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grandfather clock

comments (2) May 29th, 2009 in The Gallery     
dave 07 dave 07, member
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This is a picture of my second clock made from solid red oak. It has 3 coatings of dark stain and 5 coatings of hand rubbed varnish. I modified the finial and columns from the original plans. It stands 84" high (2130 mm).


Design or Plan used: My own design
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dave 07 dave 07 writes: thanks, yes, i turned the spindels and columns on my lathe and then made a jig to hold them so that i could cut them exactly in half. That took a bit of fooling around to ensure they were cut exactly right, i didn't want to re-make them.
Posted: 10:44 pm on May 30th

luv2smellnitro luv2smellnitro writes: Looks really nice Dave. I just finished my first one a couple weeks ago. It's not as fancy as yours but I plan on making my next one more elaborate. Did you turn the spindels yourself?

Brian www.woodenframework.com
Posted: 6:48 pm on May 29th

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