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Toucan is a wood geared electromagnetic clock. The plans for the clock are from Clayton Boyer and was built using baltic birch for the gears, pine for the base and the dial, walnut for the hands as well as accents on the dial. I used mesquit for the pendulum pivot, rosewood for the weight and a mystery wood for the pendulum bob. The clock is driven by a coil in the base that senses the magnet in the pendulum and drives the pendulum to power the clock. I hope you enjoy Toucan as much as I enjoyed building her.

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very nice; I realy like this one.
 

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This is a very nice example of a wooden geared clock and you did a fine job on it. It looks like a fun project to build.

helluvawreck aka Charles
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Very nice. I have had one of these on my "to do" list for years. Thanks for sharing yours. I like the video too.
 

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That is really good workmanship, and a cool looking clock, to boot.

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Great clock and cool web site. I might order one of these. Kinda though 47 dollars was a little high for plans though. How were the plans in your opinion?
 

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Nice work man! looks great!
 

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Good work! A great looking clock.
 

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Very nice. Not hard to see where you got the name.
It is an interesting design with the high pendulum mount allowing a lower that usual profile.
I like it.
 

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Nice Clock! Thanks for sharing your great work! I enjoyed it!
 

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Hello GodofBiscuits

A nice clock and a great fine work on it

I love it

Thanks for sharing
 

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Wow
That is some piece of craftsmanship.
Today's technology mixed with technology from years gone by .
Very elegant design and precise build , Timeless .

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Thank you everyone for all the great comments, I appreciate them more than you know. This clock was a blast to build and I learned so much in the process.

@aurora I cut some on my scroll saw and the teeny tiny gears were cut on the cnc. I have all the gears converted to dxf now and can cut them all out on the cnc now. I still do the non gear parts as well as the escape wheel on the scroll saw. I'm building two more of these, one with all mesquite accent and another with cherry accents. If you have ever wanted to build a clock, Clayton's Toucan should be top on the list.

thank you,
Jeffrey :eek:)
 

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Very nice.

It's now on my list.
 

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I was sent a message asking about the clocks reliability in telling the time accurately. Well, since the voltage of the power supply is a constant 8.4 volts it holds time fairly well. In playing with it for a week I have been able to get the clock to within a minute every 24 hours and am a day or two away from getting that last minute dialed in. The clock is surprisingly accurate and tells time better than I ever imagined it would. If more accuracy is required, message me, I know a couple people who are making clocks using the Arduino controller to get absolute pinpoint accurate clocks out of wood. I'd be happy to share if anyone is interested.

Jeffrey
 

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Very nice clock. If I had to guess I would say your mystery wood is tulip wood. I have a piece lying around that looks like it could have come from the same board.
 
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