Jim Becker
11-30-2003, 10:35 PM
Most of the work is now completed on the Shaker style wall clock I've been working on for our kitchen. Remaining work includes dealing with the lower door panel once I have appropriate material, sanding and finishing. This particular piece is based on the NYW project from quite a few years ago and like the original that Norm produced, is made of black walnut...milled from trees on our own property.
Here are some progress pictures of this project:
1) Carcass assembled. Most material is 9/16" thick with 1/2" thick sides
2) Silly me...'forgot to route the hinge mortises in the sides before assembling the clock carcass. So...we meander to the neander and do it the classic way with a chisel and mallet (Mallet is osage orange and was made on my first lathe about three years ago)
3) Clock sans the doors with filler moldings installed around the clock face. Since I used a commercially available clock face from Lee Valley, I needed to accommodate the fact that it was sized smaller than that required by the design. The 1" wide molding fashioned from 1/4" thick stock has a bead routed along the edge for a simple highlight of the clock face
4) Free bonus pic...turning a cherry bowl on Saturday from a nice log section I got from Bill Grumbine in the summer of 2002...more on that later... :D (Yea, I know...stylish getup. But it keeps the chips out of the hair)
Here are some progress pictures of this project:
1) Carcass assembled. Most material is 9/16" thick with 1/2" thick sides
2) Silly me...'forgot to route the hinge mortises in the sides before assembling the clock carcass. So...we meander to the neander and do it the classic way with a chisel and mallet (Mallet is osage orange and was made on my first lathe about three years ago)
3) Clock sans the doors with filler moldings installed around the clock face. Since I used a commercially available clock face from Lee Valley, I needed to accommodate the fact that it was sized smaller than that required by the design. The 1" wide molding fashioned from 1/4" thick stock has a bead routed along the edge for a simple highlight of the clock face
4) Free bonus pic...turning a cherry bowl on Saturday from a nice log section I got from Bill Grumbine in the summer of 2002...more on that later... :D (Yea, I know...stylish getup. But it keeps the chips out of the hair)