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NigelW replied to the thread Dividing Head for Mill.Mr Tompion and others made some pretty nice clocks without CNC, but it certainly makes life easier. During the COVID lockdown I have... -
NigelW replied to the thread Any info on Samuel Smith of Newcastle?.Thomas, John and Joseph Swinnerton. My maternal grandmother was a Swinnerton, descended from John. Clocks by signed by Thomas and...
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NigelW replied to the thread Any info on Samuel Smith of Newcastle?.Newcastle under Lyme in Staffordshire had an significant clock making industry in the 18th century. An ancestor of mine was one of...
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NigelW replied to the thread Longcase Restoration Project.The case may be largely original to the clock but the carving is probably Victorian i.e. done 100 years or more after it was originally...
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NigelW reacted to novicetimekeeper's post in the thread Restoring matting on brass dial clocks with
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If you look behind the chapter ring you can usually see how it was done. There should be enough there for you to trial any proposed... -
NigelW replied to the thread Restoring matting on brass dial clocks.Looking closely at mine it seems it was done with a square punch. The slightly flattened area is next to the the hour hand, and hidden...
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NigelW reacted to novicetimekeeper's post in the thread Restoring matting on brass dial clocks with Like.
It was done with a spiked roller, not always but that is the most common method. Some early provincial clocks seem to have been done...
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Is it possible to restore the matting on old brass dial clock? The dial on one of mine has had some later holes plugged but the...
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NigelW replied to the thread 1710 Etherington Table clock with lots of bits missing.Just had an email from my dial and case restorer. Both are finished. The mechanism restoration is more or less designed and some...
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NigelW replied to the thread 1710 Etherington Table clock with lots of bits missing.Used my Vertex rotary table today with an ER32 collet chuck mounted on it to slash the teeth on my first gear cutter. Stages of cutter...
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NigelW replied to the thread 1710 Etherington Table clock with lots of bits missing.Finally got back to making my gear cutters. To check the width and depth of the cutters I need to make I have looked again at the...
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NigelW replied to the thread 1710 Etherington Table clock with lots of bits missing.These photos compare the dials and under dial work of two Etherington clocks which I believe may be close in date. The first dial is...
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NigelW replied to the thread 1710 Etherington Table clock with lots of bits missing.The Hobson book is a facsimile of a sketchbook kept for private use and never intended for publication plus some black and white photos...
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NigelW replied to the thread 1710 Etherington Table clock with lots of bits missing.I did find a copy of the Hobson book and it has been useful. Production quality and photos are not up to modern standards however.
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NigelW reacted to novicetimekeeper's post in the thread Identifying grandfather clock movement with Like.
I have the book too, though I haven't read it that much. I've never seen one as early as 1740, just going on what I've seen.
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