Anyone else built their own Clock?

[Ck]

These are a few pics of two I have built, think I have mentioned at one time I had a Working Woodshop which in turn lead me to an interest in Clocks.

The Very First Clock I built, Busters' Brother had cut down a Large Eastern Red Cedar and had it cut into boards and gave Buster. They were rough cut and Buster brought over some and asked if I would plane them, and mentioned He would give Me half the lumber for the work, I ended up with enough Good Lumber for about six Clocks!

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First intended for My Wife at the time, I ended up giving it to My Grandmother for Christmas. She had it for several years until She Passed away. It was Stopped at that time and not run since.

http://static.flickr.com/101/287870022_fb545f12a2.jpg

It Is NOT a Quartz!! It's battery wound and fully mechanical from there, the Pendulum does actually keep the time. Buster had given it and an old Case to "Tinker" with. They weren't mated, the old case was Much shorter and wider.

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The Latch Hook is an Old original, and I Did mortise out the opening and drove a Brass wire rod in for the catch.

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The pattern for this is from "How to build 35 Antique Clocks" which be found at Timesavers. LaRose was still going strong at the time, I got the W. German 8-Day T/S Movement for I believe $187. The Best They Offered.

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Built from Rough Cut Oak straight from a Local Sawmill, I did all further Milling. Each different Part of the Case was cut fron ONE Board so that the Grain pattern would follow around.
231/2" Tall x 16" Wide, 12" Dialpan.

http://static.flickr.com/99/287870019_57c536c5db.jpg

[Sooth]

I've made some. One I have is a 30 hour ogee (but not in an ogee style case), and I have made some nice ones at work (Quartz, though, with 'fake' pendulum swinger thing).

I am curious about one thing. What did you use to make your shallow curved-top moldings on the oak schoolhouse clock (like on the door and around the base)?

[Ck]

I used a Round-over bit in My Router table, Partial Profile, along the Edge of a Board, then cut it to Molding thickness on a Tablesaw and dressed the cut on a Jointer.

The boards were 5/4, rough cut from the Mill.

[Sooth]

Aha. It's the router table. That's what I need to build next. I have a really good little router, but there's only so much you can do "by hand" with it.

Thanks for the info.

[jazzy454]

I've made five banjo's and one diamondhead banjo, all weight driven, along with a miniature that uses a Waltham movement. This is my third banjo that I made, this one was for my girlfriend.

http://static.flickr.com/118/286387592_328f1655d0.jpg

Hopefully I can find pictures of the diamondhead that I gave to my father.

[chrsvor25]

when i was a little kid, i made a couple of small ones from craft store kits.

when i was a little older, like late elementary school age, i bought a antique clock plan book.

built an ogee clock. well. sort of. it has a door frame for the front. its heavier then the rest of the clock so it has a tendency to fall forward. and it has a time only movement. i dont even think it has a back.

but yeah. i found merritts through that book because it has a long list of companies, most of em out of business or changed names.

so that was good.

although my woodworking skills have improved, i feel it is better to take up what little space i have with antique clocks as opposed to cluttering it up with new ones with mediocre movements.

[Ck]

Yeah Sooth, they're Super handy! If ya enjoy "The New Yankee Workshop" you can get a Plan for a really Great one from the associated PBS Website.
Mine is very simple though, just a flat-topped table on a fold-up stand with a cut-out for mounting the Router underneath, and a good straight-edged board with a Centered cut-out for the cutter, and Bolt tightened clamps to hold it in place once positioned.
Shoot, I can do near anything Norm can, and had a third the tools! :wink: A Will, A Way.

[Ck]

Nice Banjo Jeff, is that veneer cross-banding around the edges?

[jazzy454]

Thanks Ck, no that solid tiger maple for the frames, head and sides. Birdeye maple for the throat panel and compartment box panel.

[Mike Phelan]

Some fantastic cases, and all better than I could manage!
I think availability of exotic woods in USA is easier.

Probably a pondism, but I (we) would not term that "making a clock" unless I made the movement, which is really the major part of a clock.


The pattern for this is from "How to build 35 Antique Clocks" which be found at Timesavers.
That publication title is a complete nonsense as well - how on earth can you build an antique anything?.
Apologies for calling a spade a spade - JMO! :biggrin:
I'll just make myself a 1950 cup of coffee.

Here's one of mine:

http://static.flickr.com/44/140878169_d708243698.jpg

Sorry, the only wood is the base - mahogany offcuts from a shopfitter, turned and French polished.

[Scottie-TX]

I did. Once, I did. Guess I cheated tho; I used the wheels and anchor from the kit. I made one of those early Foliots using the drawings for the kit. The kit was plastic. I used various hardwoods. Nope no pix. I gave it to my kid.

[harold bain]

Mike, they should have worded it like all the rubbish on ebay called "antique style" clocks. :biggrin:
Scottie, we've seen your homemade outdoor clock :wink:
Harold

[Sooth]

It's funny that this topic was posted at this time. My boss just got me to make a new clock to sell in our showroom, and I finished work on it today (started yesterday). It's made of solid cherry, throughout, and I LOOSELY based the new design off an antique vienna I saw recently.

Our previous clock was... ok, but I didn't like it much. I also got rid of the tacky brass "Strip" break-away rod that came with the fake pendulum, and used the pieces from it to fit a wooden rod (shopmade).

And yes, this will house a crappy 15$ Quartz movement with fake magnetic pendulum swing. My boss also insists to include the seconds hand, which I loathe. Still, at least the case is much nicer.

Here's what the parts looked like before staining. Note that the dial is square. Our next one will have a proper round dial with *hopefully* roman numerals.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/sooth15/CherryVienna1.jpg

The next two were taken after staining. I did the rod in a black finish. The clock still needs to be lacquered, and have glass fitted. I'll have photos of the completed clock when it's all finished probably by next tuesday or wednesday.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/sooth15/CherryVienna2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/sooth15/CherryVienna3.jpg

EDIT: For those who are wondering what that "block" is, on the backboard (off to the left) it's a support block that holds a clip, which keeps the dial and movement in place. The dial and movement are attached at the top (see first picture) with hinges, and it allows for easy access to change the battery. The dial is a square, creme "shaker" dial with arabic numerals, and it will be glued to the square piece shown in the first picture.

[Scottie-TX]

STUNNING work I could only dream of. Candidly - if I even had the tools: I could not do that. Certainly not a criticism - just an observation. The grain direction on the backboard. Interesting that YOU chose to have it "sweep" down. My choice would have been an "up" sweep!
Care to comment?

