clocks

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Stuart Johnson

>John,

Check over on WOW. There have been a few posted. You should be able to do a search.

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RonZ

>Here's one that I did a good while back. It's kind of like a dish with an indentation for a chapter ring. You can either use plain wood or put your own raised numerals instead of the chapter ring.

Good luck on your demo!

Ron

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Stuart Johnson

>The latest (Feb 2005) Woodwork has a turned bracket clock.

I forgot to add that...>>>

RonZ

>...>> in an earlier edition of Woodturning from the UK they used different woods instead of numbers, Nice idea for the shop. Let me know if you need a scan or which one it was in.

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Wally Dickerman at Green Valley, Az.

>Here's a clock made using a piece of burl scrap. I used double faced tape to secure the burl while I turned the recess for the clock. The clock is 3 inches in dia.

Wally

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Russ Fairfield

>One of the latest issues of the new magazine, "Woodturning Design" has article for making a desk clock.

Go to my website if you are interested in a pocket watch. I think that is a clock.


Pocket Watch

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john Lucas

>Stewart

Thanks. completely forgot about the clock in Woodwork. I guess I was too hung up on Michelle Holzapfel's work and Steven Gleasnor's work in that mag to pay attention to a lowly clock. Nicely done though.

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john Lucas

>Ron

Nice clock. I'll print of the photo and show them one of the options. I don't have any numbers or clock faces so I'm going to inlay dowels at an angle to form contrasting color ovals for the number positions.

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john Lucas

>God I love Burl wood. Thanks for the photo Wally.

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john Lucas

>Russ

Thanks for that tip. Pocket watches are a great idea. I need to get a photo of my dad's nut and bolt watches. They aren't as nice as your pocket watch but they are different.

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RonZ

>I buy them locally as I also repair watches.

The best supplier that has woodturning specific products is:

http://www.craft-supplies.co.uk/ click Online shoppping, clocks, faces

A couple of USA sources is

http://www.bjcraftsupplies.com/clock/ and http://www.merritts.com/store2/main/default.asp for numbers and complete faces

I'm sure you can google and find more via google.

Your clock that you're making sounds interesting, it would be nice if you can post a pic when it's done.

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Randy Rhine

>Speaking of clocks, here's a recent one. All components turned. Even the base, on an oval chuck.

randy

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Don Orr

>OK Randy, what's an oval chuck and where do you get them or do you have to make it? I have seen articles describing them but did not know they still existed. The mechanism is somewhat complicated if I remember correctly. As always your work is way beyond outstanding!

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Fred in NC

>A work of art and a great job! Did you turn the brass too? Is the black wood ebony? Thanks for posting it.

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Randy Rhine

>In the book "Adventures in Woodturning", by David Springett, there's a couple of chapters on making and using an oval chuck. I think he also did a video on it. For just a simple flat piece like I did, using a bandsaw would've been a lot easier & faster.

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Randy Rhine

>Thanks. Yeah, the brass was turned from 1/4" rod (finials) and 5/8" rod. The woods are blackwood & pink ivory.

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Jim Eddy

>This is a clock I made recently. It's got some patinated copper leaf. I've also been playing with making wood inlay chapter rings, but don't have pictures of ones I like yet.