"GrayFox" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> My next project is a standing Grandfather's Clock. I'm looking for any
> advice the group has to offer.
IIRC next month's Wood is doing one.
After you build it you may need help in getting it to operate correctly.
I put an antique movement in mine and was found it necessary to hire
these folks to make it "tell time" correctly. They do great work at
restoring grandfather clock movements.
http://www.balzerclockworks.com/mechanical/mechanincdurwardcenter.htm
RB
GrayFox wrote:
> My next project is a standing Grandfather's Clock. I'm looking for any
> advice the group has to offer.
Lots of excellent points by Andy. I'll add one other issue. If you
can, try to listen *in person* to both a clock with bells and one with
chime rods. The sound is distinctly different. The bell mechanism is
also significantly more expensive. But, for my money, the tone of the
bells exceeds that of the rods.
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What case style are you planning to build? I have built a few following
traditional English styles and using antique movements. If that's might be
where you are headed perhaps I can be of some help. I am presently building
a Chinese lacquer style case with an English 8 bell movement.
Roger Jensen
Abilene, Texas
"GrayFox" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> advice the group has to offer.
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"Juergen Hannappel" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> GrayFox <[email protected]> writes:
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> > My next project is a standing Grandfather's Clock. I'm looking for any
> > advice the group has to offer.
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> Search a Grandfather. Give him a Clock. Then all you have to do is
> make him stand up...
Close. Step 2 would be "take his clock". It's a Grandfather's after all.
Well I just checked and I think I was wrong about Rockler. I couldnt seem to
find the plans there. They may have some but I didnt find them.
Jim
"James D. Kountz" <jkountz@(remove this)citlink.net> wrote in message
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> Be sure to set the time correctly after building it! Joking aside check
> Uncle Norms site (New Yankee Workshop). I believe he built one sometime
ago
> and the plans are there. Also Klockit.com should have some things for you
to
> look at as well as Rockler and a host of other sites. Go a-googling and
you
> should turn up plenty of info.
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> Jim
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> "Morris Dovey" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > GrayFox wrote:
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> > > My next project is a standing Grandfather's Clock. I'm
> > > looking for any advice the group has to offer.
> >
> > Well, since you asked, I'd suggest making it wider than it is
> > deep; and taller than it is wide.
> >
> > --
> > Morris Dovey
> > DeSoto, Iowa USA
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"Swingman" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "GrayFox" wrote in message
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> > My next project is a standing Grandfather's Clock. I'm looking for any
> > advice the group has to offer.
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> Don't believe anything Morris Dovey tells you.
I find a lot of good plans at
http://www.murrayclock.com/
I built a Grandmother clock (about 8" shorter than a GF clock) from
plans I got from them. They also sell all the parts needed for the
complete clock. You can make everything yourself or buy a pre-cut kit or
anything inbetween. Also you can call and get knowledgleable help from
them. Feel free to e-mail me if you have any questions, just remove the
obvious.
Bruce
Be sure to set the time correctly after building it! Joking aside check
Uncle Norms site (New Yankee Workshop). I believe he built one sometime ago
and the plans are there. Also Klockit.com should have some things for you to
look at as well as Rockler and a host of other sites. Go a-googling and you
should turn up plenty of info.
Jim
"Morris Dovey" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> GrayFox wrote:
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> > My next project is a standing Grandfather's Clock. I'm
> > looking for any advice the group has to offer.
>
> Well, since you asked, I'd suggest making it wider than it is
> deep; and taller than it is wide.
>
> --
> Morris Dovey
> DeSoto, Iowa USA
>
On Thu, 01 Apr 2004 09:38:02 -0600, GrayFox <[email protected]>
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>My next project is a standing Grandfather's Clock. I'm looking for any
>advice the group has to offer.
I'd go for a a grandmother instead. A real grandfather is _huge_ and
unless you have a really large house to display it in, it's far too
likely to look "crowded" in any of the places we live in today.
They're also (IMHO) not that attractive. Grandfathers usually have a
flat-topped pediment (sometimes triangular), and I find a swan-necked
grandmother a much more appealing piece. It's also a bit more scope
for moulding or a finial.
Then make a dummy from corrugated cardboard and live with it for a
month. My mantelpiece clock is made from bronze, granite and
cardboard. It's 4 years old now and I'm still wondering about design
details for the hood.
You're looking at the thick end of $1000 for anyhting with a new
mechanism, so don't cut corners. Have the design and proportions
perfect, or else buy in plans. Use the best timber you can. Don;t be
tempted to simplify something to make it quicker and easier - you're
going to be looking at this for a long time.
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On Thu, 01 Apr 2004 09:38:02 -0600, GrayFox <[email protected]>
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>My next project is a standing Grandfather's Clock.
Bit more advice - get a copy of that essential clockmaking book,
"Carving Architectural Detail in Wood"
<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1861081588/codesmiths-20>
You'll want to understand classical design (proportion and details),
and carving doesn't hurt either. Damn good book.
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Have a look here too.
http://www.shopsmithhandson.com/archives/sept_oct_00/html/major_project.htm
Jim
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> advice the group has to offer.
GrayFox <[email protected]> writes:
> My next project is a standing Grandfather's Clock. I'm looking for any
> advice the group has to offer.
Search a Grandfather. Give him a Clock. Then all you have to do is
make him stand up...
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