The Creation of a Turret Clock

A bit disheartening...

  There is a well know collection in the blacksmithing community known as the Sorber Collection  This collection ranks as one of the best collections of Colonial American blacksmithing.  It inspired me on some projects (bootscrapers I made as gifts) in addition to having an example of a clock jack spit.  The spit used to mechanically rotate food has some similarities to the clock that I want to make.  I remember when I spent some time in the break room of the blacksmith shop in Williamsburg talking with the smiths when one of them showed me the Sorber Collection book.  Well, I just found out that as of May 25th, the collection will be auctioned off as individual pieces.

  I am very disappointed that the collection is not being kept together.  The National Museum of Metal is trying to raise money to keep the collection together.  Their donation page for the Sorber collection is http://www.metalmuseum.org/donations.htm  They are going to try to grab the more important pieces but that will not be the same as having all of it together.