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Andyp wrote:......Hope you find the time to finish it.
MattS wrote:That's going to look great in walnut! What do you mean by the term falsies?
Mike G wrote:I'm jealous. One of the things I am really keen to make is a long case clock. As always, our tastes vary, but that doesn't reduce my respect and admiration.
The Makepeace clock is bow fronted, is it not? From what I see yours won't be. Is that right?
AJB Temple wrote:Interesting. It's not really a long case clock if it is electric though.... . It is a long box with a clock on top. What is going in the case?
As a matter of interest there are frequently long case mechanisms on eBay quite cheaply, though needing fettling no doubt. I've seen them go for under £100.
AndyT wrote:Watching with admiration, Rob.
You seem to have exactly the right number of clamps!
On the subject of curved glass, I was once lucky enough to see a rather fancy Victorian bay window reglazed. It had glass which curved gently round a corner, on a radius probably about the same as a litre paint tin. The very professional glazier ran his blowlamp from side to side on the glass and let the weight of the rest of the sheet make it droop naturally into the exact curve he needed. No jig, no former. It took only a couple of minutes to do. (I think it probably took a bit longer to learn!)
Cabinetman wrote:AndyT wrote:Watching with admiration, Rob.
Well who would’ve thought it, I’ve done it with Perspex in an oven before now but I wouldn’t have guessed you could do it with glass.
What sort of glue are you using Rob, it looks very runny if you don’t mind me saying. Ian
AndyT wrote:........I was once lucky enough to see a rather fancy Victorian bay window reglazed. It had glass which curved gently round a corner, on a radius probably about the same as a litre paint tin. The very professional glazier ran his blowlamp from side to side on the glass and let the weight of the rest of the sheet make it droop naturally into the exact curve he needed.....
Mike G wrote:AndyT wrote:........I was once lucky enough to see a rather fancy Victorian bay window reglazed. It had glass which curved gently round a corner, on a radius probably about the same as a litre paint tin. The very professional glazier ran his blowlamp from side to side on the glass and let the weight of the rest of the sheet make it droop naturally into the exact curve he needed.....
I've had a thought in the back of my mind to do a few panes like this when I do the leaded lights for the porch and inside the house. I thought I might bend a few panes into a curve, and then bend them back again to near-enough flat, and hope that this induces those little wrinkles and bubbles which are reminiscent of blown glass.
Mike G wrote:I know, Ian, but unfortunately horticultural glass has got a lot "better" in recent years, and the difference isn't so great any more. When I specify leaded lights for other people, I sometimes specify 1/3rd horticultural glass, 1/3 blown glass, and 1/3rd float glass, to keep the cost down but retaining the mixed effect you get in old windows. I have even specified a pane or two of a slightly yellow glass to be mixed in.
Nico Adie wrote:Looking very nice so far, the sort of work I aspire to. Very much looking forward to seeing this progress.
novocaine wrote:simply and not fussy which means the finer details do all the leg work. very nice and rather elegant. a assume there is room inside for a small, highly trained child with a very little hammer, in order to give the tick tock effect?
Mike G wrote:......and the secret compartment?
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