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After quite a long time, I have finished these clocks. There are two identical clocks. I am making them for/with a coworker. One for him and one for his mother. They are not perfect but they have improved my abilities a little. As you can see from the photo, I am trying to be a woodworker and not a photographer. They are not that yellow. They are more the natural cream color of the maple.
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18 comments so far
Daren Nelson
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posted 310 days ago
I think that is very pretty.
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Dusty56
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Adding to my favorites …they are beautiful and you’ve done a great job on all of the details and the finish : )
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bentlyj
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There absolutely beautiful, Curly Maple doesn’t get much better than that. Great job on all.
savannah505
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Saaaweeeeeet!!!!!!!!! That is super, I agree with Dusty56 my buddy, and add them to my favorites also.
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jimp
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That’s a beautiful clock. Great Job!
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Terry
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WOW those are super. I would be proud to hang one on my wall.
What are the measurements?
Dennis Zongker
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WOW!!! Very beautiful.
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Microsuffer
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The pictures are good enough to show that you have done a very good job. Where do you get the clock movements?
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toxicoval56
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posted 310 days ago
It is 40 inches tall by 11 inches wide. It weighs about 35 lbs. The movement is from the klockit company (klockit.com). Thank you for all of your kind comments.
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DAN
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posted 310 days ago
very nice .. gotta love the wood
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BarryW
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posted 310 days ago
stunning wood…clocks to last hundreds of years.
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ND2ELK
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posted 309 days ago
I think your clocks look great. You did a beautiful job on them. Thanks for posting.
God Bless
tom
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Karson
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posted 309 days ago
A beautiful job on the clocks. Too bad you don’t get to keep one. Is ther enough wood for another?
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LesB
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posted 309 days ago
Great job. The brilliance of the wood is almost overwhelming.
Glad to see someone put a “real” movement in their clock. No offense meant to people who use battery movements I ‘m just prejudice to the real “tic toc” things. Vienna regulator types are my favorite clocks. I have made several using different woods. I have two posted in LJ (same posting) made out of Myrtle wood and Cherry. I like the little drawer in the base of yours. It makes a great place to put the winding crank. If your friend really wants to embellish your work he might think of replacing the front glass panel with a beveled edge glass. I think it adds to the sophistication of it all and is often traditional in quality clocks.
Another good place to get clock movements and other parts with a bigger selection is Merritt’s Antiques. Find them on line to see their selection and get a catalog.
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motthunter
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posted 309 days ago
beautiful clock.. nice finish
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sandhill
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Beautiful and the finish is impeckable how did you get that to look so good? Am I wrong but that looks like Tiger Maple?
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Glenn
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posted 271 days ago
Wonderful. Looks very professional. And if you want to render accurate color on the wood, turn off the ambient lighting, using only your flash. Or, if you are using ambient lighting only, set your white balance on your camera to match the type of lighting you have, flourescent or tungsten.
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mrdull
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posted 269 days ago
Really Great Clock, You did a fabulous job. There will be generations of people admire your work, the movement is a really good movement, they should enjoy them for a loooooog time. Thanks for posting—looks like you do a pretty good job with the camera too.
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