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Octahedron Clock

Project by Wingstress posted 253 days ago 364 views 3 times favorited 7 comments Add to Favorites Watch

I was researching a small clock on Rockler.com and someone had posted a really cool clock they had made. At first I couldn’t tell what it was, so I did a little research on the web and found it was an octahedron, or two pyramids back-to-back. Its actually really simple to make once you figure out the trick. I built this one out of Canary wood, but I’ve since made them out of Cherry and walnut.

-- Tom, Simsbury, CT


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lew

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posted 253 days ago

I really like that design! It must have been a bear to hold while you were sanding/finishing!!

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CessnaPilotBarry

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posted 253 days ago

Wild clock, with beautiful figure!

Do you get to watch Bradley approaches in EG? I shoot approaches to BDL Runway 24, over Longmeadow, Enfield, and Suffield quite often.

I do 33 on occasion, too, which takes me over East Granby as I go “missed approach”.

-- - Don't Panic!

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Napaman

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posted 252 days ago

i love it…very nice…Belated WELCOME TO LJ’s!!!!!

-- Matt, Napa, CA...sanity...has arrived...JUNE-JULY-AUGUST...

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Wingstress

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posted 252 days ago

Hey BeechPilotBarry, I am quite close to BDL and almost directly under the 33 flight path. What types of planes to you fly? I use to fly a Cessna out in Seattle. I worked for Boeing as a stress analyst. Hence the name “Wingstress.” I haven’t flown since the kids were born, which is why I took up woodworking. I find it much less stressful than flying and just as; if not more rewarding. But, at the same time its just as expensive. I don’t know how you do both.

Tom

-- Tom, Simsbury, CT

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Dusty56

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posted 251 days ago

wow , this is a great design and the woodgrain is perfect …what did you finish it with ?

-- You know you're getting old when you know the difference between you're (you are) and your (belonging to you) AND how to use them in a sentence .

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Wingstress

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posted 251 days ago

Dusty56, it was finished with shellac and some wax. Nothing fancy. The wood did all the talking on this one.

-- Tom, Simsbury, CT

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johnpoolesc

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posted 70 days ago

great clock and great craftmanship.. i love the bookmatch of the canary wood

-- It's not a sickness, i can stop buying tools anytime.

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