Monday, January 28, 2008

2008 Preview

New things are in the works.



Gears + metal + wire + gas + flame + tools + springs +
keys + solder = soon to be announced.


Check back soon and visit...

Thursday, January 24, 2008

Cathedral Clock

I fixed a friend's clock today. It's a German made clock marketed by the New England Clock Company in Connecticut. Both mainsprings were disconnected and needed reforming and reconnecting. Also the clock was filled with thick oil. Just a note. DON'T oil your clock. It doesn't like it. It will make it stop. Clocks only need a tiniest amount of oil at the pivot ends only. Anyway, it is working great and is hanging on my wall now for a few days to test and adjust its timekeeping.

Pistol Ring

This is crazy cool.

I saw this and had to pass it on. Click on the image to see more pics.

Sunday, January 20, 2008

Coffee Grinder

There's nothing like making fresh ground coffee every morning in my cast iron grinder. Just a couple minutes of grinding produces grounds for a wonderful brew.
No electricity needed. You really should get one.

Last One

This is the last of my first run of gear wrench necklaces. I haven't decided if I am going to make more of that design or something different yet.

Saturday, January 19, 2008

Victor Adding Machine

Got this cool 1940s adding machine today.
Going to test it and see how it works.
If nothing else it would be a great source of interesting parts.



I found this old ad for sale on ebay...

More gears

Took apart some broken clocks I got at the thrift today.
Great source of nice gears.