| Project by rowdy | posted 92 days ago | 464 views | 2 times favorited | 9 comments |  |
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My best friend is retiring from his day job and he plans to start spending more time on woodworking projects. To celebrate his retirement I gave him this whimsical clock. Since he is going to be doing woodworking as a hobby I decided, just for fun, to include as many varieties of wood as I could in the construction. So there are 13 varieties of wood that can be seen, including: pine, walnut, oak, lyptus, sapele, maple, cherry, padauk, zebra wood, cocobolo, purple heart, blood wood, and mesquite. The latter five are found as the small circular disks on the clock face support.
-- Rowdy in Kechi, Kansas
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Roger Clark
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posted 92 days ago
Love it.
Hope your friend likes it too – only time will tell.
-- Roger, Rep. of Texas
stefang
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posted 92 days ago
Wonderful gift and very nicely done.
-- Mike, American in Norway
a1Jim
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posted 92 days ago
fun and cool project
-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop, custom furniture ,maker, woodworking school, heirloomwoodshop.com
pimzedd
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posted 91 days ago
Nice gift.
I have a friend that is retiring next year (me). Where did you get the clock face? Might want to make my own retirement gift.
-- Bill --- "We shape our tools and afterwards our tools shape us" Marshall McLuhan
rowdy
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posted 91 days ago
Bill, I got the clock face, clock motor, and the three hands from Klockit. www.klockit.com. They offer a lot of options and I have found them good folks to work with. Have fun! Rowdy
-- Rowdy in Kechi, Kansas
huff
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posted 91 days ago
Rowdy, Got to love that clock! Great job and great use of all the different woods. I’m not retired, but still think that’s the clock for me!
-- John @ Myrtle Beach
MsDebbieP
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posted 91 days ago
that’s excellent lol
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Innovator
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posted 91 days ago
I love it.
Nice idea and a great gift.
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Lightsofthestream
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posted 17 days ago
Great Gift
From Mesick Michigan
-- Bob, Mesick, Michigan