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5 Steps for Making Clock Hood Frets.
The video is from the “Making A Case For A Longcase Clock” manual.
I have put the video on youtube as I don’t know how to get a player embedded into the article on the blog yet.
Anyway I hope it answers some of the questions.
Some of the techniques when cutting out fret patterns have always been [...]
Why Grandfather Clock?
I haven’t posted for such a long time people were emailing to see if I had won the lottery and gone of to live on a tropical island.
Unfortunately I haven’t, it’s because we have been so busy lately and as you will already have gathered I’m not an internet guru and I don’t earn my [...]
How To Value Your Antique Clocks
Antique Longcase clocks like antique artwork or other collectable items are so individual in nature that it is almost impossible to make a fixed valuation on them.
Unlike motor vehicles there is no standard value list guide, antique clocks hopefully go up in value, whereas motorcars depreciate the moment you drive them off the sales [...]
5. Things You Must Check When Buying A Grandfather Clock
Grandfather clocks or longcase clocks as they are known in the trade are one
of the very few actual working antique pieces of furniture you can purchase today, but you must be aware that buying a clock that does not work can represent a real risk.Â
With their mechanical movements which have most probably been around for [...]
The Old Clock Makers
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 [...]



