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    Thanks Swifty. My next project will be much...

    Thanks Swifty. My next project will be much simpler for the time being, and that'll be to continue my late Grandad's legacy of making kids wooden toys to donate to a local aged care facility for...
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    Thanks Ajw, I'm glad it's now finished, but I'll...

    Thanks Ajw, I'm glad it's now finished, but I'll also miss the journey of building it.
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    Thanks Bob.

    Thanks Bob.
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    The grandfather clock is complete

    Today on my birthday (20th May, 2023) seemed like the right date to complete the journey of my grandfather clock build, and with a week off from dental surgery, I had the time over a few days to take...
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    The chime seat board

    With the grandfather clock in the house, it was time to move onto the clock mechanism. Until I had the gong assembly and the mechanism of the clock in their exact places relative to the chime seat...
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    Thecase of the grandfather clock is moved into the house

    Later the same day (see above) Kylie, James and I moved the clock from its home of 5 years from the shed into the house. Having my son James help me install the upper crown moulding and helping tome...
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    Fitting the upper crown moulding

    In all the grandfather clocks I've seen in person and viewed online, the ones that impressed me the most were those with upper crown mouldings. This piece represents the last item that had to be...
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    This is why I built this clock

    This is the sole purpose of why I have built this grandfather clock, to leave something that I created purely for one day day that either my daughter, Sarah, or my son James, so that one of them...
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    Door trim moulding

    After receiving the glass from Varga Bros in Mitcham, it was time to get onto making the trim moulding to capture the glass in place. Originally I was going to use putty and add some coloured powder...
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    Clock stability

    Bob, I remember that great suggestion of yours very well, and following it I made a compartment that will hold 10kg of gunshot, which I reckon will give the stability needed.

    The compartment opens...
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    section1, you’re exactly right. It’s never been a...

    section1, you’re exactly right. It’s never been a race and there have been moments when I I haven’t been happy with something. I’ve totally redone the front door, the side doors and the crown split...
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    Thanks section1, I'm getting towards the end of...

    Thanks section1, I'm getting towards the end of the build now and while there have been a lot of stressful moments, I'm thoroughly enjoying this, even if Wongo has fallen to sleep after waiting 5...
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    Thanks Tonyz, you've changed how I will now...

    Thanks Tonyz, you've changed how I will now upload photos of my work in this place.
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    The side doors (part 2)

    With Christmas over and many hours of wipe on, wipe off and 6 coats later of Maloof's finish and then left to harden for few weeks, it's onto the side doors, to fit the escuteons, door handles,...
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    I'm ripping y hair out!

    It's taken 5 hours so far. I'm updating my thread on my grandfather clock.

    The photos take forever to upload and even when I do and then preview my post, some photos show as 'Attachment 123456',...
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    And so it begins

    I love this part of any build, it's the bit I love after the initial selecting the timber for the grain and what pieces will be used for what, when you thinking about the colour, grain direction and...
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    The back panel

    The back panel is the last piece to be created.

    Starting out as a 3.9m x 300m x 40mm board and docking it in half, the first step was to use the router sled to mill one side nice and flat so it...
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    WANTED:QLD. I've got one Alkahestic. I overdid the mechanism...

    I've got one Alkahestic. I overdid the mechanism when tightening it up and a few ball bearings got lost in the process, as a result I didn't get back to fixing it and haven't used it. Let me know if...
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    A 1720 movement, now that would be nice!

    A 1720 movement, now that would be nice!
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    The long process of the columns

    The reason it's been so long between drinks is that getting the columns done was a long process.

    First thing was to dock this long length of 90mm x 90mm x 2.9m in two for the columns. I got this...
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    I posted a couple of months ago that I'd provide...

    I posted a couple of months ago that I'd provide a small update of the extra profile I've put in with the ides that it adds a softer transition from the clock side to the underneath of the crown...
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    The doors (part 2)

    Once the doors were glued up and trimmed, the next stage was to route doors to accept the hinges and the locks.

    I like repeatability and given I'm doing two doors here and I'll likely be using...
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    The side doors (part 1)

    I've had these done for about a month now, so it's about time I put the details of the side doors up.

    It took a heck of a lot of research to find just what I wanted, or enough to have something to...
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    Is it just me, or is the process of choosing an...

    Is it just me, or is the process of choosing an image, uploading it, selecting it and adding it inline painfully slow? I'd rather go to the dentist right now and have my teeth pulled out without any...
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    Front door continued

    I've been hard at it every weekend, but sometimes those weekends (given it's now Winter as well) are tiny steps, mainly because they're the moments that if I stuff up there's no return, especially on...
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    Aww shucks

    Thanks Wongo, I'm touched.
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    Slowly Wongo San, but getting towards the pointy...