[Sooth]

I wasn't sure wether to have the backboard go up or down. I thought that down would attact the ey more towards the pendulum bob.

It's not a very difficult case to make, but it does have quite a bit of little tricky bits.

For the most part, it's all butt-joints, held with a screw and glue, then a wooden plug is fitted in the hole and sanded flush. The rest is fancy routings, and little bits of molding. All the moldings are just glued and nailed on. Took about 10 hours to make the "first" one (this one), but I can probably make one MUCH faster next time around.

Thanks for the compliments.

I'd actually love to make a vienna (for myself) that's similar to a plain laternduhrl (however you write that), like your GB one, OR one like your mini one (the new one with the piecrust dial). My only problem would be to find a proper movement. And I'd want to do mahogany veneer on it...with edge banding in maple...

[Tom Kloss]

Hi
Nice piece of wood work Sooth. I think it shows you love for working with wood.

Here's the clock that go me started in this business. It's a clock that I integrated a few years back. I say integrated because I didn’t build the case. The case is one I rescued from a fire house. It’s an old case from a Gamewell street box fire alarm enunciator. Here’s some pictures. It was a mess and had 3 coats of paint over beautiful solid oak. No veneer on this one, solid oak, it weighs about 100 pounds and measures about 56 inches high. Needless to say I have it mounted with a ¼ inch lag bolt driven into a wall stud.

I spent an entire winter stripping the three coats of paint that was on it . I did make the face, new doors, and installed beveled glass. It has a spring driven Urgos movement that has just about run the course of it’s earthly life. This clock may be a marriage of sorts but it's one of a kind and it's mine. Right now I’m I looking for a single weight regulator movement to replace the Urgos.

Origional unit.
http://www.tomsclocks.com/messageboard/game.jpg

The results of my work.
http://www.tomsclocks.com/messageboard/w001.jpg
http://www.tomsclocks.com/messageboard/w002.jpg
http://www.tomsclocks.com/messageboard/w004.jpg
http://www.tomsclocks.com/messageboard/w005.jpg

Tom

“Sometimes you really don’t know if your being rewarded or punished”

[Kevin W.]

Verry nice job Sooth, like Scottie i could only dream of making this.I am sure you could build a awesome Vienna sometime.And too bad to make a beauty case like that one and put a quartz movement in it.
Guess you have to keep the boss happy. :smile:

[harold bain]

Sooth, Hermle makes some pretty good Westminister chime movements that would be a good fit for that case. Considering the labour involved in making the case, it is a shame to go quartz. Pretty hard to compete with the Asian quartz clocks, even with a quality case.
Tom, very nice case. What did you use for a movement?
Harold

[Tom Kloss]

Harold:

It has an Urgos bim bam. I didn't know any better at the time.

[Sooth]

Oh, I know there are better movements, but we sell 99.99% custom made furniture, not clocks. This is just a "fun luxury item" we're throwing in. I would love to see a nice mechanical movement, but let's face it, nowadays, people are FAR too lazy to wind clocks, and most haven't got a clue about suspension springs, and winding with a key, plus the added cost of keeping it cleaned and in good running order. Also, some people hate to have chiming or striking clocks because they find it "annoying". Of course, we all think those people are insane, but that's for another topic! :biggrin:

With a cheap Quartz movement, anyone can easily have accurate time, and not have to worry about it.

It is a bit of a shame to have such a nice case, with such a crappy movement, but like I said, we don't sell clocks, really.

The funny part is that the clock will sell for about 799.00$ CDN, because of the labor, and cost of the wood. In pine, the same clock would be 395.00$

If anything, I just hope we get a lot of nice comments on it, and maybe sell a few in other woods (like oak, which would be much cheaper).

[Kevin W.]

Sooth, a case made of oak, would cost less than pine?
I always thought a hard wood would cost more.Maybe i just don,t understand.
Still a nice case. :smile:

[Sooth]

No no no, Cherry = 799.00, Pine = 395.00

[harold bain]

Sooth, I can see where adding another $4-500 for mechanical movement and associated parts would put your price out of reach (or would it, if you have customers for an $800 quartz clock). There is a company in Toronto that custom makes clocks like what you made, and they are not cheap. The name is Westminister Clock Company. They use Hermle movements, and make clocks from Viennas to grandfather clocks, all with quality hardwood cases.
Harold

[Scottie-TX]

BTW; How tall is your clock? How wide?
Four to five hundred for a movement? Nah!
Nice, old, ready-to-run, one wt. Viennas such as I list, seldom bring over $300.
Go one step further SOO, as my friend in AU and make a REAL vienna. You MAY be mis-reading the market. Maybe do one on a trial basis with a price of $1200 to $1500 - or MORE!

[Sooth]

The door on this one is about 9 x 28. I don't know the exact height.

As for the price, that's up to my boss, not me. It's also not an antique, in need of repairs, it's sold as new. I very much doubt that one will sell, since it's cherry. We have not had many sales in Cherry, but people like to see it.

We may just get that one buyer who really wants it, too. We sold a mirror right off the wall in our showroom that was Cherry. The mirror was over 500$. It's really hard to tell.

I'd love to make a vienna, Scottie, but I much rather have an antique one.

[RJSoftware]

Hey Sooth;

Wondering how your gonna handle the glass.

Great job you got! Sounds like a great boss too.

Does he collect clocks as well?

RJ

[Sooth]

Hahaha, my boss could care less about clocks.

As for the glass, all our glass and mirrors get installed by a local glass shop. They will likely install them using clear silicone (this is what they normally use). Silicone would not be my choice (I'd use wood strips) but it's not up to me.

[Scottie-TX]

ARJAY, glass is usually handled by the edges.
Cherry wood? Gorgeous wood - not seen that offen in clox.Very light in color - your stain helps. Most viennas are dark. My choice would be either burl walnut or my favorite - rosewood. I'd use any specie hardwood for the substrate. I'd come back and veneer with either of those. Advantage? You can have grain patterns with veneer incosistent with straight-cutting wood where strength is a concern. Bookmatches and quarter matches add interest. Circassian walnut is very common in viennas.

[Mike Phelan]

Originally posted by harold bain:
Mike, they should have worded it like all the rubbish on ebay called "antique style" clocks. :biggrin:
Harold
Harold
This (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Bush-TR82-radio-No-its-a-fake-one-Works-well-though_W0QQitemZ220044072340QQihZ012QQcategoryZ932 QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem) is what happens is someone is honest - have a look at the questions below.
GJR 11L is a friend of mine.

This (http://hobbithouseinc.com/personal/woodpics/)is useful for identifying woods.

