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A Gallery of clocks made by hobbyist woodworkers using a Kieninger Movement, Dial & Pendulum Set purchased from our range. If you like to share information about the clock you've built and have it published on this web page, please follow these guidelines:
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Patrick Ballard - North Carolina - USA Hi Frank, I recently finished the clock project using the clock I ordered from you a couple of months ago. I thought you might want some pictures for your website. The clock mechanism is the Kieninger PS 055 Vienna movement set. The case is cherry with a birdseye maple drawer front and reproduction antique glass. Thanks, Patrick Leicester, North Carolina Patrick Ballard |
Trevor Jones - Tasmania Frank Trevor Jones |
George Giles - Somerset - England I first started to want to build a long case clock about twenty years ago, when visiting the depths of an antique shop in Chester, where the walls of several rooms were lined with clocks. My son in law heard about my intention and bought me an excellent book for my birthday, from which my wife spotted a 9ft tall pagoda topped clock made by Margetts circa 1780 and said why don’t you make one like that. Fortunately I found plans produced by a Peter Skilton that were published in the October 1988 issue of The Woodworker. The plans closely relate to the Margetts clock. It uses the Kieninger KSU 52 movement. The majority of the clock is made from oak with mahogany trimmings. It probably took about 2 years to make working when it was either cold. wet, or dark. The most fascinating part of the project was thinking up methods to produce some of the parts particularly the 16 piece pediment arch and the reeded columns George Giles |
Winand Fassbender - Grevenroich - Germany Grandfather Clock by Winand Faßbender Winand Faßbender |
Roger Antrobus - Sussex - England The mantel clock. The movement is a Kieninger AEL04 with Westminster chime. The case is made of Cherry wood with Ebony inlays and is a mere 295mm or 11.5" tall. The wood was finished with three coats of Danish Oil then 4 coats of wax. The dial was designed on the computer using Photoshop, printed on archival paper then laminated in thick plastic. The hands were self made by hand. Roger Antrobus |
Roger Antrobus - Sussex - England The Vienna The movement is a Kieninger PS058 with Hour and half hour strike. The case is made of Cherry wood and was finished with three coats of Danish Oil then 4 coats of wax. The dial was designed on the computer using Photoshop, printed on archival paper then laminated in thick plastic. Roger Antrobus |
John Clark - Wentworth Falls - Australia Hi Frank, As promised, here´s a picture of the finished clock, constructed with reclaimed 19thC Australian cedar, comes up a bit like European Mahogany when french polished but perhaps a little darker. Wonderful wood that is now unobtainable.
Most of this clock started life as door frames, skirting boards and the like! John Clark |
Paschalis Zaimis - Kavala - Greece This is the case I made of American walnut.
I bought Set 14 from Oakside Classic Clocks comprising the Kieninger RWS13 -65cm and the Vienna 20cm dial and following your dimensions for the case I have no problem for the installation.
Finally I decided to change the original Vienna hands with Breguet Hands because with the
Vienna we had a meeting every time to decide the time.
Once again I would like to thank you for your help and advices. Paschalis Zaimis |
Chris Redfearn - Halifax - England Chris Redfearn from Halifax in the north of England sent Pieter the following email. Chris Redfearn |
Douglas Kuntze - Ottawa - Canada Hi Frank -- I bought a Kieninger PS055 kit from Oakside in 2009. This clock is similar to two wall clocks I made several years ago -- all are based on a photo of a 1905 regulator I found on the internet. The cases are made of oak. The upper clock case sits inside the lower cabinet and provides the inside frame for the drawer (key storage). The idea for the legs (they are maple Windsor chair seat-to-arm stiles, I don´t have a lathe) came from our dining room furniture (New England Windsor-style table and chairs). Each leg is independently mounted in a maple "wheel" (cut with a hole saw and angle-drilled in a simple drill press jig) which, in turn, is mounted to the oak base. Accordingly, the tops of the legs don´t show through. The finish is Minwax red mahogany stain and satin varnish. The lower case/cabinet was designed to house my Islay single malt scotch! Douglas Kuntze |
David Moore - Birmingham - England Arts and Crafts Wall Clock built by myself from Plan 021 and incorporating Set 10a from the Oakside range. I constructed this clock from White Oak, and modified the original drawing to match the style of the other furniture. The face is brass sheet, cleaned with 0000 wire wool then I used a blacking agent that I use to back lead on stain glass windows. I drilled the hole with a brad point drill, normal twist drills tend to drill egg shaped holes in thin sheet. The buttons on the face were made form Purple Heart shaped on a shooting board then glued to the face with Araldite. David Moore |
Trevor Jones - Tasmania Large Wall Clock designed by myself and built in Tasmanian Blackwood with the backboard in King William Pine. Trevor Jones |
Bruce Peterson - Moline - Illinois - USA A fine Columbia style grandfather clock from a kit purchased from a U.S. clockmaker supplier. 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 recently 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 glycerine 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. 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. Bruce Peterson |
Martin Burgoyne - Jarrahdale - Western Australia Floor standing Dachluhr with the Kieninger RWS movement, a 240mm dial and a compensated pendulum. 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 Kieninger 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. Pieter van Vliet |
Email: pieter.vanvlietNoSpam@van-vliet.org (Click on email address and remove "NoSpam" before sending) |
Web site: http://www.van-vliet.org/dempseywoodworking/grandfatherclock.shtml |
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