I was able to get out to the forge today and finish up the verge and foliot suspension. Once again, the verge and foliot are basically a "T" shaped vertical bar that rotates back and forth. This serves the same purpose as a pendulum on more recent clocks. I still have to do some cleanup, final shaping but the hard work is done.
The piece was made of 3 pieces of metal. The first piece is the upright piece that attaches to the clock frame. The next piece is riveted to the first. It also bent to make sure that it is directly over the area where the verge and foliot will be placed. Finally a third piece was forge welded to the second piece. This piece was bent and includes some small indents where the verge and foliot will hang from. This is a picture of the piece on the clock frame.
This photo has been altered to show how the suspension will work. The yellow line will be a thread (probably horse tail hair) and the red line will be the verge and foliot. Once again it will rotate back and forth. It may not be obvious, but there is a hole for the verge and foliot to pass through on the new piece.
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