[ChrisDownUnder]

I have begun building a W.R. Smith grasshopper skeleton clock.

So far I have just been cutting and filing the movement plates. See below.


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Hopefully the finished clock is going to look something like this:
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http://craftsmanshipmuseum.com/images/wrsclok3.jpg

[jazzy454]

Here is a Diamonhead banjo that I built for my father as a birthday present to him. I copied a Wayne Cline banjo that I have for the measurements.

http://static.flickr.com/117/289566779_e04f2ed105.jpg

[Ck]

Chris That's a Truly commendable, ambious Project! I wish You Great luck with it.
Jeff Your's is a Great accomplishment! Beautiful Clock.

[Scottie-TX]

One AWESOME clock and undertaking there, CDU; Fusee drive, EW outside the plates, grasshopper, inverted pendulum! One helluva clock. 'Course if you're copying a clock - you want it to be close as possible to identical but - just me - I'd also consider piercing that topmost diamond to add interest.

[ChrisDownUnder]

I'm facing a very steep learning curve, but I should definitely know something about clocks by the time I get it built.

Everything is to be made from basic metal stock. (sheet and bar, mostly brass, but some items are silver steel.) Wheel cutting, lantern pinions, hand turning of the feet and pillars, fusee and all.

As part of the process I will also be making things like gauges and depthing tools. I will be making my own cutters for the escape wheels and ratchets.

Fortunately for me, Mr. Smith provides a complete manual of instructions for making the clock, along with a set of DVDs that demonstrate the machining and workshop techniques.

[Mike Phelan]

Great stuff, Chris. Just do a bit at a time when you feel like it; in no time at all, a clock will appear!
The grasshopper escapement is fascinating to watch.
What sort of lathe do you have? What was the source of the article and the CDs?

[ChrisDownUnder]

I have a 10" x 22" Chinese lathe and an A.W.T. Webster Whitcomb watchmaker's lathe. I haven't used the watchmaker's lathe yet as I need to set up a motor for it.

I am adapting a Sherline headstock to operate as a live milling spindle in the 10x22 lathe for wheel cutting. (I will need to make dividing plates too.)

Bill Smith's original construction articles were published in the British magazine "Model Engineer", about 20 years ago. I bought the complete set as a book (http://www.clocktools.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=C&Product_Code=HTGSC&Category_Code=BS) from clocktools.com (http://www.clocktools.com/index.htm). The workshop DVDs (http://www.clocktools.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=C&Category_Code=TDVD) are also available from there.

I am a total beginner at machining, so having all this detailed instructional material is a big help to me.

[Mike Phelan]

Thanks for that, Chris. 10 x 22 (we would call it 5 x 22 here) is quite a big lathe - but obviously it is fairly new, so should be accurate enough.
My biggest lathe is a 1948 Myford ML7 - 3.5 inch swing that you would call 7"; most of the clock stuff I do with a Unimat 3 or Seig milling machine.

[LenzkirchFan]

I have posted this picture on one of the Lenzkirch threads but will also put it here. I built the case and put an antique (80 year old) movement in it. I have just recently finished two more as gifts to close family members. It is mostly made out of solid oak with very little plywood. I don't like the plywood!

Steve

http://static.flickr.com/62/216532135_fb177642a0_b.jpg

[Joe Hollen]

Jeff:

That Diamondhead (Munroe type) timepiece is very nice indeed ! (Are those Moberg glasses?) Did you use a Lenderman movement, and just turn everything upside-down ? Nice woodworking too !!!! Very VERY nice !!!

This past summer I used a custom Lenderman movement (pendulum on the back, banjo length with a passing bell strike) to make a long-planned project ... a Simon Willard "type" Lighthouse Clock. I used no plans,
just "guesstimates" on the dimensions. Only two things guided those dimensions. The pendulum length, and the bell jar diameter...

I was going to sell it, but my wife won't let me :-)

This is the Lighthouse clock along with another "Girandole type" clock that I built in 2004... Both are on Mr. Lenderman's website ! They don't make 'em any better than Mr. and Mrs. Lenderman (Charles and Jane) !!! They are truly "the best" !

http://static.flickr.com/86/245151121_eeba4bffa6.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/21/25596701_3e270eb4d0.jpg

[jazzy454]

Nice work Joe. Yes the diamondhead has Moberg glasses in them. I had to go directly to Wayne Cline for them because when he made his diamondhead he didn't have an original in front of him and just took measurements from a picture. His throat is one inch longer than it should. That is also a Lenderman movement just turned upside down.

[Ck]

Steve,
That is one Beatuiful Clock! Congrats!! An Oak veneered plywood in the back of such a Clock is acceptable, did You do the Turned buttons as well?

Joe,
Sorry bud, I have to go along with Your Wife, Such Fine examples of hand crafted work should only ever be destined for Family Heirlooms!
Just imagine Your Great, Great Grandson Proudly proclaiming "Yes, My Great, Great Grandfather Made this Himself."

Chuck.

[Joe Hollen]

Thanks Chuck...

By the way, all of the clocks built by the contributors here were very nicely done ! I'm impressed !

Sooth: I'm impressed that you were able to make the case you did in one / two days ?!? Nice work ! Was it from a kit? plans? etc. Sheesh, it takes me many MANY days of cutting, sanding, shaping, fitting, gluing, etc. to make just one case !

Tom: That clock you made from the old case is also very impressive !!!

Keep the pictures coming !

Joe

[Christopher Isaac]

I've not made a clock, but I have modifed one. It was a westminster fhs, turned it to a triple chime, very difficult as I did not have very much space to play with, but now its excellent

replaced gongs, movement, pendulum stick, dial etc.

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/sodaclublad/281020062190.jpg
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/sodaclublad/291020062192.jpg

[Sooth]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Sooth: I'm impressed that you were able to make the case you did in one / two days ?!? Nice work ! Was it from a kit? plans? etc. Sheesh, it takes me many MANY days of cutting, sanding, shaping, fitting, gluing, etc. to make just one case ! </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Joe, please be aware that I make furniture for a living. I work in a small custom furniture shop, which is very well equipped. Not counting the gluing, I can make an entire armoire (with adjustable shelves, raised panel doors, 3 drawers, crown molding...) in about 2 days. I can make a 4-5 drawer dresser in about a day.

The clock seen above was made with no plans. The only requirement was that there was enough room for the rather excessive swing of the battery-operated pendulum (which is about 8 inches). The rest, I simply came up with as I went along. It helps that I've been looking at a lot of viennas recently, and it's loosely based off a few I've seen.

