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Epicyclic Train Strutt Clock
$45.00A work of art that will forever be cherished by your heirs. This is one of the most interesting of all single train skeleton clocks ever conceived. First made by an Englishman, William Strutt, about 1830, it has a number of interesting and extremely unusual features not found in other clocks. Its 8-day run, spring driven train is epicyclic (planetary gearing) and involves a ring wheel of 4-1/2″ ID and 5-1/2 OD teeth. The motion work is based on the Ferguson Mechanical Paradox instead of the normal 12 to 1 gear train. To allow individual setting of the hands, the collets are of most unusual design. Both beautiful and unusual in the extreme, this clock is an excellent time keeper, which any Clockmaker will be proud to have made.
This is a 128 page, 378 figure workshop manual for building the clock.
A gold medal winner in the 2003 NAWCC International Craft Contest
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How To Make a Grasshopper Skeleton Clock
$45.00This workshop manual is a must for the clock repairer and clockmaker. Detailed drawings, and step by step photographs supported by a carefully worded text, illustrate the fabrication of every part of the clock. Even those who have no desire to build the clock will find the tooling and techniques employed of great help in their shop work.
Gold medal winner in the NAWCC international craft contest
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Fun in the Workshop
$45.00The book is 8½ by 11 with a spiral binding, 91 pages, with 186 photographs and drawings. The chapters cover refinishing rusted steel screws, making a Jacot tool for refinishing clock pivots on the watchmaker’s, Sherline and Myford lathes, lathe tools for holding small screws while shortening them, doming the ends and polishing, pallet warmers and how to build one of my design and using the Albrecht chuck to replace the use of collets. Also, for the curious, the disassembling, cleaning, oiling and reassembling a pocket watch without harm to the parts. Removing the spindle key from a lathe to achieve better centering of the part when mounted is shown. The 22 function quartz analyzer I designed is included, as I have many requests for the information, even though it has previously been published in other Horological literature. There is a chapter on the tools others have made which I found interesting and l’ve included some of the things I have made, letting the reader see some of my past ventures.
BY W. R. SMITH, BSME, FBHI, FNAWCC, CMC, CMW, CMEW, W4PAL…
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Restoring a Mecograph Telegraph Speed Key
$25.00After Horace G. Martin invented the Vibroplex and put all key makers out of business based on the fact that they were violating his patent rights, the appearance of the Mecograph key, which did not violate the patent, was such an unusual events that I decided one should be obtained and restored to factory conditions for posterity.
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How To Make A Telegraph Key
$45.00I have just done a search of the Internet for books on the building of a telegraph speed key. None were found. Nor was anything found about the making a vertical telegraph speed key. Thus, this book appears to be the very first one ever written on the subject. Those who have HOW TO RESTORE TELEGRAPH KEYS will find it a great adjunct to this book.
BY W. R. SMITH, BSME, FBHI, FNAWCC, CMC, CMW, CMEW, W4PAL
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Hypnosis Saved Her Life
$7.00A Novella by W. R. Smith
About 35 years ago, after having written a number of books of poetry and “how to” books for clockmakers, and having spent five years of my earlier life studying medical hypnosis and attending medical seminars on the subject, I decided to write a book, Hypnosis Saved Her Life – a charming love story illustrating the value of hypnosis to the average person. I hope you will enjoy this 201-page novella.
