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We are proud to have @vanbricht using our machine on their incredible watches. If you’re not following them you should be. #vanbricht #guilloche #guillochedial #engineturning #lindowroseengine #roseengine #roseenginelathe

One of the 6 recently finished tall clocks I made with the help of @lorne.koehler.marsh . Dial painting by Kathi Seiwert. #lindowclockmaker #lindowmachineworks #tallclock #clockmaking #horology

The tools of the trade and how we use them....... @schwarzwalduhr.lorne is getting baptized with fire on this Olympia music box motor. Not only did he have to dovetail in 3 teeth to the 6” plus great wheel, but he also had to make a worm drive wheel. Dovetailing in the teeth is becoming routine for him now so I’ll focus on the drive wheel. The material is .040” nickel silver. The blank was cut down on the Hardinge DV 59 lathe then set into the Wells Index milling machine with a Sherline CNC rotary table. The teeth had an angle to match the endless screw (worm) it was driving so the rotary table had to be tipped at 15 degrees. An escape wheel cutter for American time and trike movements matched perfectly, but it had to be set at center- no small job as there was nothing to reference. The 21 teeth were cut into the .560” diameter blank, and then it was stacked onto the pinion with the Malcolm Wild clockmaker’s staking tool. Once the pivots were properly polished the fly spun freely with the smallest of pressure. We had to guess at the OD as the original wheel had been compromised, but we were fortunate to have guessed well the first time around. We only cut one wheel. The biggest part of the job was cleaning up the mess from the recommended “Plumbago” graphite lubricant that was everywhere. To see the mammoth spring being dealt with see my previous posts. Not bad work for a rookie. We lost our shirt on this job, but education is always expensive. I hope to soon make some music boxes with bells for a joint project with @stephenlfranke so I’m sure I’ll soon be glad for the knowledge. #lindowclockmaker #lindowmachineworks #clockmaking #horology #musicbox #musicboxes #wormwheel #endlessscrew

The monstrous.035” thick by 1.750” wide music machine spring going back in. Posts from the rest of the job including a new nickel silver worm drive wheel will be put up by @schwarzwalduhr.lorne on his IG abd FB. See my previous post for it coming out. #lindowclockmaker

When your Ollie Baker is just too small, teaching @schwarzwalduhr.lorne how to remove a huge mainspring. Nearly .035” thick and 1.750” wide this mammoth spring simply wanted to come out. You’d better make sure the edges aren’t sharp before preceding though. It took longer to clean my hands than to remove the spring. It’s from an Olympia disc type music machine from the 1920’s. We replaced the main drive gear and the worm drive gear. More posts to come. #musicbox #lindowclockmaker #lindowmachineworks

Ringing in the New Year with some new tall clocks. It’s been a while since we made any, but we got a few testing last night with the help of @schwarzwalduhr.lorne . We are hoping to make more this year than last. These will soon get hands, dials, and pendulums. #lindowmachineworks #lindowclockmaker #clockmaking #tallclock #horology

Gillet & Bland Part 2. Details of the tower clock in the previous post including the strike mechanism with locks, maintaining power, weights, pendulum, escapement, and cage pinions. See previous post for more history. #lindowmachineworks #lindowclockmaker #towerclock #gilletandbland #horology

A Gillet & Bland tower clock that recently came through the shop. We did no work to it as it was in near perfect condition as can be seen. There are no signs of it actually ever having been run as all wear points were in perfect condition. It retains its original dial, hands, weight, and pendulum as well as the motion works. William Gillet set up shop in 1844. When he joined Charles Bland they began to make tower clocks. In 1877 Arthur Johnston joined the company and the name became Gillet, Bland, and Co. this one was made in 1883. Notice the lever on the lower right, it is maintaining power. I will make another post of the details and locking mechanism for this clock. #lindowclockmaker #towerclock #horology #gilletandbland

Merry Christmas from the rose and brocading engines. See previous post for a video. #roseengine #brocadingengine #guilloche

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