I'm on a roll! Although that may be short-lived as my wife is having a 2-day yard-sale starting tomorrow. I don't do yard sales! Last night and today I planed-down 5 narrower pieces - all candidates for the 7 pieces that will comprise the front and sides of the clock case base. More and more, it's looking like the front of the base will require 3 pieces. Haven't decided yet and will plane a few wider pieces tomorrow. I did show that the narrower, more quarter sawn stock will produce fewer wavy grain lines as hoped [see planks 3 and 4 below]. The fewer the wavy lines, the less isolated each piece of lumber will look when they are joined together. Planing makes a BIG mess as you can imagine. I made sure to wear a mask, eye protection, hearing protection and gloves right through clean-up. I've included a pic below of the 5 candidate pieces. You will notice that they are not straight. Planing only reduces the thickness and does not straighten them out. I've made the candidate pieces 6 inches longer to accommodate the planer blade snipe and to allow me to screw each piece to a sacrificial straight piece of stock. I then run the two simultaneously though the table saw thus giving me a straight edge. I then remove the walnut piece, line up its straight edge against the table saw fence, and cut the other side's edge. In performing these cuts, I am only removing a fraction of an inch from each side. But the result is a reasonably straight piece. It worked well with the test pieces. I will be truing-up, as it is called, the candidate pieces in a few days. Then I'll show you them again. They then should be straight and ready for joining. I will also need to cut the extra length off each piece [described above]. I've also included some pics of my detailed drawings that, along with the blueprint from a similar clock, are guiding my direction and progress. Click to enlarge and stay-tuned. Enjoy!
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June 2016
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