Birds of paradise clock

[Theloneranger]

Just finished this project. ( gift for my sister and husband).

Just a little over 6 months to make or close to 90 hours of fretworking.

I prepared all my wood from rough boards down to 1/4 laminated and planed myself.
I used Purple heart , Bird's aye maple and red oak.

Here is a short video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXwBHgyJTw4

[wood-n-things]

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[WoodCarverOH]

Looks Great ! Lots of cuts.

[Sunlion]

WoW! Indeed a lot of cuts, no wonder it took 6 months. Looks good mind. I would love to do a piece that elaborate one day, in a Celtic style. Once I have more practice, who knows. Well done.

[Mick Walker]

Theloneranger, very, very nice. Your sister and husband will be happy.

[Theloneranger]

Thank you for the warm comments.
I just hope I don't give my sister a heart attack or have her faint They are not expecting this at all. I was very sneaky about it, since i have my saw in the house every time they happened to drop by i simply had a dummy piece from another project at hand so no suspicion would occur when they asked what i was doing.

[Sunlion]

Thank you for the warm comments.
I just hope I don't give my sister a heart attack or have her faint They are not expecting this at all. I was very sneaky about it, since i have my saw in the house every time they happened to drop by i simply had a dummy piece from another project at hand so no suspicion would occur when they asked what i was doing.

Hehe, very crafty. I have been having a hard time keeping the clock I made from my wifes prying eyes. She even asked my daughter, 'what is your dad doing spending all his time in the shed?' hehe I had to lie and say I was working on a box for my daughter, thankfully my wife has not asked to see the box. If she did I would have to say, 'sorry no it is a surprise, you will have to wait' hehe.

I think my next project WILL be to make a box for my daughter so therefore a double blind.

[Terry Murphy]

A great looking clock.

[cwatson]

Great job on the clock. I would not have the patients for a project of that size. Although I wish I did.