You can see my company's website here:
www.jccustomfurniture.com (http://www.jccustomfurniture.com)
And yes, I've personally made at least one of absolutely every single item seen in any photos. I've been working there for over 5 years.

[Joe Hollen]

Sooth:

Well, that explains your "speed" and "quality" ! (And the fact that you collect antique woodworking tools also ;-) Again, very nice work !

Jeff:

I've been waiting for a picture or two of the diamondhead that you made ! Did you do the lighter wood inlay yourself in the frames?

On another note, I used Campos girandole arms on the pictured girandole, but I had to bend the heck out of them to get them to fit. Then, I found a site called "Emachineshop.com". I have since downloaded their CADCAM software, designed, ordered & received four sets of Girandole sidearms that fit MUCH better than Campos sidearms. (Campos girandole clocks use a 1" longer movement, and the throat is "fatter" than my design... I use a Banjo sized movement, and a thinner throat). These sidearms from EMachineshop.com are actually cutout using a "waterjet" tool that is controlled by a computer. They don't come in polished, but they're a fraction of the cost of Campos arms... You need to do a bit of filing, and a whole lotta polishing...but the results are well worth it.

I have another Girandole with glass panels (which I reverse paint myself) in the works. When it's done I'll post a picture or two...

Great topic !

Joe

[tin-injun]

Hi All,Wow! Some nice clocks everyone.I am glad to see people are still interested in making things that can be passed on to the next generation.Thought I would share my latest project,I just finished putting in the glass this evening.First off,top and rosette on the bottom is the only prefab parts,door is of pressed oak I had laying around.The dial and glasses actually took longer to design and paint than the entire case.The case will get a circa 1920 Sessions time only movement when I get time to go through it.And again,nice clocks everyone keep up the good work. Best Regards,Kent
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[Scottie-TX]

Nice work. VERY nice work. Another of my first loves - store regulators - still love 'em. S'pose that local has meaning for you.

[jazzy454]

Hi Joe, if you go to this site you'll see a few more pictures of the diamondhead: My Collection (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jazzyt454clocks/) I bought the inlay from a company and for the life of me I can't remember the name of it, but I did do the inlay in the mahogany myself.

[Mike Phelan]

:redface: I had to Google to find out what "Teamsters Local" was - a union, not a pub as I thought! :redface:

[Scottie-TX]

Yeah; Go figger. I gnu sumthin' wuza ale-in ya.

[tin-injun]

Scottie,Thanks for the kind words.Sorry,I should have explained the clock a little better.Sounds like you all figured out the Teamster advertising,and yes,I am a Local 688 member,a business agent asked me to make this for a Christmas present for the "big guy" of our Teamsters local.If you noticed the signature at the bottom of the glass it is a copy of the "big guy's" and will most likely be put in his office. Kent

[Sooth]

Hello! It took me AGES to find this old thread, but I really didn't want to start a new one. Here's a clock that I just finished assembling this afternoon. It is being displayed in our showroom (www.jdcustomfurniture.com).

This one is a rather large clock. It's solid oak, and measures about 45 inches high, and at the very top, it's over 15 wide.

It is a really easy/plain case and the movement is a cheapie 2-3$ Timesavers Quartz movement, and the pendulum is a 24" Hermle type, on the "heavy duty" pendulum swing unit that they sell. I was disappointed when I first ste up the pendulum on the swing unit, because the swing is about 11 inches wide! So I had to make the case wider to accomodate it, which is why the dial is in a 'broken arch' rather than in a plain arch.

I'm actually very happy with this one. The dial looks really swish, but it's a cheapie aluminum dial (also from Timesavers), and it was only 5$.

The colour on it only shows up well in the third photo. The case is stained a "maple" colour, and the pendulum stick was blackened with a dark brown stain, then a light coat of a semi transparent black, so the grain is still visible.

It took about 1 1/2 days to make (but will take less time next time I make it), and it's selling for 449.00 CDN (just in case anyone is curious!)

Comments are always appreciated!

It was hard to get any decent shot of the clock because of either: glare from the lights, or poor lighting. As mentionned, the last photo shows the true colours the best.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/sooth15/OakClock1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/sooth15/OakClock2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/sooth15/OakClock3.jpg

[harold bain]

Sooth, looks like a very well put together clock. How difficult is the battery changing?

[Sooth]

Aha! Battery changing is a breeze. The dial is on a thin sheet of wood (which is braced for stability), that is hinged at the top, and held in place by a cabinet door clip. You simply flip the dial up, switch the battery, and clip it back down in place.

When you lift the dial, you also gain full access to the pendulum swing unit, which is an entirely seperate device. So if the battery in the clock dies first, you don't need to disturb the pendulum.

[Scottie-TX]

They're not exactly "battery hogs" , but I'm certain the clock'll probably LONG outlast the swinger battery.
Nice work SOO - the usual excellence - your trademark!

[Sooth]

Thanks Scottie!

I'd still preffer a weight driven vienna (or regulator) movement in there, but as I said earlier, this is made for lazy non-clock folk.

[W.R. WoodWorking]

Here is one that I built. I have the movement out of it at the moment. This one may be going to Chattanooga for the Nathionals competion. Im building a few more at the moment but cant photo them yet.
Sorry Missy this is the clock that you wanted to see and Im just now posting a photo......WR

[Missy]

Very nice W.R. :clap: I like the contrast of the white against the black. I see you found a nice original Ingraham dial. A very striking clock. :thumb:

All the others posted are amazing as well. What a group of talented people.

Missy

[glr1109]

The first caseI made. Each piece of the carvings are made from individual/different species of wood, the movement is a Hermle westminster:

http://links.pictures.aol.com/pic?id=c790vWhtskK5E99NOza1XDIc0FXXhhwq4W0f&size=l

The second case I made, I had to learn how to bend metel and weld. It was a custom design based on an industrial clothes washer for a retirement gift. The door actually opens for battery replacement:

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[W.R. WoodWorking]

Very nice W.R. :clap: I like the contrast of the white against the black. I see you found a nice original Ingraham dial. A very striking clock. :thumb:

All the others posted are amazing as well. What a group of talented people.

Missy

Thanks Missy. It has an original 1929 dail and 1929 Ingraham movement.
It's supose to be a 1929 reproduction but I cant find any original ad pictures for it. I have to have one to enter it in the repro class at the nationals. I began the construction of this clock by memory from a clock I had seen but hoping I didnt make a mistake and it being another year model or something.:?| if so I will have to remove the dail and movement and put a black mantel syle dail in it and a hermle and call it a replica.:bang: theres a 1925 I know that is built just like it but has 4 fluted colums instead of 6 smooth like I have on this clock.....WR

[Paul Arsenault]

This a picture of a Vienna Regulator I built from plans and movement from Mason & Sullivan about 20+ years ago. It's made from cherry wood. This was a very satisfying project....Paul

[Scottie-TX]

. . . . . . .and a MAGNIFICENT job you did.

