... The Watch and Clock Makers' Handbook, Dictionary and Guide. Brtten, F.J. AU $24.95 A facsimile reprint of the 11th (1915) edition it is a fascinating A-Z ...
I am new to clockmaking. I have a Sherline lathe and milling machine and some other tools. I made the John Wilding Egg Timer which was good fun and works...
Dear John, I suggest the simple version of the John Wilding 8-day wall clock. This can be mounted as a wall clock as described in John Wilding's book or used...
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Hello friends, I'm looking for a company or an individual who makes large Brass Dials to fit Tubular Movements. Any info you could pass along would be...
Ivan W. Crewshave you tried http://slarose.com/cgi-bin/slarose/ and http://www.abouttime-watchspares.co.uk/ ? these are the 2 best sites for hard to come by...
Don't know exactly what you are looking for but Goodacre Engraving in England will make an entire dial to order. Don't know prices anymore but you could try ...
That looks like a great resource. Thank you Doug! Douglas Vogt <dbvogt@...> wrote:Don't know exactly what you are looking for but Goodacre Engraving in...
Please let me introduce myself to the Group, I am Paul and interested in electric, turret and industrial clocks. Current setting up commotions, a working...
This is a message for listers in the US about finding brass stock. I am a near-beginner and am constructing the John Wilding Weight Driven 8 Day Wall Clock...
John, Try Alaskan Copper and Brass in Seattle or Portland Or. They have good stocks and will supply small orders although there will be a cutting charge. They...
I echo Ralph's comments. Absolutely consider: Speedy Metals 16655 W Victor Rd New Berlin, WI 53151. They are quick, courteous and reasonable to deal with....
John, I have gotten small quantities of 360 brass plate from www.onlinemetals.com They also have brass tubing of the type you are seeking.. David Robertson...
Dear Paul, Welcome to the group. We have met before on Electric Clocks. There is not a lot of activity here at the moment. Hopefully everyone is in the ...
Thank you everyone for your helpful replies. Online Metals has a good web site and seems to have all I need except a piece of C360 sheet 3" x 3" x 3/16....
I have had nothing but great service from Speedymetals. Once in a while I have found some where that looked better in price only to find much slower and...
What is the difference between Ebay's speedy-metals and Speedymetals.com? The latter has just a "superman" type logo on their site and nothing else appears...
It's a whole lot easier to build an ebay "store" than to pay someone thousands to set up your own web site and ecommerce application..... which they may well...
I am making the Wilding weight driven 8 day clock. In the preface to the book describing the updated version Wilding recommends using ready cut pinions (8...
John, On occasion plates are listed on eBay. I just did a search under "dividing plates" and the only thing currently is in the UK and they are used with worm...
Dear John Make your own indexing plate, it is quite easy, but a bit time consuming. I have just finished a Eureka and all the wheels and pinions were cut...
Dear Group; I believe what is being refgered to is pinion wire. My grandfather used it and I have a little of it left. It comes in 4 foot lengths or meter...
There's a new Online Clock Building project. This one is a torsion- balance clock driven by a chronometer escapement, weight powered. The clock is about 90%...
