About Us ...
Dan and Max run Hardwood Clocks. They met in 2006 when Dan first saw one of Max's wooden clock creations (M3) and asked how he might purchase one. Dan provided Max with a concept drawing for a clock that would stand tall in a gorgeous timber frame style home. They volleyed ideas via email and settled on a large red cedar frame clock that they call "M4-Timber Frame."
Here it is ... (right)
Dan had a vision and convinced Max that his all-wood clocks would have wide appeal. He's right ... the company was launched!
About Max: Max retired after
25 years of service with the U.S.
Navy in December
2006. Ignoring his multiple degrees (MS-University of
Wisconsin-Madison and MBA University of Rochester) he was eager to
pursue his
love for fine woodworking and take on a challenge that he thought
might have potential to become a small business. He married his
unquenchable appetite for fine woodwork and his lifelong attraction to
all things mechanical to launch Hardwood
Clocks. He has no formal
clock training, only a fascination
and
passion
for wooden
clocks that began when he visited
a museum store at
Cape Cod in 1982. That is
where he first saw a six-foot skeleton
clock constructed entirely of American Walnut. The
impression
that this one-of-a-kind work of art made on
him was so
lasting that he decided to dedicate his first post-navy career woodworking
project to designing his own version of that beautiful clock, albeit 25
years
after the fact! It took the better
part of six months to
design his first working, all-wood clock, from the ground up. He has
since perfected an all-wood gear drive train and is now dedicated to
improving the aesthetics of his numerous designs.
About Dan: Dan is a Marine with a bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from Penn State. After serving the Corps with distinction,
he transitioned to the civilian
marketplace and worked the next 22 years in the telecommunications
industry where he found considerable success in various leadership positions. In search of
post-retirement challenges, he built his present timber frame home and
then became an authorized distributor/dealer for Hearthstones
Homes Inc. after
establishing TimberDream Homes Inc. Dan has a
sharp eye for fine design as well as an uncanny ability to guide an
individual's personal tastes in the creation of a customized clock for
any
setting.