Cuckoo cuckoo pendulum

[analogtime]

Is there a source of "bulls eye" type pendulums for early black forest cuckoo clocks just the bob would do fine that way the hanger could be fabricated to fit the situation.

 

[Jeremy Woodoff]

I've purchased a couple on eBay. You may have to look for a while.

 

[tom427cid]

If you have acess to a lathe the "bulls eye" pendulum is not to difficult to fabricate-The pend rod I use welding (gas) rod thread the end use a large hand nut for rating and hammer(on an anvil,vise or similar surface) the end for a hook. A scrap of brass for the cross piece- couple of brass wires-for the guides and bend the staples for the brass wire guides and you are all set. I try to find a piece of old walnut for the 'bulls eye" and with a little color -it looks original. Any way thats one way of doing it tom

 

[Billy]

If you get real hard up for one, like me, I used a corner finish block for a doorway from Lowes. All they are is a 3.5" x 3.5" pine block with a bullseye lathed out in the middle.
I scroll sawed the center out, sanded the back down to roughly 3/8" and attached the hardware.
Looks and works good till I can run across a original one

Billy

You can just see in the upper left corner, one of those blocks used. Thats where the idea came from...

 

[laprade]

I came accross a spare "draught" from a board game and it gave me the idea that if you get a "box wood" cream coloured one and cut it down the middle, it might do.

today I was looking at the site of

Meadows and Passmore

and they do a series of black forest and cuckoo bobs.

 

[Mike Phelan]

If you have acess to a lathe the "bulls eye" pendulum is not to difficult to fabricate-The pend rod I use welding (gas) rod thread the end use a large hand nut for rating and hammer(on an anvil,vise or similar surface) the end for a hook. A scrap of brass for the cross piece- couple of brass wires-for the guides and bend the staples for the brass wire guides and you are all set. I try to find a piece of old walnut for the 'bulls eye" and with a little color -it looks original. Any way thats one way of doing it tom

Isn't the bottom part of the rod wood, Tom? Making a pendulum like this can be easily done using scrapbox materials - no big deal.

 

[laprade]

welding rods also make very good longcase ones, not to mention the older quality wire coat hangers you used to get from the dry cleaners.

the present day, thinner ones, are ok for wags on the wall. they are too thin for the thread on the new susp blocks for LCs.

I once made a grid iron pendulum using welding rods.