Wood Gear Ratchet

Prototype mechanism with a ratchet built in the center of a large wood gear. The parts can be reversed so the ratchet will work in either direction. Made of ½ inch and ¼ inch Baltic Birch Plywood.

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[cayatfaishGaming]

I was very confident that I wouldn’t be able to find what I was looking for due to my poor searching skills yet somehow this man from nine years ago created exactly what I was looking for. Thanks a bunch you legend.

[CosmasBauer]

Amazing how precise and well made your stuff looks and sounds!

[alansimpson]

This has to be one of the finest projects I have seen on YouTube. There is just one problem: I'm an amateur wood worker and I now feel very amateurish!!
Many thanks,
Alan.

[martinvanniele]

Thanks for your clear explanation and your beautiful technical execution. Your video will surely stand the test of time.

[RonaldWalters]

The large paper template shown in the video is glued to plywood and the entire gear cut out by hand on a scroll saw. On this particular gear I rounded all the edges with a tiny round over bit on the router table. All of the gears in my videos are cut out on the scroll saw. For a demonstration watch my video “Cutting Wood Gear & Clock Wheel Teeth” which is linked from my channel page. I also have a number of videos related to making wood gear clocks. Enjoy and please subscribe to my channel.

[kenward]

Wow, as an amateur clockmaker, this is EXACTLY what I have been looking for re a winding mechanism. Thanks!! Very clear.

[helpmaboab]

Hi, Ron. That was very neat.

I see you have chosen a six tooth ratchet wheel and two pawls. This gives six clicks per revolution: the second pawl does not reduce the dead space between each click (60 deg).

If you chose a ratchet with an odd number of teeth, say seven, the pawls would click alternately giving you fourteen clicks per revolution or 26 deg of dead space between each click.

[Trevs]

Absolutely wonderful. Im a welder by trade but I love my weekends where I spend my time with the smell of wood, building whatever my wife has asked at the time lol. I almost want to build one of these just to show it off haa haa   

[PROMETES]

This is what I was looking for, as spring I used a safety pin, thanks for sharing!!!

[DuronteeBeneby]

I'm so happy to have found your channel , I'm learning how to make these for a wind mill design I have.

[ChrisHarringtonMinneapolis]

You sound just like Ron Swanson, and it's clear your skilled with your craft as well.

[THSurvivalGear]

You know I am eternally grateful for this and your one-way racheting dog clutch video... I have been working on building my own treadle style lathe using the pawl and rachet mechanism that is on the Barnes No. 4 combination machine, the same treadle powered table saw that Roy Underhill has... I hope that I can replicate this ratchet system with a heavy, glued up plywood flywheel... if I can get it built, I'll upload a video for you...

[raghupathyvp]

Theary and practical
With good explanation
Very nice. Thank you sir 🌻👍🙏♥

[marktegrotenhuis]

So that's what's inside of the rear wheel on a bycicle... That explains the rateling noise when you are roling without spinning the pedals.

[soundmagic]

You always have the best teaching videos - great and practical

[ittixen]

Honestly I clicked because I thought the entire mechanism was wood (including the spring), but this is so beautiful that I'm not disappointed.

[hozb]

Thanks much. Very informative and well explained.

[Stevover]

To save having to flip the inner ratchet, once sealed, the whole cog can just be flipped; resulting in the same function.

[samsaraAI]

Nice video man! It makes me relax here in Madrid when you only here bad news in TV. :)

[RonaldWalters]

There is, just haven't worked out the details yet.