Were They Better Craftsmen Than We are Today ?
The thing about making a longcase clock completely from scratch is you have to acquire a lot of skills, from engineering skills for making the movement, painting skills for the dial, and cabinet making skills for making the case.
To make a longcase clock that was constructed [...]

Case design is not such a formidable task as you may think; it can be done with a little research and the basic skills in technical drawing. If you covered this at school you’re already halfway there.
Although there are advanced drawing programs you can use on computers today, we still use the old method [...]