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Click on the links below to read a variety of "How-to tips" directly from our NAWCC members websites. The NAWCC is not responsible for the content of these sites.

From: Extreme Restoration by Tom Temple #0157818

• Creating/Restoring Tortoise shell finish
• Creating/Restoring Faux Wood Grain Finish
• Gilding in Clock Restoration
• Antique Mirror Creation/Restoration
• Making Missing Pieces
• Aging Wood
• Faking
• Screw Hole Repairs to Wood
• Getting Started with Hide Glue
• Clock Tablets Part 1
• Clock Tablets Part 2
• Clock Tablets Part 3
• Clock Tablets Part 4

Digital Photography, Clocks, and Watches

• Text and photos © John Kuraoka, from a presentation to Chapter 59 on April 10, 2004

From: Otis Pierce's Chat Page by John C. Losch

• Lacquering Dials
• Lacquering Brass
• Applying Shellac to Metal
• Golden Lacquer Finish
• Spotting Chronometer and Clock Plates
• Bench and Shop Layout
• Adjusting Cone Bearing Lathes
• Replating a Watchmaker's Lathe
• Pivot Polishing Techniques

From:  Mike's Clock Clinic, by Mike Murray

• "Do's" and "don't's" of ownership responsibility concerning the Atmos.
• Tips on how to place the Atmos clock "in-beat".
• How to identify whether or not the bellows in your Atmos clock needs replacing.
• Everything you always wanted to know about clock mainsprings but didn't know who to ask.

From: Timesavers, by Steven Berger

• Repairing the Golden Hour clock

Last Updated:  May 02, 2006