Bily Brothers Treadle Scroll-saw and their wooden clock cases

This is the story of two farmers (Joseph and Frank Bily) who made a treadle scrollsaw from their mother's sewing machine, and created 40 remarkable clocks by hand from 1913 to 1958 as a way to get through Iowa winters. These clocks are shown at the Bily Brother Museum in Spillville, Iowa. This is a tribute to those woodworkers who maintain their hobby for the joy of making things of beauty. It is said that they refused money from a millionaire because they promised their parents that carving was just to be used just as a hobby The video is one of the tributes to my woodworking heroes by Hoosierwoodcraft. Please subscribe to this channel. 0:00 Introduction 0:49 Joseph and Frank Bily were raised ... 2:56 One winter, Frank began to whittle. 3:31 When the snow began to melt 6:04 With Joseph' work on the scroll-saw 6:41 Bily Brothers 1915 Apostles Clock 7:56 Bily Brothers 1928 Trophy Clocks 8:37 Bily Brothers 1943 Village Blacksmith Clock 9:54 Postscript on the Bily Brothers