Back last Fall, my father-in-law had a 1940's barn torn down, and gave me first pick of boards for my lumber stash. Boards pulled were all in the dry, and ranged from 8-14 inches wide, and 81/2 feet long. Beautiful stuff, once cleaned up. All are wormy chestnut.
As a small token of appreciation, i thought i'd build something as a nice momento.
A Shaker clock is what I came up with. Though the dimensions are different, the clock is based on plans found in Fine Woodworking article found here: http://www.finewoodworking.com/fwnpdffree/free-plan-shaker-wall-clock.pdf
Originally i was planning on building two. One to keep, and one to give away. But, I violated clock building commandment #1, that of, don't cut wood until you have the guts in hand. While the quartz movement just fine, the mechanical required a deeper case, causing the pendulum to hang against the back wall. Grr... So, plans have changed.
Am now building three. Two will have quartz movements, with pendulum, and real chime rods. One of which will be given to my Father-in-Law, one to my wife, while the third will have a mechanical Hermle movement, and be hung in my office.
The project was started back in February/March. Life has gotten in the way a few times. Am hoping to get these done by the end of July. We'll see.
Here's the chestnut lumber. As-is.
Resaw setup: most of the lumber was resawn to 9/16"
Clocks 1&2 - test fit
Clock 3 - test fit
Clock 3 - test fit w/doors
All of the door panels were resawn from the upper end of this board. Nice grain.
All of the glass is nearly 100 years old. Was reclaimed from our previous house. Windows had fallen victim to an add-on. This stuff cleans up nicely.
Getting there. 1st mechanical movement test fit. Clock is running!
Hermle 141-080/55 up close.
Clock face backer for the mechanical movement. 3rd attempt. The winding holes gave me a fit.
Am to the point, am wondering finish options. Am thinking of trying fuming with ammonia. Test samples are being done this afternoon. Will post pix once they're done.
As a small token of appreciation, i thought i'd build something as a nice momento.
A Shaker clock is what I came up with. Though the dimensions are different, the clock is based on plans found in Fine Woodworking article found here: http://www.finewoodworking.com/fwnpdffree/free-plan-shaker-wall-clock.pdf
Originally i was planning on building two. One to keep, and one to give away. But, I violated clock building commandment #1, that of, don't cut wood until you have the guts in hand. While the quartz movement just fine, the mechanical required a deeper case, causing the pendulum to hang against the back wall. Grr... So, plans have changed.
Am now building three. Two will have quartz movements, with pendulum, and real chime rods. One of which will be given to my Father-in-Law, one to my wife, while the third will have a mechanical Hermle movement, and be hung in my office.
The project was started back in February/March. Life has gotten in the way a few times. Am hoping to get these done by the end of July. We'll see.
Here's the chestnut lumber. As-is.
Resaw setup: most of the lumber was resawn to 9/16"
Clocks 1&2 - test fit
Clock 3 - test fit
Clock 3 - test fit w/doors
All of the door panels were resawn from the upper end of this board. Nice grain.
All of the glass is nearly 100 years old. Was reclaimed from our previous house. Windows had fallen victim to an add-on. This stuff cleans up nicely.
Getting there. 1st mechanical movement test fit. Clock is running!
Hermle 141-080/55 up close.
Clock face backer for the mechanical movement. 3rd attempt. The winding holes gave me a fit.
Am to the point, am wondering finish options. Am thinking of trying fuming with ammonia. Test samples are being done this afternoon. Will post pix once they're done.
