What skill level is required, and how long does it take to build a clock?
As far as skill level required, I would suspect that if one has the tools necessary that skill is not as important as perseverance. When I started building these, I had almost no skill whatsoever, but that always develops after getting a little sawdust into your lungs. These are not difficult to build, but they do take some time. I try to counsel the people that ask about how long it takes to build a wooden clock to remember they are creating an heirloom that will outlast themselves, and hopefully be handed down through the family for generations…each generation, of course, cussing that old coot that built the silly thing. With that in mind, please don’t hurry through the process. Take the time to make it right, and it will last – which leads to the next reason people vary in the time it takes to make their particular clockworks – mistakes. Mistakes take a lot of time. I spend some of my best woodworking time making them. I’ve got a whole box full of “Lessons Learned” (so that’s what
