished main gear teeth that the author adjusted to make the wheel concentric!
47 of 48 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
As the author claimed, you cut the book into about 160 peices then glue and assemble them into a working clock. I just finished making my clock. It didn't work. The pinions and gears just didn't mesh right. There must be tricks to get the precision of alignment necessary for the clock to run, but the author revealed none of them. Lining things up by eye, and being very careful just isn't enough. I was surprised to read other reviews where the clocks worked. Even so, I was amazed at the engineering of these paper parts, and am considering ordering a couple more books from which to re make parts (the author recommends this from the start). At the very least, reading this book, and making the clock from it, will leave one with a very good understanding of how such clocks work, but not necessarily an understanding of how to make clocks that work.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars
A fun project... BUT...
If, at the end of the project, you get an actual working clock that keeps time, consider it a miracle. Read more
Published 19 days ago by Bill Winans
5.0 out of 5 stars
paper work
I have enjoyed looking through this book. I have not had time to make my clock but look forward to doing it.
Published 1 month ago by florence h miller
3.0 out of 5 stars
Complicated
I'm part of the way through cutting out the parts... and it's been several month since i started. I can't seem to get motivated to do more. Read more
Published 1 month ago by MeMeMe
4.0 out of 5 stars
Novel idea
This book is designed to be used as the material to make the clock. The instructions lack details on some steps.
Published 3 months ago by Cheryl Crowe
5.0 out of 5 stars
Not for the faint of heart
I have to confess I have not finished it yet. Definitely buy more than one copy of the book. Definitely scour the internet and youtube for hints and help to avoid other people's... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Jacksalvo
5.0 out of 5 stars
unbelievable what you can do with paper
very good. if very accurate and patient work it may really work (I was not able but I saw it is possible)
Published 5 months ago by Valerio Pagliari
1.0 out of 5 stars
paper clock
I advise no one to purchase this book. There are a lot of reasons and I will list three. One: you are told to cut the book into 160 pieces and glue them together. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Lewis
4.0 out of 5 stars
Material and Instructions review
The Paper wait should be increased on the Big Gears. With all the gluing to be done on them and the manner of engineering they tend to warp, Evian if you are carful and block... Read more
Published 18 months ago by gdwinslow
4.0 out of 5 stars
Fun project but needs to be updated
I spent considerable time working on this clock with a lot of previous papercraft experience. This book was a fun project to work on but my clock doesn't work because of some bad... Read more
Published on January 1, 2011 by Patrick Dukes
4.0 out of 5 stars
An update to our review below
As an update, we posted photos and tips based on our experience with constructing this clock here: [...]
Hope this will be helpful to clock makers out there. Read more
Hope this will be helpful to clock makers out there. Read more
Published on December 20, 2010 by M. E. Hunt
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