“The Herschede project” our new old family clock

[chris mabbott]

I’m loving this thread William and you are giving me some great ideas, I may even venture into clocks, you’ve inspired me

I hope you’ll post a video of this running when all is complete. Fantastic..

Chris

[jim1228]

Hey William,
Super awesome buddy!
Jim

[mahlon]

Beautiful work William. I hope to be able to do that on the lathe some day. I am glad that you pictured your parting tool. I was going to ask someone here if my was messed up. I didn’t realize that the cutting edge didn’t run square with the material. I bought my lathe 8 or 9 months ago and just tried it out this evening. It really is fun, but I am going to have a lot of practice 😯 Mahlon

[Bob Tascione]

Wow Really good demo William!
Thanks!
Bob

[willofiam]

<span style=”font-size:150%”>Here is a few more pictures of the movement</span>

[willofiam]

<span style=”font-size:150%”>Here is how the knot was tied for the weight cables</span>

[ewinrow]

Looking good William, maybe one day I’ll be in the big leagues with you guy’s. I wish you very we’ll on your project. So far looks like your really enjoying it . Have a ball and keep posting your progress. Good job.

[arutha]

That looks to be coming on great William, it gets frustrating at times because you want to work on it but customers keep bringing in more work. When is the next installment coming?
Paul.

[willofiam]

Hey guys, thank you for the comments.
Paul, coming soon to a theater near you….
Chris, I find clock repair as exciting as watch repair, 2 different worlds but very similar, I enjoy the change from working on a clock to a watch, keeps me thinkin 😯 so when are we going to see your first clock project?
Hey Ed, keep on keepin on…I started 2 years ago, tons of hours of study, research and hands on but I still dont have my big boy pants on….
and probably never will
Mahlon, wont take you much time and you will easily surpass my abilities. practice, experiment, play, create, enjoy, try, imagine and have fun…. OH, and ask Bob and David lots of questions
Jim….your super awesome :geek:
Bob, as always……its your fault…

[gerene]

Really nice project William. Looking forward to see the rest!

Jan

[willofiam]

<span style=”font-size:150%”>Some progress on disassemble, cleaning and polishing</span>

[willofiam]

[david pierce]

William,
Your machine work looks excellent and you have come up with some extremely innovative solutions. Would the piece you turned in your drill press also fit in your Atlas lathe?
There was a famous English woodworker who died in the 1990s named Jim Kingshot. If you ever get a chance to get his woodworking videos (he made four) by all means watch them. There is one in particular on using molding planes that starts off with him showing a grandfather clock he made completely with hand saws and hand planes. You have to see it to believe it.
david

[willofiam]

Hey David, I think using the lathe would have been safer, I was thinking of using MDF (medium density fiberboard) and cutting out caps or inserts with a hole saw, I could have then used a threaded rod and either “capped” each end of the weight shell or “inserted” the mdf, with a center hole in the rod for the tailstock and a 3 jaw or 4 jaw chuck this would have worked great in the lathe. Several other ways I had thought of also, kind of how I operate to get ideas, once I get it in my head I have to disprove, prove, or improve the method, I am kind of goofy that way. William

[willofiam]

<span style=”font-size:150%”>More shots of the cleaning, polishing, assembly.</span>

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