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General Category => Brag Forum => Topic started by: Becky on July 21, 2013, 11:32:17 pm

Title: Williamette Clock
Post by: Becky on July 21, 2013, 11:32:17 pm

This is the Williamette clock from The Art Factory.  It took about a month and a half - most in the building phase because I find that to be the hardest part and spend a long time thinking about how to do the steps.  It will be a birthday gift for my father in about a month.  And it inspired me to get a new sander though I hope the reasons why are not too obvious.

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Post by: countryscroller on July 21, 2013, 11:47:06 pm

Wow! That is FANTASTIC Becky! He will cherish it for sure. Thanks for sharing.

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Post by: Danny on July 22, 2013, 06:19:27 am

Hi Becky....This clock is diffidently in the Wow! factor.  Beautiful over all looks....Danny  :+}

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Post by: Merlin on July 22, 2013, 06:47:20 am

Very nice indeed Becky, for sure he will like it.

***Merlin***

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Post by: julief on July 22, 2013, 06:59:03 am

Very Pretty!!!  You new sander will make it all easier - but you did an amazing job without it.

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Post by: Marcellarius on July 22, 2013, 07:02:59 am

amazing clock!! love it very much!

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Post by: Al W on July 22, 2013, 07:54:57 am

Beautiful work Becky.  Thanks for sharing with us.

Al

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Post by: frankorona on July 22, 2013, 08:00:59 am

??Wow!!Excellent clock be a great gift.

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Post by: DWSudekum on July 22, 2013, 08:13:23 am

Excellent workmanship Becky.  I am sure that your father is going to treasure that.  I always admire folks that do a lot of fret work as I do not have the patience to start and stop all the time.  I have a couple of ongoing fretwork pieces that have been in the ongoing category now for at least 2 years. hehe .. they are slowly getting done.  Anyway I digress, Becky that is a wonderful piece, thank you for sharing this with us.

DW

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Post by: Russ C on July 22, 2013, 08:52:20 am

Absolutely fantastic, beautiful. Thanks for sharing with us.  :)

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Post by: newfie on July 22, 2013, 10:08:13 am

absolutely beautiful clock Becky i'm sore your father will love it.thanks for sharing

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Post by: Intarsia92 on July 22, 2013, 11:06:29 am

Beautiful piece of cutting. It's now wonder it took so long to make. Love it.

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Post by: RangerJay on July 22, 2013, 01:27:09 pm

The big thing that is obvious about this piece is that you have really great talent!

Can you tell us a bit about the wood and the finishing?

Thanks,


Jay

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Post by: cdrover(Clyde) on July 22, 2013, 02:36:00 pm

Remarkable work Becky. Your hard work certainly paid off big time, Thanks for the look.

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Post by: Dan26 on July 22, 2013, 06:12:30 pm

Fantastic work Becky! I love all the small details.

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Post by: jrpeteo on July 22, 2013, 07:03:30 pm

Simply, awesome.
Some day I may try something this grand, today is not that day..
Pete

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Post by: Becky on July 22, 2013, 09:22:59 pm

Thanks for all the kind comments.  When I got the pattern I honestly didn't know if I could do it.  I guess it just proves that being stubborn isn't always a bad thing.

Jay,  from dark to light the woods are walnut, African mahogany and aspen.  I chose aspen over maple for the white because of the long piece at the bottom.  My theory was that, given the fine grain of aspen, it wouldn't be obvious that it was the only vertical piece on the clock with the grain going sideways. Otherwise I sure wouldn't recommend aspen.  It made a ton of fuzzies (even with a UR blade and a sacrificial piece of plywood on the bottom).  They were nearly impossible to get rid of - I would swear that sanding and filing away the old fuzzies made new ones to take their places.

I finished it with a gentle rub of Danish oil (natural).  When that dried I gave it five spray coats of Deft semi-gloss.

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Post by: Martin on July 23, 2013, 05:08:47 am

Wonderful work, Becky, absolutely gorgeous.

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Post by: wombatie on July 23, 2013, 05:29:05 am

Becky that is really amazing, you did an excellent Jon.

Marg

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Post by: Marshall on July 23, 2013, 08:28:43 pm

A bunch of scroll work here , and this is something to be very proud of ....Love it ....MB   ;)  :)

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Post by: Keefie on July 24, 2013, 08:35:03 am

That is a truly AWESOME piece of work, your father will love it.

Keefie