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Below you will find a lists of some of the best sources for clockmaking tools

  • Cas-Ker Co.
    2550 Civic Center drive
    Cincinnati, OH 45231
    1-800-487-0408 (orders)
    Full line distributer of tools & supplies for jewelers & watchmakers. Large selection of files and other tools needed to make clock movements.
  • Merritt's Antiques
    1860 Weavertown Road
    P.O. Box 277
    DouglassVille, PA 19518-0277
    1-800-345-4101 (orders)
    Has movements and parts and tools. Has special catalog of reproduction clocks.  
      
  • Timesavers
    Box 12700
    Scottsdale, AZ 85260
    1-800-552-1520 (orders)
    Movements, many tools, lots of parts

  • Cowells
    British maker of watchmaker's and modelmaker's lathes, milling machines and wheel and pinion cutters. The model 90ME lathe has sufficient attachments to allow a complete clock movement to be built including gearcutting.

  • Myford
    British maker of lathes. The ML7 lathe is the favorite of both England's John Wilding and the U.S.' Bill Smith. Myfords are well-known for having a complete line of attachments suitable for modelmaking and clockmaking.

  • Sherline
    U.S. maker of small precision lathes, mills and attachments. The line of attachments is not as great as the British lathes but Bill Smith has developed plans for using the lathes for clockmaking.

  • Small Parts
    13980 NW 58th Court
    P.O. Box 4650
    Miami Lakes, FL 33014-0650
    1-800-220-4242
    1-305-558-0509
    Small tools, metals, fasteners: "The Hardware Store for Researchers and Developers"

  • Peatol Machine Tools
    19 Knightlow Road, Harborne, Birmingham, B17 8PS, England
    Tel/Fax: 0121-429-1015 (+44-121-429-1015 from outside the UK)
    Mini lathes and Mills equivalent to the Taig. This is the lathe John Wilding used to make the ¾ second Pendulum Electric Clock (1999)

  • Taig Tools USA
    Manufacturer of Lathes, Mills, manual and CNC ready
    12149 E. Nightingale Lane
    Chandler, AZ 85286
    Tel/Fax: 480-895-9648
    Email sales@TaigTools.com
    See also their CNC site Microproto.com

  • Progress Tool Company
    645 South Olive Street
    Los Angeles, CA 90014
    1-800-841-8665
    FAX (213) 489-2140
    Email Onlinesales@progresstool.com
    Jewelry Mfg. Tools, Machinery and Supplies

  • P.P. Thornton (Successors), Ltd.
    The Old Bakehouse, Upper Tysoe
    Warwickshire CV35 0TR
    United Kingdom
    Tel 01295 680454
    Fax 01295 680067
    Email Info@ppthornton.com
    Horological cutter makers: wheel and pinion cutters

  • Chronos Engineering Supplies
    95 Unit 14 Dukeminster Estate
    Church St. Dunstable, LU5 4HU
    England
    Engineering & Model engineering Supplies. Once provided only gear cutting division plates for a variety of English lathes including Myford, Cowells, etc.

    Carter Tools
    Nick Carter's incredible Web site. He is a Taig distributor and has pages and pages of links relating to the use of Taig mills and lathes.

     

     


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