Building Wooden Grandfather and Tall Case Clocks - By: Mitch Endick, 2009-02-10

Early long case clocks were often made entirely of wood, including the inner working or movement of the clock. Hands, gears, escapements and pendulums where made from wood if the necessary metal working skills were not readily available. During some early periods of American clock making, metal components could not be acquired from England.

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