    Slowly Wongo San, but getting towards the pointy end now.
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    Door v2

    Well I pondered and mused as I did other stuff in the shed, and after a week of looking at the door I wasn't happy with it, I knew that as soon as I realised how nothing lined up, but I needed to...
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    Wongo, knowing you care and show it publically,...

    Wongo, knowing you care and show it publically, gets me through each day and makes the grey clouds go away.
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    Wongo, first let me :slap::slap: you. ...

    Wongo, first let me :slap::slap: you.

    Timeframe? Aiming towards June this year. Is your attention span good enough for that long?
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    Door assembly - part 3

    It's taken me 2 and a bit years to realise that remotely working from home that I've for a few extras hors each day that I could be in the shed after work, which I've only just started doing in the...
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    Door assembly - part 2

    At the last shot I posted, everything was seemingly going great and I'd run the stiles through the router for the panel and glass inserts, when it all hit the fan.

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    Using a C&T rail and...
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    Door assembly - part 1

    So the next bit on my radar was getting the door started.

    I'd already spent a tonne of hours in Illustrator and Sketchup working on the door, but I wanted to leave it until this point when I took...
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    I spent ages agonising over which timber to use....

    I spent ages agonising over which timber to use. Ideally I wanted to use Western Red Cedar, but it's hard to come by and comes at a great price. And after a lot of pondering etc. I settled on Fijian...
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    G'day Bananas22, For what it's worth I'll be...

    G'day Bananas22,

    For what it's worth I'll be installing a Hermle chain drive movement, model #451.053 I don't know anything about Rose Mahogany, but it'd be fair to say I'm going to guess that...
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    Musings about the top panel

    G'day,

    Progress has been a lot about trying out ideas, not getting the desired affect and starting again until I'm happy.

    For a while now I've been thinking how I don't like how most...
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    Thanks for all the comments you lot. Thumbsucker,...

    Thanks for all the comments you lot. Thumbsucker, how you doing mate?
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    Japanese chisels and Aussie timbers

    G'day,

    I'm going to go down the slippery slope of Japanese chisels.

    My question be thus, how does laminated carbon steel in Japanese bench chisels stand up to Aussie timber, with Spotted Gum as...
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    DEATH NOTICE It's always sad to hear of someone's passing. For...

    It's always sad to hear of someone's passing. For me, they're always too young.

    To Michelle and your family, your world has seemed to be stuck in time as the rest of the world continues around you...
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    G'day Sturdee, When I first joined this Forum,...

    G'day Sturdee,

    When I first joined this Forum, it was one of your nights at your place that I enjoyed your company and your wife's when Neil travelled down and you walked us through your workshop...
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    Thanks woodPixel, appreciate you checking your blades. Nice one.
  42. Blue Spruce Toolworks replied to me, only 5 1/8"...

    Blue Spruce Toolworks replied to me, only 5 1/8" blades fit. The gave me a link for blades, but it's not a local supplier, but in the US. So while it might be good scroll saw, just the seemingly...
  43. 5 1/8" scroll saw or fret saw blades in Australia, or anywhere?

    G'day,

    I'm thinking of getting the Ultimate Fret Saw from Blue Spruce Toolworks Ultimate Fret Saw - Blue Spruce Toolworks

    They mention it takes a standard 5 1/8" blade. I've looked around all...
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    Fitting the crown moulding and column end posts

    Like I wrote in my last post, after getting the linear router sled set up, it meant I could move onto other stuff with the grandfather clock.

    So with 3 weeks off over Christmas my goal was to get...
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    G'day, For those who asked, I'm very impressed...

    G'day,

    For those who asked, I'm very impressed with the Shelix head. It's so much quieter and throw a lump of F/Mahogany through it, that's absolutely full of fiddleback and it spits it out with a...
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    It’s been going like a demon possessed now for...

    It’s been going like a demon possessed now for about 15 or so years, so I’m not worried by them at all.
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    After scouring YoutUbe videos on helix...

    After scouring YoutUbe videos on helix installations, I found a bloke who had my same problem. It ended up meaning a two man job with some gear pullers and a impact driver to free the gears from the...
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    It's taken several months for the stars to align...

    It's taken several months for the stars to align and get all the things in from overseas and across Oz, but I'm finally able to get back tomorrow and get stuck into the grandfather clock once again....
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    I need to get them out to access the helical gear...

    I need to get them out to access the helical gear at step 19. And looking back at 18, when the gearbox is separated, all the gears with the exception of the helical gear come out with it. In the...
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    The motor is below mate

    The motor is below mate
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