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Curly Maple Wall Clock

Project by toxicoval56 posted 310 days ago 532 views 9 times favorited 18 comments Add to Favorites Watch

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.

-- The view only changes for the leading dog.


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Daren Nelson

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posted 310 days ago

I think that is very pretty.

-- Urban logger, http://nelsonwoodworks.biz/

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Dusty56

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posted 310 days ago

Adding to my favorites …they are beautiful and you’ve done a great job on all of the details and the finish : )

-- 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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bentlyj

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posted 310 days ago

There absolutely beautiful, Curly Maple doesn’t get much better than that. Great job on all.

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savannah505

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posted 310 days ago

Saaaweeeeeet!!!!!!!!! That is super, I agree with Dusty56 my buddy, and add them to my favorites also.

-- Dan Wiggins

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jimp

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posted 310 days ago

That’s a beautiful clock. Great Job!

-- - Jim, Vancouver,WA

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Terry

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posted 310 days ago

WOW those are super. I would be proud to hang one on my wall.

What are the measurements?

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Dennis Zongker

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posted 310 days ago

WOW!!! Very beautiful.

-- Dennis Zongker

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Microsuffer

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posted 310 days ago

The pictures are good enough to show that you have done a very good job. Where do you get the clock movements?

-- "Those are my principals, if you don't like them....I have others." - Groucho Marx

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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.

-- The view only changes for the leading dog.

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DAN

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posted 310 days ago

very nice .. gotta love the wood

welcome to lj’s

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

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BarryW

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posted 310 days ago

stunning wood…clocks to last hundreds of years.

-- /\/\/\ BarryW /\/\/\ Stay so busy you don't have time to die.

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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

-- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa

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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?

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

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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.

-- Les B, Oregon

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motthunter

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posted 309 days ago

beautiful clock.. nice finish

-- making sawdust....

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sandhill

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posted 302 days ago

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.

-- Glenn, Arkansas

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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.

-- “Duty is the sublimest word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more. You should never wish to do less.” General Robert E. Lee, C.S.A.

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