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Maker of wood clocks carves out a niche in time - Time-consuming hobby part art, part craftsmanship

IRONTON, Minn.-Bill and Vonda Bongs always know what time it is when they are at home and with New Year's Day mere hours away.They are literally surrounded by clocks, many of which Bill made ...
Brainerd Dispatch

Coming New Year's Eve: Clockmaker passes the time carving wood clocks

Coming New Year's Eve: Clockmaker passes the time carving wood clocks Bill Bongs of Ironton always knows what time it is. He has made several ornate wood clocks that adorn his modest home and are ...
Woodworking Network

Time ticking on iconic clockmaker that plans to close after nearly a century

ZEELAND, Mich. — Citing a "convergence" of market influences, including tariffs and declining sales, nearly century old clock manufacturer, Howard Miller, and sister company Hekman Furniture will ...
Houston Chronicle

Tall-case clockmakers preserve time-honored craftsmanship

PHILADELPHIA -- In a dusty, sunlit workshop, James S. Shott carves time out of tiger maple and cherry wood. For a month, he chisels, scrapes, sands and polishes. Then he mounts a brass-and-steel ...
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Jerome Brothers Ogee Clock

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The depression of 1837 hit Connecticut wooden clock manufacturers so hard that they feared the entire industry might ...
The Bulletin

HISTORICALLY SPEAKING: Conn. clockmaker Eli Terry helped America tell time

The ability to know the exact time to the hour and the minute is a relatively new phenomenon in human history. Until the early 1800s, Americans told time strictly with the help of nature. People would ...
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Clock Patent Model

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The depression of 1837 hit Connecticut clock manufacturers so hard that they feared the entire industry might collapse ...