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My Longcase Construction #5 Final
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Fellow clock lovers, this is my final installment on the construction of the walnut clock. I have some minor details to attend to but it is in all intents complete. I want to make a border under the arch painting [...]
Longcase Construction #4
Gentelmen, here is a small installment of my clock build. I have finished the shellacing with about 12 to 15 coats. The grain is not completely filled but it looks good despite it. I don’t think I’m going to coat it any more as the finish dosen’t seem to be improving.
Here’s the hood with the unfinished [...]
Longcase Construction 3
I thought I would leave a progress report since we are working hard to finish the clock.
First, I would like to show where the wife is with the clock face. We decided that we would use a simpler format on the face and use a bird, flowers and berries. It makes it colorful. She used oil [...]
My Longcase Construction Part 2
This is just a follow-up on the construction. My wife and I have been working on the face. I have done the time track and she does the painting.
This is my first time at drawing a time track and I must say that I really enjoyed it despite it being rather tedious. It’s not perfect [...]
My Longcase Construction
Hello,
I am posting some additional photos and information of my grandfather clock construction. It has been an interesting process since I have wandered/stumbled into new territory. I hadn’t done thin veneers before so I approached it carefully, especially since the burl walnut costs so much.
I researched many methods of attaching veneers but decided on the iron-on [...]
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