Lee Schierer
05-22-2006, 8:41 AM
Here's a project I actually finished a few weeks ago. It is a present for a wedding that was held Saturday. Although they haven't opened it yet, I feel it is safe to post it here because I doubt they will be watching the internet while on their honeymoon.
It is an Octagonal School House clock. It is similar to the one that Klockit sells as a kit, but I didn't care for their one piece octagon front. Instead I elected to make the octagon from separate pieces. It is hard to tell from the photo, but all the pieces run consecutively starting at 9:00 and going clockwise around the clock. The pieces are joined with splines for added strength. The challenge was to cut the two pieces at the 4 and 7 o'clock positions wider than the other six pieces and get them all exactly 22.5 degrees on the end and the same inside dimension. Clamping them up with the curved areas was also interesting.
The face, bezel, works and pendulum are from Klockit. They would not sell me the glass with the grid printed on it so I made my own. The box part against the wall is octagonal shaped on top and follows the contour on the bottom to house the works and speaker for the chime. The corners for the square areas of the box were all made with locking rabbet joints, again for strength. The box walls are 5/16 thick to keep the weight down. The speaker is mounted on the right side of the upper portion of the box. They also seemed to have made the tone from the speaker better. Access to change the batteries and make adjustments is through an open area in the back.
It is stained with Min Wax Golden Oak stain to match their furniture and the previous weather station I made for them. The finish is Deft semi-gloss clear wood finish.
Thanks for viewing,
It is an Octagonal School House clock. It is similar to the one that Klockit sells as a kit, but I didn't care for their one piece octagon front. Instead I elected to make the octagon from separate pieces. It is hard to tell from the photo, but all the pieces run consecutively starting at 9:00 and going clockwise around the clock. The pieces are joined with splines for added strength. The challenge was to cut the two pieces at the 4 and 7 o'clock positions wider than the other six pieces and get them all exactly 22.5 degrees on the end and the same inside dimension. Clamping them up with the curved areas was also interesting.
The face, bezel, works and pendulum are from Klockit. They would not sell me the glass with the grid printed on it so I made my own. The box part against the wall is octagonal shaped on top and follows the contour on the bottom to house the works and speaker for the chime. The corners for the square areas of the box were all made with locking rabbet joints, again for strength. The box walls are 5/16 thick to keep the weight down. The speaker is mounted on the right side of the upper portion of the box. They also seemed to have made the tone from the speaker better. Access to change the batteries and make adjustments is through an open area in the back.
It is stained with Min Wax Golden Oak stain to match their furniture and the previous weather station I made for them. The finish is Deft semi-gloss clear wood finish.
Thanks for viewing,