{"id":5625,"date":"2017-08-28T04:42:39","date_gmt":"2017-08-28T08:42:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/?p=5625"},"modified":"2021-09-19T18:52:17","modified_gmt":"2021-09-19T22:52:17","slug":"regulator-clock-eat-dessert-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/regulator-clock-eat-dessert-first\/","title":{"rendered":"Regulator Clock – Eat dessert first"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Gratitude<\/a>: I’m always grateful for having so many choices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whether it is carving wood<\/a>, making<\/a> boxes<\/a>, creating<\/a> websites<\/a>, or building boats<\/a>, I have so many choices that things sometimes get set aside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My original article about this clock<\/a> was 3 and 1\/2 years ago. The clock has a mechanical movement, one that is fine enough to be categorized as a “regulator.” In the age of mechanical movements, regulators were used as reference sources for setting other clocks. Building a regulator clock is a “bucket list” project for me. I watched the clock catalogs as fine, robust mechanical movements faded away, being replaced by quartz crystals and cheap Chinese plastic. The very few fine brass mechanical movements still being produced are becoming ever more expensive. So, I grabbed one a few years ago before the price became stratospheric. Once I acquired the mechanical movement, I roughed out some cherry lumber and set the project aside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, I’m getting back to it. The cherry lumber is well acclimated. I still have the original drawings, 8 large sheets<\/a>. The movement and other parts are still in their original boxes waiting to go to work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most of it will be built according to plan, except… I’m a woodcarver and wanted more carving detail than the original plan. More than the original, but not as much as the baroque Vienna Regulators<\/a>. I have redrawn the stack of top moldings, replacing the dentil molding with egg and dart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n