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- Dick Bartels -

Dick is the owner of THE CABINET SHOP.  He has been a cabinet professional in the Greater Phoenix, Arizona, Metropolitan Area since 1991.   After working for three of Arizona's larger cabinet companies as a Field SuperintI am now a dealer where we feature a full line of fine cabinetry in various hardwoods, styles, stains and lacquer finishes.  We sell, deliver and install cabinets for your home or office.  Check out our Cabinet Shop for details of how to contact us for pricing and to set up an appointment to come to your home or office for a FREE NO OBLIGATION appointment.

I am also the owner of    (YOTTS)  here in Phoenix, Arizona.  Our motto here at  YOTTS  is "Heirloom quality craftsmanship at a price you can afford".  We strive to give you the best in quality and craftsmanship at very reasonable prices.  The clocks you find here feature the finest solid hardwoods with matching cabinet grade veneer plywood backs.  The movements are solid brass with no plastic bushings which are often found in many store-bought clocks.  Your clock will not only be a thing of timeless beauty but will be of heirloom quality craftsmanship.  You can rest assured that your grandkids can proudly pass it on to their children and grandchildren.

Clocks at ye Olde tic-tock Shoppe range in sizes from stately Grandfather Clocks to beautiful and less expensive desk, mantel and wall clocks.  Many clocks feature luxuriously sounding movements that chime every fifteen minutes and gong the hour.  Some of the more elegant Grandfather Clocks feature a triple chiming system that plays your choice of the Westminster, Whittington or saint Michael chimes and have a night silencing lever.

We also have a very unique line of specialty items.  Our exclusive Old West Ghost Town Gallery blends together my passion for four-wheeling around Arizona in search of our rich old west history which includes Ghost Town hunting.  I build miniature old ghost town building fronts and put quartz clock movements in some of them.  You can purchase these separately or in sets with or without the quartz clock movements.  Part of this Ghost Town Gallery are our Stagecoach, Conestoga wagon, Miner's Wagon and Wagon Wheel clocks.

Another long time passion of our family has been taking our 4-wheel drive vehicles out into Arizona's back roads and remote wilderness areas in search of Ghost Towns, historical haunts, mining camps, stagecoach routes, Teamster's wagon roads, Pony Express stops, Indian ruins and the like.  We have not only enjoyed finding many of these places but Dick has researched a lot of the history surrounding the old places as well as learning about some of the tales of the colorful characters who once lived, worked and played there in the years gone by.

comes to life as a result of this passion.  No, we do not use actual Stagecoaches on our tours.  We use modern comfortable air conditioned 4-wheel drive vehicles.  We invite you to ride along with us as we take you into the places where Arizona's Old West history was made.  

Dick started making grandfather clocks several years ago as a young pastor in Pennsylvania and New York State selling them to help supplement his meager income while  he was the pastor of small town and country churches.  Over time he added mantel, desk and wall sized clocks to his clock making ventures.

Dick went from being a pastor to become the mission field builder in the country of Mali, West Africa under the direction of the Christian and Missionary Alliance Church.  He is still somewhat fluent in the West African tribal language of Bambara.  This is the mother tongue to which Alex Haley traced his ancestry in the book and TV series, 'ROOTS'.

Soon after Dick and his family returned to the states after his missionary work he was severely injured in an automobile accident.  While waiting for a road construction flagman his station wagon was run over from behind by a semi tractor trailer and Dick became paralyzed from the waist down for over two years.  As part of his rehabilitation project  Dick bought an Amish house without running water and electricity in Northwestern Pennsylvania and slowly put in  plumbing and electricity.  He also opened his own clock shop and began making and selling clocks to the Amish community as well as to the public.

Today, in addition to his cabinet business, Dick is revisiting his old hobby-turned-business of making and selling clocks.  in addition to making clocks he sells factory made clocks as well as clock kits and supplies for the handyman do-it-yourselfer.

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