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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






























7 comments so far
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!!
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”.
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Napaman
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posted 252 days ago
i love it…very nice…Belated WELCOME TO LJ’s!!!!!
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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
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 ?
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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
johnpoolesc
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posted 70 days ago
great clock and great craftmanship.. i love the bookmatch of the canary wood
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