[glr1109]

Paul...very nice! I really like these "Vienna Regulator" style clocks.

My brother is recently retired. He was always a good artist, but he doesn't think he can build a case. My advice is: start with the movement! Then just remember that its just a box...whether its round, square or rectangle and no matter what the composition of the material...then be creative with the molding and trim, but, he can't quite get the concept. I think he's afraid of the movements. Which with me is quite the other way around.

There are some beautiful clocks on this thread. Maybe, he can view it and see what I mean.

greg

ps: Please don't think I'm minimalizing the work involved or the beauty.

[stank2]

Here's a clock I put together in 1979 that I'd like to share with everyone. The door was a New Hampshire mirror that I picked up at a flea market and which gave me the inspiration to make a clock. I made the case from an old OG case I had. The dial was painted by Mrs. Smallwood of Dallas, Georgia while the glass was painted by Lee Davis of York, Pa. The movement is a lyre banjo size movement made by Kilbourn and Proctor of Scituate, Mass. The clock is somewhat smaller than a real New Hampshire mirror clock (the size being determined by the mirror).

[ClockJim]

Great clock.

Nice job stank2

It can hang in my collection anytime.

[Sooth]

Wow. Nice job!

[Sooth]

This is a new clock I just recently finished.

I bought a book called "Woden Clock Cases" by David Bryant, and in it, he has scale drawings of period originals. All the clocks are illustrated with all the information needed to build them.

In that book, I saw a really nice clock that was a 1760's Black Dial clock. This clock that I made is a slightly modified version of the same clock. The dial is identical, but a bit smaller (the dial is 14 inches wide with a 9 3/8 chapter ring, the original dial was almost 17 inches wide). The case is entirely different. The original clock uses a short pendulum time only fusee clock, but instead, I had an old Korean long shaft movement that was in running order, so I made the case to fit it.

So the case is made in the style of an 1860's English Drop Dial clock. So it's a mix of the two. I did, however, keep the oak case the same colour as the original black dial's case.

This clock literally cost me under 15-20$ to make. The movement was a crappy "spare" from a horrible clock, the wood cost me about 10$ from work, and the rest is all labour. The most time consuming part was to turn the dial on the lathe, then sand it smooth. Getting that centre section "flat" is much harder than it looks.

The dial was entirely handpainted by myself using just some gold paint, rulers, and an inking compass (I don't know the proper term for this tool). The hands were also hand cut with a jeweler's saw, then filed, polished, and lacquered.

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[Sooth]

PS: I will have to get a few more detailed shots of the clock. You can't tell from the photos, but the dial is quite intricate, and thick. It has a deep curved edge with a small gold bead, and then another raised bead closer to the centre.

There's also a small door on the left of the case to access the strike lever. There's a second door on the bottom to regulate the pendulum. All the hardware is old brass hardware that I had lying around.

[glr1109]

Very nice!! Great work! Looks very contemporary, I like it. :thumb:

I cant' even draw a crooked line well alone straight lines:%

greg

[ClockJim]

Sooth,

Beautiful... U R indeed a craftmen.

[stank2]

Beautiful piece of work, Sooth. I especially like those hands. Those must have taken some effort.

I have one question- how do you wind the clock? I don't see any winding holes.

[shutterbug]

As an extension to this post, has anyone made their own movements? I did note the skeleton in an earlier post - very cool. Any others??

[Sooth]

Thanks for the compliments everyone.

Stank, the clock winds from the front. The holes are simply drilled in the face, but since they are painted black, and have no gromets, they are not very noticable. They are pretty much invisible in those photos. As I said, I will get a few more pics when I get the chance.

The hands were only a bit of a challenge because of my problems with my jeweler's saw, which is only 2 1/4 inches deep (to the back of it). I had to angle the saw, and cut-in from both sides. Otherwise, cutting the hands was rather easy. I just glued my pattern on the brass sheet, and started cutting.

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[Mike Phelan]

As an extension to this post, has anyone made their own movements?

To us Brits, that is "making a clock". The posts here are "making cases", excellent as they are.

This one do? Circa 1990.

There are a few others, but I have not taken pics yet. I made a Synchronome in 1983, but it is dismantled for servicing at the moment.

[Mike Phelan]

And finally, all of it:
Note to Brassophobes - cleaned when I made it, and no lacquer! Final polish with chalk.

[RJSoftware]

Your the man Mike. No doubt! Did you make/mill all the parts?

RJ

[Mike Phelan]

RJ
Thanks. Yes - the only things that were not made from raw materials were the glass dome and the chapter ring (which I am not 100% happy with).

Everything else was just (leaded) brass and steel stock; soft iron for the magnet poles and armature. The base was from some mahogany offcuts from a shopfitter pal, glued and turned.
Balance rim is an offcut of steel pipe.
Contact points are from scrap car relay, ballraces from scrap video for balance staff and impulse roller.
It uses 3 D-cells that need replacing every 18 months or so.

Long live the junkbox! :clap:

Current "clock" project is a mainspring winder. :thumb: Watch this space.

[RJSoftware]

My Grand dad use to have the "tool shed". The place was absolutley amazing. I would go in on some request for some item, and just get lost in fantacy from seeing so many different tools/junk/scrap/things it would just boggle the mind. Sometimes for hours. Thinking of different projects I could start.

Too bad back then they didn't have ebay. I could of made a killin. I remember him and Grandma use to have arguments, she didn't see so much value in the junk he collected. (In ways maybe she was correct), but he would argue to anyone over things they threw away.

They lived at that house for better than 60 years, so you can't even begin to imagine the stuff that was in the shed. It was a fairly large shed. I have seen apartment complexes smaller.

It took several years after Grandma's death which was much later than his to where the shed finally got emptied out. No joke..!

So, I do know what you mean when you say, long live the junk box. (I think :) )
RJ

[shutterbug]

Mike - wow! VERY cool! :)

[harold bain]

Hey, RJ, my dad had a toolshed, too. When I was a kid, I sure didn't want an invite back there:o

[RJSoftware]

LOL! NO, that was the back of the tool shed. I remember them days well!

RJ

[Mike Phelan]

I have mentioned this before, but if I scrap anything mechanical or electrical (and that is not that often!) then it donates many of its organs to the aforementioned junkbox.
Even screws, nuts, bolts, washers and springs can be recycled.
PCBs have useful bits on them for me as well.

