A fun project...back on the wood lathe!
- john elder
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A fun project...back on the wood lathe!
warming up for some christmas projects...a golfing buddy had a clock in the family that had parted ways with 5 finials during one move or another and he wondered if I might be able to do something about that. Clock is rosewood and after checking grain, I decided cocobolo, which is in the rosewood family, looked like it might be close enough to serve.
I didn't have one to go by, so found that make clock on the 'net and did some ratios between the clock and the pic and got a good guess as to dimensions:
threw away all the bits that didn't look like finial:
Lower (stalactite version, if you will) finials were smaller and quite different
after a bit of staining to darken the lighter stripes in the cocobolo, the match turned out pretty good...duplication wasn't exactly CNC quality, but it makes a good 5-footer at least:
I love retirement!!
I didn't have one to go by, so found that make clock on the 'net and did some ratios between the clock and the pic and got a good guess as to dimensions:
threw away all the bits that didn't look like finial:
Lower (stalactite version, if you will) finials were smaller and quite different
after a bit of staining to darken the lighter stripes in the cocobolo, the match turned out pretty good...duplication wasn't exactly CNC quality, but it makes a good 5-footer at least:
I love retirement!!
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Re: A fun project...back on the wood lathe!
Beautiful work John.
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Re: A fun project...back on the wood lathe!
Nice, JE!
Love those Open Face Spinning Reels! (Especially ABU & ABU/Zebco)
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Re: A fun project...back on the wood lathe!
Great match Deke!
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Re: A fun project...back on the wood lathe!
Nicely done, John. An old German clockmaker could do no better.
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Re: A fun project...back on the wood lathe!
Great work, Doc. I love the grain and colors in that wood!
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