Today I put on a 3rd coat of wax, installed the door, remounted the clock movement, put on the back-plate and positioned the clock where we believe it will reside! I made it as far as I had hoped before taking a hiatus to work on another project. But I'll be back to the clock in early March to add the dial door and scribe my name to the dial! Thanks for visiting and please enjoy the photos below. Click to enlarge.
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Today I applied the 2nd coat of wax to the entire case. Click on photos below to enlarge. Enjoy!
Today I waxed the hood. I then oiled and waxed the waist door. Finally I waxed the case waist and base. Went over the pieces with 0000 steel wool first and followed that with a brush and wipe. I'll also do that in between each waxing. Tomorrow I hope to put on a 2nd coat of wax. I took many photos but decided to just share a sampling. Click on photos to enlarge. Enjoy!
Last night I put the hood on the case and ran the clock works all night. Today, I pulled off the backplate, took off the hood and removed the works. Then, we carried the case out to the workshop for a thorough sanding followed by vacuuming, wiping and an oil finish. I think it went well. Tomorrow I will use a blend stick to cover a few lighter areas and give the hood a coat of dark wax. I will also be sanding and putting an oil finish on the waist door. I took a whole bunch of pics today so enjoy the slideshow below! Today I thoroughly sanded the hood but found a blow-out in one of the joints that I had to fix. Surprisingly a lap-joint [which I had claimed to be the strongest joint]. So I got that glued back together and added some putty. Then on to applying the boiled linseed oil to the hood. It looks pretty good and I'm pondering whether to add the remaining 2 coats that I had planned to put on. I won't decide that until after I also apply the first coat to the waist and base. I'm likely going to put oil on the waist and base tomorrow but may wait a day as I want to run the clock some. My assistant took many pictures so enjoy the slideshow below. Remembering that I still need to build and install the hood door, in all other respects, the clock case is nearing completion. Last night I decided to try out the hood on the case. I like the proportions and am happy with how it is coming out. Today was a day of perfecting the side skirts, sanding and applying walnut wood filler. I still have some work to do tonight, but I'm at a point tomorrow where I can begin applying boiled linseed oil. My plan was to put oil on the waist and base first, but I'm thinking I'll start with the hood which will be freshly sanded. I expect to apply 3 coats of oil over 3 days. then apply the special dark wax I have made especially for darker woods like walnut. I will only be working on the clock for another week. Then I have another project for the entire month of February. But I'll get back to the clock, and the hood door, beginning in early March. Click on photos below. Enjoy!
Another really long day today in the workshop. Spent most of my time mainly working on an area of the hood that no one will see - the top of the hood side skirts. I decided to also add some bead moulding under the side skirts to help with the transition to the hood sides. Tomorrow I hope to wrap-up the hood build by sanding and filling-in before I apply the boiled linseed oil [Thursday? Friday?]. Please enjoy the slideshow below! Worked 11 1/2 hours today. Managed to get the molding glued-up. Much sanding and trial-and-error fittings. I still need to add filler strips which I expect to do tomorrow. Then I'll give it all another sanding. 6 of the arch pieces are now stacked and glued together with the 7th being in the back of the hood. I'm doing the messy work in the workshop but performing much of the glue-up in my "Winter Workshop" [Family Room] as it is very cold these days. Click on photos to enlarge. Enjoy!
It was a busy day today although I wasted several hours failing 2nd-grade math as it relates to my moulding joins. My wife finally bailed me out and remedied the issues immediately. I was trying to make some compound angles that never existed. Oh well, I'm retired. Once I finally got going, I cut one each of the moulding skirts and sides. Looks like they are going to fit together fine and will join the main arch moulding. Finish sanded these two moulding pieces and the main arch moulding. Then glued together the remaining stacked moulding pieces that will be used tomorrow to make the skirt and side moulding for the other side. On Tuesday I will glue together all of the moulding pieces and hopefully begin the filler pieces that go between the hood side and the side moulding. That exercise will be tricky. Click on photos to enlarge. Enjoy!
Last night, I glued the bottom of the top-plates. You can see a photo below. This morning I gave the top-plates a thorough sanding out in the workshop. Today was a day of much testing in preparation for making the cuts to the curved arch moulding. Think of these pieces as the eyelids to the clock dial. Many angles that have to be taken into consideration as well as deciding on the best cut approach. Plus, I only have so much prepared stock so I won't have much of a second chance. Decided it would be best to glue-up the stacked moulding pieces so that they cut more evenly. So I glued them together and tomorrow I hope to make the cuts to the right side moulding. Then, I glued what I call the hood glides. They are found on most tall case clocks. Their purpose is to prevent the hood from flipping forward. See photo below. Then, I applied some walnut filler to a few dings on the hood. Click on photos to enlarge.
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