It is sad that the things that are scrapped are generally fairly new; older things can be fixed.
That's progress for you. Heigh ho. :?|

[Joe Hollen]

I just finished a four - five month project... My clock repairman / very good friend brought a 5 tubular chime (Westminster chime only) Urgos movement to me in December and asked me to "Make a Grandfather clock ... Doesn't matter what it looks like, just make a case to fit the movement". I guess he had just won the movement on Ebay...

I sent away for plans, but they didn't appeal to me at all. The movement has one of those pendulums that are about 12" accross. It has a "lyre" above the pendulum ball, and a simulated gridiron pendulum rod... Most Granfather clocks with these movements are the "straight no-waist" type GF clocks put out by Howard Miller, etc., and that's what the plans that I ordered looked like...

Well, I trashed the plans. ($29.95 down the drain ! ) I like the "thin waist look" of a Tall case clock... and, since I had alot of leeway with what I needed to make, I went with (as much as I could) a thin waist case. I decided to work with cherry since I had never worked with it before. I decided not to go by any plans for this clock, Just pictures from books, the Internet, and "what was in my head. :) The only clocks that I make from "plans" are Banjo Clocks. I saw pictures of older Walthams and Walter Durfee tall clocks, and this is what I tried to "simulate". I don't know how successful I was, but it I think it came out OK...

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[leeinv66]

Very nice Joe! I would be happy to have it in my home. Yea, the "thin waist look", looks great!

Cheers
Peter

[harold bain]

Nice work, Joe. A clock to be proud of:thumb:

[Joe Hollen]

Peter / Harold:

Thank You very much for your kind comments ! In hindsight, it was a lot bigger project than I thought when I first started it. If I could have worked three to four weeks straight on in, 8 to 10 hours a day, I would have finished it in a month... But, the job, and other family projects and duties all seemed to get in the way...

I learned a lot doing this too. It's the first Tall Clock that I've ever built, and the first time I used Cherry in the construction of any clock. If you've ever built anything with Cherry before, I'm sure you'll agree that it's a very interesting wood to work with. It smells great when you saw or sand it ! :) By the time I fitted the dial door, you could see how much all the other finished parts of the clock had "darkened" over time ... a "neat" characteristic of Cherry. I used amber shellac for the first coat, followed by a good going over with 00 steel wool. This basically "sealed" the wood fairly well, which was intended to prevent "blotching". I then vacuumed it, and coated it with cherry stain. The stain did not soak in. It just "slightly darkened" the amber color of the shellac. After the stain was dry I rubbed it in, then started applying "wipe-on-poly" followed by finer steel wool / vacuuming... When the surface started to look like a mirror, I stopped... It came out with a nice "butternut" color that I'm sure will darken more over time...

Thanks again for your compliments !

Joe

[jazzy454]

Very nicely done Joe, quite impressive.

[Joe Hollen]

...

[Joe Hollen]

Well, this thread hasn't been active for quite some time... So...

I just finished this clock after working on it for about 4 months off and on... And, I learned one BIG lesson... Traditional Girandole clocks are very hard to make !!! Making one with just finished mahogany frames is *fun*, but this one took the fun right out of it ! This is the first time that I've tried my hand a "gilding". I had heard that "Dutch Gold" was much easier (as well as MUCH less expensive) than true gold leaf. I thought the shine of it was very nice when finished. The only drawback is that you have to seal it with dutch metal sealer, or it will tarnish (Dutch leaf is actually "brass")... I did the tablets myself also... I had a quote of close to 4 figures for the tablets from a highly recognized reverse glass painter...so, I figured I'd do them myself... Not absolutely professional, but "worth the cost" ... :-)

I'm glad it's over :-) ...

Joe

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[Dave B]

My avatar is my first attempt at constructing a clock from scratch. The movement is a quartz watch. That huge machine in the background is an 8mm Boley Geneva style lathe. Take a look at my thread in Horological Misc.

[harold bain]

Joe, thanks for sharing. Beautiful clock:thumb::thumb::thumb:

[Jeff Salmon]

Some of you may remember this clock from another thread.

This is a wall regulator that I designed and built, after about 15 years. It's an antique already! I bought the movement all those years ago and always wanted something like this style. The movement is French with a GIANT dial, 9 1/2" bezel. The movement is typical French, but the plates are square and about 6" square. The springs are 1" wide and the clock runs about 2 weeks. It is accurate to less than a minute in that time. The bezel is very heavy and the beveled glass is about 3/8" thick. The pendulum is from another clock, and altered to fit the movement, and shortened. The star is original. The case about 32" tall by 12 1/2" wide. The sides are laminated and formed to make the gothic top. The bottom is actually a small wall shelf I found at a store, and saved it for years, just for this project. Proportions were very important to make the clock look right. The case is black with the window moulding painted with brass colored paint.

[Paul Regan]

Joe, nice accomplishment on your Girondole!!! I have used that method of guilding before and found the same issues. Paul

[Mike Phelan]

I really must get around to making a clock, now I'm retired.

That is, making a clock in the UK sense, not making a clock case. ;)

I have a pile of brass and steel for Philip Woodward's design - we'll see what happens!

[paradise]

This is a clock I made some years ago. I got the dial at the Cleveland National from someone named Darrow if I remember right. It is 17 inches in dia and has some excellent engraving in the center so I used an IBM mechanism to avoid making holes in the dial. The overall clock is over 7 feet tall and hangs on the wall.
Tha pillars are from a fireplace mantle of a friends house who was removing it. I put all this stuff on the shelf along with other items against the day I would use it in making a clock. Well the day finally came. What I discovered was NOTHING goes as quickly or as smoothly as planned. This clock took me on and off, mostly off, over a year to complete.

[paradise]

I have always admired the high end, London, pagoda style clock but could never afford one. What I could afford was some wood. This one is nice mahogany with some flame in the door which is hard to see in the pic. I got the dial parts over time and put them together. Usually I would like to have a dial and works before making a clock because I need it to use as a guide to figure out my proportions which are so important to the appearance of a clock or actually any piece of furniture. I will usually take several weeks and dozens of drawings to plan a clock.
This one went a little quicker than others because I happened to get a little vacation time to concentrate on it but even at that it took several months; but not in a row as comedian Steven Wright said.
As in so many high end London grandfathers a touch of brass against the beautiful color of the mahogany is a great addition and adds so much. The wire rods on the pillars of the bonnet are brazing rod from a welder supply house, and the other brass pieces are available at any of several clock supply houses. I had to modify the hinges to make them work but it wasnt very hard. Some of the wood panels I got at a local auction house. I would have them save broken furniture items for me occasionally and would buy them for very little but the wood was very nice and being old was very stable ane usually had some great looking grain.
Every time I look at it I get the slightest little uncomfortable feeling. I just feel that the base is just the slightest bit off. It is overall just under 8 feet tall.

