Bruce Peterson - Moline - Illinois - USA

A fine Columbia style grandfather clock from a kit purchased from a U.S. clockmaker supplier.

For this clock I selected the very finest mechanical movement available - the Kieninger HTU 06 with 9 brass chime tubes - this was purchased as a comprehenesive Set from Oakside Classic Clocks. I also used the Oakside 070 Special Reproduction Silver Plated Moon Phase Dial which greatly compliments the case and chimes. I placed a back light at the top of the movement which allows for the beautiful pendulum and chime tubes to be viewed and accents the true beauty of the entire clock. Thanks Oakside for helping me create another heirloom. Bruce Peterson

Bruce Peterson

David Parsnick - Amherst - New York - USA

This project was started about March 2010 and completed in December 2010. The case material is made from solid Rosewood, imported from Thailand. Overall dimensions: 490mm (h) x 340 mm (w) x 300 mm (d). The movement is a Kieninger RWU-03 supplied by Frank at Oakside, it plays Whittington, St. Michael, and Westminster on a cluster of nine brass bells. The movement is mounted on a custom made, machined brass pedestal.

David Parsnick

Sean McGarry - Portglenone, Co.Antrim, Northern Ireland

From an early age I have always loved working with wood making all types of items as a hobby. Most recenty I have developed a passion for Grandfather clocks. I decided to make a clock some years ago and have not had the opportunity to make anymore since. Now that most of my family have moved on and settled down I wanted to make them something that they could look back on and remind them of me in years to come. 3 clocks later they all have their new time pieces in their family homes. Each of the clocks were made from white Oak, with some of them stained and some natural. I kept the same design for all 3 clocks, and the movements were Kieninger SK 012. I want to thank Frank at Oakside Classic Clocks for his patience, advice and helpfulness whilst building the clocks.

Sean McGarry

John Myerscough - Liverpool - England

Built during 2007 By John Myerscough. This clock was built to my own design and constructed using Burmese Teak which was salvaged and recycled from the LEVER BROS, Port Sunlight,( Sunlight Soap ) laboratory when the factory was being demolished. Brief History of Lever Brothers Starting with a small grocery business begun by his father, William Lever and his brothers entered the soap business in 1885 by buying a small soap works in Warrington. Using glycerin and vegetable oils such as palm oil, rather than tallow, to manufacture soap, they produced a good, free-lathering soap, called Sunlight Soap, at a rate of 450 tons per week by 1888. Larger premises were built on marshes at Bromborough Pool on the Wirral Peninsula at what became Port Sunlight.

John Myerscough

Paul Bailey - Egremont - Cumbria - England

Wall Clock was designed by me but constructed by my friend Steve Parkinson.

The case is made from Oak grown in Cumbria supplied by a local furniture maker Barry Porter, so local to me. The movement is a Kieninger PS 50. The case took about 40 hours to make. I´ve called it The 54 degrees North ~ 3 degrees West Regulator which are the longitude and latitude of the area in West Cumbria where it was made.

Thanks

Paul Bailey

Bruce Peterson - Moline - Illinois - USA

I want to pass on to each of my children an heirloom and I believe that hand made mechanical clocks is a good way to do that. The Walnut wood came from a tree their grandfather planted in the 1930s on the site of our home here in Illinois, USA.

We planed the wood to 3/4 inch (2cm) thickness and used a plan from an U.S. clock parts supplier. I felt that the heirloom would have more sentimental value if I kept the case simple; without knobs and clutter. The walnut wood and its origin were my highest priority, with a beautiful clock and movement that complimented the case. I wanted the night shut-off feature and a movement that would be of the highest quality, the Kieninger PS 037 was a perfect solution. With the help and guidance from Oakside Classic Clocks, I found the best match for my cases.

Thank you Oakside!!

Bruce Peterson

Martin Burgoyne - Jarrahdale - Western Australia

Floorstanding Dachluhr with the Kieninger RWS movement, a 240mm dial and a compensated pendulum.

