Joiner's Musings

Dugena mantel clock  This is a Dugena mantel clock made around the early 1950s. It's style suggests an Art Deco influence. Dugena is a German retail company that likely contracted out the cases and also contracted with various German movement manufacturers and then stamped their name on the product. Some have Junghans movements, some have Hermle and Mauthe perhaps and so on. This particular one is a Hermle 2-train floating balance movement known popularly as a "Bim-Bam" clock. Three hammer Bim-Bam clocks make a distinctive 1-2 sound on the hour and 1/2 hour. Floating balance movements were popular from the 1950s onward.  FHS (or Hermle) is stamped on the front plate and Hermle makes mechanical movements to this day. Spring barrels - partially torn down I got the clock for $30 and it never really ran well. The person I bought it from said that it was not "perfect"; he was right, it was difficult regulating the time no matter how much I played with i...

Cottage front facing the lake Another great cottage weekend. It was perfect. Well, not quite! We did not exactly run out of water but we had to prime the pump a number of times to keep a constant flow of water for the cottage. The pump is 15 years old and probably near the end of its life. Spring clean-up Getting the property in shape means picking up branches, cleaning pine needles away and checking for winter damage. Thankfully there was very little to clean up. Enjoying a meal in the porch We enjoy relaxing in the sun porch during the bug season. Where we are, a screened-in porch is absolutely essential to enjoy the "outdoors" while still being protected from the elements. Our screened-in porch is large enough that we can have company over, have a great meal and relax without those little pesky things bugging us. Besides who wants to wear Deet (bug spray). I hate wearing that stuff although it does work. Our little motor boat  We had the boat out....