Hi Group,
www.anticlan.com/clock/index

I built this clock as a 50th anniversary gift for my Parents. I had the
thing up and running (but not polished...still looked good) and I invited
them out to my house last April to see it. My Mom was in the later stages
of Parkinson's, and in a wheelchair. She couldn't get up to take a close
look, but she loved it! My Dad, too.
Soon after, they moved to North Carolina to a retirement community. Sadly,
my Mother was very ill from the start down there and she passed away in
July. I'm just glad she had a chance to see the clock.
It hung on my wall keeping excellent time until just before Christmas. I
was going south to see my Dad over the holiday, so I spent a couple weeks
polishing and lacquering the brass and finishing the walnut base. I
installed the clock on the wall of my Father's apartment the day after
Christmas. He tells me it's running good.
I really enjoyed building the clock. In fact, I got Bill Smith's
Grasshopper Skeleton clock book about a month ago.
I am indebted to many members of r.c.m. for bits of advice I picked up from
you whenever I got stuck along the way. Thanks too, to John Shadle of
onlineclockbuilding.com for answering a couple questions about gear cutting
that had me stumped. It was also from his site that I got the instructions
for building gear cutters. They work great and it's worth a trip to his
site to see his beautiful work.

Thanks all,
Nok

Very nicely done! Thanks for sharing this.

How many hours did it take to complete the project?

Robert

"Dave Edwards" wrote in message
...
Hi Group,
www.anticlan.com/clock/index

I built this clock as a 50th anniversary gift for my Parents. Thanks all,
Nok

Dave - very well done. Nice way to do the pictures as well!


Martin Eastburn
@ home at Lions' Lair with our computer lionslair at consolidated dot net
NRA LOH & Endowment Member
NRA Second Amendment Task Force Charter Founder



Dave Edwards wrote:
Hi Group,
www.anticlan.com/clock/index

I built this clock as a 50th anniversary gift for my Parents. I had the
thing up and running (but not polished...still looked good) and I invited
them out to my house last April to see it. My Mom was in the later stages
of Parkinson's, and in a wheelchair. She couldn't get up to take a close
look, but she loved it! My Dad, too.
Soon after, they moved to North Carolina to a retirement community. Sadly,
my Mother was very ill from the start down there and she passed away in
July. I'm just glad she had a chance to see the clock.
It hung on my wall keeping excellent time until just before Christmas. I
was going south to see my Dad over the holiday, so I spent a couple weeks
polishing and lacquering the brass and finishing the walnut base. I
installed the clock on the wall of my Father's apartment the day after
Christmas. He tells me it's running good.
I really enjoyed building the clock. In fact, I got Bill Smith's
Grasshopper Skeleton clock book about a month ago.
I am indebted to many members of r.c.m. for bits of advice I picked up from
you whenever I got stuck along the way. Thanks too, to John Shadle of
onlineclockbuilding.com for answering a couple questions about gear cutting
that had me stumped. It was also from his site that I got the instructions
for building gear cutters. They work great and it's worth a trip to his
site to see his beautiful work.

Thanks all,
Nok




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Dave Edwards wrote:

www.anticlan.com/clock/index

Very nice clock, very nice work!
Thanks for sharing it.


Nick
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Very nice, Dave! Thanks for sharing.

Bob Swinney
"Dave Edwards" wrote in message
...
Hi Group,
www.anticlan.com/clock/index

I built this clock as a 50th anniversary gift for my Parents. I had the
thing up and running (but not polished...still looked good) and I invited
them out to my house last April to see it. My Mom was in the later stages
of Parkinson's, and in a wheelchair. She couldn't get up to take a close
look, but she loved it! My Dad, too.
Soon after, they moved to North Carolina to a retirement community.
Sadly, my Mother was very ill from the start down there and she passed
away in July. I'm just glad she had a chance to see the clock.
It hung on my wall keeping excellent time until just before Christmas. I
was going south to see my Dad over the holiday, so I spent a couple weeks
polishing and lacquering the brass and finishing the walnut base. I
installed the clock on the wall of my Father's apartment the day after
Christmas. He tells me it's running good.
I really enjoyed building the clock. In fact, I got Bill Smith's
Grasshopper Skeleton clock book about a month ago.
I am indebted to many members of r.c.m. for bits of advice I picked up
from you whenever I got stuck along the way. Thanks too, to John Shadle
of onlineclockbuilding.com for answering a couple questions about gear
cutting that had me stumped. It was also from his site that I got the
instructions for building gear cutters. They work great and it's worth a
trip to his site to see his beautiful work.

