First timer

**Crunchie** · 9th January 2012, 10:38 PM

Hi, just joned today and have had a great time searching the forums. Was really interested in the clocks and thought mine might be a good way to make my first posting. I didn't work from plans other than drawing up my own. (Unfortunately) I started the project in Meranti, then had to keep going when I realised I would have been better to use a better timber. It stands just under 2 metres high.(about 1.95)

**Scott** · 9th January 2012, 11:36 PM

Meranti or not, this is a fine piece of work. Welcome aboard.

**1964deano** · 10th January 2012, 09:58 PM

Great work crunchie...how did you do the carvings?,......i particularly like the one at the bottom.
Dean.

**1964deano** · 10th January 2012, 10:01 PM

Great work crunchie...how did you do the carvings?,......i particularly like the one at the bottom.How long did it take to make?

Dean.

**Crunchie** · 10th January 2012, 10:15 PM

Thanks for positives. In answer to you, 1964deano, I have close to 100 pfeil carving tools that I've bought a couple at a time, so have a bit of an interest as a hobby carver. This clock took about 18 months but I tended to only do a few hours most weeks. The bottom resulted from the fact that I simply wanted to carve a shell, thgen I fitted it into the design. Thanks, sjt, this is the second time I've used Meranti to carve and should know better, although it is easy to work the grain. Far better than the River Red Gum I carved into a mantle clock.

**kneelsit** · 26th January 2012, 03:50 PM

Hey you did grerat work

**hdc090360** · 7th February 2012, 06:14 AM

Awesome work!

**netsup_somu** · 16th February 2012, 06:10 PM

Wow, lovely piece of work... Love the details that you have given to the clock... Wish I could make one like this

**gcconspiracy** · 11th March 2012, 05:20 AM

Nice work!

**roscopeeko** · 18th March 2012, 05:50 PM

Very nice.

**Hermit** · 14th April 2012, 05:06 PM

Crunchie, a quick question. How do you sand/smooth your carving?

**newqlder** · 29th October 2012, 04:02 PM

Beaut job mate.
The meranti looks like it came up good anyway even though it may not be a favourite for clocks. While I was living in Darwin I did a Vienna Regulator (from plans) and sourced some nice American Cherry from Otto's timber in Adelaide. Pic attached. There was absolutely no choice in Darwin . I chose to leave the finish as matt, the glass was sand blasted by a glass worker who also did the lead light for a buffet that I did out of NT Ironwood. I will get a pic of that on here as well when I find the right place

**Crunchie** · 13th November 2012, 08:51 PM

Originally Posted by Hermit

Crunchie, a quick question. How do you sand/smooth your carving?

Hi Hermit, Sorry about the late reply – I haven’t been on the forum for a while. I sand my carvings with a piece of old sanding belt and good quality abrasive paper. I have some discontinued sanding discs and they tend to be a better quality. Use abrasive paper glued onto ice – cream sticks and oddly curved wood and wrapping the paper around plastic tubing helps to get it into the various shapes that the fingers don’t conform to.
Nice work, Newqlder. If you get to Melbourne, there is a great furniture timber supplier in Port Melbourne that has a range of decorative woods. I don’t have any vested interest and I’m not sure I can mention the company name, but it starts with that of this country.

**bosox** · 15th November 2012, 07:12 AM

Very nice attention to details. Great job!

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