Got out to the forge for a few hours. For tonight, it was tool making night. First, I made another large chisel. I then used that chisel to make a bending fork. The bending fork I will be using to form the circular part of the gears. To make the bending fork, I split a 1" bar stock for about 6". This split was then bent and seperated to form a "T" shape. After I rounded up the arms I bent them back into a "U" shape. Overall, to make the chisel and fork was less than 2 hours of forge time.
A chronicle of my attempts to create an early clock using only traditional techniques.
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