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Pre-construction design work

Fabrication

10-12/03 My early concept designs page 1 01/09 Grasshopper escapement assemblies
5/04, 4/05 My early concept designs page 2 02/09 Redesign of grasshopper escapement assemblies
03/09 Redesign of movement frame
4/04, 1/06 Fabricator's early concept designs Fly fan decoration; time train clutch
04/09 Refinement of remontoire components. Seconds drive, begin celestial train
3/06 Working mockups in plastic - going barrel and planisphere 05/09 Equation of time assembly, begin Robin remontoire, fly fan decoration
06/09 Continue Robin remontoire, ( this drives the celestial train )
4/06 Working mockups in plastic - escapement and remontoire 07/09 Continue Robin remontoire
08/09 Continue Robin remontoire
5/06 Fabricator's design drawings page 1 09/09 Finish Robin remontoire, Begin main movement frame
5/06 Fabricator's design drawings page 2 10/09 Continue main movement frame; Bell strike hammer lift cams
01-06/06 Fabrication of full scale mockup 11/09 Bells;  work for Horological Journal cover, Jan. 2010
7/06 Full scale mockup page 1 12/09 Begin upper frame fabrication
7/06 Full scale mockup page 2 Project to date video page
7/06 Orrery detail 01/10 Upper frame, stop work and state-of-wind indicators

Fabrication

8-9/07 Main wheels, barrels & maintaining power systems 
10-12/07 Wagner dual remontoire, wheels, differential drive (this drives the time train)
01/08 Wagner dual remontoire, output, cage, chaton assemblies
02/08 Planisphere design work
03/08 Going train
04/08 Bevel wheels, fly design, columns, screws
05/08 Wagner remontoire fly fabrication - rough out
06/08 Wagner remontoire fly fabrication - finish work
07/08 Assembly of fly to remontoire and going train
08/08 Main wheel clicks; begin the escapement antifriction wheel assembly
09/08 Escapement wheels and finish antifriction wheel assembly
10/08 Begin pendulum balance assemblies - arbors
11/08 Pendulum balance assemblies - antifriction wheels and their plates, complete arbors
11/08 Pendulum balance assemblies - begin balances
12/08 Pendulum balance assemblies - complete balances

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