trackman Posted September 25, 2019 Report Share Posted September 25, 2019 My wife found this clock in our "goodwill" type store in Winchester, IN. Priced for only $5.00. The man that made it put his signature on the back. Alfred C. Groth is his name living in Leesburg, FL. So I googled him and found out that he retired an moved to FL from Winchester, IN. but passed away in 2013. My point to all this is I have though sometimes were would the things I made end up in the future. There has been a discussion on here about sighing you projects. I think this shows how important it can be. I also find that it is odd that a clock he made in FL would end up back in his home town and be hanging in another scroll sawer's shop. PS he was 92 when he passed and did a very good job making the clock an I am proud to have it hanging in my new shop. GrampaJim, OCtoolguy, crupiea and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappile Posted September 25, 2019 Report Share Posted September 25, 2019 Nice find and interesting to learn about the builder.. I doubt I will ever know where my stuff really goes when I pass, unless some garbage collector decides to keep one.....and wants to know something about it..... OzarkSawdust and OCtoolguy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmmcrafts Posted September 25, 2019 Report Share Posted September 25, 2019 Yes, I agree about the signing of your work.. just for this reason.. I've run across pieces at the goodwill as well and looked up the name on the bottom as you did.. Big reason I sign my work.. Though I know there are pieces of mine scattered about the USA, Italy, UK, Australia, Denmark and Canada.. I'm probably missing a few.. but I know I've shipped stuff to these places.. When I think about it.. I often wonder where they is display the piece at in their homes or office etc.. how many people have seen or talked about it etc.. Also wonder if one day after I'm long gone.. will one of my kids or grand kids will come across something I've made much like this and think.. Hey Dad or Papa made this.. Sort of wish I felt it'd be worth putting the date on my stuff but as I've said before... Hate to sell pieces that have sat here for a few years with a date on it.. I did use a date for a short time.. but stopped after selling a piece 3 years later and wondered about how the customer would feel if they seen it.. OzarkSawdust and OCtoolguy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merlin Posted September 25, 2019 Report Share Posted September 25, 2019 Thinking about your Date query, very thought of the alphabet system Today is the 26/09/2019 =z 0i b0ai Where 0 is used instead of o cose o is 15th letter. A thought. Merlin... OCtoolguy, kmmcrafts and OzarkSawdust 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flarud Posted September 25, 2019 Report Share Posted September 25, 2019 I live about 25 miles from Leesburg. I also stamp my pieces that I make. Some of those pieces have made their way back "home" to Illinois. So I can understand how that could happen. Pretty cool. OCtoolguy and OzarkSawdust 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCtoolguy Posted September 25, 2019 Report Share Posted September 25, 2019 7 hours ago, trackman said: My wife found this clock in our "goodwill" type store in Winchester, IN. Priced for only $5.00. The man that made it put his signature on the back. Alfred C. Groth is his name living in Leesburg, FL. So I googled him and found out that he retired an moved to FL from Winchester, IN. but passed away in 2013. My point to all this is I have though sometimes were would the things I made end up in the future. There has been a discussion on here about sighing you projects. I think this shows how important it can be. I also find that it is odd that a clock he made in FL would end up back in his home town and be hanging in another scroll sawer's shop. PS he was 92 when he passed and did a very good job making the clock an I am proud to have it hanging in my new shop. I love this post. OzarkSawdust 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodmaster1 Posted September 26, 2019 Report Share Posted September 26, 2019 Awesome find, I haven't been to Winchester since a family reunion 8 years ago. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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