I saw plans for a wooden skeleton clock once, and that started the fascination. I never did build one, because I know what would happen if I tried to cut out all those teeth with a scroll saw. I did, however, assemble three of them from laser-cut plywood kits. These were a cool and attractive novelty, but the experience left me with the idea that a clock would probably work much better if you made it out of metal. My wooden clocks are hard to keep in beat, and extremely hard to regulate. Metal could solve a lot of problems.
I have a better idea than some what it actually takes to put a skeleton clock together and get it working, and I don't know if I could ever complete the project or not. I have a partially finished wooden USS Constitution sitting on my desk, and I hope to finish that one day too, but I don't have a good track record with long and elaborate projects. I'm flaky and easily distracted. It is what it is.
My metal-cutting bandsaw is my oldest piece of metal shop equipment. I bought it to make the chimes for tuned wind chimes about 20 years ago. I've daydreamed about using the chimes in various ways, but I couldn't make gears and other parts to build mechanisms. I still can't at the moment, but I'm a lot closer having a lathe and mill.
I guess I can post a video that in no way whatsoever promotes me with commercial intent. I'm not a musician, I'm a dabbler. This is the only time I ever did or ever will sing in public, it's me on trumpet, bass, rhythm, lead, drums, and vocals singing the blues.