my first fully made clock
so I bought the dxfs from the guy I get my clock kits from.
it is not had to cut one of these out though I only used baltic birch where my nicer clocks are made from aircraft birch I would like to use it but a 2x4 sheet of 1/4" is 75.00 and shipping. it is extremely nice plywood though. the only hard part was getting all the parts together and all the running around needed.
the face would have been the same color as the frame but the stain was too blotchy. I made the pendulum shaft from two 1/4" thick pieces of stepele glued up then trimmed down to 1/4" thick. if you run the clocks weight string through a fully you can get double the run time bt you need twice the weight. soI made this guy verses two brass tubes that I usually use. just some 1" baltic birch glued up and t holds 12# of fine lead shot that just fits I made this to test the size and maybe the next will be walnut.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zKA4BAXyew
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