How long does it take to read The Clock & Watch Maker's Guide to Gear Making--and Other Machines?
Robert D. Porter
The Clock & Watch Maker's Guide to Gear Making--and Other Machines by Robert D. Porter takes about 3 hours 31 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 31 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2006. 192 pages, about 52,800 words.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 52 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 31 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 12 minutes |
The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
This book will show you how to design and make several types of gears and the cutters to make them. How to make an indexing attachment for your lathe. How to make a cutter forming tool radius grinding attachment for your lathe. How to make a sine bar angle attachment for your lathe to make gear cutters, and other tooling. Chapter 10 will show you how to design and make a simple weight-driven clock from "scratch". Step-by-step examples, quick reference charts, and gear and cutter design sheets are provided to make the process of designing and making gears as much fun as possible.
Subjects: Amateurs' manuals, Clock and watch making, Gearing, Machinery