[paradise]

I got a hold of a Herschede nine tube movement and wanted to make a really big really nice Herschede style clock. I had to make it in 3 pieces and it ended up being 8 foot 10 inches tall and just looks massive because it is an archetectual style hood with no finials, nothing open just lots of wood. I like it a lot. I dont have a picture of the whole thing but I do have a pic of the bonnet to give an idea of its style. It is a waisted clock with the trunk section being 3 beveled glass panels [ door and 2 sides ]. The front of the base has a carved panel which I got from an auction house. It was the back of a chair. Its a very well done carving of the north wind and looks great down there and just fits perfectly. It is mostly mahogany but I ran into a great cache of black walnut so I used some here. I also stumbled on a nice upright piano someone was throwing out so I salvaged some panels from it but it ends up that piano panels are a little too thick to use redily and too much trouble to plane down for the most part so I actually had very limited use of them. I still have some and hope to use them someday, they are a beautiful old [ 1860's ] rosewood veneer on oak. Ive had them for years just waiting for the right project to come along.

[paradise]

This is the only clock I have made for someone. It was in exchange for a few hundred feet of walnut. It came from his farm and he was a good friend so I agreed to the deal. I had to sit down with him several times to design a clock which he wanted and we made several plans before settleing on a final design. Another thing he wanted was a pictorial record of the making, something I didnt do with other clocks but have started doing now, so I have almost 200 pics of all phases of making this clock. Heres the kicker: he had some beautiful walnut aged for over 20 years in his barn but he wanted a mahogany clock. Well he bought me the wood but paid me so to speak with mahogany otherwise I would have just made it for himbecause he was a good friend. Im going to try to include a few interesting pics of this one since I have a large photographic record. I didnt show the dial here but it is a typical French porcelain dial for a pinwheel movement. The panel above the dial is reversable. One side is birds eye and the other is a flame mahogany. I guess you can show your mood. It was his idea but I like the flame myself.
The brass in the door is a 1/4 X 1/4 rod all the way around used to hold in the front glass which is a beveled pane. One of the pictures shows 1/2 inch brass brass brackets I made to mount the movement. They can be seen by looking through the side panels. Notice they are opposite so that when you look at each side it is seen in the proper direction for reading the owners inital " G ". The drawing was a final sketch but as would happen there were some changes made along the way.

[paradise]

I wanted to make a few clocks that didnt take a year or more so I could get them done before I became senile.
The balloon is ripple maple with rosewood border and an ebony strip between them. The brass figure on the front is from a wall sconce I got at an antique shop for 20 dollars. The clock stands about 17 inches tall with a 7 inch dial on a nice French open scape mechanism.
The bracket clock is mahogany and mahogany veneers and weighs a lot. It is about 25 inches tall and has the rest of the wall sconce. The brass surround of the dial and border at the base is from the same wall sconce. It has a trip fusee movement with a rack of 8 bells and cathedral gongs for westminster. I got the side panels from an old gentlaman at a NAWCC meeting for too much money.

[paradise]

Something a little more current. I am currently working on these two clocks. They are very large wall hanging regulators loosley based on two models I like by American makers. The walnut one will have a pinwheel movement with a dial I made which is shown. The ripples in the dial are a reflection of the ceiling so try to look beyond them. The mahogany one will have an astro mechanism I got at a meeting in Orlando several years ago. I dont have a dial for ita and will try to make one and hop0e I can do it well because if it doesnt look right it will detract from the clock. They are both far from being done as each will have several little attachments which take a lot of time to make but are the type of thing that end up making the clock.
Try NOT to see the mess in the garage when you look at the pics. I am very cramped for room so many things are on top of each other. Often when I work it takes me 15 mins just to get access to the item Im working on. Man a nice workshop is wealth. I know: I dont have either.

[Paul Regan]

Oh my!! What a pleasure to see what someone can produce with their hands, brains and a few tools. Thanks for sharing and please show us more. Paul

[Bob Baxter]

Hey Paradise, where did you find the lyre pendulum for the regulator you made for your friend with the walnut? I'm looking for one for a jewelers pinwheel regulator I'm starting on now.

Beautiful work!! I would like to see what you could do with a large shop!!!

[Mike Phelan]

Last one I made was about 20 years ago - shame on me!
I think this might have appeared a long while ago on this thread before the forum software was updated.
I'm probably cheating a bit as although I made it, I did not design it - that was done by the great John Wilding, who has contributed more than anyone to getting folk intersted in clockmaking.

Note that "making a clock" in US is what we would call "making a clock case" - something that most of you can do much better than I can - glass domes are my friend! ;)

I have a pile of brass and steel ready to make a copy of Philip Woodward's gearless clock design, and as really I ought to be designing something, next ones are based on Herschede's ingenious 2-train chime, and a smaller design for the garage wall, based on Gents' Waiting Train, with some electric junkbox stuff for a 30-second 'master'.

[paradise]

Mr. Baxter, The pendulum, works and a dial, not shown, was something I had stashed away. I got it at a show several years ago in a case which was in such ruin it had to be thrown out; but it made the pinwheel more reasonably priced. I was planning to use it for myself but ended up selling it to my friend as part of making his clock for what I paid for it. I ended up having to wait 3 years till I found another priced reasonably. It is going into the big walnut regulator Im making but I decided not to use the porcelain dial but make the black one [ with gold leaf numbers ] to use instead. A [ not so ] funny thing: after I spent many hours lining up everything and applying the leaf and all I realized that I did not have a windup hole. I had to measure carefully and took it to a glass place to drill and hoped it didnt break. I made the center hole for the hands and completely forgot about winding but when I discovered it I did not trust my inexperience to drill that hole so I took it to a local glass place I have used before and hoped for the best. As you can see in the picture it doesnt have the windup hole. Well Im happy to report the operation was a success.
I am trying to finish this clock in time to bring to the Florida Winter Regional in Kisimee in Jan. next year. Its a chore. Im guessing it will end up weighing close to 150 pounds empty. Its a wallhanger but Im going to make a base to stand it on for the show for lack of a hook but it really changes the clock entirely. Im putting a few more pics of that one and the one shown next to it but be kind to me and realize that they are both in very incomplete stage
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Another clock in the incomplete stage. This one has been sitting in the corner of the garage for a few years along with about four others in all stages of incomplete. Every so often I will get a bug and do a little work on one or the other of them but then along comes a new idea which takes center stage and gets all the attention.
This one is cherry. I hear that cherry darkens from the oxygen in the air over time, well by the time I finish this guy it may be black. Its about 8 foot 4 inches and will be getting a set of feet which will rise it about 4 more inches. The dial is big 14 X 20 and is brass. I am not planning any brass attachments on this clock. Im putting fluted 1/4 columbs in the corners along the trunk and 4 fluted columbs in the bonnet with wood bases and capitals. I have been experimenting with dyes for it, I dont want to use cherry, and decided to make it red. Its gonna look strange. I already tried in a few spots and I like it. Its not fire engine red its a sort of brownish red but it shows up nicely on the cherry. Im sure that lots of folks wont like it and some will but I do and as I dont think anyone will buty the clocks I make I end up doing it for me and my wife so I do what she and I like.

