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6 March 2013 at 9:09 pm #8898
So what do you do when you are waiting for your clock mechanism to arrive? That’s right, you start building another one 🙂 The one on the right is the first one, with the wood I had at hand I had to glue up a board to be broad enough for the face. For the second one I got different wood, though I don’t know how to tell you, my translator thinks both ‘vuren’ and ‘grenen’ are pine. The former has a somewhat sharper scent, and it’s nots stick to the wood, while with the former, they tend to come loose.
On my second attempt the mitered raised panel worked out much better, partly because I now had a “new” stanley #4 1/2 from eBay at my disposal (we go together quite well right of the bat 🙂 ), and partly because I’m getting better at slowing myself down when I need to.
I still need to improve a lot on accuracy, but I’m having a lot of fun getting there!Attachments:
You must be logged in to view attached files.7 March 2013 at 1:55 am #8917Nice job Armand. I’ve yet to start my clock. It also looks as though you have a nice work area. May I ask where you live? I’m fascinated that Paul has fans all over the world.
John
7 March 2013 at 7:24 pm #8969[quote quote=8917]Nice job Armand. I’ve yet to start my clock. It also looks as though you have a nice work area. May I ask where you live? I’m fascinated that Paul has fans all over the world. John [/quote]
Thank you, it is a tiny-tiny work area really, and I still need to get rid of the old shabby table now that I’ve built a proper work bench. But it is a pleasant area indeed, now that it is converted into a little woodworking shop 🙂
I live in the Netherlands.
All others, thank you for your kind words as well!
10 March 2013 at 3:35 am #9097Well, finally I finished this project. I started from rough board and built my first clock, but it turned out to be not that great (lots of gaps), which was a bit disappointing. My wife suggested we can remodel it into a bird’s house (nothing goes into waste in this family :)) So I had to start again, from rough board. This time it looks more like a clock.. I hope with the time it will change the color, I liked the color of the rough board. Molding at the bottom was my first experiment with the molding plane, and I think it looks good too.
Cheers Serhiy
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I’m late to the party, as usual. Â But, I’m glad I found this website to help build wood working skills. Â I’ve built two clocks so far, well almost. Â I’m waiting on the clock parts to come in and I need a gouge to work on the moulding… Â but here is my progress
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You must be logged in to view attached files.15 April 2013 at 3:32 am #10926Welcome aboard Dan! No rush in here, we all work at our own pace. Have fun!
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