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Clockmaking - How To Make A Clock In The Home Machine Shop - Part 1 - Making The Clock Frames

Clickspring · tutorial · Watch on YouTube

Woodworking, metalworking & workshop skillsMechanical & precision engineering

What it is

The first episode of Clickspring's series building a John Wilding skeleton clock from raw stock in a home machine shop. It covers making the frames along with the tools needed for the job.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Recommended as an absorbing masterpiece of craftsmanship, often raised in threads about watches and clockmaking.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 2 strong recommendations
  • first 2017, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “It will eat up your time and it takes your complete attention.”

    Absorbing clockmaking series

    KGIII, 2017-08 · Strong recommendation · in “One of the most complex wristwatches ever made”

  2. “It's also a masterpiece, just in a different medium”

    Masterpiece skeleton clock build series

    MengerSponge, 2022-05 · Strong recommendation · in “Mechanical Watch”

  3. “Specifically this playlist where he builds a desk clock in an estimated 1000 hours”

    Playlist building a desk clock over roughly 1000 hours

    xdennis, 2024-12 · Recommendation · in “Making a watch from scratch”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: clickspring, skeleton clock, home machine shop, machining, horology

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