Thanks all,
Nok

A pleasing picture essay to experience. Thanks.
JR
Dweller in the cellar

Dave Edwards wrote:

Hi Group,
www.anticlan.com/clock/index

I built this clock as a 50th anniversary gift for my Parents. I had the
thing up and running (but not polished...still looked good) and I invited
them out to my house last April to see it. My Mom was in the later stages
of Parkinson's, and in a wheelchair. She couldn't get up to take a close
look, but she loved it! My Dad, too.
Soon after, they moved to North Carolina to a retirement community. Sadly,
my Mother was very ill from the start down there and she passed away in
July. I'm just glad she had a chance to see the clock.
It hung on my wall keeping excellent time until just before Christmas. I
was going south to see my Dad over the holiday, so I spent a couple weeks
polishing and lacquering the brass and finishing the walnut base. I
installed the clock on the wall of my Father's apartment the day after
Christmas. He tells me it's running good.
I really enjoyed building the clock. In fact, I got Bill Smith's
Grasshopper Skeleton clock book about a month ago.
I am indebted to many members of r.c.m. for bits of advice I picked up from
you whenever I got stuck along the way. Thanks too, to John Shadle of
onlineclockbuilding.com for answering a couple questions about gear cutting
that had me stumped. It was also from his site that I got the instructions
for building gear cutters. They work great and it's worth a trip to his
site to see his beautiful work.

Thanks all,
Nok





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Dave Edwards wrote:
Hi Group,
www.anticlan.com/clock/index

I built this clock as a 50th anniversary gift for my Parents. I had the
thing up and running (but not polished...still looked good) and I invited
them out to my house last April to see it. My Mom was in the later stages
of Parkinson's, and in a wheelchair. She couldn't get up to take a close
look, but she loved it! My Dad, too.
Soon after, they moved to North Carolina to a retirement community. Sadly,
my Mother was very ill from the start down there and she passed away in
July. I'm just glad she had a chance to see the clock.

Gorgeous! And, my condolences on the passing of your mom.

Jon

"Dave Edwards" wrote in message
...
Hi Group,
www.anticlan.com/clock/index

I built this clock as a 50th anniversary gift for my Parents.

I stand in awe, humbled.
Great work!

--
Jeff R.

The renowned clockmaker, W.R. Smith has a web site at:
http://horology.magnet.fsu.edu/wrsmith.htm

Bob Swinney

Sorry. After posting the URL I checked it and found it is not available. I
should have checked it first. I got it from some correspondence with WR
Smith a little less than one year ago.

Bob Swinney
"Robert Swinney" wrote in message
...
The renowned clockmaker, W.R. Smith has a web site at:
http://horology.magnet.fsu.edu/wrsmith.htm

Bob Swinney

On Mon, 6 Mar 2006 20:12:11 +1100, "Jeff R"
wrote:


"Dave Edwards" wrote in message
...
Hi Group,
www.anticlan.com/clock/index

I built this clock as a 50th anniversary gift for my Parents.

I stand in awe, humbled.
Great work!

Indeed!

Marvelous work!!

Gunner



"A prudent man foresees the difficulties ahead and prepares for them;
the simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences."
- Proverbs 22:3

Sorry. After posting the URL I checked it and found it is not available.
I should have checked it first. I got it from some correspondence with WR
Smith a little less than one year ago.

Bob Swinney

Bob Smith is quite a character. I needed to call him twice regarding some
problems I was having. The second time I called was regarding how heavy I
should make the weight tube. I was trying to 'engineer' a solution to the
problem. I figured I needed to double the amount of weight needed to just
make it run without a pulley (as I was doing during testing), add the pulley
and then add a little more weight to be on the safe side. His answer to
that was; "Just make the thing as heavy as you can because you never know
what the hell's going to happen." Moral? Clock making is not necessarily
engineering.
Nok