[Bob Baxter]

Paradise,
I sent you a PM.
Bob

[paradise]

Mr. Baxter: I sent you a message but not being familiar with the way to do it I may have done it wrong. Please let me know if you got it.
Thanks..............paradise

[Robertptn]

I can't take credit for these, but my best friend is into tramp art and people commission him to build clocks for them. I just help out suppling and restoring the works he uses. The GF clock is themed after Abe Lincoln, the bottom is a minuture Fords Theater.

[Joe Hollen]

Paradise:

Very nice clocks ! I like the reddish look on the Cherry GF clock !

This is a "Vermont Style Regulator" I recently built. Making this clock was a very enjoyable project. I recently got a "Jet drum sander" that made short work of the door panels. No visible "snipe" on the wood panels ! :-) The "Curly Cherry" that I found for the door and throat frame were very nice too ! I only wish that my supply house had more... I used the Minwax wood conditioner, and then Minwax gel-stain for the wood finishing. No blotching !!! :-) ...

Joe

[Dave B]

I have never built my own clock, but here is my first attempt at building my own case. The photo of the completed clock was taken with it standing in front of my 6mm Boley lathe, for scale. The last photo is of the original clock, cased in 1806 by David White of Longmeadow MA, standing in my livingroom. The writing on the back of the copy is copied from the original. I used a quartz watch movement, and a pair of pocket watch hands. I had to make bushings for the hands, to fit the shafts on the movement. The dial is a photograph, printed at a scale of one inch to the foot.

My next project was going to be to make a movement from clear acrylic, but that has to wait, because my mother has requested that I make a copy of her 12" Seth Thomas Gallery clock to hang in her doll house, so it has to come first.

[Kevin W.]

Nice job Dave, you have some great capentry skills.:)

[cmnewcomer]

I have been surprised for many years that there was not a forum for clock building in general but this seems to be a nice addition to the site. I have been struggling for many years with tooling, materials, and technical details that could not be readily answered so this may be the time and place. Looking forward to seeing how others are making out with their builds.

In any event, I have attached a picture of my second clock but the first of the design my Grandfather built.

Best Regards.

Carl

[MISTRY NILESH D]

Attached two pictures of my grandfather clock. One is of full movement and other where I put 29 diamonds and one ruby on the escape wheel. Further, I used 4 ruby jewels for escape wheel and escape arm bearings. Other pinions run in ball bearings. Pallets are high speed steel. Runs within 30 minutes a month.

Clock is supported on three leg rosewood tripoid and movement is covered with glass dom.

[yagna]

[QUOTE=Sooth;62235]It's funny that this topic was posted at this time. My boss just got me to make a new clock to sell in our showroom, and I finished work on....

Here's what the parts looked like before staining. Note that the dial is square. Our next one will have a proper round dial with *hopefully* roman numerals.

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The next two were taken after staining. I did the rod in a black finish. The clock still needs to be lacquered, and have glass fitted. I'll have photos of the completed clock when it's all finished probably by next tuesday or wednesday.

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Marvellous job indeed. I would be glad to see how the final look of the clock with dial and finish. I will wait until then..

[Joe Hollen]

I have to "reactivate" this thread again... ;) Here's a clock I recently made - A banjo clock with book-matched "bird's eye maple" throat and door panels. The fine weight driven movement was made by the late "Aramado Cimino"...

Joe


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[David S]

Awesome Joe. Did you make the brass work as well? Very nicely done.

[Joe Hollen]

David:

Thanks very much for those kind words :-)

No... I didn't make the brass decorations. (I have designed and used Girandole sidearms from "Emachineshop.com's CADCAM software" though. I had a number of them made for me and they came out great! If I ever run out of banjo sidearms, I'll have to go that route for those also :-) The bezel and the brass balls in the bracket came from Timesavers. The finial is from Ball and Ball antique hardware in Exton Pa.. The door hinges are from Horton's Brasses. The movement, sidearms, bezel latch, and pendulum tiedown are from Mr. Cimino (His nephew was selling some of his stock after his untimely death)... Also, I misspelled his first name in my previous reply... It's "Armando", not "Aramado" (duh ! %-) ...

BTW, the case and bracket are cherry...

I really love making Willard style clocks. To me, they are the most interesting, and nicest looking clocks in the Clock World... Sure, there are more ornate clocks out there, but the handsome simplicity, utility, and history of these clocks just can't be beat ... And, the only way I'll ever have a Willard Style clock (on my budget at least) is to make them myself ! :-)

Thanks again...

Joe

[Max Phillips]

I'll echo David's words... nice work, Joe! You're a skilled woodworker, and I must admit to being envious of that! That is some beautiful maple you've used there. A friend of mine at work made a small birds eye maple storage box for a toolmaking project of mine, and I just love the figure.

I hope you don't mind, but I'm going to PM you - I'm pretty sure we are former co-workers.

-Max

[Walesey]

OK. So perhaps there is a thread for making clock cases after all!

I spent my Christmas Break cutting up bits of pine wood to clothe a naked movement that I picked up on e-bay. I got the movement so as to practice clock repairs, and then made the case so as to practice wood working skills, as I am very light on in BOTH departments! I did not post my resultant clock here because it was not really a CLOCK that I had made, and I could not find a forum for clock cases.

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Anyway, I hereby submit a link to the "Woodwork Forum" where I submitted photos of my case, earlier in the year. http://www.woodworkforums.com/f168/yet-another-first-clock-167114/

I guess I could upload the photos here if people really wanted me to, but you can probably get the idea from the link.

Cheers
Walesey

[jono]

This is my first attempt at a free pendulum clock, I am building the open case at the moment

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtI4xlyv0ss