Many clock repairers carry out excellent work but avoid cutting their own wheels and pinions, fearing it is too complicated and involved. This book, written by an experienced clock and tool maker, dispels those fears and gives a step-by-step guide to an extremely satisfying aspect of horology. This book is written for both the amateur and professional involved in the making and restoring of clocks, and for anyone who intends to start building up a workshop and requires a guide to the equipment and how to use it.
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J Malcolm Wild is a Fellow of the British Horological Institute. He started his own company manufacturing clock makers' tools and restoring antique clocks in 1977.
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Ultimate guide to gear cutting for the hobbyist, +clockmaker,
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This review is from: Wheel and Pinion Cutting in Horology: A Historical Guide (Hardcover)
Fanatastic book, and a bargain at the price. This book should be of interest to all clock makers, model makers, and home shop machinist. Anyone interested in the history of machine tools and clock making will also find this work of real interest. The first section covers the history of wheel cutting and the later part deals with all aspects of gear making in detail. Covers a wide range of gear cutting equipment, how to make cutters, and related watch and clock making operations. Absolutely the best book on the subject!!
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One of the best books on gear cutting written so an average machinist can understand it.
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Machinist loves this book.,
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This review is from: Wheel and Pinion Cutting in Horology: A Historical Guide (Hardcover)
This book was a Christmas gift for my brother-in-law who is a machinist who repairs clocks, vintage Victrolas, etc. The book is full of machines that he has never seen before. A true winner!!
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Methods for cutting clock and watch wheel teeth have been available since the seventeenth century, and possibly during the century before, although only one or two wheel-cutting engines have survived. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Hirst Bros, Antoine Thiout, Black Forest, Prescot Museum, Robert Hooke, Thomas Tompion, Joseph Jackman, Myford Super, Robert Bumstead New!
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Methods for cutting clock and watch wheel teeth have been available since the seventeenth century, and possibly during the century before, although only one or two wheel-cutting engines have survived. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Hirst Bros, Antoine Thiout, Black Forest, Prescot Museum, Robert Hooke, Thomas Tompion, Joseph Jackman, Myford Super, Robert Bumstead New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Gears for Small Mechanisms by Wilfred Davis on 5 pages
- Industrial Biography by Samuel Smiles on page 31, and Back Matter
- The Museum: Behind the Scenes at the British Museum by Rupert Smith in Back Matter
- Practical Clock Repairing (3rd Edition) by Donald de Carle in Back Matter
- Making an Eight Day Longcase Clock by Alan Timmins in Back Matter
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