Have you ever wanted to make a clock, but think you can't afford the tooling, or the Brass. Or have you a basic lathe, (perhaps a retirement gift) and don't know what to start, because you don't have all the tooling that others say you must have.
Dark Lady is made for YOU. The tools required are: a bench drill, a simple lathe, a mini grinder and normal hand tools.
The lathe you use does not have to be high precision if it runs within a few thou' that's fine if you have problems we will find a way around them.
The plans/book is available economically priced at £20 covering all aspects of the build, including making the special tools and cutters required, including a milling spindle, indexing attachment, vertical slide, rotary & vertical chuck table for the drill, depthing tool, Lathe file rest etc, also by popular demand a indexing, tool for the milling machine, With a backup service by E mail.
The idea is to get maximum results with minimum cost, save $$$$
As well as the instruction manual a full set of printable drawings is included so you can have the drawing in the workshop for reference. Simply follow the book one page at a time
The clock runs for 30 hrs per winding and has a single strike on the hour. it is a real classic timepiece .If you wish to do so, options are given for an all brass version, and also a traditional silvered dial, a thread equivalent chart, BA/UNF/Met, Is included, so you can use what is available in your area.
Contact Brian at [email protected] For more information.
Buy the book attachment in PDF format, You don't have to wait for the postman,
Dark Lady is made for YOU. The tools required are: a bench drill, a simple lathe, a mini grinder and normal hand tools.
The lathe you use does not have to be high precision if it runs within a few thou' that's fine if you have problems we will find a way around them.
The plans/book is available economically priced at £20 covering all aspects of the build, including making the special tools and cutters required, including a milling spindle, indexing attachment, vertical slide, rotary & vertical chuck table for the drill, depthing tool, Lathe file rest etc, also by popular demand a indexing, tool for the milling machine, With a backup service by E mail.
The idea is to get maximum results with minimum cost, save $$$$
As well as the instruction manual a full set of printable drawings is included so you can have the drawing in the workshop for reference. Simply follow the book one page at a time
The clock runs for 30 hrs per winding and has a single strike on the hour. it is a real classic timepiece .If you wish to do so, options are given for an all brass version, and also a traditional silvered dial, a thread equivalent chart, BA/UNF/Met, Is included, so you can use what is available in your area.
Contact Brian at [email protected] For more information.
Buy the book attachment in PDF format, You don't have to wait for the postman,
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