Brass sheet used for wheel blanks (cutting out already completed).
Drilling the wheel blank.
Turning the wheel blank to the correct OD.
Cutting all teeth in a single pass on the dividing head on the milling machine.
Cutting the minute wheel and reverse minute wheel in a single set up.
Setting the correct depth of cut for the escape wheel, leaving a small flat at the tip of each tooth.
A fully cut great wheel.
Just finished making the wheel crossing out jig, as designed by J Malcolm Wild in "Wheel and Pinion Cutting in Horology : A Historical and Practical Guide"
Marking out holes to the collet, using the following methodology (hover over for link)
Aligning scribed holes with the optical centre punch.
Wheels secured to their respective collets.
Using the crossing out jig for a traditional long case wheel design.
A fully marked out wheel.
Wheels ready for material removal.
Material removal using the scroll saw.
Further material removal using the scroll saw.
All sections removed.
Finishing the crossed out wheel on the filing machine.
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