West Dennis Clock Tower Field Trip

[@not2fast4u2c]

A Gear Head's Dream World !!! Nice to see something that old still working Thanks for The Time You spent working on it

[@pooldoctorofclermontinc5788]

Anything that Keith does is spectacular. A real craftsman to say the least.

[@switchest26]

Awesome videos Keith...If your interested in old places, the oldest place of worship, 8 miles from my home (The Cathedral at Gloucester UK) was begun in 1089 and finished in 1499 AD, it has 12 bells one of them, "Great Peter" is England’s only remaining medieval Bourdon or ‘great bell’. Its diameter is sixty-eight and a half inches (174cm) and it weighs 59 cwt 3qr 14lb. All 12 going on a Sunday morning is quite a sound! Many thanks again for your inspiring videos!

[@bsdubois]

The "hammer" on the outside of the bell is for tolling the bell. I live in rural Posey County, Indiana. The small United Methodist Church about one mile from our home tolls the bell for those who die and were members of the Church. One toll of the bell for each year the departed is old. There are two bell ropes. The larger diameter rope that is used to rotate the bell and cause the clapper inside the bell to cause it to ring. The second rope is for tolling the bell following a death.

[@TitusLivy777]

An excellent series of videos! Worth more than 3 months in a machining class! Please keep it up!

[@KeithFenner]

Thanks for the comment, ya when things get Difficult, hard or burdened with responsibility, and people find ways out, they take them!

[@MatthewTinker-au-pont-blanc]

A historical point, the first standard screw threads were introduced into the UK in 1841, prior to that threads were what the machinist felt like or was equipped to make! William Sellers introduced a 60° version of the 55° Whitworth thread in 1864 so if you work on older things anything is possible! I have a French Pan Brake date 1841, it's not metric! The threads are unique! Regards, Matthew

[@Duckyistrippin]

thats really cool! i hope my son gets the opportunity to see and appreciate this sort of old machinery in his day.

[@dosman01302]

It's wild they actually changed that clock to electric with the old movement in place.. There is an actuall working pendulum movement at the musem where I live. Two motors wind the weights but the rest is mechanical. Neat stuff!

[@BruceBoschek]

Very good video under less than ideal conditions. Thanks for sharing this.

[@RobertL78]

Those U-joints they use all throughout that clock are cool!!!!!

[@StableNomad]

Glad to see the clock running. The come really sounds great.

[@outsidescrewball]

Too cool... Great repair, thank you for sharing, I learned what/how tapered reamers are used, I have them but had no idea

[@Kalkaekie]

Very interesting ! Thanks for the tour !

[@jesusjcrrotary9271]

That's pretty exciting to me. I love watching mechanisms.

[@barumman]

Hi Keith, I really enjoy watching your videos, my surname is Dennis and live in Barnstaple, England the old country.

[@jayphilipwilliams]

Very interesting! Thanks for sharing!

[@KeithFenner]

Thanks for the comment! ;{)-----

[@southjerseysound7340]

I wondered who mangled the shaft but after hearing the guy in the video I now know.I'm sure he was worried that you'd uncover some more handy work of his,hence why he was so nervous yelling at you like a 3 year old...............................Anyways once again thanks for sharing.Its not all that often you get to see such things from the inside.

[@stevenking2980]

Cool video.

[@HobbyOrganist]

Love the "special tower clock oil" the maker keeps on hand for their customers, probably nothing more than common oil they obtained at the local hardware and repackaged as "special oil" at 300% markup!

[@dizzolve]

very cool to see that old mechanism. Is the majority of it built with brass stock?

[@MrBanzoid]

Hi Keith... Great videos - they're an inspiration to me now I've started making things on dad-in-law's 1948 Myford "M" series lathe. Also... Where do you get the music backing on this and other vids? It's brilliant!

[@Mrx9999999]

Hello Keith, I was wondering if there was an inexpensive way to get started in the machinist hobby? A friend of mine gave me an old mini lathe and I was going to try to restore it but it is really in bad shape. I am 73 and on a pension. All the best, Edgar

[@Polypropellor]

Yah- You got a "Get outa Hell, FREE" card- fer sure! Yer Blessed.

[@IvyMike.]

6 minutes of backlash. Lol.