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Oh, science – why have one unit of measurement when you can have four? Continue reading I’m sorry that I accidentally cleaned your barometer…
Oh, science – why have one unit of measurement when you can have four? Continue reading I’m sorry that I accidentally cleaned your barometer…
Last week (March 17, 2017) Disney premiered their long anticipated live action remake of the 1991 Beauty and the Beast classic animated movie. There was the expected hype about the music, their outfits, the possibility of a gay character, etc, … Continue reading Cogsworth the Clock
There’s a game called Scattegories that some of you may have played before. Each round, someone rolls a 26-sided die. The roll determines what letter is chosen, and then each person gets a few minutes to answer as many questions … Continue reading Sometimes I’m not as good at things as I think I’m going to be
I had someone online tell me a few months ago that we (Americans? People with money? Conceited jerks?) don’t need to know how to make things anymore because we can just buy them new. Ahem… unfriended! Think of a parent … Continue reading Making vs Buying, and more about Lori’s Clock
Checklist: One clock case One clock movement (85 years old, missing pieces) Two 12V DC 60 RPM motors Two circuits for adjusting motor speed 8 or 9 types of battery packs, each rated around 12V with various current ratings And … Continue reading Lori’s Clock: Part 2
As I like to say, don’t despair for clocks in disrepair. It’s the tagline for this blog and also an accurate summary of this past year. I don’t want to get political, but let’s just say I’ve been less than … Continue reading Year In Review: In Pictures
When I’m not doing homework or taking apart clocks or sleeping or working on an iPhone app (that one’s new!) I can almost always be found at my home away from home, The Able Baker, where I am a barista … Continue reading Date Night: Devon the Electric Sessions Clock
As most of you know, my clocks mainly come from eBay filed under “For Parts or Repair” and that’s the way I like them. I’m still firmly in the learning stage and while I can do minor work on quality clocks I generally stick to toss away clocks that no one cares for but myself. So I was hyped to find a great deal on two ceramic clocks that have just the kind of small circular movement that I wanted to practice on. One of those cases is shown in the picture below, to the right. Not being overly fond … Continue reading Clarence the Cantankerous Clock
Oh, Beau. A suave, handsome name for a suave, handsome clock. First, a picture of the beauty. The writing on the clock reads “Perry Hger” above and “a Monflanquin” below. First off, a history of Morbier (or Comtoise) clocks. They were made in villages in France (Morbier being the name of one such village and Comte a region in which the clocks were commonly made). Historically, farmers would work together during their slow times to work on a clock communally, and then would sell it to a retailer who would put on the finishing touches, such as their name (“Perry … Continue reading Beau the Morbier
Or rather, “The CHS Tower Clock: How it Would Work, if it, you know, Worked” I found myself sinking into familiar thoughts as I recently rewound the clocks in my house back an hour. Namely, “Why Batteries?!” Battery powered clocks, … Continue reading The CHS Tower Clock: How it Works
When I began buying and servicing broken antique clocks I got compared frequently to Antiques Roadshow. Friends and family asked if I had found any hidden gems on eBay, or if I was going to be able to fix up broken … Continue reading Hidden Treasure: The Columbia High School Clock Tower
There’s been, and may continue to be, some radio silence from me for a little bit, but don’t let that fool you. It’s been a busy few weeks of emails and emails and pictures and THE MOST EXCITING CLOCK and … Continue reading This and That