My Second Clock.

[goodwoody]

The following is a run down of my second clock.
I had a soso piece of Huon that was 40 odd mm thick and I decided to split it with a handsaw. After planing i was left with about 20mm thickness. :2tsup:
The clock face was coated with 3 coats of shellac and wax.
The Mechanism was from GPW and came with the usual numbers and hands as a set. I felt the numbers looked rather uninteresting against the pale colour of the Huon so I ditched them.
I took some scrap blue glass and fused it with orange glass in the center x 12 of course.
Not quite finished yet. I have to drill the hole and life is groovy. Damien.

[goodwoody]

more pics.

[wheelinround]

Again :2tsup:

now this fusing of glass in the mickle john (micro wave) whats the procedure maybe a WIP :D

[RufflyRustic]

Hiya GoodWoody,
Different and impressive. The glass pieces are Schmick!!

cheers
Wendy

[goodwoody]

Wheelin, That is a good idea but to tell you my secrets , I would have to kill ya dead:p. Have time this arvo, so I will see what I can do.

Wendy, Thanks for the compliment. The clock looks better in reality as I'm a sh**house phototype bloke.

Damien.

[funkychicken]

I like!:2tsup:

[goodwoody]

Quick rundown of the very easy glass fusing.
1st pieces in special crucible.
2nd lid on crucible.
3rd in microwave.
4th orange hot glass. ( bad pic)

now cooling.

[RufflyRustic]

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The clock looks better in reality as I'm a sh**house phototype bloke.

Damien.


Damien, I'm certainly not very good with the camera either, but I'll give you a hint - practice!:U In other words, make lots more wood work and take lots more pictures - see! Practice becomes fun as well! :wink::D (well, that's what I keep telling myself:rolleyes::doh:)

[wheelinround]

:2tsup: ty for the insight into the Microwave Glass

so is this all your used beer wine and spirit bottles Goodwoody

[goodwoody]

Only the breakfast bottles! I recycle the others into landfill.:D

[artme]

is a beauty!! Well done sir!1:2tsup::2tsup::2tsup:

[Yonnee]

That's so cool!

What's a crucible? (Excuse my ignorance...)

How long do you have them in for?

[goodwoody]

Yonnee, the crucuble is the white container that you usually melt metal in. 11mins in the MW and cooling time is about 1hr and then finished.:D