clock turnings
john lucas
Here are the turnings that I had to repair. The small finial was broken 2 two places at the thin part of the finial above and below the fat part. It had also been split in two and glued back together and apparently the glue slipped sideways on them. I heated it and pulled it apart and then glued it back together correctly. The I glued the upper and lower finials back on. After sanding and finishing the upper finial repair is invisible. The split still shows but is far better than when I got the clock. The lower glue joint shows just a little when your up this close. 
The center finial was missing the top 3" finial and the middle part had been replaced and didn't match the original at all. There was also a split turning missing at the bottom of the finial. I turned the top to my best guess as to what was correct. I had a poor drawing out of a book to go by. You couldn't see the section at all in the drawing so I designed it myself. Same for the bottom split turning. The bottom split turning got too dark but really only shows up that way in the photo. It looks pretty good in real life. The middle one and top one match very close. 
I'm getting really close to being done. Stuck a 1/4" chisel in my thumb trying to replace a small section of moulding on the top so I decided it was time to call it a night. That poor thumb is taking a beating this month. I think next month I'll just keep it in my mouth like my grandkids do and that way it will be protected and at the same time it will keep me from saying stupid things and getting in trouble.
