| Project by MightyWood | posted 03-17-2015 04:47 PM | 18047 views | 20 times favorited | 20 comments |  |
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My plan was to use two slaps of alder I got when I made my chainsaw license/certification. To make it more interesting I wanted to inverse the growth rings by cutting the two pieces into triangles and reglue them inside out.
First I had to remove the chainsaw marks and after some problems at the lathe I finally got rid of them with my plane.
Unfortunately there was a lot of waste after cutting all pieces on the band saw but maybe I can use it in a future project.
For contrast I also resawed a piece of walnut and glued everything in an alternating pattern together. I chopped up the bark I cut off earlier and reglued it to the clock.
In the end I finished everything with boiled linseed oil. Unfortunately the clock was very dark after that…
Finally I attached the clock mechanics.
Thank you for reading!
Daniel
Also watch this video and see how I made this clock:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sSSizyNS6o
-- Daniel @ Mighty Wood, http://mightywood.net / http://youtube.mightywood.net
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GerardoArg1
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#1 posted 03-17-2015 05:04 PM
Beatiful. Really great job. Congratulations!
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#2 posted 03-17-2015 05:24 PM
this is very slick, i might have to steal this idea,,thanks for sharing this beautiful.
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doubleDD
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#3 posted 03-17-2015 05:36 PM
Looks great. Cool way to display the time and help prevent cracks too.
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ezgnann
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#4 posted 03-17-2015 05:38 PM
This is amazing.
Nice work.
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#5 posted 03-17-2015 06:27 PM
great design, love it!
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Ivan
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#6 posted 03-17-2015 06:28 PM
Wonderful project, quite unusual. I like this clock.
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Muriel
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#7 posted 03-17-2015 06:30 PM
Very nice clock, the result is perfect and original !
Thank you for sharing the “how to “
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JoeinGa
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#8 posted 03-17-2015 06:47 PM
Nice job Daniel! Oh and, WELCOME to LJs !
I went back and watched the video… Wow, that’s a lot of math to figure out how to cut the pieces of the pie! :-)
And perhaps if you paint the hands with a lighter color you could see the time easier?
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#9 posted 03-17-2015 11:38 PM
What a great idea Daniel, very nicely done!
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#10 posted 03-18-2015 12:19 AM
Very Neat Design! the little round of bark in the center is a nice touch.
Well done!
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gfadvm
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#11 posted 03-18-2015 12:52 AM
What a cool clock! Reversing the growth rings will stop the cracking common to crosscuts? You spent a lot of hours on this and it shows. And welcome. It appears you can teach us some good tricks.
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#12 posted 03-18-2015 12:53 AM
Awesome clock ,A really neat idea!
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#13 posted 03-18-2015 01:02 AM
I like that very original .
Klaus
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#14 posted 03-18-2015 02:12 AM
The grain treatment really sets this apart! The first look was “Wait – trees don’t grow that way”
Nice design.
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#15 posted 03-18-2015 03:14 AM
What a beautiful piece of work. Very impressive, you should be very proud, it’s a work of art.
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