The case frames and door are made from solid American Cherry, with Cherry crossbanding and maple stringing on the outside faces. The base and back panel are plywood veneered with Vavona with maple stringing. Having made a traditional grandfather clock, for my sister, my sister in law saw it and wanted one, but something a bit different. The classic Vienna Regulator floor standing design in a light coloured wood and with all that glass was what appealed to her. This clock was my first real go at veneering, cross banding and stringing. I used an iron-on glue film for the veneering, rather than and vacuum bag.

5 light Dachluhr

This uses Kieningers PS movement with 200 mm dial and gridiron compensated pendulum. A commission for some Australian friends who wanted a wall clock but something light and simple. The case is made from solid Jarrah, a local timber the export of which helped to found the new colony of Western Australia in the 1850s, it was often called Swan River mahogany. The frames and doors use a solid flame version, with applied Tasmanian oak stringing. The back is veneered with vavona, with straight grained Jarrah crossbanding, and Tasmanian oak stringing. All frames have 3mm bevelled glass - these were hand machined as the width and thickness was too small to fit on a normal bevelling machine!! The clock won 1st place in the Miscellaneous class at the 2010 Out of the Woods Fine Woodworking Exhibition in Western Australia.

Martin Burgoyne

Ian Crawford - Essex - England.

I first saw this clock in a furniture magazine, it was designed and made by Tom Kealy a contemporary furniture maker from Somerset. I subsequently saw the original at a furniture exhibition and was captivated by the elegance of the design and the quality of construction. It inspired me to make a copy for myself. I am a retired automobile design engineer having taken up woodworking on my retirement 10 years ago so this represented quite a challenge for me. I used Tom Kealy´s design albeit a little smaller and less curvy, but my own method of construction. It is made from American white oak with a burr oak veneered face incorporating ebony insets for the numeral markers. The finish is 3 coats of Danish oil and a final wax coat. I couldn´t find anyone who made contemporary hands so I made my own from American black walnut stained ebony and stuck to the original (slightly modified) traditional hands. Having researched mechanical clock mechanisms, I finally settled on the fine quality Keininger RWS13 movement, incorporating an 8 rod gong Westminster Chime. I built a strip of LED´s into the top of the clock which are automatically switched on when the side door is opened to illuminate and highlight the magnificently engineered movement. I didn´t keep an accurate record of the construction time but I estimate it to be approximately 300 hours over 8 weeks, much of that time was spent constructing patterns and jigs and thinking how on earth to make it. It has probably been my most difficult project but also my most rewarding.

Ian Crawford

Pieter van Vliet - Calgary - Alberta - Canada

I am retired and a serious hobby woodworker during the long winter months in Western Canada. From an early age I admired and wanted to have a grandfather clock. Finally in the winter of 2009/2010 I decided that I had the skills to design and build my own grandfather clock. Research into what movement to use resulted in the selection of the 8-day Kieninger HTU 06 cable movement with Triple Chimes on 9 Tubular Bells. With an Arabic Moon Dial and a Lyre pendulum with 10½" diameter polished brass bob with a 14" swing I was set to begin the clock design.

I decided that the Winchester Grandfather Clock of Oakside Classic Clocks was the style I wanted. So I "borrowed" the large Winchester image from Oakside and, with the Kieninger HTU 06 movement as a given, I designed the clock and drew the 2-dimensional and 3-dimentional plans to build my own grandfather clock. As the drawing tool I used DesignCAD 3D MAX v20.0.

The case is built from solid red oak, stained in medium oak, and coated with three coats of Clear Satin Acrylic Urethane Varnish. The hood is removable. The waist and hood features bevelled glass on the sides. The dimensions of the grandfather clock are: height 83¾", width 24¾", depth 14¼".

It took 205 hours to build the clock case. To see the detailed project description with drawings, material list, pictures, and "What went wrong", visit my web site.

Pieter van Vliet

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