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A couple of years ago while at a wood show, I came across a guy selling the internal works for a coo coo clock. Just add your cabinet. It was real cheap, and I always wanted a coo coo.
After looking at it for the past few years, last month I decided to get it together. And it is a welcome to my wife’s new family room decore.
Made of cherry, dark cedar and some little bits from around the shop….and a pakage of birds from Michaels.
Light sensor makes sure it dosen’t keep me up all night :-)
-- Brian's Table Top Toys http://home.mountaincable.net/~bgraham/
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jockmike2
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posted 730 days ago
Pretty neat little clock, is it from a kit, or did you make it from scratch? Ah! after reading your blog I see part of it is from a kit and you made the outside. Very nice. mike
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DAN
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posted 730 days ago
great looking clock. I’ve always wanted to try a coo-co clock myself.
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mrtrim
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posted 730 days ago
very nice clock. well done
DaveJ
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posted 730 days ago
Nice looking clock Brian. Welcome to LJocks. You have a great collection of “toys” posted on your website.
-- Dave J. Oakdale, MN
mot
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posted 730 days ago
Nice! I love these things!
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toyguy
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posted 730 days ago
Thank-you all for your kind words.. As for the replicas posted on my site I’ll get into that more as time here goes on… Toys/Models are my first love.
-- Brian's Table Top Toys http://home.mountaincable.net/~bgraham/
Karson
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posted 730 days ago
Great looking clock.
You wrote about a light sensor. Are there some electric parts in the clock?
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cajunpen
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posted 729 days ago
Nice clock – I love coo-coo clocks. I have one that my Son’s Mother-in-law picked up for me on her last trip home – to Germany. I know what you mean about the light sensor – those clocks make some noise. The one I have has a switch that you throw to stop it from coo-cooing at night. Bet it wasn’t an easy build.
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MsDebbieP
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posted 729 days ago
this is awesome!!
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toyguy
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posted 729 days ago
Yes the clock mechanics are electric….. swith on side of clock to control volume level “high or low” and it can be swithed off. Light sensor in face of clock will stop it from Coo Cooing at night. Runs on two D cells…...and keeps real good time too.
-- Brian's Table Top Toys http://home.mountaincable.net/~bgraham/
relic
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posted 729 days ago
Terrific looking clock.
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Grumpy
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posted 729 days ago
Beautiful job. A great timepiece. A cookoo (Koel) has nested near our back yard that seems to not want to go to bed a night, makes a lot of noise, but thats nature for you.
-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python
sharad
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posted 657 days ago
A handsome piece
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