A tower clock. Made from scratch.
John Wilding’s tower clock
From the first frame to the final tick. Follow the making of a mechanical tower clock in the home workshop.
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CHRIS RAYNERD / MAKER & RADIO AMATEUR
Driven by curiosity.
One project at a time.
Clocks, radio and hands-on engineering.
Made in a small workshop in the North West of England,
with plenty learned along the way.
+A HOME WORKSHOP IN THE NORTH WEST OF ENGLAND
CLOCKMAKING AMATEUR RADIO WORKSHOP ENGINEERING ELECTRONICS & SOFTWARE
01 / THE PROJECT BENCH
Follow the curiosity.
From a piece of brass to a working clock.
From an idea to something you can use.
The Tekippe regulator.
Building a precision regulator
Exploring precision timekeeping through Bernard Tekippe’s regulator clock, one component at a time.
Build seriesExplore
Cowells lathes. Small machines, fine work.
Cowells 90ME & 90CW lathes
Cowells lathe videos from my workshop: the 90ME and 90CW, accessories, lever feed, clock wheel cutting, an electronic divider and a flip-over tool rest.
Videos & workshop notesExplore
FROM THE RADIO BENCH
HF radio, at a glance.
Ham Pilot
Live HF reports, DX spots, propagation and a shack clock on a compact ESP32 touchscreen.
Firmware & setupExplore
Keep the session moving.
JTDX / WSJT-X AutoResume
A Windows helper for resuming CQ calling during supervised FT8 operation.
Software projectExplore
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02 / ON THE CHANNEL
See how it’s made.
Clockmaking
Building a Tower Clock: The Final Reveal After 5 Years! (Part 21)
Brass wheels, hand-blued hands and a glass case: see the finished clock, then follow the complete build from its first components.
Building Wildings Tower ClockClockmaking
Building a Precision Clock – Cabinet & Full Assembly Revealed for the Tekippe
Bringing the movement and wooden cabinet together at home, with the dial and hands still to make.
Tekippe Regulator Clock BuildWorkshop & machines
Cowells Lathe - Lever Feed vs LeadScrew | Fitting and Comparison
A closer look at the Cowells feed options, including fitting the lever feed and comparing it with the leadscrew.
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03 / THE PERSON BEHIND THE PROJECTS
Hello, I’m Chris.
I’m a hobby engineer and radio amateur in the North West of England. My workshop is small. The list of things I’d like to build is rather less so.
Clockmaking started with a Unimat 3 lathe on a student’s desk. These days, the projects range from mechanical clocks to radio tools and electronics. This is where I share the builds, the experiments and what I learn along the way.
Always happy to talk projectsChris Raynerd / G1CEC