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What a beautiful clock. It must have taken you ages to make.
I could see the photo okay in both threads, but perhaps others can't. Anyway, I took it upon myself to merge both threads into one so that members don't have to express their admiration twice .
And I'm certain that a lot of admiration will be expressed for this project.
Gill
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That is one beautiful clock. A brilliant job! We brought 3 with us from England and mine is still running quite well after 200 years. Hopefully yours will keep on running long after.
-Bill
-Bill
My saw is a DeWalt788 Measure twice; cut once; count fingers after cut
fantastic, workmon ship. is that walnut? it is a masterpiece for sure. nice finish too. someday, I will try one like that. but the scrolled clocks are a bit easyer for me now. a Clock like that, takes alot more carpenter skills than i have right now. just, breath taking. what talent we have here in are little family. Evie
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Thanks all for you kind comments ... I am a little bit pleased with it myself!!
Gill, Thanks for sorting out my posting error.
Ozarkhillbilly, I put in about 300 hours on the whole project.
Owler, Yes I did turn the spindles. The top moulding took me a day to make and fit. I cut the shape required on a 6" X 1" finished piece of oak and then on the router table with a 2" dia door panel router bit cut out most of the detail but had to finish with a 11/4" bull nose bit and sandpaper to get the final detail on the lower section of the moulding.
Evie, the wood is European oak which I managed to find in New Zealand. The clock has an international flavour with the movement from Germany, the hinges and door handles from Australia and the door locks from America.
Marcel, The finishing and staining were the items that most worried me in the project. On the Friday night before I stained it I lay awake worried about the potential mess I might make of it. However in the end it came out well. I sanded all of the woodwork to 400 grit, applied a coat of pigmented stain which is then wiped off before it is dry. The next coat was a tung oil product to richen the underlying oaken colour, followed by a coat of orange shellac on top of which I applied a very dark wax with wire wool. I did not want a lacquered finish with its plastic look but rather was aimimg for something more natural that left the texture of the wood in its natural form. I guess the thing that most please me is that the clock does not look new and appears to have some age on it because of its texture and finish.
A small group of items I've made my Grandchildren. The little rocking chair becomes a puzzle for a child to put together. The small heart is what locks and holds all the pieces togetwer....
Thank you Karl, I to have seen these baskets at goodwill. I guess the reason they are so cheep is because they are easy to make. To cut your collapsible basket you just tilt your saw table to the left 4 to 5 degrees (for the basket only). For those of you that would like to find patterns check out this...
You know the sad part about our scroll saw work is where it ends up. I was just a Goodwill and saw a collapsible basket there with a price of only a few dollars.
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