Pictures of your progress building the Wall Clock
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16 December 2012 at 8:30 pm #4943
Nice clock  juryaan  I like the grain pattern in the front panel, I have not got round to making one yet but when I do I will try to find a board that also has a symmetrical attractive pattern
David
16 December 2012 at 8:51 pm #4946Hi Guys I have just spent some time looking through the various clock photos , I find it amazing that participants with I assume not a lot of experience and using only hand tools can turn out such fine pieces of work, I think a lot of this must be down to Paul’s excellent teaching methods.  I think back to Paul’s course I attended in Wales, there was a guy in his mid sixties  who said he had not done any wood work since he left school and stated that the only wood working tool he owned was a bow saw for cutting branches off trees was able to make the Shaker Candle box, a wall unit and an oak table with only 6 days tuition
David
Anonymous16 December 2012 at 9:04 pm #4947I agree David, some very talented guys on here, and as you say Paul’s teaching methods has to be a great help. Us older guys have to try and learn quickly, if we want any pleasure out of making these projects, because we don’t twenty years to learn a skill.
Only being in my mid 20’s I have no reason to learn quickly, I guess 🙂 But what I like the most, is the (mostly) simple selection of tools. I live in an apartment, and use my second bedroom as my “workshop”. As such, I only use hand tools (except cordless drills), and a workmate. I do have a fair selection of power tools (Circular saw, jig saw, 2 routers, miter saw, ROS, biscuit joiner) but to use those I drive up to my parents’ house. Not ideal,but I enjoy it enough to persevere.
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You must be logged in to view attached files.20 December 2012 at 4:30 pm #5342Ok, so Saturday I’m showing the clock to the wife and explaining how I am to go about putting a finish on it. Â She looks at me and says, “Can you build two more for Christmas?”. Â What can I say but, “Sure!…no problem.”. Â Well I pulled it off. Â All three clock are complete with finish. Â The original is on the left. Â The only change that I made was to make the bead a little larger on the subsequent two. Â I learned so many things during this project and it was great fun. Â I am so glad that I joined this program!
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You must be logged in to view attached files.Here is my finished clock. I added a thermometer and a hydrometer to the clock because I thought they would be useful to have in the shop and also to take up some of the empty space. There are a number of flaws and I’m the only one that will probably notice.
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