Clock

[DaveL]

This going to be a Christmas president for one of my friends, he gave me an old ta l top, he thought it was walnut burr, but it was not in very good condition. When I got it home, I found that it was a veneer with a lot of thick finish that gave it the walnut look. I cut into the board and found what looks like mahogany, so here is a section of it reworked in to a small clock. Here it is with the glue drying.

for things that are odd shapes, I find big rubber bands are very useful as clamps.

here it has a coat of finishing oil drying.

 

[DaveL]

Here it is with the clock in place, sorry about the glare, but I needed the flash.

and here is a dibber for his wife who is a keen gardener.

quickly turned from an oak off cut once again from the fire wood pile, lines burnt in with copper wire and a quick rub with blo to make it look nice.

 

[AndyP]

Nice gifts Dave, recycling old timber is always satisfying, to give something back as a presie is a double whammy. Nice one

 

[DaveL]

And I have made this for the chap who runs our site services

he let's me take the pallets that some things are delivered on, he is trying to encourage the wild life on part of the site, it might help. I used the plans from the RSPB website as a guide on the sizes.

 

[Robert]

Nice bit of recycling

What am I looking at on the 'roof' of the clock? It looks like miniature rafters not just a slab of wood..

 

[DaveL]

Nice bit of recycling

What am I looking at on the 'roof' of the clock? It looks like miniature rafters not just a slab of wood..

The sides and roof were cut as a batten, which I then cut a groove along it, with my dado head. I then set my mitre gauge to match the angle of the roof and cut lengths to suit. The bottom of the sides had the edges trimmed off and they fitted into mortises I cut in the base. All a bit of a rush job but I was pleased how it turned out. [emoji3]