Feb 21
This week I made a potence–actually I made both a top and a bottom potence. What’s a potence you say? Well, you know that I am working on old clocks–the origin of this word goes back to the Medieval Latin word for a crutch–basically a device used for holding something up. The top and bottom …
Feb 15
The reason I came to West Dean College was to get a Masters Degree in Clock Restoration. Of course, in addition to learning about making and restoring clocks I have to do some research and write a paper for the Masters Degree. Through the year so far, I have been preparing to do the research …
Feb 07
It has been quite a time since I posted something on the blog – I apologize, but things have gotten quite busy at school. Next week is our mid-term assessments, meaning we get a mid-term grade. We had writing assignments for science class and I have been trying get make some progress on my Masters …
Feb 07
One of my practical work assignments of late is to do what we call a verge re-conversion on a nice old bracket clock from about the mid 1700s, made by James Snelling. These old clocks, before the anchor-recoil escapement was invented, used what we call a verge escapement. Later, after the pendulum was invented, many clock …
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