Mission Oak Clock

Dan -

Very nice to share one of your earlier projects. I like the lines and finish.

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Very nice little project.

-- -John "Do I have to keep typing a smiley? Just assume it's a joke." www.flickr.com/photos/gizmodyne

Nice clock project. I love clocks almost as much as boxes. Your project came out really nice.

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

So this takes you back to your roots, eh? That’s fun to see. Good looking clock. Puts me in the mind of these clocks that Douglas Bordner posted some time ago.

-- Dorje (pronounced "door-jay"), Seattle, WA

Very nice clock Dan.

I’m a fan of clocks also.

Lee

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Dan great clock. I like the lines and the color. Do you remember if the Oak had darkened after being outside as posts?

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

Love it. Thanks for sharing.

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

Neat clock, Dan. I watched your tile on E-Bay. It did real well, didn’t it?

-- Thos. Angle

Nice simple design. Beautiful looking old fence post.

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Great clock. A project I would love to try one day for a gift for a loved one. I love mission style!

-- Farles from Niagara - Woodworking, like life, is a journey...enjoy the ride!

thanks for the nice comments
link to more photos link

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

Hey Thos
My ebay auction went pretty good. Guess I’m happy with the price. Paid twenty bucks for the tile.
Link to my LJ ebay blog for more information

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

Nice clock! I like the grain combination on the side.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Great look with that Oak.

-- miles125, Alabama.."Architecture is frozen music""

Nice little clock

-- David, South Windsor, CT "I love the smell of sawdust in the morning"

Dan,

Great mission style clock. Elegant and simple – great combination.

-- Tom, Surfside Beach, SC - Romans 8:28

thanks everyone.
This is the project that sold me on Shellac. Badger-brushed it on with this project.
Since then I’ve evolved to mixing my own shellac from flakes or buttons and learning a french polish method.
Something that I’ve learned from experience is to chase the pad-cloth with alchohol before adding the shellac and using a more thinned down mixture, applying multiple thin coats. I’ve also graduated to using a squeeze bottle to hold the shellac.

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

Great clocks, Dan. And thanks to Dorje for the link to my old project. I wondered why they got bumped up again.

Dan, what do you use to lubricate the rubber when you french polish? Zinnser put out a french polish with isoparaffin mixed in (it evaporates on it’s own), but I have never tried it or the more traditional methods.

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

Doug
I’ve tried many things for the rubber lubricate,(sounds sick) but have kind of evolved into using nothing.
I liberally splash the rubber with DN alchohol and use well thinned shellac. I’ve found that the material is semi important for the pad. Bought a bag of white rags at Lowes, cotton blend. worked really good and has lasted forever. No lint and not too absorbant.
DAN

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

I liked the way Gizmodyne explained the term “rubber” (cloth inside a cloth) so the whole unseemly issue was dealt with before indelicate thoughts were engendered.

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

This style has just absolutely stood the test of time. Nice work as always.

-- Todd A. Clippinger, Montana, http://amcraftsman.com