Constructor Quarterly

Issue

Date

Page

Article Title

Author

Comment

04

Jun 1989

19

Moon Phase Indicators

Partridge, Alan

Divers representations of lunar phase for astro, etc. clocks.

04

Jun 1989

20

Do it Yourself Windup Clock

Love, Bert

Bert's proposal for a clock kit. Uses No 1 Clockwork Motor Spring

09

Sep 1990

44

Nursery Clock, A

Konkoly, Andreas

A simple synchronous motor clock. Novel case design.

22

Dec 1999

8

Newport Civic Clock

Sommerville, Howard

General description of large clock with many mechanical animations at the passage of the hour.

22

Dec 1999

25

Sundial Clock, The

Briggs, Pat

General description of a clock displaying the equation of time for the writer's home. (The difference between local mean time and true solar time.

22

Dec 1999

30

Rolling Ball Clock, A

Jones, Paul

Mains synchronous motor powered mechanism that uses steel balls to display the passage of time. Not a Congreve clock. See MM.10.1975 p106 for Pat Briggs' version.

25

Sep 1994

26

Action Man Clock: How to get the wind up

Pope, Nigel

Simple mains synchronous motor clock with manikin apparently winding up the mechanism.

33

Sep 1996

4

Rejuvenating Grandpa

Wilding, John

A rebuild of SML 14a by a senior UK horologist. Very good and detailed discussion of faults in the original design and the means of their rectification. Includes discussion of a planetary rewind mechanism.

33

Sep 1996

34

Mantel clock driven by a Tensator spring, A

Cameron, Keith

A simple spring driven mechanism demonstrating the Tensator spring. Interesting discussion on escapement design and includes two variants.

39

Mar 1998

38

Synchronous Motor Clock, A

Crawford, Robert J

Elektrikit synchronous motor powered mechanism incorporating special design features for silent running. Includes original lunar phase movement.

44

June 1999

32

Novelty Cuckoo Clock, A

Ashton, Brian

Elektrikit synchronous motor powered mechanism. Uses cuckoo boxes from old cuckoo clock. Animated manikins.

49

Sep 2000

14

Church Clock, A

Wilding, John

Weight driven tower clock with gravity escapement and electric rewind.

49

Sep 2000

34

Inverted Pyramid Clock

Rodgers, Nick

Mains synchronous motor powered mechanism placed in wedge shaped case built from refurbished and mutilated parts.

51

Mar 2001

22

Striking Mechanism for Meccano Clocks, A

Wilding, John

Designed for his Church Clock, but will work with other suitable mechanisms. Requires fabrication of a strike wheel from card.

53

Sep 2001

38

SML 14a Matters Arising

Wilding, John

Revisits earlier work (CQ 33) and incorporates improvements from the Church Clock (CQ 49)

58

Dec 2002

22

Watch For A Giant's Pocket

Hageman, Marc

A pocket watch built to the scale of a pair of part No 167b. Includes new escapement design, a shock resistant balance wheel, maintaining gear, a rewind indicator and subsidiary electric rewind. Uses two No 1 Motor springs.

63

Mar 2004

24

Galileo's Escapement

Wilding, John

Demonstration model powered by No 2 clockwork motor.

68

June 2005

38

Gentlemen, Time Please!

Denny, Michael

Essay on time. Includes his display models of the Keith Cameron Foliot and Verge Clock and an adaptation of John Wilding's model of the Galileo Escapement to a working, weight driven clock.

69

Sep 2005

16

A Unicycle Clock

Jones, Paul

Novelty clock, powered by a mains synchronous motor, featuring a unicyclist travesing the rim of a large flange ring.

72

Jun 2006

42

A Meccano Egg Timer

Wilding, John

Novel timing mechanism, employing a 'flying pendulum'. See also Meccano Magazine, Dec 1928, p1016 and Meccano Engineer, Sep 1975, p196/7.

73

Sep 2006

4

A Congreve Rolling Ball Clock

Wilding, John

John Wilding's design demonstrating Congreve's tilting table and rolling ball mechanism. Weight driven with automatic electric rewind.