The clock & watch maker's guide to gear making--and other machines

About this book

This book will show you how to design and make several types of gears and the cutters to make them. How to make an indexing attachment for your lathe. How to make a cutter forming tool radius grinding attachment for your lathe. How to make a sine bar angle attachment for your lathe to make gear cutters, and other tooling. Chapter 10 will show you how to design and make a simple weight-driven clock from "scratch". Step-by-step examples, quick reference charts, and gear and cutter design sheets are provided to make the process of designing and making gears as much fun as possible.