Just to show you lot that us makers do other things as well as make whistles.
This a Tower Clock built in 1862, and restored over a year and a half by myself.
It had not worked since the 50’s and was covered in a thick layer of pigeon poop.
Unlike myself, :roll: as some think I’m full o poop 
but I do pleanty work 
Looks nice and shiny now! What an interesting project, Stacey.
Cara
Yes it has been at times a bit of a pain, but today it Ticked its first Tick and struck its first strike in 40 odd years
So what happens now? Ya going to sell it on eBay? Looks like something we could install on the roof of our crazy, under construction for the past 10 years, house.
Its to be reinstalled in the tower that is being also restored,so in the spring all will be resplendent 
The hard part of long projects is keeping the faith that it will get finished.
We totaly rebuilt our croft house took four years.
Magnificent work there!
Made me think of another whistlesmith with a clock tower… Daniel Bingamon.
Thats now’t this mine 
Nice work, Stacy! Please be sure to take some photos of the installation and finished job.
Well done Stacey!
Sooo… tell me,-does it now chime or WHISTLE?
The tower at my shop is not clock tower in the photo the Walden posted, it’s a shot tower. They would melt lead in the top of the tower and drop it down a tube to form shot for ammunition. BTW - I do have a four foot wide clock that used to be on the Swallens building in downtown Cincinnati. I brother gave it to me, he works at the Verdin Co. http://www.verdin.com They make tower clocks.
Funny thing is that the shop used a large amount of cartridge brass to make ammo. Now I use cartridge brass to make whistles. So now the brass is being used for peaceful purposes.
Another funny story is that about 1 block from my house was a building errected in the early 1900’s by the King Powder Co. The building had a large Steam Whistle on the roof and the building was called “The Tin Whistle”.
My friend who owns the machine shop found an old steam engine in the boiler house that operated the fan for the furnaces. He and his father are restoring it.
It is funny to restore old things, my lathe at the shop is a Bradford Lathe that was made in Cincinnati in 1920. I also have a Thiel reciprocating Die filer that was made in Germany - I have no idea how old it might be.
Stacy, that’s beautiful work on the clock. I hope it works for a long time.
Oh. Well, that’s interesting too.
Thanks Daniel,I knew there is a lot more to you than meets the eye.
The small drilling I have in the workshop,first drill a hole in 1900,and untill last year the only machine in the shop that wasn’t over 50 including maself
was the band saw
Bradford Lathe
Any chance of a piccie
Here is a picture of the lathe:
It was designed to operate with flat belts and has a manufactures conversion to run Vee belts. Good thing since I don’t have a spline power shaft in ceiling.
The pile of Delrin shreds under the lathe is pretty huge this month.
There are more shop photos on the ‘About’ page. http://jubileeinstruments.messianic-webhosting.com/about.htm
Mmm. glad to see you keep your workshop neat and tidy,just like mine
Also looks as if there is lot of renavation to be done around the out side as well.
Best
Stacey
Yes, the outside needs a lot of work. Some of the building are unoccupied.
But it makes a nice place for a shop and only 1/4 mile from my house.
BTW - I noticed on your website in the photos, you apparently use a horizontal mill for making the windways.
Yes I do its an oldie too, late thirtys x BSA machine, Centic is the maker.
no doubt use in the war for making gun parts.
I do have a southbend lathe which came over here in the war time sent over to help with the effort,but was too late,and stayed in its crate until 1975 when it was found in the stores of a factory that closed down.
Isn’t it nice to get piece of history in working order again. Looks like it was a fun and “time consuming” (pardon the joke) project. .