The Geneva Wall Clock
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17 July 2014 at 10:48 pm #59538
Spectacular work! This transcends woodworking and ventures deep into artwork. Thank you for sharing.
18 July 2014 at 9:42 am #59545Thank you all for the great reviews it really means alot coming from you all. Besides wanting to make one for myself it may be that others are going to place their orders so I will have to go on the back burner on this one.
I don’t have anymore white ash not atleast 250mm wide and my supplier doesn’t stock it anymore. I will devour the local yards in the hope I can find a supplier who does, if it didn’t look so damn good I wouldn’t buy it again because it’s so fragile to work with.
For now I have an order not for a clock but to make a triangular bookshelf, she wants it rough sawn, no sanding, planing etc just a real rugged look and feel. Not my cup of tea but if it pays the bills then so be it. Btw I’ve never made a triangular bookshelf before. Luckily for me it’s not going to be very big so I guess my next post will be on that.
30 July 2014 at 8:06 am #59884I thought I’d give you a quick update the pendulum I made weighs 83grams which is too heavy for a standard quartz movement which I had no idea t the time. The pendulum swings that you normally get with a movement weighs 34grams. So when I delivered the clock and penulum didn’t swing guess who wanted to hide under a rock, after sepnding two days trying to figure out to fix it I swallowed my pride and called my supplier for help which I should of done in the first place. They replaced my movement with separate pendulum motor and movement. Now this one has a torque of 300grams and problem solved. Also if you over tighten the nut that holds the face and movement the time run slow so finger tight only.
Cheers
30 July 2014 at 2:22 pm #59891I must say that this clock is a beautiful piece of art and shows excellent craftsmanship. The patience and skill needed for the intricate work is amazing.
I also enjoyed reading your day to day entries.Congratulations on completing this masterpiece.
Two pats on the back, no, make it three… 🙂
30 July 2014 at 9:39 pm #59907Thank you for your kind words and definitely inspirational words my current project isn’t as elaborate as this clock I’ve only just begun it last night and hopefully will have it completed today time permitting. It’s triangle shelf that will house crystal rocks, it’s commissioned work. They want a rough rugged look which I’m not accustomed too but I’ll do my best to make it so.
30 July 2014 at 10:16 pm #59910Just a suggestion/reminder for rough rugged look: you may also use a scrub plane because its round iron leaves interesting marks on the wood surface that resemble gouge marks. 🙂
Regards,31 July 2014 at 12:34 am #59917That’s a great suggestion but she wants is rough sawn timber un planed un sanded which poses a problem for me. I’m happy not to sand it who wouldn’t be but I have to plane it to get rid of twists, cups and bows otherwise things won’t go together nicely and it will rock.
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