Have you heard about the American wooden-movement clocks from the early 1800s when brass was expensive? My grandad got plans and made one, and I have it now.

He heard about them and got plans from a magazine I think. It might be this guy's design He cut the parts and then shelved it for a few decades. When I was a teenager he got it out and put a little more work into it and showed it to us.

The only 2 brass parts are the escape wheel and anchor. All the rest are walnut, cut on a band saw, filed and sanded to fit the template.

The thing was never able to run more than a few minutes without teeth binding, because while he had a good eye for the artistic side of wood carving, he wasn't precise and there are some short teeth.

I can dig it out and take pictures when I'm home tomorrow. Part of me wants to actually make it work. Find a way to fill in the short teeth or scale the plans down a few percent and re-file the teeth.

Even if (big if) I get it working it would look half-assed compared to insane clock people and their halfassery.

It would also be a strange tribute to the man if I managed to get it working then stuffed it back in a closet because I don't really want to have a tall clock lurking around the house somewhere.