Wave desk clock

This is a little desk clock made from laminating several layers of contrasting colored veneers.

To start I selected a section of hard maple to make a clamping jig. I cut the maple in two along a curvy line on the bandsaw, don’t go to tight on the curves or you will have trouble getting the veneer to conform.

Next select some veneer, I used 6 sections of contrasting light and dark, making sure to use the better faces for the outside and any lower quality sections for the interior of the sandwich. I choose black walnut and maple veneers, the final maple one was a curly maple.

With your veneers chosen, its time to build your sandwich. I lightly soak/wet each veneer to make them more pliable stacked them together by covered the faces with a mixture of 50/50 water/glue. With the build up complete I placed them in the jig and squeezed it together. (used waxed paper on the outside faces to ensure I could release the part when dry). I let this dry overnight.

Once dry back to the bandsaw I went and cut the tapped sides, then I cut out the clock face circle. I then did sanding on the drum sander and put a shine on with my buffing wheel.

-- Steve, http://www.robsonranchwoodworkers.org